2009/08/18

Bowling

August 18, 2009

Bowling

By Max



At August 16th, I, my brother and my mom and dad went to play bowling at Shoushan bowling center. For the first time I play bowling in Shoushan bowling center, I learned a lot of things at bowling.

Bowling is a kind of ball sport, and tests your skill, and you need to do the right position to master it.

First, if you want to play bowling, you need to pay 50 dollars for each game. Ex: We play 4 games first, so we pay 200 dollars. Also, the people will tell you which lane you can play.

Then, because you need to wear bowling shoes to play, so you need to know your foot size, and someone will give you that size of shoes. Then you can play! I know that Dexter shoes are the best because they can slide and it’s beautiful! Forget about the old rental shoes.

You need to pick the right ball for bowling. If the ball is too heavy, it can hurt you. The bowling balls are 8-16 pounds heavy. This time, I get the 8 pound ball (about 3.6 kg).

I grip the ball with the thumb, index finger and middle finger. But I think my bowling ball grip is wrong, after I noticed that guy at the video grips his ball with the thumb, middle finger and ring finger. I also know the grip for a spinning ball is with the middle finger and the ring finger, but not the THUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the bowling lane, you can see 7 arrows and 10 dots. I also know that one arrow equals 5 boards, so it goes 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 for right-handers, and the opposite for left-handers. For right-handers, you aim the bowling ball to the second arrow from the right, and you need to hit the 1 and 3 pin to get a strike. Left-handers aim the second arrow from the left, and hit the 1 pin and 2 pin to get a strike.

I also know how to score for bowling. Here’s the scoring.

l If you didn’t hit all ten pins after two balls, you get depending with how many pins you hit. Ex: If you hit 8 pins, you score 8 points.

If you get a spare (means hit all ten pins after two balls), you get 11+how many pins you hit after the first ball. Ex: If you hit 7 pins at the first ball, you get 18 points when you get a spare.






l If you get a strike, you get 30 points.






l There are 3 balls at the tenth round, but only you get a strike at the first ball. If you didn’t get a strike, you can only throw 2 balls.






l The highest point in bowling is 300 points, but only you get twelve strikes at a row.






I think bowling is fun, because it only takes 20-30 minutes to play, and I am happy to see the pins being hit. So I wish to play again.

2009/08/15

Leonardo da Vinci

August 15, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci
By Max
Leonardo da Vinci is a famous person in about 550 years ago. When he was born, he is a genius for many things whenever he tried it. But he was the best to draw and paint. He drew many beautiful pictures, and some of them were still kept in the museums in France. He also was an inventor but he didn’t invent any things. He drew many kinds of things that take people, but he didn’t make it real, so someone invented it after Leonardo’s death.
Leonardo did many jobs during his life, and he is a master of many things. I hope many people now can thank Leonardo for his beautiful paintings.

2009/08/14

Baseball

August 14, 2009
Baseball
By Max
Baseball is a good sport to play with a bat and a ball. Even it is not as widely popular as soccer, many Americans and some other countries still like to play it.

Baseball, which is introduced in the 19th century, only a few players can play at a time. But now since it was been known by many countries, they start to play it too. Now many teams play in their countries baseball league, but many people still don’t know how to play. After baseball became popular, they also introduced softball and amateur ball, which girls and kids and teenagers play, and let baseball more popular.

I hope that many more people can love baseball, and see the professional players hit the ball very hard, and we can cheer when getting a home run!

Math

August 14, 2009
Math
By Max
After I see this article, I wonder why many people hates math the most. Solving math problems is very interesting, but why many people want to be as lazy to use calculators to solve problems?
Math is a good subject at school, but why many people hate it? I know their feelings, but math classes cannot be cancelled. Math can help you get smarter, and you can think logically when you answer math problems. But with the people who don’t learn math? They will get low scores, and without math they couldn’t go to a good school. So even if you hate math, you still must answer math questions, because without math, you can’t be a smart person when you get older!

2009/08/13

The Korean War

August 13, 2009
Korean War
By Max

The Korean War happened at 1950 and many people died in the war. The North and South were fighting. Many countries help the South, and the Chinese helped the North. After this war, the north and south of Korea were separated. I hope that North and South Korea can help each other in peace. I hope that the people in the North and South will work together so there will be no war anymore for Korea.

Christmas

August 13, 2009
Christmas
By Max


Christmas is a great holiday in the end of the year. At Christmas, people make pine trees with bright lights, and other decorations. Then they have a great feast with many good foods. At night, the hang their stockings and may sing a song. When they sleep, there is always a Santa Claus (who doesn’t really exist) to put presents in the stockings, and under the pine tree. At the next day, people were happy because they got their things that they want. So that’s why it is a great holiday. I wish to get presents at Christmas too!

2009/08/12

Typhoon Morakot

August 12, 2009
Typhoon Morakot
By Max
Typhoon Morakot is a very strong typhoon, even after the typhoon leaves; many places still have serious disasters. This typhoon is the strongest typhoon for the past few years!
Typhoon Morakot caused a lot of floods, some are more than a story high; ruined many farms and ruined many crops and let many domestic animals die. At this typhoon, there are many bridges broken and damaged the highway and the south-bound railroad! It may take a few days to a few months to rebuild it. Many buildings were destroyed, there is even a hotel and a 3 story building fell in the rivers! Many homes had a power failure, but almost every home’s electric power is been fixed. Many mudslides happened and it let the water more dirty. Some places stopped water supply because the water is so dirty. At this typhoon, some places rained non-stop for three days and flooded. We lost about 9 thousand million in vegetables and fruits, and lost 1,500 million in fish. I think the typhoon is very horrible because it let many people die, hurt and missing.
Many people drove rubber boats, water motorcycles and armor cars to save people from floods. Also, they drove helicopters to save people stuck in high mountains. Our people who are saving people did it very well and saved many people. But some people died too.
Typhoon Morakot is the worst disaster in 50 years, and it caused many damage. God bless us don’t die, and don’t happen any disasters as worse as this.