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Who’ll show the elephant out of the room?
News, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/04/2016
» There's this huge elephant in this room, of which no one -- neither the military government nor the general public -- talks about out loud, and it's one of the most likely explanations why the regime has held on to power as long as it has.
Abstractions and acquaintances
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/03/2016
» As the title "Dusadee + Dusit + Lovers + Dead Ones" suggests, Dusadee Huntrakul's current exhibition at Chulalongkorn University's The Art Center is not exactly a solo show, but a bit of a reunion.
Seeing the world through another's eyes
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/11/2015
» As much as Facebook is a virtual space of borderless interaction, it has, for many, undeniably become our most immediate and primary news source. It's a personalised pool of information, which though we have chosen consciously, can transform who we are and the way we think without our even realising it. And I have often wondered what it would be like to live, maybe for a day, in the social media world of other people's Facebook accounts.
The voice of the northeast
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/03/2015
» By the haystack next to a rice field, Yothin Kijbai sung out in high-pitched, rhyming Isan verses that he apparently knew by heart. Dressed in a light blue costume adorned with glittering sequins, the 68-old-year is not a madman but a well-known "comedy molam".
Hong Kong protest provokes Thai navel-gazing
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/10/2014
» As I write this, the latest Facebook status of Sombat Boonngamanong, leader of Thai pro-democracy group Red Sunday, reads: "Hong Kongers are not happy".
A love supreme
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/08/2014
» Dear Army Chief/Junta Leader/Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, I love you. I’m not sure why, how or when. I just know for a fact that I do.
A cut above
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/03/2014
» No woman has ever been allowed in Schorem Haarsnijder en Barbier (Schorem haircutter and barber) in Rotterdam, the shop’s founders Bertus and Leen said without any trace of fear that this might be offensive to the opposite sex. They once even refused entry to a female journalist assigned to write a story about their shop.
A new song is being written for Suthep
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 31/01/2014
» A few days of cool breezesare usually welcomed by residents of this perennially sultry city of ours, but it's a bit much that the cold spell has dragged on for so many weeks. Flicking on the air-con makes the house too cold and leaving the windows open is a sure recipe for freezing to death under your own roof. And while taking a shower in the mornings is torture, things get tougher if the air-con at your office blasts out air at a temperature even lower than that outside on the street.
War of words
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/01/2014
» When the red shirts camped out at Rajamangala Stadium last December to support PM Yingluck Shinawatra, a popular quip among the anti-Thaksin camp was that the football field needed a proper re-turf as those "kwai daeng", or red buffalo, had eaten all the grass.
Lead the way, but leave us our opinions
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/11/2013
» When it comes to Thai politics, like many others, I feel lost and exhausted. There are people who are willing to forget the fact that they have known you all your life as soon as you have the slightest tendency to step to the other side. And there are those who look on you as if you're a coward when you just can't really say that you're one of them despite sharing certain beliefs.