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Born, bred (and perhaps brewed)
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/08/2016
» The place looks like a regular house in the suburban Pak Kret district, roughly one-hour drive out of Bangkok. Look closer, however, the house appears unlived, more like a warehouse with some sort of operation going on inside, and a walk round to its backyard reveals five massive hothouses which span 1,600m².
From the void, a light
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/11/2014
» ‘If one day you get the chance to read this memoir,” wrote Khaisri Wisutthipinetr to her unborn son in the first entry of Tales From The Tip Of An Iceberg, which won this year’s Naiin Book Award in the nonfiction category, “it means you survived and grew old enough to do so."
The formula to success
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/10/2014
» In December 1995, 10-year-old Lewis Hamilton walked up the McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and and said "I want to race for you one day. I want to race for McLaren."
Don’t fly the plane, be the plane
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/06/2014
» It was only by 0.574sec that British pilot Nigel Lamb of the Breitling team managed to emerge as champion of the Red Bull Air Racing Championship race in Putrajaya, Malaysia last month.
Modernisation taps into hand-pump use
Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/01/2014
» The sight of people pumping groundwater into a bucket was common in the old days.
Lessons in letters
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/10/2013
» Before receiving an official phone call from the judging committee or the competition organiser, Angkarn Chanthathip learned he had won this year's SEA Write Award from a post "some Facebook friend made". It wasn't on his Wall, but randomly in the Newsfeed _ perhaps the most un-poetic mode of modern communication.
Courage down to his bones
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/07/2013
» For most people in their early 20s, it's either about building good careers that can make lots of money for brighter futures, or searching for love to ensure even more complete and happier lives. But for 24-year-old Teerapat Boonyakiat, it's all about doing everything he can to stay alive.