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Foodmart Jomtien offers more choice for their customers
New fresh food and meat section now open
Suchada Tupchai
The Foodmart supermarket, which has been operating for
over two years, recently opened a new section offering fresh food and meat
to customers. The 24/7 supermarket held a special opening party for
customers, guests and associates at its Thappraya Road location with special
guest of honor Santsak Ngamphiches performing the customary formalities.
 Special
guest of honor Santsak Ngamphiches cuts the ribbon to officially open the
new section of the supermarket.
To coincide with the opening of the new section, Stephen Buckingham,
Foodmart managing director, held a festive season party for his guests and
customers in appreciation for their continued support.
Hard Rock hosts thank you party ‘My party, My jeans’
Party helps raise funds for FORDEC Foundation
Suchada Tupchai
It’s the festive season and there are plenty of parties
going on around town, and what better place to do so that at the Hard Rock
Hotel.
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guests took time out of the fun for a photo.
The hotel recently held a thank you party for guests,
travel agents and members of the media in the Sky Bar of the Hard Rock Cafe.
The fun and games lasted through the evening with an underlying cause;
raising money for the FORDEC Foundation.
Andrew Khoo, Hard Rock’s GM, opened the night’s
proceedings by saying the theme of the night was in keeping with the Hard
Rockers around the world.
A special performance by the in-house band, ‘What’s
New’ and comedian ‘John’ entertained the visitors and guests while
snowmen were on sale to raise funds for the foundation.
The hotel aims to raise a further 200,000 baht for the FORDEC foundation
which provides scholarships and opportunities for underprivileged families
throughout the nation.
‘Little Angels’ grace center court at the Central Festival Center’s Christmas Pageant
Suchada Tupchai
Twenty-one budding young stars participated in the Santa
Christmas Kids pageant at the Central Festival Center on December 25th. Each
of the girls, aged between 3-10, performed in front of a large audience at
the center court singing and dancing their way into the hearts of the
judges.
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winners, judges and sponsors of the event.
Dressed in angel outfits and performing lively acts, the
aim was to encourage the children to perform and exhibit their talents, and
since it was Christmas day, the pageant presented the very best of what
these kids could do on stage.
A panel of judges tallied points up to 100, with the
winners going home with scholarship funding from 500 to 3000 baht.
Natta Palangariy, 8, captured the judges’ hearts to take home first
prize, a 3,000 baht scholarship, while 7-year-old runner up Narinjutha
Jantsongsaeng received 2,000 for her efforts and 5-year-old Pacharawalia
Busayawit drew third in the pageant.
World of Language & Computer holds an educational Christmas party for students
Damri Muangkaew
With all the parties happening around town during the
Christmas and New Year period the World of Language & Computer School
held an educational party for the students at the sala in Potisampan School
on Christmas day.
 Arusa
Nettjamnong, World of Language & Computer School director encourages the
students to speak English.
The morning kicked off with school director, Arusa
Nettjamnong hold an English lesson using day to day words and phrases
drawing a great deal of interest from students of all ages.
The morning’s lesson focused on correct use and
intonation of the English language as the competed for prizes as to who was
the best in their class before moving on to more word games.
The day wound up with more fun activities featuring plays and skits as
well as Christmas tales and a break for lunch and back to regular classes.
Road safety featured at weekly Expat Club meeting
Damri Muangkaew
The Pattaya City Expat Club which meets at Henry J Beans
each Sunday recently featured special guest speaker and committee advisor,
Pol. Maj. Somchai Pongsai, Pattaya Traffic Superintendent.
 Drew
Noyes, Expat Club chairman introduces Pol. Maj. Somchai Pongsai, Pattaya
Traffic Superintendent to talk about road rules.
Pol. Maj. Somchai spoke on issues concerning road rules
and traffic regulations in Thailand, which quite often elude many foreigners
living in the country. Subjects included licenses, road regulations for
motor vehicles and motorcycles, as well as the penalties involved for
lawbreakers.
The traffic superintendent emphasized that all drivers
must have a license and know the rules. He also explained what to do in case
of an accident, a subject that was met with many questions from attentive
audience.
Following the talk, a certificate of appreciation and an award for
outstanding service was presented to Pol. Maj. Somchai Pongsai before
everyone joined in a Christmas party and brunch.
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