I wanna rock and roll all night...

October 21 cont.

After Dave rescues us, he takes us to meet his friends James and Naoko. James is a missionary from South Africa. They both go to the same church as Dave. They take us to experience authentic karaoke for the first time. We enter a tall, skinny building with a sign that says "Joy" on the front. At the desk we are given a box with some kind of controller, 2 microphones and some song lists. We go up a couple of floors and down the hall to a small rooms with bench seats, a table and a TV monitor. There's also a telephone on the wall, which Naoko uses to order beer. Let the fun begin!

It's so much easier to belt out your lungs into a microphone in a room full of friends than in front of a bar full of hostile strangers! This is great! Matt gives a spot-on rendition of "I believe in a thing called love" by The Darkness. I'm not even tired anymore. The hour we paid for is over so quickly. Sigh.