The Amazing Race Asia Season 4

So Chithra texts me and says how she thinks it would be good if we can join the race, since we are both jobless and all. And I have been thinking about this but couldnt come up with a good partner to join the race with. So when she texts me, I totally think its a great opportunity and I tell her we should totally do it :-)

So we agree on a script where we run around the Lake Gardens in a bunch of diff outfits, and we agree on Sunday to do it. Its actually kinda last minute cos they deadline was extended and we took advantage of that. Gopal agreed to be our videographer and told us he could get a friend, Mr Yong to edit our video for us. Chithra borrowed he brother's videocam, and there we were, all up early on a Sunday for the shoot!

So first we used the script a little, shouting out adjectives that we thought might be suitable, then telling the camera why we think we should be on the program and why they should pick us! We ran around, jumped up and down and generally just had a lot of fun, with Gopal laughing all the time at our antics! It was bloody hot and my hanky was a permanent part of the video!

After we were done at Lake Gardens (seremban), we went to A&W for a drink and a change of clothes and shot another portion of our video, this time something a bit more formal, just sitting down and looking at the camera etc. Just so Mr Yong would have a lot of stuff to work with.

Once we were done, Gopal had to leave, so he showed us to Mr Yong's house, and Mr Yong asked us to come back once he had downloaded the video, about an hour later. So we went and had lunch, and went back to his place, where we had finished, and once he edited it (about an hour plus), he saved it, but it just disappeared! Tried in vain to get it back, but nada. So he told us to come back tmrw morning instead.

So next morning, we head back to his place, and he's dpne quite a good job with the video - all in 2 min 49 secs. Only thing missing were the adjectives we shouted out but all in it was quite good! He included music and words in it as well, and we were happy with the results :-) Once that was done, he played for us a few songs (this guy's an awesome guitarist, apparently he plays regularly in the Eurasion Club) and he played Gary Puckett, Nat King Cole and The Eagles. VERY COOL. We asked him when he was gonna play next and he told us he would let us know cos we wanted to go watch him play!

After we left, we were outside talking, and one of his neighbors had a coconut tree and was just at that moment cutting down coconuts. This old Chinese guy then asked us if we would like to have some, and we said ok so he invited us into the garden where he broke the coconut for us and gave us the water and the flesh, it was awesome. Another 2 of his friends were there as well and we ended up having a conversation with all 3 of these old guys. Apparently there were all retired agriculturists and still continue their hobbies in the garden.

One of them even had a miracle fruit, which when eaten, turns any food after it from sour to sweet! Apparently it messes with your taste buds for a couple of hours!

I actually had a great time, and it was nice to see that some of Malaysia is not racist after all!

We then went to Jusco to complete our application form etc and to see if have everything in order and now, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope we get called!

Pray for us and wish us luck :-)