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Riding high in the simulated Wild West
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/12/2016
» Looking all parts American perfection and stomaching spicy dishes surprisingly well (according to his bodyguard) for a first-timer in Singapore, James Marsden was in the Lion City last week to promote the season finale of HBO's Westworld. As the human equivalent of goodness and sunshine, it becomes apparent that the Hollywood dreamboat is fittingly well-known for his nice-guy roles (in X-Men, The Notebook, Enchanted, Hairspray) because he is also such a person in real life. In fact, it all feels satisfyingly in-character when the 43-year-old admits that he loves Frank Capra movies and that the violence in Westworld isn't gratuitous.
7-Eleven takes literature to the next level
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/07/2015
» Feel like SEA Write is a little too out of your league? Thanks to the countless other badges of honour that acknowledge good writing available in our country, the prestigious SEA Write Award is not the only ticket to literary stardom. 7 Book Awards, an initiative that started between CP All Public Company Limited and the Ministry of Education, has been honouring outstanding literature since 2004. This year's awards ceremony will be taking place later this month.
Glamour guy
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/11/2016
» The things Chavanon Caisiri says are as much of a knockout as the voluminous skirts and body-hugging dresses he designs. Yet talking to him feels very real-deal, and if it's anything like the relationship he has with his clients -- that of dressmaker and customer -- it's one without airs or the kind of pretension that usually surrounds fashion brands that have grown into larger-than-life powerhouses.
From the Netherlands, with love
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 08/07/2016
» If you ever get the chance to chat with His Excellency Karel Hartogh, the Netherlands Ambassador to Thailand, you would be amazed at how the breadth of his well-informed conversational topics (and his involvement in them) can range from beach dangers and endometriosis to flood management and yoghurt.
Bangkok-based Asean best
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 03/09/2015
» Natural disasters will occur, political upheavals will throw the city into chaos and brands will shuffle in and out, but one thing's for sure: BFS (Bangkok Fashion Society) will march on for the sake of Thai fashion.
Are these really the ‘Golden Years’?
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/04/2014
» Yesterday marked Thailand’s Day of the Elderly, and if Thai customs have conditioned you just right, one of the most disconcerting sights you could possibly witness is of an elderly person still working. Our mentality that we should always care for our parents in old age makes us shudder at the reality of old folks still toiling away to make ends meet.
A bug's life
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/06/2013
» You cannot help but admit that each day it's becoming harder to survive, let alone live. A slug can move faster than the line at Starbucks. The Android is too confusing to use, but it's all you can afford. Home-cooked food tastes too crappy for your liking. Your iPod battery ran out so you had to walk down the street listening to birds chirping like some medieval peasant.
Facing up to natural disasters
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/10/2012
» It's only natural to be paranoid about floods at this time of the year, but instead of going berserk, why not learn how to cope with whatever disaster Mother Nature happens to throw our way?