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The fiction of history
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/09/2014
» I want my name down in the history books. I want to be known for my huge contribution to Thailand and mankind. I have no idea what that contribution could be, but does that matter?
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Taking time to smell the roses
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/06/2015
» If travelling helps you grow as a person, then my growth must have been stunted over the past five years when I laid low and concentrated on my house reconstruction and other distractions.
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Modern parents are sophisticated, love is timeless
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/10/2014
» There seems to be a baby boom on Facebook at the moment. The younger generation of adults are cooing goo-goo ga-ga over their little bundles of pink and wrinkled Mini Mes.
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Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/11/2015
» I find it quite amusing and amazing how Thai people live their lives like planets orbiting around various stars. The stars I'm talking about are not the celestial kind, but stars in the entertainment industry. I'm not sure how many people could name any members of the current cabinet apart from the prime minister. But ask them about their favourite actors and actresses, they would come up with an immediate list, and tell you which television series they were in.
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The dying art of courtesy
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/10/2015
» Isn't it strange that the careers we once idolised when we were young have somehow lost their aura now.
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Lament for a mango tree
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/08/2015
» Last week, on the night of the heavy rainstorm, a big mango tree in my family compound uprooted itself and keeled over, right over the driveway and on to my fence and poor frangipani tree. The heavy wind in the afternoon might have shifted the weight of the tree and the rain-soaked branches and leaves later that night finally triggered the fall.
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The social (reading) network
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/08/2015
» I am joining a book club. "How quaint and antiquated that sounds," remarked my daughter when I told her. Is reading truly a thing of the past? Newspapers are fading into oblivion, gradually to disappear off the face of the earth, like the dinosaurs. That's what people in the know have been telling me. At least that's not going to happen within this year, so I assume my job is safe until I retire.
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The born again tourist
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/06/2015
» I am beginning to see the merits of the travel agency. Not any particular travel agency, but the travel agency as a generic species.
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Living with the neighbours from hell
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/03/2014
» I have new neighbours.
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Upping stakes, shoeboxes and that sundered feeling
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/11/2013
» Last week I went through a major trauma. I moved house. For a lot of people, relocating is just another one of those things you do every few years. For me, it's about uprooting my entire life.
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