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Seeing the world through another's eyes
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/11/2015
» As much as Facebook is a virtual space of borderless interaction, it has, for many, undeniably become our most immediate and primary news source. It's a personalised pool of information, which though we have chosen consciously, can transform who we are and the way we think without our even realising it. And I have often wondered what it would be like to live, maybe for a day, in the social media world of other people's Facebook accounts.
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Sooner or later, it's game over
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/02/2015
» Last week I was invited to join a panel on the topic "Why Criticism?", at Speedy Grandma, a small gallery in Charoen Krung. Along with a university literature lecturer and a film critic, I was invited as an arts and theatre critic. Before agreeing to participate, I insisted to the organisers that I'm not a critic, and it's unlikely that I will consider myself one anytime soon.
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Shantytown saviour
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/04/2014
» Akihiro Tomikawa exudes a faint air of sadness and one’s first impression on meeting him is that melancholy is a semi-permanent state for this self-made Japanese businessman — a sort of default mode. The 45-year-old appears reluctant to talk about his past, not surprisingly, perhaps, for someone who has so many unhappy memories to suppress. As a boy, he was frequently beaten by his stepfather, driving him to seriously consider suicide and to look back on his childhood as a lonely period when his existence was more like that of a waif — a “stray kid”, as he puts it — than a cherished member of a family unit.
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Many hats, much passion
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/02/2014
» You can sometimes guess a person’s occupation just by observing how he or she looks, speaks or behaves. Unkempt or a tad dishevelled and keeps talking about the meaning or beauty of life? Maybe a writer or an artist. Well-groomed and has a smooth and pleasing way with words? Could be in business or a lawyer.
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All the world's a stage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/10/2013
» Plays, musicals, contemporary dance, pantomime, physical and experimental theatre, performing acts for children and families _ you name it _ the Bangkok Theatre Festival returns for the 11th year this Saturday, highlighting the city's small yet thriving scene.
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