カラオケ -- Ka ra o ke

A brief entry on my new 'hobby': until only few weeks ago i considered Karaoke nerdy & lame, now i am a confessing fan. I read somewhere once that if you feel tired, sad or depressed singing is a great cure, because it is not physically possible to engage in singing and remain depressed -- so true, so true... There are a few good Karaoke places close to where i live -- they are the Japanese kind, as seen in Lost in Translation, where you get you own 'box' and pay by the half hour which includes all-you-drink obscure cocktails like ocha-tea with whiskey or passion-grapefruit-something-alcohol. And it is fun, making a fool of your self in front of your friends, who take turns doing the same thing :)