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Riverside countdown at Iconsiam
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/12/2025
» Bangkok has several countdown spots but Iconsiam’s River Park stands out every year with its spectacular fireworks lighting up the Chao Phraya River.
Thailand-based hospitality Tolani officially launches
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 11/02/2023
» Recently, Thailand-based Tolani Hotels held an official launch to reveal its 2023 plans and introduced Steve Lockhart as the CEO. Tolani is a clever portmanteau between "to" and "lani", the latter of which is Hawaiian for "heaven" or "paradise". The company founders and partners have been responsible for a number of well-known properties, including those under the X2 (cross-to) and Away brands.
World Food Day
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/10/2020
» Today (October 16) is World Food Day. Don't feel bad that you don't know that it's a thing because I only learned about it last week. This international day is created in honour of the date of the founding of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. It's celebrated in many countries to raise awareness on important issues such as food hunger, food security, malnutrition and the impact of our food consumption on Mother Nature with different themes each year. To commemorate the day, I would like to suggest ways you can partake.
Policing plastic waste
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/05/2020
» Pimpan Diskul na Ayudhya is a development practitioner, who began her career with The Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage for two years. She furthered her studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she focused on international business relations and environmental policy.
Kids (and adults) say the darnedest things
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 10/01/2020
» Tomorrow is National Children's Day and, instead of telling you where to take your children/nieces/nephews to climb tanks and watch a fighter jet show, I decided to flip the script. You see, a little one can say something out-of-left-field and humorous. The same can be said for adults who sometimes give damnedest responses, comments or excuses despite their years of wisdom. Here are a few examples of when adults say the darnedest things, Thailand edition.
Memorable MPs
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 02/08/2019
» The two-day policy announcement by the new government may leave you with mixed emotions, memes, analysis, amusing moments and trepidation of what's to come. Consider this a prelude of what we all can expect from the future assembly of our representatives, dear readers. Therefore, allow me to recap in gist, IMHO, the most memorable members of Parliament -- for better, worse or fun.
Crossword Puzzle: Thai PM Candidates Edition
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/02/2019
» As the March 24 election nears, the number of opinion polls have increased. On Sunday, one poll in particular caught my eyes. Super Poll announced the result of a survey, which I unofficially translate to "The Public’s Concern During Election Season". What made this poll stand out is that when they asked people about their specs for PM candidates, they use cryptic descriptions such as "Man in his 50s. Former leader of this country with high position" and "Man in his 40s. Former exec. A political activist." Instead of simply using their actual names like other polls? They did that to avoid violating any election rules, perhaps.
Farmer brothers
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 31/08/2018
» Mitdanai "Port" and Phundanai "Peat" Sathavonmanee co-founded CORO FIELD (fb.com/corofieldTH), a Japanese-style agro-tourist destination in Ratchaburi, in 2015. Since then, the brothers have branched out with a café in Esplanade Ratchada and a dessert shop in CentralWorld while Coro Field thrives as an example of what agriculture 4.0 looks like. We talked to them about their green ambition to plant a seed for modern farming while helping Thai farmers.