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Designing Minds
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 10/08/2010
» In a room packed with dark brown wooden easels, some of which support unfinished traditional Thai paintings, student Chaloermporn Muangthong is concentrating on reproducing on canvas a scene from the Vessantara Jataka, the original rendition of which is a mural in the chapel of Wat Suwannaram in Bangkok.
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It's a small world in Thai politics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/08/2010
» Oh God, not another one. On a ranking of things Thailand desperately needs right now, where would "an extra province" be? Surely somewhere down in the 900s, wedged between "pay rise for politicians" (#946) and "more Cambodian child beggars outside police booths" (#948).
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Holding Your Own
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/08/2010
» 'Hey you're that farang who teaches English, right?" The voice comes from just to my right and it kind of startles me. I turn around to see a Thai woman of indeterminate age, though no more than 60 and hopefully not less than 45. One hand is on her hip and the other is clutching a mop. Her hair is tied back in a bun and she has a weather-beaten look, as if working with a mop is more palatable than anything she's ever done in a rice paddy.
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Bars of wisdom
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 27/07/2010
» Recently, the "World Cup 2010 Behind Bars" football competition among prison inmates was held at Klong Prem Central Pri-son. To arrive at the playing field, it is necessary to pass through a series of four imposing security gates. The event, modelled on the Fifa (Fe'de'ration Internationale de Football Association) World Cup, is also held once every four years.
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Boosting business acumen
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 13/07/2010
» Suppose you were a lady aged 45 or above. How wonderful it would be if you could find a serene, natural-approach exercise centre where you could work out away from the critical eyes of the younger, hardcore fitness buffs.
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Reforms needed, not bigger classes
Learningpost, Steve Graham, Published on 13/07/2010
» Bangkok Education Service Area Office 2 has allowed the schools under its control to increase class sizes from a maximum of 40 to 50 students to cope with increased student numbers.
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Sowing seeds of love
Learningpost, Krista Clement, Published on 13/07/2010
» Nok, a woman in her late 20s, has been living for nine months at an emergency home for abused women operated by the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women (APSW) in Bangkok.
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