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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.
Pregnant pauses without much thought
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/11/2013
» Annie is pregnant. My old friend is into her third trimester and hating it.
Time the thaksin solution
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/11/2013
» OK, so I think we can agree the whole amnesty idea was a dud. It was probably one of those great ideas on paper when Thaksin Shinawatra and his closest allies fleshed it out in Dubai, or a casino in Cambodia or even, as some sources claim, in his home town of Chiang Mai.
Friend or befriend, We're still measured in likes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/09/2013
» After a night out with friends, I started chatting with one of them the next day via Facebook.
Slaughterhouse saviours with karma to burn
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/06/2013
» It was a fortuitous time for cows in Songkhla last Saturday when 10,000 of them were released from the steely jaws of a local slaughterhouse. That conjures up scenes of defiant bovines staging an uprising against their evil captors, not dissimilar to scenes from Ratchaprasong three years ago when the red shirts set fire to the city.
Ready, Willing and disabled? Not in her kingdom
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/03/2013
» Michael was born with fused wrists. It's not immediately noticeable when you meet him, but having such a mild disability means Michael can't manipulate his hands as much as you and I can. He cannot wai, for example.
Battling schools where violence is the vocation
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/03/2013
» Samut Prakan is an eastern province adjoining Bangkok. There is no giant "Welcome To Samut Prakan" sign as you enter, since the province is practically invisible.
Was it something they said?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/02/2013
» I have a house guest this week in the form of Captain Pat, back in Thailand for a brief holiday after 10 years away.
Falling through the O-Net
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/02/2013
» Those who came up with some of the questions for the test that decides the fate of the nation's university applicants should have the following query put to them: What were you thinking?
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.