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Pattaya School 2 tots tops in Kindergarten Games
Scoring a goal in the penalty
kick shootout.
Pramote Channgam
Pattaya School #2’s kindergarteners proved they can run faster,
throw farther and kick stronger than any 5-year-olds in the city.
The school’s youngest athletes took top honors at the Pattaya Kindergarten
School Sports Games 2009 Aug. 25. Pattaya schools 3 and 7 came in second and
third, respectively.
 This
youngster launches an overhand throw.
The games, hosted at Pattaya School #2, saw the youngsters participate in a
4x20-meter relay, a team-based throwing competition, football penalty kicks
and other running events. All 11 Pattaya schools and the Young Children’s
Development Center of the Darul Ibadah Mosque participated.
Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon explained that the competition was
really just a recreational activity created by the city to encourage good
behavior. He noted, however, that teachers would keep an eye on young stars
with an eye toward future competitions.
The Kindergarten Games are organized annually by Pattaya Education
Department. The games not only improve the kids’ morale, but foster a love
of exercise, make kids stronger and keep them away from bad influences.
120 Sattahip students
experience jungle living
Students receive a briefing before heading
into the jungle for 2 days and 1 night.
Patcharapol Panrak
More than 100 Sattahip students received some Jungle Book
education when officials took them back to nature for two days as part
of the city’s Nature Conservation Project.
Sattahip Mayor Pairoj Malakun na Ayutthaya oversaw the opening of the
project spearheaded for 120 Singhsamut High School pupils by the Royal
Thai Marines Aug. 25-26.
“The Division of Public Health and Environment organized the project to
create consciousness regarding nature,” said Deputy Mayor Somboon
Chumpali said. “It makes the youth recognize their obligation to
conserve nature and protect the environment.”
“A large part of Thailand’s environment has been destroyed by human
hands, leaving not much for future generations to appreciate,” Pairoj
said. “Even though two days and one night may not seem like much time,
the children will get to live in the jungle, see the beauty of the
forest and live amidst nature. This will in turn help create incentives
amongst young people to help preserve and conserve the nature so that it
will remain with Thailand for as long as time may come.”
Asian U participates in gas engine based seminar
Asian University
participants, with the author, Ninja at right.
China Tosinthiti (Ninja)
A group of engineering students participated in a seminar at the
Royal Cliff on September 3. One of the fourth year mechanical
engineering students who attended, China Tosinthiti (Ninja), reports:
Some of the Mechanical engineering students from Asian University with
their lecturers recently participated in the “Gas Engine Based CHP in
Thailand” seminar organized by the Joint Graduate School of Energy and
Environment (JGSEE) in cooperation with Wartsila Company (manufacturer
of diesel and gas engines from Finland).
The seminar was held at Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya on September
3, 2009. The seminar was about cogeneration - a combination of
electrical and heat energy production mainly by gas engines which is
much more efficient than conventional power production. Speakers for
this seminar are very famous professors in energy technology and experts
from Wartsila Company.
During the seminar, experts explained Thailand’s energy consumption,
potential for cogeneration, typical electricity/heat/steam/chill demand
for industries and commerce, energy balance and efficiency of engines,
absorption and compression chilling, boundary conditions for
cogeneration in Thailand, fuel properties, engine responses, types and
sizes of engines, examples of cogeneration plants in Thailand and
abroad, and the future for cogeneration in Thailand.
People who attended the seminar were mostly engineers, chief engineers
in private companies, admirals of the Royal Thai Navy, lecturers and
marketing managers.
Asian University students participated by asking and answering
questions. The seminar expands the knowledge of engineering and vision
of students for Thailand’s future energy.
Jesters Fair is this Sunday
This map lays out the best
ways to get to the Fair.
Lewis Underwood
It’s finally here! If you are reading this now on the day of
issue tell your kids to get ready because it’s all happening this
weekend at the on Sunday, September 13th. The fun begins at 10 a.m. and
once again we look forward to hosting your family and friends.
 Look
for these flags along the route to the Jesters Children’s Fair.
We have held our main event at the Diana Garden Resort and Driving Range
in North Pattaya for the last 8 years, but still there seems to be some
uncertainty regarding the best way to get there. Part of the difficulty
in finding the road that runs relatively parallel to Pattaya North Road
between Soi Yume and Pattaya 3 Road, where the resort is located, is
that its name is questionable.
In fact, we canvassed motorcycle taxi riders and security guards in the
vicinity, only to learn that no one really knew. Most claimed that it
was nameless, though eventually we found an obscure sign off Sukhumvit
Highway that read Soi 32 Paniad Chang.
In any case, we would like to make things easier for you by briefly
describing the routes we use to get to the Fair site.
From Sukhumvit Highway: No matter what direction you are
coming, turn at the traffic lights on Sukhumvit Highway onto Pattaya
North Road (Pattaya Nua). Take the first left and then the next right
and 50 meters further you are there.
From Pattaya 3 Road: Proceed on this road until you see
the Pattaya Golf Driving Range to the west (towards the ocean). Directly
across from that is the road you turn into to the east. Follow the
twisting road till you come to our Fair entrance.
From Central Pattaya Road: Go straight past Carrefour on
Soi SS Villa, also referred to as Soi Yume, and continue past the Luk
Dod Shop. Just before you get to North Pattaya Road, you turn left and
it’s just 50 meters away.
Additionally, there is plenty of signage to the Diana Garden Resort
along all roads mentioned above to help you too. We will also have our
own signs up augmented with a trail of white flags with our yellow-face
logo for you to follow. If you still need assistance, please call 038
415212-23.
We look forward to finally seeing you again!
Catholic School seminar brings academics together
Vimolrat Singnikorn
When Silvio Siripong Charatsri became the first new bishop for
the Diocese of Chantaburi in 38 years, he said one of his main goals for
his tenure was to look into how Thailand’s Catholics are educated. Last
week, he took his first shot at the system.
 (L
to R) Catholic priests Fr. Nives Ithisen from Sakon Nakhon, Phra Khun
Chao Veera Arponrat from Chiang Mai, Chantaburi Diocese Bishop Silvio
Siripong Charatsri and Fr Pitak Silakotch from Lopburi preside over the
invocation for the seminar.
Charatsri, who took office in July, and other church leaders presided
over the Catholic Education Council of Thailand’s 37th yearly seminar at
the Asia Pattaya Hotel Aug. 24-26. With the theme of “Entitled to
Education Training Together at Catholic Schools,” the seminar attended
by 430 educators and worshippers alike focused on the idea of
maintaining traditional values in a society buffeted by social and
technological change.
Speakers discussed the ideas that social changes inside Thailand, as
well as the influence of modern communication systems, materialism and
individualism, are strong factors pulling Thai Catholics away from the
church’s educational message. Church leaders, priests and churchgoers
must all focus more on education, training and merit-making practices,
they said.
Seminars discussed how to give Catholic educators and administrators
opportunities to induce spiritual development and realize the mission of
the church in Catholic schools.
Educational items on
display throughout the event.
Navy teaching youth to
protect marine environment
Navy Seals Commander Capt.
Vinai Klom-In addresses
the young, impressionable minds.
Patcharapol Panrak
A “youth camp” for Sattahip-area youngsters aims to both restore
the battered Dongtan Bay area and teach youth about the importance of
environmental conservation.
The Aug. 29 ‘Dongtan Conservation Youth Camp’ at the Natural Resource
Museum in Samae San taught 80 students and teachers from Sattahip and
Baan Sattahip schools about the bay and the damage it has suffered. The
project aims to create a better partnership between the Navy and local
community.
Dongtan Bay has seen an increasing amount of visitors and, with them, a
surging level of garbage and pollution. Organizers hope the youth camp
will cultivate a better understanding of marine coastal conservation and
lead to better protection of the area.
“Recently we have seen serious coastal environmental problems, both from
natural disasters and from man,” said Navy Seals Commander Capt. Vinai
Klom-In. He said, “(Today’s youth) are unaware of their impact on marine
ecology and the coastal environment. We are approaching this event for
youth who will grow and mature in the days ahead. We want to create
consciousness of marine environmental conservation for them and make the
area more livable.”
The youngsters and their
chaperones prepare
to visit the beach on an informational gathering field trip.
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