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Thirty-nine fun things about the King
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/12/2013
» We've just been through weeks of chaos that was concluded just in time to celebrate the 86th birthday anniversary of His Majesty the King on Dec 5.
A post-Thanksgiving thanks-giving
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 02/12/2013
» I feel a little embarrassed about my out-of-character, bleak mood last week, and feel I should somehow make up for it.
An apocalyptic state of mind
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/11/2013
» I'm in one of those deep, dark places at the moment.
Cremation rituals and comic relief
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/11/2013
» Last week I attended the funeral of a former classmate at a non-mainstream temple, by which I mean that it wasn't held at one of the venues Bangkok residents normally choose for such events.
Welcome to the hood!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/11/2013
» The trauma of moving house has been slightly softened by the novelty of a new neighbourhood.
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.
Living on a whim and advertising gimmicks
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/10/2013
» Making my daily round of Facebook posts, I chanced upon a shared link about "Top 10 Things I Don't Understand About Thais and Thailand" written on a Yahoo network by a certain Ms Cassandra James. (Pardon my lifting your quotes without your permission.)
I'll keep dancing on my own
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/10/2013
» All right, they've just thrown another spanner in the works, and created another brouhaha that has more people grinding their teeth and bombarding the social media than when the single person law was proposed a week or so ago.
Why, that's just plain absurd
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/10/2013
» A friend of mine posted on his Facebook page: "I need to take a break from the news. The human mind can only cope with just so much absurdity."
When ageing takes over
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/10/2013
» My 96-year-old mother has the kind of health any 60-year-old would kill for. Her blood pressure is normal, her sugar and cholesterol levels are better than mine. She enjoys as much food as her remaining teeth allow and all her bodily systems are functioning normally, more or less.