Thursday, January 19, 2006

Dinner and Karaoke

Last night, I went out for dinner to meet up with Joey and the gang. We were supposed to meet up at a restaurant called Canton Cafe, but I got lost. Hehe. Luckily, I didn't wander very far from the place, so I got there fine, albeit a little late. I didn't know who exactly was going, but I had expected maybe 5 or 6 of us in total. So, in the restaurant, I was looking desperately for a table of 5... only to find Jackie waving to me from a huge table.

Jackie, Colin, Adrian and Simon were there, but Joey, the organiser, wasn't. She was coming straight from work, which was why she was late. There were 3 other guys at the table, including Bernard and John, whom I've met before. The other guy was called Mashi, I think. However, it wasn't till after dinner that I realized I actually met John before. Oops. Don't think he remembers me either, so we'll call it even. Heh. Anyway, when Joey came, I was sitting next to Simon. She sat down next to me, then asked to swap seats with me. I knew Joey likes Simon, but I thought, wouldn't it be obvious? I was about to think of an excuse for why we exchanged seats, when Joey leaned over and kissed Simon on the cheek! Oh. I didn't know they hooked up! Turns out they hooked up after the holidays last year! Wow.. so long ago, and I didn't know a thing. Everyone knew, though, except me. I felt a little embarassed and out of place. Bleh.

After dinner, we decided to go for karaoke. Jackie suggested KBox, but Mashi mentioned a place where it's quite cheap, so we decided to try it out. It was a Korean place called Champion Singing Rooms (I think!). It was a very quiet night. We were the only customers there. It was a Wednesday night, after all. Mashi was right... it was very cheap. It's supposed to be $60 for all 9 of us for 2 hours, but the guy gave us a discount... so it was $50. Cheap leh! They have Korean (duh!), Chinese, English and Japanese songs, but we only sang English songs yesterday night. Not everyone can read or know Chinese. I prefer Chinese songs, though.

I think I prefer KBox, although it's more expensive than Champion. In Champion, the rooms are very stuffy, and even having the two fans in the room didn't help. Colin was the first to complain it's hot, but I told him, "Hot? You?" That was because of all of us, Colin's the only one wearing three-quarter pants. But about 30 minutes in the room, and we were all sweating. It was like a freaking boiler room in there! We kept opening the door and buying drinks because it was so darn hot. Maybe that's how they get profits? At 10.30pm, we were prepared to go, but Mashi and Jackie wanted to stay for another 2 more hours! I declined, since I have class in the morning. Joey declined as well, as she has work. Some of the others have to go to work as well, but they start work late. I think Mashi wanted to stay 'cos he's the only one completely free... no work or school. How nice! I tumpang-ed with Joey and Simon, and reached home about 11pm. Simon asked me the way to my house, but I was kinda blur. What to do? It's really hard for me to remember the roads, 'kay? I know the bus route, and I know my way from certain places. But since we went to a different place from usual, I wasn't sure about the way home. Joey joked that she should dump me at some random place one day. Don't you dare, Joey!

So tired. In fact, I almost couldn't wake up this morning! Luckily, my sis woke me up. Heh. Okay, enough blabbering. Pictures!! There were some funny moments, where Mashi was serenading Simon (!) and the guys dancing... but I was laughing too hard to take pictures.