Karaoke Session II

Went to Karaoke last night with my classmates from Nihongo 1A Class. One of our Sensei, Sato-Sensei joined us too.. It was organized by our French classmate, Alex-san... There were a total of 7 of us - including Chris-san, Chua-san, Liu-san and Song-san..

We met at Shinjuku Station East Exit and went for dinner.. we were kinda persuaded by this guy touting his restaurant in front of the Station Exit. The restaurant was kinda far from the station, but luckily it turned out to be not too bad.. It was free-flow of drinks at a fixed price, so I had 2 glass of orange juice and 1 glass of Plum liquor.. We ordered some dishes to share.. It wasn't so much of really eating eating, but more like catching up with what each other was/is doing.. We left the izakaya(居酒屋) around 8:45pm..

We were actually at Kabuki-cho (歌舞伎町) which is (in)famous for its night life.. There were plenty of girly bars (for guys) and service bars (for ladies).. Posters of hosts and hostesses were everywhere.. and there were a couple of guys walking around trying to get people to go in.. Luckily we were in quite a big group, and we stayed on the main road..

Finally we went to one of the many karaoke-kan (カラオケ館) found in the area.. Since there were 7 of us, we booked the room for 3 hours... And we sang..

It was like a mini Chinese concert with the occasional English, Japanese and French song in between, as there are 4 of us who knows Chinese, a slight majority.. :p The choice of Chinese songs there was much better than the one we went to in Kyoto, but definitely not as comprehensive as those found in Singapore... Chris-san's voice is good.. Sato-Sensei's songs were all so kawaiii (かわいい - aka cute), which even has dance steps and hand gestures that goes with it... The rest was okay, maybe due to the choice of songs they chose.. but again, karaoke is not a place to be shy, hold back or worry about not singing well, so everyone really had a good time singing their hearts out.. :) Especially when Chris-san and Alex-san sang Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time".. it was totally hilarious!!

Think the next karaoke trip, I would want to sing a couple of Japanese songs. :) So that I will be able to sing in 4 different languages - English, Chinese, Cantonese and Japanese!! And it will be one more (fun) way to learn Japanese.. :p