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    Bringing home a star

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/12/2015

    » In Bangkok, the closest you get to eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant is to visit L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, eponymously-named after the Michelin-starred French chef.

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    The force is strong with this one

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/05/2015

    » In 1997, Atis Ruchirawat translated the script of the original Star Wars trilogy for subbing and dubbing in Thai. He didn't need the script, he said. He could recite the dialogue more or less by heart. He even knows the words Greedo and Jabba the Hutt say in their fictional language, though he does not care to speculate whether Greedo or Han Solo shot first. His scope of interest is boxed in by the film itself — he isn't concerned about the numerous spin-offs of the movies or unsolvable hypotheses.

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    In the steps of the house

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/04/2015

    » Eames Demetrios did not know that his grandparents, Charles and Bernice "Ray" Alexandra Eames, were special people to the rest of the world, until he learned about their house in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, in an art history class in college.

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    Strictly come dancing

    Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/01/2015

    » Navinda “Lordfai” Pachimsawat Vadtanakovint was beginning an improvisation class at Bangkok Dance Academy in Siam Paragon when one of her students complained that she was tired, hungry and not feeling it. Navinda took the entire class to the supermarket. They bought potato chips, jellies and Pocky biscuits, and went back up to the studio. The class then revolved around snacks, drawing from the structure of where the snacks were located and movements happening around them.

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    Illustrating the ideal

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 10/02/2015

    » As a child, Tatchamapan Chanchamrassang, aka Pomme Chan, was a nerd, she says. She used to read manga comics and then she starting making up her own stories and drawing her own manga. She loved Ai Yazawa's Nana.

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    Now, Still Showing

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 27/02/2015

    » In 1978, Sutin Wangpaibul lived next to a temple in Thon Buri. He was in Prathom 5, and each Friday he would rush home to complete his homework so he could go to the open-air movies at the temple grounds in the evening.

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    For the love of beer

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 27/02/2015

    » It was 7pm on a recent Wednesday. A few drinkers reclined on bean bags, scattered in the garden of No.26, Ekamai Soi 10, Yaek 2, behind a bright blue gate. Mikkeller sits almost inconspicuously among quiet family homes, though I've ridden in many cabs that know exactly where I am going when I say: "Soi 10 Yaek 2."

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    The giving team

    Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/02/2015

    » Spend two nights in a pool villa on a private island for 40% of the listed price? Use that money to support a foundation that teaches children to swim by contributing to the renovation of toilets and shower facilities instead of simply paying the hotel? The gift of giving is now possible — and literal — with just a few clicks on socialgiver.com.

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    Looking the gift horse in the mouth is the point

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/03/2015

    » At the front of the line, a boy pushes his friend forward as his turn approaches. His friend is eager. They have been waiting in line since before 9am to get their teeth cleaned, cavities filled or milk teeth extracted. Four dental chairs are lined up, and volunteer dentists from the Private Dentist Foundation of Thailand work tirelessly. When a child is finished being treated, a nurse runs off with a tray of equipment to be washed, go through a UV-light cleaning system and sealed up in sterile bags. The dentist wipes down the station.

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    Culture, not commodity

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/12/2014

    » On Oct 3, the Royal Thai government received a shipping container from the US government, through the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. Inside were eight crates, containing 554 archaeological artefacts.

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