First time at a Lup Sup Bar.. Oops I mean KTV lounge / club whatever...

Was never a fan of Karaoke. never was, and never will be..
Maybe it's cos of the horrifying experiences of listening to my mum, aunties and uncles croaking (oops I mean karaok-ing) songs from their era.. Rong Shu Xia being one of them (up to now i still think it means Melting Under a Tree.) Songs by Teresa Teng are still acceptable but once they start singing... haiz... bless my ears....

Also, I never had friends who like to karaoke coming fr a Kan Tan school n having kantan friends.. So just now, after a summon (oops I mean celebration at one of the Jedi Master's big day), a whole bunch of Jedis went to Partyworld for Karaoke at ard 12 midnight...

Hmmm finally! An occasion to go to one of these HIP karaoke places.. Was really curious what's the hype about K-box etc...

So, what's my review... Here goes...

1) LUP SUP BAR decor n feel!!!! Green jade walls with gold trimmings... pink pvc sofas with partially torn seams poking ur flesh, sleezy dim downlights, airconditioning wasn't functioning at an optimal temperature, cigarette smoke in the air........... All that is lacking is some mamasans walking in with some bar girls holding XO bottles in their hands (would like to clarify that I've never been to a lup sup bar.. but i think this is how it looks like, right?)

2) Karaoke singers dunno how to pee and aim properly... crap.. one of the worst public toilets I've been to (in Singapore, i must clarify) .. Pee stains and cigarette burnt marks on the toilet seats... toilet papers and cigarette butts on the floor.. wet floors and doors without locks... and worst....COCKROACH outside the toilet!!!!! How lup sup can this be man!!!!! I wonder if the gals' toilet is already like that.. how much worse can the guys' toilet be.

3) Cheesy.. I mean dammnnnn cheesy MTVs for English songs... Can u imagine the MTV for Pray by Take That was entirely based on scenes of buddhist temples and people praying!!!!! N u have the ugliest and ba bak girls prancing ard in some of the MTVs that u have no choice but to just sing the songs from memory without looking at the screen or better still..... jus skip that song..... the irony is that those were not the worst MTVs as told by one of the Jedis. FAINT!!!! Not to mention the words don't tally.. and spelling is atrocious! Can't help it... occupational hazard... RECEIVED is not spelt as RECIEVED!!!!

4) Karaoke singers are meant for those who listen to jiu san san 93.3FM type of people. Practially most of the latest songs are in Mandarin which come with original MTVs. Only problem is that I suck at reading chinese characters. Doesn't help that they are in Fan Ti Zi (some non simplified characters)... Hey at least I managed to sing 2 chinese songs! Ha.. and I can read 50% of the words (Hey! If we round up 0.5 to 1.0, it means I know all the words hehehe)... but they were mainly.. WO, NI, TA, AI, YAO, BU..

Waaaaiiiitttt.... before you all judge me or look down on me I must first declare that I scored A2 for O levels Chinese ok.... (sigh ... could still remember how my chinese teacher said that I "chuang chu yi ge qi ji"... loosely translated to English as.... "I performed a miracle"... when she delivered me my results. GRRRHHHH

Oh well.. since I didn't sing much cos I couldn't recognise almost all of the Chinese Songs I thought why not make full use of the time spent to brush up my Chinese by bugging other Jedis how to pronouce certain characters and what they mean.. Hey "Life-long learning" okies... Crap! Think they should give me more bonus for doing that..

5) Karaoke should be meant for people who can sing or at least not tone deaf... You should hear some of the croaking from other karaoke rooms man (haha our rm too.. no offence jedis... okie lahs.. some Jedis can really sing.. kudos to those who can)... jus a tad bit better than my relatives.. the songs may be more modern but the noise pollution is still the same.

6) Karaoke songs catalogues are computerised!!! And I thought there will be some sort of file with a list of songs to choose from. Hey Lady 28 also thought it was like that too okay!

7) Exorbitant price paid for Jasmine Honey, listening to people and myself singing out of tune and chinese tuition.. Well.. actually not too bad an experience... but i think once is enough. Having said that... I would still go again.. and it's only cos of the people I enjoy being with and not the karaoke experience.

Left the place ard 3am.. Okie now a look at my check list of "things to do"... Karaoke ... check!!! What's next.. sky diving???