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Island of faith and smiles
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 29/03/2012
» Beyond its beauty compared to the "emerald in the Indian Ocean", Sri Lanka is rich in pure nature, diverse cultures, strong faiths and its population's broad smiles.
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The River Of Perseverance
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 13/12/2012
» The Crown Property Bureau presents the exhibition, ''The River Of Perseverance'', with the use of modern technology, at the Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue until Jan 1.
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Fuming over first-car scheme
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/12/2012
» The worst is yet to come for Bangkok's traffic. Over the past few months, I have spent twice as much time as before stuck in traffic jams. Although I am not an expert, I believe this has something to do with the government's first-car scheme. The programme allows new car buyers to claim tax rebates of up to 100,000 baht per vehicle per person. Since its inception, more than one million new vehicles have been purchased, or about 30,000 new cars a day. By the end of this year, the number of the "first cars" is likely to exceed 1.2 million.
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Pay it back
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 09/01/2013
» The term "Payment for Ecosystem Services" did not ring a bell at all when we came across it for the first time. But confusion made it all the more intriguing. Several questions sprang to mind, including: How can an ecosystem provide services? What are ecosystem services? Who must pay for them? Why? And how?
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Volunteers with a cause
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/02/2013
» One afternoon, about a dozen young members of Kesorn Lamphu Club were enthusiastically preparing a booth for people to watch their exhibition and pop-up art featuring the Bang Lamphu community and play educational games during the recent Charm of Bang Lamphu Fair.
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Opening our eyes to the plight of the blind
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 15/03/2013
» Never before had I experienced and understood the difficulties faced by the blind until last week. My left eye became badly infected and had to be covered with a dressing for four days. Technically, I was temporarily half blind except when I sometimes felt so uncomfortable I tried to peek at things through the gap between the gauze and my cheek. To relieve some of the embarrassment about wearing a big gauze pad over my eye, I donned big sunglasses, even at night, during those four days.
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Links forged in faith
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/04/2013
» Buddhists in Sri Lanka are preparing to mark the 260th anniversary of a milestone in their history: the arrival on their shores of a high-level delegation, dispatched by the king of Ayutthaya, which was to play a key role in reviving the monkhood in their country.
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Khon at the National Theatre
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/04/2013
» On April 30, the Fine Arts Department will host the ''Thai Heritage Under the Royal Patronage Festival'' with a series of traditional extravaganzas starting at 6pm at the National Theatre.
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A prince in art
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/05/2013
» About 100 children and adults wearing red jongkraben were learning Thai classical dances at Ban Plainern, the private residence of Prince Narisaranuvattiwongse _ the Great Craftsman of Siam. Here in the lush tropical gardens around the beautiful traditional Thai wooden house in Klong Toey, classical dances are taught in the morning and traditional Thai music in the afternoon every Saturday.
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Portal to the past
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 20/06/2013
» To city folk, who prize it as place to buy fabric, garments and other goods at bargain prices, its name is now synonymous with what tourists call Chinatown, but Sampheng was once the bustling heart of this capital of ours, an important port and trading hub with a cosmopolitan tolerance for all faiths which, in addition to temples and shrines for Buddhists of different schools, also accommodated places of worship for Muslims.
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