I am getting good at keeping a straight face when I really want to laugh. Today, I did not laugh when my colleague secretly confessed that he bought his Corrs CD from the pirates. Nor, when another male colleague distributed chocolates because he was pregnant. You see, they patiently correct me when I say things …
I still havent caught up on my readings – but heres a nice one. Last week’s Economist had a series of essays on International Banking. If you like/work in/are interested in banking and finance, dont miss it. What it lacks in depth, it makes up in breadth. From the evolution of the complex American banking …
I am a novice at Sudoku and I have promised myself I wont be lured into it. Some promises are hard to keep. One always finds a way out. I have promised myself I wont be lured into solving Sudoku. So I made my own. The easiest way out in Sudoku ( ok, this is …
I am back – back home. Its nice to feel my own bed, drink my home-made coffee and shower at my leisure in my warm shower. Also waiting for me is a whole bag of unopened mail, most of which are in German, which means I have a long date with my dictionary and the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 dicing …