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Driven to Drink
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/01/2018
» There are two categories where you can find Thailand sitting at the top of the world charts.
Mae Ya Nang needs help
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/09/2017
» One of my staff bought a car a few days ago. It's a second-hand Nissan Silphy, which according to the old owner is "as good as new", a statement one must take with Goderich, Ontario, the largest operating salt mine in the world. Nevertheless, my staff member is thrilled to be paying 8,000 baht a month to a finance company for the rest of his working life.
Pull up to the bumper
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/04/2017
» On busy Rama IV Road, my driver explodes in a mighty chortle. "Well, would you look at that," he says, pointing to the pickup truck in front of us. In the back seat I look up from my position, documents in my lap, crunching numbers. It's been a stressful morning, especially since the numbers in question are the latest lottery results, and my ticket has come nowhere near the 6 million baht first prize.
Of ghosts and spirits
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/05/2016
» I used to live in a town house that had a ghost on the second floor.
On the road to nowhere
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/01/2016
» It was like a celebration of sorts; the kind befitting New Year. Did you see the faces of the young men who went to retrieve their motorbikes? They were all over the Thai media last Tuesday, the first day they could get their vehicles after being nabbed for drink driving over the holiday break.
They took my breath away
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/07/2015
» Late Saturday night something happened to me that has never occurred before in the quarter-century I have spent here in Thailand. I was breathalysed. It was an experience that filled me with a number of emotions.
Le Tour de Death
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/05/2015
» Bangkok is a great city for anybody with a death wish. If you want to overdose on heroin, come on over. Try crossing the street on a zebra crossing. Just choosing the wrong song in a karaoke bar can get you killed.
Here's a sobering thought, why not enforce the law?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/12/2014
» If you had chanced to look up at the sky these past few weeks, you would have been surprised by what you may have seen.
Lowering the bar
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 31/08/2014
» This column is dedicated to an attractive young lady in a tight-fitting white Leo beer shirt who, five years ago, raced over to my table as I sat down in a beer bar on Khon Kaen's Khao Nieo Road.
Driven to drink
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/07/2014
» It’s always fun to catch up with Ronnachai, though this most recent time I saw him it nearly didn’t happen thanks to an unfortunate incident along the way.