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Conscription blues
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/02/2013
» No one has ever done more to romanticise national service than Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues and Tom Cruise in Top Gun. People of a certain mature generation will surely remember Elvis singing Wooden Heart, Pocketful Of Rainbows and Blue Suede Shoes. A khaki uniform never looked so good.
Greatest love of all
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/02/2013
» I'm a great believer in love as a wonderful health tonic. Love makes the heart beat stronger, and sends flushes to your skin that no amount of wonder creams can match.
I'm ready, bring on the blackout
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/02/2013
» Good morning! Have you removed your jackets and ties yet? Have you got around to turning your air-conditioning down to a moderate 25C? Have you opened your bedroom windows yet? Have you ever opened your bedroom windows?
A close shave with progress
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/01/2013
» Hair-trodden children of the public school world unite! There is movement from the Ministry of Jurassic Education, showing signs of life and change. So there is a thought process going on within its ancient walls of perpetual hibernation, after all. And the latest is that someone has questioned the antiquated rule of regulation haircuts for young schoolchildren and whether it's absolutely necessary for the intellectual development of a child. There are complaints that it is against our constitutional rights.
Exhibiting inspiration
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/01/2013
» Last week I had a totally inspirational day! One of those rare uplifting days that are so welcome after starting most mornings with miserable accounts of crime and murder on television news programmes.
Time to walk the walk, guv
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/01/2013
» The gubernatorial election has kicked off with a bang, with quite a large number of candidates, many of whom are probably there with the vague hope that Bangkok's population of 7 million just might decide not to go with any of the obvious choices.
Green curry blues
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 05/11/2012
» The royal command khon masked dance performance has become an annual event to look forward to now, with the third in the series having premiered last week.
Jingling all the way to the apocalypse
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/12/2012
» In spite of Jingle Bells sung off-key by kindergarten children being the most frequently played Christmas tune in Bangkok department stores, I still love everything the celebration stands for _ the birth of Christ in the stable, the star and the Magi. The spiritual context is so humbling; Joseph and Mary must have been in awe of their responsibility of bringing into this world a baby who was a child of God, who was destined for such a great mission, who would experience such pain and torture, and who would save mankind.
The demons in the drink
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/12/2012
» Doomsday has come and gone, and this column is still here, so I would imagine the shy planet Nibiru missed Earth by a few hundred light years.
Ring out the old, ring in the new
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 31/12/2012
» If you're not already out of town, there's a chance you might be heading to Ratchaprasong intersection tonight to join the huge crowd for the New Year Countdown. I've heard that this area has now been listed as one of the leading places on the planet for the New Year's Eve celebration, joining the ranks of Times Square in New York and the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, though there's a distinct possibility that this list was drawn up by our tourism authorities.