Feng Kun kisses her husband, coach Kiattipong Radchatakriengkai, at their wedding party at the Army Club on Saturday. (Post Today photo)
By Terry Fredrickson
New husband Kiattipong Radchatakriengkai, the head coach of the Thai women's volleyball team, has a new project and it doesn't involve volleyball.
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Newly-wed Coach Ord reveals his next project
New husband Kiattipong Radchatakriengkai, the head coach of the Thai women's volleyball team, has a new project and he is not shy about telling the world about it.
"I'm determined to have a baby as soon as possible," he told the media covering his wedding party at the Army Club on Saturday.
Mr Kiattipong, better known as "Coach Ord" married former Chinese volleyball star Feng Kun the day before in a ceremony granted by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at Chitrlada Palace. A Chinese ceremony will follow in Beijing on Jan 18.
Coach Ord said it was thanks to volleyball that he met his wife. "I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have her by my side," he added.
Male or female, the couple' s baby seems destined for stardom on the volleyball court. Feng Kun played for China for many years and Coach Ord, a native of Nakhon Ratchasima, was a former national team volleyball player before becoming a trainer.
He has coached the women's team since 1998 and steered it to be one of the best teams on a highly competitive Asian scene once dominated by China, South Korea and Japan.
Coach Ord has made volleyball one of the most popular sports in the country by propelling the team up the world rankings to 12th place. The players have become household names and celebrity product presenters and their matches draw high TV ratings.
The Thai women won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, in October, the first-ever medal in the sport for the country. The team were crowned the Asian champions in 2013.
Vocabulary
bronze: a dark reddish-brown metal made by mixing copper and tin - ทองสัมฤทธ์, ทองแดง
celebrity: someone who is famous, especially in the entertainment business - คนมีชื่อเสียง
ceremony: a formal public event - งานพิธี
competitive: having a high level of close competition - แข่งขันสูง
couple: two people who are married or are involved in a romantic relationship - คู่แต่งงานกัน, คุ่รัก
cover: to report news and sport in newspapers and on the radio and television - รายงานข่าว
destined: certain to do something,or certain to happen in the future - ซึ่งมุ่งหน้าไปทาง, ซึ่งถูกกำหนดไว้ล่วงหน้าแล้ว
determined: wanting to do something very much and not letting anyone or any difficulties stop you - ตั้งใจจริง, ซึ่งมุ่งมั่น
dominated: controlled - ถูกควบคุม ถูกชักใย บงการ
draw: to attract or interest somebody - ดึงดูดความสนใจ
female: being a woman or a girl - สตรี, ผู้หญิง, เพศหญิ
grant: to officially give something - ให้
household name: a person who is very well known in a particular area -
male: being a man or a boy - ผู้ชาย
media: radio, television, newspaper, the Internet, considered as a group - สื่อ
native: someone who was born in a particular place - ชาวพื้นเมือง
newly-wed: having just been married, a new husband or wife - ที่แต่งงานใหม่ ๆ
palace: the official home of a king, queen, president, etc, a large impressive house - พระราชวัง, ตำหนัก, ปราสาท
popular: a situation in which someone or something is liked by many people - เป็นที่นิยม, เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ
presenter: a person who introduces the different sections of a radio or television programme or promotes a product - ผู้นำเสนอ
project: a planned piece of work that is designed to find information about something, to produce something new, or to improve something - โครงการ
propel: to cause someone to do a particular thing or to cause something to happen - ผลักดัน
ranking: the position of somebody/something on a scale that shows how good or important they are in relation to other similar people or things, especially in sport - อันดับ
rating: a measurement of how good or popular someone or something is, in this case, a television programme - การประเมิน, เปอร์เซ็นต์ผู้ขมหรือผู้ฟังของรายการหนึ่ง
reveal: to let something become known - เปิดเผย
scene: a particular area of activity or way of life and the people who are part of it - สิ่งแวดล้อม
shy: nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people who you do not know - ขี้อาย
stardom: the state of being very famous, especially as a film star or entertainer - ความเป็นดารา, ความมีชื่อเสียง
steer: to control the direction in which something or someone moves - นำทาง ถือพวงมาลัย
trainer: a person who teaches people or animals to perform a particular job or skill well, or to do a particular sport - ครูฝึก, ผู้ฝึก
