• OPINION

  #LookThep

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 06/05/2016

  » I was beyond relieved when those creepy lookthep dolls stopped making headlines. It was just too weird seeing people spending obscene money pampering a lifeless doll.

• OPINION

  #SchoolRules

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 27/05/2016

  » One of the things I hated most about school was lining up in the morning, as one of the teachers went on and on about things that didn't really matter. Or maybe they did -- I wasn't really listening.

• OPINION

  #Confidence

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 19/02/2016

  » If you went to a Thai school, you know that confidence is something highly discouraged. Confidence can lead to rebellion — or so Thai adults think — and must be suppressed from a young age.

• OPINION

  #PetStory

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 11/12/2015

  » I am not a pet person. I don’t hate animals, but the idea of being responsible for the life of a creature that cannot tell me what he wants kind of scares me. But by twisted fate, one day my sister brought home a puppy. And then we were stuck with him.

• OPINION

  #PlaraSotus

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 18/09/2015

  » My dear readers, I'm afraid we've been ripped off.

• OPINION

  #FirstEditorsNote

  Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 05/06/2015

  » OK. Wow. This is surreal. After reading the Guru editor's note for a decade, here I am writing one!

• OPINION

  Take your time, not anyone else's

  Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/04/2015

  » A seasoned Thai actor was in the hot seat recently for repeatedly arriving late to work — or failing to show up at all. Some of his fans argued that this is understandable, since he works very hard and is a father of two. Besides, a handsome man like him can do no wrong.

• OPINION

  The fine line between teaching and cheating

  Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 06/01/2015

  » When I was a second-grader, I remember being assigned by my art teacher to draw an image of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. What's an eight-year-old to do? I told my mother to help me out.

• OPINION

  Act first, think later?

  Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 17/09/2014

  » It is amazing how many “challenges” I have seen on my Facebook feed over the past month, starting with the Ice Bucket Challenge, which was taken up by hundreds of people in my social circle. Next came other, less serious challenges, like the “10 Books That Stay With You Challenge”, which means you have to list 10 books that stuck with you, but for which you end up listing books that make you sound smart. There's also the “ID Card Photo Challenge”, which asks you to post a horrifying ID card photo of yourself, for an unexplained reason.

• OPINION

  Speak (and write) for your country

  Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 13/08/2014

  » Thai people's reactions to a 12-year-old Burmese boy from Tak province winning the Thai Handwriting Competition earlier this month was very interesting.

1 2 Next Last