Are you up for The Amazing Race?
One of my readers, John from Daejeon, has been urging me to apply for The Amazing Race: Asia for at least six months. He even sent me The Amazing Race and The Amazing Race: Asia DVDs from the previous seasons. I had always thought it would be a fun thing to do, and was actually thinking about it during my trip to the Philippines. Whenever we were at airports, I would urge Ras to pretend that we were in the Amazing Race.
- Me: Ok… so what would we do if we were on the Amazing Race right now?
- Ras: But we’re not on the Amazing Race.
- Me: I know, but let’s pretend we are. Here’s what I would do. I’d ask the counter person for seats near the front of the plane. That way, when the plane landed, we’d be closer to the exit, therefore being ahead of the other teams! Pee before the plane makes its descent so you don’t waste time in the airport bathrooms. Then we should…
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As much as I would love to apply for the show, I don’t think I can. In my university contract, I am obligated to teach a 1 month summer or winter camp. Since I’m going home next winter, I have to teach a summer camp. Unfortunately, this is when the show will film.
“If selected as a participant, you and your teammate must be willing to travel to numerous
locations around the world lasting approximately 20 to 35 days starting sometime mid year of 2008.”
Since I won’t be done with the camp until the end of July, I’m out of luck. We would have made an awesome team. I’m pushing Raswan to find another partner and apply anyway. Good luck to John, who will also be trying to get on the show!
It doesn’t hurt to try out. If you watch this season’s “Amazing Race Asia: Racers Revealed” special, you learn that one team was actually chosen during season one, but they could not be on it for some reason or another. It’s also a good idea to watch this special because it shows what the producers are looking for in terms of creating your video. The videos must grab the producers attention within the first 20 seconds or they will move on to the next one.
Being chosen could end up being a good public relations boom to your school in terms of selling the importance of English in the global marketplace to students who may eventually end up having a famous instructor or two (if they aren’t eliminated after the first leg or two).
I actually have a friend you should pair with. She is in Tokyo and speaks English, Japanese and several dialects of Chinese. Y’all would have almost every language covered!
Wow, she sounds like a great partner. The only problem is, making an introductory video together!
That would be an issue, wouldn’t it!