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The dark side of Thailand
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/03/2010
» There is an ad on Thai TV at the moment for a product that whitens your armpits. That's right. Your armpits. That's all; nothing else. You think I'm joking, but I'm not. It's an ad for a roll-on deodorant, but the main thing is not that you smell nice. Rather, your underarms will be white.
Making up the numbers
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/11/2010
» I see the Thailand Tatler Top 300 Expat List is out on the streets.
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.
Maybe Bangkok was born this way
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/06/2012
» I know, I'm a week late, but I just had to get my two baht's worth in about this fake Rolex watch business with Lady Gaga.
An olympic sized effort that fell on deaf ears
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/07/2012
» The government has announced it will pay one million baht to any Thai who brings home gold. Well, then, this week my column is not a column per se. It is an invoice. Bear with me and I will explain.
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.
Chance encounter with a girl named Arena
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/08/2013
» Her name is Arena and she accosts me on the front lawn of the Songkhla resort where I am staying.
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.
Rocking the boat
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/12/2013
» As any long-term expat knows, this is the time of year when relatives and friends of yore suddenly pop up on our doorsteps.
Going merrily down the stream
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/08/2015
» Before launching into my column this morning, a quick apology in advance: I sent this to my editors the morning after the Bangkok Post’s well-trumpeted, not to mention raucous, celebration of its 69th birthday.