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Making scents
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/03/2023
» During the time when Chalida Kunalai, a scent designer, was creating a mackerel odour for a set of 12 children's books titled Ni Than Lom Hai Jai (Scent Tales), a cat often roamed near the front door of her office, NOSEstory. Eventually she let the cat in the office, where it indeed nosed around to find the appetising fish. There was no mackerel, but there was some proof Chalida had succeeded.
Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
Yet another reason to love the Lab
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 16/08/2021
» Labrador Retrievers are known for being adorable and friendly, but they also make very good detective dogs. Now, a Labrador Retriever can be trained to help detect people infected with Covid-19.
Walk a mile in these
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 30/04/2020
» Winston Maison may be mistaken as a Western brand, but co-founders Warut Pruecksamars and Kantapat Viboonchaiyotin reveal that the appellation is based on a pun on their Thai nicknames, Ton and Mai.
Moonshine Mum
Life, Father Joe Maier, Published on 04/11/2019
» It wasn't a big jump off Three Soldiers Bridge, maybe 3m, but no matter. She couldn't swim. When you can't swim, any jump into a canal is dangerous.
Rising from the ashes
Life, Story and photos: Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/08/2018
» Neon lights, busy streets and the Tokyo Tower were left behind the glass windows once our bus left Tokyo. The view along the road gradually changed from buildings to farmlands and forests while heading north to the Tohoku region.
Sometimes transcendental, always relevant
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/05/2018
» The American films were on short supply this year at Cannes -- which in turn deprived the assembly line of red carpet material -- but nobody seemed to mind that except, well, some American media and fashion bloggers. That superfluous caveat aside, the recently wrapped 71st Cannes Film Festival was nearly unanimously praised as one of the best editions in recent memory, with a string of good, sometimes very good, titles playing night after night -- and even the bad films weren't so offensively bad, as was often the case. In the midst of soul-searching following the question of relevance (the world wants Avengers), the rise of streaming (the world watches films on phones), the decline of arthouse popularity, Cannes insists on the sacredness of cinema, on the future of the art, and this year it paid off solidly.