KTV is A-okay for friends

There are Internet bars, movie marathons, club dancing, 24-hour restaurants, or shooting pool until the crack of the dawn. But in the realm of all night entertainment, karaoke is king.

A few months ago, I rolled up to a karaoke bar in my friend's car. From the outside it looked like a basketball arena, but once you entered, its dcor resembled that of a five star hotel. We were greeted by guards in woolen coats and hostesses dressed in flowing red and blue gowns.

Escorted like royalty we walked past countless rooms. One had the door half open revealing an older man with one heck of a comb over belting out a Chinese folk song in a shrill, out of tune voice.