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Anarchy in the SEA
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/03/2017
» 'The homeless used to run away from us," said Kyaw Kyaw.
Surreal eyes wide open
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 01/07/2015
» Aof Smith doesn't have 3G on his phone and he's not connected to the mobile internet — a rarity for a 28 year old. He doesn't feel he needs it, as he spends most of his time at home painting for up to 14 hours a day.
In pursuit of stardom
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 08/07/2015
» The popularity of the first season of the Mint and Mew mini series led to its second installation of Mint and Mew To be Continued. In a nutshell, it's a comedic story of a gay man who falls in love with a very straight man. Ben Chalatid and Somchai Khemklad play the lead characters of lovesick gay man and ultra macho object of desire respectively. The second mini series has obviously picked up on the success of its precedent's over-the-top delivery as it has doubled the campy dosage.
End our self-harming celebrity obsession
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Admit it — we're not above soap opera addicts, harlequin novel champions or airport mobbing fangirls/boys.
Be@r With Me
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 22/07/2015
» The toy craze is hardly anything new in Thailand, a country where most of us grew up bingeing on Japanese manga and animé. Hello Kitty and her Sanrio comrades readily spring to mind as they have been widely counterfeited on these shores, but for real connoisseurs, one of the most mentioned and collected contemporary toys of today would be none other than the Be@rbrick.
Nostalgia turned sour
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 05/05/2015
» ‘Cat To The Future” relived its glory days of Fat Radio on Saturday by staging an eight-band showcase, featuring 2 Days Ago Kids, Futon, Kidnappers, Ornaree, Proud, See Tao Tur, Siam Secret Service and Thee Chaiyadej. These musicians are now all in different stages of their careers, with some in hiatus and others making a comeback. But all have embarked in other directions in life rather than being full-time musicians.
Living the Teenage Dream
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 19/05/2015
» Katy Perry just roared. She swooped into Bangkok for the first time, and roared until all the young teenagers couldn't contain their excitement and climbed onto their seats while their chaperoning parents forgot that they weren't watching Madonna.
Hip hop, you don't stop
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/05/2015
» As a music genre, hip hop is one of the most captivating, most researched and longest lasting in terms of popularity. MTV Asia recognises its importance in global music history, and devoted its inaugural installation of MTV Music Evolution, its live music event initiative to chart the musical history of each musical genre, to hip hop.
A rising, completely normal, Asian star
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/05/2015
» With 2,807,437 subscribers and 612,323,137 views on TimothyDeLaGhetto2, Thai-American Tim Chantarangsu is a certified internet star. Timothy DeLaGhetto, as he is better known to his legions of fans worldwide, also has sizeable numbers from his other YouTube channels: thetimothydelaghetto where he vblogs and TraPhikMusik where he presents his rap music. Combined with his followers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, it makes for a dizzying digit of views that confirm his online celebrity status.
Birthday Bash
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 02/06/2015
» Central Embassy lived up to its luxury reputation with an extravagant first birthday bash last week.