Castaways win big in Survivor Philippines Palau auction

The morning after the second tribal council of Sonsorol in Survivor Philippines Palau, Justine woke up still in disbelief with what has transpired. In the October 16 episode of the GMA-7 reality show, Tara and Echo were eliminated one after the other in back-to-back tribal councils.

Justine realized that Echo being eliminated from the game meant that Suzuki and Charles didn't go along with their plan of standing up for Koror alliance by voting off Shaun.

"'Paggising ko noong umaga, ganun, walang nagbago sa pakiramdam ko. Galit ako, I feel parang betrayed pa rin, ‘di ko nalaman bakit ganun ang nangyari. Naisip ko na ako na susunod, e. Sige na magwala na ‘ko pero sabi naman noong kabilang isip ko, kung magwawala ka lalo ka niyang pupuntiryahin. Pinilit kong kalmahin iyong sarili ko, then noong medyo kalmado na ‘ko saka ako nag-isip, I'll continue with the alliance at iti-twist ko," she added.

Meanwhile, the original Airai girls talked about the next castaway to be voted off on their hit list.

Amanda: "I truly believe in Shaun naman pero I'm just thinking at least kung Suzuki ang susunod, kasi between Zuki and Charles, sobrang hirap talunin ni Zuki, e. Sobrang tatag niya e."

Mika : "At saka iniisip ko if it's Justine na next, bibigay niya iyong pula na ano, pipili talaga siya, kung si Zuki, it's just random. Hindi natin alam baka kay Justine pa niya ibigay kasi galit siya."

After catching crabs, Charles shared his prediction that a girl would most probably win the game. Mika, on the other hand, gave him an assurance that he would become part of the five remaining castaways.
Charles: "Babae talaga iyong mananalo."
Mika : "Bakit naman?"
Charles: "Wala lang."
Mika : "Let's be positive. Ang isipin mo iyong goal mo dito. Goal mo maging top five. Positive thinking lang, mangyayari talaga iyon. Promise talaga."

But Charles also warned Mika that Justine would be more determined to stay in the game by winning the individual immunity challenges.

Charles: "Go lang tayo, pero sa darating na mga immunity kailangan natin galingan kasi nga dinibdib ni Justine."
Mika : "Yeah, exactly. Kaya nga, dinibdib niya so watch out lang kasi tayo, pipilitin niya talaga iyong immunity na siya talaga iyong manalo."

Later, Jef and Suzuki talked about the previous tribal council. Both of them expressed feeling guilty about voting off Echo from the game. Suzuki also shared Justine and Echo's plan of voting against Shaun. Jef then shared how she regretted voting Echo off, and how she felt controlled, not being able to decide for herself.

Jef : "Bakit ka nga, bakit mo nga napiling tanggalin si Echo?"
Suzuki: "Kasi nga tatakot din kami, lalaki din kami, madami kayong babae tapos mamaya kung sana gusto ko tatagal."
Jef : "Hindi ko alam, feeling ko lahat ng binoboto ko hindi ko gusto, lahat. Parang hindi pa ‘ko nakakapagdecide on my own except kay Troy, oo kasi noong binoto ko si Troy, gusto ko talaga siya i-vote out, pero iyong pagboto kay Marvin, pagvote ko kay Echo, parang lahat ‘yon the next day ang sama-sama ng gising ko. Parang feeling ko lahat dinidiktahan lang ako kung anong gagawin ko tapos, tapos na."

"Comforting na somehow na mayroon akong makakausap, e totoong tao pa si Zuki e ‘yung kahit papano may malalabasan ka ng ganitong stress," Jef said.

Then the boys got together and talked about their next move.

"Ano, Justine na?" Suzuki asked Charles. Charles slightly nodded then Shaun arrived. Afterwards, the boys went back to their search for the hidden immunity.

The tribe of seven castaways then ate their breakfast. Then afterwards, Mika and Shaun talked about the immunity and the blood pearl. Mika expressed confidence that the Airai votes would be sufficient enough to make their plan work, since they have already outnumbered the original Koror members.

Mika : "Kailangan talaga, isa sa atin, makakuha ng immunity."
Shaun : "Problema ko iyong sa, pag-vinote out natin si Justine, baka ibigay sa iyo, iyong ano."
Mika : "Hindi kaya nga, si Suzuki ang uunahin natin. And then si Charles walang problema din ‘yun, like I don't know if ma-vote niya si Suzuki pero, tayong apat."
Shaun : "O sige."

Amanda then expressed to her tribe mates how much she already missed her mom. She said that as she grows older, the more she loves her parents.

Later, Jef read the tree mail to the tribe.

"Ang grasya ay bababa pero huwag uubos-ubos biyaya,
Pag-isipang mabuti, nasa huli ang pagsisisi.
‘Wag masyadong mapili, baka matapat sa 'yo ay bungi."

They figured out that the next reward activity would be an auction. Shaun asked Justine to read the message, she took it and read it without giving much reaction. Amanda took notice of Justine's indifference.

"Hindi pa ako nakaka-get over noon sa nararamdaman ko, e. Para bang dina-digest ko pa lang iyong dapat kong gawin," Justine said.

Amanda knew that Justine was already feeling on the edge.

"Noong natanggal si Echo, s'yempre kasali kaming tatlong babae na nagtanggal sa kanya. Absolutely alam na namin na tumaas na iyong guard ni Justine, parang "Hoy! iba na ‘to, wala na iyong girls' alliance. Parang medyo tingin ko kabado siya, tingin niya siya na talaga ang susunod," Amanda said.


SURVIVOR AUCTION. Survivor Philippines Palau host Paolo Bediones welcomed the Sonsorol tribe to the site of their next activity, which was the traditional Survivor Auction where the reward of each of the castaways would depend on luck and instinct.

But on Paolo's signal, the castaways must first swim to the ocean towards a marker. Below the marker, which is about eight feet deep, is a treasure chest. Inside the treasure chest were the rai stones colored yellow, red and blue. The blue rai stone is equivalent to 10,000 pesos; red is 5,000 pesos while yellow equates to 3,000 pesos. The castaways must get as many rai stones as possible within 5 minutes before the chest closes. The castaways also have an option to help each other or not. The castaways were also provided with sacks where they can put the collected rai stones.

"Survivors ready, go!" Paolo signaled.

Shaun Mika and Amanda led the way as they swam towards the markers for the rai stone treasure chest. Justine and Jef followed.

Mika and Shaun got their first rai stones but not without difficulty as the treasure chests also contained some corals and sea cucumbers.

Four of them--Suzuki, Jef, Justine and Charles--failed to get any rai stones during the allotted time.

Paolo took the sacks that Amanda, Mika and Shaun were able to get before the auction proper. Paolo computed the rai stones and exchanged them for their actual peso bill equivalent.

"Noong kinompute na ni Paolo, kung magkano talaga nakuha ko, 131,000 nagulat ako parang umabot sya ng ganun kalaki? ‘Di ko naisip ganun kalaki aabot yun," Amanda said.

"Noong tinotal lahat ng points, ang pinakamaraming nakuha si Mika, nasa 150 plus, si Amanda 131, ako nasa 81 thousand lang. Akala namin iyon na ang gagamitin namin. Nagtataka ako noong kinonvert ni Pao, nakita ko cash, so pera talaga s'ya, parang, wow! Sana maiuwi na lang namin, ‘wag na mag-auction. Iuwi na lang," Shaun suggested.

But Paolo countered what the three of them probably wanted more as he said, "Itong pera na ‘to syempre di pwede iuwi sa Manila, dito lamang pwede gamitin ang cash."

Paolo then gave out the rules for the auction. They could lend or loan some money, and they could also ask for money but they could not share the reward.

The starting bid was at 5,000 pesos. Paolo handed an envelope to Mika that she could use during the auction.

Before the auction began, Mika asked if they could give money to the rest of the castaways. Paolo agreed and she gave Suzuki, Charles, Justine and Jef a share of her cash. Amanda also gave money to the four but Shaun didn't.

Some of the objects up for auction were covered while some were exposed. It's up to the castaways if they would bid for it or not.

The first item was a meal of chicken barbecue, pork barbecue with rice and ice-cold pineapple juice. The starting bid was 5,000 pesos and Shaun took it. Nobody had a higher bid, so the item was sold to Shaun. Shaun ate the meal where he is seated and was instructed not to share it to anyone.

The second item was covered. Amanda was the first to start the bid. She and Mika were bidding against each other until the pot prize was 15,000. The item was sold to Amanda and it was a little piece of jell-o.

The next item was also covered. Mika and Jef fought placed their bids, until Amanda placed 25,000. Mika eventually got it for 26,000. Paolo then asked Mika to choose between two covered items. After some thinking, Mika took the second item.

Paolo opened the first one and it was a meal of three chicken feet. He then presented what Mika has chosen and it was a meal of one whole chicken with a mango shake. Mika ate her meal with gusto.

Paolo then removed the cover of the last item of the first stage of the auction. It was the much-awaited chocolate cake. Amanda pleaded for the cake.

Suzuki and Amanda placed their bids. Amanda pleaded to Suzuki to give in but she eventually outbid him.

Mika, Shaun and Amanda then went against one another. The prize went over 40,000 pesos. Amanda won the bid at 46,000 pesos.

Charles and Suzuki smelled the cake as Amanda enjoyed eating it. Mika said that he would pay 5000 pesos to lick Amanda's fingers. Paolo agreed.


COFFEE WITH THE PRESIDENT. The second part of the auction officially started. Paolo instructed them to take one partner, except for Mika.

Shaun took Suzuki as his partner. Amanda took Charles, while Justine and Jef were paired together. The partners had to combine their money to place their bid.

The first time was a treat for a Milky Way Spa and a jetski adventure.

After Shaun, Jef and Charles went against each other. Charles eventually won the reward package for 26,000 pesos. He and Amanda are up for a Milkyway Adventure, although the latter was busy eating her cake and couldn't care less about it.

Paolo then announced that the next to be auctioned off is a coffee and feast with no other than the president of the Republic of Palau, His Excellency Johnson Toribiong.

Suzuki and Justine tried to outbid each other.

Justine: "Wala na...wala na...hindi nakakaintindi ng Hapon yung president, tumigil ka...hindi kayo magkakaintindihan...Parau. Talagang raraban kami."
Suzuki : "Gutom na ako..."

Justine and Jef placed a 60,000 peso bid. Suzuki went on with 61,000. But the pair of the girls eventually got the date with the president for 69,000 pesos.

The last item was not revealed. Suzuki and Shaun took it at the starting bid. Charles bid for 10,000 pesos. But for 15,000 it was sold to Suzuki and Shaun. When they read the parchment, what was written was "Trip to Camp."

Shaun : "Trip to camp. Wow! Babalik lang kami sa camp...Pu** babalik lang tayo sa bahay."

In the end Suzuki got nothing.

Paolo declared that the auction was already over. But he instructed Mika to open her envelope. It was an open ticket and she could choose among the three trips, where she would want to go. Mika chose the feast with the president with Jef and Justine. Amanda and Charles are off to the Milky Way Spa and jetski adventure. Shaun and Suzuki would be left in their camp.

Mika, Jef, Shaun and Charles then started licking Amanda's fingers, which was filled with chocolate frosting.