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penny August 11th, 2006

I know how late I am when it comes to what stuff is new and happening. So yeah, I normally don’t watch a lot of TV, but because of my faithful personal TiVo (Ajay’s unwavering divX files) I get to see recent past and present TV fads. He brought me up to speed in the Amazing Race. I first got a glimpse of this reality gig on a local channel showcasing the initial episode of that series with Survivor couple Rob and Amber (season 7). I never got to see the subsequent episodes. I wasn’t even able to ride the hype of the show when it passed through the Philippines on one of its legs in Season 5 Just for the record, I gotta say I’m no big fan of reality TV. Yet this one is something else. Getting a sneak peek into what’s there to see in Russia or Brazil is really sumthin!

(spoilers may follow)

Ajay and I watched another season (season 9) featuring BJ and Tyler, the “Hippies”. I was so rooting for them from the very beginning. Imagine my contented silence when the race was over and they were declared winners. It was surprising to see the race end so suddenly with their victory, I wanted to see more. Their closest competition, the “Fratboys” (I realize I can’t remember their names) were almost always ahead of the race; you can see how disappointed they were to come in second on the last leg. BJ and Tyler, who were always in a frolicky cheery demeanor, got plenty lucky despite being sloppy towards the end. They even lost their cash by arriving last in non-elimination pit-stops! But boy, they are really funny to watch and silly as they come, they’re quite devious too.

I’d have to agree with what one of the contenders said that the show made them feel how small the world was. Ajay and I got to chatting about how wonderful it would be to visit so many countries (they went to 9 I think?) in a month’s time! That has got to be the goal for a honeymoon dontchathink? Now how does one join such a contest…

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