They say it's your birthday...

... gonna have a good time! (?) (from the ol' Beatles song)
So Friday night, the night before my birthday, about 8 of us went to KTV. What they have is different size rooms (depending on the size of your party) to rent out for a 3 or more hour period. It's like a mini-disco inside, with flashing lights, loud music, and a big screen tv. There were 3 microphones for people to sing along with and maracas and a tambourine. They had a huge selection of music to choose from - chinese and english. Many of the english tunes were knock-offs and didn't really sound the same but passable. One of the songs I sang was "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (no one knew that one!) and Sky recorded it on his phone. If he can send it to me, I will share it - embarrassing as it may be! They said it was good, but I cringe when I listen to it!
 Then on Saturday, my birthday, I awoke with an upset stomach and a bad case of the runs. After about 6 trips to the toilet, I then regurgitated whatever I had the night before. I spent the day lying down in bed feeling miserable. Sky came over with his girlfriend and they tried to fix me up with some Chinese medicine. I tried to tell him all I wanted was some 7-Up and crackers but he wouldn't hear of it. I tried to eat what he gave me but I just couldn't do it - the taste was too strange. He handed me a thermometer to take my temperature and was aghast when I put it in my mouth! Here they put it under their armpit. I was running a temp of 101.  So that was my 59th birthday!
I woke up this morning feeling much better - not 100% but I should be ok by tomorrow (Monday). It was just a 24 bug I caught I guess.
I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that may be my only KTV venture while I'm here!