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Prioritising pleasure above all else
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 23/04/2015
» I once witnessed a restaurant employee walk out on her job in the middle of a busy lunch rush simply because her Western boss commented on the quality of her work, which made her unhappy.
The pursuit of knowledge
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 27/05/2015
» Lately I've been seriously thinking about pulling my son, now almost 11 years old, out of school.
Education isn't everything
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 26/06/2015
» Recently I wrote a column about my intentions to pull my son out of the Thai school system to allow him to choose his own learning path.
Child is the father of man
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/07/2015
» The surfacing of recent vulgar rants by Thai youngsters towards their parents on social media has stirred my frustration. Causes of parental let-down are often the same. These teenagers, mostly from hard up families, believe they are being abused by their parents' inability to provide them with modern-day frills — the latest smartphone model or a motorcycle.
Disease of the victimised mind
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 01/09/2015
» I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2009 and have been admitted to hospital twice because of the disease. It was during the time when I was studying for a master's degree in Colorado, in the US. I woke up one morning feeling thoroughly numb from the abdomen down to my toes. I had lost most feeling in both my legs. I couldn't tell whether I was wearing shoes.
Too much on the plate of consumers
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 02/10/2015
» As children, we were taught to eat every single grain of rice on our plate. This was to treasure the hard work of rice farmers, as well as pay respect to rice: our dietary staple and part of our culinary heritage.
The social media police are onto you
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 04/11/2015
» Two weeks ago, a group of 20 social media bystanders gathered outside the headquarters of a local bank to protest against what they called "an assault on a pregnant woman".
Learning tough lessons on the field
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/01/2016
» Over the past week, there have been two viral video clips that have captured wide public attention and sparked off massive internet outbursts. The first incident occurred right here in Bangkok and is currently making headline news, and involved a fabricated accusation of road rage. The accuser, who backed up his pick-up truck and ran over a mid-sized sedan during a fit of road rage, made up a false report of the incident without knowing his actions had been captured on video.
It's a Thai dog's life
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 07/03/2016
» It's a contradictory atmosphere when it comes to matters of animal welfare in Thailand.
Saving the planet
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 04/07/2016
» There's no doubt that the world has completely evolved into a dynamic and hideous platform of consumerism.