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  MAKE-UP Scorching summer colours

  21 May 2013 : Spring make-up saw the blooming of colours and now summer is bursting with vibrant hues appearing as colour blocks on eyelids that compete with vivid nails.

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  Royal biography translated

  21 May 2013 : Following the English version of King Bhumibol Adulyadej: A Life's Work, Asia Books has introduced a Thai translation of the original volume published by Editions Didier Millet.

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  Home is where the help is

  21 May 2013 : The first thing that greets an outsider who steps into the small patch of garden under Saphan Phut (Memorial Bridge) is a strong stench of urine. Male underwear is strewn carelessly on the ground, while a toddler plays by himself _ not in a crib, but in a battered foam box. There is no roof. There is no toilet. There is no furniture except for a few floor mats.

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  Concert with a cause

  21 May 2013 : Rajini Alumni Club under Royal Patronage will hold the Suntaraporn Concert.

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  The way of clay

  21 May 2013 : Art lovers are invited to "Clay Pop", a ceramic exhibition that showcases works created by talented art students and alumni of the Department of Creative Arts, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

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  Rocking the orchestra

  21 May 2013 : On a surface Thanachai "Pod" Ujjin of Moderndog fame is far removed from the orchestral world. As an alternative rock luminary, Thanachai and his bandmates May-T Noijinda and Pawin Suwannacheep have paved the way for many aspiring, outside-the-box musicians.

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  Sin and the art of redemptive violence

  21 May 2013 : Sitting in the courtyard of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke talks about violence _ the violence in his new movie that is riding a wave of critical favour at the world's biggest film festival, and the real violence back in his home country where the unstoppable motor of progress has brought on many changes, good and otherwise.

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  WORLD BEAT

  A whole lotta soul

  21 May 2013 : James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul", would have been 80 this year. Perhaps being the "hardest working man in show business" finally caught up with him _ in 2006, at the age of 73, one of the greatest popular music icons of the 20th century passed away.

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  GUEST COLUMN

  Pregnancy weight gain isn't a pain

  21 May 2013 : Whether you like it or not, gaining weight during pregnancy is inevitable. The growth and development of babies depend on it. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to pregnancy weight gain. How much weight you need to gain depends on various factors.

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  Turning dreams into reality

  21 May 2013 : Fumiya Saeki's favourite hobby is watching TV. One day in 2011, he saw news reports on the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. He wanted to help the suffering people. And this-eight-year-old boy's idea of helping them is special.

• Lost for words

  20 May 2013 : I still remember the day Chai came back to class after meeting a girl during our gap hour when we were still in college. Pat was her name. She had perfectly light, fair skin and she was decked out in pearl earrings, a costly print scarf and a status handbag, according to his description.

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  Rod Stewart back on top again

  20 May 2013 : Veteran rocker Rod Stewart notched his first UK number one album for 34 years as "Time", his first LP of new material for 20 years, shot to the top of the charts.

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