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Thailandsurvivor wrote:

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Ramona Gray love!

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85368,00.html

EW.com excerpts Ramona's ''Survivor'' diary. Here, Days 5 and 6.

DAY 5

I had one of the worst nights, yet I feel the best I've felt. It's probably still dehydration and the freakin' humidity! Once you're in the hooch, your clothes are automatically drenched.... I was freezing all night long. Gervase, Jenna, and Greg took turns spooning me to keep me warm... I couldn't ask for a better team!

I'm still feeling like crap... can't hold anything down to save my life. I'm just setting myself up for a physical breakdown.

DAY 6

Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you. -- Luke 6:27

We had so much fun last night. We played the All New Newly Stranded Surviving Game. Greg was the host (and what a great host he was) and the couples were Gretchen/ B.B., Colleen/ Joel, and me/ Jenna/ Gervase.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE NO. 2 The mail that we got alluded to the fact that it would be some type of eating contest... boy, were we right! We were all seated on opposite sides of this long table. In the first round, we all had to eat a sauteed beetle larva. Amazing, all of us did (Gervase had major issues with it, but literally sucked it up and ate it). I guess they hadn't expected us all to eat, so we went to a second round where we had to eat the same thing... EXCEPT THIS ONE WAS ALIVE! What made it so disgusting was that it like pulsated in your hands. UGH! But it was game time, so I swallowed it! In fact again, everyone finished them off. Hence, the tiebreaker -- each team got to pick who seemed like the most squeamish of the other team. We picked Stacey, they picked Gervase.

The task was to eat two live larvas -- first one done WINS. We lost (but I gotta hand it to Gervase; as much as I KNOW he didn't want to do that, he did -- he did his best and that's all I/ we could ask of him). We were given the map to the Tribal Council and set off home. Once back at the site, we packed our stuff and waited... and waited. We didn't set out until there was only a hint of light in the sky! BAD MOVE. First of all, we were given crappy flashlights (batteries were either very weak or slowly dying) and to make matters worse, the course they took us over was WAY too dangerous to do at night AND at high tide. It took us about 1 hr. and a half to get there.

By then, I was hot, sweaty, irritated, tired, and just plain mad that they actually took us that route. Even though we were going to Tribal Council, we ''dressed'' appropriately. We took charcoal from our ashes and marked each other's faces. (Actually, we dressed for the challenge -- all the women wore the tribal wraps as tube tops! We looked SO good!!) To make a long story short, we all took our places at the Council, voted, waited while they were recorded, and were given the results.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. -- Matthew 5:9

[Tribal Council votes] 5 - B.B. 2 - Ramona 1 - Uncounted

I was floored... after four votes had been counted there was a tie [between B.B. and me]. I absolutely was in a state of shock. I just assumed that everyone was gonna vote for/ against B.B. B.B. was led away and we later found out that he was really bummed out that we voted him off -- he couldn't believe that we actually did it, although the whole way there he talked about what he was gonna do at the hotel the next day!!

I was feeling every emotion possible on the trek back: scared, mad, sad, confused, angry, suspicious, betrayed, EVERYTHING. I think B.B. was one vote [against me] and I think maybe Gretchen was the other, but there's no way to be sure so I have to suspect everyone (except maybe Gervase).

I gotta be more active within the group -- think I've adjusted -- now I gotta bust my ASS.

Thailandsurvivor wrote:

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EW.com excerpts Ramona's ''Survivor'' diary. Here, Days 9 and 10.

DAY 9
THE GOOD NEWS IS we KICKED ASS in the immunity challenge this morning!! Yeah, baby! Three more days. I just had one of the most incredible experiences of all since I've been here -- a mud bath in a natural occurring mud volcano! OH MY GOD! It was UNBELIEVABLE! I was a little hesitant at first, but then I figured, what the heck -- have fun and enjoy it while I'm here. It would cost me at least $100 in a spa and I'm getting it FREE in nature. You can't beat that. We all trekked through the jungle about a half mile to get there, but it was well worth the hike. When we got back, we allowed it to mostly dry and then went into the ocean to wash it all off. WHY was the ocean water WARM?? It was PERFECT. No spa treatment will ever beat that! Another good thing that came out of it was the bonding that occurred. But again, MY SKIN FELT SO MUCH BETTER ONCE I RINSED OFF. IT WAS DIVINE! Thank you, Jesus!

DAY 10
WE HAD THE WORST NIGHT EVER!
At first it was only God putting on a light show; the lightning was beautiful and I watched it in awe until we all went to bed. AND THEN IT HAPPENED: THE FLOOD. There wasn't really a flood, but it rained all night and every inch of me was soaked -- all of us were. It was hot, humid, wet, and cold all at the same time. UGH!

We made the decision during breakfast -- we had to rebuild. So WE DID IT. We took the entire structure apart, scouted the beach, and found a new spot around the corner from the latrine and rebuilt. It took all day long with everyone bustin' their butts, but we did it. It's a lean-to, smaller, but very sturdy and comfortable.

In other news: Jenna's ''cheerleader'' attitude is slowly working my nerves -- I'm all for feeling good and having a positive attitude/ outlook, but she has taken it WAY over the top! Everything is GREAT! Or she's doing GREAT! Or feeling GREAT! Even when she's throwing up. I'm like, ''ALRIGHT, ALREADY! GIVE IT A BREAK!'' It's just not normal and it's now on the verge of being an act. And for the record, I HATE IT. I need her to come down a couple of octaves.

Joel dug a little trench at the mouth of our lagoon and voilà: We had Pagong Falls! It was absolutely incredible. I keep using ''amazing,'' ''incredible,'' ''beautiful,'' and ''unbelievable'' becuz that's just how sharp and clear and vivid everything is here. And even those words don't do the events or pictures or thoughts justice! So, anyway, the mouth slowly opened and got bigger as the lagoon emptied out into the sea, taking huge logs and the like along with it; the only not so good thing was the smell -- GEEZ! If I wasn't certain before, I knew afterward that there'd been some NASTY shit in that lagoon! So, now we're left with a lagoon bed with a small stream running through it.

We got mail: a note telling us to send one person to test out tomorrow's reward [challenge]. We sent Jenna. She was gone about two hours, but when she came back she had our reward challenge note. Basically, we had to build a sign, signal, message in the sand, and a plane would fly over. The team with the best one (clear, imaginative, easy to read and understand) would win. We settled on the smiley face; I think it's a good choice cuz it's simple and easy to read and interpret.

We spent our first night in the new hut.