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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Previously on the Amazing Race, 5 teams on 2 set out from Dehli, India and travelled 1610km to Almaty, Kazakhstan. On the race, zhenyang and limin continued to burn bridges with other teams by snatching the Fast Forward from father and son, jack and wahngee. Cousins yuyan and lisa got into many arguments throughout the leg which allowed other teams to pass them. Good teamwork between pohchoon and priscilla propelled them up the pack. In the end, it was jack and wahngee who are unable to recover the lead lost while attempting the Fast Forward, causing them to be the seventh team eliminated from the race. 4 teams remain, who will be eliminated next?

zhenyang and limin, who were the first to arrive at 9.21am, will depart at 9.21pm.

zhenyang: *rips open clue* Fly to Moscow, Russia. Once there, travel to the Krutitske Podvorye Monastery and light a candle to receive your next clue.
limin: let's go!

*confessionals*
limin: on the last leg, we edged out jack and wahngee in the fast forward, which allowed us to stay further.
zhenyang: we have come so far now, we won't be nice anymore. we are here to win, not to make friends.

*moments later*

pohchoon: moscow! let's go.
priscilla: i miss phelps.
pohchoon: *ignoring priscilla* let's go to the airport.

*at airport*
zhenyang: so the first flight departs at 6.05am?
ticket-agent: yes.
limin: let's just get 2 tickets.

*zhenyang and limin, pohchoon and priscilla, siaun and baowen, yuyan and lisa are all on Air Astana, departing Almaty at 6.05am*

*at Moscow airport*
siaun: taxi!
*gets in cab*
baowen: krutitske podvoyre monastery please.

Teams departed the airport in this order:
1. siaun and baowen
2. zhenyang and limin
3. pohchoon and priscilla
4. yuyan and lisa

*on the road*

yuyan: we are last again.
lisa: we are not giving up until we get eliminated.

pohchoon: it's the final 4 now. there's going to be intense competition.
priscilla: yea. just like how phelps have so much competition in the olympics.

siaun: i am not very sure if the cab driver knows exactly where we are supposed to go.
baowen: should we change cabs?
siaun: i am not sure. he's asking someone now.

*at Krutitske Podvoyre Monastery*
*1st team to light candle - yuyan and lisa*
yuyan: i hope we are still not last. the cab driver was good.
lisa: *rips open clue* Take a taxi to the outskirts of Moscow and find Kolosok Camp, a decommissioned military base.
yuyan: let's take the same taxi again.

*on the road*
zhenyang: didn't we just past that statue?
limin: oh my god yes!
zhenyang: we are so in last place right now.

pohchoon: i think that's the place.
priscilla: i see the flag!

*at Krutitske Podvoyre Monastery*
*2nd team to light candle - pohchoon and priscilla*
pohchoon: let's change taxi. that driver sucked.
priscilla: i totally agree!

*moments later*

*3rd team to light candle - zhenyang and limin*
zhenyang: should we still trust that driver?
limin: i don't see any cabs around.
zhenyang: fine.

*at Kolosok Camp*
*1st team to arrive at Kolosok Camp - yuyan and lisa*
yuyan: *rips open clue* Detour. Boots or Borscht.

A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. In this detour, teams have to choose between two activities commonly done in military camps. The choice, Boots or Borscht.

In Boots, teams have to properly don a military uniform including traditional foot wraps. Then, join a training squad and learn a traditional parade march. when they think they are ready, they have to fall in line with a troop and march one whole lap of the parade grounds. If the drill sergeant is satisfied with their performance, they will receive their next clue.

In Borscht, teams have to properly don a military uniform including traditional foot wraps. Then, walk to the mess tent to seve borscht to a company of 75 Russian soldiers. Once each soldier receive a bowl of borscht, teams will receive their next clue.

yuyan: let's do the marching. filling 75 bowls will take too long.
lisa: and it's something we never do before! let's have fun booboo!

*at Krutikiske Podvoyre Monastery*
*last team to light a candle - siaun and baowen*
baowen: i think we are last already lah.
siaun: don't give up yet. we always have the chance to catch up.

*on the road*
pohchoon: i am going strangle the driver. let's just change cabs.
priscilla: yes.

zhenyang: i seriously hope we do not screw up now.
limin: it's the taxi driver's fault!

*at Boots detour*
yuyan: this seemed easy.
lisa: yea!
yuyan: booboo, let's try the march!

*on the road*
pohchoon: great, now none of the cabs are stopping for us.
priscilla: we are so dead.

siaun: look, there's pohchoon and priscilla.
baowen: okay, we are saved!

zhenyang: i think this driver doesn't know where he is going.
limin: we should totally change cabs.

*at Boots detour*
*1st team to complete detour - yuyan and lisa*
yuyan: yea booboo!
lisa: we rock!
yuyan: *rips open clue* Travel to the town of Zhukovsky and find Zhukovsky Bakery. Caution: U-Turn ahead.
lisa: i think we are currently far ahead, or far behind. i dont see any other teams.
yuyan: i hope we aren't U-Turned.

*confessionals*
yuyan: i think that in the detour, we once again proved our teamwork and i'm sure we wont get into any minute arguments now.

*on the road*

pohchoon: we are so dead.
priscilla: so so dead.

siaun: okay, why are cab drivers in moscow so stupid?
baowen: maybe they aren't licensed. or they want to cheat our money.
siaun: i hope that this new cab will go us good.

zhenyang: i am highly irritated right now.
limin: i don't want to get eliminated.

*at Kolosok Camp*
*2nd team to arrive at Kolosok Camp - zhenyang and limin*
zhenyang: hmm, detour. let's do the marching.

*moments later*

*3rd team to arrive at Kolosok Camp - pohchoon and priscilla*
pohchoon: let's march too.
priscilla: i see another team! zhenyang and limin!

limin: kor, another team is here!
zhenyang: we have to beat them.

*on the road*

siaun: haiz, i am feeling so hopeless now.
baowen: don't be, you taught me not to give up. you mustn't give up too!

*at Zhukovsky Bakery*

This is the second of 2 U-Turns in the entire race. A U-Turn is always found at the end of a Detour. At this specific spot, teams can choose to U-Turn another team. The team that is U-Turned will have to go back and complete the other side of the detour which have not been done. However, teams can only use the U-Turn once, so they have to decide when it's the most advantageous to use it.

*1st team to arrive at Zhukovsky Bakery - yuyan and lisa*
yuyan: we choose not to U-Turn.
lisa: because we don't know if we are first or last or who's behind us.
yuyan: *rips open clue* Roadblock.

A Roadblock is a task where only one team have to perform. In this roadblock, teams have to unload fifty 25kg bags of flour from the back of a truck and deliver them to the bakery. Once the team member have completed delivering all fifty bags, they will receive their next clue.

yuyan: it's a physical task.
lisa: i don't think i can do it.
yuyan: fine, i will do it.
lisa: booboo jiayou, you can do it!

*at Boots detour*
zhenyang: let's start the marching.
limin: okay.

pohchoon: dear, you ready to march?
priscilla: eee, who's your dear? i am phelps' dear okay. don't anyhow call!
pohchoon: fine. can we start marching?
priscilla: okay.

*on the road*
siaun: my patience has officially run out. let's just go to a police station and ask for directions.
baowen: that's a great idea!

*at roadblock*
*yuyan - 6/50 bags delivered*
yuyan: i am doing this slowly and steadily.
lisa: jiayou! even if we get eliminated, it's important that we have done our best.

*at Boots detour*
*2nd team to complete detour - zhenyang and limin*
zhenyang: there is a u-turn!
limin: quick, we have to beat pohchoon and priscilla there.

*3rd team to complete detour - pohchoon and priscilla*
pohchoon: oh no. u-turn. i hope someone else used it on someone else and not us.
priscilla: still talk so much, faster la!

*moments later*
*last team to arrive at Kolosok Camp - siaun and baowen*
siaun: let's do boots.
baowen: okayyyy.

*at roadblock*
*yuyan - 15/50 bags delivered*
yuyan: this is tiring. let me rest awhile.
lisa: okay. take your time.

*on the road*
zhenyang: i sure hope our cab don't screw us this time.
limin: me too.

pohchoon: it's down to that u-turn. whoever uses it will stay.
priscilla: and we will survive!!!

*at Boots detour*
*last team to complete detour - siaun and baowen*
siaun: i think we got through that rather quickly.
baowen: yup. ahhhhh u-turn!
siaun: i hope someone else was u-turned!!

*at roadblock*
*yuyan - 27/50 bags delivered*
yuyan: i think i will just go at a steady pace. dragging one bag by one.
lisa: jiayou booboo!

*moments later*

*yuyan - 30/50 bags delivered*
lisa: another teams just came! we aren't last!!
yuyan: oh no, we cannot let them overtake us!

*2nd team to arrive at Zhukovsky Bakery - zhenyang and limin*
zhenyang: we choose to u-turn pohchoon and priscilla! and we aren't sorry.
*zhenyang and limin U-Turned pohchoon and priscilla*
limin: eh kor, yuyan and lisa are ahead!
zhenyang: roadblock. it's a physical task. i will do it.

*moments later*

*yuyan - 33/50 bags delivered*
*zhenyang - 6/60 bags delivered*

*3rd team to arrive at Zhukovsky Bakery - pohchoon and priscilla*
pohchoon: what?! we are u-turned?!
priscilla: we are dead la.
pohchoon: quick go back and do the other detour.

*moments later*

*yuyan - 38/50 bags delivered*
*zhenyang - 16/60 bags delivered*

*3rd team to arrive at Zhukovsky Bakery - siaun and baowen*
baowen: wa! luckily we aren't u-turned!
siaun: roadblock. i will do it.

lisa: wa, i can't believe we were first all along!

*on the road*
pohchoon: we are so unlucky, first the cab, now the u-turn.
priscilla: nothing good happens to us.

*at roadblock*

*yuyan - 45/50 bags delivered*
*zhenyang - 34/50 bags delivered*
*siaun - 20/50 bags delivered*

baowen: go baby! you are going to beat them!!

limin: kor jiayou!

lisa: booboo, 5 more bags left!

*at Borscht detour*
priscilla: eee! we have to wear that smelly uniform again!
pohchoon: let's just do this quickly.

*at roadblock*
*yuyan - 50/50 bags delivered*
*1st team to complete roadblock - yuyan and lisa*
*zhenyang - 42/50 bags delivered*
*siaun - 34/50 bags delivered*

lisa: booboo! yay! quick they are finishing the roadblock very quickly!
yuyan: you read the clue. i need to catch my breath.
lisa: *rips open clue* Make your way to the Pit Stop, Neskuchny Sad Park. This popular park set in Moscow's city centre is the ninth Pit Stop in the race around the world. The last team to check in may be eliminated.
yuyan: quick. *panting heavily* get a taxi. *gasping for air* i don't want to be eliminated.

*at Borscht detour*
*pohchoon and priscilla - 48/75 bowls filled*
pohchoon: come on, we will beat the u-turn!
priscilla: we have less than half left!

*at roadblock*
*zhenyang - 50/50 bags delivered*
*2nd team to complete roadblock - zhenyang and limin*
*siaun - 46/50 bags delivered*

limin: kor, let's go!
zhenyang: coming!!

*moments later*

*siaun - 50/50 bags delivered*
*3rd team to complete roadblock - siaun and baowen*

siaun: let's go!
baowen: baby, you did great!

*at Borscht detour*
*pohchoon and priscilla - 75/75 bowls filled*
*pohchoon and priscilla complete U-Turn*

*at Neskuchny Sad park* (yup, jen's the pitstop greeter! please pretend to be excited)
jen: welcome to Moscow, Russia.
yuyan: thank you.
lisa: thank you.
yixuan: yuyan and lisa,
lisa: yes?
yixuan: you are team number 1!
yuyan: yes!
lisa: woohoo! we are first!
yuyan: i didn't work so hard in the roadblock for nothing.
yixuan: as the winners of this leg of the race, you have won a trip for two to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
yuyan: yay!! 1st place!!
lisa: booboo rocks!!

*confessionals*
yuyan: winning this leg is really estacstic for us because we have always come in at the back.
lisa: and this time, we didn't use the Fast Forward!
yuyan: booboo rocks!
lisa: booboo rocks!

*moments later*
*2 taxi pulled into the park*
*footrace between 2 teams*
jen: welcome to Moscow, Russia.
yixuan: siaun and baowen, zhenyang and limin, you are teams number 2 and 3 respectively.
baowen: great job baby!
siaun: you too sweetheart!
*kisses*
zhenyang: it's a good thing we used the u-turn.
limin: we might not even be standing here without it.
baowen: yup, good thing you u-turned pohchoon and priscilla.

*pohchoon - 50/50 bags delivered*
*last team to complete roadblock - pohchoon and priscilla*

*at Neskuchny Sad park*
*sad music playing*
jen: welcome to Moscow, Russia.
priscilla: thank you.
yixuan: pohchoon and priscilla, you are the last team to arrive.
pohchoon: damn u-turn.
priscilla: we figured.
yixuan: however, i'm pleased to inform you that this is the 2nd of 2 predetermined non-elimination legs. you are still in the race.
pohchoon: what!
priscilla: yes!
yixuan: however, some time on the next leg of the race, you will have to complete a speedbump. a speeedbump is a task whereby only your team have to perform. and it might jeopardize your chances in the race.
pohchoon: don't worry, we will overcome it! right dear?
priscilla: who are you talking to?

Placings:
1st - yuyan and lisa
2nd - siaun and baowen
3rd - zhenyang and limin (U-Turn)
4th - pohchoon and priscilla (U-Turned) (non-elimination)
























On the next episode of the Amazing Race,

- the final 4 teams raced for a spot in the final 3!

- while teams raced through Moscow, zhenyang and limin are heavily targetted due to their actions.

- can yuyan and lisa hold on to their new found lead?

- and will pohchoon and priscilla survive their speedbump?

4 teams remain, who will be eliminated next?

Yixuan
15:05