This leg of the race took the teams to Russia. Jill and Thomas were the first to arrive from St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Abtobo Circus. The teams then had to choose between Circus Band or Circus Clown. In Circus Band, teams had to choose an accordion player to teach them to play a Russian folksong. When they could correctly perform the 3 songs, they will get the next clue. How hard is that??? If you do not have musicality, I think that is really hard which some teams learned!!! In the Circus Clown, teams had to learn a traditional plate spinning. The 10 plates had to spin simultaneously, That sounds sooo much fun!!! Oh, yeah?? I do not think so!!! I think some of the teams that chose this task had a very hard time with spinning the plates!
The teams then had to find Bank Bridge, the canal bridge guarded by 4 creatures with golden wings. There they will get their next clue which is to travel on foot to 1 Vladimirskiy Street Tower. They have to climb a tower to figure out the small figurine on the ledge to visit the famous St. Petersburg building, the Church On Spilled Blood.
The next clue was to find where Peter the Great was buried. Teams had to ask the locals and some were not able to help them out. This clue took them to Peter and Paul Fortress, where they had to do a Russian game "Gorodki", similar to our bowling. With the use of a wooden bat, one of the teams had to clear all pins in 3 different formation. Once this task is accomplished, they will get the next clue which is to go to the Pit Stop, in the bastion at St. Peter and Paul Fortress.
Kevin and Michael Wu had trouble with the plates, then in Gorodki, Michael Wu decided to do the task, only to find that he is such a weakling that their team ended head to head with Stephanie and Chad in the last place! Kevin and Michael beat Stephanie and Chad in the Gorodki court but not on the Pit Stop. But, they were sent back by Phil Keoghan to settle their bill with their taxi! Come on, Michael and Kevin, you still have a chance!!! Not on your life, missy! The Wu's encountered a 1 hour penalty due to a missed instruction on their clue which specifically says to travel by foot to the tower!!!! A very huge, costly mistake for the Wu's who got eliminated!
Once again, the doctors, Nat and Kat emerged as the leader of the pack! For their reward, they each earned $5,000!!!! This team is really a go getter, an unstoppable team that the other teams had to reckon with!! Way to go, Nat and Kat!!!!!
Posted by vs at 11/11/2010 10:57 AM | Add Comment
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Amazing Race 10312010
The Amazing Race segment this week took the teams to St. Petersburg, Russia where the teams had to travel 12,000 miles by car, train and plane. The first to depart was Nat and Kat. The teams had to find the Rostral Columns to get their next clue. In the clue, the teams had to choose between classical music and classic cinema.
In classical music, they had to go to a historic palace to find a maestro with 3 gramophones to listen to 3 different compositions being played. Teams had to enter 2 adjacent ballroom filled with piano and pianists. Ay..ya...yay.... that was insane!!!! All of them were playing at the same time!!!! Wow!!!! A mentally challenging game that needs the utmost concentration!!!! Do you think you have the concentration needed for this challenge??? The teams had a hard time figuring out which piano was playing the correct composition that some of them gave up and went to the other clue!!! Once the correct composition was identified, the next clue was given!
In classic cinema, teams had to travel to Lenfilms, a legendary film studio and a soundstage where the first movie was screened in Russia. Teams had to search through piles of film clips and find one that matched any scene playing on the screen. Yikes!!! You should have seen the faces of the teams when they saw the mound of films!!!! Once they find the correct clip of Sergei Eisentein's classic film, October, they will get the next clue!
Partners Jill and Thomas were the first to get the film right. They proceeded to Palace Square in the town of Aleksandrovskaya, where one team member had to put on a traditional babushka clothing and plant a row of 50 potatoes, fertilized with cow manure!!! Wow!!! That was really an exhausting, physical demanding task!!! That was good that the younger Wu did it! I do not think the elder Wu would have done the task successfully!!!
The Pit Stop was at St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest Russian Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg. Kevin and Michael should have been first but Kevin did not listen to his father, Michael, to check in the park across the street! Kevin, you should sometimes listen to your father's wisdom!!! That is what sometimes happens...the children think they know everything!!!! Nenenenene, Kevin, it cost you to be number one and the trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil which Jill and Thomas won!!!
Vicki and Nick was the last team to arrive, but they did not get eliminated because it was a non-elimination leg of the race!!! Lucky them!!! And they were also lucky that they did not have any penalties for being the last team to arrive!!!
Seems that the winners of a leg constantly changes, which is really good. There will be more winners of prizes, and it seems that every team has an equal chance of winning the million dollars!!! Who do you think will be the winner??? Comments????
Posted by vs at 11/4/2010 9:22 AM | Add Comment
In classical music, they had to go to a historic palace to find a maestro with 3 gramophones to listen to 3 different compositions being played. Teams had to enter 2 adjacent ballroom filled with piano and pianists. Ay..ya...yay.... that was insane!!!! All of them were playing at the same time!!!! Wow!!!! A mentally challenging game that needs the utmost concentration!!!! Do you think you have the concentration needed for this challenge??? The teams had a hard time figuring out which piano was playing the correct composition that some of them gave up and went to the other clue!!! Once the correct composition was identified, the next clue was given!
In classic cinema, teams had to travel to Lenfilms, a legendary film studio and a soundstage where the first movie was screened in Russia. Teams had to search through piles of film clips and find one that matched any scene playing on the screen. Yikes!!! You should have seen the faces of the teams when they saw the mound of films!!!! Once they find the correct clip of Sergei Eisentein's classic film, October, they will get the next clue!
Partners Jill and Thomas were the first to get the film right. They proceeded to Palace Square in the town of Aleksandrovskaya, where one team member had to put on a traditional babushka clothing and plant a row of 50 potatoes, fertilized with cow manure!!! Wow!!! That was really an exhausting, physical demanding task!!! That was good that the younger Wu did it! I do not think the elder Wu would have done the task successfully!!!
The Pit Stop was at St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest Russian Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg. Kevin and Michael should have been first but Kevin did not listen to his father, Michael, to check in the park across the street! Kevin, you should sometimes listen to your father's wisdom!!! That is what sometimes happens...the children think they know everything!!!! Nenenenene, Kevin, it cost you to be number one and the trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil which Jill and Thomas won!!!
Vicki and Nick was the last team to arrive, but they did not get eliminated because it was a non-elimination leg of the race!!! Lucky them!!! And they were also lucky that they did not have any penalties for being the last team to arrive!!!
Seems that the winners of a leg constantly changes, which is really good. There will be more winners of prizes, and it seems that every team has an equal chance of winning the million dollars!!! Who do you think will be the winner??? Comments????
Posted by vs at 11/4/2010 9:22 AM | Add Comment
Monday, October 11, 2010
Amazing Race, 10092010
Amazing Race proved once again to be full of action, nerves gone crazy and dissapointments! In this show the first usually is not the first throughout the show. There are so many hurdles the contestants have to go through and they are not easy tasks for some people. These show is full of physical challenges! Wow! Have you seen the show? Do you think you are physically fit to join the show??? This is one thing with the show....you will win only because of you and your teammate!! No outside votes, no peer voting, no judges, and no rose ceremony!!!
The teams have to travel from Accra to Jamestown to find Akotoku Boxing Academy. The first to depart was Brook and Claire. The task in the Academy was for one team member to properly wrap her hands before suiting up in a training gear. Then they had to successfully work on a speed bag for 60 seconds and jump rope for 60 seconds to get the next clue. Brook had fun completing her task!!!
The next clue was to travel by taxi to Dodowa district to find a marked supply depot, where they had to load a pair of wheelbarrow and load them with construction supply. The supplies had to be delivered to the foreman at the Asebi D/A Primary School where they will get the next clue. Some teams struggled with the wheelbarrow containing the supplies, some took only 1 wheelbarrow instead of 2 and had to go back. Others had trouble manipulating the wheelbarrow.
Once they completed the previous task, they had to enter a village classroom to test their knowledge of African geography! They had to correctly identify Ghana on the African map. Did you think everyone passed with flying colors??? Heck, no!!! That is a shame, they are there and they did not know where it was on the map! They must not have paid attention to where they were! A few teams though identified Ghana correctly on the first try! Once they are done with this task, they are set for the next clue.
The next task was a Detour, which the teams had to choose between Bicycle Parts and Language Arts. Bicycle Parts is a popular African game for children where the bicycle rim had to be rolled across a soccer field with the use of a stick. In Language Arts, the teams had to choose a proverb containing highlighted phrases . The teams then had to search for the corresponding symbol in the native visual alphabet known as Adinkra, which was on a large decorative cloth with hundred of symbols on it. Would you believe that there were only a few team that chose it? Only Connor Diemand- Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz, Ivy League ACapella singers stuck to to it and solved it really fast!!! How did they do it???
The bicycle parts game was harder than it look! Many of the teams got sooo mad because they had to do it several times! The father son team, Michael Wu and Kevin Wu were really having a hard time completing the task. The elder Wu succumbed to the intense African heat that he had to be seen by a doctor! But he had a fighting spirit! Once he got rested and got cooled off, he resumed the task! Way to go, Michael!!! Needless to say, Michael and Kevin were the last team to arrive!! But they received the biggest surprise of the game from Phil Keoghan... that was a non-elimination leg of the race! They had to undergo a speed bump though before they can continue, which the Wu's did not care. At least they are still on the race!!!!
Connor and Jonathan were the first to arrive on the Pit Stop, the home of a local villager, Awuso Nitso. They won $5,000 each!!!! That was a good prize! This show also is good in giving out prizes to the first team that arrives in the pit stop!!! They should, look at all the wear and tear on the bodies of the contestants! Plus they get the prizes free from the companies anyway, or their advertisers! Ha! Do you know how hard it is to ask for a donation??? I rest my case!!!
Posted by vs at 10/11/2010 9:23 AM | Add Comment
The teams have to travel from Accra to Jamestown to find Akotoku Boxing Academy. The first to depart was Brook and Claire. The task in the Academy was for one team member to properly wrap her hands before suiting up in a training gear. Then they had to successfully work on a speed bag for 60 seconds and jump rope for 60 seconds to get the next clue. Brook had fun completing her task!!!
The next clue was to travel by taxi to Dodowa district to find a marked supply depot, where they had to load a pair of wheelbarrow and load them with construction supply. The supplies had to be delivered to the foreman at the Asebi D/A Primary School where they will get the next clue. Some teams struggled with the wheelbarrow containing the supplies, some took only 1 wheelbarrow instead of 2 and had to go back. Others had trouble manipulating the wheelbarrow.
Once they completed the previous task, they had to enter a village classroom to test their knowledge of African geography! They had to correctly identify Ghana on the African map. Did you think everyone passed with flying colors??? Heck, no!!! That is a shame, they are there and they did not know where it was on the map! They must not have paid attention to where they were! A few teams though identified Ghana correctly on the first try! Once they are done with this task, they are set for the next clue.
The next task was a Detour, which the teams had to choose between Bicycle Parts and Language Arts. Bicycle Parts is a popular African game for children where the bicycle rim had to be rolled across a soccer field with the use of a stick. In Language Arts, the teams had to choose a proverb containing highlighted phrases . The teams then had to search for the corresponding symbol in the native visual alphabet known as Adinkra, which was on a large decorative cloth with hundred of symbols on it. Would you believe that there were only a few team that chose it? Only Connor Diemand- Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz, Ivy League ACapella singers stuck to to it and solved it really fast!!! How did they do it???
The bicycle parts game was harder than it look! Many of the teams got sooo mad because they had to do it several times! The father son team, Michael Wu and Kevin Wu were really having a hard time completing the task. The elder Wu succumbed to the intense African heat that he had to be seen by a doctor! But he had a fighting spirit! Once he got rested and got cooled off, he resumed the task! Way to go, Michael!!! Needless to say, Michael and Kevin were the last team to arrive!! But they received the biggest surprise of the game from Phil Keoghan... that was a non-elimination leg of the race! They had to undergo a speed bump though before they can continue, which the Wu's did not care. At least they are still on the race!!!!
Connor and Jonathan were the first to arrive on the Pit Stop, the home of a local villager, Awuso Nitso. They won $5,000 each!!!! That was a good prize! This show also is good in giving out prizes to the first team that arrives in the pit stop!!! They should, look at all the wear and tear on the bodies of the contestants! Plus they get the prizes free from the companies anyway, or their advertisers! Ha! Do you know how hard it is to ask for a donation??? I rest my case!!!
Posted by vs at 10/11/2010 9:23 AM | Add Comment
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