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Teen Power: Students step up for BanYa
Teen Power: Students step up for BanYa
If you search the internet for “Generation Z” you will learn that they are on track to be the most well-educated generation yet. So what does this look like when they are still in school? 
Angels by your side
Angels by your side
The nationwide shutdown is almost a catastrophe for much of Thailand’s labour force, which has no financial guarantees. Phuket is especially dependent on tourism. Those who work as cleaning workers, tuk-tuk drivers, street vendors and scavengers, support themselves and the whole family on a meagre and unstable daily earnings every day.
A serving heart: Reflections on Catholicism with Phuket’s Reverend Father John
A serving heart: Reflections on Catholicism with Phuket’s Reverend Father John
Helen Keller said, “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” Indeed, faith is a beam of light, leading one from darkness to brightness; faith is a beam of light, directing one from ignorance to wis­dom; faith is a beam of light, guiding one from church to heaven.
Piercing the past: Through the eye of a needle with embroidery artist Stephanie Soper
Piercing the past: Through the eye of a needle with embroidery artist Stephanie Soper
Stephanie Soper is like a migratory bird, flying to Phuket from December to March to get away from the awfully cold English winters and to absorb the balmy Southeast Asian sunshine. She has many hobbies, but ecclesiastical embroi­dery is her forte.
Musical Magic: Inside the mind of Phuket pianist Ivan Sharapov
Musical Magic: Inside the mind of Phuket pianist Ivan Sharapov
Beethoven once said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and all philosophy.” Bach’s view was that “Music is the harmony of God.” And all I have to say with my clumsy words is that music carries a magical power.
BanYa Literacy Centre mural unleashes children’s creativity and imagination
BanYa Literacy Centre mural unleashes children’s creativity and imagination
Claire Lathrop was not swept away from Kansas by a tor­nado – like Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz – to the Land of Smiles. Instead, she chose this country and she chose Phuket, not only for its charming natural scenery, but also for its outspread love which appealed to her ingenuous heart.
Write Now: Meet the Phuket Island Writers
Write Now: Meet the Phuket Island Writers
What do you get when you mix multiple nationalities and personalities on a paradise island and a boatload of creative ideas? For one eclectic (or someone may say eccentric) band of scribes, it is The Phuket Writers’ Group (PWG).
Dr Chantinee breaking cultural norms for our environmental future
Dr Chantinee breaking cultural norms for our environmental future
Sustainability, green environmental development – these big words sound so far away from our daily life. Not many of us know what to do to change. Queen Elizabeth II has banned using plastics in her palace a few months ago.
Hero behind the scenes - Interview with cave diver, Maksym Polejaka
Hero behind the scenes - Interview with cave diver, Maksym Polejaka
Speaking of Superman, you might think of a figure in cartoons or movies: working hard in a small cubicle like average Joe. Once he’s needed, he rushes out, rips off his working clothes, reveals his flying cape, charges into danger to save people’s lives. When crisis is resolved, Superman returns to his normal life. This is exactly what Maksym Polejaka did in July to save the football team in Tham Luang Nang Non Cave in Chiang Rai, except the cape part.
People of Phuket: PIWC 30 years, keep on rocking – Interview with Maggy Wigman
People of Phuket: PIWC 30 years, keep on rocking – Interview with Maggy Wigman
The day I met Maggy Wigman, the President of Phuket International Women’s Club (PIWC), her amiable smile, caring voice and elegant azure dress impressed me at first. Only after getting to know her more did I realise just how superficial I was. She is everything more than how she looks.