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Don’t match your shampoo and conditioner brand!

Do you always match your shampoo and conditioner brand? Do you believe that using the same brand products will help you to achieve better results? Unfortunately, this approach is not true. Matching your shampoo and conditioner brand appears to be not only unnecessary – it also might stop your precious hair from reaching its full […]

Why rivers and water are at the heart of Thai culture

As a nation, Thailand grew along the banks of its mighty rivers. For centuries, the kingdom’s waterways have provided the Thai people with their staple foods of rice and fish, fuelled by the abundant monsoon rains that have made the land fertile. So it’s little wonder that so many local ceremonies and traditions are water-based […]

Whiten your teeth at home

A smile is the prettiest thing women can wear every day. Yellowish, stained and not shiny teeth often make us hide our smiles and feel uncomfortable in the crowd. Maintenance of shiny and white teeth also consumes loads of efforts, time, and money. So in the end, is there a way out? Yes, there is! Continue reading this […]

Greenery can make us happier

According to the research, people who spend time outside in green and natural spaces tend to be happier and healthier than those who don’t.  Last year, a study from Stanford University found that young adults who spend at least an hour walking through campus parkland were less anxious afterward and performed better on working memory […]

Sukhumvit Road traffic jam

Sukhumvit Road – Thailand’s window to the world

I stayed at the excellent Hyatt Regency Sukhumvit hotel last week and it was faultless… but the jungle outside on the streets was absolutely appalling! Illegal street vendors clogging up the pavements, taxi hustlers blocking the roads and scamming tourists, pickpockets, drug dealers, and prostitutes plying their trade openly without fear of prosecution. Doesn’t the […]

Rudolf Beger Artist

Rudolf Beger – Celebrating Artistic Unity

Rudolf Beger is a present-day “Polymath” born in Hamburg (Germany), a kind of “Renaissance man“. Polymathy is defined as “knowledge of various matters, drawn from all kinds of studies ranging freely through many fields of different disciplines”. Rudolf’s expertise and interest span a significant number of different subject areas from politics and communication, lobbyism, international […]

Xaverian Missionaries in Thailand

Xaverian Summer Camps and Other Activities – April 2024

Dear friends, Last year, thanks to the help of some people, we (the Xaverian Missionaries) organised camps for poor children and teenagers in the slum areas in Khlong Toey and the villages in Mae Sot. Our evaluation was positive, and that’s why we would like to repeat this experience with other poor children and teenagers. […]

Man yelling at an airplane

United Airlines and Business-class.com Fail a Disabled Customer

In October 2023 an elderly, disabled Englishman living in Thailand booked a business class ticket with business-class.com from Bangkok to Orlando. The customer booked a business class ticket with wheelchair assistance for all stages of the, two stopover flight, for the 24-hour each way trip, safe in the knowledge that if his health deteriorated any further he […]

Prince Theatre Bang Rak

by Andrew J Wood: Secret Bangkok – Chic Bang Rak and the Historic Prince Theatre

BANGKOK: When I first arrived in Bangkok in 1991 I worked in the Bang Rak area at the Shangri-La Hotel. So let me share a secret – around Charoen Krung Road (which literally means New Road) is a favourite venue of mine and Bang Rak is served by the BTS skytrain which is just a […]