My Heart Will Go On

First (yes that is the title of this post) I need to explain a bit about Indonesian music. In one word, cheese, and the more the better, it's awful. Secondly, just about every Indonesian song finds it's roots in either Bob Marley or Celine Dion, they're kinda like the royal family of Indonesian music. Now, in English club last week we were talking about music that we like and what are our favorite songs where. Naturally, "my heart will go on" ranked at the top of their lists. Then somehow the conversation shifted to national anthems. The kids wanted me to sing mine so I told them that if they sang "My Heart Will Go On" then I would sing the "Star Spangled Banner" for them thinking that there was no way they would. Turns out that I was wrong and they called my bluff. So after listening to 15 high schoolers pour their hearts in to a stirring rendition of Celine I began the anthem. (as I side note, if you've never tried to sing it before, it's a really hard song to sing and apparently no matter where I start my range can't handle it). Anyway after that they taught me the Indonesian Anthem (Indonesia Raya) and then they chased it with anouther round of "My Heart Will Go On".