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#SchoolRules
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 27/05/2016
» One of the things I hated most about school was lining up in the morning, as one of the teachers went on and on about things that didn't really matter. Or maybe they did -- I wasn't really listening.
#Traffic
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 20/05/2016
» How has this week's traffic treated ya, now that the Thai kids are back in school? As a parent who has to endure the heart-tearing stress of being stuck on Sathon Road every morning and afternoon, I think I deserve a trophy for my patience, or a year's supply of Vicodin.
#LookThep
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 06/05/2016
» I was beyond relieved when those creepy lookthep dolls stopped making headlines. It was just too weird seeing people spending obscene money pampering a lifeless doll.
Contained and content
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 29/04/2016
» Earlier this week, BMA's Public Works Department announced crackdowns on the illegal use of containers as homes, cafes, restaurants, and flea markets. The online mass panic that ensued, mostly by the owners of such buildings, made me realise one thing -- wow, there are so many of them.
#Confidence
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 19/02/2016
» If you went to a Thai school, you know that confidence is something highly discouraged. Confidence can lead to rebellion — or so Thai adults think — and must be suppressed from a young age.
#PetStory
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 11/12/2015
» I am not a pet person. I don’t hate animals, but the idea of being responsible for the life of a creature that cannot tell me what he wants kind of scares me. But by twisted fate, one day my sister brought home a puppy. And then we were stuck with him.
Some like it hot
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 11/12/2015
» I admit that I find it difficult to come up with a way to convince my readers to find the idea of sweating attractive, especially because you are probably already sweating now, during Bangkok's so-called "winter". I mean, haven't we reached maximum sweat allowance just by existing in this climate?
#PlaraSotus
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 18/09/2015
» My dear readers, I'm afraid we've been ripped off.
Lean, mean Pilates machine
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 04/09/2015
» Are those fetters and chains? A guillotine? A hospital bed? It might look like an instrument of torture, but it's actually the latest workout tool.
#FirstEditorsNote
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 05/06/2015
» OK. Wow. This is surreal. After reading the Guru editor's note for a decade, here I am writing one!