Bowling in China
The other night some of my friends found a bowling alley here in town at the Raddison Hotel. The Raddison is one of the nicer hotels and therefore has a bowling alley. So Saturday night, this past one, Tom's birthday (shout out!) we packed into cabs and hit the lanes for some good times.
Overall the experience left me frustrated and somewhat dejected. First of all, the shoes were not slick and stuck to the lanes preventing that graceful slide. The first time I threw my ball down the lane I almost tripped face first onto the plastic. That brings me to my second point, there was no oil on the lanes, just a plastic cover that was shiny but did not provide that slide for the ball that can totally change the game.
Besides for the technical aspects of the game, there were other mistakes. The music did nothing to help set the tone for a positive bowling experience. Only Chinese pop was heard throughout the entire building. How was I supposed to get the magical 300 without Shakira and Usher blaring in the background.
There was no black light bowling which is just crazy. Black lights and bowling alleys go together like strip clubs and stripper poles. One without the other is just out of place.
Now without black lights and without Usher, the bowling alley isn't one tenth as romantic which brings me to my next point. There were no nervous teenage kids making out in the middle of the bowling alley. We didn't have anything to make fun of and therefore were forced to watch the other people in the group bowl and nothing is more boring than watching someone bowl.
All in all I survived but not without some stories that began, "Back at Westview Lanes in Wilson..."
I would like to say thank you to all of the people who held candle light vigils and said prayers because the kebob restaurant has reopened, Thank You!
Well, that's all I have, Happy Cinco De Mayo!
The other night some of my friends found a bowling alley here in town at the Raddison Hotel. The Raddison is one of the nicer hotels and therefore has a bowling alley. So Saturday night, this past one, Tom's birthday (shout out!) we packed into cabs and hit the lanes for some good times.
Overall the experience left me frustrated and somewhat dejected. First of all, the shoes were not slick and stuck to the lanes preventing that graceful slide. The first time I threw my ball down the lane I almost tripped face first onto the plastic. That brings me to my second point, there was no oil on the lanes, just a plastic cover that was shiny but did not provide that slide for the ball that can totally change the game.
Besides for the technical aspects of the game, there were other mistakes. The music did nothing to help set the tone for a positive bowling experience. Only Chinese pop was heard throughout the entire building. How was I supposed to get the magical 300 without Shakira and Usher blaring in the background.
There was no black light bowling which is just crazy. Black lights and bowling alleys go together like strip clubs and stripper poles. One without the other is just out of place.
Now without black lights and without Usher, the bowling alley isn't one tenth as romantic which brings me to my next point. There were no nervous teenage kids making out in the middle of the bowling alley. We didn't have anything to make fun of and therefore were forced to watch the other people in the group bowl and nothing is more boring than watching someone bowl.
All in all I survived but not without some stories that began, "Back at Westview Lanes in Wilson..."
I would like to say thank you to all of the people who held candle light vigils and said prayers because the kebob restaurant has reopened, Thank You!
Well, that's all I have, Happy Cinco De Mayo!
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