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Into the deep
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 17/05/2019
» Up until a few decades ago, pla thu (Thai short mackerel), which was overflowing in local seas, had been one of the main staples in Thai households. Back then, almost every Thai child -- whether in a poor or wealthy family -- grew up feeding on pla thu, not only because the fish was available abundantly but also for a comforting good taste that reflected the loving warmth of mum's kitchen.
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Nouveau Nippon
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 06/07/2018
» With a name that sounds culturally indicative and a location that is nothing but matter-of-course, Tenshino was thought, prior to our arrival, to be another high-flying Japanese restaurant serving up classic Japanese fare.
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Child is the father of man
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/07/2015
» The surfacing of recent vulgar rants by Thai youngsters towards their parents on social media has stirred my frustration. Causes of parental let-down are often the same. These teenagers, mostly from hard up families, believe they are being abused by their parents' inability to provide them with modern-day frills — the latest smartphone model or a motorcycle.
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The mushroom treatment
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 19/07/2013
» We live in an era when sex always sells and private details about intimacy issues can draw public attention. If we needed further evidence of this, it came recently in the form of the much-talked about leaked audio clip believed to contain a conversation between former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Deputy Defence Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapa. (When the clip came out, Gen Yuthasak denied it was his voice.) Aside from the politics, the clip has raised eyebrows because the voice that was not Thaksin's mentioned that he was being kept "strong" by taking thang chao. Because of this, national interest in the claimed aphrodisiac benefits of the mushroom has once again been, er, roused.
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Mass shootings kill all of us
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/02/2013
» We were living only 60km away when the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado, USA, 14 years ago. It was one of the world's most shocking school shooting sprees. Since then, more than a dozen shooting massacres have horrified the world, including those at Virginia Tech in 2007, Northern Illinois University in 2008, Albertville Secondary School in Winnenden, Germany, in 2009 and Utoya Island youth camp in Buskerud, Norway, in 2011.
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