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No place for sissies
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/05/2015
» There is no way around it. Nothing has occupied as many of my thoughts and emotions over the last week as my birthday. How self-centred can I get?
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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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Frog in a slowly boiling pot
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 20/07/2015
» The current dry season, which is said to be the driest in a century, has put everyone on red alert. Threats of tap water rationing have already got some people stocking up on drinking water and buying giant plastic water bottles to store water for use in the home.
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Take a U-turn on mindless voyeurism
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/03/2015
» Amateur video clips taken with smartphones or dashboard-mounted cameras have now become big news items. I suppose once in a while these cameras provide important evidence when a crime has taken place, probably more useful than even an eyewitness account.
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Bonsai trees and sake — a revelation
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/11/2014
» It's nearly the end of the year, and I constantly bemoan the passing of time. There is so much to do, and so little time to do it in.
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The promise of sunrise
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/12/2014
» There is something magical and mystical about sunrises and sunsets. Perhaps it's the transition from night to day, day to night, the passing of time, the impermanence of life, or of being reborn.
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Back to the drawing board
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/06/2014
» I don’t envy the NCPO for their task of reforming the country’s mess. We weren’t always so bad. Thailand was always a very nice place to live, and the number of expats opting to settle down in Thailand in their young or not-so-young age is a testament to that.
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Grandpa Peng leaves big shoes to fill
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/02/2014
» I have just lost a role model in Grandpa Peng, who passed away on Monday at the age of 99.
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I could have been the Thai Serena
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/02/2014
» A friend of mine has just enrolled his two children into IMG Academy — the prep school in the US that pairs “elite academics” with “world-class athletics”.
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Survival of the cruelest
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/03/2014
» Protest stages have been merged, accusations have been flung backwards and forwards, deportation processes launched, funerals attended and tears have been shed. Life in Bangkok goes on.
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