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Damn everlasting
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 23/09/2017
» Only one word can encapsulate Tattoo Colour and what it's like to be sitting in the same room with them: guan teen. This would roughly translate to its members' smartass demeanour. It is no wonder that this energy, time and time again, makes their music feel like the equivalent of your all-knowing college BFF giving you a pat on the back (or smack in the head) when love goes bitter.
Bollywood's still lovestruck by the industry's supercouple
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/12/2015
» You really can't help but think that Shahrukh Khan takes the love the world has for him for granted when he shows up in yet another slapstick-stupid kind of masala where one man can take out a gang of goons single-handedly. The goofy thud and whack sound effects are insufferable, as is the toy-like colour palette of the sets (depending on your level of sophistication), but besides that, this most anticipated Indian blockbuster of the year is not as bad as the trailer makes it look.
Denim dreams
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2015
» Spoken like a true human magpie, Yosuke Otsubo admits, "I think just like Andy Warhol, I will enjoy shopping until I pass away." Although working as the sales and marketing director for the premium segmentation of Levi's in Asia, Middle East and South Africa, the 59-year-old Japanese man is more famously known as a bigwig among the vintage clothes collecting crowd — being among the few who managed to turn the world's attention to the value of items that were just a few steps away from ending up in a trash pile.
Swiss sights, sounds a moss-see
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/03/2015
» If a visit to the famed "valley of the watchmakers" in Switzerland's Vallee de Joux is a bit out of your league, Audemars Piguet's installation in the Collector's Lounge at this year's Art Basel Hong Kong was a decent stand-in, bringing springtime at its factory to you.
Smoke and mirrors
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/10/2013
» Magic. In an era of smartphones that can perform once-impossible tasks, the word doesn't quite evoke the same allure and mystique that it once did. But despite its diminishing appeal as a form of mass entertainment, the art of illusion still has a few rabbits left in its hat. In July this year, 13-year-old Thirawat Kongnugul glided past young wizards from all over the world to bag second place in the International Brotherhood of Magic's yearly Stage Contest in Arizona _ proof that Thai magicians still have a few tricks up their collective sleeve (see accompanying story).
Eyes wide open
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/07/2013
» With her undeniably good looks and the cachet of having seasoned thespian Karnjana Chindawath as a mother, it would have been a shame if Kavita "Pleng" Rodkerd hadn't given a stage career at least a brief try-out. But this sweet-faced 25-year-old did a good deal of soul-searching before accepting her very first acting jobs, the fruits of which can be seen in two dramas currently airing on Channel 7.
Lost for words
Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/05/2013
» I still remember the day Chai came back to class after meeting a girl during our gap hour when we were still in college. Pat was her name. She had perfectly light, fair skin and she was decked out in pearl earrings, a costly print scarf and a status handbag, according to his description.
Lost for words
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/05/2013
» I still remember the day Chai came back to class after meeting a girl during our gap hour when we were still in college. Pat was her name. She had perfectly light, fair skin and she was decked out in pearl earrings, a costly print scarf and a status handbag, according to his description.
Cracking over the papers
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 02/04/2013
» I would be strutting down Bangkok's crappy pavements in posh footwear and sipping expensive tea every day by now had I said yes to some things a few months ago. Namely, writing CVs, statements of purpose, essays and dissertations for graduate students.
That’s the spirit
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 27/03/2013
» The feel-good movie studio GTH always seems to generate laughs, even when adapting Thailand's most famous ghost story about a lovelorn female spirit hell-bent on breaking the necks of anyone who gets in her way.