karaoke night at jenn and ohnmar's

yes, you read that right. i co-hosted karaoke night at my apartment. but wait it gets better.

so like all good southeast asians, the burmese also enjoy their fair share of, you guessed it, karaoke. it's a big deal to have any of our students over as it's very difficult for them to move about freely since they can be stopped by the police at any time.

it's also a big deal for them because it's one of those rare times that people of all genders aren't segregated and can hang out together. (read: huge opportunity for rare flirting.)

what did our play list include you ask? in no particular order:

• celine dion, my heart will go on
• michael jackson, heal the world
• traditional, you are my sunshine
• the beatles, yesterday
• various burmese hip hop songs

and yes, for songs in english, i sang along.

on the very left is my roommate, ohnmar. she's burmese, though she mainly grew up in the states, and prior to coming here, we actually lived down the street from each other in boston. she's pictured here with her students to whom she teaches english.

one of these things is not like the others... blonde! glasses!