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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.
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Speak no evil
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/11/2019
» I was once screwed over massively by a competitor who won a contract via nefarious means.
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Failing to heed history
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/05/2019
» You've got to hand it to Ekachai Hongkangwan. Like him or not, the man keeps coming back for more.
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Situation normal: all fouled up
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 31/03/2019
» Den is back from upcountry, 250 baht richer, but confused.
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The big picture
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/02/2019
» Every day as I leave my home in Samut Prakan, I am greeted by the smiling face of Dr Natthaphong Robkob at the end of my soi.
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Street food purge leaves a bitter taste
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/04/2017
» Living in Bangkok is like winning the lottery; it's surprising how many relatives and friends, and children of estranged friends, come out of the woodwork at holiday time. I have international visitors visiting me regularly, dear reader. This is how I know, despite being allergic to seafood, precisely how long it takes for fish to go off.
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Never say never
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/11/2016
» Being a company owner I am seldom wrong. Ask my staff -- when am I ever wrong? "Never," they will answer, with a stress on the "v" consonant, since I assume the role of a broken record for anyone who dares to drop a "naire-wer" in my vicinity. My staff will then give you an all-knowing glance when I am looking in the other direction, revealing crossed fingers from behind their backs.
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Where there's smoke
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/03/2016
» I have a staff member whose name is Jerd. Jerd is one of my information channels into the Thai working class. He used to raise his family on the minimum wage of 300 baht a day as a rubber plantation worker. Being a benevolent employee I naturally raised that figure substantially when I hired him, and these days he is earning that amount plus an extra four or five percent; the joys of a foreign employer.
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Just as nice, At ten times the price
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/08/2012
» In Australia when I was growing up, we were taught we were all the same. Equals. As a kid I kinda liked that idea, though it didn't stop me shouting out ''Cattle Ticks'' to the kids at the Catholic school across the creek, or ''dirty wogs'' to the new Australians from Athens or Rome. Children can be cruel, dear reader.
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A country where the price is never right
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/07/2012
» I needed a new door for my bathroom, so I walked down to the end of my soi where there is a giant wood factory.
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