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    The force is strong with this one

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/05/2015

    » In 1997, Atis Ruchirawat translated the script of the original Star Wars trilogy for subbing and dubbing in Thai. He didn't need the script, he said. He could recite the dialogue more or less by heart. He even knows the words Greedo and Jabba the Hutt say in their fictional language, though he does not care to speculate whether Greedo or Han Solo shot first. His scope of interest is boxed in by the film itself — he isn't concerned about the numerous spin-offs of the movies or unsolvable hypotheses.

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    Role play

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/10/2014

    » The stories of good girls gone wild mirror one another. Britney Spears. Christina Aguilera. Miley Cyrus. Sara Malakul Lane.

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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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    In the steps of the house

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/04/2015

    » Eames Demetrios did not know that his grandparents, Charles and Bernice "Ray" Alexandra Eames, were special people to the rest of the world, until he learned about their house in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, in an art history class in college.

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    For the love of beer

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 27/02/2015

    » It was 7pm on a recent Wednesday. A few drinkers reclined on bean bags, scattered in the garden of No.26, Ekamai Soi 10, Yaek 2, behind a bright blue gate. Mikkeller sits almost inconspicuously among quiet family homes, though I've ridden in many cabs that know exactly where I am going when I say: "Soi 10 Yaek 2."

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    H'yucking around with Goofy

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 30/09/2014

    » Before Goofy was Goofy, he was a bearded old man with a puffy tail and no pants named Dippy Dawg.

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    Going for Gold

    Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/10/2014

    » 'I remember the exact moment. It was in 2004. Hurricane Charlie swept through our town. I remember the only channel we had was NBC. We were sitting there watching the Athens Games. I remember that exact moment. I was watching this girl, Carly Patterson, and she won the Olympic All-Around Champion medal. I was like 'Man, that chick is 16 and she's a gold medallist'. That's the ultimate dream of any athlete — to compete in the greatest stage in the world. And I knew I wanted to go there one day but I had no idea how. BMX wasn't in the Olympics in 2004," says Amanda Carr. She was only 14 years old then.

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    Distance learning

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/07/2014

    » An hour’s drive from Mae Sariang, the paved road gives way to a dirt track. Along the way, landslides have reduced the width of the road by half. At this time of the year, the journey to Pa Daeng Mai from Mae Sariang could take about three hours.

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    Visions of the blind

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/07/2014

    » A 10-year-old boy took a photo of me. His bulging eyes were clouded and glossy. They rolled uncontrollably in their sockets.

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    Top Class

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/02/2014

    » For Thai students, the summer holidays are approaching, but that doesn’t always mean a break from the education calendar. All over the country, but especially in Bangkok, students flock to tutoring centres in the break to brush up on subjects they haven’t excelled at in regular school.

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