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Swimming for a cause

Mercure stages fire drill and rescues 10 ‘trapped’ victims

Don’t forget the PILC Holiday Bazaar Saturday 7th October at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort

Dive, Dive, Dive

Foam fun promised at Maya Channel’s Jomtien Beach party

Charity Club of Pattaya visits school building project

Swimming for a cause

All physically fit swimmers and bighearted sponsors are invited to join the 3rd Cross Bay Charity Swim on Sunday, 22 October 2006. On its third year, the charity swim organized by the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya and Dusit Resort, Pattaya, will see people go for a dip into Pattaya Bay’s waters to raise money for charity.

Last year’s swimmers with a child from the Barn Jing Jai Orphanage.

The 3.5-kilometer swim starts at 1 p.m. from Sea Rescue, near Bali Hai Lighthouse and ends at Dusit Resort, Pattaya’s Chaba Beach where sponsors, spectators and the children of the Barn Jing Jai Orphanage are waiting to cheer for the swimmers. Swimmers are requested to send in application before 14 October 2006.
Local businesses and individual donors supported the event last year and raised 165,250 baht for the children of the Barn Jing Jai Orphanage in Nongprue, Banglamung. It is hoped that this charity event will attract more sponsors, participants and spectators this year to raise more funds for the orphanage.
For swimmer application, sponsorship and other enquiries about the charity swim, please call Graham Hunt Crowley at 08 1340 8852.

Mercure stages fire drill and rescues 10 ‘trapped’ victims

Mercure Accor Hotel staff shout, “We have completed our training!”

Narisa Nitikarn
The Mercure Accor Hotel held its first fire drill on September 12, mobilizing all departments within the hotel and calling in outside rescue and relief services as part of the exercise.
General Manager Erwann Mahe said this was the first fire drill held by the hotel since it opened on July 5 last year, and that from now on this will be a bi-annual exercise.
Rescue and relief services including Sawang Boriboon Foundation, Banglamung Hospital and the Labour Protection Office Chonburi participated, with speakers attending to impart theoretical and practical knowledge to hotel employees.
The drill simulated a fire on the 7th floor in room 705 of the eight-story hotel. Ten customers and hotel staff were “trapped”. Staff members carried out their drills as they had been trained in advance and fire fighters brought in a basket ladder to rescue the 10. A fire drill caused by a gas leak was also practiced which emphasized the drilling of kitchen staff who were taught how to stop the leak.
Mahe said that in addition to ensuring staff were fully trained in the event of an emergency, the drill was held to create good relationships between the relevant responsible departments such as the police, rescue services and hospitals.
The hotel security has three teams that operate on a shift basis who will direct guests along the escape routes. The hotel has a fire escape at both ends of the building.

Don’t forget the PILC Holiday Bazaar Saturday 7th October at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort

Last year, PILC raised over 460,000 baht from the Bazaar, and this year they want to raise even more to continue charity projects as well as start new ones.
The programme for the day is as follows:
9:30am. Opening Ceremony
10:00am. Bazaar Open To The Public
2:00pm. Last Chance To Buy Raffle Tickets
2:30pm. Children’s Contest Prizes
2:45pm. Vendors’ Lucky Dip
3:00pm. Volunteers’ Lucky Dip
3:15pm. Raffle Draw
This event is sponsored by Transpo International, Volclay Siam and Foster Wheeler.
PILC recognises the support of their sponsors and would like to thank all individuals and organizations who have generously donated to this years’ event.
Top prizes are:
1. A stay at Chaophya Park Hotel, Bangkok
2. A stay at Anantara Resort and Spa, Chiang Mai
3. A stay at Pimalia Resort and Spa, Krabi
4. A stay at Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok
5. A Cruise from Gulf Charters Thailand
Other fabulous raffle and lucky dip prizes include: Dusit Resort Pattaya Beach Sports Club membership; Chinese ladder chair from Kalae Art & Decor; diving package from Aquanauts Dive Center.
Hotels more your style? There are overnight stays at Woodlands Hotel and Resort-Pattaya; Sheraton Pattaya Resort; Rabbit Resort, Pattaya; Birds and Bees Resort; Lakeside Lodge; Ocean Marina Yacht Club; Pattaya Marriot Resort and Spa.
Perhaps it’s dining out that tickles your fancy: dinner or dining gift vouchers at Art Cafe; Au Bon Coin; Bruno’s Restaurant and Wine Bar; The Bay Restaurant, Dusit Resort Pattaya Beach; Casa Pascal; Hard Rock Starz Diner; Henry J. Beans; Indian by Nature; Mike’s Tex-Mex Restaurant; Carlo’s Secret Garden; Pan Pan; The Captain’s Corner; Mantra Restaurant and Bar; Deli Bean Cafe; Cafe New Orleans; The Balcony Restaurant.
Need refreshing? Beauty treatments at Estee Beauty Salon; Salon J. Simon; Ben’s Beauty Salon; @ Face; The Beauty House.
There will be gift vouchers from Central Gems; Foodland; Top Shop Tailor; memberships and subscriptions for Pattaya Blatt, Pattaya Mail; Pattaya Sports Club; gift items from Lotus Crystal; Pattaya Boat Show Emporium Gallery; Asian Moon; Bookazine, Fountain of Life, Jim Thompson, Thai Bijoux and more!
Raffle tickets will be available on the day of the bazaar, so everyone has a chance of winning one of these great prizes as well as donating to charity. If you are interested in buying raffle tickets before the event, please contact Judy Clausen on 081 650 6630.
But, the PILC ladies do not stop there! The Special Events Committee is hard at work organizing the next major fundraising event, the 2006 Charity Gala Ball. This year the theme is “Around the World” and the ball takes place 25 November at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort in the Siam Ballroom.
Tickets are available at 1950 baht for a delicious 4 course dinner with wine, and dancing to a live band until late. For more information please contact Rosanne Diamente 081 865 0714.

Dive, Dive, Dive

Members of the Pattaya City Expats Club on 9/24/2006 were given a glimpse into the world of underwater diving by Freddy Kruyt, a Dutchman. He learned to dive in Holland where the water is fit for only penguins. He must have been very bored to take up that sport there.
He spent the early years of his life driving chemical tankers all over Europe but when he was 29 years old he decided on a career change and the sea called him. Shortly thereafter he found Thailand and began working in dive shops here. Being an entrepreneur he opened his own dive shop and has been here ever since, working seven days a week.
He is an expert in technical diving, which means using various gases such as a mixture of helium and oxygen. This is the most dangerous kind of casual diving there is and allows few mistakes without deadly consequences. One of the benefits of this kind of diving is that your regulator emits no noise or bubbles and the fish are not afraid and let you come very close. One time, a not very large fish he was trying to pet bit his finger leaving a very nasty scar. Turtles can also be a bit dangerous in the right/wrong situation.
There is a lake in Thailand (a secret place) where a temple is under a few feet of water. Originally made of wood and stone, the wood is all rotted away but some bricks remain. He promised us that he took off his fins before he entered.
Next Week: A medical doctor will teach us how to remain healthy in Thailand.

Foam fun promised at Maya Channel’s Jomtien Beach party

Maya Channel entertainment magazine is hosting a party on Jomtien Beach tomorrow, Saturday the 30th, featuring on-stage music, a fashion show and, so we are promised, foam fun.

Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Tomorrow, Saturday the 30th, sees a party on Jomtien Beach hosted by the Maya Channel entertainment magazine and featuring on-stage music, a fashion show and, so we are promised, foam fun.
The announcement was made on September 18 at Pattaya City Hall, where Deputy Major Ronakit Ekasingh and assembled city councilors attended a presentation for the party that is part of Maya Channel’s 5th anniversary celebrations and which is aimed at attracting a crowd of young people.
Amongst the on-stage attractions will be well-known singers Girly Berry and Buddha Bless, there will be booths with items for sale, a beach volleyball competition in the evening, and an appearance by actor/singer Mai Sukhontawa.
The party will be held at the multipurpose sports field at Jomtien Beach from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Charity Club of Pattaya visits school building project

The Charity Club of Pattaya took time out to visit the new classroom at the Wat Wang Wa School Klang South of Rayong. They were surprised to see that the classroom was almost finished and will be ready to use at the beginning of October.

The new classroom at the Wat Wang Wa School Klang South of Rayong is nearly finished.

The Classroom will house many of the children in this very rural area of Rayong. The children at the moment are being taught in the open air, so the classroom will make a huge difference. When finished the Charity Club just need to furnish it.
The building will cost around 300,000 baht and the Charity Club is raising the funds with help from Jameson’s Irish Pub, Witherspoon’s, Oliver Twist’s, Shenanigan’s, Kilkenny’s, The Queen Victoria Inn plus private donations from Duane Pebworth of Gusswein Bangkok, Tony Shuttleworth and another kind hearted gent who wishes to remain anonymous.
The Charity Club of Pattaya’s remaining fund raising pub nights for this project are: Shenanigans on Saturday October 14, Kilkenny’s on Friday October 27, and Queen Victoria Inn on Saturday November 11.
Anyone wishing to donate a cash donation can contact the Charity Club of Pattaya at charityclubofpattaya@ yahoo.com, Malcolm 08 9744 1040, Christina 0895454185, or any of the participating bars.

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