May 21, 2008 3:45 AM
It was still dark when the Air Force officers arrived at the house and roused only a select group of teens: Nan, Ejay, Val and Beauty. The teens were brought out into the activity area where there were a pile of supplies. Each had to select three items which they felt would be useful to them, keeping in mind the survival training they underwent a week ago. Beauty chose a clay pot, matches, and salt. Val valued a first aid kit, a flashlight, and a knife. Ejay selected a helmet, a bolo, and a chopping knife. Nan picked out a bolo, a flashlight, and a compass. Before they went on, they were reminded of this: Walang iwanan. They were again blindfolded and traveled to a waiting plane, followed by a helicopter ride and ended on a secluded island in our very own Puerto Prinsesa. Ejay, Val and Beauty were all excited, but Nan wasn’t able to appreciate the plane ride too much because of the blindfold. Ejay and Val were brought down first, and they had to walk around blindfolded around the area. Minutes later, Beauty and Nan arrived as well, and the four had to find each other first before taking off their blindfolds. It was probably fortunate that Beauty was there, as her loud voice made the reunion easy enough.
Next, they each had to catch 3 talangkas each in exchange for the map which would lead them to supplies and the PBB house. They enjoyed the novelty of this a lot that they collected an extra 2 talangkas on top of the required 12. Map in hand, they followed the trail to the marked spots. “X marks the spot” indeed, as they picked up supplies such as bananas, rope, water, rice and vinegar. In time, they reached the Big Brother Adventure House where they see a “love letter” from Kuya, inviting them into the Confession Room.
Yet the tasks are far from over. Kuya was waiting for them at the Confession Room, which was up the tree. To get to it, one of them – in this case, Ejay (plus his toes) – had to climb the rope and allow the others to use the stairs. After a few reminders from Kuya, they next had to look for painted coconuts around the house and dig. Six feet under were bundles of extra essentials like clothes, mats, etc. Despite some trouble with the local monkeys and broken eggs, all went well as they shared a kawayan-cooked chicken dinner (thanks to the native chicken caught in Ejay’s trap) and went to bed. Unknown to them, they were under constant supervision, and they were about to steal Val away. Something to watch out for on tomorrow’s Uber and Primetime Bida are more
What of the remaining housemates? Robi, Rona, Alex, Nikki and Mikan were all puzzled to wake up and realize that they were losing four of their number. Alex vaguely remembered bags by the door and could recall snippets of the early morning covert operation. All had speculations that were quite near to the truth: they were on a jungle or beach. Nikki’s avid watching of the previous PBB seasons peeked through as she stated that “Sometimes they really do that.” With nothing to do, the girls decided to play with make-up and experiment with them on the boys. Only Mikan could be persuaded to do so, as the other two did all means necessary to avoid this. Even if they were left alone, they still had tasks to fulfill. To help them with these, Kuya Primo, a Batac of the Tagbanua Tribe, was invited into the house. They had a game of supok or sumpit, where they had to use the blowpipe to pop the balloons. In return, they got a clue pertaining to where the rest were. In the meantime, Robi toured Kuya Primo around the house, since he was going to stay a while.
