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Within a whisker of success
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/05/2018
» The news about the burgeoning fake cosmetics industry -- and the celebrities risking arrest for being presenters -- reminds me of an incident last year in my own office.
Running onempty
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/07/2017
» It was when I awoke at 5am that the terrible realisation came to the fore. The previous night, just prior to retiring, I'd performed my usual nightly ablutions. I did a quick clean-up of my bedroom, placing dirty clothes in the clothes basket, as well as tossing a mountain of squeezed lemon wedges and empty yellow tonic cans into the trash.
Conducting themselves with dignity
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/09/2016
» This week your favourite columnist met up with Somtow Sucharitkul, Thailand's famed composer, conductor and lapsed horror writer, at Emquartier for lunch and a chat.
Peachy keen to share the despair
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/05/2014
» Fern has a new high score on Cookie Run.
Digging into the real social network
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/09/2013
» Haggerstone Island is a tiny dot situated 100 nautical miles from the very tip of Australia, arguably one of the most remote areas of the world.
Here in Thailand, we really give a sh*t
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/04/2013
» With five minutes to go before the meeting, I need to make sure Natthapon has all the required documents. But Natthapon is nowhere to be found. A cigarette break no doubt.
Call of the riled
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/03/2012
» I did it. I broke through my personal best. It's taken me four months but I did it.
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.
Unplugged in Gadget Mad LA
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/04/2010
» America has gone iPad crazy. I know. I'm here witnessing it first-hand. No clever observances about Thai life this week. It's hard to write a breezy column about the nuances and idiosyncrasies of Thai life when the country is descending into anarchy and mob rule.