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Everyone had fun at Tom Zofkie’s birthday party at Shenanigans
A casual birthday party for Tom Zofkie was held at
Shenanigans on August 11. As can be seen from the photos, everyone had fun.
 Newly
proclaimed Scottish golfer “Tomdraig Zofkieo’herity” dons his gear and
plays his part to perfection at his birthday party.
Since Tom is developing a new found interest in golf, the
Scots in the group, Dave and Pauline Morrison, thought that it was
appropriate to instill upon Tom some Scottish golf heritage. They gave him a
Scottish hat and red hair wig so he can look the part of a Scottish golf
pro.
 (L
to R) Sue Kukarja, Apple Hoar, Judy Hoppe, Pauline Morrison, Susie Zofkie,
Tom Zofkie (in Scottish hat and red wig), Dave Morrison, Bruce Hoppe, Tom
Hoar.
Tom is certainly not the bashful type, so he proudly
donned the hat and wig and pretended he was a Scotsman for the rest of the
evening!
Tom and his wife Susie moved to Pattaya from Ohio in the
USA, in January. They have quickly learned to enjoy life in Amazing
Thailand, and are making Thailand a land of even more smiles!
Rotary lends a hand - for education
Staff Reporters
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya, city
counsellors, sponsors, teachers and, gathered on August 28 at Pattaya School
No. 3 to witness the presentation of 3-year scholarships to 220 young
students from needy families from all 10 schools in Pattaya, including Larn
Island.
 The
recipients of the Paul Harris Fellows, Wannapa Wannasri (3rd right) Jan and
Renee de Vaan (1st & 2nd right) together with (from left)IPP Bruno
Keller, Jintana Wetchot and Mayor Pairat (centre)
The money for the scholarships was raised by the
Christmas Bowling Tournament and the Money Mile project organised by the
club.
Past President Bruno, in his speech said, “The banners
around this school say that education is the first and most important
investment in a child’s life. Education fights against poverty and
ignorance and creates self-respect and the chance for a better life.”
 Mayor
Pairat and Past President Bruno present a cheque of 250,000 baht to Mrs
Jaowadee Musikathaworn Director of the Pattaya City’s Eduction Department,
to fund the Teachers’ Training Programme entitled ‘Love from teachers to
children’
Bruno added that 750,000 baht was raised for this reason
and thanks to the generous help of Renee and Jan de Vaan from Holland and
the Rotary Club of Pinjnacker-Nootdorp in Holland this sum was doubled.
“This amount of money will secure the education of 220 students for
another three years and 250,000 baht will be given to selected teachers to
further their studies in the “Love from teachers to students’
project.” Mayor Pairat Suthithamrongsawat, Deputy Mayor Wattana
Chanthana-waranon, Hans Gnther Mller, Bruce Hoppe of
Copeland Emerson Thailand, Gerard Lemmers, Ruud de Vos and Frans Krowenverg
of the Ge Laurant Foundation, Bruno Keller of Swiss Siam Group, Peter
Malhotra of Pattaya Mail/Pattaya Blatt and Jan and Renee de Vaan did the
honours of presenting the scholarships to the deserving students. Other
sponsors included Andrew Khoo of the Hard Rock Hotel, and Aloys Tenbult of
Asean Sense Company were absent for business reasons.
 Gerard
Lemmers hands over a scholarship to one of the children.
In addition to the scholarships the students received
attractive backpacks to carry their schoolbooks in style.
On behalf of the students and the local educational
system, Mayor Pairat thanked the sponsors and the Rotary Club of
Jomtien-Pattaya for all the help they had given. “Only because of you,
some young students can carry on with their education, because the help from
the government is not enough.” The mayor also urged the children to study
hard to prove that they deserved the scholarships.
 Children
stand proudly with their scholarships watched by Peter Malhotra, Wattana
Chanthana-waranon and Bruce Hoppe.
The Rotary Club Jomtien Pattaya presented the Paul Harris
Fellowships - the highest honour in Rotary - to outstanding Pattaya citizen
Wannapa Wannasri, and to the Dutch sponsors Jan and Renee de Vaan.
Wannapa said in her concluding speech that she accepted
this great honour in the name of all 10 schools, her hard working team at
city hall and the children under their care.
After the presentations, a school band played and the
children were treated to ice cream and soft drinks.
PILC reminds public
of their annual Bazaar
October 4, 2003, Saturday, is definitely a
date to mark in your diary, as this is the date the Pattaya International
Lady’s Club (PILC) is organizing their yearly bazaar.
 Sameokae
Khetphasook shops at the last Holiday Bazaar with her family.
This year the bazaar will again be held at the Grand
Orchid Hall of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort. PILC is honored to have
Sameokae Khetphasook, the wife of the governor of Chonburi as guest of honor
at the ribbon cutting ceremony. The ceremony is at 9:30 a.m. and the doors
open to shoppers at 10 a.m. and shopping lasts until 4 p.m.
The PILC is proud to announce the same two generous
sponsors to help with expenses - Volclay Seam and Transpo International.
This event will provide funds for the charitable efforts of the club in and
around Pattaya, which help the extremely vulnerable and unfortunate
children.
Tickets are now available for this year’s grand raffle.
Once again there are 50 excellent prizes on offer and the winning tickets
will be drawn in the afternoon of the Holiday Bazaar. You may buy tickets at
all PILC functions or please contact Judy Clausen on 038-240-792 for more
information on the bazaar. Also contact Arlette Cykman, chairperson PILC
special events on 038-300-325.
JP Villa opens on Soi Potisan
Suchada Tupchai
A new apartment block recently opened in Soi Potisan when
JP Villa held their grand opening ceremonies last week. Special guest of
honor H.E. Sontaya Khunpluem performed the traditional ribbon cutting
ceremonies along with business owner, Sant Jirapat and special guests.
 Chanyuth
Hengtrakul (right) congratulates Sant and Mrs. Jirapat during the grand
opening ceremony for JP Villa in Soi Potisan.
Sant said the idea to build and open the new apartment
building was to provide a more relaxed style of accommodation using the
motto of “Your home away from home”. The apartment block is close to
Lotus Supercenter, Big C and local markets, boasting 74 furnished
apartments, two swimming pools a massage center, a restaurant and coffee
shop.
Following the ceremony, all guests were treated to a
tour, a buffet dinner and entertainment.
Pattaya talent helps PGF charity surge over the million baht mark
A fantastic array of talented artists performed for over
200 guests at the recent Boyz, Boyz, Boyz talent contest. With 17 acts
showing off their skills in dancing, lip sync and comedy, the judges had a
very difficult task in choosing the eventual winner from each category.
 Picasso
Boys pose with their big 1st place trophy for winning the dance competition.
The show lasted over 2 hours and managed to raise a
staggering 124,000 baht, which was absolutely fabulous. Thanks are due to
Ambiance Hotel and BBB for the trophies, prize money and main raffle prizes.
Other local businesses including Le Cafe Royale, Poseidon, Casa Pascal
Topman, Mata Hari and Cache provided prizes for the lucky draw.
The money raised during the evening will go towards the
regular donations made by PGF to HEARTT 2000 to help purchase much needed
HIV/AIDS anti retroviral medication for those being treated by Dr Philippe
Soer here in Pattaya and Dr. Jureerat in Chonburi.
This year from January to August the Pattaya Gay Festival
has now raised over 1 million baht and in the same period has made donations
of 1 million to the HEARTT 2000 foundation for the purchase of life-saving
medications.
Diana Institute of Development hosts MC training day at the Diana Garden Resort
Songklod Kaewvisit
The Diana Institute of Development (DID) recently held a
seminar to train masters and mistresses of ceremonies. The importance of an
MC at any function cannot be understated, as the emcee relays information to
the crowd, guests and or spectators and plays a vital role in the success of
a particular function.
 Wannapa
(Ju) Wannasri, famous for her emceeing in the Thai language at a number of
city organized events, led the inaugural training session at the Diana
Institute of Development.
Seeing the need to train potential emcees for the many
functions that Pattaya hosts each year, Wannapa (Ju) Wannasri (see last
week’s “Local Personality” column), who quite often represents the
city, emceeing in Thai at a number of functions, ran the inaugural training
seminar. Attendees ranged from TV presenters to novices and those who quite
often play the role as MC at local city functions.
 Pattaya
Mail’s Tony Malhotra (right) and friends truly enjoyed the training.
Perhaps someday Tony will step into his father’s shoes to emcee city
events in the English language?
Attendees learned the important aspects of keeping a
crowd interested by making sure everything runs smoothly. All those
attending said it was a worthwhile afternoon to learn more about the art of
being an MC. Further seminars are scheduled in the near future.
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