The Amazing Race Asia 3: 2nd leg results

September 19th, 2008 Posted in Just stuff
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1. Henry & Bernie
2. AD & Fuzzie
3. Vince & Sam
4. Niroo & Kapil
5. Geoff & Tisha
6. Ida & Tania
7. Natalie & Pailin
8. Mai & Oliver
9. William & Isaac

One thing I don’t understand, even though it’s billed as the “Toughest Race Ever”, why does the producers made them work at this leg over 40 hours? I mean, I understand it has to be tough, but does tough mean they gotta lose sleep and walk around like zombies? It’s just the 2nd leg and they all look like they’re near fatigue.

Question is, why are the challenges so far apart? Why can’t them be around each other, that way you’ll be able to reduce the cost of production, and at the same time the contestants can race and tackle the challenges with proper rest. Is this Amazing Race Asia, or is it Endurance Race Asia? I mean, I like to see tough challenges, but not when the contestants are like zombies. It kinda takes the fun out of it, if you get what I mean. Fear Factor’s contestants have enough rest all the time, and I still enjoy watching it. Some of the challenges are tough, some are icky, but the contestants are always alert and perky, not sleepy and in the I-just-want-to-finish-this-leg-and-go-to-bed mood. I have to say I don’t enjoy seeing tired people tackling the challenges. All they want is to finish it quickly, and as I have mentioned before, it kinda takes the fun out of the race. If I want to see an endurance race, I’ll tune in to the marathon channel or watch Hidalgo instead.

Anyway, I was at KLCC Starbucks (the one on the 3rd floor) on Tuesday evening (16/9), around 5+ pm, and I thought I saw Henry (of the Henry and Bernie fame) in Starbucks with a Mac. Sorry girls, no photos coz I was on a conference call with Singapore at that time. I wanted to snap a photo, or at least go over and ask if he’s really Henry, but I was stuck in the call, and he left before the con call was done.

Way to go in today’s leg, Henry and Bernie! Keep it up!

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The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Episode 1 Recap

September 15th, 2008 Posted in Just stuff
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For TARA fans, you can find the episode 1 recap here. Enjoy!

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The Amazing Race Asia Season 3 begins!

September 11th, 2008 Posted in Just stuff
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Yes! After a long wait, the Amazing Race Asia will premiere tonight!

We’ve been a fan of the Amazing Race Asia series, since its first season itself. It’s fun and exciting, and sometimes we try to imagine ourselves being in the race itself :P . Anyway, it seems like they’re getting a number of couples who are likely to quarrel on TV this season; I guess it helps with the ratings whenever someone quarrels or when there’s tension between partners… people will start talking about it in the office and everyone will tune in to see what happens…

This season the producers have also branded it as “The Toughest Race Ever”. IMHO it’s a good thing, I think the past seasons of Amazing Race Asia has been pretty easy on the contestants, the challenges are much too simple compared to the ones in the parent franchise: The Amazing Race.

It’ll be on AXN (Astro) tonight at 9pm Malaysia time, and for those who can’t make it during that time, here’s the schedule of the reruns.

Woot!

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Daily Tips: How to escape a maze

August 13th, 2008 Posted in Tips
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Do you know how to get yourself out of a maze if one day you find yourself in one? In one episode of Amazing Race Asia 2, the participants had to explore a small maze and find a chest where the clue is hidden. The chests are sprawled all over the place.

I was hoping there would be someone who would methodically search for the chests, but sadly all of them ran all over the place randomly opening chests and trying to remember which ones they had opened and which ones they hadn’t. It may work in a smaller maze, but if it’s a bigger maze, they’re probably screwed, or even worse, trapped.

What is the best way of getting out of a maze? Simple, just take your hand and touch the side of the real wall of the maze. The tricky part here is, there are fake walls and real walls. The real walls of the maze are those that divides the maze and the outside. Now, just keep walking and keep your hand on the wall, never taking it off (imagining that your hand is at the wall works too if you’re afraid to touch the sides of a creepy maze) and never walking backwards. Just keep walking. If you keep at it, you’ll find the exit sooner or later.

Putting your hands at the side of the wall and keep walking ensures that you only pass by the wall once and just once (it has to be the real one! if it’s a fake one you may end up round and round around the fake walls). It may not be the shortest way to the exit from where you were standing, but randomly choosing a path isn’t the shortest way either. You could get lost and stuck there forever, so IMHO a methodical way, such as the one suggested above is the best.

Good luck!

P.S. The Amazing Race Asia 3 will premiere on 11 September 2008! Can’t wait!

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