What’s Trending And Happening This Week

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For those needing a Thai mainstream-music fix, Chang Music Connection Musictropolis is back on Jan 27 with a gigantic series of concerts for the next four weeks at Jarun Burapharat Stadium. The festival kick-starts at 5pm with some of the biggest names in the Thai music industry, such as Lomosonic, Tattoo Colour, Sweet Mullet and JoeyBoy with F*cking Hero, and DJ Spydamonkee taking over the stage. The week after, Getsunova, Buddha Bless and Ab Normal will be tearing the house down. For tickets and further information, go to www.changmusicconnection.com.

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Chinese New Year and its festivities are nearing, and local Thai fashion house Sretsis has got all the fashion-savvy sino-Thais covered. Until the end of this month, Sretsis has its Lucky Red Envelope promotion for their latest spring/summer collection, Paradiso. Every 15,000 baht spent at their stores in Central Embassy, Siam Paragon or EmQuartier will give shoppers the chance to enter a lucky draw, with vouchers valued up to 2,000 baht (terms and conditions apply).

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Prepare your Valentine’s surprise early this year with M&M’s, as they have launched their cheeky Love On Delivery Surprise Box campaign to sweeten up the special day. The Love On Delivery boxes come in the designs of M&M’s three famous characters: Red, Yellow and Green. To enter for the chance of winning a box, just follow three simple steps: 1) Take a photo of yourself with two M&M’s packs (40g or more) of any flavour; 2) Post your photo on the M&M’s Thailand Facebook page and write your feelings about your significant other; and 3) Wait to hear if you’ve won on Feb 7. For more information, go to facebook.com/ mms thailand.

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Life just got a little more convenient in Bangkok, as Uber has launched their much-anticipated UberEats app this week. As a food-delivery platform, UberEats promises to deliver cuisine from the best restaurants in Bangkok — like Krua Apsorn, Appia, Ippudo, Daniel Thaiger, Rocket Coffeebar and Mae Varee — right to your doorstep. Simply download the UberEats application in the Apple Store or Google Play, and you’re all set to order. As of now, services will only be available in Yaowarat, Sathon, Silom, Siam and Sukhumvit.

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To the delight of local film buffs, the Bangkok Screening Room has finally reopened. The 50-seat alternative cinema will be screening the 1962 Oscar-winning epic Lawrence Of Arabia from tonight at 6pm with more rounds until Feb 5. The classic film is a must-see on the big screen, so book your tickets fast at www.bkksr.com.