Carrom hurts my finger and ears very badly.
The coins manage to dodge the pockets. Even when I carefully take aim and strike a fairly straight shot, the striker heads straight for the pocket, pushing aside the coins. No, no, that is not how it is supposed to be played! Oh, of course. I know where I am going wrong...Now for a masterpiece...Here we go...And I did it. But, wait! What is my opponents coin doing in the pocket? How did that get in the way? Oh fine, that’s life. Give some, take some. He will also do this mistake...Sadly, it doesn’t happen enough.
The board is too rough, with all my well guided shots getting aborted half way. Some powder now...oops, that’s too smooth, making it sail up and down.
Let me aim for the red now. A back up is very neatly placed....Phew! At least the red is out of the way for the other guy (glee!) as I have pushed it on his side, away from the pockets.
Third time lucky. I manage to get the red in. But, my coin decides that it is not yet ready to give up on life and stubbornly rebounds to my side after hitting the edge of the pocket.
Ah well! At least the game is coming to an end. The other guy has managed to guide coins into the pocket. What a blessing!!