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AEC in 2015? That speels trouble
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2012
» I am dedicating this column to the Watthana police because the men in skin-tight brown rescued me this week.
More of those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/09/2010
» This week I must pause in my chronicle of Thai experiences to thank all my readers who sent in their personal Melting Moments this past week. Honestly, I am in awe of the response. When I send off my weekly column to my esteemed editor I sometimes forget that it's printed, read, and even responded to. I feel like Sally Fields receiving an Oscar for Places In The Heart.
Lost in Transliteration
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/10/2010
» As regular readers of this column are aware, I have a stately home in the outlying province of Samut Prakan. I tell you this not to brag; rather, if you ask me which street I'm on, I have to reply: ''Do you want it verbally or in writing?''
Bun-Fights and Holes in Dough
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/10/2010
» The government is in danger of being dissolved. Armed men in black take over the car park at Suvarnabhumi airport. And child pornography is openly sold on Sukhumvit.
Hey you, Farang! Accuse me
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/09/2010
» 'Hey you. You." The voice comes from behind, and I turn around to see a young man leaning lackadaisically against his taxi. "Where you go? I take you!" he adds, and he now breaks into a grin, revealing an even shade of yellow on his nicotine-stained teeth.
Dying to get in
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/10/2010
» It's been a difficult week for your correspondent.
Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''
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.
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?
Managing those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/09/2010
» When I was a little boy growing up in Australia, my mother would often make these biscuits called Melting Moments. They were delicious buttery things with enough sugar to ensure I'd be one day stabbing insulin needles into my stomach on a daily basis.