Bowling Time With Family and Friends
by: Cecilia Yew (M/1486)
One Sunday at 10.30 in the morning of 22nd February 2009, a group of Mensans together with family members converged at BJ Bowl in Bukit Jambul Complex to do their annual practice.
This time, we had 10 persons joining the bowling games. Our immediate past Chairman, PC Sim, came alone as his son could not make it. BL Yeoh, the organizer, brought his family of five. WL Cheok came with Elaine and their little son, Aidan, while Nic Sim came strolling in with Krista.
As many of us had not touched a bowling ball since the last bowling event held on 16th June 2007, we were a bit rusty with our techniques of rolling the ball towards the pins. Maybe Cheok might disagree with me as his score for the three games played was very consistent – 124,123 and 126. I was the total opposite of him as I was not very comfortable with the ball chosen nor my technique until much later into the games. This explains my score of 54 for the first game and 124 for the third game.
The bowling alley cleaners would probably be the happiest people around for that morning. Many ladies had ended up “cleaning the drains” when the balls rolled to the sides instead of hitting the pins.
After two hours of fun aiming to hit the targeted pins (but often in vain), it was time for the results. Guess what? Cheok and Elaine emerged as champions, BL and I were runners-up while Nic and Krista were third place in the men’s and ladies’ categories respectively. It was such a coincidence for couples to share the same position though in a different category!
Join us next year?