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Ocean Marina Yacht Club turns to networking

(L to R) Wayne Williams, Richard Piliero, David Nardone, and Shane Burt are deep in discussion.

Paul Strachan
The Captain’s Table at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club was the venue for the June Joint Chambers of Commerce Networking Meeting held on Friday the 21st.
The combining of the chamber events some two years ago has been a positive move and by working together the Australian, British, German, South African and American Chambers are now hosting events at better locations and in turn are seeing more people attending.

Scott Finsten (right), Harbour Master of Ocean Marina Yacht Club welcomes guests.

The Captain’s Table is a curved shaped room on the second floor at the Ocean Marina, overlooking the marina itself, giving spectacular views over the hundreds of luxury yachts and boats, and across to the islands beyond.
The event was hosted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Ocean Marin Yacht Club and Capital TV. Scott Finsten, the Harbour master at Ocean Marina, welcomed the guests and informed them that the marina was continuing its expansion. They recently added another 50 berths to the existing 500, and they have installed a new machine for lifting vessels safely and quickly out of the water. This new device saves a lot of time for those who want to do repairs and servicing of their boats.

(L to R) Capt. Peter Fowler, Service Manager of Princess Bangkok - Pattaya; Warwick Kneale, AustCham Treasurer; and Leign Scott-Kemmis, AustCham President discuss the business environment in Thailand.

TV presenter Raine Grady from Capital TV was looking as glamorous as ever as she said what a pleasure it was to support the Australian Chamber. Capital TV has been operating in Thailand for 20 years now and their shows are broadcast throughout the kingdom and beyond. They have recently struck a deal with the Bangkok Post to launch a new series of television programs and now her company was embracing new forms of media online and mobile activity.

Scott Finsten, Harbour Master of Ocean Marina Yacht Club being interviewed by Paul Strachan of PMTV.

Over a hundred people from the local business community attended the event, including Graham Macdonald representing the South African chamber, Mark Blowing from the British chamber, Gavin Perfect, MD at Paradise City Property, representatives from Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, Jim Howard, Brian Chapman from the deVere group, David Nardone from Hemaraj, Elmar Kleiner, from the office of interior & architecture, Rosanne Diamente from Women with a Mission, and a host of new faces.
The next joint chambers of commerce networking event will be publicized in future editions of the Pattaya Mail.

Supatra Angkawinijwong, Deputy Managing Director of Ocean Marina Yacht Club welcomes guests to the networking evening.

A variety of delicious international and Thai snacks on offer at the Captain’s Table.

(L to R) Gavin Perfect, MD of Pattaya City Properties; Matthias Hochlenert of Global Property Insurance; and Terrence Allen, Collins Managing Director of Amaya Hill enjoy the event.

(L to R) Scott Finsten, Harbour Master of Ocean Marina Yacht Club; Les Nyerges and Raine Grady from Capital TV; Supatra Angkawinijwong, Deputy Managing Director of Ocean Marina Yacht Club; and Renee Bowman, Executive Director of AustCham Thailand.

The Captain’s Table is a curved shaped room overlooking the marina, giving spectacular views over the hundreds of luxury yachts and boats, and across to the islands beyond.

It’s all about networking.


Dead foreigner discovered in a rice field

Peter Lloyd explains how he wrote the screenplay, acted in, and co-produced the short film “Clueless?” for the Bangkok 9Filmfest while Byron Bishop looks on.

A short comedy about the body of an apparently dead foreigner discovered in a rice field won two awards at the 9Filmfest International Film festival in Bangkok in 2013, and was screened at the prestigious SOHO International Film Festival in New York just last month. Pretty good for a film written by someone who had never written a screenplay before, directed by someone who had never directed a film before, and produced by people who had never produced a film before! On top of that, most the actors had never acted before. And the crew was composed of new graduates from film school (Fine and Applied Arts, Mahidol University International College).

While Peter Lloyd looks on, Byron Bishop takes his turn to describe how they went about casting and making the short film “Clueless?” near Nakhon Nayok, mostly for the fun of doing it.
“Clueless?” was screened again at the Pattaya City Expats Club meeting on Sunday, June 22, where it was warmly received. Introducing the film was its screen writer, Peter Lloyd, and its director, Byron Bishop. Peter is a long time Pattaya resident, writer and author. Byron is a long time resident of Bangkok, known for his film acting and for his former modeling career.
The film, which is 12 minutes long, was shot on location in Nakhon Nayok, not very far from Bangkok. (For the 9Filmfest, the film had to be cut to nine minutes to meet the requirements of the festival.) Peter also mentioned that since the 9Filmfest theme was water, they included an area with water around it so that it would qualify. Peter, Byron and one of the actors, Sahajak Boonthanakit, were the film’s producers.
Peter said that he was approached to work on the film shortly before the 9Filmfest and that it took him “about a nanosecond” to decide to do it. For the plot, Peter said that he was inspired by the unfortunately frequent local news stories of dead foreigners turning up in the tapioca fields outside Pattaya.

PCEC MC Richard Silverberg presents a certificate of appreciation to Peter and Byron for their special screening of “Clueless?” for the enjoyment of PCEC members and guests.

So, the film starts off with a fisherman landing his boat on the bank, gathering his fish, and proceeding down a dirt track across a rice paddy field when he happens upon a farang laying in the field next to the road. A lady passerby joins him as they eye the body. After some discussion they go to the local police to report the body. The fun starts there with the actions of the local police detective.
Peter said that the people who worked on the film just wanted to have fun. They never imagined it would end up being screened at a film festival outside Thailand. But because of its success at the SOHO International Film Festival, the producers have submitted the film to other festivals. Eventually, the film will be uploaded to YouTube.

Pat Koester announces that she and fellow USA Embassy Warden Al Serrato right after the end of the June 29 PCEC meeting will be demonstrating for US citizens how to sign up online with the US State Department to receive emergency notifications and how to notify their next of kin, if needed.

The film cost about US$600 to make. The producers had less than a month to get the film written, casted, filmed and edited and to have a soundtrack added. It was done in such a rush, Peter said, that the fact that Peter wrote the screenplay was omitted from the credits.
Peter had a small role in the film, for which he had to shave his head. “I had never done that in my life,” he said. “The day I did it, even the security guards in my condo didn’t recognize me. Unfortunately, when we shot the movie, my sun-sensitive head blistered and wept for three days afterwards.”
After the presentation, Master of Ceremonies Richard Silverberg brought everyone up to date on upcoming events and called on Roy Albiston to conduct the always informative Open Forum where questions are asked and answered about expat living in Thailand, especially Pattaya.
For more information on the PCEC’s many activities, visit their website at www.pcecclub.org.


Lions provide lunch for Redemptorist school

Lions Club Pratamnak Pattaya-Chonburi club secretary Somsak Naksonthi, along with Naowarath Khakhai and Wasana Prakobkarn pose for a commemorative photo after serving lunch to 300 students at the Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities.

Jetsada Homklin
29 Members of the Lions Club Pratamnak Pattaya-Chonburi served lunch to 300 students at the Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities.
Organized to celebrate the birthdays of three Lions, the June 18 event was led by club secretary Somsak Naksonthi, Naowarath Khakhai and Wasana Prakobkarn.
They provided plenty of Thai food, soft drinks, mango, rambutan, and tropical fruits, helping reduce expenses for daily meals. The Redemptorist students thanked the members for visiting and supporting them.


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Ocean Marina Yacht Club turns to networking

Dead foreigner discovered in a rice field

Lions provide lunch for Redemptorist school

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