Karaoke Bar

Posted on 2005/12/11 10:34:58 (December 2005).

[Friday 9th December]
This was the last day that all the US managers were visiting the Japanese office, and thus the last of the "series" of work nights out for a while. Actually though, I really enjoyed this one. Partly this was because we had a much smaller group - just my direct manager from the US and one of my Japanese colleagues, both of whom are really nice guys. We started off the evening in a tempura place (a little slow, but the food was OK) and then went on from there to my manager's favourite place somewhere near Shinjuku - a kind of karaoke bar.

Usually when I go to a karaoke place it is of the booth variety, so you can only be heard by the group you are with. This was the slightly more traditional version, where everyone in the bar can hear you sing. This actually seemed less embarassing to me somehow, and I sang a couple of times during the course of the evening. I particularly enjoyed singing that song by The Proclaimers (I'm Gonna Be, perhaps better known as 500 miles) - as the bar staff joined in to do the backing vocals.

Somehow it was 4AM by the time I got home. I'm still a little unsure about how it got that late - I thought it was not long after midnight when we left the bar, but in reality it must have been more like 3. I guess it must be down to the old saying about time flying when you're having fun!

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