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Separation anxiety
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/07/2014
» People from rural areas working as maids or in factories or on construction sites is an ordinary sight to see — a fact so commonly acknowledged that it just blends into everyday society.
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In a family way
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/10/2014
» Ouanapa Pankun, a 32-year-old veterinarian, had been together with Wongkot Tungchitwatthanakul, the owner of a chicken farm, also 32, for a year before the two decided to tie the knot. The couple now has one daughter together. Both Ouanapa and Wongkot are female.
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When celebrities fall from the pedestal
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/10/2014
» When all you are exposed to is the glitz and glamour of celebrities' lives, you tend to forget that what you see is far from reality and behind the scenes, celebrities' lives, like anyone's, are full of secrets.
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Flawed, but with a message
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/11/2014
» The new Thai film 1448 Love Among Us is a male-directed film about a lesbian couple. The movie poster contains the tagline "A girl-on-girl relationship is something men would never understand". The story is reminiscent a female-made American TV movie If These Walls Could Talk 2, whose first part, titled 1961, starred Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes. It should be noted that If These Walls Could Talk 2 never advertised itself as a story certain groups of people would never get.
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Model of expertise
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/03/2015
» Proportion, muscles, tiny freckles, human hair — the level of detail that goes into replicating a person's likeness for a wax figure is simply amazing. Over 700 hours of work in the studio is required to make one lifelike wax figure, but the process begins with experts having a sitting with the subject. This is when meticulous measurements and photographs are taken.
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Threats raise more questions than answers
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/06/2015
» 'Why do men continue to get prettier as the days go by?" The question, a rhetorical one, was asked by Woody Milintachinda on his morning TV show Woody Teun Ma Kui last week. And, no, he was not referring to Caitlyn Jenner. His subject was homebound and revolved around Thailand's latest sensation that most of us have come to know as Nong Wo.
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Farmers' market at your doorstep
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/09/2015
» There's a freezer inside Ian Soo's cosy living room, right next to his couch and TV. During our recent meeting, he rummaged through the contents a few times, revealing numerous packages of frozen premium meat inside.
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Chasing visions
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/11/2015
» Wearing a patient name tag around her neck, Daw Myin waited inside Mawlamyine General Hospital in Mon State, Myanmar, to get surgery on her cataracts. Her eyes were slightly cloudy. Her white hair was covered with a green net.
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Pleasure at the fairground
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/11/2015
» Forget hazardous flying lanterns of the North. This Loy Krathong Festival, make your way to the old-school ngan wat, or temple fair, and while many temples around the country have put up fairgrounds to celebrate the Full Moon night of the 12th lunar month, none can beat Bangkok's oldest and most legendary ngan wat Phu Khao Thong.
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Panda to the crowds
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/03/2016
» When we first met French sculptor Paulo Grangeon, he broke out his business card in a casual manner. But it was no boring, rectangular card we're used to seeing everywhere. Grangeon's card was black and white, and, obviously, shaped like a panda.
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