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Kaset Fair a stark contrast to organic life
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/12/2016
» December, leading as it does into the New Year, is a time of festivals, fairs and joyous activities. Among them is the Kaset Fair, an annual event organised by Kasetsart University, the country's leading agricultural institute and cradle that produces manpower for agriculture-related agencies.
Keep on running
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/11/2015
» I started calling myself a runner, albeit an amateur, on the third Sunday of November 2013, after I ran my first ever mini-marathon of 10km at the legendary Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon (SCBM). For the local running community, the event is like a rite of passage, where novices participate in the "Fun Run" of 5km, while others do something more arduous, or even get a taste of the life-changing experience of a full 42K marathon. Many runners, including myself, have fond memories of the event because SCBM was their very first running competition. It is with one step that a person begin his or her relationship with the lonely, addictive and meditative-like act of running.
Time to look past the spin
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/03/2014
» I always love monitoring how politicians make use of media to distribute their messages or reinvent their image. But much more interesting is how people respond to these spins. In my humble opinion, people — voters — love politicians who can entertain them, a kind of man who can make them laugh, whom they can associate with. People seem to forget that these politicians are meant to serve, not to entertain, nor to bond with us.
When building fences beats taking offence
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/02/2013
» I'm no fan of apps nor of online games. Yet the news on Monday about the launch of Human Fence, an app created by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Tha Sala community in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, prompted me to download it to my Facebook page right away.
The art of getting drunk in the Middle Kingdom
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/09/2012
» I often wonder why Chinese banquets are hysterically cheerful, rather noisy, with guests constantly moving from one table to another, holding cups brimful with rice liquor known as bai jiu.
When all is run and won
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/08/2012
» Every party comes to an end. So too does the 2012 London Olympic Games, which arrives at its curtain call on Sunday. At the closing ceremony, all eyes will shift to Rio de Janeiro, the city that will take over the torch. Brazil is another BRIC countries _ a new emerging economy beside China, India and Russia _ that plays host to the Games. (Please stand up India, as I am totally convinced that a New Delhi or Mumbai Summer Olympics will shame London and Beijing.)
Waging water wars in a friendly way
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/04/2012
» I hope your weapons are fully loaded. Make sure your protective gear is hardy enough to cushion you from an avalanche of water mixed with whisky, or a gluey powder that encrusts your face, or a massive blast of freezing cold water hurled from the backs of pickup trucks.