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Learning to hear yourself think
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/12/2015
» Have you ever wondered why people say "I can't hear myself think"? It seems a juxtaposition of terms. Thinking, after all, is a silent personal action and would not make a noise you could hear, unless you're thinking with your mouth. Last week I discovered the meaning behind the phrase.
Four weddings and a lot of romance
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/12/2015
» With so much hatred in the world going on at the moment, I think it's time to talk about love.
Asking the eternal why?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/11/2015
» I've just indulged in a few museum visits in London, an activity that doesn't often present itself in Thailand.
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.
Children and the itsy bitsy spiders
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/09/2015
» Fear is such a funny thing that has different manifestations in each of us.
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.
Everything changes, yet remains the same
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/07/2015
» Change has come to my neighbourhood and I'm going through a bit of a nostalgic mood.
The last year of youth
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 06/04/2015
» Songkran is coming up, and this will be the last year that I will be in the "young" group for my relatives' Songkran ceremony.
What we can learn from Clarkson catastrophe
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/03/2015
» I am heartbroken.
Breaking bad
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/02/2015
» You're never too old for new experiences.