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Bringing home a star
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/12/2015
» In Bangkok, the closest you get to eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant is to visit L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, eponymously-named after the Michelin-starred French chef.
Strictly come dancing
Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/01/2015
» Navinda “Lordfai” Pachimsawat Vadtanakovint was beginning an improvisation class at Bangkok Dance Academy in Siam Paragon when one of her students complained that she was tired, hungry and not feeling it. Navinda took the entire class to the supermarket. They bought potato chips, jellies and Pocky biscuits, and went back up to the studio. The class then revolved around snacks, drawing from the structure of where the snacks were located and movements happening around them.
Going for Gold
Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/10/2014
» 'I remember the exact moment. It was in 2004. Hurricane Charlie swept through our town. I remember the only channel we had was NBC. We were sitting there watching the Athens Games. I remember that exact moment. I was watching this girl, Carly Patterson, and she won the Olympic All-Around Champion medal. I was like 'Man, that chick is 16 and she's a gold medallist'. That's the ultimate dream of any athlete — to compete in the greatest stage in the world. And I knew I wanted to go there one day but I had no idea how. BMX wasn't in the Olympics in 2004," says Amanda Carr. She was only 14 years old then.
Fly-by biking
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014
» I’ve always enjoyed David Byrne’s point of view, as he wrote in his book Bicycle Diaries, that biking is “faster than a walk, slower than a train, often slightly higher than a person”.