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Small talk at the car wash, yeah
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/04/2015
» I’ve just had my car cleaned at my local car wash. I am a man who believes in cleanliness, and that extends to my car. Getting a car wash is a task I perform at the beginning of every single month that begins with the letter A. This frequency brings me in contact with an ever-changing gaggle of Lao youth who spray, scrub, shine and sometimes even scratch my car before I steer it into the giant rollers and, ultimately, the middle-aged cashier with the weather-beaten face.
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Man of the cloth
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/03/2015
» What a coincidence. In the very same week the temple known as Wat Phra Dhammakaya was under scrutiny over its abbot’s behaviour, your columnist was himself experiencing his first full day of being frocked.
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Position vacant: job interviewer
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/03/2015
» Business is on the up so I am looking to hire a new receptionist. My HR lady says the position must be advertised as “In-house Public Relations Co-Ordinator”.
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Keeping abreast of Thai culture
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/03/2015
» In my next life I would like to come back as a high-ranking civil servant in the Culture Ministry’s Culture Watch. Is there a better job to be had in Thailand? You are not required to do anything; just “watch”.
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The spirits of vengeance
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/03/2015
» It’s Ghost Night here in Nakhon Nayok, a night where everybody breaks into groups and acts out, on stage, stories of popular Thai ghosts.
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A zebra can change its stripes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/01/2015
» Every now and again a new campaign or crackdown hopes to right a social wrong in this country, not unlike the one I detailed in last week’s column. The latest idea is one that involves white lines — white squiggly lines.
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What’s in a name? too much, sometimes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/02/2015
» Glad to see the police have tracked down the anti-monarchist group known as Banpodj and its leader, who goes by the same name. In a hastily-called press conference the police managed to answer all questions with the exception of the most pressing one of all in my opinion — why on earth is there a “J” at the end of “Banpodj”?
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China’s invasion from within
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/02/2015
» I received a goat key-ring this week. It’s a cross-eyed, ugly little thing, with an oversized head and four legs that dangle down lifelessly.
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Two bright, shining jewels
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/02/2015
» We all love a good David versus Goliath story, where somebody small and insignificant rises up against the giants and achieves greatness.
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Wheels start turning on revolution
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/02/2015
» Vive la revolution! Last Monday there was a gathering of 25 kindred spirits at Berk Prai restaurant in Bang Na that went well into the evening. They were celebrating a victory.
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