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Rotary Club Taksin Pattaya enjoys fine dinner at Casa Pascal
Elfi Seitz
Rotary Club Taksin Pattaya fully booked Casa Pascal for their gala dinner
evening, ensuring that the event had a real atmosphere of Rotary friendship.
 Stephan
Heyert (right) presents an honorary certificate to Kim and Pascal Schnyder.
Pascal and Kim Schnyder prepared a wonderful menu, and because of the
special discount for Rotary and because of their donations at the last club
fellowship party, both received an honorary certificate handed over by
former club president Stephan Heyert.
Ursula Rothstein, owner of Ursula’s Antiques, also received an honorary
certificate for her generous donations to the Rotary Club.
Paintings from Franz Lochbrunner and Martin van Bree were available for
purchase during the evening, and a bottle of Chivas Regal was raffled off,
with Florence Pellegrin the lucky winner.
Exciting young Thai artist
is exhibited at Liam’s Gallery
Peter Nordhues
Pattaya’s art scene is on a roll. The day the Abstract Distractions exhibition
came to an end, lovers of the fine arts attended the opening of Gallery Opium’s
Conflicting Spirits, a display of works by Thai artist Warawoot Intorn.
 Warawoot
stands by one of his masterpieces. Art collectors have the opportunity to eye or
buy Warawoot’s art works until March 10.
“I’m fortunate in presenting to you this young artist whose work differs so
greatly from traditional Thai painting,” said Liam, introducing the 25-year-old
artist. “Warawoot Intorn has found his own style. I’m sure it will open him many
doors to a bright future.”
Tawatchai Somkong, chief editor of Thailand’s leading Fine Art magazine, added:
“Over the past years, Pattaya has developed its own independent art scene.
Liam’s Gallery has helped enormously to promote it. We have observed this
enrichment with interest and are proud to publicize it in our magazine.”
Warawoot said he managed to disengage from his inner antagonism and bad spirits
by capturing them on canvas. These expressions can be perceived when one looks
at his paintings.
The artist also gave a live sample of his proficiency, putting achromatic colors
with quick and strong strokes to the large-scale paper. Beholding Warawoot’s art
works, it is not always easy to penetrate his mind. The observer needs to take
some time and absorb the paintings.
Warawoot studied at the arts faculty of the Technologic Institute in Ladkrabang.
This is his first exposition in Pattaya. Prior to it, he displayed his work in
Nakorn Pathom, Bangkok and Phitsanaloke. In 2004 and 2005, his works could be
seen at a joint exhibition with other Thai artists in Spain.
Art collectors have the opportunity to eye or buy Warawoot’s art works until
March 10. Liam’s Gallery, 352/107 Soi 4 Pratamnak Road, phone 038 251 808,
www.liamsgallery.com
Pattaya Gay Festival raises 875,000 baht
This year’s Pattaya Gay
Festival is off to a good start.
Boyztown at Pattayaland Soi Three was packed on February
21 for the inaugural fund raising event of 2007 on behalf of the AIDS
charity Heartt 2000. The street party, called Viva Las Divas, raised just
under 900,000 baht with some huge donations from well wishers and sponsors.
Prizes donated included a free holiday for two in Phuket by Massic Travel
and Absolute Travel, a week at View Talay Villas, diamond and gold rings
from Honest Gems and valuable items donated by Exotiq Furniture.
Participating bars also donated part of the proceeds from food and drink
sales.
The sparkling street cabaret included Toi of Cafe Royale, Maisie Trollette,
the Throb and Boyz show bars, the Dolly Sisters, Lady Lee, J.J. of Jomtien,
Jordan Rivers and Madame Jim. The new PGF committee chairman, Richard Burk,
said the year’s fundraising was off to a good start.
Phyathai Hospital’s Infertility Center celebrates three years of success
Dr. Suchada Monkolchaipak (3rd
left), director of the Infertility Center at Phyathai Sriracha Hospital,
presents a photographic impression to the Chan-Um family as other
dignitaries look on.
Narisa Nitikarn
An exhibition to mark the third anniversary of Phyathai Hospital’s
Infertility Center was staged over the period February 14 to 28.
Deputy Governor of Chonburi Monthien Thongnit performed the official
opening, with the hospital’s executive director Dr Thanakom Manthananon and
director of the Infertility Center Dr Suchada Monkolchaipak welcoming the
guests.
Former Chonburi Zone 3 member of parliament Wittaya Khunplome and Sriracha
district chief Thanit Noipeng were among those attending, as were the
Chan-Um family, who have successfully used the Infertility Center service.
Dr Suchada said the center had opened on February 14, 2004, and was designed
to provide a service for couples who have been trying without success to
conceive a child.
Amongst the services are thorough examinations for male and female parties,
and treatment for infertility using advanced technology. The center is the
first and, to date, the only such facility in the Eastern region.
During its three years of existence, the center has provided a service to
6,000 infertile couples, and achieved a 47 percent success rate, said Dr
Suchada, higher than average for the entire country. However, only 5-10
percent of the 6,000 cases had successful births after IVF, while other
cases were diagnosed with problems.
For most of the cases where the man was found to be infertile, 40 percent of
the problems were from low sperm counts. There were several reasons in the
case of the women, including advanced age, non-ovulation, blockage of the
oviduct, endometriosis in the pelvis, and tumors. Together, these factors
added up to 40 percent of the cases. Ten percent of the cases in women could
not be diagnosed.
Amongst the most common forms of treatment are in-vitro fertilization (test
tube baby), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and artificial
insemination.
Dr Suchada explained how women thought to be past the age where they could
conceive are still able to become pregnant. One woman of 43 recently became
pregnant using her own eggs, and now has a healthy five-month old baby.
Another woman of 50 used donated eggs and gave birth about three months ago.
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