BOWLING

What to do on a very rainy Saturday afternoon.... well go bowling of course!

What? you can't go bowling and not

Yeah so we live in Asia but TRUST me, we still get horrid rainy Saturdays, which are good for nothing bar some form of indoor activity that involves either cheesy viewing, cheesy activities or cheesy eating, if I had my way we'd have had all three, but at Brad's refusal to watch legally blonde and eat babybelles, we settled on Bowling.

The original plan was actually to go to 'pitch and put' golf on Saturday where I could get myself a semi legitimate golfers tan to parade round the office on Monday and Brad could, well, win. The rain soon put a dampener on this plan (oo pardon the pun), and a desperate plea was posted on Facebook, our new age prayers were swiftly answered and off we trotted to Marina square Super Bowl (details at end of post)

I'll be honest with you, bowling is bowling wherever in the world you choose to pursue it. But just to tick off the boxes for any of you doubters, here is what to expect:

• An endless choice of "all you can eat buffet" restaurants in the vicinity. At least one Chinese, one American Diner.
• An arcade
• Grabby toy machines that don't grab anything...ever
• Large groups of teenagers lingering awkwardly, inclusive of one (minimum) acne ridden rogue, a token emo with backpack (contents unknown), miscellaneous others, and the "cool guy" who is clearly leader of the pack, but will predictably peak at school, giggling girls.
• pool tables (always blue?!)
• Awkward teenage afternoon dates, occasionaly supervised
• forced family outings
• The keenos
• The ones who can't programme the screen. 

Slot us into the appropriate category at your leisure...Anyway we had a fittingly fun afternoon, Brad got competitive and I managed to bowl the ball 6 times in a row without actually hitting anything- if he thinks he is ever getting that $250 dollars I was duped into owing him (backed myself a bit too much at the betting stage) he can dream on.

"Brad are these to protect your feet in case you drop the bowling ball"
"No Sian they are to protect the floor, unless they have steel toe caps, your feet would be pretty much f*ucked"

A sucker for statement accessorise

that's going in the gutter

THE DETAILS

As far as bowling alley's go its pretty basic, they have gone for a err,cheap "minimalistic' approach with the decor opting for plastic tables and chairs over the usual fittings...I hoped that the freedom of chair positioning meant you could tactfully place yourself at the end of the lane and just sit waiting your turn (less up and downing involved) this wasn't allowed, and I overlooked the minor detail of how to retrieve my ball.

Snacks:

There arent actually any amenities in the alley, not even a Wimpy burger, but it seemed that you could just bring your own refreshments in, saw a few people with Starbucks, subway and the odd Tiger beer knocking about. I quite liked this, probably much cheaper too. (A woman did walk round offering drinks but I am not 100% sure if she actually worked there!?!)

Location:

6 Raffles Boulevard
No.03-200
Singapore
39594

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Telephone
65 6334 1000

Always good to have something in the locker for a rainy day. Happy bowling people.

XXX