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Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/11/2015
» I find it quite amusing and amazing how Thai people live their lives like planets orbiting around various stars. The stars I'm talking about are not the celestial kind, but stars in the entertainment industry. I'm not sure how many people could name any members of the current cabinet apart from the prime minister. But ask them about their favourite actors and actresses, they would come up with an immediate list, and tell you which television series they were in.
The power of the 'written' word
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/10/2015
» Do you believe in signs? I'm sure I do. Each week I look for signs to indicate what the topic of my next column will be. Sometimes they are fragmentary and vapourish, and require further interpretations before they can be distilled into a subject matter that I can tackle.
It isn't all just entertainment
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/09/2015
» It's a bit appalling when you wake up to watch the morning news and you find, on what is arguably the country's most watched programme, this sort of content: An offer of five programme T-shirts, emblazoned with a cartoon version of the news anchor's face, to winners of the day's "Viewers' Top Picks".
The social (reading) network
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/08/2015
» I am joining a book club. "How quaint and antiquated that sounds," remarked my daughter when I told her. Is reading truly a thing of the past? Newspapers are fading into oblivion, gradually to disappear off the face of the earth, like the dinosaurs. That's what people in the know have been telling me. At least that's not going to happen within this year, so I assume my job is safe until I retire.
Parting is such sweet sorrow
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 06/07/2015
» Saying farewell is probably one of the hardest things to do in life. This past week has been one of parting and farewells and there is nothing sweet about it, contrary to Shakespeare's beautiful lines; only a heavy heart.
Taking time to smell the roses
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/06/2015
» If travelling helps you grow as a person, then my growth must have been stunted over the past five years when I laid low and concentrated on my house reconstruction and other distractions.
In search of the muse
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/05/2015
» You would think writing a weekly column is a cinch. There must be so much to write about — things that happen in the world, things that happen in your life, things that occur around you. That's probably true, yet sometimes it's agonising to sit in front of the computer, staring at a blank screen and finding nothing of substance to write about.
No place for sissies
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/05/2015
» There is no way around it. Nothing has occupied as many of my thoughts and emotions over the last week as my birthday. How self-centred can I get?
What we can learn from Clarkson catastrophe
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/03/2015
» I am heartbroken.
Schooled on traditional values
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/02/2015
» My old school, Wannawit, has suddenly been thrust into the limelight after almost 70 years of existence.