Amazing Race

This is one of my favourite reality show. It started with Amazing Race Asia season 1 and I have faithfully followed it to season 3.

This is the first time I am faithfully following Amazing Race which is currently in season 14. The winners are Tammy and Victor Jih, both are practicing lawyers.

In the final leg of the race, the three teams each had to carry pig to a luau. When I saw the way that Tammy and Victor was carrying theirs, I was shouting at them. Come on. There is a reason a pole is being used to cart that pig. Put the pole on your shoulders like Margie and Luke! There's a reason we carry our heavy school bags strapped on our shoulder. But in the end, they still won and I am glad for them.

From the start, I was rooting for Tammy and Victor because they are chinese. That's the great thing about Amazing Race. You can enter and be a winner irregardless of your ethnic. There's never been a chinese winner before in this race. Although I was rooting for them, I was also admiring Margie's and Luke's determination. Everything seems to conspire to bring them to the final leg. But what quickly became obvious is that Margie is more focus and has more determination than Luke. Luke seems to get flustured and frustrated more easily than Margie. But to be fair, I think he has pressure; he's a deaf trying to prove to the world that he is able despite his disability and he is, I think, trying very hard not to disappoint his mother. I admire Margie the most out of all the contestants. Imagine, being 50, and able to accomplish all that. For that, she earned my respects.

The Amazing Race put contestants through many challenges. With only 12 hours compulsory rest stop before the start of the next leg, it's not easy to continue running and maintaining the same momentum. It's especially frustrating when cabs get stucked in traffic or what I deem the most frustrating of all - cab drivers who do not know the way to the destination. Contestants quickly needs to learn not to lose cool over things they can't control. Winning is great but the journey alone is enriching too.