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Asian University Engineering students visit District Cooling and Power Plant at Suvarnabhumi
Students pose by the company
logo.
Susan Joyce
On Wednesday October 7, several final year Mechanical Engineering
students from Asian University visited the District Cooling System and Power
Plant Co., Ltd. (DCAP).
 The
heat exchanger is huge.
This is located 2km from Suvarnabhumi International Airport and it provides
48MW of power to Suvarnabhumi, meeting all of its electrical needs.
This is a unique power plant in Thailand because it not only generates
electricity from both a gas and a steam turbine but it uses the waste heat
to provide chilled water for the air conditioning systems at Suvarnabhumi.
It was the first of its kind in Thailand and as a result attracts over 1,000
visitors per year mostly from industrial and academic environments.
Upon their arrival the students were greeted by Darunporn Kamolpus, the vice
president of DCAP who gave a technical presentation and a guided tour of the
impressive facilities. Students were accompanied by two lecturers from the
Engineering Faculty at Asian University, Dr. Rajesh Kempegowda and Dr. James
Moran.
It was an interesting field trip and gave the students an opportunity to
experience practical engineering applications to compliment their classroom
studies.
The photographs give an indication of the size of the plant.
The gas turbine is too big to
fit in one photo.
Faculty staff and plant
engineers give the students a tour of the facilities.
Children, elephants to play
Balinese tunes at Nong Nooch
Patcharapol Panrak
Children and elephants are practicing their angklung-playing
skills at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden to prepare for December’s Father’s
Day celebration that will see man and beast perform traditional Balinese
folk songs.
 A
children’s band comprised of offspring of Nong Nooch employees are
teamed with elephants to prepare for a Dec. 5 Father’s Day concert.
A children’s band comprised of offspring of Nong Nooch employees put on
their first performance for park visitors Oct. 5 under the direction of
Manager Manij Narinrak. The project is not only fun, but supports the
youth’s education, allows them to earn extra money during school break
and provides a distraction from drug use.
The ultimate goal, however, is to train children and elephants to play
the bamboo pipes together for a Dec. 5 concert in honor of HM the King’s
82nd birthday. Elephants are already receiving separate training and the
music will be part of a grand Father’s Day celebration featuring a
parade, dancing and angklung music.
An angklung is a musical instrument made of two bamboo tubes attached to
a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch
when struck and tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held with one
hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to
side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three
or more angklung performers in an ensemble can play just one note and
together complete melodies are produced. The instrument has its origins
in Indonesia and is the sound behind Balinese dancing. But use has
spread around Southeast Asia, principally to Malaysia and the
Philippines.
Child Welfare Foundation staff undergo fire-fighting training
Staff learns how best to
use fire extinguishers.
The staff and children
learn the quickest
and safest way to evacuate in case of fire.
Trainers show staff how to
use any available
material to help move the injured during a fire.
Child Welfare Foundation
staff members
who reside in Pattaya are given fire-fighting training.
Chai yo! The staff,
children and trainers pose for a group photo after the event.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
Staff at the Child Welfare Foundation were given hands-on lessons in
fire-fighting to be sure the orphans under their care get out safely
during a blaze.
The Sept. 26 session for 50 staffers was given by BP Fire Guard &
Service Ltd. Students were taught how to use fire-fighting equipment to
deal with outbreaks quickly and efficiently.
The total training session covered fire-fighting techniques, protection
against fires, and fire evacuation plans and methods.
For practical application staff members were trained to escape a fire,
how to search and how to provide assistance to evacuate fire victims.
Bigger International Balloon Fiesta takes flight Dec. 10-13
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
Pattaya’s annual International Balloon Fiesta takes to the air
again Dec. 10-13, flying higher and longer than ever before.
 Parichat
Chaichana from the Sport Flying Association of Thailand presents plans
for the International Balloon Fiesta.
More than 30 hot-air balloons will take part in the Fiesta’s third year
at Thamasart University’s Pattaya Center in Chonburi with the Chonburi
Provincial Administration, Sport Flying Association of Thailand and the
Mongkol Channel all taking part.
Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome noted this year’s expo will feature the
first balloon competition, as well as the usual illuminated night flight
and live music and movies from Saha Mongkol Films, which will offer free
screenings for the full four days.
155 students seeing more
clearly thanks to Y.W.C.A.
Y.W.C.A Bangkok-Pattaya
Chapter in association with the Pattaya Sports Club and Dave the
Eyeglasses Guy deliver 155 spectacles to poor students.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
After two months of testing the vision of Pattaya students, the
Y.W.C.A. Bangkok-Pattaya Chapter handed over 155 new pairs of glasses to
short-sighted children.
The project, co-sponsored by Pattaya Sports Club and Dave the Eyeglasses
Guy, saw the kids receive their spectacles Sept. 30 at Pattaya School
#11.
Y.W.C.A. Chairwoman Nittaya Patimasongkroh noted that the idea for the
free glasses stemmed from the group’s “Happy Family” outreach program.
During home visits, they found many children needed glasses, but
couldn’t afford them.
“So the Y.W.C.A., in association with Dave the Eyeglasses Guy and the
Pattaya Sports Club, created the ‘Y.W.C.A. Eyes Protection project to
help underprivileged students,” Nittaya said. “After testing 250
students recommended by their teachers we found 155 students from 5
schools that needed urgent help.”
The glasses, arranged for by American David Anderson, were sent from
Fall Church, Va. in the U.S. while the eye checks were paid for by the
PSC.
Four Swiss Ambassadors visit
Father Ray Children’s Village
The Swiss dignitaries pose
for a commemorative photo with mothers from the Village, Joy, Tun, Dao
and Nim, also Father Ray Foundation volunteers from many parts of the
world, staff and helpers and some of the Village children.
Lyndy Moore Eggleton
On Sunday October 11, Her Excellency Christine Schraner
Burgener, the newly appointed Swiss Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Thailand, along with her husband, His Excellency Christoph Burgener,
Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia, Laos and Burma, and their two children,
Justine (13) and Vincent (10) visited the Father Ray Children’s Village.
The quartet enjoyed viewing the construction of six new houses and
meeting with the house mothers and the Father Ray Foundation children
who entertained them with Thai dancing.
Swiss organizations have provided funds for two of the four houses
already built in the Fr. Ray Village. These houses provide a home and
shelter for abandoned, abused, and / or orphaned children from the
streets … now they are safe in a secure place full of love.
The Ambassador from Switzerland has pledged to return to the Father Ray
Village and thanked Fr. Ray Foundation Development Director Mike
Lancaster for his invitation to this joyful experience. Lancaster
presented Her Excellency with the biography about Father Ray and the
organization that he founded; children from the Fr. Ray village
presented the Ambassador and her family with Phuang Ma Lai, the sweet
smelling Jasmine garlands that are associated with mothers.
Please help us to help more children, like these little ones, to feel
safe and loved. We need funds to furnish the six new houses under
construction in the Father Ray Village and pay for their annual upkeep.
Every little donation helps every little one. Thank you for yours.
To donate: email [email protected], through our website www.fr-ray.org visit
or write to us at 440 Moo 9km, 145 Sukhumvit Road, Nongprue Banglamung
Chonburi 20260.
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