Bowling and Life

The local Malaysian community recently organised a bowling tournament and I joined it, together with my children and wife. Halfway through, she asked where I learned to play and I told her that my close friends during A-levels liked to play bowling. Hence I learned. I am not even good at bowling but I know a bit here and there.

Near the end she complained of her hand aching from throwing the ball, which is echoed by most of the casual players. The tournament had 2 games per player, and people say that maybe it could have been done with one game instead. I remarked that the organisers of the tournament are people who like playing bowling, hence why they set two games. This is always the case with communities, where people who have the voice or majority will ‘dictate’ the agenda.

Similar to how it was when during my younger days, where my friends who liked bowling, dictated or maybe influenced me to play bowling. I think it is a good thing that they liked playing bowling instead of some other worse activities, but I guess that was one of the reasons I was (am) friends with them. Birds of feather flock together.

Thank you for reading.