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Earning what you learn
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/12/2018
» I often tell the story of the young man who accosted me in the newspaper pictorial department many years ago.
To the rescue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/07/2018
» I will never forget the moment man first landed on the moon.
Steppingoutof line
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/06/2018
» It's not often that your correspondent crosses a road on foot.
Gee, what comes after G?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/05/2018
» Little Potae came to stay with me over the school holidays. His parents went to the South to work on a construction site. Could he stay at my place while they were down there?
The colour of money
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/04/2018
» One morning this week, in the seaside town of Ban Chang, Rayong, two major life events occurred simultaneously at the local temple school. One was raucous, the other full of trepidation.
Thai schools in race to the bottom
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/04/2018
» Congratulations to the little boy on page 2 of the Bangkok Post on Wednesday, throwing his hands up with joy at being selected to attend Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School.
Virtual ritual reality
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/03/2018
» 'Boss, I need to take four days off in the middle of March," my driver said to me a month ago, breaking a silence I'd been enjoying in the car.
Resigning is for quitters
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/02/2018
» The truth and the military make strange bedfellows. This is not, necessarily, a savage indictment on Thailand's current military regime. It's true of any military. When ranked from most important to least, qualities such as courage, fortitude, strategy, strength and unity are considered characteristics way, way more important to the military than trifling, annoying tenets such as truth and honesty and, let's be frank, democracy.
(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.