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Seeing rainbows in the grey
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 19/09/2013
» Having a son is interesting in many ways. One of the most frequent jokes people say to me is that my three-year-old son might grow up to be gay. They say that without meaning that my son has shown any tendency _ some of the people who say that have never even met my son.
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The Best of both worlds
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 23/10/2013
» There is no denying that Thailand has become an increasingly bilingual environment, to a certain extent. Most signs and labels are written in both Thai and English, and public announcements, whether on the skytrain or at department stores, are made in both languages.
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Not by the numbers
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 19/09/2013
» Speak of maths and most people automatically think of numbers, symbols, and perhaps headaches. That was never the case for Professor Albrecht Beutelspacher, who said he had always figured out maths with ease and enthusiasm.
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Lose that mummy tummy
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 08/10/2013
» For many women, baby weight is an amazing thing _ it comes when the baby is conceived, but doesn't go away after the baby has been born. No matter how much they breastfeed, how many miles they've walked on the treadmill, or how many diets they've tried, that extra flab on the belly doesn't seem to budge.
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On the font line
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 22/07/2013
» Steve Jobs was often quoted as crediting his success to a seemingly irrelevant source: a course on calligraphy that he took as an undergraduate at Reed College, where Jobs enrolled in 1972, then after six months dropped out.
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Exercising strength
Muse, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 31/08/2013
» It was probably not until 2011 that Thai people learned about former pop star Briohny Smyth's new path in life as a yoga instructor. Although she started teaching yoga about seven years ago, it was only through that viral YouTube video Yoga by Equinox, which to date has been viewed 6 million times, that Briohny spurred a major yoga craze in Thailand.
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Lifting the language barrier
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 07/08/2013
» One of the country's most successful English-language tutoring centres, Enconcept was founded in 1995 during a boom in the tutorial-school sector. Many of its rivals have since fizzled out, but Enconcept has managed to evolve with the times and keep pace with the changing needs and demands of subsequent generations of youngsters.
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Scientifically speaking
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 30/05/2013
» Growing up, my grades in science were relatively mediocre. I didn't really like the subject, but now that I come to think of it, it was not science itself that I found boring or intimidating _ it was the way I was taught it. We didn't have a big science lab, and the experiments we did weren't really meaningful. The teacher would even tell us the results before we got into the lab and said that we should make sure our results were the same as hers. In other words, we walked into the lab with zero curiosity because we already knew what was going to happen.
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The interpretation of dreams
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 24/06/2013
» Masiri Anamarn grew up with a passion to make society better. It's in her blood, she says, as her father, Chaisiri Anamarn, worked tirelessly as Thai ambassador in other countries, and his commitment inspired her to do something for her country as well.
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Get a kick out of exercise
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 02/07/2013
» Muay Thai has been an icon of Thai culture for centuries, but only recently has it been seen not just as a sport or entertainment, but an amazingly effective way to firm up and shed kilos. On Instagram, everyone from celebrities to ordinary teenagers post pictures of themselves doing Muay Thai as an exercise. Chain fitness centres now offer kickboxing classes, and new boxing schools have popped up all over Bangkok to cater for this spike in demand.
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