“The Dorf”

Olympic Village? As a student accommodation? Living in an 850.000 square meter park? My curiosity ignited Multiple trains of thought as soon as I saw the email informing me I would live in a two-floor bungalow in the Olydorf for six months.  The city of Munich has been facing a housing crisis for a few years now. According Read More

Mister Manich of Thairath

Mister Manich (มานิจ สุขสมจิตร), senior editor of Thairath, one of the biggest newspaper publishers in the country, is also an invited lecturer to many classes across the country, with a position in Media Constitution Drafting Committee, spanning over six decades, offers invaluable insights into the evolution of the Thai media landscape, as well as in Read More

Zweite Heimat

“The Idea of the airport is crazy; you are there before entering some kind of portal, and the next time you go back from the portal, you are changed as a person.” My friend and I were chatting as I waited for check-in before she brought up this thought of hers. I thought about this Read More

From the East to the West, From Bangkok to Munich

My name is Sooksodsai Sooksomchitra, which I find quite hard for foreigners to pronounce naturally. Therefore, I go by JamJam, which is the nickname given to me by my parents. When translated into Thai, JamJam and Sooksodsai have the same meaning, Happy; unlike Westerners, we were given our nickname at birth in Thailand. Being in Read More