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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.
Bangkok taxi passengers being taken for a ride
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/06/2019
» The Department of Land Transport in Chatuchak was abuzz last Monday when 30 taxi drivers converged on the complex, holding placards protesting the impending legalisation of Grab taxi service.
(NOT QUITE) NAKED AMBITION PAYS OFF
Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/02/2018
» The story so far: Your columnist has enrolled himself in Thai university to learn the language. Fatal mistake! Upon opening his first textbook, he is overcome with a sudden desire to jump off Baiyoke Tower.
Thai class flummoxes a university's pride and joy
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/02/2018
» I have a great story to tell you that will appeal to any non-Thai currently doing battle with learning the Thai language. My life turned a full circle this week as I began a teaching gig at Ramkhamhaeng University Demonstration School. A gaggle of my best teachers are there conducting an extended English camp, and on day one I went to the school to show my face and chat to the students.
Era of the cowardly terrorist gains pace
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/05/2017
» Theresa May put it succinctly. The British prime minister called the bombers of our age "cowards". She's absolutely right.
A larger-than-life Aussie lit up Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/05/2017
» The annual Australian TV awards called The Logies were on last week. Having been away from Australia for nearly three decades I can't get too excited about them, primarily because most of the winners were born after I left. Watching excerpts of the shows up for awards does remind me that one cannot confine a discussion about bad TV to Thailand only.
Entertained to death
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/04/2017
» As I write this column, a pickup truck travelling home to Hat Yai for Songkran has just crashed, killing two and seriously injuring another five of the same family. The pickup in question lost control and slammed into trees on the side of the road in the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, just past Hua Hin. The driver was killed instantly.
How I lost my past but found nirvana
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/12/2016
» Dateline Brisbane, Australia: A reunion of cadet reporters is under way at the iconic Breakfast Creek Hotel. It is a feel-good gathering; each of my three friends produces old photographs and paraphernalia harking back to the alleged good old days of 35 years ago when we had our whole lives ahead of us. We gasp and scream and realise that despite what we thought, we really have changed physically over 35 years.
Turning over a new leaf
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/12/2016
» Art spent last weekend clearing the bracken in the corner of his local school. By lunchtime the area had been cleared, with weeds and unwanted ferns and creepers strewn across the ground. A quick call to his home nearby ensured his 12-year-old son was on hand to help gather the foliage and toss it into the giant waste containers on the other side of the school. This task was largely undertaken by his son; Art sat under a tree, smoking self-rolled cigarettes, drinking a krating daeng.
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.