Gav's Birthday - London July 2009
Gav's Birthday
Friday 31st July 2009
A distinctly Japanese themed night out to celebrate Gav's birthday - yakitori at Bincho followed by karaoke at Karaoke Box in Smithfields.
London July 2009
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| 19:53:53 Shiitake In Bincho. | 21:18:26 It's an interesting combination of facial expressions - Chie is about to stab Leon in the head with a sharpened bit of wood. | 21:19:04 Clearly something being planned with the napkins here. |
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| 21:19:12 A bit of origami perhaps? | 21:19:28 Ahhh I see where they were going with that now. | 21:19:33 Leon a little bit behind the girls here... |
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| 21:19:41 ...but I think you'll agree the result was worth the wait. | 21:19:47 Marvellous. | 21:46:50 The scratch Chie got on her arm the other day from a tag on a piece of clothing she was trying on. |
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| 22:24:11 Me and one of the large bottles of sake. | 22:24:16 Not sure we quite got the timing right here... | 22:24:35 ....that's better. I think Leon was in charge of the camera, I rather like the composition here. Nice work Leon! |
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| 22:25:46 This ex-sake barrel was being used as an ice bucket. Nice idea. | 22:26:05 Not really sure what was going on here with Leon, Gav, and the ice bucket... | 22:26:11 ...or indeed here. |
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| 22:27:44 The masu (wooden sake cups) were a popular feature of the evening. Presumably Chie is demonstrating a Japanese custom here. | 23:13:11 Now in Karaoke Box, and the singing has clearly begun already. | 23:17:30 Kyle and friends, don't remember what the song was though. |
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| 23:25:01 Gav and Chie with funny coloured drinks. | 23:26:17 Gav and Rick doing some singing, with enthusiastic tamborine accompaniment. | 23:29:40 Kyle and co singing again. |
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| 23:29:56 Hmmmm it's apparently not that easy to write interesting comments for pictures of karaoke! | 23:32:24 ....one could argue that indicates that pictures of karaoke are in themselves not that interesting. | 23:32:30 Here follow more pictures of people who are sitting down rather than standing up. |
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| 23:32:39 These people here are also sitting down. | 23:36:35 ....but already we're back to people standing up. Gav probably needs to adjust his belt a bit. | 23:39:31 Stew being attacked somewhat - I think this is during that "Danger Danger! High Voltage" song. |
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| 23:42:37 I guess this would be one of my songs then. | 23:42:42 Oh yes there's me signing. | 23:42:54 This would be Nirvana's Lithium then - the chorus doesn't really need the words up on screen. |
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| 23:43:04 I think I did the only song of the evening that required a degree of shouting. | 23:45:08 I seem to be still singing then... | 23:50:40 Errr...? |
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| 23:50:57 Oh I see - we're onto a Leon and Gav duet now - almost certainly True by Spandau Ballet. | 23:52:29 ...yes I'm fairly sure that's what it is. | 00:22:34 Gav still having something of a trouser/belt issue. |
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| 00:27:48 Yukari and Chie singing - I don't remember what song they chose! | 00:39:28 My other song, which was something of an error of judgement. |
