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Famous Australian artist donates painting
to PILC charity
Robert Hagan, a well known Australian artist, who also
has his own popular television programme called A Splash of Colour, has
donated a fine impressionist painting to the Pattaya International Ladies
Club (PILC).
 Cindy
and Rosanne are thrilled by the beautiful gift presented by Robert Hagan.
Robert was born in New South Wales, Australia (1947) and has studios in
England, USA, Australia and Pattaya. An impressionist painter, he likes to
paint subjects like landscapes, seascapes, western, portraits and figures.
His work is internationally recognized and collected. In addition to
painting, he has written several books and produced DVD’s about how to
paint.
The painting he has donated is an original piece and was handed over to PILC
President Rosanne Diamente on Wednesday August 30 at Shagwell Mansions,
Pattaya.
Rosanne thanked Robert, and said she was absolutely delighted that Robert
had given the painting to PILC. This fine piece of artwork will be auctioned
at the PILC 20th Anniversary Gala Ball to be held at the Royal Cliff Hotel
on 17th November 2007 and it is hoped will raise a lot of money for charity.
For more information about Robert Hagan and his work visit
www.Roberthagan.net
For more information about the 20th Anniversary Gala Ball please contact
Cindy Logue, PILC Special Events Chairperson, Cindylogue@ hotmail.com or
086-0397811.
Thor Halland speaks
on the history of Thailand
The Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) meeting on Sunday August
26th at Henry J. Bean’s included a speaker with whom regular attendees will be
very familiar. The PCEC welcomed back Thor Halland who has regularly provided
informative talks on the history of Thailand.
 The
PCEC bids farewell to Gary Brown.
But before Thor started his talk, this week’s MC Roger Fox announced that Gary
Brown will be moving permanently to Florida. On behalf of the PCEC, Roger
acknowledged his contribution to the club and helping it to thrive not only in
the position of regular MC but also his very welcome help for Pattaya’s children
through his annual Christmas Toys project. Gary will be missed.
The proceedings then continued with Thor’s History of Thailand lectures, this
week covering the 20th century. This provided a fascinating insight into modern
Thai history and the significant events to which the attendees could relate.
Board member Michel de Goumois then announced that the next club dinner would
take place at the Balcony Restaurant on Thursday 6th September. A special menu
had been arranged and everyone was invited to attend.
Chairman Richard Smith then made a number of announcements. Firstly, the much
anticipated first aid course was coming to fruition but a date had yet to be
confirmed. The course will be of one day in duration and there will be no charge
to attend. He also announced that the Computer Group would be holding its
monthly meeting at the Markland Hotel at 1 pm on September 3rd.
A further announcement made by Richard concerned the Volunteer English Language
Conversation Groups. Tuesday 28th August was a special day for both Conversation
Groups. Firstly, there was a special presentation of Completion Certificates for
the attendees of the Sattahip Naval Base group. Later on the same day, there was
a completion party and certificate presentation for the PCEC volunteers and
attendees at the Mike Shopping Mall classes.
Next Richard reported on the Cultural Show, highlighting the five regions of
Thailand which had been held at Bali Hai from 23rd to 25th August. The PCEC had
participated in the event and Richard thanked all those who had worked hard,
representing the club.
Club regular Hawaii Bob invited any budding golfers to help him form a Golfing
Group. Bob stated that the actual golfing would not be taken seriously and that
the emphasis would be on fun.
For those wanting to acquire a Thai Driving License, Hans Stroosnyder organized
a trip to the license centre on Wednesday 5th September.
A regular feature of the Sunday morning meeting is Richard Silverberg’s ‘Web
Site of the Week’. This Sunday Richard came up with another excellent site, that
of bangkokbob. This provides a vast amount of information regarding all aspects
of Bangkok and would be useful by both newcomers and residents. The URL is
www.bangkokbob.net.
Larry King again stepped into the breach to mediate the Open Forum which as
always 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.
Bruno’s dinner raises 365,000 baht
PGF stalwart Jim Lumsden displays one
of the fabulous raffle prizes from Honest Gems.
There were 80 guests at Bruno’s restaurant on Sunday
August 26 for the Pattaya Gay Festival sponsored dinner, which raised
365,000 baht for Heartt2000, the AIDS foundation that provides drugs
treatment in Chonburi province.
There was a very generous donation of 150,000 baht from Bruno Pingel,
managing director of Siam Best Enterprises, and some fabulous raffle prizes
from Honest Gems and Black Star Jewellers.
Host for the evening was PGF stalwart Jim Lumsden.
Goodbye Jerge Borge
We lost another PH3 friend, Jerge Borge, also named
“Bitch Dog”, on Saturday 24 August. Our condolences to his family and
friends.
The PH3 mismanagement
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