zzaa09 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE GREATER FARANG COMMUNITY IS THINKING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjnaus Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Who the heck is Andrew Biggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midasthailand Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Apparently a man who likes to wear jackets 3 sizes too big. Seriously though he is a very talented Thai linguist that has a TV show on Thai TV and a language school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooEng Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 He's one of these guys who's screen presence is less than attractive - tall, gawky and bald and were he in his own country he would't go far on tv. But like a few other farangs who have done well in the media here as tv celebs and singers of various thai styles early on he identified a niche to be exploited - a talking farang - and the only requirement to fill it is to talk a language the audience understands - Thai - he does that very well. I haven't seen him son e the days he used to do a very irritating language learning show on thai tv and I've seen him pop up on talk shows an so on.... My personal opinion based on what I have seen is that he's a complete dork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sysardman Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Apparently a man who likes to wear jackets 3 sizes too big. Seriously though he is a very talented Thai linguist that has a TV show on Thai TV and a language school. Ahah so he's the cunning linguist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Think they have a dude or two like this in every Asian country. A white guy who came along in the late 80s or 90s and spoke the local language and became a minor celebrity because of it. Thankfully he's not near as big as Dashan is in China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftpunker Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yeah theres a guy like this in china every asian country seems to have a farang whos made it big by looking weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyM Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nothing but a 'self promoter' to enhance his business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 If he's that famous why aren't tailors queueing up to give him free suits? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Why the animosity ?... are people jealous of his success ? So, here is a foreigner who is clearly recognised and respected by many Thai’s. He always appears polite, clean and respectful, he's probably helped many people learn the language and through being very good at what he does he's probably made a tidy profit… But, why choose to knock someone for their success ? That speaks more of those who criticise him than it does him. We should be happy that there is a positive example of a Westerner in public eye which reflects well on all of us. Granted.. he's in dire need of a tailor and does look somewhat dorky, but what does that have to do with us ? WHAT IS THE GREATER FARANG COMMUNITY THINKING ?? This Farang thinks 'good on him' for being successful at what he's good at. I've also read a couple of amusing, interesting and well written articles by him...... Edited January 17, 2012 by richard_smith237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I quite enjoyed his ramblings in a certain Sunday newspaper, which partially made up for it's lack of a British-orientated crossword... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Why the animosity ?... are people jealous of his success ? So, here is a foreigner who is clearly recognised and respected by many Thai’s. He always appears polite, clean and respectful, he's probably helped many people learn the language and through being very good at what he does he's probably made a tidy profit… But, why choose to knock someone for their success ? That speaks more of those who criticise him than it does him. We should be happy that there is a positive example of a Westerner in public eye which reflects well on all of us. Granted.. he's in dire need of a tailor and does look somewhat dorky, but what does that have to do with us ? WHAT IS THE GREATER FARANG COMMUNITY THINKING ?? This Farang thinks 'good on him' for being successful at what he's good at. I've also read a couple of amusing, interesting and well written articles by him...... He writes quite well and that makes him successful in my eyes. No, he is not good looking, but no worse than 90% of the other farangs that live here - many who do nothing but b*tch and moan about all and sundry - and he is doing something positive while earning a decent living. Edited January 18, 2012 by Ulysses G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 I believe he was amongst one of the first [of his generation] to gather the status of permanent resident/citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 He was one of my 5,000 friends... Until I gave up facebook as a new year resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Hum, I haven't seen him about much recently. Is he still on telly? Oops, I walked past him at the old airport once. Talking about farang celebs, what ever happened to the Christine? She was fit. And what about her boyfriend (can't remember his name). Edited January 19, 2012 by MaiChai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livinginthericepatties Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 i went to the tesl school with him in bangkok 2005, heck of a nice guy, enjoyed talking with him, he was in the middle of opening his school then and was on tv, and i think he told me was teaching the thai cabinet english, nothing bad to say about him, i wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soboringtochooseaname Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yes i am jealous off his success but not of his hair :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 All in all, methinks a pretty funny and entertaining fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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