Singing Karaoke!

Today, or rather yesterday since it's been not-Friday for almost two hours, I had my weekly English class. These guys are my advanced students. They're a lot of fun. Afterwards though I have a lot of free time. As mentioned before, the bus comes once every hour. BUT SOMETIMES it decides that it wants to come once every two hours. And this happens to land right on the time that my class finishes. So my class ends at 3pm and the bus comes at 3:22 which isn't feasible at all. I take a train first and that's 7 minutes, and from the building to the train station is about fifteen minutes walk or about five to ten minutes depending on traffic. But if I get a ride it is from one of the students and we tend to do some small talk after. So when is the next bus? 5:06.

One of the students, upon hearing this, excitedly asked "Do you want to go sing karaoke???" to which my immediate response was "Uhh" (Yes, clearly the best person to be an English teacher) my more articulate, second response was "Well, I'm not very good. In fact I'm probably really horrible" But that didn't sway him. Instead he gathered two more students who were chatting before heading for home and we all went to a karaoke box.

The major difference between karaoke in Canada/USA and Japan is that in Canada it's a stage you sing on, in front of tons of strangers. And in Japan it's in a room and no one is watching you (except your friends if you are with them)

I sung some Disney songs as well as a few others but I... can't sing in front of people. Or at all... I mean I'd like to, but I've never practised or anything. Plus I'm just too shy to do it. So my voice ended up being small and wavering with every word.

I think I'd get better if I did it more, but dragging my husband with me ... I mean it's just no fun when they are forced into it.