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Drugs and children don't mix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/09/2013
» Children are our future. But if some children in some schools choose to take painkillers together with soft drinks because they are told by some older students that combining the two will create drug-like effects, our future might not be as good as we anticipate.
It's meal time!
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/06/2013
» Modern people lead a busy life. Heavy workloads and personal errands keep the daily schedule completely tight, leaving no room to even think about eating properly.
Eyes on the prize
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 13/05/2013
» When Porntip Pan-in was little, back-to-school time was her mother's nightmare. While other mums and dads would visit shopping malls to buy school uniforms and stationery, the first place Porntip's mother thought of was a pawnshop.
Not for sale
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/03/2013
» Living in the neighbourhood of Mae Lao in Chiang Rai province where a number of girls and boys have been trafficked from, Nat* has no idea she herself is also at a very high risk of becoming part of the human market.
Sex from students' perspectives
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/03/2013
» Teaching girls to put on a condom - using cucumbers as substitutes - can be awkward at first. But as part of the plan, university students guide school children through the process. Teen love is hard, and teen sex, if it ever comes to that, is much harder.
The games people play
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/01/2013
» Lingering in the main hall of the recent Thailand Game Show 2013 _ a big event for game enthusiasts _ before an interview recently, I saw a huge number of young gamers packing booths with glittering eyes of obsession and interest.
Partners in philanthropic planning
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/01/2013
» Back in 1915 when the people of Thailand, then known as Siam, fell prey to a serious hookworm infestation, an American physician from the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr Victor Heiser, stepped off a steamship and proceeded to Bangkok for meetings scheduled with government officials to discuss ways of eradicating the parasite.
Land of the Rising Son
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/01/2013
» Danny Choo could have become a celebrated luxury footwear designer like his father, Jimmy Choo, if he had not discovered a Japanese video game console in his teens. It was this little gizmo that changed his life forever.
Mind your language
Muse, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/10/2012
» Like many other modern mums, Arunee Tangkaravakoon decided to send her three children to an international school so that, hopefully, they would become proficient in English. However, she soon became stressed when she found that two of them were actually struggling with their native language.
Channelling creativity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/09/2012
» For almost a month now, Somluk Wanta has been constructing something from more than 4,000 new and used plastic bottles. And his motive for doing so is a bit out of the ordinary.