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    Gone with the Twilight

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 05/04/2013

    » Without any expectations, you'll find The Host a typical B-movie with some big names in it. But if you walk in with some sort of expectation, the film turns out to be quite a disappointment.

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    Lessons amid the fun

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 25/04/2013

    » I was unfortunate to have caught a cold just a few days before the long Songkran holidays started. But that didn't stop me from having a good time; I managed to get myself drenched and enjoyed the festival with friends, even if just for a day. (Thai belief has it that if you don't get wet during Songkran, you'll be jinxed for the rest of the year; I was determined to escape that fate!)

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    Soul Sister

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 27/12/2012

    » Her name matches her character. British songstress Pixie Lott is sweet and young-at-heart, the kind of girl you fall in love with the minute she smiles or giggles.

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    Face the new year with the true you

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 01/01/2013

    » Having a nickname has been part of Thai culture for decades. We have everything from a prime minister whose nickname is "Poo" meaning "crab", to a beautiful and famous television star known as "Pancake". My parents' nickname for me is Jeep, as in the tough-running American vehicle.

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    Razor's edge

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 18/01/2013

    » Everything about a barbershop is nostalgic: the buzzing-bee sound of a clipper, the fragrant scent of talcum, the cut-throat razor and rotating chair. For most Thai men, they evoke memories of their formative years, a place where as students they were given a proper (military-style, in certain cases) short haircut as required by their schools.

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    Smooth opera tor

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 08/11/2012

    » If award-winning songwriter/producer David Walter Foster were ever to consider a change of career, he could definitely make a go of organising singing contests, judging from the professionalism of his most recent appearance in our capital for a concert originally scheduled for late last year but which had to be cancelled because of the severe floods.

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    Tiring of the attire debate

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 22/08/2012

    » Aug 30 is going to be a big day for Baramee "Denjan" Phanich, and for the transgender community in Thailand. Denjan, 23, is among five transsexual students who have been granted permission to wear female attire during the graduation ceremony at Thammasat University.

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    Reya light

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 13/09/2012

    » Even though her face is spotted everywhere in the city, from television and billboards to magazine covers, when Araya A. Hargate walked into the room for an interview, her doll-like eyes, stylish dress and supermodel height still had the power to stop every eye in the office.

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    Blazing a trail

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 25/07/2012

    » This October, New York's Carnegie Hall will reverberate with a different kind of music _ a music more consistent with Thailand and its temples, delivered by a full orchestra.

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    Real Songkran sinners evade exposure

    Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 25/04/2012

    » As expected after Songkran, it was inevitable we would have a piece of controversial news to talk about once the great water battle was over. Last year, the country's media was in a frenzy about two girls dancing bare-breasted among the celebratory crowds on Silom Road. This year, another topless dancer sparked social criticism, only this time it was a 19-year-old transvestite.

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