THE FAIR MAIDEN : SHAKIRA

Papa was just not sure either to dance only for the night or to go karaoke singing as well but he continued climbing yet another flight of stairs to the singing hall part of SM. It is here that some of the girls would be sitting whilst waiting for the Mummies to call for their bookings along with the patrons to have quite a look see when choosing their GROs as the hall is better lighted than the dancing hall component situated one floor below.
Papa feeling kind of smutty that particular evening had this peculiar inkling that he needed as company a pretty young thing in parallel with no one else being anywhere near the vicinity where the planned rendezvous was situated. In other words he wanted to be alone with the girl of his dreams even though he has to cough out a little bit more than usual and that figure must not exceed more than one hundred and fifty ringgit. Fat chance papalados!
The only locality conducive to his intended unholy union would only be a singing chamber in Seri Mutiara, the place of which he can exult and make merry to his hearts content, a, pretty lass by his side. No matter how or what papa’s idea of a good time is just singing and dancing with a fair maiden adding to nothing exceptionally untoward other than the previously said activities. Should the young lady be equipped with the ability to reciprocate his notorious four step formula then papa would be experiencing greater bliss than whatever’s similar he had gone through before. Yet the capable ones would always be the mature hostesses. But papa is still adamant about his reckless little aim even if he has to only sing without even a few drumbeats to wiggle to. Somehow the allure of a beautiful woman was just too much for a near mindless papalados. Or in his moments of utter wantonness such as this the old bastard just wanted the attention yet constrained pretty much by the modicum of allocation- permissible. Yet papa knows it is still quite possible to realize his objective even though inhibited by the meager sum he has if only he is truly careful about the specifics of this chosen night out of his. All said he must stick to the timetable: two hours only, both in terms of the girl and the singing chamber- bookings wise that was. Lets: see, thirty five ringgit for the hour for the hostess makes seventy and twenty an hour for the room comes to forty ringgit. Plus refreshments and the infernal plus- plus in the billings could very well, lead to- one hundred and fifty, touching on one sixty for total damages- Perfecto!
All the while mulling over the unceasingly encumbering cost of this would be little outing of his, he did not notice Young Shakira making her entrance from the other or the alternative staircase available from the adjacent floor beside the main hall of the karaoke portion of the club. The singing component is actually bigger than the dancing segment by virtue of the considerable number of sing a long chambers that were on offer most of times.
Papa seems to remember her name by reason of Mummy Shima the previous occasion he was in the club, pointing her out whence papa was straining his eyes in trying to have a serious look see at the hostess whose employment number was marker penned on the ubiquitous white board that the mummies refer to when checking on the GROs attendance during any given evening inside SM. Actually he was just inquiring on behalf of a young friend of whom was quite inquisitive should there be more than a few of pretty young things stationing themselves in SM.
It seems that this particular young fellow had only heard from his own sources illuminating him extensively that Dangdut clubs have only mature divorcees on their hostesses list and very few of the same position holders consisting of some quite other demographics. He prefers the younger unattached girls by reason of him being truly comfortable singing in fairly up market karaoke halls- the specific venues the archetype wide eyed young women will be found quite numerously. Only that the monies expended when exulting in those locales could easily triple or quadruple whatever spent inside SM or any other similar joints.
Zack the Wonder Boy, a distant relative of the good Prince Aldelowaldeli was the person who inquired such from Prince, of whom conveyed to papa of Zack’s particular pursuit alongside his intense wish of visiting if any dangdut establishment having a considerable number of hostesses he so prefers. Well the good news is, there are, the specific population statistics he favors in S.M., only that papa has to scrutinize further their categories lest the CPU glitches ones are only available. Quite so, the pretty ones prefer the more luxurious singing halls as they could secure higher financial remunerations locating themselves there.
Shakira was fair complexioned, quite pretty of small to medium built but not at all fat, quite desirable really by papa’s standards that is, should the infernal four steps of his become the prime criteria, for a heavier girl would normally constrict the efficacy of the compulsory twirls and swirls the very actions that are very central to the wholesome display of that particular wiggle. But the girl must be able to dance first and foremost, a precondition that papa dismissed whence he implored Ayang the concierge to go call her to sit with him in the singing chamber or in other words he wanted to book her for the evening if not for two hours only. Ayang did particularly that but she had to inform the Mummy also and so it was that Mummy Ani Rock entered the room, named after one of the constellations but papa had quite forgotten yet again its epithet.
Papalados sauntered into a karaoke room he seemed to like and slumped upon a sofa, all the more, making himself comfortable but did not really inquire if that particular sing along site has already been called for. It was at this instant that Ayang followed him inside and they started chatting and she somewhat has to confirm with him about the GRO he wanted booked. And so it was that Mummy Ani arrived to engage the customary chat along with going over the number of hours the particular room needed scheduled and so on and so forth. However it was only the room and the girl that were noteworthy to her as she has to inform the cashier beforehand as regards the billings at the end of papa’s specific night out at SM being that singular evening it was.
Most importantly it is the orthodox or usual prattling prior to the event that is crucial especially if one is to be extra observant in respect of the amount of damages incurred at the end of such. And the jabbering is traditionally with the Mummy so much so that one must lay out everything, the nitty-gritty aspects or as the case may be the projected and likely costs of the evening out. But normally the exact ringgit and cents will not be directly mentioned yet both parties would have the general idea. As papa wanted to go home at around one and the time then was 23.30 he asked Ani to round up the booking to two wholesome hours instead of the rather uncouth one and a half or ninety minutes of a reservation.
All said for a rather cheap papalados if one may assume but its better for papa anyway to smooth the rough edges first than be worried throughout the entire evening whether the money is enough at the end of which. He would always have the appropriate but none more so. However the other patrons will quite normally bring the little extra, specifically for the unexpected contingencies along with finding it rather embarrassing should the amount to be expended need be blurted out in the open together with the Mummy doing the calculations.
By and large Shakira was the restrained type, she did not talk much initially but verily communicative shortly after, warming up to papa by sitting very close to him yet not really cavorting like but more akin to being comfortable with an elderly albeit close relative. But that did not really stop papa from experiencing bouts of tender nostalgia of times past when he was much younger and heavily dating. He does feel young again, quite so.
Shakira was very pleasant to be with and she seems to have a thing for oldies – the songs that was, the old Malay duets that in fact she sang very well and papa was quite taken up by the jollification of earnestly singing the tunes that he had quite forgotten to invite for a round of boogying to the much danceable ditties. Upon taking a closer look at his casio wristwatch and realizing that the particular nocturnal outing has past more than half its intended duration that papalados implored Shakira for a dance right there inside the karaoke chamber. Since the song currently being played is a slow number infused with a bit of a rumba character, the perfect moment for some slower version but a bit more intimate four step procedure. By intimate meaning the dance per se and not any situational happenstance that somehow will be appropriate should the circumstances be taken advantage of, particularly so, in order for the condition to be favorably romantic. In other words, now is the perfect time to start the ball rolling if papa wants to invite her for supper or a cup of coffee afterwards or you know what is being said: here.
But no, papalados could not do that, such an indecent proposal not that he has the money or even if the girl fancies him and very unlikely at that but first of all it would be rather unseemly considering his self proclaimed dangdut elder position and second to that he is into dangdut and sorts is just for the Seni or Artistic aspect of the configurations. Furthermore what would Shima and Ani Rock say, should they come to know of his unsavory advances towards their girls. He just could not live with that. It would be too discomfiting
Surprisingly, Shakira took to the wiggle very well, she reciprocated the slow cha- cha without even papa giving her the cues if only the most subtle of them and it was really fun twirling and swirling wantonly and without a care in the world if not for the very little space inside, the carpeted floor and not the dance platform proper along with the furniture items- the sofas and coffee table being so.
When the tone changes to dangdut that she fumbles, she somehow got the steps right just that they did not synchronize with the beats or more like she is just concentrating very much on the procedures yet leaving behind the indubitable soul of the infamous wiggle. Liking to, she is too much in a hurry to realize what is really missing that being the undoubted accent of sound or the swing and tempo of the hustle au fait.
With only a few odd minutes left before the joyful event reaches its penultimate, papa decided to forgo the Latin number that arrives just after the dangdut vocalization, and have a good sit down on the sofa with Shakira for some more sing along ala karaoke before the girl captain comes in with the bills. And sure enough the damages are just short of his one hundred and sixty ringgit or Malaysian dollars as predicated, thus ended his little tryst with the girl in a hurry: Shakira.