That was a lesson I learnt from Tim (one of his favorite sayings, and one of the many things he taught me), and I'm not lying when I say that it's helped me a lot so far.


Looking back at the time before I came in to Nuffnang, I realize that I've grown a lot not only as a so-called 'working professional'--I've also grown as a person. I'll take the lessons I've learnt and continue to improve and grow as I make my way in the world.

But first I have to say thank you.


Thank you Nuffnang, for so many wonderful experiences.

However, I persisted. Six episodes in, and I'm still not particularly impressed.

The thing that kept me watching the first season was, drama aside, the fact that each of the girls were interesting in their own way. I could pick all of them out just by looking at them, and there were some faces that truly stood out from the crowd. Even now, I can still recognize Jay if I see her walking down the street.

Gorgeous, nein? She's not conventionally pretty, but she is strikingly attractive. Nice personality, too.

Season two, however, seems to feature twelve girls who just aren't all that interesting. They're all pretty, but none of them actually stand out very much.

To me, all of them seem to have the same sort of look, with the exception of Ming. I love her -- She's been my favorite ever since I clapped eyes on this photo. Flawless skin? Check. Non-conventional facial structure? Check. I would kill for this girl's cheekbones--she looks almost ethreal that photo of her. Very elven princess. :)


As for their on-screen presence.........well.

The thing about being a reality star is that you need to have a strong, driven and unique personality. Reality TV stars shouldn't care what anyone thinks about them, because they have a goal in mind and they're going to go all out for their 15 minutes of fame irregardless of what their on-screen actions do for their reputation. They're vibrant, charismatic, and overall feirce bitches.


To the absolute contrary, most of these Dreamgirls are reserved and quiet and just a little bit kekok because they're trying so hard not to do anything offensive in front of the camera. In the end, the on-screen "drama" appears lame and forced, because it's just overly scripted. Asking the girls who they want to see voted off, just to spark OMG RIVALRY AND BACKSTABBING between them? Just...no.

If there ever was to be a successful Malaysian reality show, I can't help but feel that it needs to include far more interesting people (people with actual personalities, perhaps?), and better planning. A tv show of any kind should know EXACTLY what it is, before proceeding. The way it is now, MDG seems caught between a legitimate, professional modelling search and a flighty SMS popularity contest.

With that said, Malaysian TV producers should also probably search for better, more unique ideas instead of just ripping off American programmes *cough, america's next top model cough* to peddle on the internet.

Just a thought.

As it is, what we have right now is a bunch of girls rolling their eyes at the camera, speaking very slowly in barely-passable english.

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Then again, I actually watched all 6 episodes just to see how badly their English declined as time passed, so maybe I did have that whole 'horrified fascination' thing going on, albeit for all the wrong reasons.




Okay, I don't mean to sound overly critical (I can say nice things once in a while, too!) so let's move on to some of my favorite (and not so favorite) glamor pictures from the show so far.


The Best: I like this picture. Farah has a lovely jawline, and I love how dark and luscious that hair looks. It's such a waste that they cut all of it off--it was such an asset to begin with. :(



I looooove this picture of Ming! love it! She looks fragile and waiflike and I absolutely want to build a house around her so the wind won't blow her away. Or weigh her down with a paperweight, maybe. Love the eyebrows (great eyebrows!), the porcelain skintone and what she did with her hands. Classy, leh.

I wish she'd done this well in her other photoshoots, to be honest. More on that later.

I think Lyana looks like a datin in this one, or maybe a doll. She has a very, very sweet face and I like what the curly makeover hair does for her. Her arm looks a bit awkward, though.

This is my favorite picture on Dreamgirl so far. I honestly can't find anything wrong with it--Pinky looks sweet and totally gorgeous in this, and her hair really compliments the line of her jaw. So pretty and elegant.

The not so best:


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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

...no, seriously. What is that! How could that thing even make it to the final cut? How did it get past the photoshoppers? I'm sorry, Maya but you really look like a drag queen, and it is NOT A complementary look for you. I honestly can't tell what's the worst part of this picture--whether it's the dress or the scary, rolling sideways-view eyes or the fact that her tongue is sticking out a bit over her lip in that way.

actually, I was going through my macros folder I think i know what she resembles most now:


DO YOU SEE IT?

...... Maya, it's really not your fault. We can blame the photographers together, ok?

EDIT: Not really liking how wrinkly Sasya's neck looks. It can't be helped, but it draws the eye toward it (or is it just me?) I thought I really liked this photo at first, because itexudes far more character than the other girls' glassy smiles and lippy pouts. In retrospect, however, she just looks like she smelled something really bad and is glaring accusingly at the photographer for having malodorous BO.

I still think Ming is beautiful, and to be honest I don't blame any of the girls for having bad photographs. They're all really attractive, it's just that the people who handle the photographs (from the photographers to the photoshop people) need to be hung up and shot.

ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PHOTO.

WTF did they do to her teeth!

Only one thing to say about this:


I can only guess that since Ming wears braces, they must have crazily tried to photoshop them out, but they didn't do that to Hanis last year so what could Ming possibly have done to deserve this horrible travesty!

Not only do her teeth look like tombstones, the left hand corner of her lip looks scarily thin and gnarled from being airbrushed too much.

Do not want.

I'm still going to continue watching this show, if only to find out if it gets better later on. Sometimes, though...the apathetic part of me can't help but think:

... But really, I just wanted to post a Watchmen macro.