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Real loan lessons
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2018
» Education and morality are not a given duo package. It infuriates me to write this, but apparently, having a good education by no means ensures that a person will turn out to have more-or-less sound morals. Which is ironic, because shouldn't all that education have gotten it across somewhere that paying for your education bills is what makes for some of the most basic requirements to being a decent human being?
Working together
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 02/10/2017
» 'Private companies have the budget to buy a Mercedes, but most of the time, our budget is only enough for us to buy a Toyota."
From the Netherlands, with love
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 08/07/2016
» If you ever get the chance to chat with His Excellency Karel Hartogh, the Netherlands Ambassador to Thailand, you would be amazed at how the breadth of his well-informed conversational topics (and his involvement in them) can range from beach dangers and endometriosis to flood management and yoghurt.
Exquisite Thai-French fusion
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/02/2016
» 'I only go to countries where there is durian," says Gilles Garachon. This would explain why the latest French ambassador to Thailand's diplomatic career in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has included only Asian postings in India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.
Beyond the call of duty
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/07/2013
» Movies and television series have always romanticised aspects of the human condition and careers are just one of the frequently visited universal subjects. Channel 3's faddish lakhon Suparbburuth Chutathep follows the gilded lives of five blue-blood brothers. As the series draws to a close this weekend, we remove our rose-tinted spectacles and talk to five professionals to find out what the lead characters' careers are like in real life.
Saying it with pictures
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 01/04/2013
» Thailand's comic industry is on the rise _ and there's room for both the classic stories drawn by hand, and those made with the latest technology. Life speaks to two well-known artists whose creations are finding fans both here and overseas
Breaking the nation's moral bankruptcy
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/02/2013
» Not everyone is cut out to become a fascinating, world-changing leader who gets interviewed by The New York Times, but that doesn't mean they don't bring anything to the table. I know I am just another person, but I try to be more than a lump who changes oxygen into carbon dioxide. With that said, I want to offer the reader something of value, rather than taking the easy way out and ranting about getting bitten by a dog the other day.
Open Sesame Street: why public TV matters
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2012
» As I was listening to the presidential debate back on Oct3, I knew Mitt Romney was going to have it bad when he pledged to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. Oh yes, fans of the cuddly creatures from Sesame Street and other shows on PBS, such as documentaries, are sure to start their hate parade. In fact, there is actually going to be one on Nov 3, called the Million Muppet March, when protesters will gather at the National Mall in Washington, DC, to defend PBS and Sesame Street.