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Teach kids to give a stuff about animals
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/11/2014
» My first stuffed toy, as far as I can remember, wasn’t a big teddy bear but a little donkey that my dad bought in London. Unfortunately, I lost the English donkey — which was perhaps made in China — at some point in time.
It’s time to veg out
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/09/2014
» According to the Chinese calendar, there are two ninth lunar months in 2014, a phenomenon occurring every 100 years.
Procrastination, the tooth hurts
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/10/2014
» Of all the witty quotes about procrastination, I couldn't agree more with Christopher Parker's: "Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill."
Sometimes we're all a bit prickly
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 20/08/2014
» Because it's in season this time of year, durian comes at a much cheaper price, allowing me to indulge in the yellow fruit as much as I can.
Choices, choices everywhere
Business, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/06/2014
» This is the sleepy morning after for those who stayed up to watch the much-awaited opening match of Fifa World Cup 2014, which kicked off today at 3am Bangkok time, with Brazilian and Croatian footballers battling it out in the pitch at Sao Paulo’s recently finished Itaquerao Stadium.
The price of luck
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 16/07/2014
» One afternoon, as I was walking through a fresh market, the normally talkative female vendors were rather quiet. All ears were pressed to the radio, their attention captured by the broadcast of the lottery draw. After the results were read, it was interesting to see the jubilant and disappointed reactions on the faces of the people in the market.
Talent at your fingertips
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 14/05/2014
» Have you ever entered a talent show? I did, once crooning The Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream in front of an audience of pupils and teachers at a British primary school.
Violence, bad kharma and just desserts
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 25/02/2014
» The ongoing political conflict in Thailand could be viewed through the prism of bantuek kharma (an account of the commission of deeds which bring bad kharma). The individuals who were responsible for last weekend’s horrific attacks on anti-government protesters in Trat and the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok that resulted in the deaths of innocent children will one day have to pay for their evil deeds.
Water, water everywhere
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 02/04/2014
» Catching a cab in Singapore, you may get the chance to meet Oli Pettigrew, the cute host of the on-the-road TV game show that challenges passengers with general-knowledge questions to win a cash prize.
Age ain't nothing but a number
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 21/01/2014
» Today, I have fellow writers half my age and find myself interviewing people whose parents are as old as me, yet they still call me Pi (sister) instead of Pa (auntie).