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Dying to get in
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/10/2010
» It's been a difficult week for your correspondent.
More of those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/09/2010
» This week I must pause in my chronicle of Thai experiences to thank all my readers who sent in their personal Melting Moments this past week. Honestly, I am in awe of the response. When I send off my weekly column to my esteemed editor I sometimes forget that it's printed, read, and even responded to. I feel like Sally Fields receiving an Oscar for Places In The Heart.
Lost in Transliteration
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/10/2010
» As regular readers of this column are aware, I have a stately home in the outlying province of Samut Prakan. I tell you this not to brag; rather, if you ask me which street I'm on, I have to reply: ''Do you want it verbally or in writing?''
Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''
Getting Bobbleheaded over an iPad
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/07/2010
» Conventional wisdom has it that a blink of an eye lasts 400 milliseconds. For me, it is more like three months. That’s how I feel as I pack my two meagre suitcases to leave the bustling, crazy world of Los Angeles for the bustling, crazy world of Bangkok. There are people to farewell, tequila bars to visit, dinners to attend, and tequila bars to visit — did I repeat myself just then? There’s been the quick trip up to Hollywood Boulevard to buy tacky souvenirs.
Hold your Tongue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/07/2010
» Back in 2004, the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, hit on a bright idea.
Holding Your Own
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/08/2010
» 'Hey you're that farang who teaches English, right?" The voice comes from just to my right and it kind of startles me. I turn around to see a Thai woman of indeterminate age, though no more than 60 and hopefully not less than 45. One hand is on her hip and the other is clutching a mop. Her hair is tied back in a bun and she has a weather-beaten look, as if working with a mop is more palatable than anything she's ever done in a rice paddy.
Weeding the garden of Emotions
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/08/2010
» This week I made a mercy dash to Chanthaburi after receiving a disturbing phone call on Sunday evening. ''Lersak's tried to kill himself,'' Samai breathlessly told me over the phone. ''He drank weed killer at your house.''
Beauties and the Beast
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/08/2010
» Look at the picture I had taken this week! That's right, dear reader, far from rubbing shoulders with fellow Samut Prakanians in Foodland Srinakharin, your correspondent was up close and personal with the Miss Thailand World gang.
And the winners are...
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/08/2010
» If you're on your way to make your first alcohol purchase of the day, alas, it's another dry day in the City of Angels. That's because there's an election today for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, or city council. In order to elect the highest calibre of politician, as usual there is an alcohol ban and if sobriety is indeed the reason we have these elected MPs, then I say let the Chang flow from my kitchen taps immediately.