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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.
Going West
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/07/2015
» Wakey wakey, Thailand. Look at what the winds are bringing in: Thai remakes of American series. How well is any of this is going to go down? So glad you asked, because we did our homework.
Blooming Lovely
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 21/05/2015
» No trip to the Netherlands is complete without a visit to the tulip fields. And the best place for tulips is Keukenhof, one of the most beautiful spring gardens in the world. It happens that the park, which is located in Lisse, a small village southwest of Amsterdam, is open only from mid-March to mid-May every year. So the good news is you have almost one whole year to plan if you wish to visit this special place during next year’s long Songkran holiday.
Tied to a Sino past
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/05/2015
» The unavoidable and never-failing icebreaker -- do you have any Chinese blood? -- will always have its place in Thai society. Yet it's also something of an empty question, believes Singaporean author Jeffery Sng: "By the time Phibunsongkhram changed the country's name to Thailand, the Thais were already so mixed that it was hard to find anyone 100% Thai."
Be careful what you watch for
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/11/2014
» Reckless driver terrorising a family, caught on camera! Famous rocker beating his wife, caught on camera! And the national outrage of last week — a kissing lesbian couple humiliated on the BTS, also caught on camera!
Swearing by Thailand
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/11/2014
» 'John, John, John, John, Jooooohn!" That's how Nelson Howe is greeted by Thai fans. They bombard him with his "father's name" in hopes that he'll joust back with a curse.
Exploring the last frontier
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/10/2014
» Uncle Nelson Howe sent 3 million viewers into hysterical laughing fits when a viral video of him swearing in Thai was posted on YouTube in March. Scripted, directed and shot in just a day by Salmon Books' cash cow writer, Thanachart "Benz" Siripatrachai, the video propelled Thanachart's book it was unashamedly peddling — New York 1st Time — to bestseller status.
Golden years with B.Narida
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 03/10/2014
» Your kiddos are your doll to dress up only for a short time in life, so bedeck them while you can. In the case of not having any children of your own, there's always other people's children that you can buy frivolous things to adorn them with.
If you change nothing, then nothing will change
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 22/08/2013
» Why do bus drivers in Bangkok drive like F1 racers on ya ba? Because that's the way things are. Why do the trains we use still look no different from when my late grandfather was a young man? Because that's the way things are. Why are motorcycle-taxi drivers completely okay with speeding through a red light? Well boo-hoo-hoo and too bad. Because that's just the way things are.