1st Roadblock: Revise a Lesson Plan on Teaching Literature to get your next clue.
Next Clue: Route Info: Make your way to the Garcia Residence located in the suburbs of Makati and look for the lady in stripes to get your next clue:
When I found the lady in stripes (My mother)...
Next Clue: Detour:
A detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its pros and cons.
In this detour, teams must choose between To Here or To Go.
In To Here: Teams must stay and neglect all task assigned to him and wait for the confirmation that he shall not do any other demo teaching anymore. This task may be risky, for it shall test your calmness and negligence. You may also get kicked off the race.
In To Go: Teams must go to The University and sign on the schedule posted on Mrs. M's office door. This task may seem easy, but the ride all the way in Manila may be frustrating and the deadline is slowly coming to an end.
I choose To Go.
I left and stood there waiting for the bus. I waited for so many minutes and I kept reminding myself that I'm on a race which was a matter of life and death!! Why, of all dates, must the deadline for signing that schedule be on a freaking Saturday?!!? That professor is crazy!!
In times like this, I couldn't rely on PVP Liner Buses... unless I'm not as desperate as now!! So I took a jeepney (woohooo!!). How quick!! (Note the sarcasm). Imagine how much I had to take in all of the smokes in the streets of Manila!! For the sake of merely signing a paper, I had to risk my lungs!!! Amazing!!!
I got off at Taft and had to take another jeepney (one reason why I don't like riding a jeepney on my way to school). It was a terrible search. I also prefer to ride beside the driver, not on the back (yeah, I'm very choosey when it comes to jeepneys).
Finally, I was on my way with a jeepney which would usually stop everytime the driver sees a human being standing on the sidewalk and thinking that person would ride on his jeep even if that person wouldn't.
It took almost an hour to finally go to the University. I ran as fast as I could!! I disregarded all the people blocking my way. I reached the Building: LSC!!!
I climbed quickly up the stairs and finally reached the office. I signed beside my name on the schedule.
NEXT CLUE: Route INFO: Go to the bathroom upstairs an fix yourself because you are such a mess. The bathroom on the third floor is the only normal bathroom in the whole Building. This bathroom is the 1st pit stop of the race!!! (WOW!! Is that you, Allan Wu??!)
I went upstairs and got into The Bathroom. Allan Wu was sitting on the toilet bowl beside a talking mushroom.
"Hallerrrz!!! Welcome to LSC", said the Mushroom whom looked familiar.
"James and Eric (it is me both)," Allan Wu said, "you are the last team to arrive. However, this is a predetermined non-elimination round--which means you're still in the race!!"
Shower me with confetti!!
"However," he said," you have to do good on your demo teaching on Wednesday."