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Supreme Court gets a bad name
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2013
» When the first building of the Supreme Court was built in 1939, Thailand had every right to be proud.
Hopefuls told: Get on your bikes
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/01/2013
» A network of cyclists yesterday applied pressure on key candidates in the Bangkok governor election to make a commitment to promote cycling as a practical mode of city transportation.
A bike fit for Bangkok
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/01/2013
» Bangkok poses a special set of challenges to those brave souls who choose to travel on two wheels. The mixture of narrow streets, typically choked with heavy traffic, and broad, multi-lane avenues that cover large expanses, but which can be hazardous because of speeding motorists, makes this ever-expanding metropolis of ours a very difficult place to negotiate with a single-purpose bicycle.
Hand me my rose-tinted spectacles, dear
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 09/01/2013
» The ban slapped on the last few episodes of Nua Mek 2 has made this TV drama far hotter than its producer could ever have expected. You are totally out of touch if you don't know that Thais have been talking about this subject practically non-stop since last Friday. It's the current hot topic.
Airing your flying concerns
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/01/2013
» Now everyone is flying and we all seem to share the same problems with airlines. The "On the Spot" column by Catharine Hamm at Los Angeles Times provides good answers to questions from passengers who have had trouble with airlines. Recently, a passenger asked if it was possible for an airline to check a passenger in to a regular seat if the passenger bought a seat with extra legroom. Hamm double checked with the airline for the passenger and consulted gurus on the issue. Check out the answer at http://goo.gl/8sfuY of how the passenger was treated for his extra-legroom seating. For another question, about what rights a passenger has as a paying customer if one has to endure a smelly passenger in a flight, check out http://goo.gl/DWcP4.
Keeping history alive
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/01/2013
» If there is something we can learn from the demolition of the Supreme Court's old office - an ongoing dispute that has attracted much attention from historians, conservationists as well as legal experts - it is that the value of most buildings erected in the same era are underrated and are at risk of being torn down.
Meals on wheels
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/03/2013
» A pair of eateries aimed at cyclists put a new spin on themed restaurants
Out with the old
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/12/2012
» This year was a tough one for conservationists who have been vehemently fighting to preserve national heritage under threat in the name of "development".
Come play in my tree house
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/12/2012
» Late in the morning as the tide begins to fall, two women race to get a job done. One holds a net and the other a trash bag, and their task is to collect undegradable waste that has been washed under the stilts of the property that stands on the edge of the Chao Phraya river.
21st century Siam
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/12/2012
» Forget about the typical wooden Thai home for a while, The Modern Thai House has nothing much to do with pointed roofs and stilts.