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Sweeping dust under the carpet
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 26/10/2015
» There's been a lot of effort on the part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to "regulate" streetside vendors. Silom Road was a prime target area, followed by Saphan Lek and various other locations in the city. In some areas, not only were vendors using up pavement space to sell their wares, they had also erected semi-permanent structures with steel reinforcements.
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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.
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The born again tourist
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/06/2015
» I am beginning to see the merits of the travel agency. Not any particular travel agency, but the travel agency as a generic species.
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No ticket to ride
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/11/2014
» There was a rumour last week that Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was going to be closed down due to operational losses.
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Let's start walking the walk
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/11/2014
» No one since Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, about 20 years ago, has been able to do it. Perhaps no one has deemed it important enough to consider. Or maybe, just maybe, no one has dared to do anything about it.
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Cityscape re-imagined: Bangkok without billboards
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/09/2014
» My office is only about a kilometre from my house and, on a good day, I could probably cover the distance on foot in half an hour.
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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.
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Welcome to the hood!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/11/2013
» The trauma of moving house has been slightly softened by the novelty of a new neighbourhood.
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Taxing my patience
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/03/2013
» It's that time of year again, and there's nothing humorous or light-hearted I can think of in relation to this topic.
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