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Exercising the exceptional
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 06/01/2015
» At first glance, 24-year-old Teera Bangsarunthip looks just like any other man.
Sowing the seeds of farming's future
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 03/12/2014
» Thailand is primarily an agricultural country — but it is often farmers who face substandard living conditions, taken advantage of due to industrialisation and capitalism.
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.
Fit and fab
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 14/10/2014
» It's not like TV channels today are devoid of reality shows. In fact, we have so many that the concepts are becoming quite redundant. It took a lot of courage for Fitness First to launch yet another reality TV show in the Asian market.
Express ticket to good health
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 30/09/2014
» We live in a world with instant everything: instant photo sharing, instant messaging and instant food being just a few examples. As we grow less and less tolerant of waiting, new products and methods emerge to lure money out of our pockets; all promising instant results. Gone are the days when people believe in working hard to attain their goal. They want immediate results with minimal effort.
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.
Heart to heart
News, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 24/09/2014
» Each year, 8,000 Thai babies are born with congenital heart disease. Half of them desperately need an operation in order to survive or lead a normal life, but many of them cannot afford the treatment. Even those who somehow manage to find enough money to foot the bills must go through a long wait since the facilities and specialised doctors have limited ability. While many are waiting for their turn to receive treatment, more babies are born with life-threatening conditions.
Buy a pair, give another away
Muse, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 20/09/2014
» Asurvey carried out in the UK a few years back revealed that women only wear a quarter of the shoes they buy. The poll, which involved 2,352 women over the age of 18, found that ladies own about 20 pairs of shoes on average.
Life of reporting live
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 04/09/2014
» Andrew Stevens has covered so many thrilling stories in his three decades as a journalist that few things seem capable of baffling him. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 was, however, an exception.
The gift of giving
Muse, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 30/08/2014
» It was surprising and completely refreshing when young philanthropist Punsiree Kunakornpaiboonsiri did not dish out a soppy, beauty pageant-like answer when asked how she got involved in the Ramathibodi Foundation.