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A place where time moves slow
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/04/2021
» A double-decker ferry docked at a pier on the bank of the Don Sak River in Surat Thani's Don Sak district, about a 90-minute drive from Surat Thani Airport. The destination was not world-renowned Koh Samui or Koh Phangan but a smaller more low-profile island named Koh Phaluai.
It's a Thai fight
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2020
» Re: "Local politics amid US-Thai relations", (Opinion, Dec 11).
Once lost, now found
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/02/2017
» The 69th Cannes Film Festival begins today in southern France with its usual fanfare. Regarded as the world's most prestigious event of cinema professionals, the festival celebrates film as art, commerce, glitz and as cultural treasure. Fittingly, this year Cannes has invited only one Thai film to screen in the Cannes Classics programme -- the recently discovered 1954 Santi-Vina, which was once thought to be lost and has now been restored to its celluloid glory.
Pure soul, glorious nostalgia
Life, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 20/08/2015
» A couple of decades can pass in the blink of an eye when you realise the hits you've been religiously listening to on your Walkman are already 20-years-old. Boyz II Men were a staple on my cassette player. These days, I can still spontaneously sing along when I'll Make Love To You, On Bended Knees, End Of The Road and my personal favourite, 4 Seasons Of Loneliness, come up. And finally, my favourite R&B group of all time was staging their first live performance in town. It was just… not to be missed."Boyz II Men Live In Bangkok" on Sunday night at BITEC was a reunion of 90s kids who grew up bumpin' 'n' grindin' to old-school R&B. The performance took off right on time with opening acts by home-grown talents Apiwat "Nueng" Pongwat of Etc, Sarocha "Suay" Senarat and Weerasak "Gope" Klueakan from The Voice and Thanasit "Ton" Chaturapush from Academy Fantasia who put a soul spin on the start of proceedings. Weerasak did an amazing job by hitting every note of Sam Smith's Lay Me Down. In a shocking surprise, the screens abruptly showed Rangsan Panyaruan, aka Songkran The Voice, when the audience expected to see the R&B legends right after the warm-up. The moodkiller was just played unforgivably at the wrong time.
Fireworks man
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/01/2013
» Meet Worawat Manusanun, the man who plans the fireworks display for the CentralWorld New Year countdown and many other major celebrations.
Culture minister: Surprisingly versatile
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/08/2011
» Daughter-in-law of Chonburi strongman Kamnan Poh, youngest female minister at 35, jumped from full-time housewife to promising politician overnight.
Soon to be 77
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010
» Instant lesson is a complete lesson, ready for use with your class. Hopefully, it will give you ideas on things you can do with the stories published each day in the Bangkok Post.