Southern Hemisphere Karaoke

Since the first weekend we were in Sao Paulo, the Deloitte interns here put singing karaoke on our "must do" list. With just a little over a week left in Brazil it was high time to cross it off so we booked a karaoke "box" and hit Japantown last night.

Sao Paulo has the highest Japanese population outside of Tokyo and instead of a Chinatown like many large cities have, Sao Paulo has a Japantown called Liberdade. A few nights ago we received a suggestion for a karaoke place from our favorite front desk worker Gustavo so we called and made a reservation for eight last night. You have to make a reservation because you literally have a room with a karaoke machine to yourself so that you can sing your hearts out without getting judgemental looks from strangers. Of course, this also disables one from serenading strangers but that is the sacrifice we had to make.

We were lucky last night because every Deloitte Global intern (eight in total from three different continents) was available for dinner and karaoke, so we met in the lobby and taxied it over to Liberdade for a late dinner (which is actually more of an early dinner here). Once we arrived we found a nice sushi restaurant and got a room to ourselves. The room was complete with a doorbell to call the waiters and a slight odor of feet since we had to take our shoes off. Anyways, we order our weight in sushi and had a great time laughing and joking about our experiences in Brazil.

Our faces might not be the best in this one but it was the only clear photo.

After dinner we hurried to make our 10:30 reservation at the karaoke place. There we let our hair down and sang such hits as Usher's "Yeah!", "Wonderwall", "Man! I Feel Like a Woman", "Hakuna Matata", and "Wannabe". Unfortunately the place closed at 12 but we ended the night with a great rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and headed back to the hotel.

There are videos too...

We still have a lot of things that need to be accomplished before leaving a week from tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm hitting the town to get some Brazilian steakhouse, go shopping, and maybe even take in a futebol game. No worries, I will be sure to post updates on my "Brazil Bonanza" on the blog.