by Barry Hooper
“New Names in the Frame”
It was a relatively quiet week as golfing weeks go. I suspect because of the impending Thai New Year Holiday. Only the three outings but “New Names in the Frame” just about sums it up.
Who? Jon Dean, David Lacey and Larry Simpson. That is always nice to see.
On [...]
The management and team members of Nova Gold Hotel Pattaya welcomed snooker legend Jimmy White during his stay at the stylish boutique hotel. (From Left to right: Michael Procher (GM), Patcharee Nirat (GRO), Jimmy White, Pinmanee Bangthong (GRO) and Sascha Kunze (HM)).
Zeavola Resort, the only luxury villa resort on Phi Phi Island, invites you to plunge into the Andaman sea with “Andaman Zea Diving Package”.
This 5-night “Andaman Zea Diving Package” is THB 79,500*. Rate inclusive of:
- Accommodation for 5 nights in a Garden Suite for 2 persons
- 3 meals for 2 persons per day
- 2 dive [...]
The Grande Finale Signature Dinner proved a worthy climax to the Gourmet Festival at the Mantra Restaurant and Bar in North Pattaya. Mantra Executive Chef Jens Heier led a team of guest chefs joined by wine maker Philippe Bramaz of Best Cellar Co., Ltd., to produce a culinary extravaganza of food and wine. Pictured from [...]
Two minutes from the final whistle, a German Bundesliga match between St. Pauli and Schalke 04 was halted when a linesman was walloped by a plastic cup full of beer in the 88th minute.
In what was a fiery affair, Schalke were two goals up and the home team, St. Pauli, had already had two players [...]
These two splendid volunteers do a great job in helping to keep the Jomtien beach, in the area of sois 5 and 6, free of clutter, garbage other unsightly piles. They were spotted by the local environmental group KOTO (Keeper of the Ocean).
The highest honour at the first annual US Comedy awards went to chat show host David Letterman. The 63-year-old won the comedic excellence category and was presented with the Johnny Carson award.
It all seems just like yet another ‘you slap my back and I’ll slap your back’ excuse for a rave up at someone else’s [...]
by Tony
Emerald
Only one venue again this week due to the songkran festival. It appeared that everyone was a little bit ring rusty after the holiday as no one managed to play to their handicap. One player Brian Neal (Alias Jekyll & Hyde) scord a meagre 4 pts on the front nine then went on to [...]
Thousands of volunteers rushed to Japan’s disaster-hit northeast for a holiday week starting Friday, prompting welcomes mixed with worries about traffic chaos and
administrative nightmares.
The government asked volunteers to join organised relief programmes and refrain from driving individually to communities destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in March to ease congestion that [...]
0718 GMT: The official announcement from Buckingham Palace (Buck House to friends)
does not explain the choice. But it tells us the titles the couple will receive, presuming of course that they don’t suffer any last minute jitters and do go through with the wedding.
“The queen has today been pleased to confer a [...]
