Club Scene
Samson gets hairy The Comedy Club Bangkok on Sukhumvit Soi 33/1 is hosting another open-mic joke session tonight with headliner Jonathan Samson from the US and Bangkok’s own Alex Dang. The gags run the...
View ArticleThe French side of the story in ‘The Connection’
French authorities were after the guy as well, and that side of the story is depicted in “The Connection” (“La French”), a 2014 thriller that will screen in French with English subtitles at 7pm on...
View ArticleHigh price to pay for being a Wed wonder
Interest in the upcountry transvestite fashion-queen has spiked because she’s been hospitalised – diagnosed with penile cancer. “I got cancer because I always tucked my penis out of sight between my...
View ArticleLoved up by the lake
AFTER A break that’s lasted two years and had many wondering whether it would ever come back, Overlove Festival – the joint venture between Media Wrap and Silverlake Entertainment – is now all set to...
View ArticleBrighter, better, faster and smaller
BRIGHTER, better, faster and smaller THE NEW 9.7-INCH IPAD PRO BRINGS POWER TO YOUR COMPUTING NEEDS PAISAL CHUENPRASAENG THE NATION NEW TO THE market and already causing a sensation with tech reviewers...
View ArticleThe culture of money
THE GOVERNMENT SAVINGS Bank (GSB), Thailand’s best-known state-owned bank, turns 103 this year and it’s celebrating the occasion by staging a musical that looks at the way of life in the early part of...
View ArticleThat classic touch
POPULAR upmarket ice cream bar Magnum, which is owned by the British/Dutch Unilever company and marketed in Thailand by Unilever Thai Trading, recently launched its latest campaign and TV commercial...
View ArticleHaving a blast with other people’s looks
That’s because she dresses up as celebrities for the photos posted on Facebook and the resemblance is often amazing. The second-year student at Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University uploaded her first...
View ArticleIn step with the times
As it celebrates its 35th anniversary, the Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) is preparing to take to the stage with an exciting new range of shows. “The Legend of Mulan” is still the company’s flagship...
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Technological playground in bloom
A touch to transform ancient symbols to digital imagery at the ‘Story Of The Time When Gods Were Everywhere’. Sensory light and instrumental melodies greet us as we lift each black curtain to see...
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To squat or not?
Like religion and politics, toilet etiquette is a touchy subject. The latest proof is the debate on the future of traditional squat toilets in Thailand after a new law on the manufacturing standard of...
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The War on drugs
Drugs are a trillion-dollar business and the so-called War on Drugs is under-financed. So much is paid to the powers that be to turn a blind eye that those who fight the good fight deserve the credit...
View ArticleTalking up an ‘Empire’
A decade after Ne-Yo rose to stardom with his velvety yet infectious R&B, the singer is finding a renewed outlet through a fresh medium – television. Ne-Yo was brought in as co-writer of the music...
View ArticleWho’s the babe on the bike with our boy?
She’s seen posing with sexy Sukollawat “Weir” Kanarot on his beloved Triumph T120. Wang was the only Asian model on the runway in Rome for Valentino’s big autumn couture show recently. Hailing from...
View ArticleSushi with a European accent
There is nothing very Asian about the quiet little Austrian town of Horn. It is surrounded by rolling hills and forests, and like any respectable central European town, it boasts a medieval church, old...
View ArticleFeeling is believing
Hailed as a major breakthrough for the visually impaired when they were first introduced a couple of decades ago, Braille embossers, as the impact printers that render text as tactile Braille cells are...
View ArticleHow about a poke in the eye?
American body-modification artist Luna Cobra invented “eyeball tattooing” in 2007. In a procedure he has performed on hundreds of clients, he colours the white of the eye by injecting pigment. Cobra...
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Eliminating irritants
Having sensitive skin doesn’t mean that you have to refrain from being a cosmetic junkie as the problem may keep you searching for soothing formulas — many of them offered by drugstore brands. Besides...
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Harder, better, faster, stronger
Saowaphak Pinijpichitkul at the finish line of the Golden Triangle Triathlon held earlier this year. In her first triathlon challenge in Phuket, Saowaphak Pinijpichitkul suffered not just physically...
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Read all over
New books bring smiles. Since the Books For Thailand Foundation (BFT) began donating English books by American publishers to Triamudom Suksa School in Muang, Phitsanulok, two years ago, school...
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