MONDAY 25/05/09
We were taken for a long drive and it looked like we were out in the sticks. Christabel was telling me there were a lot of farms where we were so I had no clue what the challenge was going to be especially because we were told to bring our bikinis which confused us even more. We finally ended up at a frog farm where we met Chelsea who explained our challenge would involvefrogs, which she had with her in a container which were quite big and very jumpy. I had played with frogs before at home but only very small cute green frogs so i wasn’t expecting these large frogs that were jumping all over the place. The other girls were freaking out a lot more than I was but i was just feeling a little grossed out by it all.
We were taken down to the frog pen area and were told the challenge was to pick up 5 frogs and put them into a container. The girl who did it in the fastest time would win a prize and the loser would have a punishment to face. I was the 2nd girl to do it after Evelyn who managed to pick up the 5 frogs with a little hesitation, I had given myself time to get over the gross factor and seeing Evelyn do it i knew it was something that I could do. I didn’t want to leave the competition with any regrets so i just went for it – my biggest worry was that i didn’t want to hurt them when i picked them up. My tactic was to quietly sneak up on the frogs very slowly and make no sudden movements which seemed to work out because i did it in half the time evelyn did it so i was happy with my efforts. After picking up the first frog I had completely gotten over the initial dread I was feeling and it became a lot easier, so the others were a breeze to pick up. The other girls gave it a go but Anna and Kat coudn’t do it, they couldn’t even touch them I jumped into the pen with Kat to help her out but she just just coudn’t bring herself to pick one up. If anything i’ve learnt a lot about myself from the show, I’ve learnt I’m a lot more determined than I thought i was and that once I put my mind to something however much I’m grossed out or scared by it I know I can do it. The end goal is what motivates me so I guess if i know that the ends will justify the means then I can and will do it.
Chelsea announced the winner and even though i knew i had won i was worried that the prize would be similar to the last one where i’d have to choose a few girls to enjoy the prize with me and be forced to exclude someone. Thankfully i won Redken products as the prize so i was really thrilled and the two losers Kat & Anna had to clean the house for us which wasn’t the worst thing in the world.
We then went to Wild Wild Wet a water theme park and were taken on a few water slides which was awesome fun and such a good change from the frog farm! The first ride was quite terrifying and I was lucky I hadn’t looked at it before being strapped in unlike the other girls who freaked themselves out by watching what they had in store for them. Kat froze up again and didn’t want to do it so anna went in her place but eventually the crew forced kat to go on the ride and told her to stop being a wuss. When it got to my turn I just closed my eyes and went for it, I screamed my lungs out but i have to admit I enjoyed the rush of it all – but given the chance it wouldn’t be something I would do again. Once was enough I think.
The rest of the day was just a fun filled relaxing day and we had a group of “fans” following us from ride to ride which was quite funny. We all got a bit of a tan and mucked around on the rides making the most of the freedom we had been given. It was actually quite a tiring day so we were all exhausted by the end of it so we all came home and crashed.
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