Peih-Gee's Final Words
Tribal Council
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"Going into this, I compared it to poker. It's OK to bluff, and lying is like bluffing, it's OK because it's a game, everyone knows it's a game. What you don't realize is it's a game that's continuous for 24/7. It's constant. You don't get out of it until you're done, and I was in it for 37 days. When you're playing poker with your friends, you can leave after a couple hours and say (pointing) ha ha, I got you good that time. You can't do that in this game. I realized I couldn't do that, I couldn't put up a facade for that long. I'm a loyal person. People I had made promises to, I made alliances with, my original Zhan Hu alliance I made at the very beginning, I couldn't ever find it in myself to vote against them. That's something I'm actually proud of. It may not have been the best way to play the game, may not have been the most strategic way, but ultimately I feel that looking back now, I'm proud I played the game as straightforward and as honorable as I did."
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"Looking back, I think for me one of the hardest parts was not losing hope when I felt like I was facing huge odds that were against me. In the beginning, pre-merge, looking across at the other tribe and seeing a James you have to face when I'm 5 foot 2 and a half, barely tipping the scales at 100 pounds, and these were very physical challenges. It's taking a look at that and not losing hope. Post-merge, going into it, realizing I was going to be going into a merge with fewer numbers, and thinking wow, these are huge odds are against me. Again, to not lose hope and force yourself to say there is a way, there is a path, you just have to think, you have to strategize, but it's possible to do it, I think for me was some of the hardest aspects of the game."
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"I think my saving grace was to take something that seemed negative and turn it into a positive for me. On the one hand, I was stressful, but I say, 'Hey, if you're going to be stressful, don't focus on the bad aspect of it, take it and use it to your advantage.'"
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"I've learned I'm a lot tougher than I thought I was. That's for damn sure. Coming out here a lot of my friends thought I'd be a big whiner, complainer, quit. I don't think I did any of that. I think I was able to look at everything on a very positive note. Despite having some lack of faith in myself, which I kind of regret having, I still managed to persevere and keep going. I think that's the biggest lesson I've learned. PG, you're tough and determined, and if you put your mind to it, you can go a really long way, way beyond my expiration date at certain points. It meant a lot to me to have the respect of the other contestants. A lot of them are smart, tough, crafty strategists and competitors, and a lot of them told me they take their hat off to me, and 'You're one tough little girl.' That's something that I'm able to take away from this game and put into my normal life back at home."
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"I think people at home will notice a difference. I have a lot more confidence in myself after this. Before I came on Survivor, I may have had a little bit of lack of initiative in my normal life. Coming onto this game, there's absolutely no one else you can depend on but yourself. If you want something to happen for you, you have to go out and make it happen. I kind of realized that immediately on the first day when we're about to die out in this crazy monsoon and guess what? You can't dial out for pizza, you can't go to a hotel. You've gotta make all this yourself and if a bunch of people are sitting around arguing about it and you want someplace to sleep, you might have to be the one who says, 'Look, we're gonna do it this way.' I think I'm gonna be able to take some of that and realize if there's anything that needs doing, I'm going to have to go out and do it my damn self."
Secret Scene: Peih-Gee
(Amanda/Todd/Courtney/Peih-Gee are standing around the fire, eating food)
Peih-Gee: Like, why Denise? Come on you guys. I deserve to be here more than Denise. Like, seriously.
Todd: This is me being pretty much as honest as I can be with you right now. It's not who you are, it's who I think I could win against. I think I could lose big time against you. Does that make sense? It should be a huge ups to you.
Courtney (solo): We want Peih-Gee out because she's been such a strong competitor and she's a fighter and she's succeeding and we all have to admire it. The jury will admire it too and not one of those heinous bitches would stand a chance against her in the final three. So she would win, so she has to go.
Peih-Gee: Yeah, but I gotta give it a try, right?
Todd: That's what I said. Look at you. Damn, this girl is playing the game. You've done so great.
Peih-Gee (solo): It felt really good to have the admiration of these people around me for being a strong competitor. It really means a lot to me. At the same time, I'm going to look at it realistically. My chances are slim, but I'm still gonna keep trying.
Watch as a disappointed but proud Peih-Gee reveals how she feels soon after being voted out of the game.
"I have to thank, I have a lot to thank for being Asian, being Chinese specifically, and going into Survivor China. I'll joke about getting strength from mother China, but ultimately it really did help me, to help me nail a bunch of the challenges where my knowledge of Chinese background, it helped me win these challenges. Moreso than that, I'm here representing the Asian community, whether I wanted to or not, I am. I'm so glad I was able to do them. I hope I was able to do justice, because like I said, I feel like I persevered, I overcame huge odds, I was a complete underdog, I managed to make final five, and I still did it pretty honorably, in my opinion. I hope I can be a good role model for the Asian American community back at home. I'm just glad I did myself proud here in China, in Survivor China."
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"Ultimately I think it comes down to two reasons why I got voted out. The first was what I understand there was a pretty tight four-person alliance that was determined to make it to final four. Once they made it to final five they wanted to stick with it. They wnated to stick with the people they had made an alliance with way back when. I can respect that, because that's what I would have liked to have seen happen with my alliance; ultimately it didn't work out that way. The other reason is that like I said, pretty much what I heard from everybody was nobody wanted to go against me in final three. They were also afraid I would win immunity again and that would guarantee me a spot in final three. They just couldn't risk that happening."
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"Wow, you know, I just gotta say I'm really proud of the way I played this game. This has been an amazing experience, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm glad I immersed myself in it fully. I put my whole self into this, heart, mind, body and soul, into this experience. It's evolved into something beyond what I thought it could. I'm glad I played to my utmost, I pushed myself physically as far as I could go, mentally, strategically. I'm really proud to say I played an honorable game. I honored the alliances I had, the people I made promises to. I didn't have to backstab people, I didn't have to lie to anybody, and I still made final five. I think there's something to be said for playing this game honorably. That's something that's going to make me proud in the future. I went far beyond what I thought I was capable of, which lets me know in the future my bar is this much higher now. I didn't know I had that in me. I had the least to eat of anybody here, and I managed to win some of the most intense challenges ever. I came so close today, but you know what, I'm still really proud of myself. What can I say. It sucks to have made it this far, live in a jungle, to try this hard and be voted out, but I made it to final five, and ultimately I'm glad I wasn't blindsided, I wasn't voted off by people I thought were my allies. I thought I got a pretty appropriate sending off where basically everybody told me they were threatened by me, which was great. Who would have told me I'd be immunity hog, winning two immunities when everybody else has won one? And the fact that everybody was scared to death of going against me in the final three. I'm not gonna be a millionaire, but I still feel like I'm walking away way richer than I was when I came into this game."
"I have to thank, I have a lot to thank for being Asian, being Chinese specifically, and going into Survivor China. I'll joke about getting strength from mother China, but ultimately it really did help me, to help me nail a bunch of the challenges where my knowledge of Chinese background, it helped me win these challenges. Moreso than that, I'm here representing the Asian community, whether I wanted to or not, I am. I'm so glad I was able to do them. I hope I was able to do justice, because like I said, I feel like I persevered, I overcame huge odds, I was a complete underdog, I managed to make final five, and I still did it pretty honorably, in my opinion. I hope I can be a good role model for the Asian American community back at home. I'm just glad I did myself proud here in China, in Survivor China."
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"Ultimately I think it comes down to two reasons why I got voted out. The first was what I understand there was a pretty tight four-person alliance that was determined to make it to final four. Once they made it to final five they wanted to stick with it. They wnated to stick with the people they had made an alliance with way back when. I can respect that, because that's what I would have liked to have seen happen with my alliance; ultimately it didn't work out that way. The other reason is that like I said, pretty much what I heard from everybody was nobody wanted to go against me in final three. They were also afraid I would win immunity again and that would guarantee me a spot in final three. They just couldn't risk that happening."
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"Wow, you know, I just gotta say I'm really proud of the way I played this game. This has been an amazing experience, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm glad I immersed myself in it fully. I put my whole self into this, heart, mind, body and soul, into this experience. It's evolved into something beyond what I thought it could. I'm glad I played to my utmost, I pushed myself physically as far as I could go, mentally, strategically. I'm really proud to say I played an honorable game. I honored the alliances I had, the people I made promises to. I didn't have to backstab people, I didn't have to lie to anybody, and I still made final five. I think there's something to be said for playing this game honorably. That's something that's going to make me proud in the future. I went far beyond what I thought I was capable of, which lets me know in the future my bar is this much higher now. I didn't know I had that in me. I had the least to eat of anybody here, and I managed to win some of the most intense challenges ever. I came so close today, but you know what, I'm still really proud of myself. What can I say. It sucks to have made it this far, live in a jungle, to try this hard and be voted out, but I made it to final five, and ultimately I'm glad I wasn't blindsided, I wasn't voted off by people I thought were my allies. I thought I got a pretty appropriate sending off where basically everybody told me they were threatened by me, which was great. Who would have told me I'd be immunity hog, winning two immunities when everybody else has won one? And the fact that everybody was scared to death of going against me in the final three. I'm not gonna be a millionaire, but I still feel like I'm walking away way richer than I was when I came into this game."
Tribal Council
With the Final Four on the line, the Survivors cast their votes at Tribal Council.
Todd ("PG" with an exclamation point and Go Vikings): Wanna know the best part about your name? It's that it's the same name as my hometown. Go Vikings! Peace out, Peege.
Denise (Peih-Gee): You're a strong competitor. You're kind of annoying. I do have respect for you. Good luck.
Courtney (Peih-Gee): I had a whole list of nice things to say about you, but you had to talk a whole lotta trash about me. (folds vote) Now you're just annoying.
Amanda ("PG"): Peih-Gee I totally respect you and this vote is only because I'm sticking with my alliance. I wish you the best of luck in everything.
Peih-Gee (Todd): This is purely in the hopes somebody else I talked to might have voted for you also. Just strategic so I could stay in the game longer. Not personal at all.
Peih-Gee, the Day After
"You know it's funny, because going into the game, I thought I was gonna be able to be a villain. Honestly, going in I really thought I was
going to go in and lie my ass off and backstab people. I thought I was going to be able to pick a stronger character to kind of hide behind. Then I thought I
was gonna pick out maybe a couple of other people who would kind of ride along behind us and form a little voting squad, battering ram through it. Didn't
quite (laughs) happen that way."
Todd ("PG" with an exclamation point and Go Vikings): Wanna know the best part about your name? It's that it's the same name as my hometown. Go Vikings! Peace out, Peege.
Denise (Peih-Gee): You're a strong competitor. You're kind of annoying. I do have respect for you. Good luck.
Courtney (Peih-Gee): I had a whole list of nice things to say about you, but you had to talk a whole lotta trash about me. (folds vote) Now you're just annoying.
Amanda ("PG"): Peih-Gee I totally respect you and this vote is only because I'm sticking with my alliance. I wish you the best of luck in everything.
Peih-Gee (Todd): This is purely in the hopes somebody else I talked to might have voted for you also. Just strategic so I could stay in the game longer. Not personal at all.
Peih-Gee, the Day After
Did Peih-Gee's pre-game strategy coincide with how she actually played? Find out as she discusses her experience the day after being voted out.
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"Going into this, I compared it to poker. It's OK to bluff, and lying is like bluffing, it's OK because it's a game, everyone knows it's a game. What you don't realize is it's a game that's continuous for 24/7. It's constant. You don't get out of it until you're done, and I was in it for 37 days. When you're playing poker with your friends, you can leave after a couple hours and say (pointing) ha ha, I got you good that time. You can't do that in this game. I realized I couldn't do that, I couldn't put up a facade for that long. I'm a loyal person. People I had made promises to, I made alliances with, my original Zhan Hu alliance I made at the very beginning, I couldn't ever find it in myself to vote against them. That's something I'm actually proud of. It may not have been the best way to play the game, may not have been the most strategic way, but ultimately I feel that looking back now, I'm proud I played the game as straightforward and as honorable as I did."
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"Looking back, I think for me one of the hardest parts was not losing hope when I felt like I was facing huge odds that were against me. In the beginning, pre-merge, looking across at the other tribe and seeing a James you have to face when I'm 5 foot 2 and a half, barely tipping the scales at 100 pounds, and these were very physical challenges. It's taking a look at that and not losing hope. Post-merge, going into it, realizing I was going to be going into a merge with fewer numbers, and thinking wow, these are huge odds are against me. Again, to not lose hope and force yourself to say there is a way, there is a path, you just have to think, you have to strategize, but it's possible to do it, I think for me was some of the hardest aspects of the game."
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"I think my saving grace was to take something that seemed negative and turn it into a positive for me. On the one hand, I was stressful, but I say, 'Hey, if you're going to be stressful, don't focus on the bad aspect of it, take it and use it to your advantage.'"
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"I've learned I'm a lot tougher than I thought I was. That's for damn sure. Coming out here a lot of my friends thought I'd be a big whiner, complainer, quit. I don't think I did any of that. I think I was able to look at everything on a very positive note. Despite having some lack of faith in myself, which I kind of regret having, I still managed to persevere and keep going. I think that's the biggest lesson I've learned. PG, you're tough and determined, and if you put your mind to it, you can go a really long way, way beyond my expiration date at certain points. It meant a lot to me to have the respect of the other contestants. A lot of them are smart, tough, crafty strategists and competitors, and a lot of them told me they take their hat off to me, and 'You're one tough little girl.' That's something that I'm able to take away from this game and put into my normal life back at home."
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"I think people at home will notice a difference. I have a lot more confidence in myself after this. Before I came on Survivor, I may have had a little bit of lack of initiative in my normal life. Coming onto this game, there's absolutely no one else you can depend on but yourself. If you want something to happen for you, you have to go out and make it happen. I kind of realized that immediately on the first day when we're about to die out in this crazy monsoon and guess what? You can't dial out for pizza, you can't go to a hotel. You've gotta make all this yourself and if a bunch of people are sitting around arguing about it and you want someplace to sleep, you might have to be the one who says, 'Look, we're gonna do it this way.' I think I'm gonna be able to take some of that and realize if there's anything that needs doing, I'm going to have to go out and do it my damn self."
Secret Scene: Peih-Gee
Todd and Courtney reveal why they have every intention of voting Peih-Gee out if they get the chance at Tribal Council.
(Amanda/Todd/Courtney/Peih-Gee are standing around the fire, eating food)
Peih-Gee: Like, why Denise? Come on you guys. I deserve to be here more than Denise. Like, seriously.
Todd: This is me being pretty much as honest as I can be with you right now. It's not who you are, it's who I think I could win against. I think I could lose big time against you. Does that make sense? It should be a huge ups to you.
Courtney (solo): We want Peih-Gee out because she's been such a strong competitor and she's a fighter and she's succeeding and we all have to admire it. The jury will admire it too and not one of those heinous bitches would stand a chance against her in the final three. So she would win, so she has to go.
Peih-Gee: Yeah, but I gotta give it a try, right?
Todd: That's what I said. Look at you. Damn, this girl is playing the game. You've done so great.
Peih-Gee (solo): It felt really good to have the admiration of these people around me for being a strong competitor. It really means a lot to me. At the same time, I'm going to look at it realistically. My chances are slim, but I'm still gonna keep trying.
