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NAME: ANDREW BIGGS AGE: FOREVER 39 BORN: SUNNYBANK, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA NICKNAME: CHANG PUEAK OR WHITE ELEPHANT FAMILY MOTTO: REMEMBER ... BLAME IT ON ANDREW FIRST JOB: GROCERY PACKER AT LOCAL SUPERMARKET IN SUNNYBANK COMPANY & POSITION: ‘BIG BOSS’ FOR ANDREW BIGGS ACADEMY. HONESTLY, IT’S ON MY NAMECARD EDUCATION: CURRENTLY STUDYING A MASTER’S DEGREE IN CURRICULUM INNOVATION AT RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY SPECIAL TALENTS: A MILLON OF ‘EM; MODESTY, FOR ONE HOW LONG IN THAILAND: 28 YEARS WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE: A CHEAP THAI AIRWAYS TICKET TO LONDON WITH A COMPULSORY TWO-DAY STOPOVER IN BANGKOK INTERESTS: KATE BUSH, WRITING, CHOCOLATE BEST PREVIOUS JOB IN THAILAND: EATING NATION JUNIOR MAGAZINE BACK IN THE 1990S. WORKING AT CHANNEL 3 WAS FUN, TOO CURRENT MOOD & USUAL MOOD: STRESSED. STRESSED IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE: I’D LIKE TO BE MORE MOTIVATED, A LITTLE MORE DRIVEN, PERHAPS 10 KG LIGHTER, TOO BEST FRIEND(S): TOO MANY TO MENTION HERE MOST INTERESTING PERSON YOU’VE MET IN THAILAND: IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER … BIGGEST BORE: QIANGTANG RIVER IN CHINA HIGH POINT: READING THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH IN FRONT OF HRH PRINCESS SIRINTHORN WHEN I GOT MY THAI DEGREE.LOW POINT: DEATHS OF FRIENDS FUNNIEST OR WEIRDEST MOMENT: I ONCE PLAYED MY MOTHER ON NATIONAL TV OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT IN BANGKOK: THE POLITICIANS BTS OR MRT: BTS OF COURSE, IT’S A LITTLE EDGIER DON’T MENTION: THE WAR! BEST HOLIDAY IN THAILAND: MY 50th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN CHIANG MAI DURING DRIVING RAINSTORM BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED: WHATEVER HAPPENS, KEEP EATING WHERE DO YOU HANG OUT: ANYWHERE WITH SHADOWY NOOKS AND DARK CRANNIES … AND A BAR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT: THE MAN AT THE END OF MY SOI MAKES THE BEST GRILLED CHICKEN AND SOMTAM IN BANGKOK FAVOURITE DISH: HANGLAY CURRY FROM THE NORTH MOST HATED DISH: DURIAN WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE: NOWHERE. VERY HAPPY HERE 8
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