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Doi Tung, and the lessons for Colombia
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/12/2016
» The haunting sound of a Colombian flute hovered in the morning mist covering the hills of Nan. Walker Emelec Hoyos Giraldo was in his element, standing among seedlings at the Mae Fah Luang Foundation's training centre for its reforestation project high in the remote mountains.
A question of common sense
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/11/2015
» I've been asking the wrong question all my life. From the moment you embark on a professional career, you ask: "How high is my salary going to be?". My starting salary upon graduating was a mere pittance -- a couple of thousand baht for a bachelor's degree entrance level job in government service. That was more than a few years ago, mind you.
Happy meal for farmers’ friends party
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/08/2014
» There was an eclectic mix of people at Bo.lan restaurant recently at the “Farmers’ Friends Party: Happy Consumers, Happy Farmers” event to launch Farmers’ Friend Rice. Rice farmers and millers from Yasothon province mingled with a former prime minister, restaurateurs, academics and socialites, all with a single desire to see organic rice farming thrive.
Do the rice thing
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/08/2014
» Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so this is a wonderful opportunity to write about rice.
Survival of the cruelest
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/03/2014
» Protest stages have been merged, accusations have been flung backwards and forwards, deportation processes launched, funerals attended and tears have been shed. Life in Bangkok goes on.
Why, that's just plain absurd
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/10/2013
» A friend of mine posted on his Facebook page: "I need to take a break from the news. The human mind can only cope with just so much absurdity."
Taxing my patience
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/03/2013
» It's that time of year again, and there's nothing humorous or light-hearted I can think of in relation to this topic.
We're Thai, therefore we shop
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/01/2012
» I can hardly believe it has been a year since I started sharing my deepest and darkest thoughts with you in this column. There's not much you don't know by now about my driving habits, my kids, my dogs and cats, my mother or my housekeeper. Yet there always seems to be something new to share, so I hope you bear with me.