Bowling in Lahore!

Hello,

So I went bowling with my friend/buddy/pal/friend-in-need/support Maria and my two cousins, Shey and Momina. Now, I am so used to bowling in Saudi and Dubai, that bowling in Lahore was a completely different ball game for me. No doubt, the alleys are very professional and the balls and pins are solid. The set up was exactly like it is in Dubai and Saudi. However, the experience of playing the game is radically different!

For one, there were not enough shoes to cater for everyone playing. They didn't even have my size 11 shoes! The management didn't really enforce any rules that all bowlers have to wear shoes, so I was gasping in shock to see men, women and children playing in their regular shoes, barefoot, in socks and slippers. I mean, come on, how much more unprofessional can one get?

Secondly, there were not enough balls to go around. So people were literally swiping my ball and running off with them. Several times I managed to stop people slyly sneaking off with my ball, but then after a while I gave up. Everyone's balls were everyone else's balls!

Thirdly, some people just don't know how to play! They would literally throw the ball, and when they do that, the whole room would shudder with a loud BANG and we all felt the KABOOM noise made when the ball hits the alley! Other people go way beyond the foul line. Many people would slip and fall. Little children would walk onto the alley, up to about half way and then throw the ball. Others would throw the ball even before the machine finished setting up the pins.

Despite all this, I had a blast bowling! :-) The company was great. We laughed endlessly. And my two small cousins were serious competition for me (they played a lot of bowling in Canada you see!)

Mansur