A 10-year-old girl R. Punithamalar with an extraordinary gift of "seeing" from SJK(T) Menglembu received a Guinness World Record certificate on Sept 8 for arranging the pieces on a chessboard blindfolded in a mere 45.72 seconds, the world's fastest.
The Year Four pupil, is now aiming to set another Guinness World Record by identifying the flags of 195 countries in the fastest time while blindfolded.
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The Year Four pupil, is now aiming to set another Guinness World Record by identifying the flags of 195 countries in the fastest time while blindfolded.
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00:00 A 10-year-old girl with an extraordinary gift of seeing is aiming to set another Guinness
00:07 World Record by identifying the flags of 195 countries in the fastest time while blindfolded.
00:15 R Punidamalur from SJKT, Mangalambu, received a Guinness World Record certificate on September
00:22 8 for arranging the pieces on a chessboard blindfolded in 45.72 seconds.
00:29 Another year 4 student discovered her talent when she attended a four-month yoga and brain
00:35 memory programme in December last year.
00:39 She also said she is currently practising identifying the flags of 195 countries listed
00:45 under the United Nations.
00:47 Her father K Rajasekar, a tuition teacher, said it was initially hard to believe what
00:52 she could do.
00:53 "First I was scared, very hard to believe, I tried to find out but didn't get any answer.
01:00 Then I bring this to my VVT team, to school, the chair, and I see this type of talent she
01:10 has and then they are the ones who publish in the social media."
01:17 He said the feature for the world record was carried out at the school by the Amazing Malaysian
01:22 Book of Records on May 19, where all the required videos were later submitted to Guinness before
01:27 the certificate was presented on September 8.
01:32 An application had already been made and now waiting for a reply from Guinness as to when
01:37 she can attempt the feature.
01:39 Punidamalur was also named the second runner-up for the Malaysia's Kids Got Talent show, which
01:45 qualifies her to audition for America's Got Talent season 19.
01:50 The audition will take place in Penang on October 19 and 20 and if she gets selected,
01:56 she will go to the United States.
01:58 Punidamalur will also be receiving the Asia Outstanding Child Award in India on December
02:04 3.
02:04 For more information visit www.gurudev.com.
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