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Asian U students are facilitators for AAPP delegates
For the last week twenty-four Asian U students have been
helping the visiting foreign delegates attending the Association of Asian
Parliaments for Peace meetings at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya.
 The
Kuwaiti visitors with Student Affairs assistant Poon (Chotika Kaewkaemket).
This was the Sixth General Assembly of AAPP, and was held
from November 19-24. Fifty-nine countries were represented and the delegates
included many senior parliamentary ministers, members from Asia and from
some observer countries.
 The
Iranian delegates with business student X (Supakorn Makhajornsub).
All lectures and classes at Asian U are in English and
the students were able to utilise their English language skills to assist
the visiting dignitaries. The students were assigned to the visiting
delegates to help them with any language problems, and to guide the visitors
during their time at the PEACH.
For the students it was an opportunity to mingle with, and get to know,
some very senior people from other countries, and to share their
experiences. Judging by the smiles, it was good for international relations.
The
Bangladeshi representatives with business student Pu (Sirilak
Siripreechapong).
Four of
the Asian U students waiting to assist their delegates (from left to right):
Liberal Arts student Axe (Ekkachai Sripornlaruan), Business student Aon
(Nutchapol Ngiamphaison), Business student Poppy (Dontree Gosaiyakanont),
and Business student May (Mantana Singthonghorm).
Everything is OK now the Smart Gang is here
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Smart was the word as over 20 members of the OK Smart
Gang, an organization set up by the Capital OK Company, set out for
Chonburi on November 12, bound for Mabprachan School where a host of fun
activities was planned for the day.
 Ming-Chalisa
Bunkrongsrap shows the students how to plant vegetables with the amazing
stone.
A convoy of cars led by Capital OK managing director,
Jamikorn Burananon, set out from the Shinawatra III Building in Bangkok,
with company personnel and a number of celebrities including Chalisa
Bunkrongsrap, Miang-Atima Thanasaeneewat and Ball-Atsanai Thianthong.
This was the first social outing for the OK Smart Gang,
and they took with them gifts for the school, including sports equipment,
learning materials, a bag of rice, and some potted plants.
Eagerly awaiting the Gang were the students of primary
class 1-6 at Mabprachan School, a school that has only three teachers for
its 85 pupils. The celebs joined in many activities with the children
including some fun games and a demonstration of potting plants. After
leaving the school the Gang went on to the Home for the Elderly in Ban
Banglamung to make further donations.
 Miang-Atima
Thanasaeneewat advises the students on vegetable planting with the amazing
stone.
OK Smart Gang is an initiative set up by the company to enable staff to
take part in activities that help the community in general. It started off
small but is growing. Capital OK is a joint venture of Shin Corporation of
Thailand and the DBS group, offering personal financial services. The
company’s brand image emphasizes that everybody should be OK in their
lives. The Gang is planning a trip to Ayutthaya on December 2-3, and Nakhon
Pathom on December 16-17.
Ball-Atsanai
Thianthong played table tennis with the students.
Regent’s International Exchange Programme welcomes new friends from Oz
Paul Crouch
The first academic term of 2005 – 2006 has seen the
Regent’s International Exchange Programme busy welcoming new friends from
Australia. In total ten exchange students have studied at The Regent’s
this term, from three different schools in Australia. These schools include
two Round Square schools: Mowbray College in Melbourne and Trinity Anglican
School in Cairns. The other students have come from the Ballarat and
Clarendon School, near Melbourne. The students have stayed for various
lengths of time ranging from 2 weeks to 2 months, and have been placed in
Years 9, 10 and 11.
Lauren,
Samantha, Mia and Cassie at home in the Regent’s uniform.
It has been an excellent experience for both the
visiting students and the Regent’s students, as numerous friendships and
international links have been made. The Australian students have been
fortunate to participate in the Regent’s annual Loy Krathong
celebrations, house matches at lunchtimes, outdoor education trips to Koh
Chang and day visits to Nong Nooch, the markets and elephant riding. It has
also been great to see the friendships that are quickly made and the
hospitality of a number of Regent’s students home hosting the exchange
students at the weekends in Pattaya and Bangkok. At least four Regent’s
students in Year 9 will be visiting Mowbray College in February for 6
weeks, accepting the return invitation to go on exchange in Oz.
 Minki
makes new friends with the boys from Ballarat and hopes to visit them in Oz
sometime soon.
The Regent’s Exchange Programme would not be the success it is without
the hospitality of the boarding house and its staff, the outdoor education
department and the many teachers that incorporate the visiting students
into their busy lessons. Thank you.
Cambridge brilliance in Thailand Awards
James Barrett
Deputy Headteacher of the Secondary School
St Andrews International School
There was much excitement at St Andrews School, Rayong,
when we learned that in our very first year of IGCSE examinations, one of
our students had achieved the top mark in the whole of Thailand for
Combined Science. In October Leo Pahl attended the ‘Cambridge Brilliance
in Thailand Awards’ ceremony in Bangkok, along with his family, the Head
of School Mr. Harrison and his Science teacher, Mr. Nick Frost.
 Leo
Pahl (center) achieved the top mark in the whole of Thailand for Combined
Science at the IGCSE examinations.
Cambridge introduced these awards in 2004 in order to
recognize and celebrate the work of the brightest students in each IGCSE
examination. Leo’s fantastic achievement did not come without sacrifice
as he and his fellow Year 11 students gave up numerous Saturday mornings
leading up to their examinations to ensure this challenging course was
thoroughly revised.
We would like to congratulate both Leo and all the other brilliant
students who joined him on his special day at the ‘Cambridge Brilliance
in Thailand Awards’ for their distinguished effort.
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