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The real charm of Bangkok
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/05/2012
» One of my favourite drives around Bangkok is the one that takes me through the old town _ Bang Lamphu, Phra Athit Road, Bamrung Muang Road.
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The soundtrack to our lives
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/05/2012
» The death of Robin Gibb last week struck me in so many different ways. I grew up on disco, with sparkling mirror balls, flashing dance floors, the gyrating hips of John Travolta dancing to those rhythmic beats and the high-pitched falsetto voices of the Bee Gees.
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What's the price of goodwill?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/06/2012
» It's been a while since I've been to the beach, and so a visit to Hat Nang Rong in Sattahip was a pleasant experience for me. After the high rise condominiums, modern shopping complexes and ladyboys of Pattaya, it was a relief to find a beach that was pristine, with clear blue water, white sand and no mushroom umbrellas and 50 baht beach chairs, or even somtam vendors at that.
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Don't rain on my parade
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/06/2012
» I missed Venus in transit last week. Actually I didn't even bother to try and view this rare natural phenomenon, which occurs when Venus orbits past the surface of the Sun (from the viewpoint of Earth) and appears as a tiny black dot against the huge golden orb. It is in essence a solar eclipse, the same way the moon passes between Earth and the Sun, allowing us to see its dark side.
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Grouch in the city
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/06/2012
» Thais are a gregarious species by nature. They thrive on interaction with other members of society. That's what makes them so friendly... you know, the Thai smile and all that.
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Revealing the national in dress
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 02/07/2012
» Since being release from house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi has been on the road big time, making up for all the years she was confined to a few hundred square metres. The world is her oyster. She's accepted her Nobel Prize, her Oxford degree, and been presented with the key to Paris.
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Thai nature or just human?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/07/2012
» Sometimes I'm amazed by the naivety of people, and that is constantly affirmed by stories the daily media reports.
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Melancholia hits home
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/07/2012
» The end is nigh. In fact, the end is coming this weekend. What? You didn't know?
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Finding faith in unlikely circumstances
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/07/2012
» Of the week's news, nothing was more stirring to me than the story of the grandmother who killed her own 13-year-old grandson. Reaction to the first day's news was: "How is a woman able to kill her own flesh and blood? What a heartless woman!"
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