Heard It Through the Grapevine

Heard It Through the Grapevine This column offers a chance to share all those good finds and tips that are helpful to others. If you have tips to share, please send them to Liz at nnrnews@gmail.com.

Pastaman Pop-up Sales Offer International Food Products

Kiki O’Connor ‘Pastaman’ sells a wide variety of products such as pasta, dairy, breads, jams, nuts, seeds, oils, vinegars and delicatessens.

Once a month Pastaman has a pop up shop at ISB’s canteen, where a good selection of their products are sold. You’ll find homemade breads and chocolate croissants, yoghurts, cheeses, gourmet butter and cream, salami, ham, olive and truffle oils, vinegars, honey, jam, syrups, olives, artichokes, tapenades and seeds. The pop up shop is open from 2pm - 4pm.

Pastaman also offers an email ordering service with home delivery from an even more extensive catalogue of products.

To get on their emailing list for the ISB Pop Up schedule or to enquire about home delivery, send an email to nutcha.me@aepthailand.com stating you are a Nichada resident.

New Laundromat at Oasis

The newest business at the Oasis center on Samakkee Road is Otteri Wash & Dry, a clean, well-lit laundromat open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In fact, the shop has an open-design plan, with no doors. You can walk in at all hours of the day, or night, to wash a load. While waiting for your laundry, you can enjoy free Wifi and magazines..

Prices per wash or dry depend on the size of your load and whether you select cold, warm or hot water. The brand new machines can handle wash loads between 9kg to 28kg. Laundry detergent is available from a vending machine. Another machine makes change for bills.

This new shop may come in handy for bulky items your home washers/dryers cannot handle, or for your domestic staff whose options for their own laundy, until now, may have been at old, outdoor machines on street corners.

Unicorn Club Available for Kiddie Parties

Need to book hassel-free party entertainment for your child’s birthday celebration? Try Khun Mai’s Unicorn Club. Founded by Vararin Mai Tripiyachart, a former teacher’s assistant at St. Andrew Samakee, Unicorn Club provides balloon art, slime making, face painting, scavenger hunts, t-shirt dyeing, magic shows and more. Mai’s Unicorn Club team members are young people from Thanksgiving Home, a Pakkred home founded by her parents to serve youths in need. Unicorn Club’s experienced team has entertained at the NNR Bazaar, Sweet Poppy, BAMBI events, private parties, and other

venues. Last year, Mai donated the services of Unicorn Club to entertain Thai chidlren at a Halloween party at Bumble Bee Free Library.

For more info, contact Mai at: 081-611-1210. Her line app ID is: vrqueen. Facebook page: @unicornclubthailand

Life Coach Sona Agopian

Thani Talk March 2020 Jum Chemnasiri When I met Sona, I was struggling with the issues that come with being a parent of a teenager. I heard about Sona’s parents group coaching sessions and decided to join. After the first session, I was already able to see light through the tunnel. My relationship with my daughter began to shift. I became more empowered and more confident. I was able to manage my emotions and my daughter’s effectively. Eventually, I found that we began to understand each other better and are now enjoying each other’s company much more than before I received Sona’s guidance.

I love Sona’s approach because I feel that she listens to me without judgement and guides me to find my true self, my answers and inner peace, and then to move forward with a more effective parenting approach to my teen. I would recommend this course for anyone seeking a more peaceful relationship and deeper connection with their children.