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Silent Storms
Peter Nordhues
Last month the Art Caf้ held a cocktail party to
present the pictures of 23-year-old artist Chaiwichit ‘Joe’ Sappaso. The
exposition was titled “Silent Storms”.
 (From
left to right) Jo Stetten, Chaiwichit “Joe” Sapasso, Phayao Butsumran,
Bandhit Kotmanee and Rob Scar.
Bangkok-born Chaiwichit frequented the fine arts faculty
of the University of Khon Kaen. He loves to paint with watercolors. This is
proven by the 26 paintings being exhibited in the Art Caf้, which are
for sale.
Jo Stetten and Rob Scarr opened the exposition and
presented the young artist. “The Art Caf้ feels this young talent,
who lives among us, has a bright future and his first exhibition will be a
great success,” said Jo Stetten.
Rob Scarr added, “There are many young undiscovered
artists in Thailand. They have to work in other professions so they can’t
make any progress in their art. The Art Caf้ will continue to search
for promising talent.”
Fifty enthusiastic art lovers turned up for Chaiwichit’s first show,
and were most impressed with his technique which displays bright colors and
a unique photographic-like image. So it was no surprise that many pictures
were sold in a short time. The artist was delighted and very encouraged
about the positive response to his works.
Musical nightshift
New Filipino Band in North Pattaya
Paul Kruger
Nightshift is the newest attainment of the Moon River Pub
which belongs to the Thai Garden Resort. It is a dynamic and energetic show
band comprising of two front liners and four musicians. Their repertoire
varies from standards, Evergreen, Broadway, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Top
forties, Sentimental and Rock & Roll numbers.
(L to R)
Frederick Cabase, vocals lead guitarist; Lyndon James C. Bulliger, Keyboard,
vocals; Joy Espanola Jardio, vocals, percussion; Cherry May L. Fernandez,
vocals, percussion; Bryan Aldwin A. Ares, drummer; Julianne Rey M. Tiu, bass
guitarist.
The group as it is right now has been together for more
than a year and belongs to the biggest music company in Asia.
The two ladies and four gentlemen just arrived from a
three month stay in New Delhi, India where they also performed in a hotel.
After their stay in Pattaya, they will go to Kuala Lumpur and afterwards for
six month to Shanghai where they will play in a German bar.
The members of the band all come from different parts of
the Philippines. Four of them had never been in Thailand before, but they
all like the place and they even dared to taste the hot Thai food. They are
looking forward to exploring the area and taking advantage of the fine
shopping available here.
Each of them would love to perform one day in Europe or
USA
If you want to experience this show band in a live performance, you have
to hurry up. Their contract expires at the end of March and it would be sad
to waste this opportunity to hear some great music.
Home Mart Max celebrates first anniversary
Damri Muangkaew
Offering complete solutions for home improvement and
decorations, the Home Mart Max store, located on Sukhumvit Road, South
Pattaya recently celebrated their first anniversary offering giveaways to
customers as part of the celebrations.
Suwanthep
Malhotra, executive director sales & marketing, Pattaya Mail presents
flowers to Kanchit Wicharnboonsiri, Home Mart Max managing director to
congratulate the store on reaching its first successful year in business.
Kanchit Wicharnboonsiri, Home Mart Max managing director
presided over the day’s festivities which included giving away a 1
baht-weight gold chain every hour and other gifts to customers and there
were special activities for children while parents were busy shopping.
Through the anniversary period, the store is offering 10
to 50 percent discount on home decorations and construction materials as
well as consultations from professional tradespersons on a variety of
subjects.
Kanchit said, “We have are large number of loyal customers that have
supported us since opening and during the coming year we can expect bigger
and better things to offer our clientele.”
Phyathai Hospital Sriracha hosts meeting on diabetes
“Diabetes 2004” seminar addresses disease management
Ariyawat
Nuamsawat
According to the World Health Organization (WHO),
diabetes affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, and in Asia
alone around 80 million with an annual increase of 1.3 to 1.8 percent.
Except for those born with the disease, the majority of cases are due to
poor lifestyle or adult onset diabetes.
 The
seminar room at Phyathai Hospital was packed to capacity with residents
eager to learn about diabetes.
Seeing the need to educate the populace, Phyathai
Hospital in Sriracha together with the Department of Health and Roche
Diagnostics (Thailand) Ltd. held an education seminar, titled “Diabetes
2004”, at the hospital focusing on managing the disease on a day-to-day
basis.
Doctors and specialists presented information and various
methods on how those afflicted with diabetes should manage their lifestyle
through medical treatment, nutritional aspects and physical exercise in
order to lead a relatively normal life. They also warned of the
complications should such an itinerary not be followed, such as poor
circulation, blindness and other more serious complications.
The hospital has a special diabetic care clinic and
encourages patients to use the public facilities to exercise, maintain and
manage good health.
The seminar was presided over by special guest Somchai Khunpluem, mayor
of Saensuk municipality, and hospital administrators.
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