One of our friends here in Japan recently told me that she extended her contract in Japan just so she can do more singing at karaoke. Tonight, a regular school/work day night, we went with this friend and a clan of 10 other friends to sing a 2-hour farewell to our new friend, Keith. Keith has been in Kumamoto for 6 weeks, and we decided that he couldn't leave Japan without a proper karaoke experience. Going to karaoke with our Japanese friends and international friends is quite different. Japanese tend to let one person sing alone, and they most likely have a very good voice. Foreigners, on the other hand, sing along to everyone else's songs, and enjoy making a mess of the lyrics and tune for fun. I like being able to sing along without having to sing by myself and expose my awful singing voice. Tonight was Lucy's first experience. We tried to get her excited by singing one song dedicated to her, LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS, and then JINGLE BELLS, D0-RE-MI (Sound of Music), but she was a little shell shocked. Actually, after about 40 minutes, she fell asleep! Oh well, we continued with the likes of Johnny Cash, Bon Jovi, ABBA, Paul Simon, Kumi Koda, Blue Hearts, Green Day and Mariah Carey.
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you come by your karaoke skills genetically. I remember your mother and I abysmally attempting 'Ive got you babe' at georgetown lake. (You, zeke and cindy did a much more credible job with sugar Shack.
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