From India to Oman...and the Final 3!

We are almost at the end of the race. Here's my review of episode 10 of TARA 3.

Teams first made their way to Bhaja Caves to get their clue. Then they must travel by train and after they had arrived at the central railway station they must take note of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi near the station. Then they must make their way to a Standard Chartered bank branch for their next clue. At the bank, teams had to use an ATM card and the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi as the PIN number to get their next clue. If they didn't get the clue in 3 attempts, they will have to face 10 minute time penalty. Geoff & Tisha was the only team who got the penalty for failing to complete the task.




Teams then travelled to Muscat, Oman and they have to find a marked vehicle to know their next destination. After that, they must drive to Al Alam Palace to get the next clue which stated that they must make their way to Nizwah Fort for their next clue (sound confusing? I hope not. They didn't do any particular task so far except finding the clue box). At the Nizwah Fort however are a lot of clue boxes, and teams must search for the right clue box for their next clue.




Teams then headed for Mutrah Souq and faced with a Detour. This time, it's between Carpet and Count It. In Carpet, teams must match a unique piece of design on a carpet with the one caught on a Sony Cybershot camera. There are hundreds (I think) of carpets in the shop so this may be difficult. In Count It, teams must count the number of dried limes in a basket at a local perfume store. This may sound easy but they had not have enough rest or sleep so counting more than a thousand dried limes can be confusing. All teams completed Count It with Geoff & Tisha kept running back and forth between the 2 tasks when finally they chose to stick with Count It.





Teams then headed to Wadi Tanuf and unfortunately, all teams were lost. They worked together and finally found the place and the clue box. Teams then faced with a Roadblock. One team member must cross a canyon gap using Tyrolean traverse and get the clue hanging from the other side, and then make their way back. Ida and Geoff completed the Roadblock while Sam and Fuzzie failed to do so and incurred a 4 hour time penalty. I think it was not entirely Sam's and Fuzzie's fault. Sam is short so he must use a lot of energy to pull himself up as he was hanging lower from the main rope while Fuzzie is quite a big person so she had to use a lot of energy too to pull her body weight up. On the other hand, Ida and Geoff are both quite tall and slim so it will be easier for them to complete the Roadblock, at least that's what I think.




Teams then made their way by foot to the pit stop. Ida & Tania were 1st (yay!), Geoff & Tisha were 2nd and Sam & Vince were 3rd. Sam & Vince will also incurred a 4 hour time penalty at the beginning of the next leg. AD and Fuzzie were the last team to arrive and so were eliminated from the race.







I will miss AD & Fuzzie, they are such 'real' people. I'm so impressed that they managed to finish 4th in this race. Well done girls!

And so we have our final 3 teams. Sam & Vince will definitely have some disadvantage as they had the time penalty, hopefully hours of operation and flights delay will help them to catch up with the other 2 teams. But aside from that, I think all 3 teams have a good chance in winning this race. Good luck to all!!!

Crickets, pheta, jokes, pots, sugarcane...& U-Turn!

I'm back. Here's my review of TARA3 episode 9.

I know I'm more than a week late but bare with me...please!!!

I watched this episode with mixed feelings. We go into that later. First, let's find out what the teams did for this leg of the race.

Teams started off in Cochin, India. Then they must made their way to a local cricket stadium in Pune, west India for their next task. All teams made it on the same flight, then rushed for taxi when they arrived.

Their first task was to play a game of cricket. Teams must play against the local team and strike the boundary by hitting the board painted in race colors with the cricket ball. If teams failed to do so after 36 balls, they will face a 10 minute time penalty before they can have their next clue.




Then, teams must use the maps on the Nokia Navigator 6210 and use the directions to guide their auto rickshaw driver to the next destination, Shaniwar Wada. There, teams were faced with a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, one team member must search through a field of 50 men wearing a pheta, and locate the right pheta with the word "Correct" written inside.

After finding the right man with a "Correct" pheta, teams headed to the Sony World Showroom at Equity Tower for their next task, which was to convince someone to tell a joke and record it on a Sony Handycam. A group of judges will determine if the joke is funny enough before rewarding them with the next clue.




Next, Detour. In this Detour, teams must choose between Push and Crush. In Push, teams must load a cart with 75 pots and deliver at least 70 of them (without breaking them) to a market stall about 1km away. While in Crush, teams must crush enough sugarcane using a sugarcane juice cart (very ancient machine if u ask me) to fill 40 glasses and then sell the drinks and earn at least 200 rupees. All teams picked Crush while only Ida & Tania picked Push. Tough girls!






Then came the interesting part, U-Turn. If a team U-turned another team, the latter will have to complete the other Detour task before they can proceed. Geoff & Tisha once again in the spirit of playing the game had u-turned A.D & Fuzzie who were not far behind them. Before that, Sam wanted to u-turned Ida & Tania but Vince convinced him that they were already ahead of the other teams, so there was no need to use it (thank u and love u Vince!). Then, Ida & Tania wanted to u-turned Geoff & Tisha but they didn't bring the racers' pics so they just had to pass the opportunity.





Teams then headed for the pit stop at Gokhale Institute. Sam & Vince were 1st to arrive followed by Ida & Tania and Geoff & Tisha. As expected, after having to do both of the Detour tasks, A.D & Fuzzie arrived last at the pit stop. Luckily, they weren't eliminated because it was a pre-determined non-elimination leg. But they must come in first in the next leg or face with a 30 minute time penalty.



I feel bad for A.D & Fuzzie, they were already tired from the sugarcane task and they had to do the other task too. Pity. At first I was angry at Geoff & Tisha because they saw that A.D & Fuzzie were already sore from the task but they still u-turned them. But on 2nd thought, I can't blamed them coz it's part of the game. Besides, A.D & Fuzzie would probably do the same to Geoff & Tisha if they arrived at the U-Turn station 1st. But if I was in this race, I don't think I have the heart to yield or u-turn anyone, I would feel so bad and guilty. I know it's there to be used for our advantage but I don't think I can! I rather be competitive in completing the task than using the Yield or U-Turn options.

But still, I'm proud of A.D and Fuzzie for completing both tasks and not giving up eventhough they almost did. Great job girls!!!

What happen to the computer?

Hello guys! Just want to inform that I will be unable to post anything these few days because there's something wrong with the computer. I don't know what the problem really is, maybe it's virus, worm, etc2, but I will get back on posting as soon as the computer is okay.

I'm so sorry.

You guys take care.

Awesome makeover &... swimwear photoshoot!

I missed episode 3 of ANTM cycle 11. Shoot! Never mind. Nikeysha was eliminated in episode 3. I think her pic was not so bad. Maybe her attitude turned off the judges.

Nikeysha

Anyway, let's just skipped on to episode 4. The girls went through makeover! Some of the girls looked really good and stunning than before. Tyra and her team really knows how to bring out the best in these girls. However, I'm not so impressed with Elina makeover. She looked more like an RnB singer than a model. That's what I think. Even Elina didn't like it at first. But she managed to pull it through and rocked it in the photoshoot. As time went on, she's beginning to like her transformation. She's really professional.

Hannah won the challenge this week (surprise, surprise!). The girls need to do a short commercial without script. I'm impressed with Hannah, her photos are just average but she can really talk well. Well done girl! Samantha did well too. It looks like the girls with stunning photos struggle when talking in front of the camera. Too bad, this might just be a disadventage to them. Better work hard before the CoverGirl commercial.

This week, the girls had a swimwear photoshoot. Some of the girls improved a lot after the makeover while some still struggles. Here are my top 5. Bear in mind that this top 5 are solely based on my personal taste and had nothing to do in fashion whatsoever. I'm not knowledgable in fashion anyway. So here goes;

1. Lauren Brie

2. Marjorie

3. McKey

4. Samantha

5. Sheena

Lauren Brie looks so gorgeous! She looks like she's a model already and not a contestant. Very high fashion. Marjorie is gorgeous too. She looked even more stunning in brown hair. Lovely! Samantha improved a lot. The makeover really helped her. Same with McKey, she looks a little bit like Jennifer Garner though...I think. I love Sheena's photo, her expression, her body language. So graceful.

Elina's photo was good too but I didn't personally like it. But the judges like it very much and she was called 1st this week to receive her photo. Well done girl! Eventually, it came down to Analeigh and Brittany in the bottom 2, and Brittany was eliminated. Again, I don't think her pic was bad but the judges thought that she was too commercial (just pretty, not high fashion enough). I think some of the girls did worst than her. Mmm...maybe the judges saw some potentials in them rather than in Brittany.

Brittany

I wonder who will be eliminated next? I think Elina, Marjorie and Lauren Brie can go far in this competition, they have huge potential. Maybe a little bit trouble in speech (for Elina & Marjorie), I hope they had practice.

Wonderful Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls, the pop sensation from Korea. I'm so in love with them right now. I've heard about them for quite some time before but never bother to check them out. Why? Well, because I didn't know they are quite good. Wait, not quite but damn good! Their music are so addictive. Okay, I will just cut it short and let their music do all the talking. This is one of their single, Tell Me. Quite funny video. Enjoy!