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Full-body helmets
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 09/01/2015
» If you've spent a lot of time in Bangkok, there are some sights that probably don't faze you anymore. Street vendors selling fried insects, ladyboys that are prettier than actual women, traffic jams stretching as far as the eye can see, people putting ice cubes in their beer/wine, multiple 7-Eleven stores in every soi, selfies being snapped in public restrooms…
Guru Asks
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 02/05/2014
» Why is a colonoscopy patient in Virginia filing a lawsuit against his doctors?
If Bangkok was redesigned to reflect reality
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 14/06/2013
» For far too long now, Bangkok has tried to keep up with modern societies by implementing foolish systems like democracy, laws and traffic lights. Well, spoiler alert: It's just not working! Instead of wasting time trying to blanket the capital with a "one city fits all" mould, why don't we just restructure Bangkok into a place that suits our current reality? For starters, we could...
Sinking into a mess of our own making
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 17/05/2013
» It's easy to forget there's more to Thailand than daily political squabbling given that the lame-stream media loves to cover topics like "Where in the World is Thaksin Shinawatra?" or "Whose Skype Line is it Anyway?". To be fair, we occasionally get fun stories of magical two-headed animals that have the power to help everyone in the country pick lottery-winning numbers and become rich. Exciting stuff.
What our corruption looks like
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 01/02/2013
» Corruption this, corruption that! From the highest ranks of government to the lowest thugs on the streets, the "C" word is constantly cited as the reason our country will never flourish to its full potential. But don't look to the typical apathetic citizen for solutions, as a 2011 Abac poll found that 64.5 per cent of Thais find corruption acceptable if the government can make the country prosper. And even if you find this ethically degrading, I'm sure all these so-called morals go out the tinted window when you're in a situation where some purple or grey notes can easily get you out of a bind.
Take your "sabai sabai" and shove it
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 16/11/2012
» For some reason, Thai people have acquired a reputation for being extremely happy because they let everything roll off their relaxed, unstressed backs. Well, you know what? That really pisses me off.
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 31/08/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 13/04/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!