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Turning a corner on the cycle of acceptance
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 09/05/2013
» Cycling has become one of the fastest-growing trends in Thai society. These days, although the numbers here are still low compared to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bogota or other bicycle-friendly cities, bikes are now a pretty common sight on Bangkok streets, in sois, parks and other places including office buildings, condominiums and exhibition centres.
New year, new woes
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 04/04/2013
» The Songkran water festival will take place again next week and more than likely we will see (as usual) in news programmes revelling tourists screaming with joy to the approaching TV camera: "I love Thailand!"
Reflecting on lives past
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 17/01/2013
» This year, National Children's Day was not just about parents spending quality time with their offspring and Thai society paying attention to the younger generation, the so-called "future of the nation". No, on Saturday a huge number of grown-ups also took the time to reminisce about their own childhood.It was another viral phenomenon on the internet. To mark the occasion, there was a widespread practice of people, celebrities included, of course, posting cute and often funny portraits from their school days on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social networking sites. Some even juxtaposed their old pictures with those of their little ones, revealing the striking similarities that attracted loads of "likes" and admiring comments.
Following the Buddha's footprints
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 11/09/2012
» Maybe you didn't notice. Or maybe you haven't heard about it at all. But last week there was a small report in the Thai media about the discovery of a Buddha's footprint in Lampang said to date back to the Dvaravati Period more than 1000 years ago.