Find it: Right Balance

November 03, 2007 1:50 PM
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They may have survived the 25-hour sleep task, but in their cranky state, can our celebrity housemates still keep their grounds steady for another challenge? This morning, Big Brother ordered another task that tested our housemates' patience, teamwork, and strategy. In the activity area, Baron, Donnie, Will, and Ruben must work together in building a pyramid using crystal water goblets. But the twist in this task was that they must the pyramid on an unstable beam and the pyramid must stand for at least 10 minutes.

Ruben and Baron took charge of building the pyramid, but the difficult part was that they have inflatable buoys on their body which kept them from moving freely. Meanwhile, Donnie and Will stood on the each sides of the wooden beam placed on top of a tin drum. Donnie and Will must work with one another in keeping the beam as steady as they can while Ruben and Baron placed the goblet pyramid. During the task, the pyramid fell down several times, and this almost pushed Baron off the edge of his patience. Good thing Ruben always reminded his mates that they can do the task for as long as they stick together. On the other hand, Donnie and Will felt the strain on their legs as they tried to keep their feet on the unstable beam. But after several minutes of painstakingly trying to build the balanced goblet pyramid, Kuya called off the task, and the four guys left the activity area in disappointment. Nevertheless, they assured each other that they all gave their best shot to make the pyramid work.

Meanwhile, in the garden, the other housemates were ordered to build the new table that they will be using inside the house. As materials, they were given the large colorful wooden sticks that they used in yesterday's Pick Up Sticks game. To keep the sticks together, the housemates only had ropes to tie around the sticks. Everyone thought of the perfect structure in building a table, ensuring its stability and strength. Mcoy figured that making a tripod leg for the table would be the most stable feature. Riza, on the other hand, helped putting the sticks together with her knowledge in making knots. Everyone helped out the best they can to build the table, because if worst comes to worst, they will have no table to use inside the house.

Will they succeed in building their own table? What will happen now that the four guys failed in their goblet pyramid task? Keep it here on the PBB Official Website for more developments about this task. Also, watch Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Editon 2 tonight right after XXX to find out if Mommy Yayo will be able to come back in time before the 24-hour deadline expires.

Go TONI Go!

Toni Gonzaga before abduction!
Source: Mukamo

Surprise!

November 03, 2007 1:51 AM
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For five long days, the housemates fought the urge to sleep just to win their hundred percent bet for the Gising Na Gising weekly task. Most of us have seen how several of them breached the group’s agreement to stay awake unless they decided to take a nap together. But of course that was just part of the whole struggle. Tonight though, Big Brother gathered them inside the confession room where they have been finally granted a reprieve from this tedious task, the whole story of which you will soon learn on the live stretch later tonight on Primetime Bida.

In the meantime, the housemates stirred from their hard-earned slumber earlier to prepare a midnight birthday bash for the Real Mcoy! It was all sudden actually with Riza breaking the news to Will and Victor minutes after she bade them goodnight. Someone seemed to have instructed her about it as she explained that they were advised to give the celebrant some personal tokens as their gifts. Donni soon joined them and even suggested to make an improvised cake using their stock pancakes.

As if on cue, Ethel was already mixing a bowl of it when they returned inside the house. The impromptu celebration was kept hush hush as they proceeded to complete their individual surprises. When everything was set, they quietly gathered around the coach where Mcoy happened to doze off! Shocked, the Musikerong Daddy woke up thinking that the timer had ticked because of him. It was funny since they’ve been successful in their 25-Hours Task already and there was no reason for him to be worried at all.

Soon after that, they presented him their gifts which varied from a deodorant, Taekwondo outfit, a pricey key to a thong panties marked by Ethel’s kiss! What’s more surprising and heartwarming though was the fact that Mcoy straightened them out about all the admiration he’d been receiving from them. It may be his birthday but he took the opportunity not to honor himself but to give credit to each of his housemates’ commendable attributes. Lastly, he asked Jon to dedicate a prayer for Yayo’s health before feasting over the hotdogs, chips and pancakes that were cooked for this occasion.

Symbolic Goodbye

November 02, 2007 10:30 PM
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On All Souls Day, Big Brother found a way for some of his residents to ease the pain of losing the chance to be with their loved ones when they passed away from this world. Through the fax machine, he sent blank obituaries for Baron, Donni, Victor and Riza to as part of the symbolic ritual of letting go that they were about to do.

At the same time, they were given some time to do artworks in remembrance of the deceased’s legacy to them, which they later presented to the housemates. First off was Rizza who lost her nineteen-year-old nephew just before she entered the prestigious yellow house. Behind all her poise is a grieving heart for failing to attend his wake in Canada. Together with Toni, she made her goodbye ritual at the rooftop of ELJTower where she freed two balloons as a symbol of coming to terms with his violent death.

Coming from his father’s second family, Victor regretted not trying his best to see him before his life support was unplugged way back in 2002. At La Mesa Ecopark, she was aided by Mariel as he uttered the words of forgiveness to a dad who wasn’t there when he was growing up. And so he threw the ashes of his obituary onto the woods with a lighter heart.

Meanwhile, Baron and Donni’s rite involved dropping their message-in-a-bottle by the river. In their case, they were both busy with a taping and a Taekwondo competition in Japan when their father died of multiple organ failure. Though the Wild Child consistently visited his remains on the columbarium, he confessed that he goes there drunk most of the time. As such, this was the only time he was sober as he paid his respects to him.

Day 18 was certainly a time of goodbyes as Toni Gonzaga also made her heartbreaking exit as a celebrity house guest. And by tomorrow, she may be back on her hosting job again! Like what she said to Big Brother, she really learned so much from her extraordinary experience inside his abode, in the same way that she had shared a lot by just being who she really is.

In the meantime, did the housemates succeed in their Gising Na Gising task this week? We’ll see about that in just a little while!

Picking Up The Large Sticks

November 02, 2007 7:33 PM
By: http://celeb2.pinoybigbrother.com

Big Brother introduced another exciting game in this afternoon's Uber. Our celebrity housemates had the chance to compete this time in the kiddie game of pick-up sticks. For this challenge, the housemates just need to follow the rule of getting a stick without moving the rest of the bunch. But since this is the grown-up version of the game, instead of small sticks, a housemate must remove meter long sticks while being carried by 2 teammates. Will the players be able to do this game the right way?

The two teams who battled it out in yesterday's Wet Basketball game again faced each other for another match. The Red Team of Mcoy, Victor, Gaby, Jon, Ethel, Mariel, and Riza stepped up to reclaim the glory from the Blue Team of Baron, Ruben, Will, Zara, and Megan. The two teams tried their best to beat each other for the price of an extra hour of sleep. But probably because of their hunger for victory, the Red Team got the high pointer black stick and won the game. They no longer have to be envious of the Blue Team who got their soothing massages last night because now, they can sleep for an hour without tipping the clock. In addition to that, the winning team was given a free 15-minute showering time so they can fully enjoy their sleep.

However, one housemate had to miss this fun game. Early this afternoon, Yayo was brought to the hospital because apprently, the Mom in Distress had not been feeling well for the day. Will Yayo be able to make it back to the house within 24 hours? Stay tuned to the PBB Official Website for more developments on this story. Tonight, watch Toni's heartbreaking farewell to the housemates as she formally leaves the famous yellow house as one of its celebrity houseguests.