Korean Bowling

Let me start out my saying that I am a horrible bowler. I'm lucky if I break 50. I'm really bad.

Today Mihey told me some teachers from Suwan MS were getting together to go bowling. I did not want to turn down the invite, and I didn't have anything else to do, so I went along.

Me and 4 other teachers left school around 5 and went to a bowling alley nearby. The bowling alley was pretty similar to something you would see back in the states, and the prices were almost the same. It had been a really, really long time since I went bowling, but I thought I could pick it up right away. Boy, was I wrong!

We played 2 games, 3 teachers to an alley. 6 teachers total. I was the worst out of the 6 of us. I scored so low, I won't even tell you what it was! The second game, we made teams to even out the skill level, haha. I was with the best bowler :) We decided that whichever team had the lowest score would pay for the games. So, I bowled really really well! Well, I did a granny bowl for EVERY SINGLE frame. No joke. But I scored high! My score for the second game was 102. So since I was using 2 hands, that figures out to be 51 per hand. Still, I was pretty pleased.

Koreans seem to get really excited when you do well, but also are supportive when you do poorly, like me. There were lots of high 5's. Basicallly, I got a high 5 after every time I bowled. They were doing lots of cheering and clapping too, though not necessarily for me. I felt like an idiot for doing the granny bowl, but they had never heard of it! At least I did it well. Our side didn't have to pay for the game, thanks to my amazing contribution.

After, we went out to dinner together to a noodle restaurant. The first course was radish and cabbage New Kimchi and sticky rice. One of the noodle bowls was noodles with a red bean sauce. It was pretty good and tasted exactly like a red bean. The other dish was noodles with clams. The exact same thing that I had at the beach this weekend. It wasn't as good though!

It was a fun night, but no will I not only be remembered for singing the ABC's, but also for doing the Granny Bowl!