Amazing Piano Playing
Posted by charles in Entertainment, People on 28. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
A couple, who have been married for 62 years, went for a health check up. There was a piano in the clinic. They gave an impromptu performance, to the delight of everyone. Overnight, they became stars, with thousands appreciating their talent via the video that is available on the web. It proves you are never [...]
Microwave Oven Magic
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 27. Feb, 2010 | 5 Comments
Fast food depends on microwaves. How did the great invention come about? Surprisingly, it happened by accident. Percy Spencer was an engineer working for the Raytheon Corporation. One day, he was standing near a machine called a magnetron. He had a chocolate bar in his pocket and realized that the chocolate had started to melt. [...]
Amazing Cities -Which Ones Do You Like?
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, People, Places on 24. Feb, 2010 | 7 Comments
When I first arrived in Paris, I thought this looks an interesting city, as the gardens, buildings and monuments attracted my attention. When I arrived in New York, I was surprised by the amount of traffic and it took a long time to get from one place to another. On my first visit to Tokyo, [...]
Oskar Schindler’s Amazing Life and Legacy
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, Life Stories on 22. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Have you read the book Schindler’s List or seen the film titled Schindler’s Ark? The book by Thomas Kennealy and the film by Steven Spielberg have made Schindler’s name famous. But, who was Oskar Schindler? In my search for amazing people, I decided to find out. After attending a business conference in Krakow, Poland, I [...]
Meeting with Ludvig van Beethoven
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, People, Places on 19. Feb, 2010 | 3 Comments
On a visit to Germany, a colleague asked me if I would like to visit the family home of Beethoven. He knew of my interest in amazing people and suggested that we go to the city of Bonn. Although the city was heavily bombed during the 2nd World War, the house where the music maestro [...]
Amazing People Club Audios
Posted by charles in Entertainment, Life Stories, People, Self Development on 15. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
A few years ago, I set out on an interesting journey to find amazing people. For example, I wondered what Tchaikovsky would have said about writing his great music. Indeed, what would it have like to be there while he was doing it and hearing a masterpiece being composed? I decided to write up their [...]
