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Easter eggs a symbol of life for Christians celebrating resurrection
Mass at St. Nikolaus Church
Pattaya.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Father Banchong Chaiyara, chairman of the committee for the Redemptorist
School in Pattaya presided over the celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday at
St Nikolaus Church, with a congregation of around one hundred people
attending.
Easter eggs were handed out, the egg symbolizing new life for Christians at
this time of the year, which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The eggs are painted to represent a happy new life.
 Father
Banchong Chaiyara, licensee and chairman of committee for the Redemptorist
School in Pattaya presides over the celebration of Easter Mass.
Easter is Paska in Latin and Pascha in Greek, and the ceremonies and customs
of the Easter celebrations vary from country to country. The Orthodox Church
such as in Greece paints the eggs red to symbolize the blood of Christ and
at midnight on Saturday evening believers break the eggs, representing the
resurrection.
Christians believe that the resurrection of Christ occurred on Sunday, and
Easter Sunday is the Sunday closest to the 14th day of the month of Nissan
in the Jewish calendar, which falls between March 21 and April 25.
Mass is held on Wednesday and the first Friday of the month, Saturday and
Sunday at St. Nikolaus Church.
Handing out eggs at Easter the
symbol of new life.
Zoo celebrates birth
of Siberian tiger cub
Monks from Sri Lanka led the
ceremony.
Suchada Tupchai
The birth of a Siberian tiger cub was celebrated at Khao Kheow Open Zoo on April
12, with zoo director Suriya Saengphong and his team holding a ceremony in the
area where the Buddhist relics are located. A team of Sri Lankan monks led the
ceremony.
Suriya said the cub represented the second generation of Siberian tiger births
at the zoo. The cub was born on April 4 and weighed 1,035 grams. It is the first
tiger to be born following the installation of the relics, which is greatly
auspicious for the zoo. The public can now visit the relics and the new cub at
the same time.
The public is invited to help choose the name of the new cub, with entries being
received up to April 30. The person submitting the winning name will be
presented with two return tickets Bangkok-Chiang Mai.
Information on submissions can be obtained from 0 3829 8195, 0 3829 8270, or 0
3829 8188, or visit
www.khaokheowopenzoo.com
The new cub receives close care.
10 million man hours without lost time injury
We did it again!
On March 11 2006 Emerson Thailand achieved 10 million
man-hours worked without a lost time accident.
Steve Stewart, Bruce Hoppe and Tom Zofkie gave speeches to all employees and
management, and complimented everyone on a job well done. A recognition luncheon
was provided to all employees.
The celebration started with traditional activities by offering prayers, food,
and flowers at the spirit house. A monk ceremony took place on the production
floor where 9 Buddhist monks presided over the blessing rites. Over 1000
employees attended the ceremony.
Bruce, the vice president of Asia Operations, congratulated all employees for
continuing to make Emerson-Thailand a very safe place to work. He also thanked
Phairoj, Borepun, Lerdchai, Sutat, and the plant safety committee for their hard
work, their ideas on how to make the plant a safe workplace, and their concern
for well being. Finally, Bruce stated that there is nothing we do at work that
is worth getting hurt for.
Tom Zofkie, Thailand operation director, personally thanked the safety
committee, all of the employees on the shop floor, the shift managers,
supervisors, maintenance department, materials personnel, quality department,
engineers, facilities department, and the entire office staff for their hard
work and dedication they put into making Copeland a safe place to work. Without
everyone’s continued focus on safety, a record like this would not be
achievable.
Steve Stewart, vice president & general manager of Asia Operation and
Refrigeration recognized and praised Copeland Thailand’s achievement in reaching
10 million man hours without a lost time accident. He recalled the days when
there were only a couple of hundred employees and now that has grown to more
than 1000, but Copeland Thailand has continued to maintain its excellent safety
record. Stewart personally gave special recognition to all the employees in the
plant.
Art of Living at
Pattaya City Expats Meeting
The Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) continues its regular
Sunday meetings at Henry J. Bean’s in the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort.
One of the latest groups of speakers to address the club was from the Art of
Living Foundation. This organization claims to be the largest volunteer-based
NGO (non-governmental organization) in the world. They explained that the
foundation’s service projects, and programmes on yoga, meditation and stress
elimination have benefited people from all walks of life, religions, cultures
and traditions. The movement celebrated its 25th anniversary in February this
year in Bangalore, India, under the watchful eye of its founder, Ravi Shankar,
with more than three million people attending.
One of the latest groups of
speakers to address the Pattaya City Expats Club was from the Art of Living
Foundation.
Roy Tan, a Singaporean from Bangkok, spoke about the
organization before introducing “Jeremy O”, a 29 year old school teacher who has
been involved with the Art of Living foundation for 10 years. He is an American
first grade teacher in a Bangkok International School, and is originally from
San Diego, California. He spoke about the different aspects of the organization,
the different courses that are available for various groups, several dealing
with specific issues, and mentioned that they even have a course for youngsters
from 8-14.
The course they were promoting is part 1 of their Adult Course in the Art of
Living, and is expressed as “The quality of life depends on the state of the
mind”. The course is aimed at relieving stress, which he said may be affecting
us more than we know. He stated that while sometimes stress was good, such as in
having deadlines to aim for in order to motivate ourselves, that frequently
these personally imposed stresses were more than the body could take.
Stress in the mind gets stored as toxins in the body, he said. Stress is
anything that creates a mental state of being under pressure to do something, or
consider an action or response, and has the capacity to an affect on our
behavior and our health. It can come from almost any direction in our lives, and
often arrive unexpectedly. Excessive stress can lead to many different kinds of
physical and mental disorders. Calming, meditative breathing exercises can help
relieve the stress itself, and its effects, if used properly.
The Art of Living Foundation considers that we have four sources of energy -
food, sleep, a calm meditative state of mind, and breathing. If the energy level
(or Chi) is going up, feelings of elation and joy will be evident. If the energy
level is going down, feelings of concern and anger will develop.
Jeremy stated that 90% of the impurities in our body can be eliminated through
breathing, but we only use 25-30% of our lung capacity. The main breathing
technique the Art of Living Foundation advocates, but did not demonstrate, was
the Sudarshan Kriya technique which, they claim, brings oxygen to the cells and
flushes out all impurities. With the resultant cleansed body, fresh coherent
mind perception, observation and expression improve. One has improved focus,
problem-solving skills, better objectivity, productivity, and improved
relationships.
A course will be offered from May 8-13 at the Fairtex Resort, North Pattaya
Road, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Cost 3,500 baht, contact Roy Tan 01.909.6192. Michael
Warner 09.221.1162.
For further information about this or any other event organised by the Pattaya
City Expats Club go to www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com or attend the meetings,
any Sunday at Henry J. Bean’s in the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort, North
Pattaya Beach Road. 10.30 with Buffet breakfast available from 9.30 – 11.00.
Pattaya is Asia’s star attraction for Russians
Panga Vathanakul presents the
award to Deputy Mayor Wattana Jantanawaranon.
Narisa Nitikarn
The Russians have voted Pattaya their number one tourism destination in Thailand
in an annual poll conducted via the internet.
Both Pattaya City and the Royal Cliff Beach Resort were named in the Star of
Travel.Ru Awards for 2005, an online poll conducted annually by Travel.Ru Co Ltd
to determine the preferred destinations of tourists traveling from the Russian
Federation to other countries.
Winners are decided by popular vote carried out on the Travel.Ru website
www.travel. ru that is overseen by an elected steering committee of industry
professionals. The committee confers the awards upon the winners, who receive
the most number of votes in each individual category.
Pattaya was voted the best tourism destination in Thailand, while the Royal
Cliff Beach Resort was declared winner in the best beach hotel in Thailand
category. Pattaya achieved the recognition for the first time, while the resort
won the award for the third time in succession.
Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s director of sales Victor Kriventsov received the
awards in Moscow on behalf of the resort and Pattaya City. The resort’s managing
director Panga Vathanakul, in her capacity as honorary consul of the Russian
Federation for Chonburi and Rayong provinces, then presented the award won by
Pattaya to the city’s Deputy Mayor Wattana Jantanawaranon.
Nong Nooch celebrates Songkran in traditional manner
Elephants joined in the water fun,
spraying visitors and park staff.
Patcharapol Panrak
A traditional Thai New Year was celebrated at Nong Nooch Garden, with director
Kampol Tansajja presiding over the beginning of the celebrations on April 13 and
management and members of the public attending.
Buddha images were sprinkled with water as is traditional and a large Songkran
parade made its way around the park. Elephants joined in the water fun, spraying
visitors and park staff.
Thongchai Sodorn, coordination manager, said that foreign visitors each year
come to Nong Nooch specifically to enjoy the festivities.
Food Fair 2006 aims to upgrade hygiene standards
Piyavadee Suvannahong
Food Fair 2006, designed to promote health and hygiene in the food supply and
restaurant business, will be held from May 5-6 at Pattaya School #8 starting at
5 p.m.
The Public Health Service Center is working with official departments, private
organizations and community associations to stage this event.
A preparatory meeting was held in the afternoon of April 11, chaired by Deputy
Mayor Verawat Khakhay and attended by food and restaurant entrepreneurs, hotel
staff, school representatives, and local community officers.
Verawat said that the purpose of the fair is to promote food cleanliness and
develop food quality in the restaurants to reach international standards. This
is necessary because of Pattaya’s status as an international tourist
destination, and in response to the government’s policy on food safety.
Restaurants achieving the required standards will receive the Clean Food Good
Taste certificate from the Department of Health. The fair will also feature OTOP
products from 30 communities.
Verawat said that city hall had asked for cooperation from Community Volunteer
Public Health to control food cleanliness and safety at this fair, while police
are taking special measures to control the traffic.
The meeting laid out plans for all activities to do with the exhibition,
speeches, shows on stage, and other competitions.
All interested restaurant entrepreneurs can contact the Public Health
Department, Public Health Service Center in Pattaya City at tel 0382 53100 ext
3208-10.
Thai Airways holds global sales meeting
(From left to right): Santi
Purivetkunakorn, vice president, Marketing Planning Department; Wallop
Bhukkanasut, vice president, Sales and Distribution Department; Flg. Off. Apinan
Sumanaseni, designated president of Thai Airways; Vasing Kittikul, executive
vice president, Commercial Department; Pridi Boonsue, acting vice-president,
Marketing Development and Support Department; and Chatchawal Supachayanont,
general manager of Dusit Resort, Pattaya.
Thai Airways International PCL (TG) recently held its global
sales meeting with the theme, “Mining for Gold & Silver”, at Dusit Resort,
Pattaya’s Napalai Convention Hall. Chatchawal Supachayanont, general manager of
Dusit Resort, Pattaya, gave a warm reception to the executives of Thai Airways.
TG’s global sales meeting highlighted the comprehensive strategies of the
country’s national air carrier this year and in the future, as well as the
announcement of Flg. Off. Apinan Sumanaseni (3rd from left) as the designated
president of Thai Airways effective May 1, 2006.
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