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Ready, Willing and disabled? Not in her kingdom
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/03/2013
» Michael was born with fused wrists. It's not immediately noticeable when you meet him, but having such a mild disability means Michael can't manipulate his hands as much as you and I can. He cannot wai, for example.
Oh, sniff me, you fool!
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/12/2012
» Here we are in Thailand wedged between Christmas and New Year in the season of goodwill, generous in our hugs and kisses and sniffing cheeks, regardless of race and religion.
To the foreign and the furious: Best to park that temper
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/12/2012
» It's pathetic, I know, and had I seen somebody else doing what I did I would have pointed at me and said: ''Look at that stupid farang arguing with that poor security guard.''
If you build it, They will come ... Right?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/11/2012
» There is a monolithic apartment complex on a road I pass each day on the outskirts of Bangkok which would never command your attention other than for the fact it went up virtually overnight.
Sometimes it does hurt to ask
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/08/2012
» It was at the seven kilometre mark of a 10km mini-marathon last Sunday when the man in red sidled up to me.
Honk if you admire the driver's wit
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/05/2012
» Thai culture seems a world away from Australian culture, but the more I am here, the more I realise that deep down we are all the same.
Managing those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/09/2010
» When I was a little boy growing up in Australia, my mother would often make these biscuits called Melting Moments. They were delicious buttery things with enough sugar to ensure I'd be one day stabbing insulin needles into my stomach on a daily basis.
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.''
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.
Breaking News!
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/05/2010
» Back in 1989 I was a journalist working for a daily newspaper in Australia, and one of the very last assignments I had before embarking on my trip to Thailand was one of the toughest. Through a few contacts, and my reputation for being a fair journalist (this was a long time ago, remember), I interviewed a group of paedophiles who met once a week in an anonymous suburban house.