Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Voca People - Acapella & Beat Box Performance

Really interesting video here.

This group is known as the Voca People, and they do theater-style vocal performances without any musical instruments whatsoever.



Combining traditional acapella with modern beat boxing, the group performs a medley of well-known songs ranging from familiar oldies to recent pop songs.

Fun to watch, interesting to listen to :)

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hilarious! Lifeguard Pees in Swimming Pool!

I remember seeing this many many years ago, and now when I see it again, I still can't help but burst out laughing!



During what seems like an enjoyable sunny day in a swimming pool, the life guard on duty suddenly uses a loud hailer to ask everyone in the water to exit the pool, because he needs to go on a toilet break.

As weird as the request may seem, slowly but surely, the pool users exit the pool.

Then the silliest things happen; the lifeguard then steps into the pool till waist deep, and supposedly relieves himself right into the pool!

The rest of the pool users just watch in stunned amazement, not knowing whether to laugh or cry!

Wahaha....good one!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Michael Jackson's First Ever Solo On Stage Performance Live In Motown

Michael, thank you for the joy you've brought to my life.

You'll always be my king.

Jordan Jovtchev 2004 Athens Olympics Gymnastics Rings Routine

Jordan Jovtchev is indeed the proverbial "Lord of the Rings".

Well known for his immense strength and mind boggling routine in rings, Jordan wows us again during the 2004 Athens Olympics.



Can't help shaking my head every time he presses up to a swallow, or comes down to a cross.

Unbelievably strong, unfathomable excellence.

Alexei Nemov 2004 Athens Olympics High Bar Routine

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.

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!

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.