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Penny-pinching or Just penny Wise?
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/12/2017
» For many people, being called "stingy" is considered an insult. Stinginess comes in different forms. For example, some people like to return to the same cheap products. When something is broken, they won't bother buying a better product to replace it. They keep buying the same lousy brands. There are also people who refuse to purchase anything even slightly unnecessary, or buy a nice meal once in a while purely for the sake of pleasure. These are a few examples.
Flight from the city
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 12/02/2017
» There is constant traffic of people moving into and out of Bangkok. Some want to come to the city, while others want to get out. Those seeking to come usually want to study or work here, do business or perhaps just do some shopping. They may see the capital as a testing ground that offers challenges to their abilities. Once in the city, they look for suitable opportunities and hope that their luck comes through for them.
The cream of the royal crop
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/11/2016
» Whenever I am at the Or Tor Kor Market, I always try to stop in at Doi Kham, the Royal Project store there. As I wander around browsing the produce and other products, I get the feeling that it is different from supermarkets or other kinds of fresh markets. Every item I pick up has a special significance. Each was grown through the skill of a farmer who was cultivating land that in some way had been damaged or degraded. It may have been used previously to grow opium poppies, or to rotate crops until the soil was depleted and all that remained was bare mountain land without vegetation.
Sam yan's savoury smorgasbord
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 07/10/2012
» In the early years after its founding, Bangkok was a city of small ethnic communities that were concentrated in certain parts of town. The Yaowarat area up to Talat Noi and Bang Rak was, of course, home to the Chinese community, with some Muslim residents as well. Samsen, in the vicinity of the St Gabriel School, was primarily Vietnamese, while the population of Bang Kapi and Phra Khanong was largely Muslim.