Picnics are easy: for relatively little cash and only a smidgen of organization, you too can enjoy your lunch hour (or tea time, or pre-dinner snack) outdoors instead of staring off into space at your desk with a rapidly cooling bowl of hotpot noodles. Here, everything you need to enjoy a park near...
It’s 9am and you still feel groggy because you haven’t had that morning cup of coffee yet. Then 1pm rolls around, and you have to buy another cup at the vendor near your office just to be able to make it through the afternoon. A friend drops by at 4pm and you suggest popping into...
Halloween is just around the corner and you have your costume all figured out. But whether you’ll be the bride of Frankenstein or a slutty catwoman, you’re gonna need good makeup to match. Gone are the days of bloody tears and zombie cheeks: the new trend for Halloween makeup is all...
You’ve hit the sack, it’s been 15 minutes and you haven’t felt this awake all day. Eyes shut tight, or wide open staring at the ceiling, the long wait for sleep is beginning to frustrate you, and the irritation is just adding to the agitation. With every minute that goes by, you...
One in every 10 Thais above the age of 60 suffers from dementia. By changing their lifestyles, it is estimated that half of these loony loongs and aunties could have held on to their sanity. But it’s not just about keeping your wits. In our dog-eat-dog world, smartness counts, and we’re...
It’s that purification time of year again, when vegetarian food descends over Bangkok for the annual 10-day Vegetarian Festival, Oct 10-19. Here are some places to stock up on delicious animal-free food products if you are a DIYer, or, you could bring your ingredients to your favorite baan...
The upcoming Oktoberfest (see below) has us salivating; so many beers to choose from, so little time. It hasn’t always been that way. Thai beer didn’t even exist until about 70 years ago. And up until the 1990s, the real headache was not from the hangover, but from trying to drink...
You’ve had a bad day. An earthquake hit the office, the landlord is planning to sue you for the leaking toilets, your ugly old boss is hitting on you and you’ve just accidentally deposited half of your savings into a stranger’s account. Don’t panic. Take a deep breath and...
According to a recent study by the International Labor Organization, Thailand ranks third among countries where people are working excessively long hours—a whopping 46.7 percent of Thais work more than 48 hours per week. Which means that many of us are spending more time at the office than in...
• Neck stretches. Touch your chin to your chest. Hold for a few seconds. Repeat until you feel the muscles relax.
• Arm stretches. Put your hands in the air. Reach for the sky, stretching as far as you can. Release, repeat....
