#244 - The Amazing Race 10, top 5 part 2

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Pre-note: since there have been some complaints about the color of my entries, therefore starting entry number 241, I only write in green color. Actually I want blue since it's my fave color, but I don't think blue is matching enough with the starcraft pic on the background, therefore I chose green.

Honestly I can write sumthing about my yesterday, but since it was just an ordinary day, I think it's gonnabe boring if I write it. So, I wanna write about the latest episode of The Amazing Race 10, which I watched last night.

The top 5 race began at Helsinki, Finland last week. After finishing all tasks in Finland, apparently they didn't find the pitstop there, they had to keep racing. The next clue was to go to the capital city of the country where the Chernobyl Disaster happened years ago (they had to go to Kiev, Ukraine). All teams were then equal, although they took different flights due to the limited number of seats. The Beauty Queens and The Model Boys took a flight departed at 8.30 AM to Kiev via Vienna, Austria, arrived at 1.35 PM. The Chos, Bama's Girls and Rob and Kim took a flight departed at 9.30 AM to Kiev via Warsaw, Poland, and arrived at 1.35 PM. Unfortunately, the flight got delayed at Warsaw for 30 minutes.

The first task was Road-Block, they had to drive a tank through a war simulation for about 1.2 miles. The second task was Detour, they had to choose between "Make The Music" (composing a rap music and sang it in front of a DJ) and "Find The Music" (finding one piece of document about a song over thousands of paper then brought that to the pianist).

The most interesting part of this episode, for me, was the conflict between The Chos and The Alabama (Bama) Girls. Since they were in a foreign country, they didn't know the way to get to anywhere. The Chos stopped very often to ask for direction, making sure they were not lost. The Bamas thought that didn't make any sense since that was still a race and probably they were the last two teams. After being fed up, the Bama Girls left the Chos behind and ran "their own race", asking for direction and just following their intuition. The Chos were pissed and said the Bamas Girls were not their alliance anymore. Actually, I do think the Bamas made a point. It was just crazy, driving slowly, pulling over every 5 minutes asking for direction, that was just wasting their time. In other hand, I think Chos were really loyal to their alliance with the Bamas and David & Mary (who got eliminated at Madagascar). Therefore, probably they felt betrayed when the Bamas Gals left them. It was about friendship VS being competitors on the race.

Well, actually I wonder why they didn't pay a cab driver and asked him to show the direction, just like what the Beauty Queens and Rob&Kim did (and also Mardy and Marsio did on The Amazing Race Asia). Was that because the limited number of money they brought??

Finally, the final position: Tyler & James (1); Dustin & Kandice (2) >> I do think they possessed the potency to win the race, they were Beauty Queens, but they also possessed "brain", they were smart; Rob & Kim (3); Lyn & Karlyn / The Bamas (4); and Erwin and Godwin / The Chos (5 >> eliminated). After watching the show, I like all of the team, so I root for all, he3...... :) But my least fave team is Rob & Kim.

Watching the trailer next week, I guess it was in Athens, Greece. Hmm......

Quick Update: reading at Wikipedia, the next location will be in Morocco, Barcelona, and Paris.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Pre-note: karena ada beberapa komplain tentang warna dari postingan saya, makanya mulai postingan nomor 241 aku akan menulis hanya dalam warna hijau. Sebenernya sih aku pinginnya warna fave-ku biru, cuma kayanya warna biru ga cocok deh sama gambar pesawat luar angkasa di backgroundnya, makanya aku milih hijau.

Sejujurnya aku bisa menulis sesuatu tentang hari saya kemarin sih, tapi karena apa yang terjadi cuma biasa-biasa saja, makanya aku pikir bakalan membosankan deh kalo aku nulis itu. Jadi aku mau nulis tentang episode terakhir dari The Amazing Race 10 aja ah, yang aku tonton semalam.

Pertandingan 5 besar dimulai minggu lalu di Helsinki, Finlandia. Habis menyelesaikan semua tugas dari Finlandia, ternyata mereka nggak menemukan pitstop disana, dan harus terus bertanding. Tugas selanjutnya adalah untuk pergi ke ibukota dari negara dimana bencana Chernobyl terjadi beberapa tahun yang lalu (mereka mesti pergi ke Kiev, Ukraina). Semua tim akhirnya menjadi seimbang, walau mereka mengambil penerbangan yang berbeda karena keterbatasan kursi. Dustin & Kandice dan Tyler & James ngambil penerbangan ke Kiev via Vienna, Austria yang berangkat jam 8.30 pagi dan sampai jam 1.35 siang. Sementara Cho Bersaudara, perempuan Alabama (Bama) dan Rob & Kim mengambil penerbangan ke Kiev via Warsawa, Polandia, yang berangkat jam 9.30 pagi dan sampai jam 1.35 siang. Sayangnya, penerbangan mereka ditunda selama 30 menit di Warsawa.

Tugas pertama adalah Road-Block, mereka harus menyetir sebuah tank melalui sebuah simulasi perang sepanjang 1,2 mil. Tugas kedua adalah Detour, dimana mereka harus memilih diantara "Make The Music" (membuat sebuah musik rap dan menyanyikannya di depan DJ) atau "Find the Music" (menemukan selembar dokumen berisi sebuah lagu dari ribuan kertas dan memberikannya ke pianis).

Yang paling menarik dari episode ini, bagi aku, adalah konflik diantara Cho bersaudara dan Perempuan Alabama. Karena mereka di negara asing, makanya mereka nggak tau jalan untuk kemana-mana. Cho bersaudara berhenti sangat sering untuk nanya arah biar mereka nggak tersesat. Bamas berpikir kalo itu bukanlah ide yang masuk akal soalnya itu kan masih pertandingan dan bisa aja mereka itu ada di 2 tim terbelakang. Setelah muak dengan semuanya, Bama meninggalkan Cho di belakang dan memainkan "pertandingan mereka sendiri", tanya arah dan kemudian mengikuti intuisi mereka. Cho marah akan hal itu dan mengatakan kalo Tim Alabama bukan aliansi mereka lagi. Sebenernya, aku mikir kalo sebenernya tim Alabama itu bener loh. Gila kan kalo nyetir pelan, berhenti setiap 5 menit untuk nanya arah, kan bener-bener membuang waktu. Di sisi lain, kayanya Cho bener-bener loyal kepada aliansinya, dengan tim Alabama dan David & Mary (yang tereliminasi di Madagaskar). Makanya, mungkin mereka merasa dikhianati ketika tim Alabama meninggalkan mereka. Ini adalah tentang persahabatan VS menjadi saingan dalam pertandingan.

Hmm, sebenernya aku heran kenapa koq mereka gamau menyewa sopir taksi untuk nunjukkin jalan ya, kayak yang dilakukan Dustin & Kandice dan Rob & Kim (dan juga Mardy dan Marsio dalam The Amazing Race Asia). Apa karena uang mereka yang terbatas??

Trus, posisi akhirnya: Tyler & James (1); Dustin & Kandice (2) >> aku kira mereka memiliki potensi untuk menang loh, mereka adalah peserta acara Ratu Kecantikan, tapi mereka juga memiliki "otak", mereka pintar; Rob & Kim (3); Lyn & Karlyn / The Bamas (4); dan Erwin & Godwin / The Chos (5 >> tereliminasi). Habis nonton episode ini, kayanya aku suka semua timnya deh, he3...... :) Tapi yang paling ga aku suka adalah Rob & Kim.

Ngeliat cuplikannya minggu depan, kayanya bakalan ada di Athena, Yunani. Hmm......

Apdet Cepet: Habis baca di Wikipedia, ternyata lokasi selanjutnya bakalan ada di Moroko, Barcelona, dan Paris.