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Sweat it out for good health
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 05/09/2022
» In two years' time, baby boomers born in 1964 will turn 60. I happen to be one of the last born in the boomer years counting down to retirement in the Year of the Rabbit.
A month of history
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 21/09/2020
» Planned at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus, the anti-government rally under the title, "Sept 19: Return Power To Civilians" was set on the same date as the 2006 coup d'état.
Four-legged friends need more of our love
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 06/07/2020
» One of my favourite movies is A Dog's Purpose based on W Bruce Cameron's book about a dog that is reborn over and over again. The book touches upon the following questions: What is the meaning of life and are we here for a reason?
Food for thought
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 29/07/2019
» Som tam is a staple that I eat almost every day, but always skipping the tomato and long bean that end up in the restaurant's bin. The other day, I started drinking soya milk -- it was too sweet. The remaining amount was discarded in the kitchen sink. I often have to throw away rotten carrots and other vegetables as well as unconsumed kub khao in plastic bags. Those ready-to-eat foods became expired items in the fridge.
Ageing in an ill-prepared society
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/05/2019
» As one of the younger baby boomers, someone who will turn 60 in 2023, I still don't have a retirement plan, let alone enough savings for the winter years of life.
The necessity of education reform
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 06/11/2017
» Landing a place at university can be quite an ordeal for the majority of Thai youths, who seek out academic studies rather than questionable vocational training.
Tutor classes are a tough school
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 10/10/2016
» Getting into Thai universities has always been a big deal for most Thai kids during this time of year. The 2017 admission process begins with the first entrance exams scheduled for the end of the month. Family pressure, peer pressure, you name it, is there.
An orgy of wastefulness
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 08/12/2015
» Christmas and New Year are just a few weeks away and it's the time of year again when people shop around for gifts that are intended to make others happy.
Bangkok -- what a waste of space
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 06/10/2015
» This "Urban October" should have us all rethinking the future of Bangkok.
The Back To The Future (II) is now
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/04/2015
» Time flies so quickly, and in next to no time after Songkran, we're nearly in the middle of 2015.