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Playing at the fringes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/06/2015
» Last week I attended a stage play here in Bangkok that gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
A pop prodigy in the making
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 07/06/2015
» The Las Vegas newcomer lives up to the hype and then some on his effervescent full-length debut
The sense of the ‘common’
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 07/06/2015
» Many people probably think of farmers, orchard keepers and fishermen as “common people”, and they would most likely describe themselves as ordinary workers or labourers without any high ambitions, lacking the knowledge needed for other kinds of work.
La vie en rose
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/06/2015
» ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness…” English poet John Keats was not thinking about roses in particular when he wrote that poem in 1818; he only mentioned “musk-rose blooms” in passing. Yet, there is probably no other flower which has given so much joy since ancient times than the rose.
Freinds in need
B Magazine, Published on 07/06/2015
» Many puppies were born at the shelter, where they don’t belong. Please consider adopting them.
A feast of the senses
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/06/2015
» A select few guests were invited recently to experience high-end living by the river with a private dinner and jewellery presentation hosted by Country Group and Beauty Gems.
A clash of spirits
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/06/2015
» The houses of the Christians stand in stark contrast to the rest of the households where the roofs are thatched with cogon grass. Located on the lower end of a mountain range in the remote North, the homes of the converts are equipped with television sets and have roofs of corrugated iron that glisten silver in the sun, which are forbidden under animistic Lua beliefs that centre on spirits.
Trapped beneath the transgender glass ceiling
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» Fluent in both English and Russian, 30-year-old Kaona Saowakun is freelancing as a translator and interpreter to pay the bills. When he can, he puts aside some cash to save up for his dream of undergoing gender reassignment surgery, which he hopes he’ll be able to afford a few years from now.
Kra Canal dream still far from reality
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» The idea to cut a canal across the Isthmus of Kra was shot down almost as quickly as it re-emerged. Within days of reports spreading last month that former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh had signed a deal with Chinese businessmen to dig a waterway from the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea, a blunt denial was issued.
When Hollywood met heartbreak
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» Is there anything anyone can do to help the desperate plight of the Rohingya people, so heartlessly dismissed and abused as non-citizens by the Myanmar government and many of its people?