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The Ukulele-tube tutor
Life, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 09/03/2012
» HOW DID YOU BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT UKULELES?
Film fest offers French fun
Life, Published on 07/03/2012
» Last week a French film stole the thunder on the home turf of the Oscar, and this week a full range of French cinematic delights arrive at SF CentralWorld for the French Film Festival, one of the highlights of the French-Thai cultural festival La Fete. The Artist has become the most famous French movie of the year, and its humorous spirit will carry over into the theme of this year's festival.
The coldest cut
Life, Published on 05/03/2012
» Over one-third of our planet is frozen. The icy worlds of the Arctic, Antarctic and the Russian Far East are some of the coldest and most hostile places in the world, shaped by bitter winds and unforgiving temperatures.
Dolce&Gabbana nets a new look
Life, Pamela Tan, Published on 01/03/2012
» Dolce & Gabbana's Spring/Summer 2012 collection has hit the Bangkok shelves. This season, the iconic Italian fashion house led by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana presents sexy yet playful, vintage yet contemporary summer outfits for women, and a collection built around the "net" theme for men.
Tweets predict Oscars outcome
Life, Published on 28/02/2012
» People are constantly finding new ways to gauge the outcome of the Academy Awards, and the latest innovation is the "Senti Meter" (visit www.latimes.com/senti-meter).
Travelling Tastes
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 26/02/2012
» More than a century ago, many Thai civil servants travelled to study in the West, sent off to acquire knowledge that they could use in the country's development. When they returned home they brought the new methods, foreign languages and innovative approaches to administration and management that they had learned abroad. They also brought the knowledge they had gained of Western culture, including the delights of European food.
Orchids are born to be wild
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 26/02/2012
» While we were staying in a hotel during a family holiday in Prachuap Khiri Khan, the friendly hotel owner suggested that we make a side trip to Dan Singkhon near the Thai-Myanmar border. ''There's a thriving market there for wild orchids from Burma,'' she said. I had heard of Dan Singkhon before, but although Prachuap Khiri Khan is my family's favourite holiday destination and we go there every chance we get, we had never been to Dan Singkhon. It's not because we don't like orchids, but buying orchids taken from the wild is tantamount to encouraging poachers to go back to the forests to collect more plants to sell in the market.
The gaul of it
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/02/2012
» Come Monday morning, the winter rite of the Oscars will be executed in all its blazing, self-congratulatory aura, and after three hours of pompous live broadcast and in-jokes we'll return to our graves happily thinking about other fine movies the world has to offer. In the global peddling of moving images, we're forced to be fixated with Tinseltown's annual polling, an extensive survey of American taste and preferences, in which 6,000 people cast their precious votes to determine the worldwide conversation about the value of good movies.
Be sweet to yourself with soursop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 19/02/2012
» The Jan 1 article on soursop (Annona muricata) generated letters from readers. Dr Kittipongse Sumipan, a retired scientist who worked at the National Research Council of Thailand, wrote to say that the fruit is common in his hometown of Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand.
Tantalising to the taste
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/02/2012
» While Phuket is a top tourist destination famous for its beaches and natural beauty, the island's multicultural environment is no less vibrant and has a unique charm.