Alexei Nemov has got to be one of the prodigies / geniuses of the gymnastics arena.
In this highly controversial high bar finals during the 2004 Athens Olympics, Alexei Nemov does a superb routine that not only the commentators know is incredible, but the roar of the crowd signals a guaranteed nod of approval.
But somehow, the judges ranked him a meagre 3rd, and the crowd shows no hesitation to let the judges know that they disapprove.
Nemov should have won the gold medal, despite the 1 foot misplacement during the landing.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Lessons from the Karate Kid's Mr. Miyagi
This is one of the classic movies in the 1980s - The Karate Kid.
In this movie, Mr. Miyagi asks his disciple, Daniel, to do household chores all day, like sanding the floor, painting the fence, waxing on and off etc.
This goes on for several days, and Daniel finally can't take it anymore, and begins whining and complaining, wondering why he's only asked to do these seemingly meaningless tasks.
Mr. Miyagi then asks him to show him all these movements one at a time, and then begins throwing punches at Daniel!
Surprisingly, Daniel automatically blocks all these attacks, without even thinking twice, using the exact same movements that he has been doing for the household chores.
This goes to show that the basics while most boring, are the most important!
In this movie, Mr. Miyagi asks his disciple, Daniel, to do household chores all day, like sanding the floor, painting the fence, waxing on and off etc.
This goes on for several days, and Daniel finally can't take it anymore, and begins whining and complaining, wondering why he's only asked to do these seemingly meaningless tasks.
Mr. Miyagi then asks him to show him all these movements one at a time, and then begins throwing punches at Daniel!
Surprisingly, Daniel automatically blocks all these attacks, without even thinking twice, using the exact same movements that he has been doing for the household chores.
This goes to show that the basics while most boring, are the most important!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Beyond Words - Tropfest Australia Finalist
This video is awesome! It's a short film that got into the finalists category in the recent Tropfest Australia.
It shows this young lady, who's deaf, getting ready to attend her yoga class.
As she enters the class, she notices that a suspicious character, also in the class, keeps looking in her direction.
At the end of the class, she's slightly relieved to find out that this person is actually blind.
In different, she left and made her way to her car.
Out of nowhere, a stranger grabs her from behind, demanding for the keys to her car.
Being deaf, she couldn't hear what he was saying.
Little did she know, the blind man from earlier actually walked up, and managed to scare the assailant off.
I love how the videography works, how they swap between silent video, and a black screen with audio, to show the contrast between the worlds of the blind and the deaf.
Not that it's a really exciting or scary show, just that the message is simple yet with a twist. Great stuff.
It shows this young lady, who's deaf, getting ready to attend her yoga class.
As she enters the class, she notices that a suspicious character, also in the class, keeps looking in her direction.
At the end of the class, she's slightly relieved to find out that this person is actually blind.
In different, she left and made her way to her car.
Out of nowhere, a stranger grabs her from behind, demanding for the keys to her car.
Being deaf, she couldn't hear what he was saying.
Little did she know, the blind man from earlier actually walked up, and managed to scare the assailant off.
I love how the videography works, how they swap between silent video, and a black screen with audio, to show the contrast between the worlds of the blind and the deaf.
Not that it's a really exciting or scary show, just that the message is simple yet with a twist. Great stuff.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
What is that? Τι είναι αυτό Greek Video - Father & Son
This is a great video that reminds us of the unconditional love that most parents have for their own offspring, and how children can sometimes take their parents for granted
The father in this scene, is sitting with his son, probably at some park or garden.
Then every few seconds, as a swallow flys by, the father will ask his son "What is that?"
The initial couple of times, the son answers the father, telling him that it's a swallow.
Despite this, the father still asks the same question, seemingly very forgetful.
Very quickly, the son gets annoyed, and ultimately bursts in anger and screams at his father.
At this point, the father went into their home and came back with his diary, to which he flips to a page, and asks his son to read.
So the son reads out aloud, only to realize that it was an entry back when he himself was a little child where there was a particular occasion when he asked his father a total of no less than 21 times "What is that?" each time a swallow flew past. And after patiently giving the same answer each time, the father would hug his son and be so grateful and loving.
This sent a loud and clear message to the son that his father loves him very much, and only wishes for the same.
The father in this scene, is sitting with his son, probably at some park or garden.
Then every few seconds, as a swallow flys by, the father will ask his son "What is that?"
The initial couple of times, the son answers the father, telling him that it's a swallow.
Despite this, the father still asks the same question, seemingly very forgetful.
Very quickly, the son gets annoyed, and ultimately bursts in anger and screams at his father.
At this point, the father went into their home and came back with his diary, to which he flips to a page, and asks his son to read.
So the son reads out aloud, only to realize that it was an entry back when he himself was a little child where there was a particular occasion when he asked his father a total of no less than 21 times "What is that?" each time a swallow flew past. And after patiently giving the same answer each time, the father would hug his son and be so grateful and loving.
This sent a loud and clear message to the son that his father loves him very much, and only wishes for the same.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)
Trust the creative minds to come up with something so awesome!
Who'd have thought a song from donkey years ago could be the center of attention in this Central Station in Belgium?
It seemed like any other day at this busy station, and out of nowhere, the "Sound of Music" started playing.
A couple of supposed passers-by started to dance along with the song...too good to be un-rehearsed.
But every time you thought that's all the people involved, someone amongst the crowd joins them.
This keeps going on as the song gets deeper into its length, and before you know it, over 200 dancers are in the entire performance!
And just when I thought the song was over, it morphed into an upbeat, remix version of the original song, and the crew continued!
The rest of the bystanders were watching happily, excited faces gathered around to watch this highly innovative and entertaining spectacle.
Needless to say, the dance ended with an enormous round of applause.
This kinda stuff makes life fun :)
Who'd have thought a song from donkey years ago could be the center of attention in this Central Station in Belgium?
It seemed like any other day at this busy station, and out of nowhere, the "Sound of Music" started playing.
A couple of supposed passers-by started to dance along with the song...too good to be un-rehearsed.
But every time you thought that's all the people involved, someone amongst the crowd joins them.
This keeps going on as the song gets deeper into its length, and before you know it, over 200 dancers are in the entire performance!
And just when I thought the song was over, it morphed into an upbeat, remix version of the original song, and the crew continued!
The rest of the bystanders were watching happily, excited faces gathered around to watch this highly innovative and entertaining spectacle.
Needless to say, the dance ended with an enormous round of applause.
This kinda stuff makes life fun :)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Hilarious Heineken Commercial TV Ad
When I first saw this Heineken Ad on TV, I thought it was really corny, genius, smart, hilarious!
The best thing about this commercial is how they use GUYS to behave like GALS when they get all excited about something.
Ok, so it's a little stereo-typical, but you have to admit it's so funny; how ladies always squeal at the top of their voices, jump / hop up and down and wave their hands frantically in the air when they're over-zealous.
So in this television ad about the popular beer, Heineken, a couple are having some kind of party or housewarming at their place, and the scene shows the lady owner (wife or girlfriend I presume) showing her girlfriends around the place, before finally surprising them with her brand new spankingly huge walk in closet.
Needless to say, her bffs are hysterical and simply can't believe their eyes.
Amidst their girlie screams, someone in the background, they can hear more screams coming from another room in the house. With a puzzled look on their collective faces, they all wonder what could be more exciting then a huge walk in closet chock full of designer clothing, branded shoes and accessories.
Lo and behold, the next scene shows the husband, together with his guys friends all squealing with excitement in what seems to be another walk-in closet. Only this time round, instead of clothes and footwear, it's stacked up with....bottles and bottles of Heineken Beer!
Good one!
The best thing about this commercial is how they use GUYS to behave like GALS when they get all excited about something.
Ok, so it's a little stereo-typical, but you have to admit it's so funny; how ladies always squeal at the top of their voices, jump / hop up and down and wave their hands frantically in the air when they're over-zealous.
So in this television ad about the popular beer, Heineken, a couple are having some kind of party or housewarming at their place, and the scene shows the lady owner (wife or girlfriend I presume) showing her girlfriends around the place, before finally surprising them with her brand new spankingly huge walk in closet.
Needless to say, her bffs are hysterical and simply can't believe their eyes.
Amidst their girlie screams, someone in the background, they can hear more screams coming from another room in the house. With a puzzled look on their collective faces, they all wonder what could be more exciting then a huge walk in closet chock full of designer clothing, branded shoes and accessories.
Lo and behold, the next scene shows the husband, together with his guys friends all squealing with excitement in what seems to be another walk-in closet. Only this time round, instead of clothes and footwear, it's stacked up with....bottles and bottles of Heineken Beer!
Good one!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Saving GAIA before the End of The World
This is an eye-opening talk by Shai Agassi of "Better Place".
He shares this urgent message about what we, the world, must do asap if we want to slow down the destruction of Mother Earth.
He shows how this might be done partially by changing motor cars for electric ones.
It's startling to know how quickly the earth's crude oil supply is being depleted, and how the actions we take as a whole are really self-destructing.
Not taking into account China, India and Russia, we are producing motor cars by the MILLIONS every single year, blindly adding to the already severe CO2 or carbon dioxide emission problem.
If there is no fundamental change, no paradigm shift in how we treat this planet, extinction can only draw ever closer by the second.
That's why "Better Place" is approaching car companies and even countries to adopt electric cars on a massive scale, at a nation-wide level.
I believe that despite present supposed limitations that make this change seemingly inconvenient, we don't have any more time to waste.
Let's do our part to save the world.
He shares this urgent message about what we, the world, must do asap if we want to slow down the destruction of Mother Earth.
He shows how this might be done partially by changing motor cars for electric ones.
It's startling to know how quickly the earth's crude oil supply is being depleted, and how the actions we take as a whole are really self-destructing.
Not taking into account China, India and Russia, we are producing motor cars by the MILLIONS every single year, blindly adding to the already severe CO2 or carbon dioxide emission problem.
If there is no fundamental change, no paradigm shift in how we treat this planet, extinction can only draw ever closer by the second.
That's why "Better Place" is approaching car companies and even countries to adopt electric cars on a massive scale, at a nation-wide level.
I believe that despite present supposed limitations that make this change seemingly inconvenient, we don't have any more time to waste.
Let's do our part to save the world.
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