Sometimes there is a downside in staying in nice hotels......

The Intercontinental Ashiana in Ho Chi Minh City was very impressive. Good size room, decent wireless connection, spa/pool/gym, pleasant and attentive staff, varied TV channels (as demonstrated by previous post), good restaurant and of course...........bar.

The bar was called Purple Jade and was announcing the "musical talents of famous Canadian singer Karen Manion. Now I have nothing personally against Karen. Her style is cabaret/lounge/X Factor which appeals to some people (but i am in Simon Cowell's camp on this one) and she stuck to that style regardless of song.

Her rendition of James Blunt "Beautiful" was "interesting" (you are right it was the radio 2 version excluding the one F word)....................

her rendition of Wonderwall was a bit bizarre (although there are not many who could get anywhere close to the British Lions live 1997 version)..............

but when she went onto Amy Winehouse "Rehab" not only was i the one saying "no, no, no" but i had to check 1) whether i was the only one laughing and 2) whether she could see me (thankfully the bar had lots of dark cubicles).

And then at the end i heard the applause!!