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The long, winding and gridlocked road
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/04/2014
» The highlight of my past week was the traffic.
The Songkran Scrooge
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/04/2014
» I am Scrooge. Ms Songkran Scrooge, or so to speak.
The Bard in Bangkok
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/04/2014
» Besides Songkran, this April also saw the celebration of the Bard’s birthday, William Shakespeare, who would have been 450 years old this year. It is for this reason that theatres, schools, charities and organisations around the UK and the world are commemorating and honouring his influence to the arts and society in a variety of ways.
Watch out! Graduates ahead!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 05/05/2014
» Graduation photo sessions and cyclists don’t mix. I learned this last week when I went to Benjakiti Park to do a few rounds on the bicycle track. I have been feeling a bit guilty recently because I’ve been on an unusual binge of doughnuts and ice cream, both of which I rarely touch.
The kindness of strangers
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/05/2014
» My faith in humankind has been restored. And all because of a car breakdown.
Canine capers and the company they keep
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/02/2014
» After three months in temporary lodgings on the outskirts of Bangkok, I'm just beginning to get the hang of things.
What's wrong with using textbooks?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/02/2014
» The end of the school year is fast approaching, and not long after that the next cycle will begin again.
Grandpa Peng leaves big shoes to fill
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/02/2014
» I have just lost a role model in Grandpa Peng, who passed away on Monday at the age of 99.
I could have been the Thai Serena
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/02/2014
» A friend of mine has just enrolled his two children into IMG Academy — the prep school in the US that pairs “elite academics” with “world-class athletics”.
For entertainment or service?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/03/2014
» I was paying my phone bill in Tesco Lotus last week, and on the way back to the car I passed a skin clinic, one of the hundreds of skin clinic franchises that stand on every street corner and shopping centres in Bangkok.