Stories Behind The Amazing Race 10 - 3
{ Tuesday, November 28, 2006
These korean brothers, Edwin & Godwin, better known by their last name, the Cho Brothers, can b considered one rare species in The Amazing Race nowadays...y i say so?? well, all these reality game shows normally r filled with lies, cheating, backstabbing, strategies, n watever u name it...especially in The Amazing Race, ever since the participation of Rob & Amber in the game, we can c that those phenomena becoming more n more prominent...however, these 2 brothers r just totally opposite (despite one of them being a financial analyst n another one being insurance company manager who r both in such a competitive fields). Well, they r competitive of coz, but they just want to play the game in the way they think it's right, as what they had told Phil in the 9th Episode...Let's c what they had done throughout the race...1st, they formed alliance with the Kentucky - Mary & David, n the Alabama - Lyn & Karlyn...Their alliance had a kinda cool name - the SIX Packs...they r the strongest alliance that i had ever seen in Amazing Race, in the sense that they willing to wait for each other till every team has completed a particular task, for most of the time, especially the Cho Brothers n the Kentucky...Then, in Kuwait, the Cho Brothers purposely gave up the Fast Forward for the Kentucky, since they were marked for elimination...not only that, they acted as if they had decided to go n take the Fast Forward so that Miss NY & Miss Cali gave up on it. As the consequence of giving up the Fast Forward, they know that they have to face the biggest fear of theirs -- HEIGHT...i don't think any participant in the past n even the future Amazing Race is willing to do that for their alliance...N in Vietnam, after everyone had gotten the clue in the Prison during the Vietnam War n left, both of them went back into the Prison again for a moment of silence, even they know they were going to b in the last place...Yes, the places that were visited by the participants of the Amazing Race r getting more n more meaningful...The Prison is just a scar that was left so that we can c wat war had done to our Earth...Just ignore the differences, then PEACE is the one thing left...In the last leg of their race in the show, they had become more n more uncertain n this annoyed their alliance, the Alabama, alot...n at times, the Alabama can b very mean, n that wrote an end to their alliance...typical ending of the alliances in the Amazing Race...however i think all 6 of them had developed very strong friendship at the end of the show...
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Stories Behind The Amazing Race 10 - 2
Ya ya ya, girls out there stop cheering these 2 hot guys, Tyler & James...of coz they got to be hot, they r models (although some models r kinda ug....ahhemmm...nothing) yes, they r good looking but they r not ur typical cocky, arrogant, muscular but simple minded (or st****) jocks...coz from the beginning of the amazing race, we get to know that they were drug addicts before...hard to believe???then u got to scroll lower to c for urself...sorry girls, i might had spoiled ur impression towards them...
Well, so far they didn't really do anything that's mean to other teams, n none of the other teams really hate them, so they get through the race without much difficulty...spoilers...though i used to think they had the worst sense of direction among the teams this time (after their losts in the middle of the city in Kuwait), they some how manage to fine the last pit stop where the route marker was drawn so small on a pyrimidal stone by the roadside in the midst of the desert in Morroco n earn their 1st place there even forgetting about their lucky charm at the beginning, n this lucky charm turned out to b really lucky for them, since they won a prize from this...
One thing that they saw when they were in Vietnam that made them remember about their past (not really shown what they had seen, but they just mentioned it in the train) was some people who were taking drugs beside the train station...n this was when Tyler told the reason he took drugs...a tough experience, n yet brought them the chance to get to know with each other, helping each other, n finally become models together...not many times in ur life, u r able to meet with some one who really udnerstand u, feel wat u feel, coz they never walked the same path as u did...but if u r able to meet such person, u should appreciate them n b grateful that at the very least in this world there's someone who really know u...n some people said, only after falling down at least once, only u will understand wat life means to u, n wat life really is...if u didn't, b grateful that u r one such lucky person in the world...
Sadly, how many people after coming out from the drug recovery center or even jail can b totally accepted by our society...will u not looking at them in a different way?? humans always judge the others by wat they did, sad n yet hard to b changed...y can't we give them a chance??i can't change wat other is thinking...we r living in a society designed for majority...but at least i have to let them know that in this world there r still some people who can accept them completely...Not many, just even ONE is ENOUGH!!!!
Last message: WAKE UP, those who r still abusing drugs, get up n find the ONE that can understand n accept u!! Never give up finding, n never give urself up...
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Stories Behind The Amazing Race 10 - 1
{ Sunday, November 19, 2006
Look, she's only one leg...rite,one of the particants in the amazing race 10 has only one leg...it's race man,n u know we normally use both our legs to "race"!!!After watching the premier of the Amazing Race 10, i think everyone is impressed by how strong this lady,Sarah Reinertsen, is. She climbed over the great wall of China, one of the greatest building in the world n the only building in the world that can b seen from the moon...with only one leg, together with her robotic, artificial leg... No doubt, she's a triathelete after all, n she finally finished the task...N what u won't expect is, in every Roadblock that requires climbing, she's the one that end up there with the rope...for example, she climbed up the cliff in one of the islands in Vietnam...she's the one that climbing up to the top of Kuwait Tower also...This lady is impressive n strong...Lol, although she did use her disability to get some advantages over the others, like getting onboard earlier for the flight...ya this did make some groups fed up about them n saying "if she can b a triathelete, y can't she get onboard like the rest..." But still even she's a triathelete, we should always respect her right as a disabled person... Even a person without a leg or hand can do as much as normal people do, but they still encounter discomfort n disadvantages which none of us may not b able to understand...Well, here comes the spoiler... In the end, she get eliminated, n she also found out that Peter, her partner in the game (and also her artificial leg maker), was not suitable for her. Despite of this sad ending (for her in the show), i think this lady is great n maybe this might be the start of another part of her life which leads to a happy ending (influence of fairy tales,lol)
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Introduction to Amazing Race 10
{ Wednesday, November 01, 2006
hmmm......as the biggest fan of Amazing Race (of coz,among my friends,i m not that cocky to say i m the biggest fan in the world), i not even know it had started until 2 weeks ago when i was searching some chinese forums for other series, i accidently saw the news about the already-started Amazing Race 10...
Well, to me, this season is kinda interesting...1st thing is the teams...we have a lady without a leg who was an Iron Man competitor, we have 2 korean bros, 2 black single mothers, Miss Cali & Miss NY, 2 Muslims, 2 models who r previously drugs addicts, a daddy with his gay daughter, a gay couple, an indian couple, 2 cheerleaders, a dating couple and a pair of married parents...this made me feel like all kinds of people r finally here in one season of Amazing Race, which i think it's really Amazing!! making all of us realize that we r all just human, n there's no point looking into all of our differences (how many people looking at each other as merely just human?? not many, we got to learn how to treat everybody the same, coz we r actually the SAME!!! PEACE!!)When i was watching the beginning of the premier, it did give a shock to know that there r 12 teams in this season, where all the previous seasons (as far as i could remember, coz i watched every single season except for the 2nd one and the family edition) had only 11 teams...then i started wondering...then i saw Phil saying this, "U think u might know how to play this game, but there will b big surprises in this season!!" wow, SURPRISES!!! i can't wait to know what r the surprises...well the 1st surprise came within the 1st hour of the show, really a BIG one!! hmm...in order not to spoil the show to those who haven't watched, i won't describe the details here, n in case i want to, i will give u all a warning, coz i ain't that kind of spontaneous spoiler people!!! (u know who i meant, lol)That's all for the introduction, more stories coming soon!!
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