As Easy As Stacking Cups
Last week, in Vietnam, we said goodbye to Team Fun when Floyd was overcome by heat exhaustion and couldn't continue - but now we're down to the final four who are competing to their spot in the finale.
Matt & Redmond were the first team heading out at 11:57pm and they read the clue that they are heading to Seoul, South Korea. Once they land, they have to make their way to the Gang Nam District and search for their next clue - from the K-Pop girls.
Matt & Redmond have only been beaten by Mom & Dad, so they hope that Tara & Joey go home this leg to make the final easier for them.
Scott & Brooke are inexplicably still there and she's being amazingly positive that they are going to make it to the finale. Admonishing Scott not to jinx it by talking about it.
Tara & Joey were able to persevere through the last leg which was definitely the hardest, they can keep it going.
London & Logan is the last team out and she is looking forward to getting her Gangnam style on.
Everyone is going to be together on the same flight.
Seoul, South Korea
-Flight lands and everyone runs for the cabs, except for the Boys - people have told them that the subway was the way to go... this could be a brilliant idea... or an epic mistake.
-The cabs are in traffic... but the Boys miss their connecting train... Noooo.
-Tara & Joey are the first team to the K-Pop girls and they get the clue to head by taxi to Hanyang University Olympic Gymnasium and search for their next clue.
-Scott & Brooke get the clue, followed closely by Logan & London... the boys are no where to be seen.
Olympic stadium and it full of tables with little kids... speed stacking cups. ROADBLOCK: Who stacks up? Ho boy, this could be hard. They have to complete a specific sequence of stacking and unstacking three cups, six cups, three cups - and get it done in less than 7 seconds to get their next clue (the record is less than 2sec.)
-Joey is going to do it for them.
-When Brooke & Scott get their she is so excited because she has a little cousin that does this and showed her how one time so Brooke is sure she has this - she wades in. (It's so weird to hear her say I can do this instead of wining that she can't... is that really Brooke? And then she is loud and shrill and oh yeah, that's her.)
-There is definitely a learning curve here.
GangNam District - the boys finally showed up and got the clue to head to the Olympic gym... but their cab driver takes them to the wrong University (WHAATT???)
-London & Logan get to the gym and Logan is going to do the cup stacking. Brooke is almost there, and Joey's slowly getting faster.
-Brooke is the first one to make it in 7 seconds (What is happening here? Is it opposite day?)
-Joey gets it right behind her and Mom & Dad head out too. Logan was a quick study, he finished shortly after.
Brooke & Scott are first to the next task - where they have to Make Kimchi.
-Each team will have to make six servings of kimchi, which involved; mixing the spices then properly layering the spice rub throughout a head of cabbage. Once they got the okay it was prepared correctly, they had to pack it in ceramic jars and bury it in dirt. (Oh yeah, this one is nice and messy.)
-Brooke is being her crazy perfectionist self wanting to start the spice mix over because he put things in the wrong order (crazy lady, calm down, you're mixing it together, order doesn't matter.)
-Tara & Joey and London & Logan also get there and everyone is getting their Kimchi on and wondering what happened to the Boys... is it possible they are way ahead and already did this? Nope, their station is still clean & empty.
The Boys have finally made it to the cup stacking at the correct Olympic gym and Redmond is going to stacking some cups.
-The Kimchi's are being checked - each of the teams have to fix a few of the heads of cabbage but it's Mom & Dad that get theirs jarred and buried first - once they sampled some kimchi, they got their next clue. (I've never had it but I've heard it's an acquired taste.) Everyone is able to pretend it's good except London who's eyes nearly popped out of her head - ha!
-Everyone is heading to OGN Stadium to search for their next clue.
Redmond is still stacking cups... but he's almost there. Once he gets the rhythm down, it's as easy as stacking cups. And they are able to head for the Kimchi making.
OGN Stadium - all three teams get there at the same time and find it's another ROADBLOCK - Who's going to take control? The person that didn't do the cup stacking will have to do this one... and it is playing a video game - Street Fighter V - against a master gamer. They have to beat the master to get the next clue (Seriously? I'd be dead.) Oh, and they have a theatre audience watching and cheering them on, e-sports is a huge thing in Korea.
-Scott used to play this video game back in the day so he thinks he's got an edge over London who has never played and Tara who reverts to tech-phobic mom really quick here.
-They all just get trounced by the gamers - over and over again... but every 10 rounds they will get an advantage: first the gamer will have to start playing with one hand, then they will have to play blindfolded. London is the first person to beat her blindfolded gamer, followed by Scott - and they get the clue to the PIT STOP: Gavit Some (a floating island/building on the river) - they have to make their way to the rooftop and look for Phil at the mat.
Back at the gamer stadium - Tara is so completely unable to figure out the controls, she and Joey are getting mad at the gamer for not letting her win at this point (you just have to flail blindly, start pressing the buttons really, really fast... she's hopeless, the blind guy keeps kicking her butt.) She was there so long that Matt & Redmond actually showed up. She did not come all this way around the world to lose this race because of a video game - Joey would have happily kicked that gamer kids butt for real I think.
-Matt is diving right in to the video game playing but he doesn't do much better than anyone else did against the master gamer at first.
-Tara is finally able to pull out a win against the blindfolded kid after 100's of matches. They head for the Pit Stop.
-Matt's gamer had to tie one hand behind his back and that's all Matt needed, he was able to win his match and they headed for the Pit Stop.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brooke & Scott - (What is happening?) They have secured their spot in the final.
2) London & Logan - The polar opposites of Brooke & Scott - these teams were never in the top but they made it when it mattered.
3) Tara & Joey - That was her worst nightmare.
4) Matt & Redmond - **ELIMINATED** Well that was a shocker, these two were my favourite to win it all. Taxis can so often prove the death of a good team, it's crazy.
-They were super bummed to go out that way, but super happy to have been partners and Redmond was proud of how he represented overcoming whatever obstacles you face in life. (It was sad to see them go.) So that took Bob L., Yvette S., Heather G. and Fraser G. out of the pool - so close guys.
Next week is the finale and they will be heading to Chicago for some race car action and Wrigley field baseball challenges.
Here is who is still in the running for our pool:
Brooke & Scott: Philip K., Elaine R., Andria S., and Cindi C.
London & Logan: Bernice W., Cara & Alex L., Robert L., and Kevin R.
Tara & Joey: Shane B., Susan N., Emily H., and Shelley A.
Good luck everybody!
Coleen
Last week, in Vietnam, we said goodbye to Team Fun when Floyd was overcome by heat exhaustion and couldn't continue - but now we're down to the final four who are competing to their spot in the finale.
Matt & Redmond were the first team heading out at 11:57pm and they read the clue that they are heading to Seoul, South Korea. Once they land, they have to make their way to the Gang Nam District and search for their next clue - from the K-Pop girls.
Matt & Redmond have only been beaten by Mom & Dad, so they hope that Tara & Joey go home this leg to make the final easier for them.
Scott & Brooke are inexplicably still there and she's being amazingly positive that they are going to make it to the finale. Admonishing Scott not to jinx it by talking about it.
Tara & Joey were able to persevere through the last leg which was definitely the hardest, they can keep it going.
London & Logan is the last team out and she is looking forward to getting her Gangnam style on.
Everyone is going to be together on the same flight.
Seoul, South Korea
-Flight lands and everyone runs for the cabs, except for the Boys - people have told them that the subway was the way to go... this could be a brilliant idea... or an epic mistake.
-The cabs are in traffic... but the Boys miss their connecting train... Noooo.
-Tara & Joey are the first team to the K-Pop girls and they get the clue to head by taxi to Hanyang University Olympic Gymnasium and search for their next clue.
-Scott & Brooke get the clue, followed closely by Logan & London... the boys are no where to be seen.
Olympic stadium and it full of tables with little kids... speed stacking cups. ROADBLOCK: Who stacks up? Ho boy, this could be hard. They have to complete a specific sequence of stacking and unstacking three cups, six cups, three cups - and get it done in less than 7 seconds to get their next clue (the record is less than 2sec.)
-Joey is going to do it for them.
-When Brooke & Scott get their she is so excited because she has a little cousin that does this and showed her how one time so Brooke is sure she has this - she wades in. (It's so weird to hear her say I can do this instead of wining that she can't... is that really Brooke? And then she is loud and shrill and oh yeah, that's her.)
-There is definitely a learning curve here.
GangNam District - the boys finally showed up and got the clue to head to the Olympic gym... but their cab driver takes them to the wrong University (WHAATT???)
-London & Logan get to the gym and Logan is going to do the cup stacking. Brooke is almost there, and Joey's slowly getting faster.
-Brooke is the first one to make it in 7 seconds (What is happening here? Is it opposite day?)
-Joey gets it right behind her and Mom & Dad head out too. Logan was a quick study, he finished shortly after.
Brooke & Scott are first to the next task - where they have to Make Kimchi.
-Each team will have to make six servings of kimchi, which involved; mixing the spices then properly layering the spice rub throughout a head of cabbage. Once they got the okay it was prepared correctly, they had to pack it in ceramic jars and bury it in dirt. (Oh yeah, this one is nice and messy.)
-Brooke is being her crazy perfectionist self wanting to start the spice mix over because he put things in the wrong order (crazy lady, calm down, you're mixing it together, order doesn't matter.)
-Tara & Joey and London & Logan also get there and everyone is getting their Kimchi on and wondering what happened to the Boys... is it possible they are way ahead and already did this? Nope, their station is still clean & empty.
The Boys have finally made it to the cup stacking at the correct Olympic gym and Redmond is going to stacking some cups.
-The Kimchi's are being checked - each of the teams have to fix a few of the heads of cabbage but it's Mom & Dad that get theirs jarred and buried first - once they sampled some kimchi, they got their next clue. (I've never had it but I've heard it's an acquired taste.) Everyone is able to pretend it's good except London who's eyes nearly popped out of her head - ha!
-Everyone is heading to OGN Stadium to search for their next clue.
Redmond is still stacking cups... but he's almost there. Once he gets the rhythm down, it's as easy as stacking cups. And they are able to head for the Kimchi making.
OGN Stadium - all three teams get there at the same time and find it's another ROADBLOCK - Who's going to take control? The person that didn't do the cup stacking will have to do this one... and it is playing a video game - Street Fighter V - against a master gamer. They have to beat the master to get the next clue (Seriously? I'd be dead.) Oh, and they have a theatre audience watching and cheering them on, e-sports is a huge thing in Korea.
-Scott used to play this video game back in the day so he thinks he's got an edge over London who has never played and Tara who reverts to tech-phobic mom really quick here.
-They all just get trounced by the gamers - over and over again... but every 10 rounds they will get an advantage: first the gamer will have to start playing with one hand, then they will have to play blindfolded. London is the first person to beat her blindfolded gamer, followed by Scott - and they get the clue to the PIT STOP: Gavit Some (a floating island/building on the river) - they have to make their way to the rooftop and look for Phil at the mat.
Back at the gamer stadium - Tara is so completely unable to figure out the controls, she and Joey are getting mad at the gamer for not letting her win at this point (you just have to flail blindly, start pressing the buttons really, really fast... she's hopeless, the blind guy keeps kicking her butt.) She was there so long that Matt & Redmond actually showed up. She did not come all this way around the world to lose this race because of a video game - Joey would have happily kicked that gamer kids butt for real I think.
-Matt is diving right in to the video game playing but he doesn't do much better than anyone else did against the master gamer at first.
-Tara is finally able to pull out a win against the blindfolded kid after 100's of matches. They head for the Pit Stop.
-Matt's gamer had to tie one hand behind his back and that's all Matt needed, he was able to win his match and they headed for the Pit Stop.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brooke & Scott - (What is happening?) They have secured their spot in the final.
2) London & Logan - The polar opposites of Brooke & Scott - these teams were never in the top but they made it when it mattered.
3) Tara & Joey - That was her worst nightmare.
4) Matt & Redmond - **ELIMINATED** Well that was a shocker, these two were my favourite to win it all. Taxis can so often prove the death of a good team, it's crazy.
-They were super bummed to go out that way, but super happy to have been partners and Redmond was proud of how he represented overcoming whatever obstacles you face in life. (It was sad to see them go.) So that took Bob L., Yvette S., Heather G. and Fraser G. out of the pool - so close guys.
Next week is the finale and they will be heading to Chicago for some race car action and Wrigley field baseball challenges.
Here is who is still in the running for our pool:
Brooke & Scott: Philip K., Elaine R., Andria S., and Cindi C.
London & Logan: Bernice W., Cara & Alex L., Robert L., and Kevin R.
Tara & Joey: Shane B., Susan N., Emily H., and Shelley A.
Good luck everybody!
Coleen
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