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Who was bare in Soi 6 last week?
Bertrum Bear was!
Bertrum Bear is the official mascot of the Charity Club
of Pattaya and was seen last week relaxing at the Queen Victoria Inn.
Bertrum was with Malcolm & Christina Boden whilst
they were discussing the details of the club’s next charity event, which
will be sponsored by John Smith’s and the Queen Victoria on December 9th.
 Bertrum
got in on the act, modelling his John Smith’s T-Shirt presented to him by
Rob Murray from Fluid Asia Pacific.
John Smith’s bitter is the latest drink to be added to
the already vast array of drinks at the Queen Victoria Inn.
This event is to celebrate the Queen Victoria Inn
becoming the official home of the Charity Club of Pattaya and to raise funds
for the Rotary Club Krasang-Buriram.
John Smith’s have kindly donated a barrel of John
Smith’s beer for the event, whilst the Queen Victoria have donated cans of
Tiger and Gilbey’s Gin with all the proceeds from the drinks going to the
Charity Club of Pattaya.
Peter Rottmann, president 2005 - 2006 of the Rotary Club
Krasang-Buriram, contacted the Charity Club and asked if they could raise
funds for children in Issan who were desperately in need of a large
selection of wheelchairs and walking aids. Of course they couldn’t refuse,
so all the money raised on the evening will be for this purpose.
To get the ball rolling Terry Schofield of North Shore
Real Estate has donated a wheelchair and Kevin Fisher of Cranes and
Equipment Asia has donated 2 chairs.
A raffle will also be held on the evening. Draw tickets
are on sale now at the Queen Victoria Inn. Please support the Charity Club
of Pattaya on Friday December 9th at 7 p.m.
Donna and Bernie Pollard have been great supporters of
the Charity Club. Donna works for BUPA, Pattaya, and has arranged that BUPA
U.K. cover the whole cost of a three wheeled bicycle and will match the
Charity Club baht for baht on the total raised that evening.
Le Cafe Royal celebrates 15th birthday with Arabian Nights party
Narisa Nitikarn
Le Cafe Royale celebrated its 15th anniversary on November 18
with an Arabian Nights party that was hosted by general manager Robert Ruiter
and Ian Read. A grand buffet was available for the many guests that called in
during the course of the evening.
Robert
Ruiter, general manager of Le Cafe Royale (2nd from left) and Ian Read (3rd from
right) are photographed with the attention grabbing characters at the 15th
anniversary of Le Cafe Royale.
Having first opened its doors on November 18, 1990, Le Cafe
Royale has become a fixture on the Pattaya map for Thai and foreign visitors
alike.
For the birthday party the restaurant was decorated with colorful balloons
and the employees dressed in appropriately Arabian styles. A number of shows
added to the air of celebration, and now everyone is looking forward to the 16th
birthday party.
Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya donates books, uniforms and
other necessities to Krabi School #2
Members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya, headed up by
project leader Marvin Green, were in Krabi on November 11 to prepare for the
handover of books, uniforms and other necessities to School #2 there.
Children
at Krabi School #2 receive their new school uniforms.
Members inspected the work carried out and everything was
completed according to plan and ready for the handover. Also present from
Germany was Sigi Geisser from the Rotary Club of Oberstaufen-Immenstadt, one of
the main sponsors who came to Thailand to visit the school.
The ceremony started at 11 a.m. with the teachers, children,
headmaster of the school and the local school inspector for Krabi, responsible
for all schools in Krabi, plus club members all taking part in handing over the
project. Also present was the local press and Krabi Cable TV.
The children were very happy to receive all the new books,
school uniforms and many other items provided to them. Sigi Geisser also handed
over an additional 500 euros, collected from children in Germany, to buy more
school items.
The most important item was the new water system, which will supply the
school with fresh drinking water. The sponsorship of this project had a total
value of 200,000 baht. Members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya, and the
children at Krabi School #2, would like to thank the following groups for their
help. RC of Central Blue Mountain, Australia; RC of Taksin-Pattaya; RC
Oberstaufen-Immenstadt, Germany, and lastly the children of the primary school
in Koenigsegg-Immenstadt, Germany. This was a nice example of Rotary
International working internationally to help a Thai school.
Heart to Heart on art will open at Pattaya Marriott on December 3
Suchada Tupchai
December 3 will see the opening of the “Heart to Heart”
art exhibition at Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa. The exhibition, which will
last through December 10, is being organized through the cooperation of the
hotel, Pattaya City Council and Pattaya Rotary Clubs.
Participants
at the news conference announcing the Heart to Heart art exhibition (from right)
Peter Thorand, charter president of the Rotary Club of Taksin Pattaya, Mayor
Niran Wattanasartsathorn, Pipop Pornsangsilp, Kachorn Maleerat and Wattana
Chankul Director of Baan Mabprachan School.
A press briefing was held on November 15 to describe the
exhibition and its purpose. Amongst those attending was Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn, Peter Thorand, charter president of the Rotary Club of
Taksin Pattaya, director of Baan Mabprachan School Wattana Janthakul, and
renowned artists Pipop Pornsangsilp and Kachorn Maleerat.
On the opening day of the exhibition, Pipop will demonstrate
his painting skills by creating a painting in public. Leading cartoonist Aed of
the Thai Post will draw for visitors. There will be an auction of paintings
provided by leading Thai artists such as Pratuang Aemcharoen, Chalermchai
Kositpipatt, Hongjorn Sanayngam, Manot Ngapee, Charlie Sudprasert, Niran
Phaichit, Kachorn Maleerat and foreign artists like Allan Kingland, Paul McCarry
and Ingrid Van der Heyden. Tickets for the opening day presentations will be
priced at 500 baht.
Pipop Pornsangsilp, who is 62, was born in Nakhorn Sawan. He
loves to travel and has used the same British-made motorcar he has named “Jao
Aed” for the past 30 years to take him from place to place. Appointed as a
Thai modern art ambassador, he has been invited to display his works throughout
Europe in places like Vienna, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, which has helped
to promote Thai modern art internationally.
Somsak Tanruangsri, general manager of Pattaya Marriot Resort and Spa, said
that part of the proceeds from the exhibition would go to the “Spirit to
Serve” project and the development of Baan Mabprachan School, which is under
the care of the hotel.
Power of chi on display at Gallery Opium art exhibition
Suchada Tupchai
An art exhibition by Belgian artist Ingrid Van der Heyden on
the power of “chi” is currently on display at Gallery Opium on Thepprasit
Road.
Entitled “Chi - breath of life, power that moves the
universe”, the exhibition drew a large crowd at its official opening.
Ingrid Van
der Heyden with friends who turned up to offer their support.
The works on display interpret how with the aid of oxygen,
gravity and the magnetic field of the earth, internal chi can be produced that
can be moved along the meridians, nerves and blood vessels as directed by the
willpower.
The artist took her inspiration from chi instructions first
written down in 380 BC, and now on display in the Palace Museum in Beijing:
“Inhale deeply and direct the chi down for fixation and consolidation. Then
exhale as a plant sprouts and grows up. Thus, the chi goes up and down like the
heaven and the earth moves, conforming to the law of life, otherwise death
occurs.”
Ingrid Van der Heyden studied art in Belgium and then spent
three years in Shanghai, where she studied traditional Chinese painting under
first rank artist Gao Xingkui.
Gallery Opium is a new showcase for Thai and foreign contemporary artists to
exhibit their work in Pattaya. “Chi - breath of life, power that moves the
universe” will be open until November 27. For further details call 0 3830 3040
or visit www.galleryopium.com
The departed are remembered with fondness on All Saints Day
Elfi Seitz
A large gathering assembled in the grounds of St Nikolas
Catholic church on Sunday November 6 to attend Mass and to remember their
departed family members and friends by laying flowers on their graves.
Dennis
Stark, Elfi Seitz, Peter Malhotra and Past District Governor Premprecha
Dibbayawan pay their respects at the grave of PDG Nelson Alexander a very
much loved and respected Rotarian.
Father Dennis blessed the graves and the congregation.
Amongst those there to pay their respects were members of the Rotary Club
Jomtien, placing wreathes on the final resting places of Father Ray, Alois X
Fassbind, Bruno Foerrer, Gene Farley, D J Ogan, Hans Zurflue and others who
are fondly remembered.
Past district governor Prem Dibbayawan led the group, which included
Dennis Stark, Peter Malhotra, and Judy and Bruce Hoppe.
20 million baht Covent Garden bar complex opens on Walking Street
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Pattaya has yet another entertainment venue, the Covent
Garden Bar and Complex at Walking Street Soi 16, which opened with a great
fanfare on November 18.
Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn cuts the ribbon in the presence of Covent Garden Bar and
Complex management.
Costing 20 million baht and covering more than one rai of
land, Covent Garden is the latest venture by Magnacarta Development.
Conducting the grand opening ceremony was Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn, with Covent Garden directors Vassana Saengkaew and Chachvaal
Wimoktayon, advisor to the minister of defense, on hand to welcome him.
The new complex features at least 15 beer bars and 15 go-go bars, and more
than 100 employees formed part of the colorful opening ceremony which included
mechanical bull riding and a parade.
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