So, I'm watching this relatively new show at Discovery Travel and Living called The Block. It's an Australian challenge show, in that four couples are given an apartment each to renovate in 74 weeks with 44,000 AUD. It's a brilliant concept but even more brilliant are the couples.

Needless to say, I have a favorite couple and I'll give you three guesses as to who they remind me of.

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Who else but James and Anna? hehehe Well, okay so the guy, Adam, reminds me of James with his go-getter personality. He's serious, really intent on winning, a perfectionist, and it doesn't hurt that he's a hard body and his face is somewhat James-like. Fiona, meanwhile, first off has long straight hair. It's blonde and not as long as Anna's hair but you get the drift. She complements Adam's more aggressive personality traits in that she's a lot more easy-going than him, more approachable, but a serious contender as well.

Then there's Phil and Amity. It was just this episode that Amity actually reminded me strongly of Faye. Physically, uhm... slightly wavy hair even if it's blonde? Okay, so that's a bit of a reach but personality-wise, she's bossy. Like Faye. And she can order that big lug of a husband of hers with ease, even scolding him for touching the couches with dirty hands. And Phil is Russell-like in that he's a goof. Adorable and loveable, but a goof nonetheless. The scene when they're putting up the blinds was hilarious.

Paul and Kylie... hmm... David and Tin...? Have to be honest but I wasn't exactly paying attention to them since I was having too much of a laugh with Phil and Amity's antics ^__^;; But hey, I'll give it a go... Paul seems intent on having a harmonious relationship with his neighbours, but that doesn't mean he's a push-over. No siree, he's not, but if the point under discussion is deemed over, then it's over although he'll make sure that the other party knows that there're no hard feelings over it. Kylie, well, she's also easy-going and they seem to play with each other's strengths.

The other couple is Gavin and Warren... can't say much about them in relation to my exposition, but they do have really cool ideas for the apartment they're renovating in the show. I especially like the electronic roll-down room divider that they put in in place of the wall they knocked down. The big mirrors were a nice touch too, I think, since it kinda centers the rooms, and properly placed mirrors can enlarge the space.


Another topic that I would like to address is... how cool is this?! We've got an almost totally new computer -- bar the CD-rom and one hard drive -- and the keyboard is way cool! I can type with this all day... after I get used to it, of course, since I'm not that used yet to the sloping angle and it kinda siezes up my fingers sometimes.