Diversity is the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2009! Personally thought that it was a brilliant performance from them, though i’ve seen some parts of their performance on other Youtube videos before.
For the record, Susan Boyle finished 2nd, and Saxophone performer Julian Smith finished 3rd. The rest of the finalists (in no particular order) are:
Stavros Flatley (Greek dance/ entertainers)
Two Grand (Grandfather and granddaughter singers)
Flawless (Dance group)
Shaheen Jafargholi (Singer)
Hollie Steel (Singer)
Shaun Smith (Singer)
Aidan Davis (Dancer)
The Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finals is now underway. Yesterday was the 3rd Semi Final, and it’ll continue to run daily (except today because of the European Champions League Final) until the 5th Semi Final. After that, the 10 finalists made up of 2 winners from each semi will compete in the final and the prize of $100,000 GBP and the opportunity to perform in front of the royal family.
Till now, there’s been no really major upsets. The more impressive performers from the auditions have all made it through to the finals, except for last night’s winner. Amazingly, Stavros Flatley qualified for the final as the outright winner of the 3rd Semi Final (By the way, public votes will determine the winner who qualifies immediately. One of the second and third place performers will then be picked by the judges to qualify for the final).
Having said that, though i was surprised that Stavros Flatley won their Semi Final, i actually felt that their act was pretty amusing and brings out the best of kinship (Maybe that’s why they won).
Here’s the video of their act: (Apologies for the slightly poor quality. All the good ones on Youtube had embedding disabled. So to watch more videos of Britain’s Got Talent acts, simply visit Youtube)
And for those of you who are interested, the other finalists so far are:
Semi Final 1 – Susan Boyle (Winner), Diversity (Judges’ choice)
Semi Final 2 – Flawless (Winner), Shaun Smith (Judges’ choice)
I was at the train station yesterday and i saw this very interesting campaign that is on going now. For those of you who are familiar with Phua Chu Kang (for my foreign friends, PCK is a pretty popular figure from a sitcom that used to air on TV some years back), he can now be seen on buses and trains urging us to be considerate when using public transport.
Here’s an example of the campaign, a poster that can be seen on train platform doors:
So hopefully, with this message pasted on the platform doors, it’ll remind those anxious and excited train passengers to let people alight first before they rush in. Will it work? Your guess is as good as mine.
I made an amazing discovery a few days back (okie well, maybe not THAT amazing =p).. my blog is actually a pretty decent tool to help promoters sell phones!
There i was, lying on bed and using my N97 test set (The internet is filled with news about it so i take it as a sign that i can name the model too). I was checking out Formula 1 and soccer sites, when i suddenly wondered how my blog would look on the phone screen.
To my pleasant surprise, it looked perfectly good =) And the best part is, i’m able to view the youtube videos that i posted without any lag or problems. The pictures i posted looked good too. In addition, subscribing for my RSS feed was a breeze.. just click on the RSS icon somewhere near the top and you’re subscribed!
Imagine showing customers this blog (or their own for that matter), then showing them how the videos and pictures look, and how easy it is to subscribe to RSS. That is natural story telling at its best!
So there, this will now become my “Demo Post”. I’m gonna show this post everytime i do a demonstration in training =p
Went to a neighbourhood school to conduct a training on Travel and Tourism this morning. The gist of the training revolves around the tourism industry and equipping the students with some knowledge on what it takes to be a Tour Guide (yeah.. in case you’re wondering, I was in tourism for 7 years before becoming a trainer).
Some of the key skills that the students learnt included stuff like presentation skills, interesting stories and facts about Singapore, itinery planning and coordination. There’s gonna be a field trip next week to allow the students to put what they learn into practice.
I must say, conducting a training in a class of over 30 noisy kids is one very interesting experience. Thankfully, I have a loud voice =P Though because of the weather, I was perspiring a lot (it didn’t help that I had to be dressed formally).
Food for thought: Would you rather be a school teacher and deal with kids, or a corporate trainer and deal with adults?
