Kapag Ang Palay Naging Bigas...

The housemates must go back to the basics in the "barrio" inside the house. For their weekly task for week seven, the housemates must master the skill of "pagbabayo" or rice pounding. They have to finish several sacks of freshly harvested rice in a week, or else they lose 100% of their budget for the next week.

All the materials like sacks of rice, big mortars and pestles, and several bilao, were delievered in the storage room. Costumes like camisa chino and filipiniana were provided for the housemates to wear while doing the task. An instructional video was also shown to the housemates, especially to those clueless of this native skill, for them to learn the step by step process of the task. To finally complete the "probinsya" ambiance inside the house, Big Brother played some traditional Filipino music.

The housemates were grouped into three, each group to take turns in "pagbabayo." Bea and Nel showed some familiarity with this provincial house chore. Bea took care of flipping the pounded rice with the bilao, and she seemed to be very good at it. The other girls however, like GeeAnn and Wendy, found the bilao skill quite a challenging one.

Big Brother thought of this task to help out our needy Kapamilyas. The sacks of rice that the housemates will successfully process will be given for charity. Once again, in their own little way, the housemates will be able to help while inside the house. But will they please Kuya in this seveth weekly task, or will our housemates get some pounding this weekend? Keep it here on Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 for more of this tedious but exciting challenge.