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Stuck on you
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/09/2015
» Varanon Thongkame and Kosol Thongduang make stickers for a living. Not the kind that can be peeled off and stuck on random surfaces -- the pair make and sell virtual cartoon stickers for the popular messaging app, Line.
In the closet -- or not
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/08/2015
» Actress Kristen Stewart's refusal to confirm her sexuality, and a round-up of other worldwide LGBT news this month
In the mind's eye
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/07/2015
» On a black Velcro board, a pair of small hands gently glided along its slightly thorny surface. In her right hand, a girl held a plastic "tool" that mimics a large pencil. When she dragged it along the Velcro surface, a thread of yarn came out from its tip — sticking on the board and forming into different shapes. Her fingers carefully felt each line that she drew.
The dark side of love
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/07/2015
» Love hurts sometimes. And when you love someone so much, how far do you go to satisfy his needs and keep him by your side? Tanwarin Sukkhapisit's latest romantic gay thriller Kuen Nun (Red Wine In The Dark Night) runs on this concept: the dark side of love.
Words of wisdom from a tree doctor
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/07/2015
» Speak of a doctor and people usually imagine a professional dressed in a white gown, caring for the sick. Yet Bunchong Somboonchai is no ordinary doctor. His work does not require stethoscopes and scalpels but rather hammers and chisels. His patients are not humans. They are instead rows of trees that are dotted around Chiang Mai and other nearby cities.
From exile to acceptance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/07/2015
» 'Every journey starts with one step. So today is one step for a long journey," said Burmese activist Aung Myo Min in the documentary film This Kind Of Love. During the scene, he was standing inside a Bangkok BTS Skytrain. He was on his journey home to Myanmar after 24 years of exile.
Threats raise more questions than answers
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/06/2015
» 'Why do men continue to get prettier as the days go by?" The question, a rhetorical one, was asked by Woody Milintachinda on his morning TV show Woody Teun Ma Kui last week. And, no, he was not referring to Caitlyn Jenner. His subject was homebound and revolved around Thailand's latest sensation that most of us have come to know as Nong Wo.
A second chance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/06/2015
» In a white room with high bars acting as a transparent wall, a warden stood watching as a group of men started picking up their brush. The men tentatively dabbed it in watercolour paint. Soon, everyone was making a mess on both the paper and the floor.
Where sexuality flowers
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/06/2015
» 'The first thing I tell any visitor is 'you have to check out the flowers. You have to broaden your imagination first. Then we'll take a walk together, slowly'," said Katai Kamminga as she welcomed visitors to her Erotic Garden and Teahouse — a sensational spot, if not the controversial hub, of Mae Rim, Chiang Mai.
Old school
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/05/2015
» In the morning, everyone in the house gets ready and leaves for school or work. Tarn Sethaya, 77, also leaves for school — as do most of the people his age who live in Cheongdoi municipality in Chiang Mai.