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Raising the yellow flag
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 30/09/2014
» The sky above Chinatown is blocked by a dense layer of yellow flags and lanterns and banners; the air heavy with grease from industrial-sized frying pans. Navigating Yaowarat with any form of transportation, on foot or on a bus, during the past week has been more chaotic than ever. The annual Vegetarian Festival, which ends on Thursday, is celebrated not by just believers, young and old, in white and in every other colour, but also by the media and sponsors ranging from banks to amusement parks.
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.
Meet the chefs
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 26/09/2014
» Bangkok gourmands will have a chance to experience another impressive epicurean showcase hosted by the five-star St. Regis Bangkok next month.
The cinema bridge
Life, Published on 24/09/2014
» Looking for her lead actor, director Nichaya Boonsiripan spent three months hanging out at the Immigration Service Centre for Legalised Labourers of Three Nationalities (Myanmar, Cambodian and Laos). She finally picked up Aung Naing Soe for the film Myanmar In Love In Bangkok (Ruk Pasa A-Rai), a romantic comedy about love between a Thai woman and a male migrant worker from Myanmar, which is currently showing in selected cinemas.
Mavericks meet their match
Life, Published on 22/09/2014
» The winners of the SEA Write Awards, the region's most distinguished literary prize, will be announced early next month, the category to be judged in this year's competition being the short story. In the run-up to that glittering event, we talk to the six Thai finalists, all unconventional individuals in their own way, asking them about their work, their favourite authors and why they prefer to express themselves in the short-story format.
Wake up and smell the coffee
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 14/09/2014
» There is no way to know how much coffee the people of Thailand drink in the course of a day. In the future, when the population grows even bigger, they are bound to consume even more. Thais and coffee are inseparably bound, and it isn't only the taste that has hooked them. One of the pleasures of Thai life is to meet up with friends in a coffee shop and relax over a steaming cupful.
For his latest trick
B Magazine, Published on 14/09/2014
» Even as K-pop threatens to sweep away all before it, one rocker has proven to be an enduring example of the J-rock wave that crashed into Thailand's music scene a decade ago. That man is Makoto Koshinaka, the frontman of the rock band Lucifer, a solo artist and sometime actor who has cemented a deep bond with Thai fans over the years.
Going toe-to-toe with a comedy heavyweight
Life, Published on 12/09/2014
» When The Comedy Club Bangkok, the city's first dedicated comedy venue, opens its doors tonight, Los Angeles Comedy Award-winner Luke Ashlocke will take the stage to deliver some high-octane laughs.
Teardrops and drama
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/09/2014
» Fans of Thai cinema may best remember Apinya "Saiparn" Sakuljaroensuk from the iconic afro hairdo she had in her breakthrough performance in 2007 film Ploy. Seven years later, the afro has been replaced with pigtails and she is now more than ready to stake her claim as one of the most talented and diverse young Thai actresses in the industry today.
Pretty is as pretty does
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/09/2014
» In response to Christopher Marlowe's line in Doctor Faustus, "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships", performer Sasapin Siriwanij is saying "no".