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#PublicTransport
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 24/06/2016
» I grew up taking the bus on a regular basis. My school was walking distance from my home, but on lazy days, I would just hop on the bus and save myself maybe five minutes in doing so.
#CreativeTradition
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 05/02/2016
» I was in an elevator with two university girls. One, I assume, was a Chinese-Thai, and the other was probably not. That's not the point. The point was, naturally, I eavesdropped.
Home is where the hope is
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 15/01/2016
» Growing up, most of us were taught not to talk to strangers, much less homeless people. They are potentially dangerous or mentally ill, we were told.
Wake up call from the weight loss dream
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 02/12/2014
» A27-year-old woman was in the news last week after it was revealed she had made around 500 million baht in just three years from selling diet pills.
It's the mother of all responsibilities
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/11/2014
» I recently came across an online forum asking singles and childless couples why they had decided not to have kids. I braced myself for some anti-child answers — something a mother like me does not like to see.
Punching in
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 29/09/2014
» Not everyone takes their childhood dreams seriously, especially when they involve action scenes from Jackie Chan movies and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Exercise is medicine
News, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 24/09/2014
» It is universally acknowledged that exercise does wonders for our health, but many factors seem to stand in the way. More than ever, our lifestyle is becoming increasingly sedentary, despite mushrooming gyms and exercise videos available online.
Speak (and write) for your country
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 13/08/2014
» Thai people's reactions to a 12-year-old Burmese boy from Tak province winning the Thai Handwriting Competition earlier this month was very interesting.
Charged... with deadly misconduct
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 28/03/2014
» Smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, sort of like an extra organ we can’t live without. Many of us are constantly checking how many Likes we’ve received on our most recent Facebook post, catching up with the latest episode of Thai melodrama Samee Tee Tra, sending meaningless stickers on Line and tapping away like a maniac in Cookie Run. Just look at the passengers on any given BTS train — how many of them don’t have their eyes locked on a screen?
Keeping an eye on hand, Foot and mouth disease
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/01/2014
» The news about a three-year-old girl who died from hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) which made the front pages a few weeks ago has stirred concern among parents and teachers alike.