opinions on britain's got talent!

guess ive been doing too much reviews recently lol hence this blogpost will be on britain's got talent 09!


as some of you who are following this series would know, the current season is on-going and if im not wrong i believe simon cowell said on one of the preliminary episode that this season of britain's got talent was one of the higher quality ones with lots of talents performing and ive to agree with him!

after enjoying the acts of the first 3 semi-final shows, courtesy of youtube, im gonna give some comments of mi own lol

for the first show, diversity, a dance group, and susan boyle, which most of you would already have known, made it into the finals. in mi opinion, these 2 contenders relli should be in the finals. diversity was amazing with their unique dancing style and susan boyle relli has a good voice! sue son the violinist was very talented as well but dint get into the top 3 for this show. those who had watched the preliminary shows should know that she originally performed with her 'good' friend in another act which wasnt that popular with the judges. however, simon cowell thought sue son might be better performing the violin on her own and asked her to audition another day, which she did in the end but that affected her friendship...hmm her friend should have supported her instead. the bellydancing act by julia naidenko was good as well but the judges presumed the queen of england would not enjoy this kind of performance.

for the second show, flawless, dance group, and shaun smith, singer, got into the finals. the top 3 included the gareth oliver the ventriloquist(correct spelling i hope) as well. flawless was relli near perfect for their timing and rhythm itink, but itink that they sort of copied diversity's style for this performance. in the preliminary round, flawless was more of a standard street dance group style but they did it at a high technical level. however, for this show, itink that their new style was too similar to diversity. aniwae, they are still a great dance act although personally iprefer diversity. shaun smith was good as a singer, but itink gareth oliver should be in the finals instead of him. gareth oliver was not only an excellent ventriloquist, he has an amazing voice as well, and was singing WHILE doing his ventriloquist act.

for the third show, stavros flatly, dance act, and shaheen jafargholi, singer, went through to the finals. stavros flatly got in through phone votes so theres not much to argue bout. however, in mi opinion, irelli dun understand how they could get first for votes. i'd rather prefer the md showgroup to be in the finals. the judges had to decide between md showgroup, which is a mass dance act, and shaheen jafargholi, who has a great singing voice. that was relli a tough decision to make and itink simon cowell, when asked to be the first to choose, appeared very troubled with his dilemna lol...itink md showgroup's act was very good but more importantly, they seem to be sending out positive social messages through their chaotic costume design. shaheen jafargholi sang a difficult song and which itink was given big praises from piers morgan, another judge, who said that he was one of the best singing acts this season. the judges voted for the singer then.

wow that was quite a blogpost lol

should be doing more movie reviews next



stay tuned!

Concert Review!

went to esplanade with wangyi and qinpei for "the stuff of legends" concert by SSO. haha what a great concert it was...alright now on to the review!

The Stuff of Legends

some info about the concert...

SSO
Conductor: Lan Shui
Cello: Wang Jian

Repertoire
LEONG YOON PIN - Dayong Sampan Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
CHEN QI-GANG - Wu Xing (The Five Elements)
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

source: http://www.sso.org.sg/events.php?id=3697

a thing that i enjoyed about this concert was the diversity of the repertoire.

the first piece was arranged locally and is actually a familiar folk tune. it was a light piece and a great way to start the concert, and likely to prepare the audience for the more intense piece following that.

the second piece was the standard classical fare which the SSO is used to. however, the guest player wangjian was very pro! wangyi seems to be totally absorbed in the music lol. there was also a recurring melody that qinpei hummed after the concert lol

camwhored during the intermission...and the intermission was at the right time lol the second piece was some intense music...also, qinpei got to go to the toilet lol

the third piece was a contemporary piece that qinpei and mi have heard before and it was still as entertaining lol...we were having a little debate on which of the 5 movements of the piece was which element lol

the fourth piece was composed by tchaikovsky and im quite a fan of his music lol...this piece was more of theatre music but it was amazing...the strings part was just awesome

there was an encore piece as well which was performed by the guest cellist and wangyi was super excited about it coz he heard it on 92.4 before lol and he was asking for the name of the piece but qinpei and i dint know lol...

overall, a very enjoyable concert lol

rating[+++++]5/5

Movie Review!

Taken

this is one of the best action movies so far this yr...the story was quite ok...but this movie excels during the suspense scenes as well as the action scenes...this is one movie where the good guy totally EPIC PWN the bad guys lol

rating[+++++]5/5

update

just came back from the 30hr famine camp 09 training for facilitators and game masters...

like last yr, its held at acs(barker) which itink was a good place to hold the camp

mi group had lots of LOLS during activities lol

ok this is more of a 'tweet' than blogpost haha

stay tuned!

Movie Review!

The International

lol watched this movie with wangyi jingwen yiheng before the buffet...not many movies to watch at that time lol so chose this one...

this movie started out rather well, with the main characters trying to stop some bank from selling weapons or smthing...however as the story develops...it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with the suspense...other than some action scenes, this movie was dragging the story...and when the confounding 'twist' of the movie comes right before the abrupt starting of the credits roll, we knew that we had just wasted 6$ on a lousy movie...

rating[+ ]1/5

crystal jade buffet!

lol had a mini-self oriented outing...went to the cathay with wangyi jingwen and yiheng to watch a movie called 'the international' which will be reviewed on this blog

after that joined leon at hollandv crystal jade restaurant for the xiaolongbao buffet!!!

relli ate alot of stuff itink we ate a combined 90+ xiaolongbaos...lol and thats excluding the other buffet stuff...lol

check back for more updates!

Movie Review!

K20: Legend of the Mask

This movie is set in an alternate future in which the war never took place (like the game red alert) and stars takeshi kaneshiro as a circus performer who got mistaken for k20, the legendary superthief lol...to clear his name, he learns the tricks of the trade and uncovers a diabolical plot which must be stopped. Along the way, he saves the princess who joins him on his quest and also gets the help of the righteous police inspector. There is an epic twist during the climax of the movie when the identity of k20 is revealed. Overall, a great jap movie which will not disappoint.

rating[+++++]5/5

*****SPOILER ALERT*****

The characters find out that k20's secret plot is to activate a massive tesla coil at the top of a building which would allow him to control the city through threatening the politicians.
Although the audience were led to believe that k20 is a mysterious old man who frames the hero in the circus, that man was actually wearing another mask and the real identity of k20 is actually the police inspector!!!this is truly an epic twist in the movie lol

*****SPOILER ALERT*****