PART 2. Sonsorol male castaways talk about their Survivor Philippines: Palau experience

Erwin Santiago
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Friday, October 09, 2009 @ 04:06PM  |  10725 views

 

(From left) Shaun Rodriguez, Marvin Kiefer, and Suzuki Sadatsugu are three of the remaining male castaways of Survivor Philippines: Palau.

Photo By: Noel Orsal













Bukod kina Mika, Jef, at Echo ay nakausap din ng PEP ang tatlo sa male castaways ng Sonsorol na sina Marvin, Suzuki, at Shaun.

MARVIN KIEFER. Gaya ni Jef ay Isa ring model ang 18-year-old na si Marvin, na mula sa Cagayan de Oro.

Si Marvin ang pinakabatang castaway ngayong season ng Survivor Philippines: Palau, pero hindi naman ito naging hadlang sa kampanya niya dahil, so far, ay humahataw siya sa mga challenges. Dapat ay kasama na siya sa unang season ng Survivor Philippines, pero underage pa siya noon.

Kumusta ang naging experience niya sa Palau?

"Experience is fantastic. Definitely once in a lifetime. Special. Iba, iba... I know hindi na mauulit 'yon," sambit ni Marvin.

How was camp life?

"Yung camp life, I think it's the hardest part of the game," sagot niya. "Kaya ko naman yung maggawa ng fire, maggawa ng shelter... Yung mahirap do'n yung pakikisama. Yung psychological part na you have to pretend to like each other even if you want to vote the person out. And the fight to conquer boredom—malaking problema yung wala kang ginagawa."

Sino sa tingin niya yung matindi niyang makakalaban nang una niyang makita ang ibang castaways?

"Pagpasok ko sa show, sa first time, sa schoolyard pick, sa tingin ko, pinakamahirap si Shaun kasi makita mo talaga na batak siya. I know I was one of the last pick and I laughed when that happened kasi I know my own capacity, and I prepared for it. I did a very hard regimen—endurance, strengthening, exercises—before I went in. I really looked at the strongest person in the show, it was Shaun. Alam ko naman si Cris [Bolado] na malaki siya, he's raw strength and power. Endurance and speed, I can beat him. I know that."

With his strength in the challenges, pakiramdam ba niya ay naging target siya ng ibang castaways?

"Kasi yung sa simula, kasi ako yung isa sa huling pinili... Yun naman talaga ang plano ko pagpasok. Hindi ako magpapakita ng lakas. But how it so happened, yung tribe namin, the Koror tribe, was so weak in the beginning na lahat ng malakas nasa Airai. So, kumbaga sa akin, if I didn't show my strength, we would have lost all the way.

"Simula pa lang, sa first challenge pa lang with the crate, I said, 'Sige, ipakita ko na.' Same strategy, ipinakita ko yung lakas ko. With the people, I have to strategize na lang... It still worked until the point na I needed to, until that [tribe] shuffle... Hindi ko talaga plano na ipakita yung lakas ko hanggang merge. Pero I needed to for my tribe to win. Otherwise, our tribe would have lost," paliwanag ni Marvin.

Base sa mga ipinalabas nang episodes, hindi malinaw ang pakikipag-alliance ni Marvin sa ibang castaways. Pero sino nga ba ang mga ka-alliance niya?

"Sa simula pa lang, si Suzuki at saka si Louie," sabi niya. "And when the shuffle happened, I found out Louie wanted to take me out. Dun ako nagtaka na baka yung alliance ko, they're betraying me. So, talagang I tried to make my alliance with Suzuki solid and then, si Echo, nilapitan ko siya ilang beses to be my ally in the game. So, yun nga, sa shuffle, nag-iba kasi yung mga taga-Airai... At that point, since we were winning all the time, kahit yung iba, hindi na nila masyadong iniisip yung strategy."

"Observant naman ako kung may ginagawa sila sa gilid-gilid na ganun. Wala, I just kept my cool... But when it comes to challenges, win it para tapos na, wala nang worries."

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