Sunday, July 09, 2006

Just watched 'Worlds Apart' on AXN! Hey it sure is nice! I think it is better than Simple Life *ahem at Peishan* Hahahas.

This reality tv show send people to interesting places in order to let them experience a totally different kind of life. In this episode that I watch, the show sent this connecticut family of 5 all the way to Panama jungle! I don't know where excatly is Panama but I think the survivor series did one season there. Super fun can!

The jungle place was really a far cry from their beautiful town in connecticut. In connecticut the mom drives around in a nice car but when they came to Panama they had to row a boat around. The place where they slept is like very small and there is no mat or whatsoever to sleep on. They just have to sleep on the hard floor with a few pillows. The mom and the 2 daughters were like complaining non-stop when they heard that.

They also had tattoos done because all the villagers have tattoos on them. They say it is a form of identification and it help keeps bugs away. The family gamely let the villagers tattoo them. Everything look so fun and muddy. The family then became more open to their culture though it is so different from their city life. Although the girls still whine here and there, I can see them having lots of fun.

They brought the father to hunting. It was all so primitive. Really no form of technology at all, which makes everything seems so unique and special. They got a bit lost but still came back with the targeted prey(which is some sort of weird animal). The females were like doing household chores. Cooking, washing clothes and looking after the kids. The fourteen years old daughter was like whining non-stop about everything.

Then one of the villager's kid fell real sick. They planned to go to the nearest hospital which is mind you, a good two hours boat ride away! The boat no motor one hor, they got to row with oak and all that. So when they preparing to go, all the kids were like crying, the mother also cried. She was very anxious because many kids don't survive a bad illness. Then Lisa(the connecticut mother) became visibly worried for the kids and everything. She was trying her best to pacify everyone, telling them it is going to be alright.

The youngest children of the connecticut family is this boy called... I forgot the name but nevermind we shall call him ben because I think ben is a nice name. Okay Ben was being very enthu all the time during the trip. So the villagers brought him to this man who became his hero later on. This man does all the chopping in the village, he was like so strong and muscular. He has with him some sort of barang knife and he taught Ben how to chop a coconut! Ben really enjoyed himself.

So the family stayed there for 10 days. And when it was time for them to leave, things got a bit teary. The dad really like the place and he said something about wanting to stay there forever. Life is simple but life is certainly enjoyable there. Ben and the barang knife man said goodbye and both of them cried! SO SAD RIGHT! Lisa also cried while saying goodbyes to the mothers in the village. I think the connecticut family is so going to miss this Panama village.

After the show they showed footage of the girls plus their mom rolling in the mud catching crabs! I was so impressed. I remember one of the girls saying at the start of the show that she aint a mud kind of person. But to see her participate actively in catching the crabs taught me that if you never try, you will never know! I am certain that she will remember this experience for a lifetime.

So i was just thinking to myself.. I don't think I will mind such an experience! Though I told lp that I most prob wouldn't survive.. I don't mind trying okay. It really seems like an eye-opener. Hahaha. Peishan, you should watch Worlds Apart! Not simple life okay!

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