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A Baroque favourite
J.S. Bach's six Brandenburgs are right up there with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons as some of the most popular works in the Baroque repertoire, but they are so musically rich that most listeners never tire of them. If you collect recordings of music by Bach, you probably have at least one set of Brandenburgs already, but this new release, in sparkling Blu-ray audio, is worth considering even if you...
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Taking sips, not gulps
After a 14-hour flight from the US, I arrived in Taipei on a morning when the sun was hidden behind a cold, grey mist. Dripping wet from the rain, I stepped into a car. It wasn't exactly an auspicious beginning to a vacation I'd been looking forward to for weeks. Before I set off to spend the Christmas break with my brother and sister-in-law in Taiwan, I'd been struggling through an unusually...
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Choosing a school is no child's play
I spent nine years in all girls' school, from primary to middle school. Spending nearly half of my educational life at an old institution known for strict rules and regulations that dictate everything from hairstyle to the colour of the ribbons to be used, I couldn't say I enjoy such limitation of freedom. But as it's time my kid started her Grade 1, I didn't think much before putting her in the...
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The quest for parity
Being born female is the result of bad karma. Women are innately inferior to men in wisdom and other spiritual qualities. The male form is the better vehicle for spiritual progress. These are the traditional _ deeply rooted and arguably still widely held _ views found in many Buddhist countries, Thailand included, despite there being no dispute of the Buddha's own unequivocal confirmation that...
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Be a Red Cross poster boy/girl
The Thai Red Cross Society invites Thai youth between the ages of 18 and 25 to enter the Mr and Miss Red Cross Contest 2012 and vie for the chance to win a trophy from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, a scholarship worth 10,000 baht and other prizes.
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