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Be a pen pusher
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/12/2014
» It's been a difficult December so far, with all the misery that has been in the news — and more that hasn't. It seemed I was going to spend the last few weeks of the year in a deep, dark place, and that wouldn't have boded well for the festive season. I was certainly going to need a lot of good cheer.
Canine capers and the company they keep
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/02/2014
» After three months in temporary lodgings on the outskirts of Bangkok, I'm just beginning to get the hang of things.
For Commerce Ministry minuet, it's a (w)rap!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/07/2013
» I just love Thai politicians for their tendency to be anything but dull. When you wake up to a gloomy, overcast morning and a grumpy kid who's running late for school, what's even better at perking you up than a double espresso? A video clip of a rapping politician and his dancing subordinates!
Fare play
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/06/2013
» Water, water, everywhere; nor any drop to drink. This could have been the Ancient Mariner stuck on the "becalmed" roads of Bangkok during rush hour in a thunderstorm.
The booby trap
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/06/2013
» In the field of breast cancer, there is a new term: the AJ Phenomenon. This was shared with the 400 or so guests of the Combined Women's Lunch last week by guest speaker by Dr Kris Chatamra, founder and director of the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer.
A game of clones
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/05/2013
» Is it just Thailand, or is the whole world obsessed with beauty pageants? There was a time when Thailand's only annual beauty contest was the Miss Thailand pageant which took place during the annual Vajiravudh Fair at Saranrom Royal Park. To be precise, this pageant dates back to 1934, two years after the revolution that introduced the constitutional monarchy, and was held as part of the Constitution Day celebrations.
The gods must be crazy
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/03/2013
» Thailand's a wonderful place to live because we're never without colourful and exotic things happening on a daily basis.
A great and powerful world close to home
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/03/2013
» The beautiful thing about this column is that I never know what I'm going to write about until I actually sit down in front of the computer and see a blank screen. Then my mind is automatically kick-started into reviewing all the things I read, heard and saw over the past week, like your life passing before your eyes _ or what I can remember of it, at least.
When the crows' cruel footprints get too much to bear
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/02/2013
» I hate to admit it, but I've reached the age where you begin to wonder whether the Fountain of Youth really exists, and whether there really is a Pillar of Fire hidden in the dormant volcano somewhere in middle of Africa where H. Rider Haggard's Queen Ayesha gained immortality.
Exhibiting inspiration
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/01/2013
» Last week I had a totally inspirational day! One of those rare uplifting days that are so welcome after starting most mornings with miserable accounts of crime and murder on television news programmes.