• Should it be an eliminating leg - for sure Pam & Van are gone by now as they were the last team to arrive. Lucky for them, the Race continues!
  • All teams has wasted their time locating the Taekwondo School - in Jongro. My guess is, there could be many taekwondo school in Korea! Even local taxi drivers AND policeman had no idea where it is.
  • Marc & Rovi accused the Singaporeans team stole their cab. But as I can see, the cab was actually belong to Pam & Van who just arrived at Jongro. Marc & Rovi alighted the cab. And when Pam & Van exited from the cab, the two teams ran for it but it was Collin who hopped in first.
  • Black belt holder, Daichi couldn't break the board - funny isn't it?
  • Bad decision from the Japanese at the Detour. They opted for the food delivery in which they abandoned half way and went back for the Slither. They lost some precious time!


  • It's not a wrong decision by Henry & Terri to yield Marc & Rovi as they didn't know whether they're behind or ahead of them. How could they know? They knew there are a few more clues in the box and who knows Marc & Rovi could've lost their way. But only one thing just made me wonder - why did they yield their fellow countrymen? They hated the dancing moms, so why they didn't chose them?
  • Another bad decision from the Japanese. They should've yielded the dancing moms. Daichi said in an interview, he didn't know whether the moms are ahead or behind them. If he knew, they were behind them, he said, he could have yieled them. If I were them, to be in a safe side - just yield them! Just like Henry & Terri did :)
  • Only Marc & Rovi entered the Nurimaru Apec House - legally :) The rest of the teams climbed the gate as they were intruders!

  • Maybe many of you don't like what the dancing moms did - by deceiving the Japense team that they have to go to the airport for the next clue. It's a RACE, mind you! To me, I'll do anything to WIN! I could do the same thing what the moms did especially when you know that you are the last two teams behind.

  • Lady luck is with Marc & Rovi. Marc unlocked the padlock on his first try!

  • Because of many bad, the Japanese team eliminated from the Race.
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  • I didn't watch the last episode as they aired it on Christmas Eve! I didn't even catch the re-run coz I was so busy the whole week. Upon checking CBS, nobody was eliminated. I don't know whether I'm able to watch the show tonight coz I'll definitely busy BBQ-ing!!
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, her party said.

"She has been martyred," said party official Rehman Malik.

Bhutto, 54, died in hospital in Rawalpindi. Ary-One Television said she had been shot in the head.

Police said a suicide bomber fired shots at Bhutto as she was leaving the rally venue in a park before blowing himself up.

"The man first fired at Bhutto's vehicle. She ducked and then he blew himself up," said police officer Mohammad Shahid.

Police said 16 people had been killed in the blast.

"It is the act of those who want to disintegrate Pakistan because she was symbol of unity. They have finished the Bhutto family. They are enemies of Pakistan," senior Bhutto party official Farzana Raja told Reuters.

A Reuters witness at the scene of the attack said he had heard two shots moments before the blast. Another Reuters witness saw bodies and a mutilated human head strewn on a road outside the park where she held her rally.

A spokesman for President Pervez Musharraf said he had to confirm the news before commenting.

Earlier, party officials had said Bhutto was safe.

A suicide bomber killed nearly 150 people in an attack on Bhutto on October 19 as she paraded through the southern city of Karachi on her return from eight years in self-imposed exile.

Islamist militants were blamed for that attack but Bhutto had said she was prepared to face the danger to help the country.

SHOTS

People cried and hugged each other outside the hospital where she died and residents of Karachi, Bhutto's home town, said they had heard gun shots after news of Bhutto's death spread, apparently from her enraged supporters.

Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was Pakistan's first popularly elected prime mister. He was executed in 1979 after being deposed in a military coup.

Bhutto became the first female prime minister in the Muslim world when she was elected in 1988 at the age of 35. She was deposed in 1990, re-elected in 1993, and ousted again in 1996 amid charges of corruption and mismanagement.

She said the charges were politically motivated but in 1999 chose to stay in exile rather than face them.

Bhutto's family is no stranger to violence.

Both of her brothers died in mysterious circumstances and she had said al Qaeda assassins tried to kill her several times in the 1990s.

Intelligence reports have said al Qaeda, the Taliban and Pakistani jihadi groups have sent suicide bombers after her.


source : Reuters



Come one, come all. Malaysia Christmas Party at Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu. The program is attached here for easy reference.



And to those of you who doesn't know where Padang Merdeka is, a map is given. Don't forget to bring the VIP card in order for you to get an easy access :)

See you there!

25.12.07



Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you. May the birth of Christ gives us Love, Peace & Joy!

24.12.07

Thank God! I've done my Christmas shopping. Paling susah mo cari hadiah. If you ask what would they like for their Christmas present, they would mention hadiah yang mahal-mahal. Crazy! Diorang ingat saya ni cetak duit ka! Tapi kalo tidak ditanya, saya pulak yang pening kepala. Apa-apapun, saya sudah beli, bungkus and susun under the Christmas tree. Whether they like it or not....whatever-lah :)

Next, mo pikir pulak apa yang mo dimasak. Kami selalu buat pot-luck on Christmas Eve. I think this year, I'll settle with chicken wings. After makan, baru pigi church. Christmas Eve's Mass will be at 10.30pm. After Mass, barulah exchange gifts - the most awaited event even though we have to do it past midnight!



YouTube credit to Calanon24

23.12.07

Diam-diam ubi pulak si Linda ni. Buat persembahan dengan Ekin di Ranau. How I wish I was there to see her singing live!


credit to d-Bos for the article.



  • The teams were off to Japan to the delight of Sawaka & Daichi. I thought they said, they wanna help the Chong's sisters but in the end, they were hiding behind a wall at the train station.

  • And by the way, why some of the teams do not like the dancing moms? I wonder what was going on during their off-recording.

  • Why some of the teams were in trouble looking for the clue box at Shiba Park? Because they searched at the dark area? Be sensible lah. Clue box must be situated in a lighted area. Silly mistakes!

  • Ermmm is Rovilson flirting with Vanessa? I thought I saw his hand on Van's shoulder :)

  • The singing of Sakura song's task was a copy of TARA 1. Habis idea mengkali :lol:

  • What was with Vanessa during the road block? I know it's cold. But it's a Race. You cannot say you can't do it. You have to try harder. I hate to say this, but I don't like to see a quitter. Vanessa can do it but she's just wasting so much time at Ice Bar.

  • Henry cheated? No comment. Maybe it's allowable.
  • The Dancing Moms arrived first (you see, God still love them, even though other teams dislike them hehehe). But too bad for the moms, it was not a pit stop. The Race is still on.

  • Haiya! It should be a 2 hour show. They should have made it special and continue showing us the rest of the leg. I hate waiting!
TARA

19.12.07



I meant to blog this one long long time ago but I forgot. Tua sudah bah tu pasal pandai lupa :)


Betul kah diorang ini lebih dari berkawan biasa? Kalo tengok gambar macam rapat semacam saja kan. Apa-apapun, I wish all the best to Marsha. Kalo nanti saya jumpa Linda Nanuwil, saya tanya soalan ini sama dia. Marsha tu kan sepupu dia. Mesti tau cerita sikit-sikit punya :)



Saya sekarang dalam holiday mood. Malas semacam saja pi kerja. Ngam lagi saya fever and flu, bertambahlah kemalasan :)

I was checking through my email. Saya ni kadang-kadang terlupa buka yahoo mail. Sekali buka, adoii beratus mail dalam inbox, termasuk spam :lol:


But there is one email I received. A nice one to be shared.


A man joined a big Multi National Company as a trainee. On his first day, he dialed the kitchen and shouted into the phone: "Give me a cup of coffee, quickly!"


The voice from the other side responded: "You fool, you've dialed the wrong extension! Do you know who you're talking to?"


"No"
replied the trainee.


"It's the Managing Director of the company, you idiot!"


The trainee shouted back: "And do you know who YOU are talking to, you IDIOT?"


"No!"
replied the Managing Director angrily.


"Thank God!"
replied the trainee and put down the phone.

17.12.07

Hady Mirza of Singapore won the first Asian Idol title. He beat fellow Idol winners such as,

Abhijett Sawant, India & Mike Mohede, Indonesia

Jaclyn Victor, Malaysia & Mau Marcelo, Philippine

Phuong Vy, Vietnam

  • Oh dear. It's Marc & Rovilson again. 3 in a row! I hope the rest of the teams will catch up this guys. But I can't help but to like this best buddies team. They are full of sense of humour. Even so, Pam & Van is still my favourite to win the Race!
  • I became more and more irritated with Terri. She was always in argument with her husband. But I don't think she is like that at home. I think her attitude is only meant for the cameras to attract viewers :)

  • Why Terri despised Ann & Diane when she said, "they are my enemies"?

  • The Japanese team is the only team who didn't make any mistake on the Agrojet course.

  • Terri & Henry overtook the Chong's sisters in Roadblock but then, Pam & Van overtook them in Detour.

  • What wonders me is, Terri is actually good in weaving but why in the first place she refused to help Henry?

  • It's not a surprise to see Marc & Rov chose weaving in Detour coz they know they are in a good lead. They just want to have fun!

  • I like the welcoming done my the Maori warrior at the pitstop which scares the teams but not to the dancing moms. And to my surprise, despite being deaf, Adrian jumped when the warrior screamed to them :)

  • I think Sophie & Aurelia did it on purpose to slow their Race down. They were 7 hours behind from the last team. They took their time at Caltex as if they don't know anything about filling gas. It shows on their face that they lost their interest in the Race. Well it's good for them to be eliminated coz there's no way you can proceed if you lost your trust on your teammate!

Mr. Peng Shulin's body was cut in two in an accident way back in 1995 and he lives! More than 20 doctors saved his life. Read on here.


Yang ini pula, sepasang anak kembar, satu ibu tapi bapa diorang lain-lain. Pelik? It's all about science! I Found out this weird story from here.

12.12.07



Linda Nanuwil & Marsha Londoh menjadi penghias Kalendar EH! 2008. Belek punya belek, diorang ni penghias bulan Disember. Lamanya mo tunggu Disember untuk tayang gambar diorang. Apa yang pasti kalendar ini akan diletakkan di meja ofis. Biar semua orang nampak :)


  • Teamwork made my favourite team, Ronald & Christina finished first and won themselves a 12-foot catamaran each. I like Ronald's cool attitude.
  • Again, never mess up with airport or the ticketing agents. If you make them angry, they will simply give you business seats. Serve your right!
  • I'm so tired to watch the arguments between Nathan and Jennifer. Both have bad temper.
  • When your relationship is already sucks everything you do after that will be in a mess. Nathan and Jennifer were asked to go back to take a legal transportation before Phil can check them in.


  • Reaching 1st three times, siblings Azaria & Hendekea were left behind when they 'gamble' at the airport. That made them say goodbye to the Amazing Race!

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No wonder she looks so familiar. She is the ex-girlfriend of Ryan Seacrest after all. She had a strong character in the Amazing Race 12. She didn't shed a tears when they were told that they've been eliminated from the Race. It proved that money is not a big problem for her, I think. But her team mate, Jennifer were in tears!


Watch the Amazing Race Season 12, tonight at 8.00pm on AXN

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  • Marc & Rovilson looked like a strong team to beat!
  • I don't like the way Terri argued with her husband. The Race should be fun. It's not about only winning.
  • How nice, they went to Hong Kong only to collect their clue before proceeding to New Zealand!
  • You must do bungee jumping when you are in New Zealand, otherwise call it you never visited the country if you didn't.
  • I think all girls (except Sophie, I didn't see her) didn't make the rock climbing.
  • I had a good laugh to see the teams soaking when their boats flipped!
  • If you are in the Race, try to avoid accidents. See what happened to the Chong's sisters. It was frustrating!
  • I think Sophie is too hard on Aurelia as if she is too perfect herself!
  • Spooky? Not for the Chong's sisters. They just pushed away the ghosts :) All they want is to get it over and go to the next Pit Stop.
  • I also laughed when Collin told the ghosts "He (Adrian) can't hear you!"



  • Too bad for Brett & Kinar. They got lost all the way. That made them eliminated from the Race!
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  • At least Marc & Rovilson get what they want by reaching the pit stop, first in their own country.
  • The Chong sisters made a huge mistake this time by not reading their clue properly.
  • I think, Paula & Natasha shouldn't ask for money from the locals. I thought in the first place they were run out of money. Well, actually they didn't! The producers shouldn't allow this unless necessary.
  • Some of the racers are now showing their true colours! Daichi of the Japanese team pun sudah mula hilang sabar. He was tired? Of course, everybody was tired. Allan said, they were the team so far who reached the pit stop with less enthusiasm!

  • But most of all I was really disgusted with Edwin's attitude. It was only a Race. It should be fun. He should try to be patient, at least! And not scolding Monica like he did. It's good to see this team eliminated from the Race. I can't stand to watch Edwin with that attitude!

I have been busy. Didn't have the time to update my blog :) Di hujung-hujung tahun ni banyak betul mo buat. Mo hampir meletup kepala ni. Sabar saja.

I watched Amazing Race but couldn't have the time to review the show and posted in here. Well, I will try to blog immediately the next time.

Teams eliminated for the past 2 weeks were:


Lorena & Jason

Remember Lorena yelling at Jason during milking the camel session? Yes, she's the one. Bikin panas. Nasib baik si Jason tu cool saja.


Shana & Jennifer

Now Shana & Jennifer has been eliminated, there are no more two female team in this Race. Meaning, after 12 season, TAR still couldn't produce a two female team to win the Race. Asia jugalah yang buat sejarah or to be exact Malaysian team (Zabrina & Joe Jer) jugalah yang boleh!