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In one year and out the other
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 02/01/2012
» They say you're supposed to start the new year afresh, with all your New Year's resolutions committed and the discipline to ensure they are carried out.
We're Thai, therefore we shop
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/01/2012
» I can hardly believe it has been a year since I started sharing my deepest and darkest thoughts with you in this column. There's not much you don't know by now about my driving habits, my kids, my dogs and cats, my mother or my housekeeper. Yet there always seems to be something new to share, so I hope you bear with me.
Prophecies, predictions no cause for panic
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/01/2012
» New Year has come and gone, and there's still no sign of any dam exploding.
It's all in the offerings
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/01/2012
» Gung Hei Fat Choy! It's Chinese New Year, and perhaps many of you are lucky enough to be enjoying a bit of a holiday, not long after having celebrated the Western New Year. In a few months you'll be celebrating Thai New Year as well, but at least you'll have a bit of breathing space before then.
The 'Fan Club' phenomenon
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/01/2012
» I recently came into contact with a social phenomenon known as the "Fan Club".
Reunited in the land of 'Beyond'
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 06/02/2012
» Despite the prevailing news items that are hot issues at the moment, the item that tugged my heartstrings last week was that of television actor Nick Santino who committed suicide out of guilt from euthanising his pet dog, Rocco.
Doing time made easier by FaceTime
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/02/2012
» One of the funniest stories in the past week has got to be the protest by prisoners in Trang province who burned their beds and belongings, as well as that of their wardens because they wanted, among other things, to get rid of the chief warden because he was too strict.
A false sense of security
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 20/02/2012
» Thailand never ceases to be Amazing!
Language of frustration
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/02/2012
» It's been slightly over a month since former British prime minister Tony Blair flew in and gave the "2012 Speaking English Year" programme a boost by giving some local schoolchildren a short tutorial in pronunciation.
A uniform way of thinking
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 05/03/2012
» Once in a while the subject of uniforms pops up again in the news as an issue of debate among people of different generations. Last time it was how young university girls would practically starve themselves to fit into the SSS size which looked as if it would only fit a Barbie doll.