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Losing my religion

Young people ignorant

Worshippers hold about 3,000 lit candles on the grounds of the Buddha Monthon religious complex in Nakhon Pathom on May 15 for Visakha Bucha Day.

More than half of young people surveyed are ignorant about Visakha Bucha Day, according to a Bangkok university poll released on May15.

The poll of 1,233 youths aged 13-25 in Bangkok, found that 55.6 percent of people did not know the importance of Visakha Bucha Day, while 44.4 percent knew that it marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Lord Buddha.

High anxiety

Doctors help those with stress

Hope, adjustment and the sufficiency economy are what psychologists say are needed to cope with stress caused by the rising cost of living.

Manarom Hospital official Kraisit Narukatpichai said that many private companies have asked hospital psychologists to help their staff, whose stress is evident from their poor performance in the office.

�Stress can cause people to develop anxiety, sleeplessness and poor emotional control, and they may become aggressive. This could lead to suicide,� Kraisit said.

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Just in case

Bangkok gets ready for earthquakes

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration held a meeting on May 15. They asked owners of high-rise buildings to come to the meeting.

The meeting was to talk about being ready for an earthquake. They want people to be ready if an earthquake hits Bangkok.

	worshipper (n): a person who shows respect for God or a god, by saying prayers, singing, etc. ignorant (adj): lacking knowledge or information about something enlightenment (n): knowledge about and understanding of something high-rise (adj): a very tall building with a lot of floors adjustment (n): a change in the way a person behaves or thinks evident (adj): clear, easily seen and obvious anxiety (n): the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen aggressive (adj): angry and behaving in a threatening way