Bowling

Today I went bowling... after more than 3 years... that is with my own gear... yes i have my own bowling gear. i've got two bowling balls, shoes, hand guard, powder ball (for drying hands), a little compartmentalised translucent box for my finger tape and a rollable bowling bag that can hold two balls. hey what do u expect? i was in the bowling team in jc mah...

anyway, went bowling a couple of times in the last three years but never with my gear. i guess it's a little odd cos the friends i go with now aren't really bowlers. so macham i wanna act seh or something. so i usually opt not to lug my gear around. plus if bring all the gear, then in the end get some pathetic 60 points or something so malu!!!!

lol... thankfully all three games today were above 100... and it gradually got better too... not great but not cringeworthy either i guess. satisfied considering my hiatus from serious bowling.

it's great fun.. xiang was sweet enough to accompany me even tho he's not really into it. the last time we went about two three weeks back he had a sudden spur of brilliance and hit amazing scores of above 160 and 140... think he mentioned it was his highest ever. very good for a non-bowler... even at my peak i never got a regular average of 160 i think...hmm... don't really rem... maybe i did... hmm... dunno...

well, i signed up for the starbowl membership which lets me get games at $3 instead of $3.90... we played five games today... so about 25 more games to make my membership worth it... lol... good thing is that whoever's with me up to 10 pple they all get to pay $3 too... bowling anyone?

seem to be in the mood of continuing past interested... first tennis.. now bowling.. on the domestic side, been learning how to wash out raw meats and stuff... next step, learning how to cook chinese dishes... lol...

lately i've also been into learning mandarin. lol... yes u read it right. i've decided that it's terrible of me a chinese not to know chinese well. yes i'm pretty kantang... so sad hor? anyway, been doing my xi3 zhi4 in those chinese exercise books with squares and all! lol... and getting xiang and my family to give me chinese spelling. really got to expand my vocab! but it's so daunting... there's just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many words in the chinese language! ah well, bit by bit... just started about a week back only... so just taking my time. been trying to read my paper as well. that free chinese newspaper. but i'm so lousy that i take ages just to read one article... never mind... slowly! bit by bit!

heehee... anyway i thank God for:

1. the fine weather on tue 8/8 cos it allowed me and xiang to have a lovely time at the zoo
2. letting us see so many animals.. as in at the moments we walked to the enclosure many of them chose to appear near the glass like the leopard and the polar bear... oh and the baby dugong! he was so sweet... hmm... not sure if it's a boy tho... anyway it was only a month old! very cute! it's on my phone now... ask to see it if you meet me... lol...
   
3. a nice ending to the day cos we chanced upon the fireworks display... it was really really breath-taking... lovely way to end our 3rd year celebration
4. giving me the chance to take up both tennis and bowling again
5. my sunday school girls.. am going to miss teaching them. these next three weeks will be my last weeks with them cos my rotation is a quarterly one, so it's my last quarter with them and next year two of them would have moved on to sec 1... sniffle! so sad...
6. my cell... we're finally going to have cell tom! woohoo! miss having cell... church doesn't seem the same without it
7. helping me have more patience during my tuition sessions... his CA2 is in a week and a half!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yuckyuckyuck
8. having xiang agree to go swimming with me! yay.... heehee... one more past interest... heehee... used to go swimming every week when i was in primary sch... miss those days...
   

already... off to bed now... sleepy! hope i don't ache tom... still have badminton with the cell.. then on monday it's tennis time again!!! maybe wednesday i'll go bowl... lol... see how... funfunfun!