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End our self-harming celebrity obsession
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Admit it — we're not above soap opera addicts, harlequin novel champions or airport mobbing fangirls/boys.
Flying into a rage
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 23/01/2015
» For those who can afford it, travelling has become one of life's essentials.
Tourism troubles
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/03/2014
» In the past few years, Chinese tourists seem to have become the bane of our existence. We make fun of them. We complain about them. We stay away from them. We even tend to be pre-emptively rude toward them.
Beauty and the eye of the beholder
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 06/02/2014
» For the past few weeks, I've been mulling over three separate pieces of news.
My cross to bear
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 09/10/2013
» Last weekend, one of my best friends and his fashion brand-founding wife gave me a belated birthday present. It was an oversized, cross-shaped, glow-in-the-dark necklace decked out in hand-sculpted daisies and pearls, an item from his wife's latest collection. Even though it's cross-shaped, the necklace didn't strike me as having religious overtones as it has been stylishly manipulated into an amazingly well-crafted accessory. I love it so much that I wore it two nights in a row when I was out about town over the weekend.
Farewell, my friend
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/09/2013
» One of the most admired Thai street artists/graphic designers Pharuephon Mukdasanit, or Mamafaka, passed away from accidental drowning at the weekend. It has been devastating news beyond what words can describe. The outpouring of responses from all over the world has been the best testament to how Pharuephon, better known as Tum, spent his short 34 years.
Ballet school of terror
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 03/09/2013
» My niece started taking ballet lessons when she turned three a few months ago. She is now on her second ballet school, as we felt obliged to remove her from the first one.
An age-old conundrum
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/06/2013
» I recently visited my good Danish friends in Copenhagen as I do once or twice a year when chances permit. As per our tradition, before going out and losing a bit of humanity on the town, we salivate over a shared tray of Stegt flaesk (dudes, should we really be eating fried bacon at our age?) and exchange stories of our lives that extend beyond social media.
The embarrassment of riches
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 15/05/2013
» Only last night, my younger sister asked me: "What do you think will come after Facebook?" I thought about it for a while, but couldn't get my head around what would invade our lives in the future.
When your mother is one of your Friends
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 06/03/2013
» Cue apocalyptic music. Preferably something from a Norwegian death metal band...