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Don Mueang work yet to fully take off
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 14/03/2016
» I can always remember my first-ever departure from Don Mueang airport back in 1970 when I was seven-years-old. With my family, we flew with Sabena (Belgium's former national carrier), and took a transit somewhere in the Middle East before continuing to London's Heathrow airport.
'Happiness' is here to stay
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 31/07/2015
» Earlier this week, I watched a morning TV news programme showing a video clip of Thai soldiers effortlessly dancing to a catchy luk thung number, after performing slower and more precise movements to Khuen Kwam Suk Hai Prathet Thai (Return Happiness To Thailand) — the theme song of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
Thailand's weather woes — come rain or shine
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 30/06/2015
» Fast and furious — the first half of the year is over, which will hopefully take away the crazy hot weather and bring more rain.
Eat up, and save the planet
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 28/05/2015
» On a breezy Monday evening, I was on my way to dinner at Singapore's "green" attraction, Gardens by the Bay. I came across a group of men, probably labourers, seated on a mat having a meal after a hard day's work.
The Back To The Future (II) is now
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/04/2015
» Time flies so quickly, and in next to no time after Songkran, we're nearly in the middle of 2015.
It's summer — time to study?
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 18/03/2015
» It's the big summer school break, supposedly relaxing rush hour traffic until the new academic year begins in mid-May.
The trouble with love
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 12/02/2015
» Valentine's Day is a day of happiness and quirky activities that attest to how far people go and what they are willing to do for love.
Teach kids to give a stuff about animals
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/11/2014
» My first stuffed toy, as far as I can remember, wasn’t a big teddy bear but a little donkey that my dad bought in London. Unfortunately, I lost the English donkey — which was perhaps made in China — at some point in time.
Procrastination, the tooth hurts
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/10/2014
» Of all the witty quotes about procrastination, I couldn't agree more with Christopher Parker's: "Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill."
It’s time to veg out
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/09/2014
» According to the Chinese calendar, there are two ninth lunar months in 2014, a phenomenon occurring every 100 years.