Most Number Of People Doing Beep Test
ITE College West organised a sports carnival for its staff on 30 Sep 2016. To kickstart the carnival, 229 people took part in the beep test, most of them doing it for the first time. A beep test is multi-stage fitness test, or shuttle run test, used by sports coaches and trainers to estimate an athlete’s maximum oxygen uptake. Listening to a recorded audio instruction, ... Read More »
First Singaporean World Champion Of Public Speaking
Darren Tay Wen Jie, a 27-year-old lawyer took the top spot at the World Championship of Public Speaking in Washington, DC, on 20 Aug 2016. The championship has been held by Toastmasters International since 1938, with a two-year break during World War II. 30,000 competitors from the global network of clubs promoting public speaking competed at their local levels before 90 best speakers ... Read More »
First Full Length Singapore Movie Screened At The UN Association Film Festival
Under the Turban, produced by husband-and-wife duo, Satinder Garcha and Harpreet Bedi, was chosen from 700 entries to make its world premiere at the 19th UN Association Film Festival on 20 Oct 2016. They’re the first Singaporeans to have a feature-length work screened at one of the oldest documentary festivals in the US. The film came about after the couple’s young daughter Zara questioned them ... Read More »
Largest Graffiti Art By an Individual
To mark the launch of the new Samsung Gear S2 in Singapore as well as some new Galaxy models, the company put up a road show at Civic Plaza, Ngee Ann City from 26 to 27 Sep 2015. At the event, artist Jahan Loh created a spray-painted art measuring 37.5 m by 4.88 m. His creation, featured a visual story of the design inspiration and benefits that the Gear ... Read More »
