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Curtain call
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/12/2018
» The phone call came in the evening more than a month ago.
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Is the customer always a 'customer'?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 27/10/2019
» There is nothing wrong with the salesgirl. In fact she is cheery and accommodating.
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A larger-than-life Aussie lit up Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/05/2017
» The annual Australian TV awards called The Logies were on last week. Having been away from Australia for nearly three decades I can't get too excited about them, primarily because most of the winners were born after I left. Watching excerpts of the shows up for awards does remind me that one cannot confine a discussion about bad TV to Thailand only.
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An explosion of self-hate
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/06/2016
» My heart broke as I watched a CNN anchor read the names of the 49 men and women shot dead in Orlando, while their happy faces flashed up on screen.
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All in the family
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/05/2019
» At my office, we are gearing up for a major new business venture starting May 20.
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Eat, drink and be merry
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/12/2018
» Happy Holidays, dear reader! In the dying embers of 2018, it is a good time to look back to consider all our achievements and "life lessons" (what we used call "failures") over the last 12 months.
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One more for the road
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/11/2018
» Yesterday, the Ploenchit Fair completed a full circle. The quintessential British event returned to its mother's breast, the British embassy, as a swansong for the grounds themselves. There are not that many annual events on the expat calendar that have stood the test of time. There are the various embassy balls, of course, and this year Fight Night made a successful return after its alleged demise in 2016.
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All change at Sukhumvit
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/12/2017
» An important high-level meeting this week resulted in my being driven down Sukhumvit Road from the Phloenchit intersection all the way to Asok. This was largely due to my driver taking a wrong turn.
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A song that unites Thais in their grief
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/10/2017
» The royal anthem is known as Pleng Sansern Phra Baramee, or "The Song that Praises the Glory of the King". This piece of music is 130 years old. It was the third national anthem of Siam for more than 40 years, from 1888 to 1933 -- the one prior to that was Britain's God Save The King/Queen with Thai lyrics.
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Sex appeal on tap
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/11/2017
» Greetings from Brisbane, Australia! Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland, the only Australian state with more farmers than city folk. This results in some curious salutations even more bizarre than the usual "g'day-mate-how-ya-goin".
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