Karaoke Night

Well Thursday night I went out to Karaoke!! It was a lot different to what I expected.

Firstly you dont go into a bar and then get up and sing in front of the rest of the pub, my dad probably knows this kind of sing-a-long very well...What you do is rent a small room for a few hours; the room contains a tv and karaoke machine that you control with a complicated remote control that can dial up 1000's of songs. In case you are wondering the remote is in japanese so dont try this at home or you wont be singing for a good few hours till you manage to get a song selected.

The rooms for rent are in internet clubs, or at least the one I went to was, and each person who is in the party pays, for some reason girls pay less than men no idea why. The group i was with said we would go for the 3 hour special, I went along with it thinking I would be out of there within an hour but strangely I wasnt, even though I was the worst singer in the group it just simply didnt matter. Included in the rent of the room was free tea, coffee and soft drinks. The rest of the group bought beer at the "familymart" round the corner.

So once we were in there we were a group of 8 people sat in a small room with a tv set, a karaoke machine, some drinks and a dodgy tambourine. 3 hours later after having an absolute blast it was time to go home. If we tried this in Europe you would be laughed out of town but it was honestly a great night out.