Monday, April 16, 2007
Okay, this no-job status with nothing to do has really turned me into a TV freak. Now I'm hooked on this show called "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
I know you are thinking to yourself, 'How can Ch'ng Yi watch such a stupid show?". But the "Home Edition" is totally different from the one that shows people getting plastic surgeries and often of them crying in pain. Here I'll just let their website do their introduction.
"In a race against time on a project that would ordinarily take months to achieve, a team of designers, hundred's of workmen and even the neighbors, have just seven days to completely renovate an entire house - every single room, plus the exterior and landscaping for a deserving family nominated by friends and family.
Along with Ty Pennington, the other members of the design team that work their creative magic on the homes are Constance Ramos, Preston Sharp, Michael Maloney, Paul Dimeo, Tracy Hutson, Eduardo Xol, Ed Sanders, Paige Hemmis, Tanya McQueen, and Daniel Kucan.
To get the job done, they're going to have to cooperate with each other — a hard thing to do when they don't always even like each other. Tensions flare as tastes are disputed and the deadline approaches…can they get the job done?"
They literally knocked down the whole house (Sorry that I can't find any pictures of them knocking the house) and then rebuild it in a totally cool and modern way in seven or six days. They then furnish the whole house with new furnitures, each person's room is decorated in the exact way that each person would like. Can you believe that?
But what I love about the show is the hope and love that is awe-inspiring. The families who are featured are usually those who are strucked by tragedies and illneses and they are unable to move on. Their house which is a mess and a pathetic state are a reflection of their personal lives. The design teams come in and give them a brand new house, hoping that the family will start again with a new house and move on.
The episode that stuck me the most is the one where a family of eight kids have just lost their parents. The design team build a house that was not only impressive but is a great hope to the eight kids, hoping that as the eight kids remember their parents, they also will continue to create happy memories in the future.
I also love that the show shows how much love and hope can be created when people come together. Other than the design team, contractors from all over the town also come to help to break the house and then rebuild it. Neighbours also come to support those who are working on the house and also to even donate money when there is not enough. When the family comes back and they sees the house, everybody will be crying along with them (especially Paul). What a great, entertaining and hope-inspiring show!
Design Team
Ty Pennington -Design team leader/carpenter
Paige Hemmis -Designer (Carpentry/Nuts & Bolts)
Paul DiMeo -Designer (Carpenter/Attitude)
Ed Sanders -Designer (Construction)
Eduardo Xol -Designer (Landscape)
Michael Moloney -Designer (Interiors/Glamour)
Preston Sharp -Designer (Exteriors/Big Ideas)
Tanya McQueen -Designer
Tracy Hutson -Designer (Shopping/Style)
John Littlefield -Designer (Handyman/Carpenter)
Credits to www.tv.com and http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/ for the pictures and information.
P.S: Any chance they will be popping by in Singapore?
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