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Bitter sweet 16
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/01/2014
» Last year was a roller coaster-ride for 16-year-old actress Sutatta "PunPun" Udomsilp. Just as she had reached the peak of her career as a star on the TV hit Hormones The Series, a photo of her using what appeared to be crystal meth leaked online, making her subject to harrowing scrutiny from the media and public.
Kid teacher
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/01/2014
» Some people have an immediate aversion towards kids on TV. The stereotypical view - that they are alarmingly precocious, acting and speaking way beyond their age - often blames parents for taking away an important part of these kids' childhoods.
The truth will out
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/01/2014
» Over the past few months, the social media in Thailand has literally turned from a playground for fun and entertaining diversions into a veritable battlefield. Facebook's bragging, attention-seeking statuses and narcissistic selfies have been replaced by quotes, reports, pictures and video clips attacking those on the opposite side of the political divide _ and to convince and confirm the righteousness of one's own camp.
Modernisation taps into hand-pump use
Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/01/2014
» The sight of people pumping groundwater into a bucket was common in the old days.
Beer-garden lite
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/12/2013
» Bangkok's weather has been unusually nice these past couple of days. And while we keep our fingers crossed for it to last a little longer, what better way to get ourselves into a celebratory mood as we move closer to the year's end than a glass of ice-cold beer, the company of a group of friends and some good vibes.
Bleeding Ink
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/12/2013
» Michael Miner aka KJ Bleeds Ink's poetic journey began with two girls. First, there was a "Leslie" in the seventh grade who, for some reason, began hugging him after school. And though he thought it was crazy and weird and had no idea what was going on, they soon started going out.
Bright and early
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/12/2013
» Chinese artist Yu Jordy Fu's career has literally been a shooting rocket, launched at a very young age. She held her first solo exhibition when she was six. At seven, a compilation book of her art was published. At 17, she was accepted by Central Saint Martin's College of Arts and Design in London even though she hadn't even finished high school. At 19, another book was published. At 22, she had her work exhibited at the Venice Biennale (she was the youngest participant, of course). At 26, she started her own design and architecture company.
Drawing the readers in
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/11/2013
» Reviewing the 16th Singapore Writers Festival on my return to Bangkok, it struck me that it would probably be more appropriate to call what went down in the city-state earlier this month a forum for authors and fans of thought-provoking literature.
For smooth operators
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/10/2013
» For Florina Winter, head of Gillette Asia's reseach and development, the shaving razor is not simply about removing unwanted hair from the face, but also about the science behind the tool. As a project leader for Gillette products like the Mach 3, it might be seem unusual to people, especially men, to know that a female engineer is actually behind the product they use every day.
Lessons in letters
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/10/2013
» Before receiving an official phone call from the judging committee or the competition organiser, Angkarn Chanthathip learned he had won this year's SEA Write Award from a post "some Facebook friend made". It wasn't on his Wall, but randomly in the Newsfeed _ perhaps the most un-poetic mode of modern communication.