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Pitch-perfect timing
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/09/2016
» Five vocalists. No instruments. Add over 10 million subscribers on YouTube, a certified platinum Christmas album, as well as two Grammy's, and we get the a cappella sensation of today's modern music industry: Pentatonix.
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Don't lose face
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/02/2016
» Thais have a colloquial saying, that "committing good deeds now will make you beautiful in your next life. But getting work done on your face will make you look beautiful in this life". This saying explains everything about how much Thai society puts value on cosmetic surgery. From double eyelids, a pointed nose to looking decades younger -- bring it on.
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Deconstructing carbon
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/11/2021
» Beyond attractive and functional design, making sure properties are friendly to both people and planet is now a common goal of the real estate sector. Operating with environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in mind is today's pressing agenda and also the way of the future.
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Lush life
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/09/2020
» As the night descended, we went out with binoculars in hand. Amid tall trees, flashes of light illuminated a pair of red eyes, which experts quickly identified as belonging to nang ai -- or Sunda slow loris -- a nocturnal primate native to southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The animal, perching on a faraway branch, is currently listed as "endangered" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
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Managing the mind
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/03/2019
» A cosy room with some festive decorations was full of cupcakes and pizzas. It looked like a party. Women dressed in blue sang, danced and even rapped. At the front of the room, a man in his saffron robe was smiling and clapping. Such a lively and joyous atmosphere made it hard to believe that all this was actually happening in a prison. Now even some of the guards were dancing along.
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Breaking the cycle
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/03/2016
» An illegal abortion facility was uncovered by police in Sakon Nakhon earlier this year. Syringes, needles, gloves and vinegar were found inside the seemingly abandoned house, which opens for service only upon request.
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Becoming transparent
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/02/2016
» It's been roughly 10 years since transwoman Kittanut Na Chiangmai underwent sex reassignment surgery, and life only got better after that, she said. The 35-year-old serves as council member for her local Sub-District Administrative Organisation in Sikhiu, Nakorn Ratchasima. She's in a long-term relationship with her partner, and her parents, community and workplace are accepting of who she is.
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Becoming more vocal
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 18/03/2015
» For someone who has been doing music and theatre for most of her life, British vocal coach Maureen Scott defines her start in showbiz as terrible.
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A non-traditional Thai massage
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/04/2015
» Outside a century-old wooden house in Chiang Mai, tourists sit in the shade of trees waiting for a massage. When their number is called, they are greeted by a smiling officer before being lead into a communal room of masseuses.
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On the block
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/04/2015
» A block of ice is laid on the ground. When a small axe is smashed against it, it breaks into smaller pieces that splatter across the shop's wooden floor. Then a man — with no gloves — drops chunks of ice into a crushing machine. A white plastic sack — washed and reused — is put underneath for the crushed ice. The sack is now ready to be sold for 50 baht a time.
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