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Eyes on the road, please
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/12/2018
» There is a new business that has opened up on my way to work.
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Trapped on the horns of a moral dilemma
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/10/2017
» Jackie is the grown-up daughter of my dear friend Kelly. Now she's 21 and wants to take a year off university and travel around Southeast Asia. This is the email I received from her: "Hi! This is Jackie! I don't know whether Mom told you, but me and my boyfriend are going backpacking around Asia and want to include Thailand! We were wondering if we could stay with you for a week or so when we get to Bangkok! We'll arrive in December! Is that all right? Does that put you out?"
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The F word
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/06/2016
» Affable Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra eschews the "f" word. He's made it clear that from now on, he never wants to hear it again.
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Sinister Railways of Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/07/2014
» Two years ago I caught a train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
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Declaring dependence
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/07/2014
» In light of last Friday’s American Independence Day celebrations, I am closing my eyes right now and imagining a Thailand devoid of all things American.
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Where there's smoke, There's ISE
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/07/2013
» Kew wants a new motorcycle. That explains his behaviour these past few weeks, constantly calling and asking how I am, telling me how he misses me, how I'm the most wonderful farang he knows. The fact I am the only farang he knows is something vanity allows me to overlook.
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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.
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It's a small world in Thai politics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/08/2010
» Oh God, not another one. On a ranking of things Thailand desperately needs right now, where would "an extra province" be? Surely somewhere down in the 900s, wedged between "pay rise for politicians" (#946) and "more Cambodian child beggars outside police booths" (#948).
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Losing weight & Being lost for words
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/06/2010
» Los Angeles International Airport. That's where your weekly correspondent is seated at present, at Gate 46A, waiting amid the myriad Americans for my flight to Washington DC. And I am thinking about weight loss.
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A testing time for students
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/03/2010
» Many years ago I ran an English public speaking contest for Thai high schoolers. Students wishing to compete had to send in cassette tapes of their three-minute speeches to the magazine where I was editor, so we could choose the best 10 for competition day. Dozens and dozens of tapes came rolling in, and so one Monday we set aside the entire day to listen to them.
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