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Stone City opens for landscaping needs
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Those wishing to decorate their home gardens, offices or
restaurants using natural and carved stones now have a wide range to choose
from with the opening of Stone City.
 Thidarat
Rungchao showers her son ‘Nong Mohawk’ with affection as he was given a
surprise birthday party during the opening night.
The company opened its Eastern Seaboard branch last week
amid a fanfare of fireworks and entertainment, with Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn as the guest of honor. Thidarat Rungchao, Hinsaeng Nakhon
Company managing director, welcomed the guests to the opening.
“Most of our products are well over a million years
old,” commented Thidarat during her welcome address.
Stone City sells both wholesale and retail stone used for
decorative purposes. During the opening event a special landscaping
demonstration featuring the company’s products was given. Stone City also
has special stone sculptures which are exclusive to the company with a
fusion of European and Thai styles.
Stone City is located on Route 36, near the School of the Regents, 44/1
Moo 4, Nongplalai, Banglamung. Tel 01 845 6514 for further information.
A helping hand to the Fountain of Life
Helping kids help themselves
Helle Rants้n
PILC/RLC welfare chairperson
For the past 8-9 years different hardworking and caring
groups of the Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC) members and others
have been meeting at the Fountain of Life every Wednesday at 1 p.m. They
help and support the older children connected to the center by making cards.
The PILC
welfare team and vice president Amy Chillingworth visited the center to
taste the fresh spring rolls made by the children and the sister in charge
Sr. Kanyanee and meet the some of the caring PILC helpers.
The children make the most beautiful cards for all
occasions and with different teams. Some of the money made from the card
sales will be given to the children as much needed pocket money.
All the children at the Fountain of Life are living in
the slums of Pattaya and are being picked up every morning and driven to the
center. The children of eligible age and with a birth certificate will be
sent to the local schools in the area. The younger children and the older
children without a birth certificate will remain in the center.
For the older children the center has now created another kind of
activity, namely cooking classes every Monday supported by the PILC. The
future plan is that the children will be given the products of the cooking
classes to sell on the street and through that help support their families
and themselves.
Live and dangerous launched in Shenanigans
Half dead the next morning
Bar F. Ly
There aren’t too many occasions in Pattaya where you
have the chance see a live recording of a CD and then weeks later join the
release party. However, this was the case last Friday at Shenanigans Pattaya
when Pop Pattaya All Stars launched their “Dangerously Live”, and The
Bastards launched their “Dangerously Live” CD simultaneously.
 Pop
on fire with a guitar solo and Harpic getting’ into the groove.
In fact so successful was the party, it left me half
dead, and half deaf the next morning, following a rampaging night of hard
rock ‘n roll and copious amounts of amber refreshment.
Kick starting the headline for the night were The
Bastards with their usual hard and heavy sound featuring some of my
favorites from good ol’ Acca Dacca, The Who and Creed.
On the album, which they covered that night, are a few
original tracks from the boys themselves with front man Keith performing
“Go Ask Alice” reminiscent of “Alice In Chains”. Nigel stepped out
from the drum kit to perform a little ballad, “My Way” from Sid Vicious,
to round off their set and leave the crowd screaming for more.
More drinks for me and more music for the closet head
bangers, such as myself. The only sad note (pun intended) was that it was
Alf’s swansong. Alf Hodges, who plays guitar and provides vocals, has
found a new home in the south and will hopefully drive out all insurgents
with some vindictive T-shirts and heavy guitar sounds. Nevertheless, good
luck Alf.
Pops Pattaya All Stars then took to the floor with lead
guitarist Pop unleashing a flaming fury of chords, spiking the energy on the
dance floor. Local songstress Harpic Bryant was raring to go and again
brought the audience to the floor.
The CDs are on sale at Shenanigans at 300 baht each or 500 baht for both
and if you purchase them, look at the copyright warning.
“Center of Enlightenment” created for hotel guests and staff at Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya
Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya, despite its international stature, has always
been accommodating to the local cultural and religious needs of its guests
and staff to ensure that they feel like home when enjoying the hospitality.
Andrew
Khoo (seated center), general manager of the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya,
recently led a Buddhist ceremony with 9 monks to officially inaugurate the
new “Center of Enlightenment” at the hotel.
Buddhism is the predominant religion in Thai society and
Thai people usually keep at least a few Buddha statuettes in their homes for
worship. The statuettes are of high religious value to Thai people,
providing them a spiritual refuge when they feel insecure or disturbed.
Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya, bearing in mind this sensitivity, recently
opened a “Center of Enlightenment” in its hotel building so that hotel
staff have a facility for their daily religious activities. The room is also
open to hotel guests for worship.
Thai Porcelain Painting Artists to compete at the IPAT Convention in Texas, USA.
Helga Jaermann, honorary Art Teacher at the Porcelain
Painting Station of the Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre - The Support
Foundation of H.M. Queen Sirikit of Thailand will lead a team of four of her
best students to compete in the International IPAT (International Porcelain
Artists & Teachers, Inc.) Convention (Exhibition & Competition) in
Grapevine / Dallas. Each will enter one masterpiece into the competition and
two paintings in the exhibition. After winning several major prices in
similar competitions in Italy and Switzerland, Bangsai’s Porcelain
Painting Station now will participate for the first time in this major event
in USA, where once again the best porcelain painting artists from all over
the world will meet and compete. The Team is generously sponsored by Thai
Airways International Public Company Ltd.
Farewell
photo shows: The Team, Helga Jaermann ( 3rd right), Mrs. Sudasamorn
Suwanlapcharoen, Treasurer of the Centre, ( 3rd left) and Helga’s
students, (l-r) Mr. Karom Boontam, Mr. Phatthanphong Bunprap, Mr. Sorapong
Saokham, Mr. Wanchai Ngadkoh, together with H.E. Professor Tanin Kraivixien,
Vice - President of the Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre - The Support
Foundation of H.M. Queen Sirikit of Thailand (centre) who wished the team
“good luck” on their mission.
Thanks for a job well done
Rayong
(July 2, 2004) - Chief Builder Ron Tyler, right, a Naval Reservist attached
to Naval Construction Support Unit (NCSU) 2, accepts the gratification of
Commander-in-Chief Royal Thai Fleet Adm. Vichai Yuwanangoon during a
building dedication ceremony here upon the completion of an Engineering
Civic Action Project (ENCAP) performed at the Ban Tha Lumbid School as part
of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004. Tyler and 20
other reserve Seabees worked side-by-side with the Royal Thai Marine
Engineers to add to the quality of life in the local village. CARAT is a
regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with
several Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance the interoperability of
the respective sea services. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Joseph
Krypel)
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