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Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/11/2015
» I find it quite amusing and amazing how Thai people live their lives like planets orbiting around various stars. The stars I'm talking about are not the celestial kind, but stars in the entertainment industry. I'm not sure how many people could name any members of the current cabinet apart from the prime minister. But ask them about their favourite actors and actresses, they would come up with an immediate list, and tell you which television series they were in.
What we can learn from Clarkson catastrophe
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/03/2015
» I am heartbroken.
Take Thainess with a grain of salt
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/01/2015
» The main intersections of downtown Bangkok were once again closed to traffic and packed with crowds last week, but it had nothing to do with political protests. We were just being encouraged by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to "discover" our "Thainess" with an elaborate procession of decorated floats replete with dancers and literary tableaux.
Luck is created, not found
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/07/2014
» My daily morning browse through Facebook turned up a post related to a media report in China that named Thailand the luckiest country in the world. The reasons for the Thai smile are, briefly, as follows:
Killing two birds with zero-baht notes
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/12/2013
» One of Kamnan Suthep Thaugsuban's proposals to the government is the eradication of corruption in Thailand.
AEC spells another English conundrum
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/07/2013
» In two years, the Asean Economic Community will be up and running, and we will be looking towards borders than are not only limited to our immediate neighbours - Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia, but further out as far as the Philippines to the east and Indonesia to the south.
A close shave with progress
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/01/2013
» Hair-trodden children of the public school world unite! There is movement from the Ministry of Jurassic Education, showing signs of life and change. So there is a thought process going on within its ancient walls of perpetual hibernation, after all. And the latest is that someone has questioned the antiquated rule of regulation haircuts for young schoolchildren and whether it's absolutely necessary for the intellectual development of a child. There are complaints that it is against our constitutional rights.
The demons in the drink
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/12/2012
» Doomsday has come and gone, and this column is still here, so I would imagine the shy planet Nibiru missed Earth by a few hundred light years.
Green curry blues
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 05/11/2012
» The royal command khon masked dance performance has become an annual event to look forward to now, with the third in the series having premiered last week.
Place your bets... now
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/10/2012
» There have been several efforts over the years to introduce new forms of legalised gambling, otherwise known as the lottery. Officially we have the government lottery and the Government Savings Bank lottery.