Espanol, Aquí vengo!

Spain, Here I come!
I leave for my much-awaited vacation in Spain and Portugal ( just dint how to say ‘here I come’ in Portugese) in an hour’s time. The itinery reads something like Düsseldorf -> Amsterdam -> Barcelona -> Zaragoza -> Torla -> Madrid -> Granada -> Cordoba -> Seville -> Lisbon and then [...]

Welcome to my new home!

I finally got down to moving Silent Eloquence from blogspot to my own site. Its been more than five years since I got this domain as a birthday gift and I finally have something up!
Just a few notes on the moving process:
Installing wordpress and porting over to your blog is really a simple process. So, [...]

The Handshake and such

Some cultural nuances dissected, with not much of reverence or tact.
“A handshake is a universal token of friendliness here. Be it in office, or at home or in the street when two cab drivers greet each other. Something that may not be done even in offices back in Trichur.”
I came across this at a post [...]

Collages in Picasa2.0

Finally installed Picasa 2.0 and played around with it.
Presenting Collage #1: The Zodiac

Photographic credits go to Srijith - i am merely the Picasa editor. The source of the pics are the walls of the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna - each sign of the zodiac was done by a different artist. Its amazing how they [...]

The Episode of the Mannequin

Have you ever seen a mannequin getting a change of clothes? Thank your stars if you haven’t. In the Shopping centre nearby, I was treated to the gory sight of a lady pulling out another lady’s (she looked so life-like) arms - both of them - and screwing out her head, so that she can [...]

Books: From Physics to Finance

Came across a review for the book - “My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance” by Emanuel Derman. It apparently talks about the transition of a Physicist to a Wall Street Quant. Apart from a personal story, it talks about “the new revolution in the financial markets with engineers slicing and [...]

Wien The Wonderful

The long weekend is over and I am back from Vienna =(Heres my top5 list of things you dont want to miss if you are in Vienna:
- Stroll through the impressive Shönbrunn palace grounds. The palace is impressive - it truly reflects the power of the old Habsburg empire that ruled a large part of [...]

Wien The Wise

Some snippets that caught my fancy at Vienna
“Our real illiteracy is in our inability to create”- Hundertwasser, Viennese Painter and Architect (from the walls of the art house, Kunsthauswien)
“One must work till he falls asleep out of exhaustion- Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (part of the audio commentary at the Shoenbrunn [...]

Wien The Weird

Why one should wear heels

Nike “sponsored” Mona Lisa

Dog Feeding - What it leads to

Timetravellers convention on Saturday!

If you have no plans for this Saturday, party with some timetravellers at the timetravellers convention!
I must admit I am a skeptic and even if I can get past the “the MIT guys have found a neat way to fund a big party”, there are so many Physics issues that will make this a near [...]