Amazing Race Asia kembali lagi utk musim ke-3 dgn muka2 baru sebanyak 10 pasangan. Season premiere akan bermula mlm ni pukul 9 mlm di channel AXN. Ni yg aku tak bleh blah ni, dah la rumah sewa takde Astro. Jangankan Astro, tv pun takde.Huahuahua! Hrpkan pc yg ada TV kad je. Kalau la Astro buat TV kad spesel kan senang.

So, kembali kpd TARA. Musim baru menampilkan ramai model2, pelakon2, dan tv host termasuk dari Malaysia. Malaysia ada 2 wakil dan salah satu wakilnya ialah Ida Nerina. Sape tak kenal dia kan. Hehe! Utk maklumat lanjut siapa contestant musim ini bleh layari http://amazing-race-asia.axn-asia.com/

Seperti musim lalu, aku akan pi ke rumah akak aku utk tumpang tgk, hehe! Ni yg aku nk subscribe Astro kat rumah ni!

Images taken from TARA official website

Hari minggu lepas aku berkesempatan menerjah panggung utk menonton Evolusi KL Drift. Ini ialah filem tempatan kedua mengenai drift racing, selepas filem Impak Maksima yg impaknya tak la maksima mana.

Kalau tgk dr segi lakonan, lakonan Farid Kamil (Syam) memang bersahaja, kadang2 serius, kadang kelakar dan kadang2 clumsy or jiwang. Karakter Zul (Shaifuddin Hamzah) pula memang menceriakan keadaan dan membawa unsur2 jenaka. Karakter Joe (Aaron Aziz) yg cool dan gengster, karakter Zack (Syamsul) yg macho always, aggressive dan panas baran dan juga karakter Fasha (Fasha Sandha) yg selalu diselubungi dgn air mata.

The best part is drifting scenes. Walaupun tak berapa realistik kerana drift di jalan KL yg kosong tapi mmg mengkagumkan. Kalau dlm Impak Maksima, kereta diletupkan dgn teknik CGI, dlm filem ini, kereta RX7 sememangkan dihancurkan tanpa penggunaan CGI and memang real. Cuma, tak paham mcm mana kereta tu boleh terbang lepas langgar lori tu, Kalau ikut logik, memang hentam terus dan terperosok bwh lori.

Ending filem ini tidak menunjukkan penyelesaian ke atas semua masalah yg timbul dlm filem ini bahkan menimbulkan lagi bnyk persoalan lain seperti:

1. Adakah Joe (Aaron Aziz) masih hidup atau sebaliknya selepas kemalangan itu? Ianya tidak ditunjukkan. Berkemungkinan dia masih hidup utk sequel filem ini,
2. Apa terjadi kpd Syam? Adakah beliau akan pulih atau…
3. Apa akan terjadi kepada Zack selepas beliau dipersalahkan di hospital?
4. Apa kesudahan hubungan tiga segi Zack, Syam dan Fasha?
5. Siapa yg sebenarnya yg membunuh kwn Zack di bengkel?

Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahawa, sequel filem ini mungkin akan menyusul tidak lama lagi berdasarkan ending yg tergantung.

Overall rating : 6.5/10

Setelah seminggu menyepi tanpa sebarang post baru, hari ni baru berkesempatan utk menulis tentang filem Redline yg sedang ditayangkan di panggung. Asyik sibuk minggu ni,

Tgk sneak preview yg keluar di TV mcm hebat dan dah plan nk tengok di wayang. Filem ni dah ditayang di US tahun lepas lagi, jadi torrent filenya memang dh ada. So aku pun download la. Dah siap download, terus main, layan…

Lepas je habis tengok, aku pun bersyukur. Kenapa? Kerana aku tak membazirkan RM10 utk tiket wayang filem ni. Filem yg menghampakan, dull, flat.

It’s totally about racing and big money. Kesemua plot yg ada semua menjurus kepada plot utk race. Character development lemah, tau tau je, dh nak start race. Filem ni juga mempergunakan wanita2 cantik dan seksi. Lakonan lemah, harap cantik je. Kalau filem bagus, lakonan tu akan menusuk hati atau sampai ke hati kita. Filem ni tak sampai, rasa bosan je.

Cita pasal kereta pulak, semuanya kereta2 supercar yg mewah2 dan mahal2. Bukan jenis yg selalu nampak di jalan2, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes SLR, Porsche Carrera.

Kesimpulannya, filem ni tidak setanding dgn filem2 berkisar tentang racing seperti Fast & Furious. Kepada sesapa yg berhajat nak tengok di wayang silakan, tapi pendapat aku buang duit je,

Rating out of 10 : 4/10

This season The Amazing Race Asia has come to end. Last season, it kicked off at Malaysia, ended up at Kuching, Malaysia and the winner was also from Malaysia. This time around, the history repeats itself. It started at Singapore, ended up at Singapore, and Singaporean team won the race. What a coincidence!

Colin & Andrian, the underdog who came in second in most of the leg, finally won The Amazing Race Asia Season 2 and brought home the grand prize of USD 100,000. The sisters from Malaysia, Pamela & Vanessa came in second and the fan favourite, Marc & Rovilson ended up third.

Some says, knowledge is power. I agree 100%! That’s what separate the teams especially in the last task. Even though going into the last task of the race in first, Marc & Rovilson couldn’t take advantage on that.

Rovilson had problem recognising the flag of the countries that they had visited through out the race hence Pam & Vanessa and Adrian & Collin got passed them.

Congratulation to Adrian & Collin. It shows that even with disability, if you put a lot of effort, determination and never give up attitude, you will achieve what you want.

While for Marc & Rovilson, I feel sad about them. Even though they did not win, they have already won the heart of the fans with their characters. As for Pam & Vanessa, god jobs girls! You made all Malaysians proud!

At the pitstop 12 at South Africa, we already have our season finale. Top 3 teams for this leg will automatically become this season finale participant. They are Marc & Rovilson, Adrian & Collin and Pam & Vanessa. These 3 teams will compete for the grand prize next week!

Classification at pitstop 12 (South Africa)

1st - Marc & Rovilson (Phillipines) - left previous pit stop at 10.37pm
2nd - Adrian & Collin (Singapore) - left previous pit stop at 8.10pm
3rd -Pam & Vanessa (Malaysia) - left previous pitstop at 10.56pm
4th - Ann & Diane (Malaysia) (eliminated) - left previous pitstop at 11.24pm

Teams now left Hungary and headed to Cape Town, South Africa. As usual, when it comes to air travel, teams that were left behind will have ample time to catch up with the leader of the race.

Adrian & Collin yet again tried to find some early departure via Internet. But unfortunately, they were unlucky this time. Other teams went straight to the airport and found out that there was no direct flight to Cape Town. All teams decided to go to Frankfurt to get their connection flight, excluding the moms. Ann & Diane decided to take some risk by getting into flight that has confirmed seats. So they took London-Cape Town instead.

Upon arriving at Cape Town, they had to drive to Signal Hill for their next clue. Adrian & Collin had difficulties in getting their car started and took 15 minutes to figure it out with the help from the local.

Next clue lead them to Killarney Motor Racing Circuit and RoadBlock was waiting for them. One teammate must drive a 412 horsepower single seated race car for 8 laps. For the first 4 laps, Vanessa drove very slow, this made Marc & Rovilson to catch up. Luckily, Pam & Vanessa finished it first.

Teams now must headed to Community Project and need to paint some house for charity work. Even though first to departure from the circuit, Pam & Vanessa were third to arrive here.

Next task was a Detour, In One End or Out The Other. In In One End, teams must prepare 100kg of food and feed them to the elephants. In Out The Other, teams must clean out the elephant stalls of the elephant dung, using the tools provided and on to a marked area.

All teams chose Out The Other since it is much easier. Without any problem, they finished their task and headed for the pitstop.

Who will be in the winner of The Amazing Race Asia Season 2?

After what I’ve seen so far, Marc & Rovilson are the favourite since they are in pole position next week and I think they deserve the grand prize. This team brings some excitement in this race with their humor, spirit and fun to watch. 

Congratulation also to Ann & Diane, even though they are moms and older than any remaining teams, but still can give others a run for their money

Classification at Pit Stop No 11 (Hungary)

1st - Adrian & Collin (Singapore) - left previous pit stop at 5.08am
2nd - Marc & Rovilson (Phillipines) - left previous pit stop at 5.35am
3rd -Pam & Vanessa (Malaysia) - left previous pitstop at 6.51am
4th - Ann & Diane (Malaysia) - left previous pitstop at 7.01am
5th - Paula & Natasha (Thailand) (eliminated) - left previous pitstop at 8.01am

Adrian & Collin now are leading the race. Teams now must search for Little Princess Statue for their next clue, but no information on where its located. Most of the teams tried to ask hotel’s staff for info. At this time, Marc & Rovilson managed to catch up with Adrian & Collin at the clue box.

Fast Forward came up next, and both teams decided to try it. The task was to count the vertical bars at Elizabeth Bridge. The correct asnwer will lead them for their next clue and skip all tasks, head straight to the pitstop.

Adrian & Collin managed to get the correct answer and got their next clue. This made Marc & Rovilson scrambled back to the other task. As for Adrian & Collin, they now can go straight to the pitstop at Gillert Hill Citadel which made them first to arrive.

Marc & Rovilson now had to race with the remaining teams and the gap was close. The next task, teams must now go to Buda Castle. RoadBlock was waiting for them. One teammate must enter the labyrinth and search the treasure chests for their next clue.

All teams did successfully completed this task, and their next clue was to leave their car and locate Margaret Island. There, teams must then ride a pedicab, and find the home of Saint Margaret. There, they must pick up a souvenir and return with it to the pedicab man for their next clue.

At this stage, Ann & Diane were so close with Marc & Rovilson but the Phillipines managed to beat the moms for their next clue. Teams now must headed to Hero Square, and caution….Yield Ahead! Coming in second, Marc & Rovilson had to yield Ann & Diane because had been told perhaps by Paula & Natasha. So they had to wait there.

Next task was a Detour, Say It or Play It. In Say It, teams must pronounce the names of the 14 kings whose statues are erected in the square. In Play It, teams must solve the six colour sides of a Rubix Cube, one colour at a time. They must also alternative colours between team members

All teams did their task without a hinch. The next clue was a clue they had been waiting for, instruction to the next pitstop. Since Paula & Natasha were the last teams to arrive, they had been eliminated from the race…

With 4 teams left, who will be in the top 3 next week?

p/s: Gonna miss cute little face Paula ,