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Life is just a lottery … even if it’s rigged
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/03/2014
» Twice a month the whole of Thailand grinds to a halt. Now this is not because everyone has simultaneously fallen asleep, although in this country that is not beyond the realms of possibility.
It just doesn't add up
News, Published on 20/03/2014
» Re: “Lottery draw raises ‘tampering claims’” (BP, March 18).
Baht doesn't mean blessed
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 14/03/2014
» I’ve never won the lottery in my life. How could I have? I’ve never bought a ticket.
Sympathise with farmers, not PM
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/02/2014
» 'I would like to tell the prime minister: You have children and so do I. When you wake up, your child has everything to eat, but my children have nothing to eat. There are two papaya trees at our home. The first tree has been stripped bare of all its fruit, which were turned into som tum. There is not even pla ra [fermented fish to make som tum] left. I don't know what to do next."
Thailand's doomsday clock moves closer to midnight
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 23/01/2014
» The state of emergency is bad news for Thailand, bad news for believers in peaceful struggle and bad news for newspapers.
Government's prospects are looking bleak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/01/2014
» It appears the government is keen to blame everyone else _ among them the Election Commission and the People's Democratic Reform Committee _ for its broken promises to pay the farmers for their harvests pledged with the government since October, the beginning of rice pledging scheme for the 2o13-14 second crops.
Is the 'dirty snowball' an omen?
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 28/11/2013
» I happen to be a superstitious person, and with the boiling political turmoil, hopefully today's advent of a celestial body is not a bad omen.
Warsaw plans are just hot air
News, Published on 20/11/2013
» Thailand is putting up a good front at this week's United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Warsaw.
The land of fewer smiles
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 06/08/2013
» Thailand is nicknamed the Land of Smiles and Thai people are known for being friendly, polite and kind. However, this seems to be a thing of the past. In recent years, I have had many uncomfortable moments with Thais who are not so well-mannered and kind.
Instant boon
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/07/2013
» Today is Asanha Bucha Day, one of the most important religious days in the Buddhist calendar. Today, 25 centuries ago, three months after his enlightenment, the Lord Buddha gave his first sermon, and the first monks were ordained, inaugurating what is known as the Triple Gems.