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The passive solution
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/09/2019
» Sales are down, so a brainstorming meeting was called in my office to discuss new strategies.
Retro dreams
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/08/2019
» Regular readers may know that I have a Thai niece whom I have brought up since birth. She is now 22 years old in her final year at university. That in itself makes me feel old, but wait -- there is more that is about to poke sticks at my mortal coil.
Another one bites the dust
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/07/2019
» It is a rule of competitive businesses not to recognise the competitor, pretending it does not exist — a rule that is broken, naturally, when something terrible happens to the competitor.
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.
Wheelchair warrior takes on skytrain
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/09/2017
» Two major events shaped the life of Manit Intaraphim. One was falling asleep at the wheel. The other was a bad bowl of corn soup. The first occurred early one Monday morning more than two decades ago as he was riding his big bike to work. The ensuing crash broke his spine and put him in hospital for 12 months. He was a paraplegic at the age of 24.
Bent out of shape
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/11/2016
» This week I did something as perennial as tulips blooming in the Dutch spring. I decided to head back to the gym. I need to get all buff for my flight home to Australia in late December. That’s pathetic, I know, but allow me to have my dreams.
The ABC of HBD
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/09/2015
» HBD. Those three letters coursed relentlessly across my smartphone screen last weekend. The message came from students, friends and acquaintances.
These inactive posts will be the death of us
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/07/2015
» There was a push last week for the death penalty for corrupt government officials — may I be the first to announce my opposition. The push is an amendment proposed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, better known as the NACC, though perhaps FUTILE might be a better abbreviation for all that commission is up against.
Bangkok has been ‘malled’
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/06/2015
» It has been a while since I donned designer clothes and made my presence apparent at an inner-city PurchaseSpace, but that is exactly what I did earlier this week when I met a close acquaintance for savoury delicacies and wistful repartee at EmQuartier.
Two bright, shining jewels
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/02/2015
» We all love a good David versus Goliath story, where somebody small and insignificant rises up against the giants and achieves greatness.