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Living outside the comfort zone
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/01/2019
» It was Eleanor Roosevelt, sage diplomat and America's longest-running first lady, who uttered the famous quote: "Do one thing every day that scares you."
Earning what you learn
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/12/2018
» I often tell the story of the young man who accosted me in the newspaper pictorial department many years ago.
Invincible marketing
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/09/2018
» There's a new condo project being advertised on the side of the road I noticed on my way home from Rama 9 Park.
How I became a one-man reality show
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/11/2017
» If Hollywood sitcom writers ever feel hard up for new ideas, they may like to pop over to my house for inspiration. I am sharing my leafy mansion with my 20-year-old Thai niece. Let's call her Gift, since she would be mortified if I used her real name, though that would require her reading this column, something the average 20-year-old Thai apparently doesn't care to do on a Sunday.
A bad case of Farrah Syndrome
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/10/2017
» Talk about bad timing. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's visit to the United States couldn't have come at a worse time. Watching the seven-minute hurried press conference wasn't just cringeworthy; in a weird way, I even felt sorry for our PM.
TV soaps and a load of old flannel
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/08/2017
» Life gets a little weird here in the Land of Smiles at times, and that's not a reference to the queues that currently stretch from Don Mueang to Suvarnabhumi airports. I'm talking about the comments made by the deputy governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration -- that giant, dusty machine that runs the city despite having its head lopped off last year with a Section 44 order citing corruption and ineffective administration.
Era of the cowardly terrorist gains pace
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/05/2017
» Theresa May put it succinctly. The British prime minister called the bombers of our age "cowards". She's absolutely right.
Dinosaurs must confront reality
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/05/2017
» The whole country, from the prime minister down, has been talking education, bandying about two words in particular: "innovation" and "technology". This culminated in an education fair entitled EdTex, held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, where the consensus was that for Thailand to survive, it needs an education system that is both innovative and technological.
Entertained to death
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/04/2017
» As I write this column, a pickup truck travelling home to Hat Yai for Songkran has just crashed, killing two and seriously injuring another five of the same family. The pickup in question lost control and slammed into trees on the side of the road in the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, just past Hua Hin. The driver was killed instantly.
Thailand 4.0 hits a dead end
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/03/2017
» Last Tuesday the inaugural Thailand International Business Awards were held in a glittering ceremony at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, celebrating innovation and excellence in local businesses.