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Saturday we droped in a tibetan leisure bar, it is largely unchanged since being biult probably three years ago, its biggest appeal to me is none other than "girong", which is a game popular among tibetans. Origniating in india, Girong is a table-tennis game, which consists of ninty object-balls plus one cue-ball, the two players flip the cue-ball with the forefiner or the middle finger in a direction to an object ball, once you get the object-ball falling into any hole, you can strike successively for the next around. if it's hard to understand, you can think of snooker, Girong and snooker have many similiarities. 
The girong table is probably ten times smaller than the billiard table, and the balls happen to be shaped like a round coin made of wood. People usually spread a little barley flour on the Girong table before they get the balls ready in the middle, so it feels smooth, the table.
Like the snooker, you have to alway think about the next step, because you win when there are no longer your balls on the table, so you must think of ways to prevent your counterpart's balls from pocketing on the one hand, and complete the job at minimum times.one player can take out one ball from the pocket if another player commits the infraction that he mistakenly pockets the cue ball rather than the object balls.
after spending the whole afternoon on it, my two colleages in the end seemed to have been clear about the rules, strategeis, but they felt it's hard to contronl the movement of the cue ball, for example, they wanted a straight stroke but couldn't make it.
it's really a good option to play girong in weekend when you get no place to go....
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- Reply 3rdquarter99
- yo, ocean zero seven two one, my title is cool, isn't it? just want more people to click it so I intentionally design it.
ocean0721: What's wrong with your title?
- Reply 3rdquarter99
- hi, Sunnyv, yeah I have never seen people in inland cities play this game, and it's probably hardly seen in other places, Apart from india and Tibet, I guess. but it's really a very good game, espeically when more than two players are invloved.
sunnyv: The game seems to be fun. Wonder why it is not much known elsewhere.
- Reply 3rdquarter99
- hi, Sunnyv, yeah I have never seen people in inland cities play this game, and it's probably hardly seen in other places, Apart from india and Tibet, I guess. but it's really a very good game, espeically when more than two players are invloved.
sunnyv: The game seems to be fun. Wonder why it is not much known elsewhere.
- Reply 3rdquarter99
- hey, Illion, where the hell have you been? you disappeared for a long time, I thought you already got a job in US
Illion:
