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We must prepare for an aged society
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 08/05/2023
» In mid-April, the Songkran Festival welcomes the Thai New Year with water splashing and people getting wet.
Sweat it out for good health
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 05/09/2022
» In two years' time, baby boomers born in 1964 will turn 60. I happen to be one of the last born in the boomer years counting down to retirement in the Year of the Rabbit.
Ageing in an ill-prepared society
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/05/2019
» As one of the younger baby boomers, someone who will turn 60 in 2023, I still don't have a retirement plan, let alone enough savings for the winter years of life.
The long road to recovery
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 28/08/2018
» Occupying 17 acres in Huaysay, Maerim, The Cabin Chiang Mai seems like a 5-star resort with luxurious rooms, restaurants headed by top-notch chefs, a fitness gym and other recreational facilities along with warm Northern hospitality.
Don't fret -- protect your pet
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/08/2016
» Normally a lively and eager-to-please Chihuahua, Mee-pool became miserably sick earlier this year. Even though it was merely a canine cold the treatment cost more than 1,000 baht and that prompted owner, Manuschaya Chairat, to seek pet insurance for her two-year-old four-legged friend.
Forever young
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 11/07/2016
» A good friend of mine went to the "Grand Ex Grand Concert" held last month at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani. He was an alumni of Borpit Pimook College -- the same high school attended by the founders of the popular 80s band, who revived the popularity of Thai songs after the dominance of Western music in the 70s.
Voices of experience
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/03/2016
» On Saturday mornings, members of the Salaya Tiny Young Chorus eagerly gather in a classroom at Mahidol University's College of Music to practice a number of songs, ranging from the touching Kam Man Sanya to the patriotic Rak Gun Wai Terd.
Gaining a global perspective
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 29/05/2013
» While she was a student at the prestigious Triam Udom Suksa School, Prodparn Wangcherdchuwong wanted to broaden her horizons by studying overseas. When her cousin lent her a book, Toon Rean Free Mee Tua Lok (Scholarships Around The World), she found out about the United World Colleges (UWC), a network of a dozen schools and colleges in different corners of the globe, from the UK and Costa Rica to India and Swaziland.