Some tips for a memorable date!!

Ze Frank is one hell of a creative guy with some great ideas!!

When I was trying to get some hold on the above subject ,just chanced upon this (hi hi!)

Read more to get his gyan on this subject :: How to impress your date?

...TED....

Recently saw a program in the TV showing an interesting event..World's smartest ,funkiest and innovative network of people (congregation of beautiful minds) and listening them display their flair is the highlight of the event.. TED :: Technology Entertainment Design..

Born in 1984 out of the observation by Richard Saul Wurman of a powerful convergence between Technology, Entertainment and Design. The first TED included the public unveiling of the Macintosh computer and the Sony compact disc, while mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot demonstrated how to map coastlines with his newly discovered fractals and AI guru Marvin Minsky outlined his powerful new model of the mind.

Ever since, attracting a growing and influential audience from many different disciplines united by their curiosity, open-mindedness, a desire to think outside the box... and by the sense of community arising from their shared discovery of an exciting secret. (TED has never had an advertising budget or a PR campaign.) TED 2006 tickets already sold out!!

Those who have spoken at TED include Bill Gates, Frank Gehry, Jane Goodall, Billy Graham, Herbie Hancock, Murray Gell-Mann, Larry Ellison. Yet often the real stars have been the unexpected: Li Lu, a key organizer of the Tiananmen Square student protest, Aimee Mullins, a Paralympics competitor who tried out a new pair of artificial legs on-stage, or Nathan Myrrhvold speaking not about Microsoft platforms, but about dinosaur sex.

The story continues...More about the TED prizes in my next writing..

A Musical journey...

It was a long overdue for me to purchase the recently released masterpiece by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja - "Thiruvasagam -By Ilaiyaraaja a Classical Crossover".Finally got the opportunity to buy and experience the soul stirring performances perfect mix of Western Harmony and the Eastern Melody.I must place my gratitude to his team who collaborated across the world to recreate the work done by the 10th Century Saivaite Saint Manikavasagar in praise of Lord Siva.

The old saying goes"Thiruvasagathikku urugaar oru vaasagathikkum urugaar"(For those whose heart do not melt for these songs,will never melt for any other song !).Such is the power of those hymns by a mere recital, melts even the hardened hearts..

This work has come out of hardships for arranging the necessary financial support.This also proves that how music industry will collaborate in the near future...This piece is termed as oratorio and not exactly Symphony..as it is a musical work for orchestra and voices on a sacred theme..Conducted by the Hungary's best known "Laszlo Kovacs" from the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the sound engineered by Grammy award winner Richard King and the English lyrics by Stephen Schwartz .

Nobody would have ever imagined even such collaboration and network is possible..Orchestrated by a Indian classical composer ,Sound engineer from New York,Budapest Symphony Orchestra,Conducted by a Hungarian,Chorus Sound recording done in the sound studios of Chennai,Mumbai,Hungary...With a total 260 musicians and 130 singers.

I strongly recommend this work for everyone - for the Music doesn't have any boundary or the lingual barriers..Do purchase for yourself and recommend to your friends and help the cause .The music CD's are available at Amazon ,Carnatica and all other leading stores in India and abroad.Let us pray only that the Almighty provides the strength to our Maestro Ilaiyaraaja to pursue similar projects to preserve our Traditional Culture and Music...