Joe Jer and Zabrina won the first ever The Amazing Race Asia, congrats.
I believe lots of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) fans are happy to see the girls winning it; personally I’m quite fond of their happy-go-lucky attitude as well.
TARA made a good debut, I like it. I love the contestants… perhaps Asians are more polite, and more fun-going (some of them even having fun playing with bull-shit) and it’s good to see more diversity.
Hope to see TARA 2 soon. The premiere of Amazing Race All Stars is in a couple of weeks, can’t wait for that too.
February 14th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Hey, Jee…how have you been?
I was actually quite surprised that TAR All Stars was starting so soon after TAR 10. Seems like there’s usually a longer break between seasons, but I’m not complaining
I have only been watching since TAR 7, so I won’t recognize several of the “All Stars”. I’m guessing they’ve announced the teams already, but I’d rather wait to see who they are (though I do remember seeing somewhere that “Kentucky” is one of them).
Happy viewing!
February 14th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Hi Corey,
Doing fine, waiting to celebrate Chinese New Year in coming weekend.
TAR seasons are not according to once a year, it’s close to 3 editions in 2 years… so it’s the right time for All-Stars.
I can’t remember all of the participants, but some of them are from quite recent… I am thinking that at least half of the teams are from no earlier than TAR 7.
My TV channel is actually going to show the premiere exactly the same time in US, pretty coool. Can’t wait
February 15th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Wow…time must really be going by quickly, then. I did have NFL football to keep me company during much of that time
Pretty impressive that you’ll see it as we do. You’re about 13 hours ahead of me here, so you’ll probably watch it with breakfast
I’m quite sure the Kentucky team is in, along with (probably) Rob & Amber (they can’t get away from reality TV shows), the TTOW boys, and the model guys from TAR 10.
Anyway, I’m hoping they include another stop in the Philippines this time around.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I am happy to see Rob and Amber back… they (or just Rob) sure were nasty, but I like people that’s really competitive. The winner that defeated R&A will be in the show too, fierce rivalry lol.
I am hoping to see them in Malaysia too… chance is they will pick a stop in South East Asia, we will have 1 in 10 chances perhaps.
Btw, I will be away for Chinese New Year… won’t be back until next week(end). CU
February 15th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Hope you have a Happy Chinese New Year!
Yeah, Rob could be nasty with his tactics at times, but he did know how to play the game well. You could never count he and Amber out…ever. The team that defeated R & A would be Uchenna & Joyce. They were a very competitve, but kind team. I liked them because they could play the game without being jerks about it.
Well, we know TAR won’t be stopping in Vietnam, since they were just there last season. And I’m not sure where a group of 22 Americans (plus all of the cameramen and Phil, of course) could actually go safely. Don’t know much about Cambodia, Myanmar and Timor. However, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore would seem the most likely candidates for a Southeast Asian stop.
Of course, they’ve surprised me in the past with their destinations…like Oman a few seasons ago. Maybe they’ll wind up in Brunei or Laos or Indonesia. We’ll see!
Take care…or, as they say in parts of the Philippines, pag-ayo-ayo!