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What the Press and the Internet Community are Saying |
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- Farang
Magazine: "Gor’s brutal honesty is refreshing,
and also goes to show that Thai teenagers are casting aside
some traditions while they maintain other ones."
- Daily
Mirror (UK): "Fast becoming cult reading all over the
world for its chronicling of Gor's battle with drug addiction."
- Presena.com:
"Ever heard about Nattawud Daoruang? He probably deserves
the title of "Mr. Global Thailand". His website is
the most popular personal homepage in Southeast Asia, receiving
10,000 visitors per week from 120 countries. He is a Thai teenager
who just takes for granted that the world is his playground."
- World
Online (South Africa): "A Thai teenager who kept an
online journal of his battle against drug addiction has been
hailed by Thailand’s media as "legendary", a
"global citizen" and "Thailand’s youngest
ambassador". "
- AsiaObserver.com:
"A unique and fascinating diary in words and pictures describing
the life of a teenager in Thailand."
- Fairco.com:
This website is maintained by a Thai student who shares all
aspects of his life including religion, political issues, thoughts
on popular culture. A very honest look at your Thai comrades.
- Mission
to the World: "ThailandLife.com is a webpage written
very candidly by a Thai teenager. Great site for more info about
Thailand from a teenager's point of view...advise some caution
with regards to his diary."
- DarrylsPlace.com:
"Thailand Life.com is one of if not the best Web Page I
have seen on the subject of Thailand. The most impressive part
is that he has done all the work. He is also a teacher's aid
at his school. I recommend you spend some time getting to know
him and his culture through his eyes. Bangkok Post.com was so
impressed they have a link to his page!"
- BareIngredients.com:
"Thousands of teenagers around the world have their own
websites, but Nattawud Daoruang's may well be the world's best."
- 2Bangkok.com:
"One of the most linked-to websites about Thailand. Comprehensive
does not begin to describe it."
- Guide
of Bangkok: "This collection of sites will give you
an in-depth look into the country and the life of one Thai boy
who has come very far in the virtual world that is the Internet."
- Kat's
Window on Thailand, Bangkok Post: "Over 300 pages and
800 pictures give a comprehensive, honest, and professional
overview of this teenager's life and culture."
- BangkokMouth.com:
"Thailand's most famous internet teenager."
- Bangkok
Post: "Samut Prakan boy presents window on Thailand
to world."
- Groovybangkok.com:
"A lovely set of photos from Thailand by Nattawud Daoruang,
one of the very talented Thai students who helps put together
the ThaiStudents.Com website"
- LonelyPlanet.com:
"What sort of things does a Thai teenager keep in his
pocket? Or in his fridge? What's in that secret diary and how
secret can it be on the net? Find out the answers to all these
questions and more at My Life in Thailand."
- Bamboo
Shoots, Cambodia: "Nattawud Daoruang has established
many personal web sites to attract tourists from different corners
of the world."
- Thai
Post: "A must see web site."
- Bangkok
Post, Netscope: "Presented with a very sharp eye and
filled with evocative photographs."
- English
Channel, Hong Kong: "A brilliantly informative web
site giving an excellent look at life in Thailand."
- Bangkok
Post, Educational Services: "Easily one of the best
web sites in Thailand on every day life."
- Student
Weekly, Thailand: "The extensive site is an interesting,
humorous look into the teenager's world."
- Silkroad,
Hong Kong: "A diverse site with pages on everything
from his friends to festivals of Thailand."
- Bangkok
Post, Database: "You'll be impressed by its depth of
information."
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