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What’s trending and happening this week
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/04/2018
» 1 Feel like putting your strength to the test? Under Armour is bringing back its annual urban fitness challenge Test Of Will, to be held on April 28 and 29 at CentralWorld. Participants will complete physical challenges -- Over and Under (hurdles), Deadball Squats, Kettlebell Farmer Walks and Bear Crawls -- in a four-minute circuit challenge. Contestants will be divided into age categories: 18-34, 35-44 and 45+. Each will be scored based on the maximum number of correct repetitions they can achieve within one minute. A cash prize of 50,000 baht is up for grabs for the male and female competitors who achieve highest overall score. Register to compete, for 500 baht, at testofwill.com. Available only for Thai residents over the age of 18.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.
When the floods come, and leadership sinks
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 13/11/2017
» Are you aware that parts of the country is submerged? Yes? No? Sort of? It's been a busy month on our newsfeed. Bodyslam's frontman Toon is raising millions from his cross-country run, gaining praise (and criticism) from the good cause. And what else is on the news? The shopping tax break? The junta's new set of questions?
Dignity behind bars
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/08/2017
» Life in prison is tough. But being a female inmate living in facilities that are mostly designed for their male counterparts where their needs are largely unmet is even worse.
Ninth life
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/07/2017
» For millennia, cats have been popular as pets. In the internet era, cats rule, beating dogs and other animals as the kings and queens of newsfeeds, stars of viral clips and an endless supply of adorable photos. There are celebrity cats with millions of social media followers.
Slow train to Korat
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/07/2017
» "Where are you headed?" The question broke the ice at the start of our long journey.
Taking care of the nation's lifeblood
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/05/2017
» The recent news of a planned mass resignation by state sector nurses came as a shock to society. Nobody expected it. Not even the cabinet that initially rejected the listing of over 10,000 contract nurses as civil servants, which prompted resignation threats by a network of nurses who feel they are not getting what they deserve for all the efforts they've been putting in to care for people.
5 talking points in Thai entertainment
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/12/2016
» A year of progress and disappointment in the arts.
Golden oldies
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/09/2016
» Inside a hotel kitchen, a wok sizzled as Prapai Ritthiya cooked up a dish of stir-fried crispy pork and vegetables.
An empathetic view
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/07/2016
» Imagine a room full of red-lace bras, packs of condoms and a dancing pole -- did we just wander into an illicit, red-light district somewhere? No, these items are brazenly displayed at perhaps one of the most unusual museums in the country: This Is Us -- Empower Foundation's Museum of Sex Works in Thai Society.