My birthday!

Well January 21st was my birthday. Even though my girlfriend was still away at her folks still for the holiday, I had a blast. I went out to dinner with Manchester and his girlfriend, Fordy and his girlfriend Tex Mex, Dundee, Canada and my Chinese tutor and another student Xin Xin and her boyfriend. Manchester is another teacher at my college who has been here 5 years and owns a bar (which is actually rather common, I would guess 50% of all foreigner who live in China more than 3 years end up opening or buying into a bar). I would have invited several other students and other peeps as well but all of them are out of town for Spring Festival. We had a pretty good dinner, Manchester and girlfriend had to go to open his bar, but the rest of us headed to the KTV!!! That was a good time all around (involving 4 bottles of vodka, but of course I did not drink; note, my parents read this blog). I think most of us lost our voices by the end of the night. We got to sing some good ole favorites like Country Roads remix and Backstreet's Back (Alright!), which are currently the most famous dance songs in China, since Backstreet Boys are the most popular western group here. Our Chinese friends, who could actually sing, of course embarassed us with their singing ability. Here are some pics.