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Moment to moment
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/07/2014
» What do you do when you helplessly see your mother gradually slipping away?
How does your garden grow?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/07/2014
» I find it rather strange that I have reached a phase where I suddenly favour the minimalist look when it comes to my house. My pack-rat instincts of the past have been totally obliterated by a desire for the least amount of housework and cleaning.
Putting on the ritz
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/07/2014
» Getting dressed up for a good cause has always been the mantra of the well-to-do, and so it was with the first Ratree Sri Kanphai Night, held recently in the ballroom of the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel.
When less is more
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/07/2014
» I’m afraid I’m going to bore you once again with my tales of moving house. I don’t do this very often — move house, I mean.
Back to the drawing board
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/06/2014
» I don’t envy the NCPO for their task of reforming the country’s mess. We weren’t always so bad. Thailand was always a very nice place to live, and the number of expats opting to settle down in Thailand in their young or not-so-young age is a testament to that.
The dreaded Auntie Man
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/06/2014
» While the overseas media are pointing their fingers at the void of democracy in Thailand at the moment, they are seemingly unaware of a particular species of Thai people to whom democracy has never been part of their vocabulary.
Driving me up the wall
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/06/2014
» The Department of Land Transport has made it a little more difficult to get your driver’s licence. This is good news, as it is supposed to mean that we will be better qualified drivers behind the wheels.
In hot water
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/05/2014
» The people at the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority hate me. I can see them hyperventilating the moment I walk in the door.
The kindness of strangers
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/05/2014
» My faith in humankind has been restored. And all because of a car breakdown.
Vintage fashion
Muse, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/05/2014
» Since the economic crash of 1997, Thais have changed their habits. While they used to frown upon second-hand items or used clothing, it suddenly became trendy to visit flea markets and buy vintage clothing or other used products.