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The power of the 'written' word
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/10/2015
» Do you believe in signs? I'm sure I do. Each week I look for signs to indicate what the topic of my next column will be. Sometimes they are fragmentary and vapourish, and require further interpretations before they can be distilled into a subject matter that I can tackle.
The social (reading) network
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/08/2015
» I am joining a book club. "How quaint and antiquated that sounds," remarked my daughter when I told her. Is reading truly a thing of the past? Newspapers are fading into oblivion, gradually to disappear off the face of the earth, like the dinosaurs. That's what people in the know have been telling me. At least that's not going to happen within this year, so I assume my job is safe until I retire.
Going through changes
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/07/2015
» HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is an acknowledged scholar of China, having studied the Chinese language for over 30 years. She first visited China in 1981, a trip which resulted in her first book on China called Yam Dan Mungkorn (Travels Through The Land Of The Dragon). She has made a total of 38 trips to China, visiting all 22 provinces and five autonomous regions. She has written 13 travelogues on China, translated Chinese poetry compiled in two books, translated several novels as well as other articles on China.
Friends indeed
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/09/2014
» True to current trends, much of the information my mind accepts and regurgitates each day comes from social networks.
Big book of British royal babies
Muse, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/01/2014
» The Royal Baby Book, published just after the birth of Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, provides an insight into the rituals and paraphernalia surrounding royal babies in England since the Victorian era.
Getting our backs up over technology
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/09/2012
» Our computer system crashed last week. Over a decade old, it is ancient by IT standards where new versions are upgraded every other day. According to our managing editor, we are running like a car that has lost one wheel, and a second ready to collapse any minute. The manufacturer has stopped making spare parts, so we are essentially tying it up with string and hoping, with our fingers and toes crossed, that the flimsy string won't break during peak moments of the evening before going to print.
The tablet that causes nausea
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/08/2011
» I'm suffering from small-screen overdose, if there's such a thing.