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Thai choir opens French music box
Life, Published on 16/02/2012
» Siam Society presents "The French Music Box", a choral concert of 18 French songs from the Renaissance to the present performed by the Thailand Philharmonic Chamber Choir under the baton of Henri Pompidor, on Feb 22 at 7:30pm. They will be accompanied by Bakhtiyor Allaberganov on the piano.
Angry Birds on Facebook
Life, Published on 16/02/2012
» There are more than 600,000 active users of Angry Birds daily on smart phones and other mobile devices around the world and the company making the game hopes to reach one billion users within two months.
Co-authoring, not performing
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/02/2012
» Tim Crouch went into acting with questions and uncertainty, rather than in hopes of achieving personal fame. When he decided to enrol at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, he said it was because he didn't think he knew what an actor was. And ultimately he felt that the training he got there didn't "show me what an actor is, only what he is not". He gradually came to the realisation that he had become an actor with a dead-end job _ acting _ and that taking part in conventional drama productions was preventing him from "authoring his creativity", as he puts it.
Unplugged but uninspiring
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 16/02/2012
» What do bands at the top of their careers do? Well, there are many paths they can choose to embark on. They can drink themselves stupid, fight paternity lawsuits, continue to churn out a solid body of work, buy sport cars, or turn into poetic messiahs. With all that money and fame, they can pretty much fulfil all their wishes.
Delving into the past
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/02/2012
» Bhawan Ruangsilp, a history lecturer at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts, finds the past intriguing. But her fascination is not limited only to Thai history. The 40-year-old historian is an expert in the history of Asian and European relations. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Chulalongkorn's Faculty of Arts, with a major in German language and minor in history, and pursued her graduate studies, majoring in German history, at Tubingen University in Germany. She later received a doctorate degree from Leiden University in the Netherlands for her study of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie _ VOC), which conducted brisk trade in the Court of Ayutthaya during 1604-1765. Her research offers new perspectives of the Kingdom of Siam through different evidence.
Out with Nuclear Renaissance In with New Energy Era
Life, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/02/2012
» In March 1979 Hollywood released The China Syndrome, a movie about a television journalist (Jane Fonda) and a freelance cameraman (Michael Douglas) who happened upon an irregular incident while filming what was to be a light documentary about a nuclear power plant.
How cheeky are you?
Life, Dr Nantapat Supapannachart, Published on 16/02/2012
» Just as shapely cheekbones make for an attractive face, so sunken, sagging cheeks are a telltale sign of old age.
Testing trail for bikers Rayong bound
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 16/02/2012
» If you have travelled to Rayong's famous Samet Island before, you probably have seen those hills with telecommunication towers on top just a few kilometres before Ban Phae, the town where the ferry piers are located. Then again, with your thoughts probably already on the beaches and the island ahead of you by that point, perhaps you have never noticed those seemingly uninteresting hills off the highway.
Animated Response
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/02/2012
» Animation is an engaging and enjoyable format to work with and can involve everything from stop motion and traditional cell drawing to computer generation and even newer cutting-edge media technologies. It's also a great vehicle to advance young people's understanding of storytelling and the sequencing of ideas, giving them an outlet for their creative energy while honing their technical skills and their ability to work in close collaboration with others.
Dams and deafening
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/02/2012
» Once in a while, Yingluck Shinawatra does something that makes sense to me. Since becoming prime minister she has tended to turn a deaf ear to criticism and her below-par response to last year's deluge certainly didn't inspire much confidence in her leadership skills, but I recently found myself nodding in agreement with something she said. She declared that she is going to give the highest priority to reforestation and the digging of small ponds as flood-prevention measures.