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Between the verses
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/11/2018
» Two songs threatened to bring down Thai society in just the last seven days. One was about the evils of military rule.
Plastic addiction bags Pacific island
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/04/2017
» With a morning meeting scheduled, I pop down to my local supermarket the night before to purchase a few bakery items. I make a habit of arriving at the bakery counter at 8.01pm because all baked goods enjoy a 25% discount from 8 o'clock onwards.
A difficult birth for new skincare fads
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/01/2017
» There was a time when, on returning to Thailand after a trip home to Australia, I would dole out small assorted gifts and souvenirs to my staff. This is an established tradition in Thailand and one any expat working here, legally or illegally, should abide by.
No resolution in the briefest end
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/09/2015
» The man next door to the studio hanged himself last Wednesday. He did it while we were recording a radio show. It caused a commotion in the soi and resulted in a very healthy display of what the Thais call Thai moong, which is a group of locals standing rigid, faces not unlike extras from the Walking Dead, staring at the accident or, in this case, the dead body dangling from the second floor.
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.
Pefot? ... Lmao! it's so lame (IMHO)
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/08/2013
» They've got to be kidding ... right?
Saddle up for the latest dance sensation
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/09/2012
» Horse riding is as alien to the Thai culture as temperance is to Australians, but for now the whole country is dancing like they're in the Kentucky Derby.
A bitter pill to swallow
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/04/2012
» Cold pills are about to be banned? What a sad day in my life. What a sad day for Thailand.
Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''
Dog days on a Greyhound
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/06/2010
» I am not a bus person. I do trains, planes, and people movers with ease and enthusiasm, but buses arouse the dark silhouette of despair that sleeps fitfully in my stomach, waking to attention the moment my backside hits the bus seat. I don't go around advertising this fact; the last time I casually mentioned it was in Sydney trying to find a way to get from Bondi to the casino.