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Thumbing your nose at traffic signs
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/08/2015
» The other day a friend of mine asked a taxi driver to drop her off near an intersection. She planned to cross the road to get to the other side, but the taxi driver, being the dear sweet gentleman that he was, insisted on dropping her off on the side she wanted to go, though it meant going a long way further to make a U-turn. To her surprise, he made a quick U-turn right at the intersection.
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.
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.
Suffering to salve some inadequate male mojo
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/03/2013
» Meetings of Cites delegates from all over the world have been taking place in Bangkok during the past week and, for the sake of all our endangered wildlife, I hope that something concrete and positive comes out from it all and that they don't just settle for a few more signatures on a few more documents generating a few photo ops and headlines for the international media.
Greatest love of all
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/02/2013
» I'm a great believer in love as a wonderful health tonic. Love makes the heart beat stronger, and sends flushes to your skin that no amount of wonder creams can match.
Ring out the old, ring in the new
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 31/12/2012
» If you're not already out of town, there's a chance you might be heading to Ratchaprasong intersection tonight to join the huge crowd for the New Year Countdown. I've heard that this area has now been listed as one of the leading places on the planet for the New Year's Eve celebration, joining the ranks of Times Square in New York and the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, though there's a distinct possibility that this list was drawn up by our tourism authorities.
What's the price of goodwill?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/06/2012
» It's been a while since I've been to the beach, and so a visit to Hat Nang Rong in Sattahip was a pleasant experience for me. After the high rise condominiums, modern shopping complexes and ladyboys of Pattaya, it was a relief to find a beach that was pristine, with clear blue water, white sand and no mushroom umbrellas and 50 baht beach chairs, or even somtam vendors at that.