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Ain't no stopping us now
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 28/04/2018
» 'I would like to thank my friends and family for supporting me through all this and letting me know that it's OK to study rotting leaves," said Professor Amy T. Austin during her acceptance speech last month in Paris. There was good humour and chuckles rang throughout the Unesco House, but there was also an underlying distress that provides a portal to understanding what sort of tribulations female scientists must go through.
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Glossy READS
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 23/12/2016
» If you aren't going on a rampant shopping spree or jet-setting off anywhere for the holidays, escaping through the slow-burning medium of print can offer a glossiness and introspective calm that an iPad screen cannot. Skip the airfare and frivolous fashion clutter this season to instead feed the soul, by learning some style history and getting inspired by things pretty and edgy. Here are some recent releases by the big fashion houses that bring sheen and glamour to any table they sit on.
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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that bling
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/10/2015
» 'More, more, more!" What else could you expect the feistiest hotshot designer of the moment to say, in reference to the bling that goes on the clothes he designs? If Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing could have it all his way, the brand's collaboration collection with H&M would see "really, really high heels", shorter skirts and a lot more golden buttons. But thanks to the balance that H&M insists on, for universal appeal's sake, wearability is ensured, especially for us low-key folk who don't usually make it out alive on the high-fashion horse.
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Tied to a Sino past
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/05/2015
» The unavoidable and never-failing icebreaker -- do you have any Chinese blood? -- will always have its place in Thai society. Yet it's also something of an empty question, believes Singaporean author Jeffery Sng: "By the time Phibunsongkhram changed the country's name to Thailand, the Thais were already so mixed that it was hard to find anyone 100% Thai."
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Scoring with winning hairdos
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/12/2014
» It takes a sports victory to incite the nation into a frenzy — and this time it's a little more than just mere sport.
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Eyes wide open
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/07/2013
» With her undeniably good looks and the cachet of having seasoned thespian Karnjana Chindawath as a mother, it would have been a shame if Kavita "Pleng" Rodkerd hadn't given a stage career at least a brief try-out. But this sweet-faced 25-year-old did a good deal of soul-searching before accepting her very first acting jobs, the fruits of which can be seen in two dramas currently airing on Channel 7.
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Rendered speechless
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2012
» The name Nipan Oranniwesna should ring a bell for those who prefer art that doesn't necessarily look like art as we know it. By that thinking, you will be greeted by mundane everyday objects: wooden planks, rice or whatever that is so easy to dismiss.
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