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Mum's the word
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 12/08/2015
» Today is not a regular, boring Wednesday. Not the most hopeless of all the weekdays with the spell that makes us workers feel so wretched for realising we're only halfway through the week. Out of about 16 public holidays Thailand gets in a year, today is one of them. But today is Aug 12, and not just some meaningless public holiday that the people of Bangkok like to take for granted with a good drive to Hua Hin or Pattaya.
The flame of hope
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 21/07/2015
» Today, 29 Thai athletes will board a plane to Los Angeles in the US. For most, this will be a first on a jet plane. Some have no clue where the US is but have been told it takes a day or so to get there. The one thing they all know is that their destination is the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will begin on Saturday.
Pole to Paris
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 08/07/2015
» Daniel Price, a British scientist with a PhD in Antarctic studies from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, currently en-route to Paris via bicycle from where he started in Australia, finally made it to Bangkok late last month. The 27-year-old hopes to raise public awareness on climate change with his campaign "Pole to Paris".
Celebrating a life-saving angel
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 12/05/2015
» To mark International Nurses Day today and to continue our series on ordinary people often overlooked by society, Life experiences a night on the job with an emergency room nurse.
High scores, flaws and bot wars
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 17/12/2014
» Nobody knows if Thailand will ever make it to the World Cup final.
A ride through motoring
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 13/12/2014
» What is your definition of a car? A moving machine? A convenient vehicle? Something you have never learned how to operate? Well, for many people, like those who go to motor shows every year to look at cars rather than pretty female presenters, they are definitely a big deal. A car is not just something that takes you from one place to another. It is not just something that takes you out on the road. For car lovers, cars are not a just a convenience, but fundamental to their lives.
Bangkok, bluntly
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 10/12/2014
» It would be quite offbeat for a Thai to make a fuss about the dirtiness of the capital city. But when an outsider brings up such an ugly truth, it slaps the country right in the face.
The royal running man
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 06/11/2014
» Sa-ing Harnpakhon, a 63-year-old man, has become the country's most beloved uncle after running 550km, from the northern province of Phrae to a self-imposed finish line at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, to wish His Majesty the King a speedy recovery from his illness.