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    In the steps of the house

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/04/2015

    » Eames Demetrios did not know that his grandparents, Charles and Bernice "Ray" Alexandra Eames, were special people to the rest of the world, until he learned about their house in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, in an art history class in college.

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    Looking the gift horse in the mouth is the point

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/03/2015

    » At the front of the line, a boy pushes his friend forward as his turn approaches. His friend is eager. They have been waiting in line since before 9am to get their teeth cleaned, cavities filled or milk teeth extracted. Four dental chairs are lined up, and volunteer dentists from the Private Dentist Foundation of Thailand work tirelessly. When a child is finished being treated, a nurse runs off with a tray of equipment to be washed, go through a UV-light cleaning system and sealed up in sterile bags. The dentist wipes down the station.

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    Molam's mass movement

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 07/11/2014

    » 'Molam can't be tamed," so the old saying goes. The years have certainly proven this true. From now until the end of March next year, the Jim Thompson Art Center presents "Joyful Khaen, Joyful Dance", an exhibition tracing the development of molam from its ritualistic roots in Isan, through its passage as anti-communism propaganda, to its current place in pop culture, where the once rural music is played to the cool or even international crowd of Bangkok.

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    Finland's world-beating education systemoffers lessons for Thailand

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/10/2014

    » Besides Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin, saunas and summers without darkness, Finland is also known for its excellence in education. In 1968, the northern European country went through a major educational reform. In the following decades, Finnish students consistently achieved the highest, or near highest, average results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).

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    Making blood count

    Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/09/2014

    » Tanyanee Chaisom found out her son, Zen, had Thalassemia when he was two years old. He was running a high fever and had a haemoglobin electrophoresis test — a blood screening done to evaluate the different types of haemoglobin in the bloodstream. His Thalassemia treatment started immediately.

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    Just think about it, baby

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 29/08/2014

    » The Department of Health Service Support has hastily issued a proposal for the surrogacy bill currently being drafted, suggesting a ban on surrogates who have no blood ties to the intended parents, in an attempt to prevent commercial surrogacy.

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    Visions of the blind

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/07/2014

    » A 10-year-old boy took a photo of me. His bulging eyes were clouded and glossy. They rolled uncontrollably in their sockets.

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    Multiple perspectives

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/02/2014

    » ‘Knowledge is Everything”, so claims the title of the exhibition by Liam Morgan and Jan Krogsgaard at Speedy Grandma Gallery.

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    Baring it all

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/02/2014

    » Talking about sex is awkward — for teenagers, for parents, for teachers. When teenagers need guidance, conversations about sex-related topics are frequently dodged. Sex education in Thailand over the past decades is usually allocated only a few hours per semester as part of a physical education class, and even then consists only of a theoretical component, which hardly answers some of the more frequently asked questions among teens, such as "Why does my penis appear black or darker than my skin tone?", "Is it weird to not last as long as people do in pornos?" or "What is premenstrual syndrome and how do you deal with it?".

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    Top Class

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/02/2014

    » For Thai students, the summer holidays are approaching, but that doesn’t always mean a break from the education calendar. All over the country, but especially in Bangkok, students flock to tutoring centres in the break to brush up on subjects they haven’t excelled at in regular school.

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