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Watershed year for Thai TV
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 29/12/2014
» On buses, billboards and LCD screens at major road intersections, striking advertisements from digital TV channels outlining their exciting content demonstrates the massive promotional budgets spent on trying to attract viewers. The more the merrier? Not always, or at least not on the Thai TV airwaves.
A to Z of looking good
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/12/2014
» D espite delays of major launches due to the unstable political climate, the beauty scene this year in Thailand quickly caught up with the rest of the world. New categories, cosmetic brands and precious ingredients — here is the A-Z of 2014's big debuts and must-have products.
Teach kids to give a stuff about animals
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/11/2014
» My first stuffed toy, as far as I can remember, wasn’t a big teddy bear but a little donkey that my dad bought in London. Unfortunately, I lost the English donkey — which was perhaps made in China — at some point in time.
Music is the best medicine
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 20/11/2014
» The Supatwanich siblings — Kanlaya, Kangsadal and Chatr — share a talent for singing, and team up as a trio, Plern Asa, for monthly performances at Ramathibodi Hospital's bustling outpatient department.
Procrastination, the tooth hurts
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/10/2014
» Of all the witty quotes about procrastination, I couldn't agree more with Christopher Parker's: "Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill."
Right on time
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/10/2014
» While other brands presented as many models as they could, IWC Schaffhausen put the spotlight on one family of its timekeepers, Portofino, at the 2014 Watches & Wonders, held recently at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Fighting signs of life(style)
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/07/2014
» Men’s grooming regimens usually involve less skincare items than women’s complicated routines. Familiar with the three-step cleansing, toning and moisturising, men may now catch up with the fairer sex in using targeted treatments for crow’s feet and stubborn dark spots.
Choices, choices everywhere
Business, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/06/2014
» This is the sleepy morning after for those who stayed up to watch the much-awaited opening match of Fifa World Cup 2014, which kicked off today at 3am Bangkok time, with Brazilian and Croatian footballers battling it out in the pitch at Sao Paulo’s recently finished Itaquerao Stadium.
To the fore, with one fowl swoop
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/05/2014
» Even though Philippe Keller has worked behind the scenes at several previous Bangkok Chefs Charity gala dinners, this year, in his new role as the Dusit Thani Bangkok’s executive chef, he is being regarded as a first-timer at the banquet since this is the first year he has got the chance to prepare a dish of his own devising for what is to be the sixth edition of this annual affair.
Talent at your fingertips
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 14/05/2014
» Have you ever entered a talent show? I did, once crooning The Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream in front of an audience of pupils and teachers at a British primary school.