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The pitch ahead
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/06/2014
» Thailand women’s football coach Nuengruethai Sathongwieng has been in seventh heaven ever since her girls made football history last month by qualifying for the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Canada.
From links to clubhouse
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/03/2014
» Kurt Greve uses his expertise in both golf operations and club management to prioritise the growth of the game in whatever country he happens to be working. The American national was recently appointed general manager of the Xcite Golf Centre in Bangkok. With the best of professional golfers and technology at his disposal, this PGA master professional and long-standing member of the Club Managers Association of America says he is confident of accomplishing the goals he has set for himself.
Murder most foul
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/03/2014
» The gripping tale of a disgruntled teenager’s confession to murdering his parents and younger brother earlier this month due to sibling favouritism and an unkept promise by his mother to buy him a car if he made it into university all seem to run hollow in my estimation.
Close to her harp
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/03/2014
» Over the years, veteran American harpist Judith Utley’s recitals have captivated and mesmerised audiences in Thailand, a country she has called her second home since the early 80s, when she accompanied her husband, a Christian missionary, after he was posted here.
A classy way to success
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/02/2014
» Leading research scientist Wibool Piyawattanametha attributes much of the success he enjoys today to his parents’ dedication towards offering him the best of education during his formative years of growing up in a middle-class family in Bangkok.
Open spaces
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/01/2014
» Motor sports enthusiast Wijak Lertprasertpakorn is as competitive on the auto racing course as he is while juggling the pressures of his family empire. The 39-year-old, whose good looks mean he could easily be mistaken for a model, is managing director of TBN Group, a Toyota dealer and operator of the popular community mall Paseo, which his father, Chan, founded.
Headphone Harvey
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/01/2014
» Jerry Harvey knows all too well how it feels to rise against adversity. The founder of Jerry Harvey Audio, who for over two decades has created and built customised dual-speaker in-ear monitors for international rock stars and music lovers - was once asked unceremoniously by investors to leave a company he had set up. He was paid a minimal amount for his shares. Six months later he discovered it had been sold for US$34 million (1.1 billion baht).
Canucks on the go
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/12/2013
» Travelling for Canadian globetrotters Giselle and Cody Correia is very much a lifestyle.
Leaving only footprints
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/11/2013
» Where there is a will there is a way. Nobody knows this better than French globetrotters Thierry Montaner and Killian Blais, who for the past five years have been traversing the world on foot, taking alternative modes of transport only when absolutely necessary.
Towards a disaster-conscious society
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/10/2013
» Heartbreaking scenes are flashed across TV screens and the internet day in and day out. These days, Thai news is centred round the floods and the havoc they are causing. It seems like deja vu, including the glaring fact that nothing really tangible is being said by authorities to address this mammoth predicament in a decisive manner.