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Siam Makro execs hand out scholarships, school supplies
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Ten bright but underprivileged students at Pattaya School #7 have
won scholarships and school supplies from Siam Makro Public Co. Ltd.
 Saksit
Panurach (left), area manager for Siam Makro Public Co. Ltd., presents
scholarships worth 10,000 baht for 10 students at Pattaya School #7 to Manas
Kongwattana, school principal.
Siam Makro area manager Saksit Panurach and Pattaya store manager John
Pothecary handed out the financial aid Dec. 8 to poor students with
excellent grades.
Each were given 1,000 baht scholarships and a set of class supplies as part
of Makro’s policy to help the Pattaya community and do good things for the
society on the occasion of the opening of its new branch in Pattaya Dec. 16.
Makro’s board of directors and Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome also cooked a
special dish with ingredients produced by Makro for 250 students at the
school. The children loved the macaroni with sausage made by their
benefactor.
Makro is a wholesale superstore which sells a variety of products to
business operators at low prices.
John Pothecary (left), Pattaya
Makro store general manager,
hands out classroom supplies to the students.
Students anxiously watch as
the giant pot of macaroni and sausages is cooked.
Makro’s board of directors and
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome cook a special dish with ingredients produced by
Makro.
Siam Makro Public Co. Ltd.
management and staff pose with students after granting scholarships to the
excellent students at Pattaya School #7.
Visiting artists stop by Asian U
Susan Joyce
As a continuation of the program of visiting artists, on
December 4, the students and staff at Asian University were delighted to
welcome two special, and very different, artists.
 Dr
Sumet addresses the students.
In the morning Dr. Sumet Jumsai, one of Thailand’s most famous
architects, talked about his work, his philosophies, and many other
subjects. He is best known here for the Nation Building and the Robot
Building, both in Bangkok. But he has also been responsible for many
other post-modern designs for buildings in Thailand and elsewhere.
Dr. Sumet offered the analogy of an architect as a conductor of an
orchestra. The conductor needs to know what each member can do, and then
he needs to bring everyone together, at the right time, and doing the
right thing. It’s like project management.
Having ranged through Plato, Abraham, the five Buddhist precepts, the
Ten Commandments and many other topics, he explained that he believes
that teachers should make their students love their subjects, which will
encourage students to want to learn more throughout their lives.
 Korkaew
(left) with students Pat, Som and Boss.
He also spoke about ways to deal with rising sea levels (and sinking
land) in Bangkok. People have the choice to fight nature, like the Dutch
have done very successfully, by building a barrier across the Gulf of
Thailand. However there are major maintenance issues associated with
this idea. The other choice is to go with nature, and establish floating
villages. Dr. Sumet showed pictures of old Bangkok when many people
lived in boats on the waterways; maybe they knew something?
 Korkaew
self portrait using lomography.
In the afternoon, Korkaew Korwatana described her work as a lomographer.
She explained that she has been exploring the world of lomography and
plastic toy cameras for four years. The cameras often produce unexpected
results, maybe the light leaked in, or the film was old and produced
strange colors, or some other happy accident. Strictly analogue, this
branch of creative and experimental photography is increasing in
popularity.
Korkaew spoke to the students and staff with enthusiasm for her subject
and showed many examples of her work. The multi-media students were
particularly interested and took the opportunity to ask questions from
Korkaew.
Building family relationships on
Fathers Day at Daruna Child Center
Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip Mayor Narong Bunbancherdsri took advantage of the
Father’s Day holiday to reinforce the message about the importance of
family at a youth activity at the Sri Daruna Young Children’s
Development Center.
 Sattahip
Mayor Narong Bunbancherdsri reinforces the importance of family values
at a Fathers Day activity at the Sri Daruna Young Children’s Development
Center.
Narong headed up the center’s National Father’s Day Festival where
children, parents and government and welfare officials joined to build
family warmth, love, and share their impressions of their father’s
kindness.
He said he hopes children will have the opportunity to express their
gratitude to their fathers or benefactors for taking care of them and
raising them. Getting children to talk about their feelings, he added,
is important for their development and increases unity and understanding
among family members.
Narong likened fathers to a child’s first teacher. They help mold them
into good adults. He likewise urged fathers in attendance to be good to
their children and help them to become citizens worthy of HM the King.
Hotel groups bake up 2 m cake for HM the King’s birthday
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome,
Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and others help decorate the cake
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Three area hotel associations ensured HM the King’s recent
birthday was a sweet occasion for the underprivileged by baking up a
four-tier, two-meter wide cake.
 Father
Lawrence Patin thanks the honored guests for such a nice treat.
The Dec. 4 charity event for underprivileged families brought the
Eastern Food & Beverage Managers Association, Chef’s Association of
Pattaya and the East Coast, and the Executive Housekeeper Association of
Thailand Eastern Seaboard Chapter, to Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational
School Dec. 4, along with Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and hotel
employees.
Somsak Phuengmaung, head of the chef’s association said the groups
gathered to do a good deed in honor of HM the King’s Dec. 5 birthday.
The entire cake was donated to needy families and groups.
The giant cake, in fact, was comprised of numerous smaller confections
cooked up by different hotels. When combined, they measured two meters
wide and 3.5 meters high. There were four tiers and the cake was covered
with a nine-tiered umbrella resembling royalty. The grand desert was
eventually cut into 2,475 pieces which were given out to the community.
This huge cake was baked
to honor His Majesty the King’s 82nd birthday.
Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational School hands out 71 diplomas
Happiness for 71
Redemptorist Vocational School students
who received diplomas.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Scores of students from Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational School
are ready to join the workforce after their festive graduation ceremony
Dec. 4.
Fr Lawrence Patin, president of the Father Ray Foundation, handed out
diplomas to 71 graduates as friends, family and local businesspeople
looked on.
Patin said the day will be memorable for both students, for achieving
their goals with hard work, and for the school, as the graduates honored
the spirit of founder Father Raymond Brennan.
Graduates came from five disciplines this year: information technology,
electronics, business management, technological drawing and education.
During their time at Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational School students not
only developed occupational skills, but those that will serve them well
in society, including participating in community activities. They also
were grounded in discipline and moral principles.
Many of the students are out in the workplace already. Five are working
at Banglamung Hospital, two in the computer systems office and three in
the office. A hospital representative who attended said all are good
workers.
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