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Happy Birthday
HRH Princess Ubolratana
Pattaya Mail humbly joins the
Kingdom of Thailand in wishing Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana a most
happy birthday on April 5.
Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana was born on April
5, 1951, in Lausanne Switzerland. She is the eldest daughter of HM the King
and Queen. HRH Princess Ubolratana has shown a very keen interest in the way
Thailand is being promoted.
Liam’s Gallery welcomes Irish surgeons
When Liam O’Keefe heard that a
group of his countrymen, members of the Irish College of Surgeons, were visiting
Pattaya, he invited them to visit Liam’s Gallery.
Avowed art collector, Liam O’Keefe has recently opened his
own eponymous gallery, in part to display his own extensive collection of art,
but also to provide a meeting place for Thai artists to come and share their
artistic experiences, and display their own paintings and sculptures.
When he heard that a group of his countrymen, members of the Irish College of
Surgeons, were visiting Pattaya on their way home from a surgeons conference in
Asia, he arranged for them to take some time off and visit Liam’s Gallery.
The reasons were two-fold. In part he wanted to offer hospitality to his
countrymen, but he also wanted to show that the “new” Pattaya is evolving to
include the arts, and that Thai art can be of a very high standard. Gone are the
days where endless copies of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers represent the pinnacle of
Thai artistic endeavor.
The Irish doctors and their wives left very impressed by the wide range of
artistic expression displayed in Liam’s Gallery, which even includes up to the
minute political satire.
Liam’s Gallery can be found in Soi 4 Pratamnak Road, leading down towards the
Asia Hotel and the Cabbages and Condoms resort.
Ten organizations collect 100,000 baht to donate as part of HM the King’s birthday celebrations
The 10 organizations collected
100,000 baht in honor of His Majesty the King.
Narisa Nitikarn
A number of organizations, including Amor Restaurant, View Talay Villas and
YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center presented to Banglamung Hospital a donation of
100,000 baht they had raised between them, the presentation ceremony taking
place on March 17 at Siamese Vision Media Co Ltd.
Part of the donation will go towards medical fees for a Saknok School student
who was injured in a car accident and requires an operation on his hip.
A fund-raising drive had begun on December 5 last year, in honor of His Majesty
the King’s birthday, with a total of 10 organizations gathering to collect the
funds.
The total of 100,000 baht is being divided into three parts. An amount of 60,000
baht will be distributed to Banglamung Hospital via the Princess
Theprattanaratchasuda Foundation. Another amount will be used to support Master
Thada Inthep, a 15-year-old primary school class 6 pupil at Ban Saknok School.
The boy was in a car accident when he was 12, and will need an operation on his
hip when he is 18 years old. The third amount part will be distributed to Master
Thada as a scholarship in the amount of 10,000 baht. YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center
will disburse this scholarship.
1st Pattaya Boat Show and Premier Living exhibition coming soon
IMPACT Exhibition Management Company Limited in cooperation
with Ocean Marina Yacht Club present, “The 1st Pattaya Boat Show & Premier
Living” which will be held April 29 – May 3, 2006, from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. at the
Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Pattaya.
This event is being organized with 3 main objectives: First, to promote the Gulf
of Thailand as a prime sailing and marine leisure destination; Second, to expand
boat construction and marine equipment businesses in Thailand; and Third, to
raise Thailand’s marine leisure industry into becoming the heart of South East
Asia (SEA).
Discover Thailand’s sailing and marine leisure: This exhibition features
sailing, marine, and premier living products, including boating equipment,
emergency equipment, water sports clothing & equipment, watch & jewelry, beauty
treatment, food & beverage, financial services, hotel room packages, insurance
service, and more.
For booth reservations or more information, please contact Project Department,
IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd., tel. 0-2504-5050 press 1, or visit the
websites www.oceanmarinayachtclub.com and www.impact.co.th/pattayaboatshow
Live the sweet life with the pampering you deserve
Elfi Seitz
It was my first visit to the Royal Garden Spa, and three charming ladies
received me in the beautiful foyer. Manager Pornvaree Vaughan and her two
receptionists, Thanaporn and Pennapa, made me feel immediately welcome and
comfortable, serving me a glass of delicious lemongrass tea which I sipped while
having my feet bathed and reading through the choice of treatments offered.
 Manager
Pornvaree Vaughan and her two receptionists, Thanaporn and Pennapa, made me feel
immediately welcome and comfortable.
I settled on a three-hour program called Enlivening Experience, comprising a
body peeling, oil massage, and a facial treatment. I chose the salts and herbs
for the body peel myself, there being six different kinds on offer. My slightly
dry skin, I felt, asked for the Javanese Lulur mixture, made up of licorice,
spices, sandalwood and powdered rice.
Prior to entering my treatment suite I chose my preferred oil for the massage,
opting for Harmony from the four kinds offered, as I loved the balanced
fragrance of bergamot, lavender, ylang ylang and mandarin.
My suite was like a dream, with an enormous shower cabin as well as a bathtub
filled with flowers. The high massage beds were an irresistible invitation to
rest.
I had a long and luxurious shower, and then Usana, designated to take care of me
for the coming three hours, applied the herbal peel to parts of my body and
rubbed it in gently. After almost an hour of this delightful procedure, I was to
take another shower and receive my oil massage. It is just marvelous to abandon
oneself to the tender hands of an experienced masseuse, to take in the faint
scent of the oil and do nothing but relish the experience.
Usana woke me after half an hour to turn me around: I couldn’t believe it, I had
fallen asleep, and that’s how soothing the massage was.
The facial afterwards, under the knowing hands of Usana, was wonderfully
relaxing and I left the suite after three hours feeling refreshed and energized
but relaxed and rested at the same time. With my still gleaming skin, I sat down
with Pornravee to talk a little more about her spa.
Pornravee said that Royal Garden Spa is operated by Mandara, the largest
independent spa operator in the region, and has received many awards. Originally
from Indonesia, but having expanded rapidly to Malaysia, the Maldives, Japan,
China and Thailand, they use only genuine Asian recipes for their oil blends.
On offer is a selection of single treatments of one to two hours, but going up
to multiple treatments that can last a half-day, and including packages for
couples.
The Royal Garden Spa invites you to a glorious treat, and one of its guiding
principles is “Welcome to Mandara Spa – because you deserve it”. And since we
all do, why not go and give it a try?
Bring this article along or refer to it while booking your treatment and receive
10 percent discount. Enjoy yourself!
A summer splash is organized at Central Festival
Central Festival’s Summer Splash
2006 campaign got underway with a clothes and swimsuit fashion show.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Central Festival’s Summer Splash 2006 campaign got underway on March 17,
with a grand opening headed by Mayor Niran Watthanasartsathorn and featuring a
fashion show, swimsuit parade and body painting.
Organized by Central Festival in cooperation with city hall and the TAT, the
campaign is running under the slogan “Central Plaza Summer: A Passage to Dubai”.
Prawit Chanyasitthikul, assistant general manager of marketing at Central
Pattana Co Ltd said that this is an annual program for the company, designed to
promote their shopping mall brand to tourists and residents. The campaign is
supported by a budget of 25 million baht, and is organized at another nine
branches throughout the country.
Central Festival is also working in cooperation with Kasikorn Thai Credit Card
and True Cooperation to offer customers in all Central Shopping Plaza branches a
package tour to Dubai.
Public invited
to sign anniversary book
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Pattaya City, in cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, has
prepared a book for people to sign in honor of the 60 year anniversary of His
Majesty the King’s ascension to the throne. The book is located on the 1st floor
at Pattaya City Hall. City administrators kindly invite all of the public,
including officers, businessmen, general public and tourists, to sign their
names from now until December 2006 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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