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The Balcony opens second branch
Rachen Klaunklard makes an offering to a monk
during the religious ceremonies.
Narisa Nitikarn
The long established and very popular Balcony has now opened its second
branch, the Balcony Terrace, located in the Windmill Hotel Plaza on the
Pattaya-Naklua Road.
The formal opening took place at 9:09 a.m. on October 26, with Sopin
Thappajug, chairman of the associate judges at the Chonburi Juvenile and
Family Court as guest of honor cutting the ribbon, along with chairman of
the Balcony Group Rachen Klaunklard, general manager Sarawut Pongput, and
branch manager Panom Hokkratok.
Sopin Thappajug performs the
auspicious ribbon cutting ceremony assisted by Rachen Klaunklard, Sarawut
Pongput and Panom Hokkratok.
Located on Soi 4 in North Pattaya, the original Balcony Restaurant and
Bakery has been open for 14 years and is an established favorite amongst
local residents as well as with tourists. Rachen said the new restaurant
follows a similar concept in food styles and fast service.
Two million baht has been spent on the modern Thai décor of the new
premises, and Rachen said the location, in the same zone as the first
outlet, was chosen because this is a very large market for this particular
concept.
A Buddhist ceremony was held in the morning of the opening, with nine monks
from Chonglom Temple participating. At the auspicious time of 9:09 a.m. the
ribbon was cut and the shop declared open.
Donations from guests who attended the ceremony will be presented to the
Chonburi Juvenile and Family Court under the Family Clinic Project. Pattaya
Mail Publishing Co Ltd led by managing director Pratheep Malhotra
participated in the fund raising event.
The restaurant is open from 9 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day. For the Balcony
Terrace, tel 0 3837 1544, and the Balcony Restaurant and Bakery tel 0 3841
1429.
(L to R). Suwanthep Malhotra,
executive director – sales & marketing of Pattaya Mail Publishing Co., Ltd.;
Rungratree Thongsai, information expert for Pattaya City; Yatipong Intharat,
chief of city planning for Pattaya City; Visa Chimdee, MD of Pattaya Today,
Sopin Thappajug, chairman of the associate judges at the Chonburi Juvenile
and Family Court; Rachen Klaunklard, chairman of The Balcony Group; Chumpol
Srisuk, branch manager Pattaya Branch of TMB Bank Public Company Limited;
Songkiet Aubatump, branch manager Royal Garden Branch of TMB Bank Public
Company Limited; and Pratheep Malhotra, managing director of Pattaya Mail
Publishing Co., Ltd. Help celebrate the opening of the new Balcony Terrace.
Help for Chantaburi
The Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya (RCOTP) was informed by
Charter President Peter Thorand about the problems in Chantaburi following the
severe flooding that recently took place, and has resulted in extensive damage
and hardship within the local community. At the club’s regular meeting on
Thursday 12th the majority of members upon learning of this immediately
contributed to a relief fund.
Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya
donated money to sister club Rotary Club Chantanimit to assist in flood recovery
in Chantaburi.
An impressive 23,000 baht was raised from the members, and
the club decided to also donate out of its funds which took the total donation
to 40,000 baht.
Following the meeting, on Monday October 16, Treasurer Bob Denzel and Rotarian
Hans Schaad traveled down to Chantaburi with a cheque for sister club Rotary
Club Chantanimit, to hand out funds where best needed. Rotarian Hans Schaad also
had a cheque for 15,000 baht from RC Marina, which he duly handed over as well.
On the following day they were shown some of the very badly damaged houses.
Especially the wooden structures are of concern, as serious damage will take 4/6
days to appear. Accompanying them was a member of the city council.
PCEC meeting takes a different and original turn
Thor Halland addresses the
PCEC.
The Sunday October 29 meeting of the Pattaya City Expats
Club (PCEC) at Henry J. Bean’s included a speaker with whom regular
attendees will be very familiar. Thor Halland has regularly provided
informative talks on the history of Thailand but this week things took a
different and original turn.
Thor’s talk was entitled ‘You Too Can Be Caesar’ and was based upon the game
show ‘Time Commanders’ which has appeared on both the History Channel and
the UK’s Channel Four.
Not only did Thor provide a very interesting history lesson but his
interactive presentation using computer generated images brought the Battle
of the River Trebbia back to life. This was an ancient conflict fought
between the Roman and Carthaginian, led by Hannibal, forces in 321 BC.
Furthermore, it provided an opportunity to step into the shoes of a general
on the battlefield and, possibly, rewrite history by changing the final
outcome of the battle!
Regular attendee Andy Harwood stepped up and manipulated the Carthaginian
troops, which unfortunately resulted in a devastating defeat for his side!
However, the computer generated images provided a realistic and exciting
insight as to how the battle must have been fought.
Thor then provided some very interesting facts regarding how battles during
this era would have been fought and how elephants were often used with great
effect.
The PCEC was pleased to welcome the owner of PS Plaza, Pongsak. PS Plaza,
located in Central Pattaya, contains Tops Supermarket. Pongsak wishes to
renovate the second floor and asked for suggestions as to the shops or
facilities which could be made available. Numerous suggestions were put
forward.
Further information was provided regarding club excursions. Max Rommel,
co-chairman and treasurer, announced that the final itinerary of the PCEC
organised 3 day excursion to Kanchanaburi, taking place on November 21-23
would be announced next week.
MC Gary Brown announced that the procedures which would enable US citizens
to register to vote in the forthcoming elections in that country were now
available.
The regular Open Forum was then underway and this proved to be the usual
lively and entertaining session.
For more information regarding not only PCEC Sunday meetings but also the
varied mid week activities, please see the Community Happenings section of
Pattaya Mail or, for more details, visit the club’s website at
pattayacityexpatsclub.com.
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