Knocked out at Knock 10
Had a team party yesterday. We spent the evening at this bowling alley called knock 10, followed by dinner.
Although I had loads of fun, apparently , the day was bad for me for atleast two reasons,
1) Bowling got added to I-am-the-worst-I-know list of sports (indoor and outdoor),
2) I forgot that i was dieting , yet again.
We were 14 , divided in three teams, two containing 5 each and another with 4 .
I was part of the smaller team, wondering if someone counted me as two (certainly not for bowling skills).
And then we started. I surprised everyone (including myself) by getting some decent hits in the very first try . I was seeing myself in the championship already. Backed by the infinitesimally large number of good performances,
I was looking at others and murmering "Oh you shouldnt have done it this way" or "the angle with which you approached was not right", and thinking how I would do better in that situation.
But the bliss was not to last long. Each time I managed to hit anything more than 0 targets, I added the awkward physical moves I had made to "Raza's list of top ten bowling techniques". However, our team of four did pretty good and managed to beat the other two teams in the first round. We all wanted to play a second round , but later discovered that it was not such a great idea.
People decided that there would be also be a prize for best individual score. We started the second round and my performance couldnt have got any worse. This one time, I threw the ball in the wrong path , and turned around
in dissappointment. Then came a ray of hope. My joy knew no bounds when I turned back to see all 10 targets were down. I imagined that the ball might have taken a spin and that I had a "clean" sweep. I later realized that it was actually the machine cleaning the alley for the next attempt. The ray of hope died before reaching me.
In my light speed journey towards the "worst performer" title, I was happy to be accompanied by a friend of mine who elegantly hit the one out of ten targets , which was lying down already. The results of my splendid bowling performance are as follows, I stood first in the second round if the scoring was based on
10-x, x being the number of targets hit. I hold the record for throwing the ball backwards, thrice.
Now I wonder what should I try next.
Although I had loads of fun, apparently , the day was bad for me for atleast two reasons,
1) Bowling got added to I-am-the-worst-I-know list of sports (indoor and outdoor),
2) I forgot that i was dieting , yet again.
We were 14 , divided in three teams, two containing 5 each and another with 4 .
I was part of the smaller team, wondering if someone counted me as two (certainly not for bowling skills).
And then we started. I surprised everyone (including myself) by getting some decent hits in the very first try . I was seeing myself in the championship already. Backed by the infinitesimally large number of good performances,
I was looking at others and murmering "Oh you shouldnt have done it this way" or "the angle with which you approached was not right", and thinking how I would do better in that situation.
But the bliss was not to last long. Each time I managed to hit anything more than 0 targets, I added the awkward physical moves I had made to "Raza's list of top ten bowling techniques". However, our team of four did pretty good and managed to beat the other two teams in the first round. We all wanted to play a second round , but later discovered that it was not such a great idea.
People decided that there would be also be a prize for best individual score. We started the second round and my performance couldnt have got any worse. This one time, I threw the ball in the wrong path , and turned around
in dissappointment. Then came a ray of hope. My joy knew no bounds when I turned back to see all 10 targets were down. I imagined that the ball might have taken a spin and that I had a "clean" sweep. I later realized that it was actually the machine cleaning the alley for the next attempt. The ray of hope died before reaching me.
In my light speed journey towards the "worst performer" title, I was happy to be accompanied by a friend of mine who elegantly hit the one out of ten targets , which was lying down already. The results of my splendid bowling performance are as follows, I stood first in the second round if the scoring was based on
10-x, x being the number of targets hit. I hold the record for throwing the ball backwards, thrice.
Now I wonder what should I try next.
posted by Raza at 10:37 PM
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