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From laughingstock to educator
Tongta Jamroenjai, 25, has come a long way since the day her male homeroom teacher punished her for wearing lingerie by making her stand in front of the entire school in just her bra and school shorts....
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Not everyone wants a super-cute baby face
One man’s meat is another man’s poison. Just as many Westerners like having a tan while the majority of Asians prefer being pale, some people pine for plumper cheeks and others long for a leaner face....
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The price of luxury
The Leather Work, one of the latest “pop-up shops” in town which opened in a leading Bangkok department store earlier this month, is definitely worth a visit. Just be prepared for a shock. It is the...
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Unlocking the skincare secrets of yesteryear
Co-author of the Beauty Book, Fran Johnson encourages women to make their own products at home so they don’t have to buy everything for their skincare regime. “Beauty doesn’t have to cost you anything....
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Death by meat
A consumer browses through a selection of pre-packaged sausages in a department store in Nonthaburi. It was just less than a year ago that worldwide consumers almost jumped out of their skin when the...
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Inking in progress
A map of Italy, printed using Touchable Ink. In what could potentially be a life-changing breakthrough for visually-impaired individuals the world over, veteran advertising agency J. Walter Thompson...
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A stop at amazing unexpected Aesop
The purpose of my recent visit to the newly-opened Aesop counter at Paragon Department Store was to take a look and smell of Post-Poo Drops, a bathroom deodoriser with a floral citrus scent that...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg on his ‘bromance’ with ‘buddy’ Rylance
But now Hanks seems to have been pushed down the Hollywood mogul’s speed dial by British actor Mark Rylance. The Spielberg-Rylance “bromance” is the talk of the Cannes film festival, with the director...
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Steven Spielberg on his ‘bromance’ with ‘buddy’ Rylance
CANNES – You have to feel sorry for Tom Hanks. For nearly two decades from “Saving Private Ryan” to “Bridge of Spies”, the actor has been the go-to star for director Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg...
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Cannes Journal: Kristen Stewart, in a ghost story
Related Stories The booing was adamant, but why? The good Cannes tradition is to express extreme sentiment of admiration and hatred, such as the overlong clapping at the gala screenings and the...
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Protest, die, repeat?
Sunday marks the second anniversary of the 2014 military takeover, the second coup d’etat in Thailand in a decade and the 12th successful one since absolute monarchy was overthrown in 1932. And three...
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At Cannes, humour makes a surprise visit
Toni Erdmann. Humour is hardly ever associated with Cannes competition films — to win the Palme d’Or, for example, it’s assumed a film should possess art house gravitas, serious humanity, or weighty,...
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From TV lights to Buddhist enlightenment
Vuthithorn ‘Woody’ Milintachinda, earlier this month, speaking on ‘Humanitarianism and Buddhism’ at the United Nations office in Bangkok. Vuthithorn “Woody” Milintachinda, the TV host and producer,...
View ArticleWhat’s your birth pagoda?
FOR VISAKHA BUCHA DAY tomorrow, marking the anniversary of the Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, The Mall Group has brought to Bangkok replicas of the deeply symbolic phra that pagodas for...
View ArticleWORDLESS and timeless
INITIATED BY PAITOON “Kon Na Khao” Laisakul, the KonRak Mime Festival opened yesterday with an all-day workshop led by German mime master Milan Sladek. With support from the Culture Ministry, Thammasat...
View ArticleWritten on the leaves
IT’S NOT EVERY DAY you see a monk writing Lanna script on a dried palm leaf with a metal stylus, but the age-old tradition lingers at Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong in Chiang Mai. Palm-leaf manuscripts –...
View ArticleTrue luxury in leather
FRENCH LUXURY leather goods maker Longchamp recently celebrated the opening of its flagship store at upmarket mall EmQuartier with a philanthropic gesture – a specially designed Le Pliage Heritage...
View ArticleAll in the artist family
THAILAND’S FAMILY of artists, the Jumsais, join with celebrated Chinese artists Li Yugang and Xueyi Fan for “Rencontre”, an exhibition opening on Saturday at the XYZ Gallery in Beijing’s 798 Art...
View ArticlePretty in pink
BACK ON THE fashionable French Riviera for the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Thai actress Araya “Chompoo” A Hargate is turning heads both on and off the red carpet. Dubbed by the Thai media...
View ArticleYou can still schmooze even when there’s nothing to sell
WE LOVE KIDDING actress Araya A “Chompoo” Hargate about appearing on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival – for three consecutive years now – despite never having a movie to show the nice people...
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