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The reason for the season
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/12/2019
» It used to worry me that Christmas trees would sprout up in Bangkok around early to mid-November.
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If it looks like a duck ...
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/10/2018
» The triangular yellow flags first began fluttering in my neighbourhood two weeks ago.
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Thais brighten Aussie oasis
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/08/2018
» There's nothing like a challenge from a cynical sibling to plunge yourself into a new adventure.
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Last stop on the Ghost Train
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/11/2015
» The skeleton sits amid the ornate serenity and decorative spires of the Buddhist temple. It is Friday, and we are here for a funeral. The coffin sits in the main chapel draped in purple flowers. A picture of the deceased is mounted on an easel; to the right is a golden Buddha statue.
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Tolerant Thais don't need rainbows
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/07/2015
» What a surprise in the United States last week when the Supreme Court gave the green light to gay marriage; who would have thought? With a Bible belt thicker than anything seen on a disco jumpsuit, I figured the US was going to be the last country on earth to make such a decision.
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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.
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You shall know them by their volume
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/12/2012
» I was at the Phra Khanong intersection last week buying candy for a little Christmas party we were having at my school when I spotted them again.
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Islamic college has lessons for the troubled south
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/11/2012
» Thung Khru is a part of Bangkok not usually found on the tourist map, and why should it be?
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On a road to NOWHERE
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/09/2010
» The Easter Bunny has been hopping up and down Bangkok's expressways this week. No, I haven't been partaking of any illegal substances other than that bottle of Australian Shiraz I smuggled into the country without paying extra sales tax. What could the Easter Bunny possibly have in common with the tangled web of tang-duans that strangle my beloved Bangkok?
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Oh my God!
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/05/2010
» In the Obituaries column of the stalwart Tribune newspaper this week, we learn of an elderly gentleman who finally shook off his mortal made-in-California coil. The very first paragraph reads thus: "Maynard Oscar Kirkland, 90, entered heavens gates in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 27, 2010."
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