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Casa Pascal Restaurant hosts PILC luncheon
This month’s Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC)
luncheon was held at Pattaya’s renowned Casa Pascal Restaurant. Owner
Pascal and his wife personally saw to it that the ladies who came to receive
Pascal’s gracious hospitality and excellent food were lavishly pampered,
and the mood of the meeting was fun and friendly.
 (L
to R) Dinie de Vries, Giselle Vanhijfte, Ria Hesling and Arlette Cykman.
No guest speaker was invited this time, but as usual many
books were on display, each on sale for 20 baht.
 A
few of the German speaking members: Monika Podleska, Ursula Rothstein und
Anita Schoch-Kaspar.
The main topic of discussion was the roaring success of
the recently held PILC Bazaar at the Royal Cliff Resort. The three ladies
who sold the most lottery tickets for this event received prizes. Judy
Clausen was the winner with 60 lottery booklets sold, each of them
containing 10 lottery tickets. Tiew Suphamongkol was the first runner-up and
Marie Gough came in third.
The
three winners of the Lottery tickets sale-contest: Judy Clausen, Tiew
Suphamongkol and Marie Gough.
Casa Pascal Restaurant holds month-long charity drive
From October 21 until November 20, Casa Pascal
Restaurant, situated opposite of the Pattaya Marriott Hotel, will be holding
a charity drive for the benefit of HEARTT 2000. HEARTT 2000 is a charity
organization that supplies HIV patients with necessary medication on a basis
of pay, meaning what you can afford, or medication is given free if the
patients have no income.
Late last month the clinic treated its 800th patient
since its inception. HEARTT 2000 was founded by Dr. Jureerat Bowon, head of
the HIV Clinic at Chonburi Regional Hospital. Dr. Philippe Seur, a French
physician now residing in Pattaya, works closely with Dr. Jureerat, and
maintains a clinic in his home in Pattaya for local patients.
During the charity month Casa Pascal will donate 5% of
its total income from food and drinks to the charity, as well as having
private donation boxes available. The proceeds will be donated to the
charity via the Pattaya Gay Festival, whose sole beneficiary this year will
be HEART 2000, and the check will be handed over at their last fund raising
dinner for the year, which is scheduled to be held at the new Bruno’s
Restaurant on November 30.
On the eve of the charity drive, October 20, there will
be a gala dinner held at Casa Pascal in conjunction with the Pattaya Gay
Festival. The cost of the dinner is 990 baht for a seven course menu, 300
baht of which will be donated directly to the festival. There will also be a
raffle held on the evening with many fabulous prizes to be won with the
proceeds going to the festival.
For further details e-mail [email protected] or
visit www.restaurant-pattaya .com or call 038-723 660.
Nongprue DAO and Lions make
the draw for the football competition
Damri Muangkaew
Mai Chaiyanit, president of Nongprue District
Administrative Organization, presided over the opening of the 2nd annual
under-14 Lions Pattaya Youth Football Festival Cup soccer at the Nongprue
DAO’s conference room on October 2.
 Organizers
announced the competition draw (from left) Pramote Pattanasin, president
Lions Club of Naklua, Mai Chaiyanit, president of Nongprue DAO and Apirak
Tan, president Lions Club of Pattaya.
The competition is a joint effort between the government,
Nongprue DAO, the private sector, the Lions Club of Naklua and Lions Club of
Pattaya.
In all, 16 teams from schools both in and around Pattaya,
including Pattaya Schools Numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Suthawat School,
Nernplubwan School and Nongketyai School will participate in the
competition. The first round kicked off on October 11 and the finals will be
held on October 26 at the Nongprue district central arena.
The policy of Nongprue District Administrative
Organization along with the Lions Clubs in 310C district is to develop
sports for youths in Banglamung and Pattaya as wholesome activities and
which will develop healthy minds and bodies and reduce the temptation to
experiment with illegal drugs. In addition, the policy aims to develop the
talents of young athletes and promote a sense of sportsmanship and teamwork.
Sports teach young people discipline, patience, and boost the spirits of the
children by providing them with a way to channel their energy with healthy
hobbies.
The Lions Club of Pattaya, with the Lions Club of Naklua
joining in this year, initiated the project and the DAO announced its
support for next year’s annual event.
Pattaya City sends help to flood victims in Sukhothai Province
Supplies donated by Pattayans are rushed to needy villagers
A caravan loaded with much needed supplies recently took
off from Pattaya City Hall to distribute goods to the people who encountered
disastrous flooding in many areas in Sukhothai province.
 These
lovely ladies were just some of the many flood victims in Sukhothai, and
thanks to the help of Pattaya residents, they received some relief.
After Pattaya City, led by the deputy mayor, Wutthisak
Remkijikarn, asked for cooperation from people in Pattaya to donate
necessities to help Sukhothai flood victims, residents responding to the
appeal brought a huge amount of vital provisions to designated spots, such
as supermarkets and malls.
Wutthisak said this year’s severe flooding had created
the worst damage in history to the people of Sukhothai. Rivers that run
through the province filled up and overflowed their banks - flooding
villages that lay in the path including Bangkaew, Wanhin, Rajathani, and
Pracharuamchai.
Wutthisak said, “Many kind-hearted people in Pattaya
donated rice, wheat, dried food, bottled water, and milk products. The goods
were packaged to distribute to approximately 1,500 people.”
Ninety-two thousand baht was also raised and handed over
to Saman Rakborisutsri, the municipality mayor of Sukhothai City.
Saman said that in Klongpho village, the water level rose
2 meters and created great difficulty for over 1,400 families. Saman said,
“Officials warned people to be prepared to protect their houses with
sandbags along the canals, but the speed and force of the water was too
great.” The mayor added it was fortunate that the historical sites and its
priceless antiques were not damaged.
Saman conveyed his thanks and deep appreciation towards
the generous and kind-hearted people of Pattaya City.
Pattaya’s deputy mayor said, “I have great sympathy
for the people of Sukhothai and their hardships. All of us in Pattaya hope
that the donated goods will help ease some of their burdens.”
Hard Rock Hotel spices up its service with a little in-house competition
Staff learns that work can be fun at ‘The Rock’
Suchada Tupchai
Striving for excellence in any service industry is
paramount, especially in the hotel trade. The Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya turned
a recent training event into a fun competition to bring out the best in
creativity and flare among staff members.
 Roland
A. Nicolich (right), director of food & beverage, presented a souvenir
to Chanyuth Hengtrakul (left) after the latter began the event with his
opening speech.
Chanyuth Hengtrakul, advisor to the minister of tourism
and sports, presided over the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya’s “Skills Based
Competition”. The hotel’s director of human resources, Sirithorn
Kraiwisutsup led the competition.
Sirithorn explained that the competition was part of the
Band Members Annual Festival 2003 held to provide various activities and an
annual party for hotel staff. The competition was geared to enhance various
skills and promote teamwork amongst the employees.
The band members, split into color teams, battled it out
for the winning position in the various categories including bed making,
table top setting, merchandise display, hotel product, plate garnishing and
electrical wiring and even a quiz contest.
“A competition like this should be supportive as it
uplifts proficiency and skills among employees. This is also a good example
for other hotels in Pattaya to follow in case they want to introduce similar
programs for the development of professional skills and services,” said
Chanyuth.
Bowling Green raises money for charity through “stupid shirt” contest
The Bowling Green last week Wednesday presented 27,900
baht towards the Lions club’s hospital fund. This money was raised at
“Phil the Shirt’s” 50th birthday party, when there was a bowling
tournament as well. Everybody as asked to wear a stupid shirt and there were
prizes for the worst outfit
Willie
(center) from Chaplin’s Bar, Soi 3, was determined to be the winner of the
most outrageous outfit award, and receives his reward from birthday boy,
“Phil the Shirt” (left).
Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa launches “Spirit to Serve Our Communities”
On October 9, 2001, the Royal Garden Resort was
re-branded as the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. On October 9, 2003, the
Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa celebrated its 2nd Anniversary, and as
part of the celebrations, the resort launched its “Spirit To Serve Our
Communities” project in cooperation with Banglamung Home For Boys,
Fountain of Life Center, Tawanyim Charity Project, Foundation for Children,
Green Leaf Foundation and Pattaya City Hall.
 May
(front row, 2nd left) and Neng (front row, 2nd right) were introduced at the
recent Royal Garden press conference.
During a recent press conference, the Pattaya Marriott
Resort & Spa invited two impoverished children, “May” (sister - 12
years), and “Neng” (brother - 11 years). These two children have to earn
money buy selling bean curd juice. They are in primary school and after the
recent passing of their mother, they now only have an alcoholic father. The
plight of these children has recently been the subject of the “Khon Khon
Khon” TV program.
The management of Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa
announced that they will support these two children by sponsoring their
schooling until they graduate from University.
The Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa also recently
launched a new on-going program called “Spirit to Serve Our Communities”
which allows their guests to be part of making a positive difference in the
lives of others.
It is an easy program to support. The amount of 40 baht
will be added to each guest’s account per visit as a donation to the
program. It is of course not a mandatory program and our guests can request
not to participate.
There are a couple of on-going projects that Pattaya
Marriott Resort & Spa has identified to receive support:
The Horticultural Project sponsors and helps the
Banglamung Home for Boys make a vegetable, spice and herb garden, and will
buy back the produce for the hotel’s kitchens and restaurants.
Another project is with the Fountain of Life Center.
Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa Fitness Club hosts a weekly activity
program by inviting the children to the resort for fun activities, games and
goodies.
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