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Place your bets... now
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/10/2012
» There have been several efforts over the years to introduce new forms of legalised gambling, otherwise known as the lottery. Officially we have the government lottery and the Government Savings Bank lottery.
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Carers of the elderly need support too
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/10/2012
» For a 95-year-old, my mother is very low-maintenance.
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What women really want
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/10/2012
» A recent article in the Daily Mail discussed research by the University of Bremen in Germany and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US on what constitutes a perfect day for women.
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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.
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Killing me softly
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/11/2012
» I know what a lot of women will be wanting for Christmas this year, though whether they have to buy it for themselves remains to be seen.
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Omnipresent omnishambles
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/11/2012
» I have learned two new words today: omnishambles and gif.
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Can you keep it down to a scream?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 26/11/2012
» I normally just glance through the business section of the paper each day, finding profit margins and corporate takeovers a little beyond my scope of interest.
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A woman's work is never done
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/12/2012
» Sometimes people like to post old print ads on Facebook, or sometimes compile a whole lot and share them with friends by email. They are often quite humorous, especially if you are old enough to remember what they are talking about. Recently I saw one that must have been from the 1950s. It showed a wife in a floral print dress and apron, hair nicely coiffed, wearing high heels, duster in hand. Her husband, apparently just back from work, meets her with open arms.
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Occupied v preoccupied: how kids spend their time
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/12/2012
» Top of the list of arguments between me and my kids these days is time management. My daughter, in particular, seems to have no sense of time and is constantly complaining that she doesn't have enough time to do everything she needs to do. I scold her for spending too much time on her phone, downloading music or uploading pictures to her Instagram.
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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.
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