But their lineup tonight was NOT all girls but "us girls + Bernard", with Grace, Alice, Rachel and Bernard (subbing for Lanie) on the Bowlerine lineup. Up for the BowlStars were Chona/String playing for Chelo tonight, then we had Liz, me and Mitchie. Naku, matindi ito, we have to play well! They are definitely a different team with Bernard in the lineup. The picture below is from Week 2, taken by Mary Ann Liboon and originally posted on the Philly Pinoy Facebook page.
The Bowlerines (L-R): BERNARD Landayan, GRACE Que, ALICE Deo and RACHEL Ditan
Not in picture is LANIE Santos
Thanks to Cyndi Lauper for my blog song tonight, which has been playing in my head since yesterday:
Bowling
On a Friday night
On a Friday night
My BFF BowlStars
We're feeling alright
We're feeling alright
We love the Bowlerines
Tonight will be fun
Tonight will be fun
But we just want to win once
Us girls (and Bernard), we want to win once
That's all we really want
To have fun (and win once)
We feel good
We look good, we play good
We look good, we play good
And yes, we really have fun
But tonight, we want to win once!
Laban lumaban
Walang kaibi-kaibigan, kaibigan
Walang pakiusapan-usapan
Ang score ay paghatian-hatian
Hating kaibigan....
We started out slow and with some technical difficulties, as we could not update the lineups on our lanes, nor press the red key to start the games! The BowlStars were trulily feeling mightily fine and were playing quite well, but none of us could "Bowl Like Bernard" (as in "Move Like Jagger"). Super X-rated talaga si Mr. Landayan, super excellent, what a bowling idol! So consistent a striker, what can we say or do? Sambahin.... And to top it off, ang galing-galing din naman nilang lahat! Grace was throwing some good balls (naks, getting better!), and Alice and Rachel were stellar, as always, showing why they are among the top lady bowlers in our league! So the BowlStars fought hard and well, and all had scores at and above our averages, but the Bowlerines were hot hot hot, smoldering hot. So, sayang, we lost the first game by around 30 pins.
We got lucky on the second game. It was neck and neck from frame to frame, and with Bernard having another series of strikes going into the last frame, my utak-brain could not calculate if we were ahead or behind or what... Once Bernard bowled his last ball, it was clear that we were ahead with Mitchie still not done with the 10th frame. Whoo hoo and wowowie, the bowling gods smiled at the BowlStars. So sing with me, bebe: "That's all we really want, to win ONE!" Nakaisa, yebah! Tied na, uwian na daw, ha-che-che!
Last game, last chance, and boy, was it a struggle for the BowlStars. Thank goodness, our anchor batter Mitchie remained solid and consistent. Our balls were suwail = mine kept escaping from me due to sweaty palm syndrome, which when (over)corrected, became sticky fingers syndrome, bastos! But of course we kept fighting coz it ain't over till it's over! The Bowlerines simply bowled us over, nilampaso, massacred really, with about 150 pins advantage, which is equivalent to another bowler! Grace was throwing strikes and getting spares (even 10-pin spares, that is blog-worthy!) under the tutelage of Bernard the Bowlmaster = hanep, bilib na ako kay Grace, fighter, with lots of style points, of course! Alice, the birthday girl, had an awesome night, super galing, strike master! And of course, my idol, Rachel, still and always will be my idol, so consistent, so cool under pressure, super galing talaga. While killing us with her deadly game, she was letting me know how much I have improved, remembering how we used to practice together on Thursday nights before league last year...those were the days...love you much for your generous heart, my dear, and your invaluable tips! And last but not least, we were lambasted and blown to bits by the Bowlmaster himself, Bernard. It was so great to bowl with greatness. We all did our best, it was so much fun, it was great to play with y'all, galing-galing! Unbelievably, with all their firepower, we happened to give the formidable Bowlerines their first WIN: as the song goes "Yes, (they) want to win once" and they did win this ONCE! And we wanted to win too, and we won ONE!
Anchor Mitchie, my anchor batter, had scores all in the 170-180 range tonight, what a winner! Liz was at and above average tonight, keep on fighting, girl! My secret weapon String is still a secret for now, but one of these days she will explode like she does at practice and will blow y'all away = yah, better believe it, girl, you are capable of it, I have seen it with my own two eyes (kahit duling kita ko pa rin!). As for me, I can only dream to someday "Bowl Like Bernard" or even to "Bowl Like Rachel" (idol!) or Alice or Mitchie = ang gagaling ninyong lahat tonight, you are the very best! But for now, masaya nalang ako na hindi ako masyadong nagkalat, lumaban ako till the end. My GoPapa Joel said that the top four women bowlers actually played each other tonight. Rachel is far and away our #1, and Mitchie and Alice are both up there with her. And unBOWLieavably kasama na pala ako doon, naks! I'm a BowlStar, baby! I have come a long way from last year's 105 average (had a 165 average tonight, my league average will increase to 153). Pero dapat lang umabante ako dahil laman ako ng bolingan, at patuloy akong mag-eensayo nang lalo pa akong gumaling, at manalo naman kami! Sing along, mga kapatid!
Someday I'll Bowl Like Bernard
Someday I'll Bowl Like Bernard
Someday I'll BOWL
Like Bernard....
Congratulations to our 50/50 raffle winner Romy Liboon, who got a whopping $33 from the pot. Romy, may pambayad ka na sa liga next week! Our pot is pushing $200, which is mighty awesome! I may sound like a broken record but I need to keep saying it: galing talaga ni Ms Alice magbenta! THANK YOU (bow)!
Lots of exciting games tonight just like last week, we will be waiting with bated breath for the update from Commish Jay, ang galing parati ng recap niya, rivetting!
Time flies, only two more weeks to go in regulation play and the BowlStars seem to be stuck in 8th place. We play the Bowleros next week = pakakainin daw kami ng pancit in exchange for a win...hmmm, let me think about that, not! We play the Bowlinators last, and I am missing that last game as I will be RP-bound. Ang bilis naman, can't believe it is almost over when it feels like it has just began....
Till next week, y'all.... Bowl, baby, bowl!
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