Amazing Race Gathering :D
went to
francis' house yesterday to watch amazing race together with
niqing and
justin. (
nahiy pangsehed us) havent seen my sec 2 classmates for a while, so this small gathering allowed us to catch up AND chat about something we are all enthusiastic about -- amazing race.
niqing and i arrived earlier, and we had a quick tour around
francis' house before we decided what we were ordering for dinner. settled on canadian pizza in the end, 2 pizzas with wedges and nuggets as sides.
when we were done, there was still slightly over half an hour left before the show started, so
francis started telling us about his amazing race spoiler site. he also showed us some spoiler photos from his spoiler site. we also re-watched several classic scenes from the season so far. there are 2 really funny scenes so far.
one of the scenes was that of a team arriving at the pit stop (check in point), and there was a gate separating them and the check in mat. no matter how hard the member of the team shook the gate, it didnt seem to budge, so he started climbing it. later, another team arrived, and pushed the gate lightly, and it opened.
the other scene featured christie and jodi (two blond air stewardesses), trying to make sense of a clue, which plainly told them to go to this place where there is a wood sawing machine. they started looking around for wood, and found this piece of log, and started lugging it around, hoping that this will allow them to complete their task. it made them go quite crazy, to the extent of saying "hi horse" when they saw a horse along the way, and then making this self-ridiculing comment, "i feel like a dumb blond".
haha... so we got quite a lot of laughs recounting these scenes. the pizzas arrived, with no complementary drinks cos we didnt order enough. luckily, francis bought some drinks already. there was a bottle of ice cream soda, and seriously, ive never drank ice cream soda before, even though i knew that flavour exists. anyway, it tastes like the sweet syrup medicine, so it wasnt really that nice.
and then it was time for AR!
francis was commenting how every episode thus far featured drunken locals. and ONCE AGAIN! we have some drunken russians in the latest episode haha. yesterdays tasks were quite tough, and some teams that were performing well thus far messed up. and so there were drastic changes in the positions. i so didnt expect "dumb blonds" christie and jodi to make it to 1st place, considering how they were 2nd last for the first 2 legs. and i was quite sad and shocked to see amanda and kris get eliminated. it was kinda unexpected cos they were doing quite well so far. and their elimination means that, in the first 4 legs of this race, the only 4 couples have been eliminated. wow, theres some sort of conspiracy here. :/
after the show, we wanted to play cards, only to realise there werent any pack of cards at francis' place. so we settled for an old school game of scrabble. haha. havent played scrabble for ages, but it turned out to be quite fun, as we try to strategise to prevent others from getting good spots on the board, or to try to recycle words already on the board. for instance, i extended the word HEATS with an RE to REHEATS haha.
haha. never knew such simple activities could be so fun. guess its probably because of the company. :D on our way back,
francis offered to bring us to a tour of the area just a few minutes from his place -- the red light district. unfortunately all of us werent feeling adventurous, so we gave it a miss and made our way back home.
consilio et animis
3/10/2009 08:26:00 PM
