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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Episode 1 Recap

Previously on Survivor: Micronesia, 20 castaways are brought to an island whereby they were split into 2 tribes. During the individual immunity challenge, felicia and jianhong obtained immunity for themselves. During the tribal immunity challenge, siying faltered badly which allowed the Ladders tribe to win immunity. As a result, the remaining Snakes members voted for her elimination, making siying the 1st castaway voted out of Survivor: Micronesia.

day 4
*after the tribal council*
wanjing: i wonder who voted for siaun.
rachel: 1 vote could be from siying. What about the other?
wanjing: we have to watch out. there may be backstabbers around us.

jack: that wasn't a nice experience. my heart was thumping super fast.
felicia: even with the immunity, i could feel the tense situation in there.
siaun: for a moment, i thought i was a goner.
felicia: with the 5 of our votes, your should be safe.
siaun: true, wonder how did the remaining votes go. maybe more than 2 voted for me.
jack: just win the immunity challenge and we are good.

yanzhi: you really voted siaun?
kelvin: ya. but still it wasn't enough.
yanzhi: there are 5 of them. we might be in danger.
siangyong: we must try to split up their votes.

renhui: *sobbing* this is bad. siying was my only friend here currently.
*felicia walks over*
felicia: hi! are you ok?
renhui: yes, just sad that siying was eliminated.
felicia: well, it was somehow expected. wanna join us to collect food?
renhui: sure.

*meanwhile, the Ladders tribe celebrate their victory*

hanwei: great job guys!
timothy: and gals!
everyone: *laughing*
timothy: let's try to start a fire.
jingren: here let me try.
jianhong: i can help.

*soon the Ladders tribe got their fire*

jezabel: that was really good teamwork back there. we were like constantly pushing each other forward.
priscilla: yes. i think if we keep this up, we will win and win and win and win.

jingren: seelek, wanna go catch some fishes to cook?
seelek: ok. let me go get something to store the fishes.
*jingren and seelek went off to catch fishes*

timothy: do you think that jingren is up to no good? he seems to be too overfriendly with everyone.
baowen: maybe he is plotting something against us.
xinfang: i dont think i trust him.
jianhong: you guys are thinking too much.
timothy: really? we shall see about that.

*jingren and seelek returns with the fishes*

hanwei: this is bad. the flint is wearing down.
jingren: quick! cook the fishes before the fire is gone.
pohchoon: i will find something to slow down the burning.
priscilla: i can help with the cooking.
seelek: that would be great.

*soon the flint is gone and half the fishes are not cooked*

hanwei: i want the cooked fish!
xinfang: can't you give in to the girls?
hanwei: no way. work for your own fishes.
baowen: totally ungentleman please.
jianhong: ok chill. let's all enjoy the food k?
jingren: *whispering to seelek* let's vote out hanwei. i can't stand him. i have jianhong's support.
seelek: *whispering back* how?
jingren: *still whispering* lose the task on purpose?

xinfang: grrr. i can't stand that guy. hope he gets booted.
baowen: yes. i am aiming him.
jianhong: i think he is just being himself. he is quite good at tasks.

*after the meal, Ladders went to sleep*

day 5
*both tribes made their way to the challenge*

zhenyang: welcome back. last night, siying was voted out of Snakes. and today, you will be competing for fishing gear, a bamboo fishing boat and Immunity. Each tribe will select five swimmers, three puzzle-makers, and one key-master. First, the swimmers will race out, one-by-one, to a floating tower, climb to the top, and jump off while smashing a suspended tile, releasing a key into the water below. The swimmer must dive down, retrieve the key, and bring it back to shore. Once all five keys are collected, the key-master will open a series of locks on a chest containing puzzle-pieces. The puzzle-makers will use the puzzle-pieces to assemble a map of Micronesia. The first tribe to solve the puzzle wins Immunity and is safe from Tribal Council. The winning tribe will also select one person from the losing tribe to go to Exile Island, where he or she will have the chance to discover a Hidden Immunity Idol. Does everyone understand the rules?

everyone: yes.

zhenyang: alright, on your marks, get set, GO!

siaun and jingren each dived into the water. siaun took a quick lead as he climbed up the tower first. jingren was trailing slightly behind as siaun returns with the first key. rachel sets out for SNAKES as jingren returns with LADDERS' first key. xinfang was the second swimmer for LADDERS. rachel makes quick work by pulling ahead of xinfang by alot.

soon, jack started his swim for the third key when xinfang returned with the second key. hanwei set out minutes behind jack. things became worse when hanwei stumbled when he lost sight of the key. jack returned with the third key and renhui started to swim for SNAKES' fourth key. soon, hanwei is forced to return without his key and jezabel started her swim. renhui swift motions in the water opened up her lead on jezabel.

siangyong started to swim for SNAKES' final key while jezabel is struggling to find hanwei's key. soon, siangyong returned with the last key while jezabel returned with LADDERS' third and fourth key. jianhong immediately swam ahead to close up the gap while SNAKES' key-master, yanzhi, unlocked the chest. felicia, kelvin and wanjing started to piece up the map of Micronesia while baowen tried to unlock the chestfor LADDERS. SNAKES WIN REWARD AND IMMUNITY!

*snakes members cheering wildly*

zhenyang: now, please select one member of the opposing tribe to go to exile island.

*discussing*

siaun: we will be sending seelek.
zhenyang: ok seelek please step out. now here is the first twist, you have to send one member to exile island to hunt for the same immunity idol.

*discussing*

renhui: i will go.

*on exile island*

both seelek and renhui started to follow their first clue and worked on to find the immunity idol. seelek took the lead, desperate to find the immunity idol. soon, they were follow the trail of clues, climbing to the tops of hills, under tree roots and crisscrossing back and forth through the water to the small islands peppered around the exile camp. despite finding 4 clues, both members return to camp empty handed as the day turns into night.

LADDERS:

jingren: i think we should vote out hanwei. didn't you see how he screwed up the challenge? and i think we all can't stand him.
baowen: yes. i hate him. totally.
xinfang: no doubt i am voting him.
timothy: i'll go with that.
jianhong: i guess it's settled then.

*jingren approached the rest*

jingren: hey, i think we should vote hanwei.
pohchoon: i think so too.
priscilla: could it be he was off-form today? we was good at the previous task.
jezabel: *remained quiet*

*seelek returned from exile island*

jingren: our plan is working. they are voting hanwei.
seelek: great.

*timothy overheard and rushed off to tell baowen, xinfang and jianhong what he heard*

jingren: so did you find the idol?
seelek: nope. neither did renhui. it was tough. really tough.

timothy: i overheard jingren and seelek. apparently they are in a plan against us.
baowen: serious?
xinfang: this is bad. change of plan, vote him out!
jianhong: that's sounds ok with me.

*jianhong sneaks off to warn jingren and seelek*
jianhong: timothy overheard you guys and are planning to vote you seelek. do you have the idol?
seelek: oh no. i don't.
jianhong: ok use my immunity then we vote out timothy.
jingren: ok great.

jezabel: hanwei, you are in trouble.
hanwei: i knew it. damn the challenge.
jezabel: let's try to convince them to change target.

*timothy, xinfang, baowen, pohchoon, priscilla, hanwei and jezabel met up*
timothy: ok, jingren and seelek is planning to get rid of us. let's vote for seelek. to weaken his force.
hanwei: this is a total blessing
pohchoon: wait, seelek might have found the immunity idol.
priscilla: let's split the votes. split equally among jingren and seelek.
timothy: ok. where is jianhong?

*jianhong rejoins timothy*
jianhong: what's the commotion?
timothy: we are voting seelek. making them weaker
jianhong: cool.

jianhong: they are still voting you seelek.
jingren: i have asked priscilla and pohchoon to vote for timothy earlier.
seelek: that gives us 5 votes. ok we are safe.

day 6
*at the Tribal Council*

zhenyang: welcome to the Tribal Council. before you vote, i want to know, how do you find your tribe, hanwei?

hanwei: i loved my tribe. they worked hard for the tasks and everyone of the deserved to be here.

zhenyang: i see. what do you think they have done well?

hanwei: they worked hard together, and you know it's important to keep this momentum going as a team.

zhenyang: pohchoon, how do you find the game so far?

pohchoon: it's alot of backstabbing by everyone and you don't know who done it. sometimes. you are torn between 2 parties.

zhenyang: how about you seelek?

seelek: i think it's all about garnering trust and support. if not, you have no chance at all.

zhenyang: i see. guys, how do you find the challenge? jingren.

jingren: it's very tedious especially to find the key in the water.

zhenyang: how about you baowen?

baowen: the locks were confusing but i think i could have done better.

zhenyang: alright. it's time to cast your vote. seelek, you are up

*seelek voted*
*priscilla voted*
*hanwei voted*

*xinfang voted*

*jianhong voted*
*timothy voted*
*pohchoon voted*

*baowen voted*

*jingren voted*
*jezabel voted*

zhenyang: The votes are in. Let me tally the votes. Once i call your name, bring your torch here and leave this place immediately. Any thing before that?

jianhong: i will like to give my individual immunity to seelek.

*most people were stunned*

first vote, seelek

second vote, timothy

1 vote seelek, 1 vote timothy

third vote, seelek

2 votes seelek, 1 vote timothy

fourth vote, jingren

2 votes seelek, 1 vote timothy, 1 vote jingren

fifth vote, seelek

3 votes seelek, 1 vote timothy, 1 vote jingren

sixth vote, jingren

3 votes seelek, 2 votes jingren, 1 vote timothy

seventh vote, timothy

3 votes seelek, 2 votes jingren, 2 votes timothy

eighth vote, timothy

3 votes seelek, 3 votes timothy, 2 votes jingren

ninth vote, jingren

3 votes seelek, 3 votes timothy, 3 votes jingren

2nd person voted off Survivor: Micronesia, jingren.

*jingren, seelek and jianhong appeared shocked as jingren walks forward*

zhenyang: The tribe has spoken. jingren, you are the second person voted off Survivor: Micronesia.

*puts out jingren's torch*

jingren: i really didn't expect that. looks like it's the end of the road for me. karma bites back hard man. don't be evil next time.

zhenyang: jianhong, looks like your immunity is wasted and your identity has been exposed. Head back to camp. See you tomorrow.

Tribal Council 2 results:
baowen - seelek
hanwei - jingren
jezabel - jingren
jianhong - timothy
jingren - timothy
pohchoon - jingren
priscilla - jingren
seelek - timothy
timothy - seelek
xinfang - seelek

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Yixuan
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