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    To that one vehicle responsible for all the traffic:

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 01/05/2015

    » Hey dude! Yes, you over there. How are you doing today? Actually wait, I don't want my tone to convey that I'm in any way trying to be friendly with you. In fact, I quite despise you and I'll be sure to shoot you an evil stare when we cross paths.

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    Eight ways to go beyond Earth Hour

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 27/03/2015

    » Earth Hour 2015 will take place tomorrow (Mar 28). The annual global event encourages individuals, households and businesses to turn off their lights and other electrical devices from 8:30-9:30pm to show their commitment to the planet, and presumably to tell Thomas Edison to suck it for his energy-wasting invention.

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    Cracking down on crackdowns

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 22/08/2014

    » If you've picked up the newspaper (or smartphone, tablet, or whatever fancy gadget you kids are using these days) over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a surge in different versions of the same story.

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    Every coup has a silver lining

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 13/06/2014

    » It has been about three weeks since our military overlords took over the country in the May 22 coup. Despite some valiant efforts by the army to repay rice farmers money owed to them, a plan to revise various state projects, and the military junta chief using an hour of his precious time to pen the sappy song “Returning Happiness to the People”, there still seems to be some confusion over what sort of real reform will actually be achieved.

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    Things that give Bangkokians anxiety

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 02/05/2014

    » Thais are usually thought to be carefree people with a sabai-sabai attitude to everything in life. That’s why even a 56-year-old woman can have the worry-free skin of a nubile girl. However in the bedlam that is Bangkok, there are bound to be a few things that will cause anxiety. Here are 20 of them:

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    Why I’ll never take a cab again* (*Unless I have to)

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 25/04/2014

    » This week I thought it would be super-duper fun to analyse every single political group that has ever cropped up in Thailand’s history, and then provide you with every painstaking detail of their demands. But I realise that no one actually cares, so let’s talk about something much more interesting… me!

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    Put your best selfie forward

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 14/02/2014

    » Today is Makha Bucha Day and Valentine’s Day, which hopefully means that the religious holiday will cancel out all the naughty things people would normally plan to do on the so-called day of love.

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    Guru Asks

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 13/12/2013

    » What holiday-inspired Guinness World Record did Thailand set last month?

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    Technology unplugged

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 15/11/2013

    » Among the attendees was Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, who offered his expertise on the power of the internet and its boundless future potential (operating under Android, of course). Besides highlighting Google's vision of a world with total connectivity, Schmidt commented on how technology has enhanced Thai politics in recent years.

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    Alternatives to the food pictures you want to upload

    Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 09/11/2012

    » Any non-anorexic with an appetite and a smartphone can upload pictures of their food to social networking sites these days. While I don't want to deny you your right to take part in the most exciting activity to ever infiltrate mealtimes, the trend seems to be getting pretty old. There doesn't seem to be any sort of criteria to separate the truly amazing dishes from the goopy messes that people post online, resulting in a barrage of photos that serve no purpose whatsoever except for people to comment with truly creative things like "Yum!", "Yumm!", or "Yummmmmmm!"

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