Dead Line For Applications For Amazing Race Asia 3

Look what I got in my mail today. It’s a call for applications for the next Amazing Race Asia… ARA 3! Even if I know I am not qualified to join (I can’t drive), my mind did somersaults around scenarios that could happen if I sent a video and got accepted. We all know how they edit the scenes to make an entertaining story out of the couple’s relationship, right? They might just notice my not-so-normal quirks and magnify these for the world to see.

I can see it now: My partner would be working so hard to keep me from exploiting every single weakness that I notice among our competitors because he wants to be fair. And, I would buckle beneath the pressure of not being able to sexually harass my boyfriend for a long duration (because cameras are present) and resort to just pinching him on the butt whenever I think the cameras are pointing elsewhere; which in turn will send him into a fit of exasperation and be coldly silent while I snicker and giggle at how he’s trying his best to not be affected by my naughty pokes.

I can also predict which country we will be eliminated in. The race would take us to Japan where we won’t be able to restrain ourselves from jumping up and down and snapping photos when we see cosplayers walking around. We’d be waving at them and exclaiming “kawaii!!!!” and being like little kids in Tokyo while our competitors race to the pit stop ahead of us. [photo borrowed from web-japan.org]

While entertainment and controversy will always be the priority for editing reality shows like this, they can never edit what isn’t there in the first place. Meaning, most of the scenes they show could actually be insightful clips of the current status of the couple’s relationship.