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  • Episode 4

    2008-10-05 5:41PM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
    9個評論

    We live another week …  HK HK HK


     Fly to Taipei Taiwan




    Taiwan here we come….. ohh baby I LOVE TAIWAN…. “ Hao Bung”   Wo Ai Tai Mei …..hahaha… all teams flew to Taiwan on the same flight from Hue.  It was a long journey because we had to connect via Ho Chi Minh.  When we got there we had to drive ourselves to look for the clue at the Red Pavilion.  I drove because I’m used to driving on the left hand side anyway originally being from Canada and all... The roads were confusing but luckily Sam knew how to speak Mandarin so if we got lost we could ask for directions..



    Detour

    The clue at the Red Pavilion was a detour.  Shoot or Shape   We decided to “shoot” because we didn’t know how difficult the Tangrams puzzle was going to be and the  market was quite far.  We got lost on the way to the miniature museum… even though Sam spoke Mandarin… the roads and VERY confusing… and not easy to navigate.  When we finally got there we had no idea what we had to look for.  We had to look for “IT” and that was frustrating.  We decided to team up with  Geoff and Tish and Oliver and Mai to look for the clue.



     We were all searching back and forth many times.  We were there for hours  … and none of us could find it. 





    After awhile … Mai and Oliver told us that they were going to try the other task…. But little did we know that they actually found it and then … took off…. GRRRR….  




    We were actually going to  quit too but we continued to search around the whole place when suddenly I hear.. “ AHHHH”  and with that all the teams converged like Bees to Honey and found IT… Sam was tired and frustrated and when he saw the clue he just reacted… AIYA… We had been there so long but all the teams caught up with us…






    School for the Blind  


    When we printed out the clue and it told us to go to the School for the Blind to translate a  phrase using Braille.  In the car Sam was upset with himself because he had given away the clue to the others but I told him to shake it off.  I had made a similar mistake the leg before so I knew how he was feeling.  No one wants to let their team down… we’ll just have to learn from our mistakes. 



    We got lost on the way to the School for the Blind and by the time that we got there Mai and Oliver and Tania and Ida had left.  Bernie and Henry were working away at their task but  were having communcation problems.  We worked very fast and we were able to translate the message quickly.  As an added honour we presented the school with a cheque from Standard Charter Bank



    Stinky Tofu

    Our clue directed us to go to the  old street in another district Shen-keng in Taiwan… it was quite late and we had not eaten so we grabbed some food from good ol’ 7-11 … man … do they have quite a cool selection of bites in Taiwan….
    When we got there the clue said “ Who NOSE a good challenge when they smell one……”  I decided to do it because I thought that I have quite a good sense of smell… but little know that I would have to FINISH A HUGE BOWL OF STINKY TOFU  WITH ALL THE FIXINGS AND THE SOUP…. I had just eaten too... AIYA



    Yes it was stinky, the soup was vinegary and there was a lot of it.  Ida was crying while eating and Oliver was having trouble too… I didn’t like it but I just toughed it out and ate as fast as I could. 



    I had to plug my ears because both of them were barfing and the sounds were making me want to barf.   I finished the bowl quickly but Ida and Oliver started much earlier and had finished before me. 




    Pit Stop

    Our next clue directed us to the pit stop at City Hall.  We got into our car and peeled outta there… but again we got lost.  Sam wanted pay a taxi to escort us but I wanted to save money and work through it because we were able to communicate with the local people.  However we missed our exits a few times and had to double back and forth again.  We ended up stopping at a petrol station and convinced this dude to accompany us and direct us to the right spot.



      We gave him money to take a taxi back.  We parked the car at the designated place and searched the square for Alan.  

    We were very surprised when we placed 2nd because we had circled around lost for at least an hour and there were at least two teams that had left the tofu place before us.




    TEAM HK 2nd place …  tune in to AXN next Thursday to see what happens next!!

    VMC


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  • ann6688
    留言於2008-12-06 11:23AM [举报]
    ha ha, very glad to know that you like Taiwan (and Taiwanese girls), because that's where I am from. he he....
  • AcCio31
    留言於2008-10-23 9:07PM [举报]
    Oliver is the BEST !
  • Wubing
    留言於2008-10-10 4:47PM [举报]
    Hey Vince, I loved team HK...go Vince and Sam...I managed to post my fav teams in my blog today haha - so glad to find your blog, it rocks. - www.wubing80.blogspot.com - check mine out.
  • japiyatida
    留言於2008-10-06 6:56PM [举报]
    I feel bad that Thai team made something bad to you and Sam, if they don't make agreement with you, everyone won't blame them coz everyone knows that it's a race!!  I feel a little bit fail from their act like that.  

    Anyway when you and Sam were choosen to give cheque to School of blind, I talked to myself that God choose a nice team to do a nice task..Yeah...Go Go!!
  • roblok
    藝術家空間 
    留言於2008-10-05 11:07PM [举报]
    GO! GO! GO!
  • cheekyshooky
    留言於2008-10-05 10:38PM [举报]
    Sam should get some acting tips from Oliver ... =p He made everyone think he and Mai went for the Shape instead.
  • kaad
    留言於2008-10-05 6:52PM [举报]
    I knew you are going to post this blog after the cone one, and I was right! haha :)

    Taiwan is good, I have been there once, but the roads and the transportation signs are too complicated, most of the streets are in one way.

    I knew that Sam is originally from Singapore, so his must know how to speak in Mandarin. But don't you speak Mandarin as well? It was nice when you hear Mandarin/Cantonese on a English TV-programme.

    I do feel shame when I saw Mai&Oliver just left after they have found the mini-clue, is all about faith, if they don't want to help anybody, don't team up with others. This is not cool at all.

    Poor Sam...that feeling must be really sucks! but it's natural and normal when you finally found the stuff you need to find, I guess most of people would blame on their teammate if he/she did that, nevertheless, you are being so supportive and understand that he just need to learn form the mistake but not putting the fault on himself.SWEET(lol)

    That braille task totally beat Henry and Bernie down, you see how frustrated Henry was? Is it really hard to express the shape of these braille, or just the commuication problem? I am happy to see you two did well in this task and also be the team that presented the cheque to the blind school.

    How was the stinky Tofu? It looks delicious, but it isn't, right? Ida was crying and crying, I can't imagine how bad it was. Let me ask you, which one was grosser? The bugs one or the tofu one.

    But after all, You did the best job in the Roadblock, and you guys come in 2nd place again! You two are strong and hard to beat. I think most of the team see you as a threat at this point, were you happy to see that coming? or you just want to be underdog team? Do you think is possible to be popular and competitive at the same time?

    As always, We'll always support you, and rooting for you til the end! Go Team Hong Kong, See ya.

    -Kayne C.
  • shanchen
    藝術家空間 
    留言於2008-10-05 6:39PM [举报]
    omg congrats!
  • Etchy
     
    留言於2008-10-05 6:03PM [举报]
    good job!  Almost first!

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