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The pageant where the babes are happy to be called pigs
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 29/11/2015
» In a world where beauty is all about attaining “perfection”, Kaewta “Gataew” Chalaem, 22, finds it hard to live it up to mainstream standards. Weighing in at 170 kilogrammes, the XXL girl can’t help but wonder how it feels to be seen as pretty, just for once in her life.
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Thai by blood, not by birth
Spectrum, Published on 13/09/2015
» Visit Wat Phikulthong in Malaysia’s Kelantan state on any given Friday, and you will see dozens of students in pink polo shirts and black sweatpants reciting the letters of the Thai alphabet.
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A safe haven survives a storm
Spectrum, Published on 09/08/2015
» ‘Can you believe we made dolls out of talcum bottles then?” Nualnoi “Khru Noi” Timkul, 73, asks anybody who visits her shelter in the Bangkok suburb of Rat Burana. “We also made necklaces out of hanging leaves.”
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Riders on the 'vanz' storm
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/08/2015
» The way Weerawate Hempijit tells it he’s not the original Wild One, but just a free spirit who loves the open road and sharing it with up to 15,000 other motorcyclists.
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Brewing up trouble with Bangkok's rebel beer buffs
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2015
» Dubbed Thailand’s “Silicon Valley” of brewers among the craft beer community, Nonthaburi province is where it all began. It was where Wichit Saiklao, an army colonel, started Chitbeer, after two attempts at brewing in his condominium failed. It was also where all eight members of the Sandport beer collective grew up, while a major malt importer has an office in Pak Kret district. The island of Koh Kret even hosts beer-tasting nights on Fridays.
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On the trail with Bangkok's No 1 ladies' detective agency
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 15/03/2015
» When Amnuaiporn “Kung” Maneewan first graduated in 1995, her only ambition was to find a well-paid job. The answer to her dreams was just around the corner, and she managed to land a position as an accountant at the IBS law firm, near her home in the Ram Intra area of Bangkok.
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'Beer clubs' fuel Vietnam's binge-drinking problem
AFP, Published on 13/02/2015
» A scantily-clad deejay gyrates to ear-splitting music as the crowd of drinkers order more towers of lager: Welcome to The Hangover, one of a new crop of “beer clubs” raising concerns about Vietnam's drinking culture.
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Something rotten in the state of Thailand
Spectrum, Published on 04/01/2015
» Whether being compared to eating a sweet raspberry blancmange in a lavatory or French-kissing your dead grandmother, there is an undeniable stench attached to the durian.
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On Koh Phangan, the party continues
Spectrum, Published on 12/10/2014
» ‘When my brother turned the music on, everyone started walking over to the beach. People began dancing and singing,” recalled Soon Somwang, who was then 18 and working at a restaurant which had yet to be named on a starry, Full Moon night on Koh Phangan in 1986.
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Coming to the end of the run
Spectrum, Published on 03/08/2014
» In the past five years, Jon has travelled in and out of Thailand more than 60 times, using up four passports in the process. His travels have included short trips to neighbouring countries, including Singapore and Cambodia, and some summer breaks at home in the United Kingdom. Most of his trips were merely a walk out and walk in at the border, commonly known as a visa run among the thousands of expats living in Thailand without proper work or residency permits.
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