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Snappy days
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/07/2013
» It comes as no surprise that Dr Brady Barr _ National Geographic's resident reptile expert _ finds the thousands of crocodilians he has caught so far to be his "comfort zone". To date, he is famed for having landed more than 5,000 crocodiles and alligators.
Pandora's paradox
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/06/2013
» This coming Monday, June 24, marks the 81st anniversary of the birth of democracy in Thailand. It's been a rough road we've taken since the 1932 Revolution, followed by subsequent coups and counter-coups, the decades of dictatorship, the student uprisings, the money politics and the complication of visible and invisible forces, right up to our deep divides of now. All of these are presented in an ambitious documentary film to be released on Monday. Prachathipathai, or Paradoxocracy, chronicles and comments on the eight-decade journey of Thai-style democracy whose past is sometimes forgotten and whose future is always uncertain.
Visual autobiography
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/06/2013
» It is more fitting to call Chalood Nimsamer's latest exhibition a visual autobiography.
Theatrical nirvana
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/06/2013
» After adapting Othello late last year, director Damkerng Thitapiyasak of New Theatre Society has moved on to tackle another major literary work, Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Damkerng's much-praised adaptation of the Moor of Venice meant he had to deal with a tale of tragic jealousy, and now Hesse's work has spurred him into the realm of spiritual quest.
Chinn's up in the kitchen
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2013
» Ask Bobby Chinn to introduce himself and the answer, fired off in a single breath, is: "I'm half-Egyptian, half-Chinese. Born in New Zealand. Educated in England. From San Francisco. Have been living in Vietnam for the last 18 years." A pause, then the punch: "Oh, and I was conceived in Thailand."
Consultancy takes off
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/05/2013
» From childhood and through-out her working career, Atchara Juicharern has always had within her a passion for teaching. She has always loved talking to a large audience, but unlike being a stand-up comedian, she not only wanted to entertain but to inform, and have the audience learn something educational and useful in an enjoyable way. So while it's not what she planned, it probably shouldn't come as a complete surprise that she founded and currently manages AcComm & Image International, a leadership and staff development consulting company.
Franco-Thai bonanza
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/05/2013
» Bonjour! There will be six weeks of Gallic dance and music, fun and festivity from Friday to June 22. The 9th edition of La Fete French-Thai Cultural Festival, organised by the Cultural and Cooperation Section of the French embassy, returns with a variety of shows as a platform for creative melange and cultural exchange between Thailand and France.
The thinking person's poet
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/05/2013
» One of the verses in Zakariya Amataya's new book of poetry reads:
Flexing his muscles
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/05/2013
» Being sick is usually a good excuse to stay off work, but for veteran watercolour painter and teacher Kosol Pinkul it's the other way round. Suffering from muscular weakness, far from taking the chance to retire and rest, the 69-year-old artist continued to work and later proved painting can be not only creatively powerful, but physically rehabilitating as well.