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I just can't Pokémon Go on like this
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/08/2016
» It has been a week of addiction and idiocy, as your columnist comes to grips with one of the grossest wastes of time he has experienced since standing in line for Krispy Kreme doughnuts when they first opened here in 2010.
A series of senior moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/08/2016
» My good friend Tony Preece is going to sing at the Lord Mayor's Senior Cabaret Concert at Brisbane City Hall this Sunday afternoon.
Putting a diplomatic foot in it
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/12/2015
» There is a Thai idiom that translated into English means “foot-stirring”. This is the act of deliberately provoking in an obnoxious manner. The Thai word is guan-teen but don’t go throwing that word around the beer bar just yet, dear reader.
Censors and sensibilities
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/10/2015
» Back when I was working at Channel 3, one of Thailand’s two major free-to-air commercial TV stations, there was a unique department consisting of three very refined, elegant ladies.
The airport with the difficult approach path
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/08/2015
» Don Muang, Don Mueang. It used to be the former. Sometime in the last five years that extra “E” was added, but it didn’t help. Call it what you like; I prefer "Hellish Airport", which also contains a single letter E.
Getting beaten by the staff
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/08/2015
» I have a problem which is making me tear my hair out … metaphorically of course.
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.
Mum’s always the word
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/04/2015
» Gifty disappeared during an important part of our presentation performance tonight. He’d been acting very lackadaisically throughout the entire afternoon. At the end of the performance, I called Gifty over for a special talk.
Wheels start turning on revolution
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/02/2015
» Vive la revolution! Last Monday there was a gathering of 25 kindred spirits at Berk Prai restaurant in Bang Na that went well into the evening. They were celebrating a victory.
Between a Benz and a hard place
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/11/2014
» The Don Mueang car park is absolutely full but there is a tiny, tiny sliver of space right at the entrance — and the security guard has agreed to let me park there.