by Anak Ng Tinapa


Prisensa, Umalis Na

After the challenge, everyone noted that Princess didn’t come back with them. Each one had his or her own speculation as to the reason for her absence. Doc Ferds guessed that maybe she was waiting for someone to comfort her but none did. Trish noted that maybe Princess was more used to being comfortable during location shooting, where everything is provided for you. Karen was less forgiving. “Actually, wala akong paki-alam.” She ranted. She did mention some good qualities about her like being a smart person but just too young. But then she ended her spiel with “She’s gonna be a pain in the ass.” Now it is my guess that this sentence was cut short for the teaser clip. It sounded as if there was more at the beginning that could have gone something like “Mabuti nang nag-quit na siya ngayon pa lang. Pag nagtagal pa siya… she’s gonna be a pain in the ass.” That’s only a guess, though.

True enough, Princess DID quit. She immediately sought the services of the resident psychiatrist to make sense of her feelings and experiences. She complained of the hunger and the headaches and questioned herself why she joined in the first place. “Ngayon lang ako napagod sa buong buhay ko.” She opted to quit then rather than suffer even more. “Ito ang totoong buhay, kapag nagugutom ka, magwawala ka!”

The Mayor Speaks

With some proding from Doc Ferds, Buhawi gathered everyone and organized the CA’s into 3 groups in-charge of specific things: shelter, food & fire. (Reviewer22, this is your LOST wish, granted.)

Moi, with the help of Elma went and hunted for seafood, and apparently she was very good at it. “You need people like Moi” John said, elaborating that she’s not like others that you need to baby sit, probably referring to Princess. Meanwhile Karen and Michelle went to forage for edible plants. Karen was sampling leaves for their potential when she came upon a root crop. She took it back to camp and everyone tried to guess what kind of root it is.

Some of the boys started building a more durable shelter. As what normally happens when there is too much testosterone, Buwi, Doc Ferds and John began asserting themselves, instinctively vying for the Aplha Male status. Buwi probably was compelled because of the Mayor-scroll thingy and both Doc Ferds & John have experiences in the wild.

Buwi Shows John A Snake

While walking around, Buwi found a green snake upon a tree, doing its usual snakey thing. Remembering that John wanted to see the local wildlife, he yelled for him. When John came over, he started hacking on the creature. Buwi was not pleased with this since the snake really was minding its own business. Apparently, the tree was it’s home. However, Myka was impressed with him. “Kesa naman lumapit pa sa tinutulugan namin.”

Maybe the snake was an omen. The CA’s have started establishing alliances. Myka was trying to form one with Elma & Buwi. Aubrey started talking strategies with Trish, who wasn’t well versed with the Survivor game. John gathered the boys around to form an all-male alliance, noting that with Princess gone, they had the numbers favoring them. Trish was lumped in with the girls and they intended for him to go first, right after Princess. The thing that is not going in John’s favor at that moment was his relationship with Michelle, which many consider as an unbreakable alliance, therefore making his effort with the boys suspicious.

Tomorrow: Tribal Council. Who gets to be the first to be VOTED off?

by Zalds

"Survivors lapit", shouts RG then proceeded to explaining the two types of challenges in a Survivor game. For this rewards challenge, there will be 2 winners of one scroll each.

The game is called "Apat na Elemento" involving going up a wall, going down and traversing a net. Then goes to a mud pit to look for rings, then go past a fire (or charcoal) pit, shoot the rings in a pole then rush to a platform to release a banner.

Aki, Buwi and Jon shows off their competitiveness early on, easily climbing the wall, traversed the net and dive into the mud pit to look for the rings. Princess meanwhile, take her time on the wall, even slowly (very slowly) goes down to the net. The reason? "Ayaw ko sa ropes.." then "nung makita ko ang firepit.. huwag na lang ano" Goodluck to you girl. She spent the rest of challenge on the net.

A quotable quote from our beloved taray princess Gina (este, Karen): "..common sense lang yan ano? haller" pertaining to why their feet will not be burned as they go past the firepit.

Fast-forward the challenge, Buwi was the first to shoot 3 rings into the pole, he rushed to the platform and released the banner. Later on, Aira made the same success with the rings and thus became the 2nd winner. Back to Princess, she admitted that she was lampa.

RG handed to both winners the two scrolls, instructing Buwi to open his scroll and read. From what was written, Buwi became the leader or mayor of the tribe. Meanwhile, Aira was told not to open her scroll until the tribal council.

Going back to the camp, Princess decided not to mingle with the group and spend sometime alone (papansin ba??). To kill the hunger, tiredness and maybe boredom, Trizsa decided to start a play acting to amuse themselves.

Abangan bukas: "..wala akong paki-alam kay princess because she's gonna be a pain in the ass.."

by Zalds

DAY 1 continues. Aira is successful in making a fire using the flint provided EARLY ON. The CAs then decided to look for food on the beach (Oysters and shrimps according to Aubrey). Aki tried to climb up the coconut (in jeans) but failed. Michelle observed that Moi, Mykah and Doc Ferds are good in food gathering. In the evening, they had a meal from what was gathered from the beach (Mico: Ayaw kumain nung una pero later on sarap na sarap sya.) [Segment 1 including intro and last night's epi highlights = 8 minutes]

NIGHT 1: Rain fell down, making the CAs uncomfortable getting sleep and rest. What's worse, their fire went out adding up to their coldness. (Solenn: Long night of my life). Mico, Doc Ferds and Buhawi caught some rainwater using their raincoats to serve as drinking water. [Segment 2 = 3 minutes]

To kill some uncomfortable time and tension, Trizsa shared some joke (Ano ang sabi ng kilay sa kabilang kilay? Eye-brow) Most of the CAs have not got any sleep because of the noise of fellow CAs and mosquito bites. [Segment 3 = 2 minutes, 10 seconds]

The following morning, Elma, Mykah and Buwi continued to look for food at the beach (Elma: wala pa ring bigas; Mykah [to the crab who bit her]: Leche ka!). Back at camp, Solenn stated that her last meal was isang pandesal tsaka ___ bcoz of her allergy at seafoods preventing her to share the meal at camp. Later on, Trizsa had some hush conversation with Aubrey regarding her lovelife;

Trizsa: Naging kayo pala ni ano? Nagtagal kayo ni Jon?
Aubrey: Mga one and a half
Trizsa: Sino mas bongga? Si Jon or si Troy?
Aubrey: Read between the lines. My dream guy is now with me. Wala, yung kay Jon, tapos na yun.
Trizsa: Ako yung dream guy is now with you?
Aubrey: Hindi ikaw.. si Troy.

Later on, sa interview with Jon: Wala akong narinig na rumor na kasali sya (Aubrey). Ang then, when we get to the press conference, there she is. So for me, I was thinking, what is she here for? Is she here for.. to try and win? to try and play? or is she here just for exposure and wasting another spot that somebody could use.

Back to Aubrey and Trizsa, Aubrey informed Trizsa that Michelle is the current girlfriend of Jon.

Back to Jon: I dont trust her (referring to Aubrey).

Much later on, the CAs got their first tree mail written in Filipino which Ian (?) tried to read. Michelle grabbed the mail from Ian quipping "hindi binasa ng maayos". She then read again:

Tubig, apoy, lupa at hangin
Apat na elemento ay pagsama-samahin
Ipunin ang lakas, ipunin ang galing
Dahil ang kasama ay kalaban ninyo na rin

TOMORROW'S EPI: THE FIRST REWARDS CHALLENGE (Chard, bakit lakad ka ng lakad habang nagsasalita?)

[Segment 4 including tomorrow's teaser = 6 minutes and 45 seconds]

Musings by Anak Ng Tinapa

Have you taken a pee while wearing a gown... on board a speeding jeepney? Well, this season certainly established novelty very early on.

And leave it to Richard to sneak in an action stunt here and there. Let’s see Jeff Probst do that.

You know it's Survivor Philippines when the commercials take as much time as the episode. At least now, the dailies last more than just half an hour.

Not much happens yet to establish lasting impressions, well maybe except for the over-enthusiastic young'uns.

Boys certainly has something to look forward to in the following epi's when the girls do their tribal struts.

The celebrity power will probably draw new audiences (mostly enduring fans and supporters of these castaways) to the top rating series. These fans will be interested to see how these individuals who are used to the perks and privileges of their stature will endure the same hardships and challenges previous castaways have experienced in the past.

May kasabihan tayo na "First impressions lasts". If we want these new viewers to stay, the first episode must not only be good but great. Ang pinaka kritikal dito ay ang opening scene. This will be the first time to introduce the show to these new viewers.

For the past seasons, its the host who opens up the first episode. Since Richard will be hosting this year, his throngs of fans will be be glued in their sets from the very first moment. Dahil high caliber celebrity host si Richard, karapat dapat na bonggang bongga (Major Major in english) ang gawin niyang opening scene. Eto ang mga suggested kong mga Openning Scenes base sa mga sumikat na Top Rating TV shows, Box-Office Hit Movies, at iba pa:

1. Adopted from Till I Met U: Ok. Picture this. Richard flying a sea plane with KC Concepcion (aren't they a cute couple?) as his passenger along with the celebrity castaways. The plane has problems and they have an emergency landing at sea near the remote island in SP. Richard takes charge by making a tent out of palm leaves and building a fire.

2. Adopted from "The Expendables" by Sylvester Stallone: Richard again a pilot of a military cargo plane flying the celeb castaways (in special ops uniforms acting like mercenaries) to an island country nation. They will try to liberate the inhabitants from an oppressive dictator and a rogue CIA operative. Of course they will also compete in challenges to be the sole survivor.

3. Adopted from "Lost" the tv series. Richard still a pilot but now for a commercial passenger jet of Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney and Los Angeles. Caught in a wild and strong air turbulence, the plane breaks apart in mid air separating the celeb castaways into two tribes..er I mean two groups when both sections of the plane crash in two opposite and unreachable sides of a mysterious island. (this is my top choice for the OSFE kung may budget)

4. Adopted from "Tropic Thunder". Richard and the celebrity castaways try to be action stars in a war movie set in the rebel infested jungles somewhere in Asia. Split into two platoons, the castaways are unaware that they were accidentally separated from the movie crew and are on their own. The jungle, rebels, and action are all real.

5. Adopted from "Dora, the Explorer". Richard is tasked to look for the castaways lost in a remote island. With the help of his trusty backpack and map, Richard moves from one point to the other while the viewers participate in counting, saying new words, and telling swiper not to swipe. After completing a series of activities, Richard finds the castaways. Yay!

I know its a little late to adopt these opening scenes, but who knows?

Counting down to August 30.