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Sustaining happiness in the Land of Smiles
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/09/2013
» Are you feeling happy today? That was one of the questions asked for the World Happiness Report which was launched earlier this month by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Earth Institute, Columbia University. It's interesting in that the world is suddenly realising something the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has known all along, that "Happy people live longer, are more productive, earn more, and are also better citizens".
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When ageing takes over
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/10/2013
» My 96-year-old mother has the kind of health any 60-year-old would kill for. Her blood pressure is normal, her sugar and cholesterol levels are better than mine. She enjoys as much food as her remaining teeth allow and all her bodily systems are functioning normally, more or less.
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Why, that's just plain absurd
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 14/10/2013
» A friend of mine posted on his Facebook page: "I need to take a break from the news. The human mind can only cope with just so much absurdity."
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I'll keep dancing on my own
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 21/10/2013
» All right, they've just thrown another spanner in the works, and created another brouhaha that has more people grinding their teeth and bombarding the social media than when the single person law was proposed a week or so ago.
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Living on a whim and advertising gimmicks
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/10/2013
» Making my daily round of Facebook posts, I chanced upon a shared link about "Top 10 Things I Don't Understand About Thais and Thailand" written on a Yahoo network by a certain Ms Cassandra James. (Pardon my lifting your quotes without your permission.)
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Upping stakes, shoeboxes and that sundered feeling
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 04/11/2013
» Last week I went through a major trauma. I moved house. For a lot of people, relocating is just another one of those things you do every few years. For me, it's about uprooting my entire life.
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Welcome to the hood!
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/11/2013
» The trauma of moving house has been slightly softened by the novelty of a new neighbourhood.
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Cremation rituals and comic relief
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/11/2013
» Last week I attended the funeral of a former classmate at a non-mainstream temple, by which I mean that it wasn't held at one of the venues Bangkok residents normally choose for such events.
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An apocalyptic state of mind
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/11/2013
» I'm in one of those deep, dark places at the moment.
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A post-Thanksgiving thanks-giving
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 02/12/2013
» I feel a little embarrassed about my out-of-character, bleak mood last week, and feel I should somehow make up for it.
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