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Enchanting asia
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/11/2013
» Everyone seems to be excited about the Asean Economic Community (AEC), and so are several publishers. In response to people's increasing interest, Asia Books has launched a series focusing on Southeast Asian countries and destinations as well as Hong Kong.
Picture palace bids Adieu
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/11/2013
» Nakhon Non Rama looks like any typical stand-alone cinema, with its enormous fluorescent sign featuring Tom Yum Goong 2 out front. But with a grand dual staircase leading to a chandeliered hall on the second floor, this can't be any place except the famed movie house in Nonthaburi.
Striking colonial heritage
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/09/2013
» The colonial buildings in most Southeast Asian countries are often a reminder of less-than-great moments in history.
Pimp my ride
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 29/06/2013
» Designer Paul Smith ended his brief foreword for Cyclepedia, A Century Of Iconic Bicycle Design by encouraging readers to look at the book because words alone could not describe how terrific bicycles could be. Smith was a serious cyclist before a major accident that drew him into design with people he met at the hospital, when he was 17.
On the walls in Mandalay
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/05/2013
» More than two centuries after Ayutthaya villagers were captured by the Burmese and taken to Mandalay, some artistic traits are still evident in the township of Amarapura. But don't expect to find traditional Thai stilt houses from the period dotting Amarapura streets or Ayutthaya's narrow chedi abounding in Myanmar temples.
On your bike
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/04/2013
» A bicycle is more than just a vehicle to many. "Moulton Bicycle Company, Yesterday and Today" (at http://bit.ly/Sqo4FD) is a story of a man who didn't agree with mainstream bicycles. The man was Alex Moulton, a respected engineer and inventor.
Reality Reflected
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/04/2013
» A sweet-smiling lady in Northern-styled costume with an umbrella. The elephants splashing water against the sunset light. Green space. Slow life. That's how Chiang Mai has been portrayed for decades _ on postcards.
In search of a king
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/03/2013
» It was late afternoon on a hot day in Myanmar. A group of Thai archaeologist at an excavation site in Linzingong cemetery in Mandalay were about to wrap up their work when one of them emerged with a lotus-shaped artefact.
Modern family
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/03/2013
» Situated some 150km apart, Lop Buri and Bangkok share at least one architectural lineage, a set of "Modern style" buildings that are the legacy of the People's Party that brought drastic political change to the country in 1932.
Supreme Court gets a bad name
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2013
» When the first building of the Supreme Court was built in 1939, Thailand had every right to be proud.