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Avoiding communication breakdown
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 15/07/2015
» My mum turned 90 this year. I was fortunate to celebrate the occasion with my family in the United States. At the birthday party, my mother was showered with gifts, food, cakes, hugs, and love from her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I think that my mum was very happy to see everyone in one place.
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Guiding the tech kids, analogously
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 30/07/2014
» In late June, Alysia Montano, an Olympic-class runner, ran the US Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800m race while 34 weeks pregnant. The news went viral, stirring up all sorts of opinions and outcries on the internet. Montano, who consulted her doctor and received the OK to run, was praised by many (including other pregnant women) for inspiring them to get in shape and condemned by others for being reckless with her unborn child.
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Let’s teach our children to become good digital citizens
Business, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 23/05/2014
» As we make progress in computing technology and build more complex tools, getting connected to the internet has become easier. Many mobile devices are now equipped with features allowing us to browse the net. In cities, there are free Wi-Fi hot spots and internet cafes around nearly every corner. Communication towers and antennas are sprouting like weeds, expanding internet access to more and more rural areas.
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Sugar-coated fun - but at what cost?
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 04/10/2013
» I vaguely remember video games when my children were growing up. There was a console connected to the television and something handheld called a Game Boy. My kids would pull twisted faces when they played video games. "Your faces will get stuck that way," I used to tease them. For me, video games, like comic books and cartoons, were something that kept my children occupied on rainy Sundays. I did my best as a parent to limit their exposure to violence and rationed their video-game-playing time. But personally, I never took an interest.
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A virtuous life in a material world
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 23/07/2013
» Today is Wan Khao Phansa, one of the many sacred Theravada Buddhism holidays. It signifies the beginning of Buddhist Lent in which monks are to retreat back to the temple and concentrate on studying dhamma and meditation for three lunar months during the rainy season. For many Thais, it is a time to actively engage in merit-making by offering necessities to monks including candles, lanterns and lamp oil that is burned during morning and evening recitation time.
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Walking a fine line
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 30/08/2013
» When I first heard the news that the Thai police had plans to monitor Line, I immediately scrolled through my Line logs and searched for texts about my sad golf scores and a disastrous picture of me in a not-so flattering dress that I wore a month ago.
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Snapping at food
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 05/03/2013
» I would like you to meet my dinner companion _ the BlackBerry. Well, not just dinner, but breakfast, lunch, brunch, coffee and snack too. And I'm sure that everyone is also familiar with other similar meal-time companions _ the droid, the iPhone, the iPad, the Galaxy, etc.
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