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Of cruelty and kreng jai
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/09/2019
» The entrance was dramatic.
A strange tale of crabs, birds, elephants, buffalo and a lamented sea turtle
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/03/2017
» Recently I found myself in Surat Thani at the early-morning wet market. "Let's buy some crabs," my school director had said the night before. "We can release them into the river to make merit." My school director is regular in her efforts to tam boon or "make merit" as the vague English translation happens to be.
Insuring a headache
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/10/2015
» For five frenetic days Sombat flew in and out of my life, turning it upside down like a hurricane, then leaving it as abruptly as he arrived. I returned from lunch one day to see him sitting in reception holding a bag with caramelised cashew nuts from Phitsanulok, Chinese sausage from Chiang Mai and Moji sponge cake from Nakhon Sawan.
AEC in 2015? That speels trouble
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2012
» I am dedicating this column to the Watthana police because the men in skin-tight brown rescued me this week.
OH ... Snap! iconic pictures of 2011
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/01/2012
» Welcome to the year 2555. You are probably familiar with 555 if you've ever chatted with a Thai via SMS or MSN or any other combination of those letters.
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.