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Singapore at crossroads as it marks 50th anniversary
Kyodo News, Published on 09/08/2015
» Singapore celebrates its 50th year of independence with a big bash on Sunday, staging its largest-ever National Day parade and a cornucopia of activities that aim to serve as a reminder of how a tiny city state with almost no resources has come a long way to become what it is today.
Getting beaten by the staff
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/08/2015
» I have a problem which is making me tear my hair out … metaphorically of course.
Call for the priest
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/08/2015
» The long-awaited solo debut album from Sam Eastgate is an exhilarating adventure of forward-thinking pop with sonic eccentricities.
A portrait of the artist
B Magazine, Published on 09/08/2015
» Chusit Wijarnjoragij has drawn on inspiration and advice from the greats in creating his first artwork since returning to Thailand. And with the finishing touches still to be applied, his portrait of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit has proven to be one of the most challenging of his career.
Inmates show their innate skills
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/08/2015
» There is a place that we all know about — and every province has at least one. Few of us have any plans of going inside, but we are curious to know what it is like in there. I am talking about prisons.
The mother of all blooms
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 09/08/2015
» I used to give my mum a white rose on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated on the second Sunday of May in the Philippines, where I grew up. Now that I am a mother and grandmother, I get jasmine instead.
Read our lips
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/08/2015
» Celebrating its 16th anniversary recently was Thailand’s leading glossy lifestyle-fashion magazine Lips. To mark the occasion, executive editor Sakchai Guy hosted the “16 Years, 16 Covers, 16 Photographers” event at Zense, on the 17th floor of CentralWorld.
A safe haven survives a storm
Spectrum, Published on 09/08/2015
» ‘Can you believe we made dolls out of talcum bottles then?” Nualnoi “Khru Noi” Timkul, 73, asks anybody who visits her shelter in the Bangkok suburb of Rat Burana. “We also made necklaces out of hanging leaves.”
A man in full
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/08/2015
» About two years after first visiting a doctor, Jimmy had his breasts removed.
Branching out in Klong Toey
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 09/08/2015
» There’s a really big tree with roots all over the place and beautiful deep green leaves shaped like a Valentine’s Day heart. It's a nice tree, but it’s slightly unkempt. However, Auntie Gung and our children say it’s fine for a sacred tree to be unkempt. And this is a sacred tree with a sacred spirit, or angel. It's called a dhon pho tree in Thai and it’s in the back of the Klong Toey slum flats.