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Be@r With Me
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 22/07/2015
» The toy craze is hardly anything new in Thailand, a country where most of us grew up bingeing on Japanese manga and animé. Hello Kitty and her Sanrio comrades readily spring to mind as they have been widely counterfeited on these shores, but for real connoisseurs, one of the most mentioned and collected contemporary toys of today would be none other than the Be@rbrick.
End our self-harming celebrity obsession
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Admit it — we're not above soap opera addicts, harlequin novel champions or airport mobbing fangirls/boys.
All hail the king of fruits
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 19/06/2015
» For many, it's a slice of heaven that titillates the palette and teases the senses. But for many others, it reeks of death, and those in possession should immediately be quarantined.
Off The Script
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 02/06/2015
» It all started with a boy band. Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan, childhood friends, were once in Irish boy band Mytown, but with the help of Glen Power on drums, awoke from their adolescent dream to form the popular pop rock band The Script.
A rising, completely normal, Asian star
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/05/2015
» With 2,807,437 subscribers and 612,323,137 views on TimothyDeLaGhetto2, Thai-American Tim Chantarangsu is a certified internet star. Timothy DeLaGhetto, as he is better known to his legions of fans worldwide, also has sizeable numbers from his other YouTube channels: thetimothydelaghetto where he vblogs and TraPhikMusik where he presents his rap music. Combined with his followers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, it makes for a dizzying digit of views that confirm his online celebrity status.
Uploading the Korean dream
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 27/03/2015
» Nathamon "Nutty" Kongjak was only seven minutes late, but she apologised profusely, to the point of mutual embarrassment. For a net idol with 3 million followers, and a budding artist who has just released an album in Korea, Power Of Nutty, there's something disarming about Nathamon, especially when the general consensus of net idols and K-pop stars tends to lean on the negative side.
It's all in the jeans
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 06/02/2015
» It began as a stern fabric for utility workwear, but has, over the years, come a long way from its humble roots as the preferred clobber for cowboys, miners and labourers.
Creative calendar clash
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 06/11/2014
» Last weekend saw two equally great events go head-to-head. It was unfortunate, however, that "Sala Inspiring Space" and "Cat Expo" happened on the same weekend as Thailand could definitely use more of these types of creative gatherings rather than the numbing so-called "festivals".
Lazarus, paper-bound
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/09/2014
» For many years the notion that "print is dying" has been repeated over and over. Countless studies and articles detail how technology is robbing the world of its on-paper reading sources. But the advent of publishing house Salmon Books and its gradual rise in popularity has given print-lovers a glimpse of hope.
A Stamp of approval
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 06/08/2014
» Apiwat Eurthavornsuk would never be described as traditionally handsome. But there's something endearing about the combination of his droopy eyes and upwardly curved lips, which give the impression of an etched-in smile, that complements his easy-going, good-tempered, everyman persona.