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Potty mouths and name calling
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 22/09/2015
» When I was born, my first name was just Phat (pronounced Pat). It's still shown on my hospital birth certificate. Not long after I began toddling, however, my mother rushed to the district registration office and asked the officer to add "Duang" to the front of the existing name. So, it became Duangphat -- just like that. Weird name, even for Thai people.
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Life on the outside
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 18/08/2015
» Continuing our series on overlooked people in society, we talk to three former convicts. They share stories about living behind bars and the difficulties of enjoying freedom again
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The shopaholic robot leading the blind
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 17/08/2015
» While grocery shopping can be an enjoyable ritual for some, it usually is not something looked forward to by the blind. With thousands and thousands of different products cluttered on shelves and fast-paced crowds thoughtlessly moving around their shopping carts, searching for the right product is very difficult for the blind. They surely could use a helping hand, yet the best hand for them may not necessarily be a human's hand.
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Yielding dining excellence
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 22/07/2015
» Eatigo, an online restaurant reservation platform, recently won the Global Brain Award and was second place in the Best Startups in the Region category from Tech in Asia Singapore 2015. The service, which requires no coupon printing and no credit card, works with more than 300 restaurants in Bangkok, Pattaya and Singapore, and has racked up more than 250,000 app downloads since being founded in 2013.
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The flame of hope
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 21/07/2015
» Today, 29 Thai athletes will board a plane to Los Angeles in the US. For most, this will be a first on a jet plane. Some have no clue where the US is but have been told it takes a day or so to get there. The one thing they all know is that their destination is the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will begin on Saturday.
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Mum's the word
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 12/08/2015
» Today is not a regular, boring Wednesday. Not the most hopeless of all the weekdays with the spell that makes us workers feel so wretched for realising we're only halfway through the week. Out of about 16 public holidays Thailand gets in a year, today is one of them. But today is Aug 12, and not just some meaningless public holiday that the people of Bangkok like to take for granted with a good drive to Hua Hin or Pattaya.
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The vegetable detectives
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 02/06/2015
» Nothing beats the aroma of holy basil and its nutritional benefits. But while rich in antioxidants and antibacterial properties, a recent study from the Thai Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN) revealed that holy basil sold at markets in Bangkok is also rich in pesticides — with 62.5% more than the Maximum Residue Limits (MRL). Moreover, holy basil was not the only vegetable found to contain all sorts of pesticides in startling amounts.
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Teaching for Thailand
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 30/06/2015
» Teach For Thailand (TFT) is a non-profit organisation which is a part of the Teach For All network. Working with local schools, the organisation hand-picks individuals of all academic disciplines to become "change agents" through teaching at needy schools in Bangkok. Now in its second year, the operation is thriving.
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Students: Please take note
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 29/06/2015
» The female reproductive system is illustrated by a cartoonish drawing of a girl, ovum and all. On her head, she is crowned with a brownish pea, which represents the pituitary gland. Aureola in screaming colour encircle her body with labels suggesting different hormones that run in the cycle. The title of the page reads: "It's a girl's story."
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Pole to Paris
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 08/07/2015
» Daniel Price, a British scientist with a PhD in Antarctic studies from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, currently en-route to Paris via bicycle from where he started in Australia, finally made it to Bangkok late last month. The 27-year-old hopes to raise public awareness on climate change with his campaign "Pole to Paris".
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