Post by Ian on Jul 4, 2006 13:10:32 GMT -5
Day 1
Tribal SchoolYard Pick 'em.
We arrived at the beach only to find that one man and one woman had to claim individual immunity. Being the quickest, Ashlee and Coby were the first ones the grab the necklaces. Soon after, Jeff came sailing towards the island only to inform us that we would be going back to school. "Great," we thought, "just what we want - to learn." Jeff set our thoughts of learning at ease when he said this would be more like gym class. I figured it would be something physical, or something that had to do with endurance. What it was I wasn't exactly sure. Why it was happened I wasn't sure either. "SchoolYard Pick 'em!" Jeff shouted. "Awesome!" I thought to myself. There was just one problem. I didn't know any of these people, so the likelihood that I would be chosen over these muscular guys and hot girls wasn't in my favor. Look at me, I'm tall, lanky and I look like I could break every bone in my body just by walking.
SchoolYard started. Ashlee chose James. Coby chose Wanda. "Here we go," I thought to myself, "you better shine enough to be chosen!"
SchoolYard continued. James chose Caryn. Wanda chose Ian. Wait just one second. Wanda chose IAN?! That's me! I giddily ran over to join Wanda and Coby, trying to figure out which girl I would choose next.
The yard got smaller and smaller as Jeff, Stephenie, Ibrehem, Katie and Jonathan all joined Ashlee's team. In turn, Angie, Willard, Kim, Gregg and Janu all joined my team with Coby and Wanda.
Four stood. As they looked at both Janu and Jonathan with desire-striken eyes, Jennifer, Tom, BobbyJon and Jolanda awaited the final decisions. The anticipation grew as Jeff instructed both Janu and Jonathan to choose their final tribe members. In the end, one male and one female would be, in essence, voted out of the game, immediately returning to the United States. "Jonathan, it's your turn. Choose wisely," Jeff instructed him. "I choose," Jonathan went on, "and no offense to the other because you're both amazing, but I'm going to choose Jolanda." Jolanda leaped into the air with a wild praise to God and Jonathan. Jennifer looked at the nine members of Ashlee's tribe and the current eight of Coby's tribe, let out a depressing sigh and walked over to Jeff, knowing she was going back home. Jeff let out a small chuckle at Jolanda then proceeding to instruct Janu to choose her final tribe member. "Oh boy, this is a hard choice," Janu said as she looked at BobbyJon and Tom. "I'm going to have to choose ... oh my ... BobbyJon!" An ecstatic BobbyJon ran over and gave Janu a big bear hug and watches as a sullen Tom walks over to join both Jennifer and Jeff.
Jeff proceeds to hand out brown buffs to the members of Ashlee's tribe and informs them that they are to be called KOROR. He then walked over to my tribe and handed us blue buffs and said we are to be called ULONG.
Soon after, the remaining eighteen Survivors say goodbye as both
The eighteen Survivors who remained to play the game celebrated as one group, knowing that soon enough they would be playing not only with eachother but also against eachother.
The sun quickly set, ending the excitement and sadness of Day 1.
Twenty Started.
Eighteen Remain.
Day 1 is over.