Today, I got to hang out with Yuki, Raien, and Jenelle. I find it’s usually kind of tenuous when you try merging two spheres of friends, but in this case the girls hit it off really well, to which I’m quite happy. A big thank you goes out to everyone for the great effort for my sake.
After the tea house we went to the nearby karaoke lounge; Jenelle was unable to join us there. We tried to get a room during happy hour. We patiently waited out in the lobby for a few minutes, but when the receptionist guy came to the front, he just gave us a weird look and told us all of the rooms were taken. We tried to take our chances at another karaoke place down the road. Again, all of the rooms were taken.
So, apparently all these Asian people are taking all of these rooms during so-called happy hour. Hell, happy hour is supposed to be when no one comes to these karaoke places. That’s why it’s cheap in order to try to get more people in. Just by the nature of it, wouldn’t the period no longer have to be classified as happy hour? As we were pondering this question, the irony of the situation dawned on us:
God, we’re part of the problem as Asians trying to do karaoke during the cheap hours!
So, no, we never got a chance to do karaoke and ended up hanging out at Starbucks, a Korean restaurant, and eventually Second Cup. It was great doing all that, but still, my urge to sing hasn’t been slaked. Next time we’re booking a damn room. TCH.
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2 comments
Wegrit says:
Mon. November 10, 2008 at 1:06 am (UTC -4 )
Seriously, what are all these private karaoke rooms in Toronto I keep hearing about? My T.O. karaoke experience of two weeks ago was fronting a band (which would have been cool if I hadn’t spent the whole time wanting to disappear because having a roomful of eyes on me is *really* not my thing, but I’d promised a friend of a friend that if he did it, I would to) but the whole time everyone was talking about these private rooms.
Jay says:
Mon. November 10, 2008 at 10:08 pm (UTC -4 )
There are these karaoke places that have a bunch of rooms. You rent one out with you and your friends. The room has a TV and a few karaoke machines where you punch in the number and the song will come up on the screen. You can order drinks and what not and people will bring it to the room. The great thing about it is that really it’s just you and your friends so it’s more relaxed.
I don’t know where they are in downtown. I think there’s Echo at Dundas and Spadina but I don’t know if that’s room based. I know of more places up in Richmond Hill.