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Thainess and surf-skating, a safe match?
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/04/2021
» The "Rattana Go Surf" surf-skating group, with the presence of a woman politician and luminaries who showcased their surf-skating skills on the city streets last Sunday caused a stir. It's no surprise. In contrast to the latest trend of surf-skating in Thailand, Sunday's crowd turned up in traditional Thai attire, while some women also showed up in Thai-style strapless tops and other participants put on royal-patterned shirts. I can only imagine how suffocating it would have been wearing costumes which are obviously not appropriate for sports. Not to mention, several joined the risky sport without protective gear, such as helmets, all while trying to balance themselves on a skateboard, side by side with moving cars and other motorised vehicles.
Street vendors' fate a hot issue as poll looms
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/03/2019
» During general election season, anything is possible. All of a sudden, the city's street food vendors, who were considered as "nobodies" -- if not, a nuisance -- in the eyes of state authorities, have now become the darlings of politicians vying for state office, with each promising to allow them to return to where they once hawked their products.
More than simple mispronunciation
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/12/2013
» She was an adorable little girl, confidently "teaching" the audience to speak three different languages on an evening TV show. But the way the girl, not more than five years old, was presented in that one-minute TV programme bothered me.
Tall in the saddle
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/09/2013
» Standing in line alongside her male comrades, Sirirat Thongthipa barely reaches the height of their shoulders. Dressed in an all-black uniform, the 151cm-tall woman with medium build is, however, standing proud as the only female in the Bike Patrol Volunteer group in Ayutthaya province.
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.