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The positivity factor
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 17/04/2015
» I try not to wax philosophical in this space very often because I don't want my dear readers to actually know how many crazy voices float around in my head. But lately, perhaps because there's been too much on my Plato (har, har, get it?), I feel obliged to meditate on one phenomenon I can't quite figure out — the positivity factor.
Burger King
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 17/04/2015
» Why is Burger King paying for the wedding of an Illinois couple?
Putting the 'song' in Songkran
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 10/04/2015
» Woohoo, it's the last day of work before a long holiday break!<br>Time to get away from the office chair that causes all those aches.<br>We're so excited that we get a vacation for the New Year of the Thai,<br>Even if that means walking outside will get us splashed right in the eye.
Pot
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 10/04/2015
» What happened after Palmerah police in West Jakarta, Indonesia, destroyed tonnes of marijuana in a big bonfire?
New mall's name latest source of anxiety
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 03/04/2015
» SUKHUMVIT — Last Friday's glamorous opening of The EmQuartier luxury shopping complex has delighted Bangkokians, who can't wait to spend their weekends there walking around aimlessly and soaking up the traffic congestion the new mall will cause.
Environment
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 03/04/2015
» How is Thai Airways attempting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its operations?
Eight ways to go beyond Earth Hour
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 27/03/2015
» Earth Hour 2015 will take place tomorrow (Mar 28). The annual global event encourages individuals, households and businesses to turn off their lights and other electrical devices from 8:30-9:30pm to show their commitment to the planet, and presumably to tell Thomas Edison to suck it for his energy-wasting invention.
Apologies for the number of times you'll see the word "underboob" in this article
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 20/03/2015
» More often than not, the report turns out to be genuine, which only goes to show that some incidents here are just really that kooky and bizarre.
Do you know what a shoulder is?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 13/03/2015
» No, I don't mean that part of the body that you sometimes bounce up and down while mimicking a Bollywood dance. Nor is it the area that begins to start aching when you get a little older and all the stress starts piling up there.
The "difficult" life of Bangkokians
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/03/2015
» Gosh, what a terribly hard week it has been! First there was the holiday on Wednesday, which probably threw off your whole schedule and made you wake up in a panic thinking you had to go to work. (Kudos to those of you who cunningly managed to score Thursday and Friday off too!)