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'Deaf' Western beggars deserve a right earful
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/12/2017
» There has been a commotion this past week in the media over the appearance of two attractive young Westerners begging for money at an intersection in Klong Toey in Bangkok. Just four days ago, the Bangkok Post published a photograph of one of them, a woman, clutching a bunch of Thai flags and trying to flog them off car window to car window. There was a man as well.
Three twerks in time save nine
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/06/2017
» Back in January 1956, a young unknown American singer named Elvis Presley released his first single called Heartbreak Hotel.
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.
To be or not to be
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/01/2014
» There has been a 33-year gap between the last two conversations I've had with Mike.
Polling day's purple patch
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/12/2013
» Every single problem that arises in the administration of the Kingdom of Thailand can be traced back to this simple situationWell I'm back from the States ... anything happen in the two weeks I was away?
Politics goes gaga
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/11/2013
» Last Monday was a Perfect Storm of a day in Thailand.
Bridal tidal wave strikes the south
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/02/2013
» This week I am blessed to be writing this column from the town of Hat Yai, Songkhla, in the far South.