• OPINION

  Unsocial network

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 25/06/2014

  » As a regular Facebook, Line and Instagram user, I find it hard to believe that there is an antisocial media app. I recently heard about Cloak (though I think that it’s been around for a while). Cloak is an app that helps you avoid people that you don’t want to meet. It sounded strange at first. But after some thought, I can definitely see its usefulness. If I were a student trying to ditch a day of school, I would not want to run into people who would recognise me and tell my parents. If I owed a friend some money and couldn’t pay it back yet, running into that friend would not be very pleasant.

• OPINION

  A second chance

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 05/02/2014

  » By the third week of January, I knew I was doomed. Like many, with the start of a new year, I made a New Year's resolution. I wanted to eat better, take a better care of my body and sleep and exercise more. They seemed like doable goals. But as the days of January passed, they turned out to be harder to achieve than I thought.

• OPINION

  Becoming a grandma in the computer age

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 12/03/2014

  » I think that most women have a love-hate relationship with the “G” word. When I first learned that I was about to become a “grandmother”, I admit that I had mixed feelings. Initially, I was very excited when my daughter told me that she was pregnant; I was happy that she would get to experience the joy of motherhood and I was anxious to spoil my grandchild rotten.

• OPINION

  Carte blanche for bad taste

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 18/12/2013

  » Recent political activities have been very heated. No matter where I go, I hear people talking and gossiping about the mob and protest activities. Even friends and families are taking sides.

• OPINION

  Walking a fine line

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 30/08/2013

  » When I first heard the news that the Thai police had plans to monitor Line, I immediately scrolled through my Line logs and searched for texts about my sad golf scores and a disastrous picture of me in a not-so flattering dress that I wore a month ago.

• OPINION

  Sugar-coated fun - but at what cost?

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 04/10/2013

  » I vaguely remember video games when my children were growing up. There was a console connected to the television and something handheld called a Game Boy. My kids would pull twisted faces when they played video games. "Your faces will get stuck that way," I used to tease them. For me, video games, like comic books and cartoons, were something that kept my children occupied on rainy Sundays. I did my best as a parent to limit their exposure to violence and rationed their video-game-playing time. But personally, I never took an interest.

• OPINION

  A virtuous life in a material world

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 23/07/2013

  » Today is Wan Khao Phansa, one of the many sacred Theravada Buddhism holidays. It signifies the beginning of Buddhist Lent in which monks are to retreat back to the temple and concentrate on studying dhamma and meditation for three lunar months during the rainy season. For many Thais, it is a time to actively engage in merit-making by offering necessities to monks including candles, lanterns and lamp oil that is burned during morning and evening recitation time.

• OPINION

  The perfect flight? It's all about attitude

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 16/05/2013

  » Why is it that airline commercials always show images of smiling, comfortable people with perfect travelling experiences when in reality such things are as rare as a unicorn _ especially when you fly economy-class on a long-haul route.

• OPINION

  Is lakhon TV a guilty pleasure?

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 18/06/2013

  » I have a secret crush. He is in high society, handsome and has ties to royalty. He is kind and sensitive with a heart that can melt an iceberg. We spend weekends together sharing tea and relaxing. That's right, I am infatuated with the <i>khunchai</i> from the hit <i>lakhon</i> drama series <i>Suparbburuth Chutathep</i>.

• OPINION

  A design that flops

  Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 05/04/2013

  » There is a common joke among my foreign friends. How many seasons are there in Bangkok? Three _ hot, really hot and hot like hell. I've lived in Bangkok all my life and I agree that the weather is hot and humid all year round. But hot like hell is a bit of an exaggeration. If it is true, then the devil has met his match in the City of Angels.

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