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The number’s up for lottery’s middlemen
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/06/2015
» It’s been a long, hard slog, but the impossible was finally achieved this month when 80 baht lottery tickets went on sale for 80 baht. Is this the only country in the world where such a revelation would make the news?
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A broken spiritual heart
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/08/2015
» The simple act of bringing our palms together in order to ask for something good, which we call prayer, is an act that is as universal as it is inherent in the human psyche.
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Lightening strikes again
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/01/2016
» The controversy over the Thai ad about light and dark skin, which zipped across the world last week, threw up so many questions besides the obvious one about stupid executives of skin-lightening products having too big a marketing budget.
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The return of Chucky
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/02/2016
» ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the cabin light will be dim. If you wish to keep on reading, please switch on the cabin light above you.”
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When your number comes up
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/03/2016
» The worsening drought in Thailand has taken a toll on the Mekong River, where water levels have dropped drastically.
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Foxing clever
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/05/2016
» It's a shame Phra Prommangkalachan is a monk.
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Stuck in the middle with you
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/09/2016
» Something weird is happening on the streets of Bangkok.
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How I lost my past but found nirvana
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/12/2016
» Dateline Brisbane, Australia: A reunion of cadet reporters is under way at the iconic Breakfast Creek Hotel. It is a feel-good gathering; each of my three friends produces old photographs and paraphernalia harking back to the alleged good old days of 35 years ago when we had our whole lives ahead of us. We gasp and scream and realise that despite what we thought, we really have changed physically over 35 years.
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Buddhist signs point wrong way
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/02/2017
» The billboard rises, like a Buddhist temple, up ahead on the right-hand side of the airport highway. "BUDDHA IS NOT FOR DECORATION," it shouts at me alongside a decoration of a Buddha's head with an ugly red cross on top of it. Why desecrate a Buddha's head with an ugly red cross on a billboard that tells us not to desecrate Buddhas?
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Pull up to the bumper
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/04/2017
» On busy Rama IV Road, my driver explodes in a mighty chortle. "Well, would you look at that," he says, pointing to the pickup truck in front of us. In the back seat I look up from my position, documents in my lap, crunching numbers. It's been a stressful morning, especially since the numbers in question are the latest lottery results, and my ticket has come nowhere near the 6 million baht first prize.
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