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Date with destiny
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/12/2012
» On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Vithaya Kulsomboon had to call off his plan to share iced chao kuay _ black jelly _ with his family when he found the expiry date marked on the package came a few days before he bought it. He was considering getting a refund on the pack or simply throwing it away.
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.
Ruination of Amphawa old town must be put right
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/11/2012
» The Chuchai Buri Sri Amphawa may not be the first property development project to emerge from the skyline in Amphawa, but it was the final straw which has made conservationists stand up against what they call over-development of cultural tourism in this canal-side community in Samut Songkhram province.
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.
Why funerals always get priority
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/11/2012
» I don't usually go to a wedding unless it's for a member of my family or a close friend. But I rarely turn down an invitation to a funeral even though I might not have known the deceased directly.
City in a garden
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/11/2012
» Singapore has done it again. Gardens by the Bay, which recently opened in the Lion City's Marina Bay area, is unique for its size and landscape design.
Grain of Truth
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/11/2012
» It may not make much sense to grow rice to sell especially to rice farmers. But a group of farmers in Suphan Buri province is doing just that.
Crafty designs
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/11/2012
» Talking about design, people tend to think of short-lived fashionable object from the modern world. But for Outofstock _ a rising designer group in Singapore _ design is rooted in the old crafts.
Amphawa project faces new hurdle as EIA sought
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/11/2012
» The controversial Chuchai Buri Sri Amphawa project, set in a small, quiet community just south of Bangkok, faces a new hurdle.
Finding the root of the Problem
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/10/2012
» Imagine Bangkok physically disconnected from the rest of the country. How long could residents of the capital survive with the remaining food supply? Probably just a matter of weeks of relying on frozen and instant food.