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Community Happenings is an opportunity for all clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected] or by fax 038 427 596.

Announcements

Anne Hassett, a psychic since childhood, chose the name Acushla to honour her Celtic origins. She has traveled in Europe and worked in America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Far East. For almost fifteen years Acushla has worked several times a year in Hong Kong, where she has a huge and loyal following. After visiting Bangkok on three occasions in the last two years she has decided to venture to Pattaya from May 11 to 15. This is a wonderful opportunity to see this world-renowned psychic and places are guaranteed to be booked up very quickly. Price per session, which is normally for 1 hour duration, is 2,900 baht. For further information please contact Gill Chrystina Dalton on 01 751 5012 or 038 733 124.

The executive committee of the Pattaya Sports Club is pleased to announce that the 2004 Annual General Meeting of the Pattaya Sports Club will be held at the Town-In-Town Hotel, Pattaya Central Road, at 10 a.m. on Saturday June 26. Elective members are encouraged to attend if at all possible. (Please note that only elective members can attend this meeting.) For those elective members unable to attend the meeting, forms of proxy will be available from the PSC Office from 10 a.m. from Monday April 12.

Clubs

Pattaya City Expats Club meets every Sunday at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant at the Amari Orchid Resort, at the north end of Beach Road. A buffet breakfast is available from 9.30 a.m. The meeting starts at 10.30 a.m. and finishes about 12 noon. There is ample parking available in the parking area across from the beach and next to Henry J. Bean’s on the left side of Beach Road, just after the turn.

The German speaking chapter of the Asian Business Club, a platform to exchange information, will host Phakkhinee Jamnongsri of Schenker (Thailand) Ltd. to speak on the topic of ‘Import, Export, Logistics’ on Tuesday May 11. Members and non-members alike are welcome. All events will take place at the Woodlands Resort, Naklua Road, North Pattaya. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. Please note that all events are in German language. The Asian Business Club Thailand accepts as members business people of any nationality, gender or belief, provided that they either run their own business or are employed in a senior position.

Dining

Pizza & Pasta Promotion at No. 43 Italian Bistro, Kanary Bay Rayong from May 3 to 14, No. 43’s Italian Chef will prepare a wide range of homemade pasta and pizza specialties. Every evening (except Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday) enjoy a variety of fresh pasta and sauces from the pasta corner, prepared just the way you like it. Eat as much as you want for only 199 baht + VAT per person including free salad buffet. 50% discount for children. For reservations or more information call 038 804 844 or visit: www.kanarybay.com

Casa Pascal Restaurant now extends its services and offers patrons with a pick-up & drop-off service! For advanced booking tel. 038 723 660, website: www. restaurant-pattaya.com

Hans Banziger at the Paradise Restaurant offers an exiting new food promotion, and Mangos are the Stars. Specials such as lamb fillet with mango and mint, ostrich fillet with pepper sauce and mango, mango chicken curry, fillet of sole with mango and many more will be served, as well as a delightful selection of mango desserts. Don’t miss it; all dishes are reasonably priced, as always, at the Paradise Restaurant. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Located opposite the Royal Garden Plaza and Marriott Resort, 215/62-63 on 2nd Road. Tel./Fax: 038 723 177.

The long established Sportsman Pub & Restaurant in Soi 13 has just recently launched its New Sunday Carvery offering homemade soups and pate for starters, a succulent full leg of pork, juicy 4 rib of beef, oven baked gammon, tender joints of lamb and all the traditional trimmings. For 350 baht-All You Can Eat-this is certainly great value for money and sure to be a hit with the tourists and expats alike. Serving from 12.30 p.m. through to 8.30 p.m. The Sportsman Pub & Restaurant, located on Soi 13, South Pattaya.

Free Promotion this month from Door 2 Door food delivery service. Recieve a free can of coke with all orders topping 500 baht and a 1.25lt bottle for orders exceeding 1,000 baht. Also receive a 10% discount on all orders from the popular Swiss Food Restaurant in Soi Diamond. To receive your free Door 2 Door menu, call 038 720 222 and one of their friendly drivers will deliver a copy to you. Or visit them on www.door2doorpattaya.com

Promotion of the week at the new Miriam’s Italian-Thai Cuisine, at the American Bar ‘Buy 2 get 1 Free’ Heineken draught beer @ 70 baht per glass or for ladies, a frozen margarita for 160 baht. Try Miriam’s meatball specials ‘polpette alla Miriam’. For more information or for special events booking call 038 223 073 or 09 892 5578 their lovely hosts are there to serve you with Italian home cooking.

BBQ delights at the Bay Restaurant, Dusit Resort Pattaya. Visit the Bay Restaurant and compose your own BBQ menu. Select your favorite bite from the great range of imported meat and seafood. There will be New Zealand lamb cutlets, Australian beef sirloin, Australian beef rib eye, Australian veal steaks, succulent pork chops, sausages, fish and seafood. Every serving goes with a delicious international salad buffet and your choice of baked potatoes, garlic rice or noodles and a great variety of the finest BBQ sauces! This treat will be available daily during dinner time in April, while every Saturday evening the well-known international seafood BBQ buffet with its unique spread and array of food will continue. Please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2149 for reservations.

Entertainment

Drink as much as you can every Thursday until 10 p.m. for only 499++ baht per person (when you stick to the same drink, applies to several beverages only) at the Henry J. Bean’s Bar & Grill, Amari Orchid Resort. Don’t miss this crazy evening!

There is still time to enjoy Moon River Pub’s beer promotion. Every guest who buys one liter of beer receives a beer card. After consuming 9 liters of beer you will get one liter free of charge. The card is valid for 3 months. Please note that this promotion is only valid for draft beer and not for bottles (every liter of beer ordered will be market on the card) and don’t miss Power Jam’s top forties and charts, rock and roll. Always a fun night out at the Moon River Pub, Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

The TQ 2 (Soi B.J., Walking Street, South Pattaya) will be holding a Sexy Dancing Contest on Saturday May 1st at 9 p.m. featuring some of Pattaya’s best pole dancers competing for the title of TQ2’s Best Dancer of 2004. There will be free snacks and rounds of shooters provided by the management throughout the evening. All are welcome!

So can “Our ‘Arry’s” boys at Pompey stay up for next season? Are Leeds really going down? The end of yet another tremendous Premiership Football season looms, with some exciting “must win” matches at both ends of the table this weekend! Watch them all at Jomtien’s favourite sports bar the Old Speckled Hen, Jomtien Beach Road Soi 9. Satellite and Cable TV, great pub grub as highly recommended by Miss Terry Diner of the Pattaya Mail (weight watchers beware ... the cooking is habit forming, diet destroying gut bustin’ good!), draught beer at only 35 baht per glass, best pool table in town, no hassle staff and the cleanest khazi for miles! Every Tuesday is “Chilli ‘n Chang” night, large plate of spicy Tex-Mex chilli, rice, salad and French “mopping up” bread with a brimming glass of draught Chang all for only 99 baht! So, come along to the Old Speckled Hen, Jomtien’s best kept secret … they’re user friendly! Phone 09 990 9342 or email oshbar@ loxinfo.co.th for details.

Events

Subway celebrates its Grand Opening this Saturday, May 1 with a Buy 1, get one free promotions. Taste the freshest sandwiches this side of New York. Visit Subway on the ground floor in Carrefour or call 038 360 083 for home delivery.

Check out Kala๋ Art & Décor’s Summer sale from May 5 to 16 receive up to 50% discount for the selected items. First come first serve. Visit the showroom on corner of North Pattaya Road and Sukhumvit Road. Open daily from 10 a.m. till 7 p.m. Call 038 413 551 for details.

The Australian Thai Chamber of Commerce is hosting an Eastern Seaboard Sundowner networking night on Friday, April 30, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya. The event is an opportunity for members and guests of AustCham Thailand to meet, network and exchange views in the social, casual environment. It is, especially, an opportunity for members located in Bangkok to get to know better their Eastern Seaboard colleagues and their businesses and vice versa. This Sundowner is sponsored by Transit Maintenance Limited with catering sponsored by Hard Rock Hotel, Pattaya. The cost is 300 baht members, 600 baht non-members. For more details and to book this event, please visit: http://www.austchamthailand.com or contact AustCham on Tel. 02 210 0216-8.

The Royal Garden Plaza presents “The Mini Motor Show”, featuring well-known brands such as BMW, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet, etc. with the latest models from an economy family car to a luxury, imported vehicle. The Show will take place on the ground floor of the shopping plaza between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. from May 1 to 4. At 4 p.m. on Saturday a chance to meet Pete Thongchue, actor turned race car driver, and Nana Raibina, famous Thai female race car driver. Along with their racecars, these drivers will talk about their experience on the racecourse. To conclude the Labor Day festivities, “Aon” Kewalin Cottland will also perform live. During these 4 days, visitors will also receive free admission tickets to attend the “Super Car Thailand Championship” in Pattaya. However, free tickets are limited, so please hurry! If you missed the Motor Show in Bangkok last month, here is a second chance to get close and personal with the car of your dreams!

The Rayong Ladies Circle will hold their Annual Bazaar on Thursday May 27 at the Eastern Star Clubhouse, Eastern Star Resort. The bazaar will be open at 10 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. This unique opportunity will make it easy for you to shop for going home presents before the holidays set in. Gems, cloths, Thai handicrafts, quilts; you name it, the May bazaar will have it. All proceeds from the bazaar will go to local charities like the Camillian Center, and protection centers for boys and girls in Huay Pong.

Exhibitions

Manoon Kunlo’s “On My Way” Art Exhibition is on display at the Art Caf้ until May 8. The exhibition features the works of another young, yet unknown artist who studied ‘Fine Arts’ in Khon Kaen at the University of Fine Arts, and who is now quietly living and working here in Pattaya. Diaw has a Bachelor of Fine & Applied Arts (Painting) degree. His themes are Thai landscapes, generally working with oil on canvas. The Art Café is located in Soi 16, Naklua Road, Pattaya and open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Health and Fitness

For anyone interested in staying fit and healthy, try yoga, tai bo or pilates at the Dusit Resort Fitness Center. Work out in a contemporary class with power yoga or pilates, a yoga/tai chi fusion exercise, or go for the regular step, pump, aqua aerobics, circuit, low impact, hi/lo and new body aerobics. Contact the Dusit Resort Fitness Center for further details. Tel. 038 242 561 ext. 2226 – fitness or email: [email protected]

Montien Fitness Centre at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya opens daily from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. Facilities include exercise room – work out in a gymnasium complete with the latest exercise equipment, weights, exercise-bicycles and treadmills. Regular aerobic classes organized by energetic instructors. Take a dip in the swimming pool or bask in the sun by poolside. Swimming lessons are available weekly. Get fit for summer; call the Montien Hotel on 038 428 155, fax 038 423 155 or email: Pattaya@ Montien.com

Jim and his Boyz welcome you to their new Boyztown facility, the Boyz Sauna & Gym, located next to Ambiance Hotel, Soi Pattayaland 3. Facilities include lockers, sauna and showers with plenty of equipment and trained personnel to help. Now Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. visit: www.boyzgym.com for details.