We rode over to the next prefecture to get free dental care for Y.
Except for dentists obligated to treat Y for free, our destination also featured a cheap karaoke place so we sang for a couple of hours.
Karaoke boxes are definitely among the things I'll miss most when we leave Japan. Going singing works as an icebreaker for getting to know new people, as a filler when you have some free time, as a main event, and as a sort of night cap; the last thing you do before you head home.
Since there were only the two of us in the karaoke box today we could experiment without disturbing anyone. Today we experimented with the scoring function of the karaoke machine. The setup was simple enough, stay in tune and on the beat or else you can't sing the song until finnish.
It was a humbling experience. Songs that I sing everytime got cut short after just a minute. Y on the other hand completed everything that didn't require her to sing falsetto. Awesome sense of beat.
Now I have to reconsider my self image as quite musical person. Do I have a nice groove that machines unfortunately can't appreciate? Or am I just off beat all the time...
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