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For Commerce Ministry minuet, it's a (w)rap!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/07/2013
» I just love Thai politicians for their tendency to be anything but dull. When you wake up to a gloomy, overcast morning and a grumpy kid who's running late for school, what's even better at perking you up than a double espresso? A video clip of a rapping politician and his dancing subordinates!
Paper chase
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 08/07/2013
» I'm hurling headlong towards the end of my professional career, and I'm thinking of what I can do with my time after I retire.
Bling and blitz
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/05/2013
» I resisted the urge to moan about the social networking habits of the young and decided instead to go for a more pressing issue of global significance.
Peeling back the masks
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/06/2013
» Aren't masks fun? And isn't it funny how people take masks seriously? Masks are just of a form of charade usually related to films and comic books, and for some reason they are often associated with heroes who are out to help the world against crime, tyrannical officials or other forms of oppression, but don't want people to know their identity.
The booby trap
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/06/2013
» In the field of breast cancer, there is a new term: the AJ Phenomenon. This was shared with the 400 or so guests of the Combined Women's Lunch last week by guest speaker by Dr Kris Chatamra, founder and director of the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer.
Fare play
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/06/2013
» Water, water, everywhere; nor any drop to drink. This could have been the Ancient Mariner stuck on the "becalmed" roads of Bangkok during rush hour in a thunderstorm.
Helicopter ride to Nirvana
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/06/2013
» Is it possible to attend church services, yet be a devout Buddhist? My own answer is "Yes", but whether that constitutes a sin to the purists is another thing.
The gods must be crazy
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/03/2013
» Thailand's a wonderful place to live because we're never without colourful and exotic things happening on a daily basis.
Bringing up baby? Bring it on
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 06/05/2013
» Your kids are always going to be your babies, no matter how old they are. Bringing up children poses different problems at every stage of their lives, and no matter how many books on childcare and child psychology you read, you know you're never going to get it right.
A game of clones
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/05/2013
» Is it just Thailand, or is the whole world obsessed with beauty pageants? There was a time when Thailand's only annual beauty contest was the Miss Thailand pageant which took place during the annual Vajiravudh Fair at Saranrom Royal Park. To be precise, this pageant dates back to 1934, two years after the revolution that introduced the constitutional monarchy, and was held as part of the Constitution Day celebrations.