Our Night Out at KTV

KTV is awesome! I mean everyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I do enjoy singing Karaoke once in a while. But this is something completely different. Rather than getting up on a stage in a grungy bar to entertain drunken strangers, KTV takes place in a hotel-like building and you are escorted to your group's own private room (complete with mood lighting, a big-screen TV, a computer to pick your own songs and a store in the building that sells snacks and cold beer) and you just hang out singing with your friends. It is so much fun and much less intimidating. Karli and I went with John (another teacher), Crystal (who works with us at the school), Crystal's friend Jack (an AWESOME singer), and for the first little while, two of Karli's students, Frank and Lily. We rented the room for two hours and had an absolute blast! Why do they not have these in Canada? They are almost on every street corner here. Some of the selections I sange were: Jive Talkin' - Bee Gee's, True Blue - Madonna, Downtown - Petual Clark (duet with my partner in crime) and I closed with ABBA's Super Trooper. They had a surprising amount of English songs - many of the quite good, if a little obscure. Jack, Crystal, Frank and Lily entertained us with some popular Chinese songs too. All the Chinese songs seem to be ballads. Anyways if you get to China I highly reccomend finding one. You are sure to find enjoyment!