Faster, Faster, Faster

Yesterday's episode of The Amazing Race still featured the Philippines. I only caught the latter portion of last week's show. The contestants were traveling by non-airconditioned bus, and have to get off in the middle of EDSA and catch a cab to the Coconut Palace. On a side note, the Filipino lady who welcomed them is Luli, the presidential daughter. We used to work in the same office building in Makati, and she'd come to office with her bodyguards.

Anyway, yesterday's episode took the teams from Coconut Palace to El Nido where they have to identify the national flag, then rappel up Lagen Wall. One funny thing is they keep on shouting, "Faster, faster, faster" whether they're in the taxi or on the boat. C'mon, guys, this is the Philippines. What do you expect?

People who's always rushing should read James Gleick's Faster.