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    Say What ?

    Guru, Kangsadarn Suksomstarn, Published on 16/03/2012

    » With PM Yingluck recently giving a speech in Japan entitled "Unbeatable Thailand, Unparalleled Opportunities" you can't help but sigh at yet another over-the-top use of an adjective to describe "Amazing Thailand". It's about time we stopped using cliched hyperbole to describe the Land of Smiles (whoops). Unfortunately they are not the only ones spurting verbal diarrhoea. It seems our lives are inundated with words and phrases that we need to know how to deal with. But, don't fret, as once again we're on hand to help out.

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    Milestone night gets a touch of royalty

    B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/08/2014

    » The Old England Students Association (Oesa) recently celebrated a milestone event — its 80th anniversary — with a charity concert gala dinner at the Napalai Ballroom, Dusit Thani Bangkok.

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    Kids with kids

    Life, Published on 12/08/2014

    » An unplanned pregnancy. A baby born out of wedlock. Many parts of Thai society have still branded these things as inappropriate, especially if they happen to teenagers. Despite such social values, a number of women get pregnant at a very young age, mostly unprepared and unready.

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    Going toe-to-toe with a comedy heavyweight

    Life, Published on 12/09/2014

    » When The Comedy Club Bangkok, the city's first dedicated comedy venue, opens its doors tonight, Los Angeles Comedy Award-winner Luke Ashlocke will take the stage to deliver some high-octane laughs.

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    Punching in

    Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 29/09/2014

    » Not everyone takes their childhood dreams seriously, especially when they involve action scenes from Jackie Chan movies and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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    Fit and fab

    Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 14/10/2014

    » It's not like TV channels today are devoid of reality shows. In fact, we have so many that the concepts are becoming quite redundant. It took a lot of courage for Fitness First to launch yet another reality TV show in the Asian market.

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    Modern-day cure-all

    Muse, Published on 25/10/2014

    » Phasinee Yanotai's great-grandfather was a Thai traditional medicine doctor, concocting herbal drugs for the sick. Living over a century apart, the two never met. But that isn't stopping Phasinee from reviving his practice, which saved a number of lives during its time.

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    Finland's world-beating education systemoffers lessons for Thailand

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/10/2014

    » Besides Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin, saunas and summers without darkness, Finland is also known for its excellence in education. In 1968, the northern European country went through a major educational reform. In the following decades, Finnish students consistently achieved the highest, or near highest, average results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).

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    Documenting the eye of the storm

    Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/01/2015

    » When 46-year-old Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz, better known as Nick, sent emails to his contacts on Dec 20 seeking financial help, some thought it was a scam. Soliciting donations is uncharacteristic of the outspoken but humble Nostitz. For years, people could see that the German was a modest guy who roamed around Bangkok on his decade-old Kawasaki GTO motorcycle to cover the turbulent transformation of Thai politics, from both sides (or more) of the conflict.

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    Illustrating the ideal

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 10/02/2015

    » As a child, Tatchamapan Chanchamrassang, aka Pomme Chan, was a nerd, she says. She used to read manga comics and then she starting making up her own stories and drawing her own manga. She loved Ai Yazawa's Nana.

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