Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Fireworks
Last Friday, as I was trying to work and work and work, I noticed from my office window that there's a fireworks display from MetroWalk right around the corner from our building. Indeed, such a display is spectacular. One thing i realize though as I was looking at it from a distance is that, no matter how amazing some things are happening in your life that you witness and experience, it's difficult not to wish that you could glance at someone else's amazed-face, every once in awhile and THAT, for me, is even more spectacular than the actual fireworks display.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
From Riches to Bald+Wins
FROM Colombo, Sri Lanka -> Galle, Sri Lanka (travelled 3-hour train)
Order of Arrival at the PITSTOP (Kalutara Kalido Beach)
1. Richards (FF)
2. Dimple and Sunaina (RB)
3. Ethan (RB) and Khairie
4. Jess and Lani (RB)
5. Natasha and Hussein (RB)
6. Ivan – Hilda (RB)
7. Michelle (RB) and Claire
8. Manas and Sahil (RB)
9. Alan and Wendy (RB) Eliminated
FF team
Galle -> Galle Fort-> Galle bus station FAST FORWARD-> In this Fast Forward, teams must locate a traditional barber and have their heads shaved, after completing the Roadblock the team must make their way to the pitstop and bring a giant Hilton rubber duckie there->
Kalutara Kalido Beach (pitstop greeters – 2 natives: 1 adorned in local traditional Sri Lankan costume, 1 playing music)
All remaining 8 teams
Galle -> Galle Fort-> Galle Lighthouse ROADBLOCK-> In this Roadblock, a team member must find a way to unlock the past this involves searching the beach for a chest and by using the year that Ceylon become Sri Lanka to get their next clue & desination->
Dialog Center wherein teams must check through hundreds of ringing mobile phones until they find the one that has the message, “Congratulations, correct!”-> route info->
Teams must travel by bus to Ambalangoda Train station, collect a photo of a mask from a vendor they must then match the mask on the picture to that used by a street performer at a nearby street dancing/performance In this mask task, they must also get a giant Hilton duck to be presented at the pitstop. Upon matching the correct picture with the correct mask, teams will receive their next clue.->
DETOUR (Coconut course or Language course) In Coconut course, teams must scale a across coconut trees 25m high and hand 2 coconuts to the clue giver to receive their next clue
In Learning course, teams must visit a nearby school, pick a student and learn 10 Singhalese words from him and correctly identify these words infront of a teacher, once the teacher approves, they will be handed their next clue. If the teams are wrong in saying the words though, they’ll be asked to come back to class with the young student they picked and re-learn the words (again) until they got all the words completely correct.-> next clue
PITSTOP
Kalutara Kalido Beach
What can you say about episode 4? Post now, please :)
Oh and Episode 5 hmm Philippines! Bring it on! ;)
Order of Arrival at the PITSTOP (Kalutara Kalido Beach)
1. Richards (FF)
2. Dimple and Sunaina (RB)
3. Ethan (RB) and Khairie
4. Jess and Lani (RB)
5. Natasha and Hussein (RB)
6. Ivan – Hilda (RB)
7. Michelle (RB) and Claire
8. Manas and Sahil (RB)
9. Alan and Wendy (RB) Eliminated
FF team
Galle -> Galle Fort-> Galle bus station FAST FORWARD-> In this Fast Forward, teams must locate a traditional barber and have their heads shaved, after completing the Roadblock the team must make their way to the pitstop and bring a giant Hilton rubber duckie there->
Kalutara Kalido Beach (pitstop greeters – 2 natives: 1 adorned in local traditional Sri Lankan costume, 1 playing music)
All remaining 8 teams
Galle -> Galle Fort-> Galle Lighthouse ROADBLOCK-> In this Roadblock, a team member must find a way to unlock the past this involves searching the beach for a chest and by using the year that Ceylon become Sri Lanka to get their next clue & desination->
Dialog Center wherein teams must check through hundreds of ringing mobile phones until they find the one that has the message, “Congratulations, correct!”-> route info->
Teams must travel by bus to Ambalangoda Train station, collect a photo of a mask from a vendor they must then match the mask on the picture to that used by a street performer at a nearby street dancing/performance In this mask task, they must also get a giant Hilton duck to be presented at the pitstop. Upon matching the correct picture with the correct mask, teams will receive their next clue.->
DETOUR (Coconut course or Language course) In Coconut course, teams must scale a across coconut trees 25m high and hand 2 coconuts to the clue giver to receive their next clue
In Learning course, teams must visit a nearby school, pick a student and learn 10 Singhalese words from him and correctly identify these words infront of a teacher, once the teacher approves, they will be handed their next clue. If the teams are wrong in saying the words though, they’ll be asked to come back to class with the young student they picked and re-learn the words (again) until they got all the words completely correct.-> next clue
PITSTOP
Kalutara Kalido Beach
What can you say about episode 4? Post now, please :)
Oh and Episode 5 hmm Philippines! Bring it on! ;)
Saturday, October 9, 2010
EPISODE 3: The tale of evil tuktuk drivers!!!
FROM Kota Kinabalu -> Kuala Lumpur ->Colombo, Sri Lanka
Order of Arrival at the PITSTOP (Independent Square, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
1. Dimple and Sunaina
2. Hussein(RB) and Natasha
3. Ivan(RB) and Hilda
4. Michelle and Claire(RB)
5. Ethan and Khairie(RB)
6. Richards - Hardin(RB)
7. Jess and Lani(RB)
8. Manas and Sahil (plus 2 tuktuk drivers)
9. Alan and Wendy(RB)
D & S did really great, not much problems on this leg, I think their charm worked pretty well on Sri Lanka at the peanut selling task. great job also at the Roadblock.. yielding SG girls kinda sends out a message that the Indian girls can stand up for themselves, I see fierce competition between these two teams in succeeding legs :D
Great job, Hussein in sewing! Hilda, hmm I wonder how tired she will be in epi. 4 hmm
Michelle & Claire, still finishing pretty well after the yield, the pea-NUH team haha! Ethan & Khairie, also pretty focused throughout the leg, switching detours and deciding fast; just some problems with the tuktuk drivers though.
The Richards did ok 'xcept for the RB sewing, 6th is much better than last ;). J&L, askin donations @the train, good job in using their charm, they could've used the money though on ensuring the tuktuk driver bring them to the pitstop at an agreed rate but the driver ripped them off, poor J&L still what happened to M&S' worse.
Manas and Sahil hmm I thought that was crazy to just leave the tuktuk driver like that and run to the pitstop without paying what's agreed.
Alan & Wendy, I doubt it they can overcome the makred for elimination thingy but we'll see.
The Roadblock was kinda difficult for the other teams while I think the other tasks: Counting, Carrying, Selling was kinda not-so creative since it has been done before in previous seasons... why not do these selling stuff in richer countries OR think about other more creative tasks, TARA?
And last but not the least, it kinda sucks for me that this episode is a NEL. Since there've been a NEL in epi. 1 and Allan Wu said there'll be 3 NEL's, now we know when that 3rd NEL is gonnabe which is most likely the episode wherein there are only 4 teams left, so the final 3 shall be determined.
Lookin forward to episode 4!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF EPISODE 3?
Post your comments here.
Order of Arrival at the PITSTOP (Independent Square, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
1. Dimple and Sunaina
2. Hussein(RB) and Natasha
3. Ivan(RB) and Hilda
4. Michelle and Claire(RB)
5. Ethan and Khairie(RB)
6. Richards - Hardin(RB)
7. Jess and Lani(RB)
8. Manas and Sahil (plus 2 tuktuk drivers)
9. Alan and Wendy(RB)
D & S did really great, not much problems on this leg, I think their charm worked pretty well on Sri Lanka at the peanut selling task. great job also at the Roadblock.. yielding SG girls kinda sends out a message that the Indian girls can stand up for themselves, I see fierce competition between these two teams in succeeding legs :D
Great job, Hussein in sewing! Hilda, hmm I wonder how tired she will be in epi. 4 hmm
Michelle & Claire, still finishing pretty well after the yield, the pea-NUH team haha! Ethan & Khairie, also pretty focused throughout the leg, switching detours and deciding fast; just some problems with the tuktuk drivers though.
The Richards did ok 'xcept for the RB sewing, 6th is much better than last ;). J&L, askin donations @the train, good job in using their charm, they could've used the money though on ensuring the tuktuk driver bring them to the pitstop at an agreed rate but the driver ripped them off, poor J&L still what happened to M&S' worse.
Manas and Sahil hmm I thought that was crazy to just leave the tuktuk driver like that and run to the pitstop without paying what's agreed.
Alan & Wendy, I doubt it they can overcome the makred for elimination thingy but we'll see.
The Roadblock was kinda difficult for the other teams while I think the other tasks: Counting, Carrying, Selling was kinda not-so creative since it has been done before in previous seasons... why not do these selling stuff in richer countries OR think about other more creative tasks, TARA?
And last but not the least, it kinda sucks for me that this episode is a NEL. Since there've been a NEL in epi. 1 and Allan Wu said there'll be 3 NEL's, now we know when that 3rd NEL is gonnabe which is most likely the episode wherein there are only 4 teams left, so the final 3 shall be determined.
Lookin forward to episode 4!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF EPISODE 3?
Post your comments here.
Monday, August 16, 2010
TARA season once again!!!
The AXN TARA4 teaser is out! It's officially ON! The excitement! The countdown! The weekly discussions! The never ending debates on which team is the best! The pit stops! Allan Wu and greeter/s! The detours, roadblocks, route infos, tasks, challenges, navigating, getting lost, running, racing!!! Oh, and if you don't know what the hell I am talkin about, you must be under a rock since 2006 hmm OR, don't have AXN? boo-hoo :( Okay, to give you a first-hand expert opinion about this subject matter, The Amazing Race Asia (which we fondly call TARA) is simply the best reality TV show on earth! It is made up of about 10 teams ready to go race around the globe to take home a prize money and the honor of being named The Amazing Race Asia winners! Recap since its premiere year in '06:
SEASON 1 went to Malaysia
SEASON 2 went to SG
SEASON 3 went to HK
And lemme make it clear, this is NOT and Olympic-type contest wherein all Asian countries must have entries. In fact, as per rules, it is open to both locales and expats or people living in an Asian country; regardless of skin color, belief, built, the most important of all is that the teams pass their audition vid, screening and are more than willing to have the most amazing ride of their lives! As for teams whose entries bear the Philippine-pride, we've got quite a number of unforgettable characters all throughout the 3 years-run which kept viewers from across Asia and beyond glued to their tv screens every Thursday night and screaming for more! They are:
2006: hot babes and bestfriends Aubrey Miles & Jacq Yu and power couple Ernie & Jeena Lopez ...
2007: the coolest/funniest/entertaining buddies-ever who captured the hearts of many throughout Asia: TV hosts Marc & Rovilson (became the winningest team ever, 3rd place finish, season2) and the fiery and feisty couple from Cavite: Terri & Henry...
2008: THE lovely and strong couple Tisha & Geoff (runner-up season3)...
And now... 2010.... could it be our country ~ Philippines' turn???
***crossin fingers***
>>>more articles about TARA4 and contestants soon!!! watch out!!! ;D
SEASON 1 went to Malaysia
SEASON 2 went to SG
SEASON 3 went to HK
And lemme make it clear, this is NOT and Olympic-type contest wherein all Asian countries must have entries. In fact, as per rules, it is open to both locales and expats or people living in an Asian country; regardless of skin color, belief, built, the most important of all is that the teams pass their audition vid, screening and are more than willing to have the most amazing ride of their lives! As for teams whose entries bear the Philippine-pride, we've got quite a number of unforgettable characters all throughout the 3 years-run which kept viewers from across Asia and beyond glued to their tv screens every Thursday night and screaming for more! They are:
2006: hot babes and bestfriends Aubrey Miles & Jacq Yu and power couple Ernie & Jeena Lopez ...
2007: the coolest/funniest/entertaining buddies-ever who captured the hearts of many throughout Asia: TV hosts Marc & Rovilson (became the winningest team ever, 3rd place finish, season2) and the fiery and feisty couple from Cavite: Terri & Henry...
2008: THE lovely and strong couple Tisha & Geoff (runner-up season3)...
And now... 2010.... could it be our country ~ Philippines' turn???
***crossin fingers***
>>>more articles about TARA4 and contestants soon!!! watch out!!! ;D
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