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Reel Nostalgic
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 23/11/2012
» It's a toy, but at least it's one that you can actually use to make a living. The Viewmaster has been around in the US since 1938 and has remained popular throughout the decades. Whilst it is no longer a ravishing hit today, its timelessness transcends borders and has been recently sending waves of nostalgia to Thailand. Of course we don't expect you to find pleasure in looking at reels of SpongeBob or Finding Nemo, so there is a catch to what's so special about Viewmaster Thailand.
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The hand of fate
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 19/11/2012
» Even though beauty sleep would have been preferred, Thai children used to drag themselves out of bed every morning to be greeted by Khun Thong, the chatty mynah bird that started a show which should by now be considered part of Thailand's national identity, Chao Khun Thong.
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The curse of cameras
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/11/2012
» Picture the scene: a group of eight young women have met up on Friday for a get-together. They're a chummy group and always try to include dinner with each other in their hectic, humble first-job schedules. It's going to be a great evening of catching up on each other's lives amid excellent atmosphere and good food. But as pressing as catching up is, something is more urgent: the screaming void in their stomachs.
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Continuing compassion
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 23/10/2012
» The legendary forest conservationist Seub Nakhasathien was known for his unstinting efforts to save and protect wildlife in Huay Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, which was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 1991 and is spread over Kanchanaburi, Tak and Uthai Thani provinces. His suicide from stress over failing to save wild animals 22 years ago shocked Thailand, but his good name and crusade remain in the hearts of many today.
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On cloud nine, almost
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/10/2012
» Back in Singapore, Paradise Dynasty resembles a dark lavish cave, with lots of black marble and velvet too, and, honestly, food that didn't really taste that great. Except for the legendary signature Dynasty dumplings, the dishes in the food court probably taste better than the offerings there. And fried rice, but if you can't master fried rice then, well, reconsider your existence.
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Read, and thou shall find
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/11/2012
» We are living in an age where humans are swamped with more printed words than ever before, whether from Facebook, Twitter, text messages or email. And yet those words are fleeting. Poetry, with its slow-sinking gravity, can be really important at a time when so much fast language is being spewed. It can serve as a way to slow things down and let people appreciate every syllable, vowel, thought and sentence.
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Games play people
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2012
» You see a woman sitting across from you on the MRT with, of course, a smartphone in her hand. Her face is a blank and her eyes passively glaze across the screen. It would probably suggest that whatever was on the screen was the most uninteresting and mind-numbing thing possible, but her fingers speak otherwise.
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Enter the art apartment
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 03/10/2012
» It's a place slightly outside of the heart of the city, just 15 minutes away in the nooks of Singapore's Mountbatten district on a traffic-free day. Serene and surrounded by lush greenery, a centre of some sort comes into sight.
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A fitting riposte
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 03/10/2012
» Preferring to reside at the edges of the literary circle, Wipas Srithong for the past week has found himself under the glare of the spotlight, a discussion and a controversy.
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Dresses for the year-end bashes
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 27/09/2012
» Dresses always top the favourite list of Christmas purchases for any girl, thanks to the fact that you can't have enough dresses for all the parties leading up to the climactic countdown. Understanding such a scenario all too well, Miss Selfridge makes it a point to launch their special Christmas collection to let girls invest in their best party wardrobe.
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