The Cheesiest blog I’ll ever post

AMBUSH MAKEOVER, a 30-minute show on ETC that covers hasty makeovers done on the streets of US, is a guilty pleasure I am not ashamed of confessing. Sounds dingdong but just the 5hour transformation process from one look to a much different and, well, better look is genius in a Paris Hilton level but nonetheless, can lighten up a crowded brain somehow. The results of the makeover are mostly jaw-dropping although I keep thinking if they can manage to maintain their new look on the next day or so. It’s as good as the one-day millionaire thing but at least they get to feel great and proud of themselves even for just a day. And I’m tellin ya, they sure pick campy, nerdy creatures with looks screaming for a makeover.

               And this morning, as part of my daily routine, I found my sleepy ass again sprawled in front of the TV to catch the show but this time it was less trifling, rather moving episode. Well, for me, that is. I don’t know if it has something to do with my hormones, PMS, mood swing or this existential drama that gnaws at my emotional pit from time to time.

                 A timid mother and wife who’s all beaten up from household chores and some domestic duties was given a chance to have a break for one day, go through a free makeover and was set up for an intimate family night out. Of course she was ecstatic because not only can they not afford such fancy grooming and dinner but time is also eating away at them. So, while being groomed, the woman was asked by the host about her life, family and relationship with the husband. Her glassy eyes glistened on the camera as she narrated that her husband is the only best friend she got, no matter how poor they are at least they struggle together. She said, she felt like she has been neglecting herself to be pampered and a free makeover is what she really needed. In the meantime, the simple husband who looks almost 60 with his pubescent daughters were to wait for the big surprise (their mom’s new look) inside the fancy restaurant. There they were interviewed about how they feel with their mom ambushed on the street and how they want the makeover to turn out. Now, being an avid watcher of the show, I have heard a few rednecks asked with the same question and their typical cocky answers would be, “ I wish she’d look hot as a model” or “I wish they’d get rid of her grassy, gray hair and turn it blonde” or worse, “I wish they can make her look younger.”

                     But this husband is a humble husband born under a no-chauvinist specie. With a sweet, genuine smile and a shaky soft-spoken voice, he only said, “I just wish she’ll be comfortable with her new look.” Wow. Call me softy but I almost melted on our sofa. Five hours later, her delighted well-groomed wifey entered the restaurant twirling proudly on her new Monroe dress, new hairdo and sophisticated make up, giggling like a high school flirt. The husband stared at her like he just saw her for the first time in his life, all smitten and love struck. He did not whistle nor hoot but embraced her best friend of a wifey oh so tightly instead. And he did not give the two-thumbs up or the drooling, perverted face on the camera but he just meekly mumbled, “she looks great coz she’s happy and that’s the most important thing.” No bull. No shit. No fake. He takes her as what she is which, is what, us, girls need!!! So just like that, the 50-plus guy swept my heart away. What more of the wifey?

              Men like this are rare, if you happen to know one, go grab him on his crotch and never let go…

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