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Comfort for the soul
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 05/02/2016
» Dear readers, if you were born in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986 or 1998 (the Year of the Tiger), read carefully. If you're looking forward to a rosy year ahead, you might be in for a major disappointment. Because 2016 is out to get you. If you scrape your car against a tree, get bitten by a dog, get pooped on the head by a pigeon, or end up on a delayed flight, remember that it might not be a pure coincidence. This year, for you, is filled with predestined mishaps.
Soft spot for superstition
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 27/01/2016
» On Monday, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha weighed in on the current national obsession.
A vintage, nostalgic extravaganza
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 23/12/2015
» Last Friday, majestic Hua Hin welcomed visitors to the "Singha Presents The Heritage Hua Hin 2015", a three-day event jam-packed with nostalgic charm. The event was a spin-off of Hua Hin Automobile Concours, which has taken place annually in the town for the past 12 years.
Health revolution
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 07/11/2015
» Every Sunday, the entrance to Sukhumvit 49 is teeming with people, mostly foreigners, lining up for a table in front of the new restaurant that carries a strange name — Broccoli Revolution.
The shopaholic robot leading the blind
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 17/08/2015
» While grocery shopping can be an enjoyable ritual for some, it usually is not something looked forward to by the blind. With thousands and thousands of different products cluttered on shelves and fast-paced crowds thoughtlessly moving around their shopping carts, searching for the right product is very difficult for the blind. They surely could use a helping hand, yet the best hand for them may not necessarily be a human's hand.
Mapping travel paths
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 15/06/2015
» Finding the right van to your destination from Victory Monument — home to the biggest fleet of commuter vans in the country — used to be no easy task. There are more than 170 routes offered by the hundreds of vans sitting at seven different service points at the roundabout, but there is zero signage. Frequent commuters may have mastered their ways around the slipshod management, but first-timers often end up going round in circles and foreign tourists simply lost in translation.
Fair sport
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 16/05/2015
» Nipaporn Saluphon first felt the shooting pain of a rattan ball smashing into her ankle when she was young. Soon after, she fell in love with sepak takraw, a sport native to Southeast Asia. Whenever a sepak takraw match aired on television, she would perch close to the screen, admiring the players and dreaming of becoming one.
Come fly with us
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 10/04/2015
» Shoshi Bromley-Dulfano was taking a stroll one breezy evening at Sanam Luang when she came across a string of purple kites. To her, they looked like jellyfish suspended in the sky.
Exhibiting their wild side
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 18/02/2015
» Lion carcasses, taxidermic vultures and a set of man-made animal models, including enormous elephants, tigers, monkeys, and a somewhat adorable leviathan, have been artistically brought together for a new exhibition.
Siam through the lens of John Thomson
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 06/01/2015
» In the mid-19th century, John Thomson arrived in Siam with a fairly new invention of those days: photography. The Scot would set up his camera in exquisite parts of Bangkok and take pictures — in those days having one's picture taken was an elaborate and even privileged activity — of some of the most important figures and places, including King Rama IV and V.