ISSUE 68 (MARCH – APRIL 2026)
The world feels a little heavier this month. Since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February, global oil prices have lurched from shock to shock. The ripples reach all of us.
Against that backdrop, Songkran is near. For many of us, it means Songkran holiday trips will have to wait as the prices keep climbing up to a staggering level.
We have an idea. Stay in. Slow down. Pour something cold, find your favorite corner of the house, and let us take you somewhere.
This issue, we’re heading to Chengdu and Chongqing, two cities in southwest China where the pace of life is wonderfully, defiantly its own. Spice-laced streets, panda sanctuaries, ancient teahouses, and a kind of easy joie de vivre that reminds you why travel captures the imagination in the first place.
Sit down with financial expert Jo Montanee Tantisuk, whose perspective on money feels especially timely when the world’s headlines are all spreadsheets and shock prices. An hour with her will change how you think about your own relationship with wealth.
And in a moment when division and uncertainty seem to be the dominant narrative, we can’t think of any better concept than ‘Unity’ as a practical strategy for navigating the turbulence ahead.
The world outside may be unsettled. But in these pages, there is good company, good ideas. We hope this issue finds you well, wherever you’re reading it.
Happy Songkran. Be safe, stay cool, and enjoy.
With warmth,
Uamdao Noikorn
Editor
