He's a little less bald but still banging out books

He was at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre autographing copies of the two books he’s just published, “Kwam Nai Jai Ajarn Mitsuo” (“From the Heart of Phra Mitsuo”) and “Bot Tes Wan Sud Tai Nai Phet Banpachit” (“The Last Sermon in the Saffron Robe”). Soopsip might or might not get around the reading them, but supposedly they shed light on the reasons for his abrupt decision to let his hair and eyebrows grow back after nearly four decades steeped in scriptures.
Because his sudden switch to the married life was regarded as a scandal, Shibahashi drew a decent crowd, but it was obvious that the publicity buzz was dying down, possibly for the same reason. As a monk esteemed for the teachings he conveyed in previous books, he always was a big draw at the book fair. This time, not so much.
Keeping a watchful eye on him was none other than his new bride, Suttirat – you can see her in the back of the photo. She’d been among the devotees heeding his sermons while he was abbot of the well-known Suvandavanaram forest monastery in Kanchanaburi. He fell in love with her, popped the question, assured her she could not be held to blame and would not be sinning by marrying him, and off they went to Japan for the nuptials.
The newlyweds returned to Thailand early this month to give a series of TV interviews and promote his books. The plan, he says, is to continue promulgating the dharma as husband and wife.

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Somtam success
Noi Pho-ngam couldn’t ask for more from her daughter Rhatha, the singer-actress best known by her stage name Yaya Ying or just Ying for short.
Noi, a former comedian and actress, fell deep, deep in debt and turned her hand to selling somtam to pay it off – and she actually loves doing it.
Ying famously expressed grave concern for her mother’s health and felt guilty about seeing her work so hard. Now she tells Thai Rath, “I don’t want my mum selling somtam again after her accident” – Noi injured a leg in a car crash and had to take time off – “because she’s in pain standing for longer than two hours. So I beg her not to work so hard. If she wants to sell somtam, she should at least have her staff make it.”
Noi has closed her Somtam Noi Pho-ngam shop but regularly has a booth at various events and markets, including the flea market every Tuesday out in front of The Nation. (It tastes great, our people agree.)
Meanwhile Ying, having turned to full-time acting in such films as “Only God Forgives” and “Tom-Yum-Goong 2”, is delighted to help her mother get through her financial crisis. “She raised me well. I don’t know if I could be half the mother she is if I had my own child.” Their joint effort in dining bears fruit. Noi says her debt is about Bt1 million now, way down from the Bt8 million to Bt10 million at the outset. The loan sharks have had their fill.
Still, Noi says that, even when the debt is fully repaid, she’s likely to stay in the somtam business, even if it’s just a hobby.