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Helmets for Kids charity taxi ride day tomorrow
Dr. Iain Corness
The Helmets for Kids charity taxi ride day at the Bira Circuit is scheduled
for Saturday Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
This is an initiative from Thomas Raldorf (Pizza Company/CEA team) and the
Securitas Retro Team.
What will happen, is you get given a passenger ride around the twisty Bira
Circuit in a race car. It begins at 500 baht for three laps, with the money
going to purchase crash helmets for the children of poor families.
This is a very worthwhile cause. The good people at Bira Circuit have also
made the track available for this charity.
The Securitas Mk1 Ford Escort Retro racer will be there to take you around
for the ride of your life. Being passenger in a race car is an experience
you will never forget. Full safety precautions are used, by the way.
There are other race cars there too, so you can sample many different types
of performance vehicles.
Just turn up this Saturday between 8 a.m. and 12 noon.
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Regent’s visit the Thai Tims and the Thai Tims visit Regent’s
The Thai Tims practice “I Just
Can’t Get Enough”
for Picnic in the Park for Peace.
Joshua Whitcombe
On Thursday 15th September, 25 students from Key Stage 3 Blue House
(Thonburi) visited the Triamsuksa Nayai Am School in Chantaburi. Their
students, also known as the Thai Tims, are part of a foundation established
in the school called The Good Child Foundation. It was created by Paul
Lennon whose 9 year old son was born with Down syndrome. No Thai school
would accept him until this one eventually agreed. Paul wanted to prove that
having a child with Down syndrome in the class was not a disadvantage, it
was actually an advantage, as it taught the children that people are
different and that they all have to work together. The school then started
accepting more Down syndrome children.
Regent’s students visit Thai
Tims.
Paul and his wife started teaching the students Glasgow
Celtic football songs, and thus they have now become famous throughout the
world singing their songs on YouTube. On their visit, the Regent’s students
got to watch the Thai Tims perform one of their well known songs, “I Just
Can’t Get Enough”.
The main aim for the day was to practice a song together with the Thai Tims
which would be performed at “Picnic in the Park for Peace”. The song was
called “One Single Voice”. The rest of the afternoon was spent getting to
know the school and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.
Then on Sunday the 18th of September, the Thai Tims joined the Regent’s
School for the Clean up the World beach clean and a wonderful day at Picnic
in the Park for Peace.
The following morning they experienced “living in our shoes” for a day. The
students were welcomed by Miss Partyka, Mrs. McConnell and several GAP
staff. The morning consisted of them being split into groups to do music in
primary or secondary. They got to try different musical instruments, sing
and perform. After break they got to play football, volleyball and many team
games. The best part of the morning was the time the pupils from both school
spent together, working together and helping one another.
For me it was a very humbling experience to share these two days with the
Thai Tims. It made me appreciate what I have in life. The Thai Tims are
materially poorer than students at Regent’s, but when we were together we
were all the same. It made me realize I am lucky to have the opportunity to
attend Regent’s and feel we should all appreciate everything and the
opportunities we are lucky to be offered in life.
We are all looking forward to the next event with the Thai Tims.
The Thai Tims at Regent’s
after a long day of activities.
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Asian U joins with De Montfort U and BBC Academy in UK
From left: Dr. Apichat
Tungthangthum, Martin Locker, Dr. Eric Chowanietz, Ulrich Werner, Dr.
Boangoat Jarupan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danai Rorrungrueng.
On Monday, Sept. 26, Dr. Eric Chowanietz,
International Coordinator and Principal Lecturer at the Faculty of
Technology, De Montfort University (DMU), visited Asian U for talks
about cooperation projects with Ulrich Werner, Director of International
Development at Asian U.
 Dr.
Eric Chowanietz, De Montfort University, and Dr. Viphandh Roengpithya,
President of Asian University, during the signing ceremony of the
agreement between both universities in Bangkok.
With Aj. Charurat Tantraporn, Liberal Arts Faculty Dean, and Martin
Locker, Head of Multimedia, Dr. Chowanietz agreed on establishing mutual
Multimedia Summer Schools which give Asian U students access to the BBC
Academy with its high-end 3D-TV studios run by the British BBC, and
allow DMU’s technology-oriented students to attend the arts-oriented
courses of the B.A. Multimedia programme at Asian U. Furthermore, a
Multimedia double-degree programme is planned (B.A. from Asian U and
B.Sc. from DMU), for which the details will be worked out in the coming
weeks.
In a meeting with the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, represented
by Dr. Apichat Tungthangthum (Dean), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danai Rorrungrueng
(Associate Dean and Head of Electrical & Electronic Engineering), and
Dr. Boangoat Jarupan (Head of Information Systems Engineering), the
target of double-degree programmes in Mechanical and in Electrical &
Electronic Engineering (B.Eng. from Asian U and B.Eng. from DMU) were
agreed, for which the details will be worked out in the next few weeks.
All double-degree programmes will start with 2 years at Asian U and a
further 2 years at DMU.
The Memorandum of Understanding between both universities was signed in
Bangkok last Thursday by Dr. Viphandh Roengphithya, Founder and
President of Asian University.
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Green and Healthy Week
Katrin Puutsa
Children and teachers at The Regents have had a lot of fun in school
this past week getting involved in our annual Green and Healthy Week.
 Mr.
Mulford leads morning exercises.
During that week, the Early Years and Primary children were involved in
all kinds of fun activities to help learn more about ways we can look
after ourselves.
Each day staff and children woke up their minds and bodies with morning
aerobics before exploring the many other ways we can stay fit and
healthy. The children learned about making healthy food choices and even
prepared their own delicious healthy snacks to share in class.
An investigation was set up to find out which drinks were the worst for
our teeth by using boiled eggs, and Coca Cola, milk and water.
 Testing
which foods are better for teeth.
Not only did we learn how to look after ourselves, we also explored ways
to take care of the environment around us.
Children planted seeds to grow colourful flowers to enhance the outdoor
area as well as vegetable seeds which we hope will grow big enough to
eat in a few weeks! We learned the importance of recycling and reducing
the waste we create, especially the use of plastic bags and even picked
up litter in the school grounds.
During the whole week Ecobags have been on sale for students and parents
to save the world one plastic bag at a time.
 Ecobags
are on sale for students and parents to save the world one plastic bag
at a time.
In addition, to develop our understanding of the Round Square IDEALS, we
have considered what ‘Environmental’ means in our classroom.
As a result we are thinking about how many sets of lights or A/Cs we
need to use and how we can reuse paper and recycle.
Everyone has been trying to be a bit more green and healthy...come and
look at our pledge trees to see what we aimed to do!
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Beach Cleaning Bonanza
Vanessa A. Vanderpoel (IB2) and Jignil (Year 7)
Students from Garden International School have been on a bumper beach
clean-up as part of an environmental project.
IB students, teachers, primary and secondary pupils left their school in
Ban Chang, Rayong, on Saturday September 17 and made it to Mermaid Dive
Centre in Jomtien.
 Students
from Year 7 collect more rubbish from the sands.
After students were registered they got onto their allocated songthaews
and were taken to Bali Hai Pier.
After taking a boat to Koh Sak, the beach clean-up mission began. Some
students were given snorkeling equipment to clean the sea, while others
used fabric gloves and black trash bags to collect the garbage, such as
bottles, cans, pieces of foam and plastic. After a few hours of cleaning
students swam back to their boat for lunch.
After lunch students swam around for a few hours, with people jumping
off the sides and going down the boat’s slide.
As the day drew to an end, everyone swam back to shore to get photos
taken of the newly-cleaned beach. After heading back to land there was a
special dinner to end the cleaning effort.
The day was part of the IB students Project Aware, which aims to raise
environmental knowledge.
IB students from Garden
International School
help clean up Koh Sak near Pattaya.
Then on Thursday, September 22, students from year 7
and IB2 joined together and decided to clean the Nam Rin beach in Ban
Chang.
When students arrived at the beach, they were given a bin bag to put the
rubbish in and then set off to collect the rubbish. The Nam Rin beach
looked as if no cleaning had been done for a long time as students soon
filled their bags. They even found two complete light bulbs and a giant
fishing net that had been dumped!
The IB2 students that helped were Romy, Viraj, Rachel, Mint, Riz along
with teachers Ms Morris and Mr Beales. It was a good experience for year
7 as they got to help the community and learn more about improving the
environment.
Primary and secondary
students help
carry out a huge beach cleaning operation.
Year 7 students celebrate
after cleaning the beach.
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Regents clean up the world
Who can collect the most
rubbish?
Derrick Virgino
During the morning of September 18, the Regent’s School alongside with
80 Thai Tims from Chantaburi and the Wat Mai Nern Payoum local school
participated in the global event; “Clean Up The World” which inspires
and empowers global communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their
environment.
The start of the event was a meeting within the exterior lunch hall of
Wat Mai Nern Payoum local school where a colourful group picture was
taken. There, 80 Thai Tims welcomed the morning with one of their
cheerful and vibrant songs about their love and passion for the Irish
team of Celtic. The walk towards the first beach clearly showed the
Regent’s School’s compassion as each student mixed and socialized with
one of the Thai Tims and one of the students from the local school.
Upon arrival at the beach, everyone quickly showed their enthusiasm
where they instantly grabbed bin bags and gloves and cleaned the beach
from litter, ranging from; plastic bags and tin cans and all the way to
car tires and polystyrene. At the end of the hour, there was a ton of
garbage within the plastic bags, thanks to all of the participants!
But that’s not the end! As soon as the first beach was cleaned, everyone
walked back to their buses and boarded them to go to another beach. Just
like before, as the students got to the beach; they quickly grabbed
their bin bags and gloves and started to clean the beach. Everyone
showed enthusiasm whilst cleaning both beaches; everyone helped each
other whether it was picking up rubbish and putting it in someone’s bag
or pulling out rubbish stuck in the rocks.
As the event was nearing to an end, everyone boarded their bus and
returned to the exterior lunch hall at Wat Mai Nern Payoum where
everyone enjoyed a nice Thai buffet catered by the local school.
Everyone was enjoying themselves chatting to each other. The Thai Tims
and the students from the local school played basketball with the
Regent’s students. Many took pictures of the event and many simply
socialized with everyone.
Overall, the whole event was a success - two beaches were cleaned from
the rubbish that polluted them and everyone had a great time socializing
with each other and playing games or simply chatting with each other.
The Regent’s, the Thai
Tims and Wat Mai Nern Payoum students ready to clean up the beach.
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Student Union: The next
generation takes over
From right to left:
Jarupa Chuengyingruangrung (previous President), San Wannasri
(President), Patcharaphon Suphason (Vice-President), Thipsukon
Kraidechthanasin (Social Activities), Pattaraporn Sae-Kuai (Treasurer),
Kultida Leerpraphantkul (Clubs), Valentino Pannan (Sports), and Kasakorn
Na Pathalong (Community Service). In the back: Acting Student Affairs
Manager James Saville.
Ulrich Werner
On Friday, Sept 16, for Jarupa Chuengyingruangrung and her team a busy
year ended: the outgoing President of Asian University’s Student Union
handed over tasks, responsibilities and assets to the next generation in
a ceremony led by James Saville, acting Student Affairs Manager at Asian
U.
Traditionally, students give up their duties in the Student Union when
entering their last year of study to focus on their degree. The new
Student Union, headed by its President San Wannasri and his
Vice-President Patcharaphon Suphason, will continue the many activities,
especially in Community Service, Social Activity and Sport areas.
From teaching English at local schools, supporting renovation works at
kindergartens and rural schools, to baseball and soccer matches against
U.S. Navy soldiers - there are plenty of things to organize. This way,
campus life at Asian U is how it should be: alive, interesting,
diversified, and colourful!
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