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The food stylist
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/09/2015
» Paweethida Tanjasiri's som tum doesn’t look like any we’ve ever seen before. Her chops of string beans are of a purplish hue and the sliced tomatoes vary in colour. Along with the usual beans and dried shrimps, corn kernels, pomegranate seeds and slices of beetroot are dotted against the white wide-rim plate. Fear not, the 26-year-old is not a radical, nor an antinationalist trying to undermine what has long been part of our culinary identity, however, but a food stylist.
Keeping secrets
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/08/2015
» It was many years ago, during one of Dujdao Vadhanapakorn’s dance rehearsals, when the image of an old staircase suddenly flashed into her head. It happened more than once, sometimes while driving home after rehearsals, that other shocking, painful memories she thought were long-buried and forgotten came surging up.
Thai-style Girl X
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/06/2015
» Japanese Suguru Yamamoto's Girl X which visited Bangkok Theatre Festival last year was a heartbreaking story of loss told with incredibly precise art direction, winning the festival's awards for Best Original Script and Best Play.
Hungry for solutions
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2015
» Boats are floating, one filled with fresh flowers, the other carrying a supply of meatballs, white noodles, or sen lek, fish sauce, chilli powder and sugar. Next to that is a rice paddy, which looks about a month old.
Writing Asean's future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/05/2015
» Thai national artist and prominent writer Prabhassorn Sevikul grieves over the state of Thai contemporary literature. He concedes that there no longer seems to be any serious literature, that works these days are mostly light and very commercial. He believes Thai popular contemporary literature is only for those who have won awards.
Single mum champion
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/04/2015
» The 2012 World Bodybuilding & Physique Federation champion Wilaiporn Wannaklang was 30 years old when she first learnt what a gym was. A mother of two, Wilaiporn said at the time dumbbells and barbells was just “something metal” to her. A decade later and she is among the world’s top bodybuilders in the lightweight category.
The voice of the northeast
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/03/2015
» By the haystack next to a rice field, Yothin Kijbai sung out in high-pitched, rhyming Isan verses that he apparently knew by heart. Dressed in a light blue costume adorned with glittering sequins, the 68-old-year is not a madman but a well-known "comedy molam".
Making connections, not cash
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/01/2015
» Artist Pisitakun Kuantalaeng, 28, was once a Yellow Shirt. In less than a decade, Pisitakun went from a fervent supporter of anti-Thaksin politics and airport seizures to an artist who took to the streets after the junta seized power last May.
Blancpain right on time for Lambo bull run
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/12/2014
» Sports cars have long been associated with luxury brands, whether it's haute couture clothing or accessories like watches. For some people, they are inseparable; it's a lifestyle, a way of life. We've often seen partnerships between these brands, as not only can it strengthen their product's image, it can also extend the company's customer base.
Behind the scenes
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/11/2014
» Sarinrat Thomas has a passion for two things: theatre and mental health. The former started out from a role she did for fun in a university play. The latter was from when she hosted a TV show about mental health; she always had a lot of questions for doctors.