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now let us introduce you to a freshly-served and family-feel like drink stall.

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MORE THAN A SNACK SH OP

Wandering to many places under Thailand’s hot weather, you could feel your body being dehydrated and lacking enough H2O to keep you alive. If you accidentally appear around Communication Arts faculty, also known as CommArts, you can reach for one destination that can refresh your soul.

At the first stall closest to the entrance of the faculty’s canteen lies P’Man drink stall (รานพี่แมน). You may be amazed on how colourful this stall is. Actually, it is very easy for you to find this stall during lunch because the stall will be surrounded by the hungry crowd mostly crowds of university student who come to socialise over desserts, making the busiest shop you can perceive.

Life in the University appears to be quite mundane as all of the students will continue their routines in terms of studying and having a break during lunch.

However, it is deeply expected that there will be something exciting and new coming up. There are various food stalls that we can find at the canteen of the University. All of these stalls function as the place to satisfy people’s appetite. One of the places where we can get our drink fix is P’man drink stall. Located at Pinitprachanart Building

This stall serves as a part of CommArts’ family. It is well-known among all people within the faculty. All of the CommArts’ students will recognize P’Man. Importantly, P’Man is a very kind man who has supported all of the students from CommArts when they need any helps. In addition, he is so friendly and reliable that some students ask him to keep money to be spent for weekly purchase or even monthly purchase.

Over 20 years P’Man has been one of cafeteria's most popular drink stalls thanks to a variety menu of beverage. Open to the public. Being a drink stall, naturally there is a wide selection of beverages as well as smoothies and fresh fruits. Their supply of drinking receptacles is seemingly endless, to the point I was looking for fancy cocktails behind the bar. P’man has it all, from the sweetest of deals to the sweetest desserts.

Staying hydrated is key to surviving Thailand’s brutal, unforgiving heat. If you find yourself dying for a drink, quench your thirst with one of University’s drink stalls that serves the best quality of drinks. You can grasp any beverage based on your preference. I opted for the signature ‘Barbie’ which contains strawberry yoghurt, banana, and cereal for my breakfast. The portion is rather decent here and really tasty.

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P’Man drink stall is chalk full of sweet desserts, and its vast array of options make it difficult to decide which ones to indulge in. The place tends to get more busy around lunch time. They’re cheap, the drinks are made while you wait, and they’re delicious. Moreover, P’Man is famous for its incredibly rich, indulgent and may we say literally over-the-top smoothies. The smoothies come in many varieties and flavours, but the most popular one that every table seems to be ordering is their signature Milo Volcano shake. This is essentially milo blended with ice-cream, topped with milo powder and small slices of bread! This is probably sufficient as a meal in its own right. For those who are on diet or health conscious, they won’t be regretted if they are at P’Man shop because there is the healthy drink served, ’fruit shakes’.

Fruit Shakes – I often get a fruit shake with banana, pineapple and watermelon. Incredibly delicious. The stall has its own choices of fruit juices you can mix together, and you can also often create your own mixes. Sometimes the stall will mix with yoghurt or soy milk, sometimes just with juices. Sometimes you can choose a fresh fruit shake with ice (and yes, the ice is perfectly safe!) is only around 30-35 baht.

If you are a coffee lover, you shouldn’t miss P’Man drink stall. It also serves coffee. You can get americanos, coffee lattes, lattes with caramel, lattes with chocolate and a lot more flavors besides. All these options come hot, iced or as a frappe. You can also get Thai coffee, which is very sweet as they add evaporated milk to it and sugar, but it is delicious. Prices usually run from 25 to 50 baht. Much cheaper than Starbucks and they even taste better!

By : Pimchanok Phibalyart

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L I M A F tradition is not a coincidence.

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I A S D U H A R Becoming a freshman at Chulalongkorn University is one of the biggest transitions a student will make. Whether making new friends, experiencing new activities, passing midterms, or balancing workload, university life will bring you to an amazing new ride especially when you are a Commarts student.

At Nitade Chula, there are lots of activities that you can not find in other faculties such as, Pid Piew (Welcoming Ceremony), Hong Cheer (Cheer Room), Nitade Musical Annual Play, Long Trip and many others. These activities are held for Commarts students to know each other more and create a bond with other students as they bring students from first year to graduates together.

Sai Rarus Tradition is another story.

Though it is a traditional activity that every faculty from different universities shared the same values as it gathers students who have similar student number from each academic years together for the purpose of helping the first-year students to get guidance, friendship, support and practical advice from someone who have been in same situation and experienced some of the things the students are going through.

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But you will find it completely different at Nitade Chula. By tradition, the first-year students will get to play play a puzzle-solving game before knowing who will be in their Sai Rarus as there are rules of gift giving. The rules are simple as playing Secret Santa in which senior students provide presents or snacks anonymously. The game will continue for several weeks until ‘Wun Perd Sai’ or the day senior students identify themselves as ‘P’Rahus’ or brother/sister to the freshmen.

There are three ma jor ‘Wun Perd Sai’ organized by Commarts senior students from different academic years for the freshmen to have fun and enjoy before exposing themselves. After each events, the seniors will have to take first-year student to a big dinner party that they host.

But what’s make it so special is that the first-year student will get everything for free ! They will get to eat free food, tasty drinks, and great conversation.

After knowing each senior years from different year in your Sai Rahus, now it is time for the official meeting where the first-year students will get to meet Nitade alumnus who also have the same student number with them.

This is an opportunity to introduce themselves to someone who are former students at Commarts and currently work in an advertising agency or a film company as it helps create bond and connection with people in different social circle.

“Sai Rarus is something beyond friendship as it is not a bond that happens overnight; just like knowing a friend from different school, it takes time and effort.”

It is one of the most rewarding aspects of university life, so it is definitely worth it.

As you twist and turn in life, you will find that some are better than others, and you will need certain friends at different times, but few are greater than the unconditional and lifetime bonds of friendship that we call ‘Sai Rahus family’.

Sai Rahus is for a lifetime, so you know that these brothers and sisters will stand by you way beyond the four years that you are in university.

By : Karitta Chantachitpreecha

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N O I N U E R By : Thayanee Dechadee

Reunions are a great way to catch up with old friends, relive old memories and enjoy a night of fun experiences with people you have known for many, many years. The Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University, also widely known as Nitade Chula, also celebrates its reunion party yearly. More than half a century on and those same students are getting together at The Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, on 10 February 2018, to spend nostalgic hours reflecting on their shared youth. The reunion party of Nitade Chula is always the talk of the town and always be featured in the news as the people attending are always famous.

Even before the party begins, the promotion videos are already caught the attention of the alumni to attend the event. The videos featured Asava’s designer “Moo”, a very well-known journalist “Sukwan”, and “Aff Taksaorn” Thailand’s top actress. The videos are funny and relatable to the viewers, just like ‘inside jokes’.

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One of the highlights of attending the party is the show from both alumni and the current students. The show always features on what is trendy at the moment. This year, there is a group singer called “NTC50” which is following the trend of BNK48. “The Spice Girl” show was one of the most talk-about show as it consisted of “Loukgolf”, “Patricia”, “Madame Mode”, “Opal”, and “Pupae”.

These shows are interesting and made it to the cover on the news due to the gathering of the celebrities of Thailand.

Apart from all the fun, current and graduated students will have plenty of opportunities to bond with classmates and to spark friendships with other alumni. This is also a great occasion to get to know the experienced people within the same field of work which is a guidance for the graduating students to find their path to work easier. Seniors get to inspire juniors.

We are a family.

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At ‘Taitoon’, from August to October in every year, there is a group of people assembling to create something diligently.

Some are sawing the wood. Some are doing Paper Mache. Some are painting.

With a loud music played, some sing-along joyful voice, and a lively atmosphere, you will surely know that they are making ‘Lakorn Nitade Chula’, the annual theatre play by the faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

With a large scale of performance, almost 1,000 seats per round, it requires a lot of people in the process to create the complete performance. People have to separate into various teams and each team includes a number of people. The responsibilities of each team consume a lot of life’s energy and sleeping time. Their education results also get worse, plus they don’t gain any money. So, if it takes a lot of energy, what will they get from that?

The answer is it depends. Different people get different things in return. However, apart from the specific knowledge and experience from each duty, you will get nothing if you don’t do it with your heart.

If you do it with your heart, you might find good things either during or after the process. Those good things that will march into your life probably including...

Energy Fulfillment It sounds controversial. Probably it is because it is just said above that it takes a lot of life’s energy. However, at the moment, you will gain power from people surrounding that are paying the same dedication with us. You will also get the fulfilling vibe from them. It strangely energizes us. It gives us the motivation to live on. Even if you don’t really participate and just watch the people working, you will definitely get the power.

Good & Long Lasting Relationship it is said that good heart can find each other. People with the same destination will flow together somehow. Some of them did not know each other before and live in a different world. This is a good assembly point for the beginning of a good and long lasting relationship.

Joy & Happiness in Every Moment It might sound exaggerating. It is certain that during the process, there must be problems that each team has to struggle through. There must be hard time and stressful moment. But, if we come to realize, there really are meticulous things that are truly our joy and happiness in every moment.

Unforgettable Stories Due to the many-month process with a lot of hard-working duty, there are certainly the unforgettable stories, both yours and others.

Those memories will be clear in our mind that, although how much time has passed, the story will never get old.

By : Tatchapol Thitiapichai

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Introduce yourself Hi, my name is Arachaporn Pokinpakorn or Goy for short. I graduated from the faculty of Communication Arts, CU and currently an actress at GMM25.

Why study here?

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Nickname: Goy Name: Arachaporn Pokinpakorn Birthdate : 28 Apr 1994 BA : Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University

At first I didn’t plan on applying Communication Arts. My parents wanted me to go to a doctor school. Unfortunately, I wasn’t accepted. But actually I’m an out-going person, I love doing activities and enjoy watching dramas since I was a little girl.

Therefore, I thought that if I couldn’t strive to be in the medical field, why not just go with something more artsy. The main reason that I wanted to enrol in Communication Arts is because the love for doing extra curriculum activities.

What is special about CommArts CU? I think that the factor that makes Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University special from other universities is that everyone do everything to the fullest. When we really put our best effort into something and do it to the fullest, it makes us have more patient with what we do in school or even when we actually go work in reality.

In addition, we tend to have more passion with it which I think this is what Communication Arts gave me.

How did you get into the entertainment industry?

When I was in Year 2, I goy to participate in the faculty’s annual play named Pik Ka Ann starring as Narak. At that time Hormones was considered as the most famous teenage series, and the director happened to come and watch Pik Ka An. He saw me play on stage and invited me to cast as Dew in Hormones series season 2.

Without hesitation, I went to cast right away and because of this opportunity I got to pursue my acting career from that day.

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Why do you want to be actress?

At first I didn’t know that I myself love acting this much.

But when I got to be in Pik Ka An, I felt that there’s something in acting and as I learn about it more and more, I started to fell in love with it until now.

What has acting give you?

Acting primary makes us understand who we are. It makes us grateful for ourselves. When we understand ourselves, we then understand other people more.

Acting is not just a career, but its also how we live life. Another thing that acting gave me is fun. When I get to play a role that I enjoy, I felt that I also have fun with my life at that particular moment.

Have you accomplish your goal?

No, not yet. I’m still waiting for an opportunity to become a movie actress.

Does CommArts has an effect with your career?

This faculty does have a ma jor effect with my career. The reason that I still get to participate in drama series is because it first started from being a part of the faculty’s annual play.

My ma jor back then was also Performing Arts, I got to play in several senior’s thesis play and even produce my own play.

Therefore theatre has been around me throughout my college years.

How does school and work differs from one another?

In school, we get to work with our friends and we tend to know each other to the point that we can be our true self. In the other hand, when we get to work in the real world, we have to be very flexible because you’ll get to work with various kinds of people and you have to adjust yourself to it all the time. As you grow older, you will be pressured by other factors as well. For example if I can’t accomplish this specific scene, I will waste everyone else’s time waiting for me. Therefore, there is more professionalism when you pursue your career life.

What are your future plans?

Honesty, I don’t really think about my future that much. For my acting career, I still want to act in drama series for a while. But if one day this career happens to turn back on me, then I think I’ll go back producing independent musicals with my friend or work behind the camera as one of the production crew.

Anything you want to say?

In my opinion I think you should work towards the thing you are most passionate of. Try to stick with it and see where it will take you. I believe that planning too much ahead with your future causes you to be over-pressured. For acting, I always see it as my life. Therefore, the learning path of acting is endless. It can go on and on until you die.

Basically, enjoy with what you do and you won’t see it as work.

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WEEKDAY STUDENT, WEEKEND CELEBRITY

Pulling all-nighters to finish a project on the deadline and study for exams to get As are what university students are suffering from every semester. Imagine if you have a part-time job while reading for 4 exams and doing 2 projects that are due in 3 days, how are you going to manage your time to ace all of them? Sutatta Udomsilp or Pun Pun, a current third year Nitade Chula student and a Thai actress who is widely known for her appearances across TV and films, has been facing this challenge since she was in middle school. She rose to widespread popularity for her role as Toei in the Thai TV series Hormones.

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Pun Pun usually got up to 4 shootings and 1 to 2 events a week, where she usually do her shootings on Thursday to Sunday which means there is no weekend holidays for her. Right after school she has to go straight to work where this has become a daily routine for her. Many times Pun Pun has to carry her laptop and stack of books to work with her to study and get homework done since she has a very packed schedule. She has to work twice as hard than her friends.

At the university she acts like a full time student, while at work she shows up for her job professionally, she never bail on any shootings or event she already accepted. She has her responsibilities and her priorities set right. With the help of her manager who screens most of the work, she is able to plan her study throughout the week smoothly. She wouldn’t skip any classes if it weren’t for a really important work or event, she would plan them out ahead of time to avoid any interference with her study.

In addition, she has once mentioned that she plans to do her own business or help her family business to grow even further, she knew in her heart that she can’t be a celebrity forever. She wants to grab all the opportunities and experiences while she can at this stage in life. Moreover, her dad had pressured her into taking master degree right after she got her bachelor's diplomat from Nitade. To add on her current busy life, Pun Pun just started her own beauty supplements as well. Even with all the work she has been taking and school workloads she still manages to live the life she wants and take a break at times to travel or do what she loves.

Being a full-time student while working a part-time celebrity has taught her many things and helped her to grow tremendously.

“This career has both good and bad sides. The good part is that I received many good opportunities and amazing experiences. In addition, I get to live a life more privileged in a way that others can't. But the bad bit of it is that I lost all my privacy. I can't live my life like a normal person anymore.” explained Pun Pun.

‘“My priorities are of course going to work, I am not going to miss work that I already confirmed with them. But, I am not going to accept work that interferes with my school schedule in the first place.”

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WAYAR’S By : Narubodee Yeegeen

Wayar Sangngern, also referred as Joss, is a fourth-year student from the international program of Comm Arts. Wayar has been acknowledged as a rising actor.

He has officially been in the entertainment industry over two years now. Joss has had multiple dominant entertainment works including a TV show, fashion shows, and TV series. No-one can deny that has such a bright future ahead of him. But how could he get into this industry and become such a successful actor? Today, you are going to get to know more about his life journey and what he has gone through along the way.

Most people would perceive him as an actor, model, and a TV host with a fancy life. In fact, Wayar’s life has been rougher than you might have expected. “My life was not a fancy one, to begin with. My parent got divorced. My family faced with some financial struggles,” says Wayar. Unlike most of his friends on the same age, Joss had to start finding jobs earlier to help support his family and himself. Due to his positive thinking, Joss never lets any source of unfortunate discourage him. He perceives them as life’s challenges in which he has to find the most effective ways to get through.

“The turning point of my life was the moment my father got hospitalised due to having a heart attack. Luckily, doctors were able to save him on time,” Joss says when asked about his motivation to get himself into this industry.

Wayar’s dad was diagnosed to have heart disease which requires high medical expenses.

“I had to find more money. But It was not about me finding money for myself anymore. I have to also look after my father who suffers from heart disease,” says Wayar.

It was inevitable for Joss to find ways to help support his dad.

“Back to the moment, I was sitting on my couch thinking what I should do. I need money for my dad. I self-evaluated myself and discovered that being in front of a camera is my element. And I convinced myself I can do it. Then I rigorously strived for it,” says Joss.

Casting by casting, Wayar were trying extremely hard to get himself casted as parts of those shows including TV series, fashion shows, and photo shoots.

However, it is a bitter part of this industry in which rejections are common. “I still remember the moment I decided to give up on this. I told myself I had enough. I got rejected from almost all casting. Each rejection rots my heart bit by bit. It was hurt and I totally loosed my way,” Wayar says about his early life in the industry.

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Joss didn’t let himself swallowed in the river sorrow long. He dragged himself out and gained his confidence back by reminding himself what was his goal and who he was doing this for.

The moment that he almost ditched his attempt, there was light at the end of the tunnel guiding Wayar the way. “It is the moment that I told myself to give it another shot. If I fail again, I would give up my dream and find other ways to support my father,” he says. He participated in a casting to become a host of a TV show called ‘Domundi’. Luckily, a chance to be in the spotlight was given.

Wayar was chosen to be one of the hosts of Domundi which turned out to be a ma jor success a year after its introduction.

After Wayar got introduced with the TV show, his recognition has increased exponentially. Joss has been offered a variety of opportunities to shine, to show his potential, and to further support his family. From nobody, Joss has now become somebody, who has over 100k followers on his Instagram account and has recently signed a contract with an influential modelling agency. Joss has had a great number of supportive fans who admire him and his works.

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During the interview, Mr Wayar also reflects another interesting angle of his life. Wayar tells that he has been notoriously noted as an irresponsible student who barely comes to classes, receives such low grades, and is not attentive in classes. “I wish I was able to focus on my education more and I really wanted to. But unluckily, I have got so many things to take care of. I have been working extremely hard to the point that there was a moment that I didn’t get to sleep for three days in a row since my family needs my support. I just hope friends and professors would understand that I got these responsibilities. I have never meant to be that kind of student,” Joss says.

Before we ended the interview, I asked Joss whether he has any word to spread to Nitade students. Wayar hopes that he would be able to ignite Nitade students to follow their dreams, to pursue their life goals, and to never surrender to obstacles that come along the way.

“To all the Nitade students, I hope my life story would inspire you to strive for achieving your life goals. Mine was to help support my dad who has heart disease. But whatever your life goals are. Never give up on them.

It is kind of lame, I admit. But when you succeeded, you would be amazingly proud of yourself,” says Joss.

For Wayar Sangngern, the greatest life achievement of him is not that he could make a pop in the industry. In fact, it is that he is able to support the love of his life, his father.

He has never asked for anything more than to have his dad right by his side, to see him get healthier, to see his happy face, and to know that he could make his father proud.

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It was a normal morning at university up until I’ve realized that my forgetfulness has brought me another errand to run in the few minutes remaining before the start of my morning class; I had to print out my homework. Fortunately, our faculty has a printing service provided at the computer lab, so there was nothing much to worry about. I logged into the computer, opened my work, and clicked print without any hesitation. I walked to the office, took out a coin, and handed the staff 1 baht, assuming that it was enough for a one paged black and white copy. But, guess what? “Six baht krub,” said the staff. At that moment, the only thing I had in mind was, are you serious?! Six baht for one black and white page? They must’ve used a special transparent ink or something to have the guts to charge six baht per one black and white copy. I knew that it wasn’t right and it should be a topic of concern by many students.

Paying six baht for something is nothing new. But, paying six baht for printing a black and white copy at an educational institution is surely something new. New in the sense that I’ve never seen such a university service charge this much amount of money on students. The printing service provided by the computer lab at The Faculty of Communication Arts has been charging students six baht per one black and white copy, which is SIX times the amount I pay at typical printing stores. Given the fact that it is a service provided at the faculty, mainly for educational purposes, makes it even more absurd and ridiculous. It is obvious that the faculty has to cut down the printing cost, in whatever way.

Now that I’ve known about this overpriced printing, there is no doubt why the computer lab has always been vacant and available whenever I passed by. Students were never reluctant to walk a couple of miles further just to print out their work at Samyan because they couldn’t stand paying 6 baht at the faculty. No one is happy about this price. Printing at the faculty would be everyone’s last choice .This pricing has made printing at the faculty a nightmare for all students. I see it as something that the faculty should be shameful of.

Not only does overcharging students make them unhappy, it also makes them question the faculty’s intention in charging six baht rather than a baht or less. It is compulsory to provide a printing service at educational institutions for educational purposes . Printing school work goes hand in hand with education, which means that wherever there is education, printing essays and school work is something that is necessary. Therefore, the faculty should be responsible for providing this service without charging the students, or at least charging them with the lowest price possible. Back in high school, printing was free of charge for most of us. If high schools could provide a printing service that aid students, why is it that this faculty failed to do so.

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T H A B X SI E R A M T H G I N G N By : Nicha Patel

Based from a student perspective, I strongly believe that cutting down the printing price is a must. On the other hand, the faculty members might be skeptical about this decision, saying that it is the student’s responsibility to get themselves ready for classes and they shouldn’t be raging over the printing price because they got themselves into having to print at the faculty due to doing last minute work. Moreover, it is impossible for the faculty to provide the printing service for free because they could not track down all students to see if they are actually printing work related documents. Most importantly, the printing ink, printer, and electricity are costly. Money is needed to pay for the resources mentioned. I know that there are many reasons to go against reducing the printing cost, but since the printing service is provided for educational purposes, perhaps, cutting it down slightly wouldn’t make changes to the faculty’s income.

This six baht printing is an issue that not only put students into a difficult position, but also the faculty members into being challenged. It is unacceptable to continuing charging the students at this price, therefore, reducing it is the only option to turn to. This issue has been put to focus for a while. I am more than happy to know that recently Mr. Pachara, a senior at The Faculty of Communication Arts has decided to bring this problem up for discussion. He stood up for the students and brought victory to us all.

Now, students are able to print using a printing machine that is convenient and cost- effective. Six baht printing has been defeated. Here comes the joy of one baht printing that we’ve longed for.

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