If you’d like to Sponsor an Orphan for the Sunday Pok้emon Brunch Party at the Thai Garden Resort, call Onno at 370 614-8. The buffet is only 199 baht per child including magic shows, games and prizes. The Thai Garden Resort would like to extend their thanks to all sponsors.

Blue Stone Kids, the newest adventure club in Pattaya for kids aged 7 to 13, happens every Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and features activities such as horse riding, golf, swimming, table tennis and lots of other fun and games. The monthly registration fee of 2,800 baht includes kids buffet. For more information call Loren on 01-864 3477 or just drop into the Thai Garden Resort.

The Royal Garden Resort Pattaya is holding a Night Market Buffet Dinner at the Garden Caf้. There is also a night market with Classical Thai Dancing at the Sala Rim Nam. Call 412 170 for information and bookings.

Orders are now being taken at Pat’s Pies for Xmas. Cooked turkeys, Xmas puddings, honey roast hams, and sweet mince pies. Full Christmas dinners delivered to your home. Also, book now for Xmas Dinner at Pat’s Supper Room. Get 4 courses & glass of port for 690 baht.

The Captain’s Corner Steak House has expanded. Now enjoy dinner by the pool or book your private party at the Captain’s Corner poolside for up to 100 people. Don’t miss the Scandinavian buffet on December 22. Reserve your tables in advance. Call 364 316-7.

O-La-La, the newest place in town to eat, meet and play is still serving up their famous flamb้ pepper steaks in Soi 7... but now they have added “dinner specials” to their menu. Enjoy a “great value for money” hot dinner for only 150 baht every night of the week. Don’t forget their daily happy hours from 5-7 p.m. where a beer and pizza goes for an amazing 140 baht!

Make Greg’s Kitchen your choice for lunch/dinner on Christmas Day. Tickets now on sale. Reserve your table early! Call 361 227.

Christmas Greetings! The Montien Hotel Pattaya’s La Mer Restaurant has prepared a truly festive Christmas Eve dinnertime celebration for all guests this year with a fabulous multi-course festive banquet, live music, traditional carols, and gifts for all the children from Santa Claus! Meanwhile, a traditional feast awaits at the Verandah Coffee Shop for the whole family on December 24 and 25. Not forgetting our special Christmas Brunch buffet for revelers on Christmas Day! The Bakery Shop has special Xmas Goodies! Temptation lies in store December 6 to 30, when the Bakery Shop will be offering a festive feast of Christmas goodies for all! Let yourself go! Call the Montien Pattaya for reservations: 428 155.

The 1st Anniversary of Poltony’s Restaurant is tonight, December 1. Paul and Tony would like to invite everyone to join a sumptuous 7-course dinner for only 555 baht. Starts at 19:00 hours. Table reservations are highly recommended. Tel. 250318, fax 250319.

Garden International School in Ban Chang is hosting a Christmas Fair this Saturday December 2 from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Join in the family fun with food and drink stalls, raffles, handicrafts and much more. For more information call 880 360-3. Everybody is welcome.

Tony’s Entertainment Complex on Walking Street invites everyone to support the S.O.S. Rice Charity. During December a fund raising collection box will be located at Tony’s Entertainment Complex to receive donations from the public for S.O.S. Rice.

Another great event is coming up on December 3rd. Cristina Bien Betourne, one of the greatest singers Pattaya has ever seen, will be leaving Thailand soon. Her husband Laurent is organizing a surprise “Good bye Cristina” Charity Concert at the Green Bottle Restaurant and Pub. Tickets (concert and dinner) are available at the Green Bottle and at the Pattaya Mail office. Don’t miss this opportunity to spend some money for charity and at the same time listen to and see Cristina for the last time. For more information call Elfi, tel. 367075 or 01-8639014.

The Bangkok Pattaya Hospital will be having its Annual Xmas Party for underprivileged children on Saturday December 9. Santa will be coming, but the hospital needs clothes, food, school supplies, sports equipment and the like to help fill Santa’s bag. Contact the international department of the hospital to donate something or help in some way. Give them a call on 427 777.

Mermaid’s Underwater Christmas Meal - As Mermaid’s has done for the last 7 years, they will host an underwater Christmas meal on Saturday, December 23. Steve will set the table, and the meal will consist of Banana as the appetizer, Banana as the main course, and (salty) Banana for desert, all washed down with Coca-Cola. To participate in this fun and unusual event, contact Mermaid’s Dive Center, Soi White House, Jomtien Beach, tel. 232-219 (20), fax 038-232-221, e-mail: [email protected]

Eastern Star will be holding a Christmas tree trimming party on Sunday December 16, a Christmas Eve dinner on the 24th, and a New Year’s Eve Gala dinner dance to usher in the “real” 2001 millennium year. More information to follow on these and other up-coming events, contact the Eastern Star Clubhouse at tel. 630410-6, fax: 630 418 or email [email protected] 

Taffy’s Tavern at Duck Square will be having a Special Santa’s Menu Lunch on Christmas Day. The cost per person is only 600 baht. Book your place with Pari on 01-628 0618.

The Moon River Pub not only has new operation managers, famous radio and TV speaker Richard Philips and his lovely wife Loren, but has also changed its music groups. “Seanotes”, a Filipino group plays from 7 to 8 p.m., while “Centerfold”, an outstanding 5-man band, entertains from 8:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Take a look; it’s definitely worth a visit.

Pattaya’s Papaya Health Club holds weekly meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the coffee shop in the Sunbeam Hotel. Meetings are held in the German language and present lots of information about health. There is no fee to join the club. Tel. 01-8639014

The Barracuda Club of Bangkok is making their Eastern Seaboard home at Eastern Star Resort as of today December 1st. The Barracuda Club is operated by Rachaniwan Bulakul, Thailand’s first and only female swimmer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games. They offer an excellent and affordable program of swimming and tennis coaching and instruction for adults and children of all ages. Both group and individual programs are available. Soon to come will be junior golf, tae kwon-do, fitness and weight-loss programs. For more information, please contact the Eastern Star Clubhouse at tel. 630 410-6, fax: 038-630418 or email: [email protected] 

The Dusit Resort Sports Club introduces sports and remedial massage therapy. Hughie J. Morris, graduate of the London School of Sports Massage will carry out consultations until December 4. This form of specialised deep tissue massage therapy not only deals with sports injuries but a variety of ailments. Treatments are preceded by a confidential consultation to ensure each treatment is tailored for the individual. Contact Dusit Resorts Sport Club for details: tel. 425 611.