Just had the sudden urge to load up dance videos and cry a river to them. Here's some of the really really good ones that made me bawl like a baby.
1. Melissa and Ade - A Woman's Work (Maxwell)
In this beautiful piece, it talks about a woman's struggle with breast cancer, and how a friend enters her life and shows her the glimmer of hope and support that she needs to fight it.
2. Jessica and Will - Silence (Unfaithful)
This dance portrayed the beauty in Human Nature. The stunning piece reminds one of the Garden of Eden, and the love shared between Adam and Eve.
3. Lacey and Neil - Time (Billy Porter)
A personal piece by Mia, of reunion in Heaven for a father and daughter.
4.Robert and Allison - Fix You (Coldplay)
This piece is actually a personal one to Travis Wall, of his mother's recovery after a major operation.
5. Ivan and Allison - Sexy Love (Ne-yo)
Mad love for Allison. And the chemistry in this is just so good!
6. Chelsie and Mark - Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis)
Another lovely piece. Mark is one of Lady GaGa's dancers now, just so you know :)
On the last day of Famine Camp 2011, special guests and performers were invited to celebrate the end of the 30 hours fast. One of the guests invited to perform was Jill-Marie Thomas. She is actually the winner of One Moment of Glory. To be really honest, I was pretty skeptical about how good she was because I was not really a fan of local talent.
However, the moment she started singing on stage, I instantaneously fell in love with her voice! And it takes mad props for someone to be able to pull off a cover of WonderGirl's "Nobody" so well that she got to advance in the competition (she joined the competition as a challenger and managed to knock them out with her unique renditions).
She is definitely one local talent that I would not mind supporting. Check out her awesome medley cover of Pokerface/ I kissed a girl below. MAD LOVE FOR THIS LADY!
Back in those days, advertising of products were either passed by 'word of mouth' or published in the newspapers. Brochures and pamphlets were also given out just for advertisement sake. However, many of us lead busy lives these days and we rarely get to move around, other than the routine of traveling to and fro from home to school/work. Brochures and pamphlets were often discarded as we found it ridiculous to be receiving pamphlets that had little or nothing to do with us. We do read the newspapers from time to time, but we seldom flip to the advertisements. Instead we only read to check on the latest cases, gossips, and TOTO results.
With modern technology, people these days need not worry about not having a franchise of their own company. This is because they can simply open up their own blogshops and 'blog hop' around, tagging people or rather, advertising about their blogshops. Needless to say, more and more people use the television and radio to advertise their products as well.
Sometimes it is these advertisements that make us peeved as it cuts down on the 'amount' of the drama series that we get to watch. I remember back then, my brothers and I would always complain that "a 30 minutes show got 3 minutes advertisement after the theme song starts. Then in between got 3-4 advertisment. Like that only watch 10 minutes of show loh". As much as I hate to admit, I still do complain about the advertisements every now and then.
Over time, I got to realize that the advertisements actually had some plus points too. Even though they took up time from our television programmes, we actually get to see of the new products in the market, new television programmes coming soon and even new shops in town. All of this without having to leave our home, so why complain? Well, Singaporeans as we are, nothing is satisfying enough to us.
Complain all you want, but have you ever stop to think of how much creativity the advertisers have just so that they can catch our attention to watch the advertisement for that few seconds without complaining and switching channels?
Have your songs stopped and pause all other softwares as this post will be making your computer very laggy. Enough talk, on to the videos!
Cheers Commercial Thailand
Janice and Gina had a hard time describing the videos, but I still found it hilarious as they went to every detail (while we were in the train) just so that I understood. I immediately checked the video out upon reaching home and believe it or not, it was exactly the same as how they described. Really hilarious video (3 in 1) where the people exaggerate by celebrating 'every little thing in life' with Cheers.
Another hilarious advertisement from Thailand, promoting the benefits of exercise.
Yet another awesome thailand advertisement!
I caught this advertisement when I was on a trip in Malaysia. It's a Thailand advertisement again, but look at the creativity of having a story of a lizard commiting suicide for the sake of his other half that had fallen through a crack in the ceiling.
Another Thai commercial that Gina described to me.
And another Thai commercial
Yet another commercial where Gina showed and described.
Before you want to do anything embarressing, just make sure no one's watching.
And the last commercial is a really touching one. Just watch:
Ever since I was a baby, I was exposed to music and arts. My mum was a fan of the Oldies and so, the kitchen's radio was always playing Oldies that ranged from Elvis Presley to Rod Stewart, from Johnny Cash to Pat Boone.
Despite the early exposure to music, I never really tried singing (not even karaoke). I don't know if it's the fear, or simply disliking my voice.
However, my brothers and I did pick up a few instruments here and there. The love for music has and will always be in us. And singers, till this very day, never fail to amaze me. The beautiful voice that changes words into harmonious melody.
And today, I will be sharing a few new videos that simply takes my breath away.
The first one is done by PS 22 Chorus. I know I've shown this before, but it's just so awesome.
The next one is a must see, especially if you think that Acapella is awesome. This group of boys perform at graduation ceremonies. Click Here to see one of their performances where they add their own unique styles to the song.
You can click on "Green Day - Basket Case" to see how they transform from one song to the other.
Other than singers, beat boxers are on my top charts in the music industry. Check this guy out as he beat boxes like a pro! My lips go numb even by simply watching him go like that!
All the sound effects (above video) are from him.
I just feel like adding this one because I like his facial expressions as he beat box.
Listen to the speed of his beat boxing!
Yuri Lane is the first to introduce beat boxing while playing the Harmonica.
This guy's pretty cool too. He uses the recording machine to aid him in his song, just like how KT Tunstall does it. The tune is pretty similar to that of Yuri Lane.
See how this guy brings beat boxing to a whole new level when he does it while playing the flute! Though not as great as Yuri Lane, but still talented!
I actually have a Didgeridoo at home (one of my dad's impulse shopping). After watching this video, I think I shall try to learn it soon!
And lastly, my favourite video of the lot. My brother thinks they're creepy but I really like how they do it. Acapella is simply mind blowing. And I am in love with the first song that they did. It gives you the 'creepy old church with creaky doors and parquet floors, and an organ placed in the center of the church ' type of feeling.
But all the other songs are good too! Hilarious as well!
Apparently this kid's mum told him off, or rather hurt him so badly that anger bottled up in him had to be unleashed. And it seemed almost as though he got possessed by an alien, an ape, Godzilla. Who knows?
He even managed to strip to his boxers under the covers, while being on a rampage at the same time. I have no idea why he resorted to using the remote control and the boot though.
Amazingly violent.
Now someone go get him an exorcist.
Way scarier tha Chuckie, don't you think?
I found another video, but this time, the kid got possessed by his GameBoy.
Just watch:
The poor (or rather lucky) kid soon had his own circle of fans. And one of them even made a remix of him!
Excited at seeing these videos, I then went into a frenzy where I began clicking all the related videos into new tabs. And look at what I found!
For those who don't know who Annelise Michel is:
Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a German Catholic woman who was said to be possessed by demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Two motion pictures, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requim, are loosely based on Michel's story. (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel)
An Exorcism that happened in Philippine. There isn't much going on though, but this was actually taken from one of the shows on the National Geographic Channel.
Another one from the National Geographic Channel. However, it is set in India instead.