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Students, office workers benefit from ANF programme
News, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 02/04/2016
» “The Power of Human Energy: A Journey Inspired by the King” at the Agri-Nature Foundation (ANF) counts among its participants foreign students and office workers eager to adopt the farming concept.
Farmers go back to the future to retain water
News, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 02/04/2016
» A small clay pot used in everyday cooking has provided the inspiration for an unusual method of ensuring not too much water, nor too little, reaches farmlands growing crops that need to be carefully monitored.
Move It!
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 05/11/2013
» If there is one thing that we could do to improve our health and wellbeing, it is exercise. We have often been told that physical activity is good for both body and mind.
Poles apart
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 22/10/2013
» Most people look back on adolescence as the most carefree period in their lives, but Kreangkraimas Photjanasuntorn didn't enjoy his teenage years at all. A hypersensitive type, he remembers always being stressed about his academic performance or getting worked up about whether he was popular in class and said that this anxiety eventually drove him to hide himself away in his bedroom and cease interacting with the world outside.
Serving up the best
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 20/08/2013
» A scene of little kids in yellow T-shirts running in excitement to join their class greeted us on our arrival at Ban Thongyord. The name in Thai literally means an egg drop coated in syrup, which is a dessert. But Ban Thongyord is not a cooking school. It's a badminton camp _ the training home for world's No.2 badminton player Ratchanok "May" Intanon, whose recent world championship win has made her the country's biggest star athlete and a household name.
The need to read
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 04/06/2013
» While many people read books for pleasure, Sakulsri Boonchotanan reads to create a new life for her son.
A stitch in time ...
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 14/05/2013
» Our bodies undergo dramatic changes as we get older. It can be relatively simple for a woman in her 20s to lose a few kilogrammes. But when she hits her 30s, the weight doesn't come off quite as easily as it used to, and slimming down can get even more challenging once she enters her 40s.
Autism audit
Muse, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 13/04/2013
» The number of children diagnosed with autism has been rising in recent years. This may be because doctors are getting better at diagnosing the condition and are able to detect more causes.
Medical tech is on the ball
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 04/09/2012
» Last year was tough for Chayawat Srinawong after he was injured at a football match. A crunching tackle left him with a badly damaged left knee, and he has been on the sidelines ever since.
Muscling in on a body of work
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 08/08/2012
» Recently, I attended the opening of a sports and exercise centre where I explored leading-edge sports technology, sophisticated scientific instruments and fitness testing as well as a wide range of exercise-based rehabilitation tools that can help professional athletes keep fit during recovery and also help patients regain faster after bone- and joint-related surgery.