I want my mummy

If you ask most people about mummies, their first impression is that you�re talking about corpses wrapped in bandages that scare people in horror movies. Most of us also think of Egyptian mummies buried deep inside a pyramid like King Tutankhamun. But mummies aren�t just found in Egypt. Mummies have even been found in temples here in Thailand. But since most of the mummies we are familiar with are from Egypt, lets take a look at the Egyptian mummy.

More smiles please

Not satisfied with Thailand�s image as the �Land of Smiles,� the Culture Ministry plans a campaign to encourage people to smile more often. �Smiling is a good habit, as well as a welcome gesture to foreign tourists,�� spokeswoman Poowanida Kunpalin said.

Talk back

It wasn't until I had been in Thailand for about a year that I first heard the name RCA. This was the beginning of the social order crackdown and so, being a place full of teens possibly drinking and taking drugs, it was all over the news. At the time, it seemed to me as if RCA was the root of all evil in Bangkok and that discos were the scourge of the country.

Back to the big time

   

Everywhere you look these days, there is a new boy band popping up. But if you go back in time to 1994, no other boy band in Thailand was bigger than U.H.T.

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Stress-free shopping

Busy crowds, narrow walkways and searing heat can turn shopping into something shocking for outdoor market shoppers. Fortunately, there is an alternative for those that can�t resist a bargain. Located on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, behind Thai Airways� head office, Lung Perm Market is a haven for cheap clothes and accessories.

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July 14

The Buddhist Lent is a holiday for merit making. Go to temples to offer foods and other indispensable items to the monks to use during their 3-month-long Lent.

Comprehending cockroaches

This month, for three weeks, we will concentrate on developing the skills needed to do well in the English section of the University Entrance Examination. This will be followed by a review week. To start July, our focus is on comprehension:

Fine dimensions

First Thai teens loved Japanese pop. Then they went crazy for Korean pop. Now Taiwanese pop is the latest trend that has caught their attention.