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Saba Return: A comeback to a healthy life #BESTRONG

I haven’t come here for two months. Today I decided to make a comeback to have some exercise. Before that, I did some preparation: have a food and sleep. This time, I changed to Lumpini Park, a wonderful park in the heart of central Bangkok, and achieved two rounds in total: 10.12km + 5.49km. Since it had been a bit long living on a busy life with no exercise, I could feel a bit hurtful and not as enduring as before. Anyway, a bit of water and energy drink could lift up my energy to accomplish my speed wheel. And …

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A power to transform Thailand – Benjaphon Khidhathong

Last year teacher Ben sent me a message describing self-introduction. He is a special lecturer in Inclusive Design Innovation, in Design Business Technology Management (DBTM) course, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University. He invited me to give a special lecture to his students as a guest speaker which I was fabulously happy to do so, yes this is a sustainable way to solve many kinds of social problem is to create a new generation, transforming them to be a problem solver.

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“The best solution is the education and true understanding” : A special lecture on ‘Inclusive Design’ for DBTM Thammasat University

“My dream city is a fully inhabitable city that works for every citizen who can happily live with equality”, said one of many phases I told a group of 102 sophomores from the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University. I was given a wonderful opportunity to attend as a guest speaker here for the second consecutive year. Before the day, I arranged a meeting with Teacher Ben to discuss on how the contents should be structured as well as the main goal of the lecture. We intended to raise awareness, make critical understanding, and build deep inspiration toward the …

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BE STRONG

I became a disabled when I turned 24 due to a severe motorbike accident. After I leaved the hospital I suffered in the aftermath that compelled me to go through a routine of serious operations oftenly almost every single years. It raised my inner fear and formed a new set of habit of completely avoiding to cause any physical risks: no exercise, no continual physical movement. Decades later, until two years ago, my health condition showed a downward sign that I barely ate and hardly slept well. I was also too easily allergic to so many foods which was unprecedented …

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A moment when a security expels customers out of the elevator

This incident was a story while I was travelling in Japan at the beginning of this year. It took place at Bic Camera, Namba Store in Osaka. Bic Camera is a leading consumer electronics retailer chain in Japan. The store was extremely crowded at the day. Most of them were seemingly foreign visitors. I was waiting for an elevator for so long to go to the upper floor. Due to the crowd, every time the lift opened, it was packed with tons of customers that I wasn’t able to get in it. Believe it or not, I had been waiting …

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Deep inside, everyone has their own potentials for a great contribution to society. Count yourself as ONE!

I hope the images could translate my gratitude toward these wonderful people who came to support us. Though their background was from the different field of professions, their common was the same: the media, active social activist, back-stage executive, photographer, translator, adviser, and an avid supporter. Any problems could be solved with our spirit of harmony. It is not an issue for a particular kind of person. But every one of us is in charge of it in some way. Let’s walk together!!  

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BE STRONG, my own record!

[visualizer id=”11099″] The one who are following activities closely would know that I’m doing an exercise for 2 years already. On my own project called ‘BE STRONG’, I do always keep my run record. Just wanna show you how much I’ve got until today. Wanna run with me?

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A mission in searching for a S-Guard barricade in Japan!!

A barrier preventing motorcycle is also known as S-Guard barricade. It is a novel innovation brought to you by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in an attempt to prevent motorists driving on the sidewalk. This weird thing is increasingly enlarging in scale throughout the city of Bangkok, especially at the major intersections. The point is that I have a strong belief that those authorities, who have the power to initiate this execution, might perhaps derive this idea from Japan where the innovation already existed. It might appear interesting in their eyes. However, it’s just a superficial inspiration and lacks scrutiny on …

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A seemingly last optional alternative like the overpass is still wheelchair-friendly

The overpass, an innovation for pedestrians to safely cross a street. It’s considered safe and convenient yet highly inaccessible for some if built unintelligently like many footbridges in Thailand where wheelchair users are completely unable to use it. For developed countries, that might have passed the primitive state of trial and error, they recognise the limitations of the overpass and try to minimize its usage if possible. Last year, I visited Japan to see some of its fantastic infrastructure, including the overpass. Believe it or not, the entire 15-day time that I was touring around central Japan, any flaws in accessibility …

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