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Episode 8: East Coast live show updates and commentary
wonderfalls1:
I agree, but honestly, going from one detour site to the other and back in mid-day Penang traffic is a terrible idea as it is quite a distance between the temple and the plag pole task field. If anyone reads this that is going to participate in future TARs, don't change yoour detour unless you are absolutely sure someone else is going to follow suit.
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--- Quote from: Belle Book on April 05, 2010, 06:20:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on April 05, 2010, 11:49:13 AM ---Anyway them not having their backpacks did not hinder them.
It was one - going to the other detour.. bad decision by Steve.. and two... seriously, cab drivers.
But i can't deny and say that if Allie was able to do the flag pole, they wouldn't have been eliminated.
So this is yet another, 1/2 gender discrimination RB. I would have loved to see Carol and Brandy try and complete it and freaking out totally just for pure entertainment purposes. :D
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Going to the other Detour might not have been a bad decision in and of itself, since Allie might not have been able to do the pole Detour anyway. But deciding to abandon their cab and walk was a big error, and they were also at the mercy of a bad taxi driver. The switching Detours was just the final nail in their coffin.
Belle Book
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Actually, IMO everything started going downhill for them after that idiotic taxi driver who said the temple was 4-5 mins. away by walking. After that, he still took them to the wrong temple. So basically, they had nearly no other choice than to try the flag detour (which I doubt they could've completed) unless they wander around Penang all day.
IMO if they had not stayed with their taxi driver at the wrong temple and found a new one like Dan/Jordan did, they could've beat the bros.
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Belle Book:
--- Quote from: everbloom on April 06, 2010, 01:30:34 AM ---
--- Quote from: Belle Book on April 05, 2010, 06:20:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on April 05, 2010, 11:49:13 AM ---Anyway them not having their backpacks did not hinder them.
It was one - going to the other detour.. bad decision by Steve.. and two... seriously, cab drivers.
But i can't deny and say that if Allie was able to do the flag pole, they wouldn't have been eliminated.
So this is yet another, 1/2 gender discrimination RB. I would have loved to see Carol and Brandy try and complete it and freaking out totally just for pure entertainment purposes. :D
--- End quote ---
Going to the other Detour might not have been a bad decision in and of itself, since Allie might not have been able to do the pole Detour anyway. But deciding to abandon their cab and walk was a big error, and they were also at the mercy of a bad taxi driver. The switching Detours was just the final nail in their coffin.
Belle Book
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Actually, IMO everything started going downhill for them after that idiotic taxi driver who said the temple was 4-5 mins. away by walking. After that, he still took them to the wrong temple. So basically, they had nearly no other choice than to try the flag detour (which I doubt they could've completed) unless they wander around Penang all day.
IMO if they had not stayed with their taxi driver at the wrong temple and found a new one like Dan/Jordan did, they could've beat the bros.
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If they'd only dumped their taxi driver when he took them to the wrong temple, they might've beaten Dan & Jordan. But they didn't and they paid the price.
Belle Book
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: wonderfalls1 on April 06, 2010, 07:47:50 AM ---I agree, but honestly, going from one detour site to the other and back in mid-day Penang traffic is a terrible idea as it is quite a distance between the temple and the plag pole task field. If anyone reads this that is going to participate in future TARs, don't change yoour detour unless you are absolutely sure someone else is going to follow suit.
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And choose carefully your detour.
apskip:
--- Quote from: Neobie on April 04, 2010, 07:14:47 PM ---Buddhist != Taoist... :groan:
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neobie, I know you are Asian and would tend to know more than me on this and I cannot tell for surewhether you are being sarcastic (I think you are). A close friend of mine is a Taoist I have consulted on this question. This is a highly complex subject so I am trying not to over-simplify. Buddhism and Taoist are related but not the same. Ideological and political rivals for centuries, Taoism and Buddhism deeply influenced one another and now share some similar values of a humanist philosophy emphasizing moral behavior and human perfection.
This is not surprising since Taoism incorporated Buddhist elements such as monasteries, vegetarianism, prohibition of alcohol, the doctrine of emptiness, and collecting scripture in tripartite organization. Experts have decided that a number of Buddhist sutras found in medieval East Asia and Central Asia adopted many materials from earlier Taoist scriptures.
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