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  It's a long weekend, baby!

  24 May 2013 : Today is Visakha Bucha Day, but to many of us, it's the start to Thailand's favourite activity: a holiday that grants us a long weekend! Visakha Bucha is a three-in-one commemoration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, so good Buddhists will probably be spending this day doing noble things like making merit, abstaining from immoral behaviour, and refraining from killing the fly that keeps buzzing around them.

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  Think you know what's happening in the world around you?

  24 May 2013 : Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!

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  A day at the museums

  24 May 2013 : Museums usually conjure up images of boring rooms filled with old stuff on display collecting dust and noisy groups of bored school kids. But some museums in Thailand, both official and unofficial, are dedicated to esoteric subjects filled with exhibits you probably wouldn't imagine meriting their own safe keeping. We hope you'll have some fun while learning something new at these unique attractions and awaken the budding anthropologist in you.

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  Healthcare 2.0

  24 May 2013 : WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND HAAMOR'S LAUNCH IN OCTOBER 2011?

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  Tour of duty

  23 May 2013 : Pol Maj Gen Roy Inkapairoj, commander of the Tourist Police Division, has plenty of plans and policies to ensure tourist safety. The 43-year-old was a commander of the Immigration Bureau before moving to the tourist division last year. He said his major focus is to protect and serve visitors to the best of his ability.

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  An injection of colour

  22 May 2013 : Ithought of many different ways to write this Sumanee Guna-Kasem article. But in the end I decided to be as straightforward as possible since honesty is possibly one thing that a woman who has everything, a woman as rich as King Solomon, would appreciate.

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  INTERVIEW

  The maximalist

  20 May 2013 : Jittiwut Sasibutra is what a good majority of the female population would refer to as a "hottie". After all, the 39-year-old executive won Cleo magazine's Top 50 Most Eligible Bachelors competition title back in 2001, landing him a string of TV commercials and modelling stints. Cleo magazine is a popular fashion and lifestyle magazine under the Post Publishing Plc umbrella.

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  Picking at the Buffett

  20 May 2013 : Because she became a bestselling author with an investment guidebook on her former father-in-law Warren Buffett, it seems impossible for Mary Buffett to be seen as an individual, a person separate from the shadow of the famous billionaire.

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  'National Geographic' snapper wants young people to get into the wild

  19 May 2013 : 'What are you focusing on?" National Geographic photographer Joe Riis asks a teenager taking a picture of a deer at Chon Buri's Khao Kheow Open Zoo. "Usually if I use the big ones [cameras], I'll go down low on the ground like this."

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  Chai draws a fine line

  18 May 2013 : A towering figure in comic journalism, Chai Rachawat has for decades amused readers with the wit and jabbing satire of the endearing characters in the Phuyai Ma Kab Thung Ma Mern cartoon in the mass circulation Thai Rath daily. The cartoonist's recent "evil woman" remark on his Facebook page has upset Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has filed a defamation lawsuit against him. In an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post, Chai Rachawat, whose real name is Somchai Katanyutanan, speaks for the first time since the controversy broke. He stands by his remarks and says he has no regrets.

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  Alter Egos

  17 May 2013 : If you're our target reader, then you're probably still trying to figure out what you really want to do with your life. But don't worry, since many famous figures in Thai society did something unrelated before establishing the roles they are now known for. Judging from the journeys of these individuals we've selected, it's OK to go through a period of doing different things and/or getting out of your comfort zone in order to pursue your true calling. The most important thing is that you keep pushing on. Here are five stories to inspire.

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  Epicure on track

  17 May 2013 : As Deputy Managing Director at Toyota T B N Co, Ltd, Ajcharaporn Phanpanit Lertprasertpakorn is busy overseeing her family-owned automobile business and preparing the launch of the family’s latest venture, The Paseo, a community mall on Sukaphiban 3 Road, to be opened this year. The versatile young exec still manages to share her tight schedule with her abounding interests that include everything from racing (having won a series of championships) to baking (now attending Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School) to writing (planning to launch a food book). The outgoing epicure can also be seen on her food TV show Aab Aroi by Por Mour Nu on www.iheretv.asia.

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