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Restaurants Devasted by Deluge
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/01/2012
» Nature seems to have been on the attack in Thailand recently with frequent heavy rains, mudslides burying houses and fields near mountains, powerful storms causing waves that batter coastal communities and, of course, floodwaters from the North inundating central Thailand.
The wood that could
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/01/2012
» During a trip to the Philippines in November, I tried to find an old schoolmate I hadn't contacted since high school. I was told his family had moved, and that he now owned a furniture shop. As I had promised a mutual friend that I would find him, I looked for him where I was told he had moved, along a country road lined by gmelina trees. I did not find him, but I did learn something.
Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 22/01/2012
» - These five puppies are among many abandoned in a temple in the Rangsit area. All of them are very friendly and healthy.
Parker pens write on time with launch of flagship store
B Magazine, Published on 22/01/2012
» Even in the digital age few would dispute that Parker pens continue to set the standard when it comes to presenting the written word. That's why so many celebrities joined the party to launch Parker's new store at CentralWorld _ its third brand shop worldwide and the flagship shop in Asia.
'Massive' fall in S.Africa AIDS
Published on 19/01/2012
» South Africa, home to the highest number of HIV cases in the world, should see a massive reduction by the end of the decade after a sea-change in government policy, a UNAIDS official said Thursday.
Dazzling Chinese Acrobats
Life, Published on 20/01/2012
» To celebrate Chinese New Year, Paradise Park is bringing in one of the best acrobatic troupes from China who will perform at the Royal Park Plaza, 1st floor, at 3pm and 6pm from today to Jan 23.
Spotlight On Carlos Ghosn
Life, Published on 20/01/2012
» He is the CEO of two of the world's largest car companies and a veteran of the automotive industry. This evening CNN's Talk Asia meets the Lebanese-Brazilian-French businessman Carlos Ghosn at the Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, Japan.
Global visions
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/01/2012
» From Southeast Asian indies to Turkish policiers and Chilean dramas, the World Film Festival of Bangkok serves up a hefty cinematic portion that will enliven our theatre-going experience from today until Jan 27. Pushed back from November by the furious flood, the festival opens tonight at Paragon Cineplex with Padang Besar (I Carried You Home) and will offer around 100 titles, both short and feature-length, over the next seven days. All films will be screened at Esplanade Cineplex on Ratchadaphisek (MRT Thailand Cultural Centre), and the closing night will be an outdoor screening at The Nine, on Rama IX Road, which will feature a rare programme by Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
Paranoia rules
Life, Plalai Faifa, Published on 20/01/2012
» John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing is about monsters from space in the same way that Lars von Trier's recent Melancholia is about the end of the world. Both films use spectacular catastrophes out of science fiction to show the power of destructive mental states that can literally pull the world out from under those affected by them.
Semifreddo
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 20/01/2012
» Derived from the Italian word meaning ''half cold'', semifreddo usually refers to a type of partially frozen dessert, including ice-cream cakes, cookies, custard and fruit tarts, which are typically prepared with whipped cream as a primary ingredient to create a melt-inthe- mouth mousse-like texture.