My Addiction : How it started...

My winning entry for a $50,000 home makeover contest. The words translated means, 'Thank you, deco with Eric, crew and sponsors...'

These are the beautiful faces that started me on a quest as a serial contest participant.
The first picture is Eric Leong (celebrity home makeover artist), Vimala Wilkinson (TV Producer) and Madam Ng (Representative of the sponsors)

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I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. I am good in only a few things and writing is NOT one of them. I get frustrated when most of the competition organised involves slogan writing. I always wish they have drawing contest with huge prizes.

The Home Makeover Contest

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There was this one huge house makeover competition held by a local television station. It was hosted by Eric Leong, a celebrity home makeover artist. Like most of the participants I got to know of the makeover from an advertisement and we are required to audition for it in One Utama, Damansara in Kuala Lumpur. There was only 10 spots. The people queuing up for the 10 spots are in the hundreds. Mathematically, I don’t stand a chance.

I stayed positive. I told myself, I rather die trying than not trying. I queued for an hour and then the announcement came. They are adjourning the audition to the next day because there are simply too many participants. We were told to go home and there was an additional task given to us, we have to write 100 words why we deserve the makeover.

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Eureka! An idea crossed my mind. I am not going to write, I am going to draw! I drew a messy house that is so deserving of a makeover and it caught the attention of the host. The rest, as they said, is HISTORY!