Pattaya Living - October 2012

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a supplement of real estaTe magazine

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Drawing the line on gifts There was a ruckus recently over a group of Thai politicians heading off with some of their media mates on a junket to Europe. As one who has enjoyed many a similar trip it made me smile to see the furor it sparked – especially among those not going!

I don’t intend to comment in detail on this particular incident as I feel it’s up to those taxpayers who vote to have an opinion – and that probably doesn’t involve many Pattaya Living readers (myself included).

But it did get me thinking about what is – and isn’t – acceptable in terms of enjoying yourself at someone else’s expense and, by extension, what is acceptable in terms of corporate hospitality and the giving of gifts?

Part of the reason for raising this is that a property developer recently “confessed” to me that his company’s media buyers favoured advertising in certain publications because they received nice gifts at the end of the year from grateful publishers. I had to break into a wry smile. Wry because I’m not in the habit of doing that sort of thing myself – more through lack of funds than any high morals, if truth be told.

But, though this did not come as a surprise to me, it did sadden me to think that advertising decisions might be made on the grounds of who gives the best bottle of whisky at Christmas instead of “where do we think our advertising will gain the most impact?”

Such is human nature and in a country where the handing over of heavily filled brown envelopes (for all sorts of reasons) is rife, one can only be philosophical.

whisky please let me know!

Dave Buckley

Managing Director, Pattaya Property Consultants, publishers of REM

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Dan Cheeseman is co-founder and director of Choice Group Asia and Inspire-eMagazine.com.

Previously he has worked in other forms of media in the city. Before coming to Thailand he spent 10 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises in various sales and marketing positions before going on to work in a consultancy capacity, developing business propositions essentially with the Post Office Ltd in the UK during its transition from being Government owned to becoming a more commercial proposition.

Has Pattaya become a parent?

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By dan cheeseman

The words ‘family’

and ‘kids’ were not

synonymous with the Pattaya of old, and certainly not associated with major events

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gone by.

It is just me or has Pattaya moved on from its pure adolescent teenage years of getting blind drunk and flirting with the ladies and matured into a caring parent?

Maybe my analogy isn’t that clear, so let me explain.

Long-term expats reading may relate better to this article’s message, let’s start this story in the year 2006…

Six years ago you wouldn’t have found the glamour and networking style of a Lighthouse Club that now attracts more than 200 attendees every month and is held at wonderful venues such as the Hilton, the Hard Rock Café and Dusit D2 Baraqua (the Hilton didn’t even exist in Pattaya back then).

Respectable numbers Only a few years ago when the Lighthouse Club arrived in Pattaya meetings were comprised of little more than a handful of people involved in the building game plus real estate agents who made the attendee numbers look respectable at around the 50 mark. They met in bars and worked their way through sponsored kegs of beer (not a glass of wine in sight – except if you paid for it yourself).

The landscape of Pattaya did not include many top-end hotels, such as the Hilton and Holiday Inn which are recent additions to Beach Road because the type of tourist the city was attracting were still opting for guestrooms. If you wanted to go shopping then you had plenty of street markets and Royal Garden Plaza. Not a single pile had been poured at the huge Central Festival shopping centre.

Chances are if you were going for a beer it would be in an open

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beer bar, with Sois Six, Seven and Eight hugely popular. Visitors would be surrounded by women, get the chance to have a photo with a huge snake or some other exotic animal and wake up with very little memory of what went on the night before (and no doubt find yourself having to pay out an additional Bt1,000 to conclude matters).

Air conditioned venues A mere six years on and the bar scene has developed with many fully air conditioned venues that attract more couples and families.

There are water parks being built further south and the floating market is now embedded as a key attraction in this city.

What prompted me to write this article was, when reviewing events coming up in Pattaya for Inspire eMagazine, two stood out as game

changers. The Jesters Children’s Fair is now a key event on the Pattaya social calendar; it boasts more than 90 stalls and attracts huge numbers. We are talking about a kids day in Pattaya being a huge draw!

Family Fun Day Next up is the new Family Fun Day and Twenty20 cricket that will be on the 20th of this month at Horseshoe Point in East Pattaya.

The words “family” and “kids” were not synonymous with the Pattaya of old, and certainly not associated with major events in years gone by. Some 10 years ago it was all about booze and birds. Not any more.

So, is Pattaya now really a caring “parent” that caters more for families and couples? In simple terms we have to arrive at the answer “yes”.

Of course, the nightlife here remains vibrant and a quick look down Soi LK might suggests this aspect of Pattaya life continues to develop. That said, others think that the continued development of areas such as LK is but a prelude to more and more beer bars being “encouraged” to move away from the beachfront.

But Pattaya is starting – very quickly – to move towards being a family destination and that includes for expats, too.

The most recent three event posts made on Inspire, at the time of writing, really sum up where Pattaya is for attractions. ‘Family Fun Day’, ‘Gurkha Curry Night’ and ‘Miss Sexy Moves 2012’. The city currently takes care of the needs of each of us, and that sounds very parent-like to me.

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orld class beach volleyball and futsal, together with buffalo racing as only Thailand knows how, are highlights of an action-packed autumn programme of events on the Eastern Seaboard.

The six-day women’s beach volleyball competition between October 23-28 is the last stop on the 2012 International Federation of Volleyball’s Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour.

The Bangsaen Thailand Open powered by PTT at Laemtean, Bangsaen will feature more than 60 international teams, including the cream of the women’s beach volleyball teams who competed in the Olympic Games in London.

Admission is free and, for the first time on the World Tour in Thailand, feature matches will be played in the evening under lights.

The 21 overseas countries represented are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, USA and Vanuatu.

Thailand, as host country, is allowed two automatic slots in the main draw, which have been given to the country’s two top teams – Radarong and Udomchavee and Sannok and Tenpaksee. The Thai teams have been successful in Asia, with Radarong and Udomchavee winning three Asian Tour events and the gold medal at the Asian Beach Games.

Matches start from 9am daily, with evening feature matches being played from 24–26 October.

The semi-finals on Saturday,

October 27, and finals on Sunday, October 28 will be held from 4-6pm with a live TV broadcast on both days on NBT and T-Sports in Thailand and internationally.

Futsal World Cup The seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup for international five-a-side football teams will be played over 18 days in Bangkok and Korat beginning on November 1.

Twenty-four teams will contest the group stages in six groups of four. Hosts Thailand have been drawn in Group A with Costa Rica, Ukraine and Paraguay while defending champions and four times winners Brazil are in Group C with Japan, Libya and Portugal.

Twice winners Spain are in Group B with Iran, Panama and Morocco Group D comprises Argentina, Mexico, Italy and Australia; Group E Egypt, Serbia, Czech Republic and Kuwait and Group F Russia, Guatemala, Solomon Islands and Colombia.

The top two in each group and the four highest ranked third placed teams will advance to the knockout stage, which begins on November 11. The quarter finals with be played on November 14, the semi finals on November 16 and the final and third place playoff on November 18.

Four venues will be used for the tournament – the Bangkok Futsal Arena; Nimibuth Stadium, Bangkok; the Indoor Stadium, Bangkok and Korat Chatchai Hall, Korat.

Tickets are priced at Bt100Bt300 for group matches; Bt200Bt500 for the first two knockout rounds and Bt300-Bt900 for the semi-finals and final. They

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 World champions and Olympic bronze medallists Llarissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta da Silva from Brazil head an impressive line-up at the Bansaen volleyball tournament.  Germany’s Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler claimed their first FIVB SWATCH World Tour gold on the Finnish Aland Islands last month.  Kristýna Kolocová and Markéta Sluková from the Czech Republic.

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 Futsal world champions Brazil in a recent game against Hungary. are available online from www. thaiticketmajor.com.

For more details and the full schedule of games visit www.fifa. com/futsalworldcup.

Women With A Mission will stage their fourth annual charity golf tournament – for men and women – at the Phoenix Golf Club on Friday, October 19. Player fees of Bt3,500, or Bt14,000 for a team of four, will include green fee, caddy, goody bag, golf shirt and admission to sponsor AustCham’s ESB Sundowners at Holiday Inn, Pattaya.

Proceeds will go towards Women With A Mission’s Nourish, Educate and Care programmes in Thailand.

For bookings email kagrimmer@ gmail.com, mrdiamente2003@ yahoo.com or phone o87 428 3520 or 081 865 0714.

Gourmands and gourmets have the opportunity to exercise their palates at several events in October.

If meat is off your menu then head for the annual Pattaya Vegetarian Festival between October 14-24 at the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation in Naklua.

As in previous years, the highlight will be the cooking of “dumplings with heavenly ingredients” in a giant skillet for everyone who attends.

The opening day will feature the cooking of Pad Yad Thip Paed Sien. The dish is made of

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specially ordered tear-shaped rice-flour dumplings, ginkgo and cashew nuts, bell peppers, shiitake mushrooms, dried bean curd and vegetarian seasoning.

Other activities besides the religious ceremony to bring people good luck include the parade of Kiw Oung Hook Cho and Guan Yin and the parade of the golden dragons, stage performances and hundreds of vegetarian food stalls.

Samui Dining Festival Koh Samui’s second Samui Fine Dining Festival continues into its second and final month with Samui’s finest restaurants and an elite of international chefs uniting in the name of culinary innovation and daily dining sensations.

Each participating restaurant will present daily a superb individual fine dining menu with paired wines from Bt2,200 to Bt4,000.

This year sees 26 restaurants taking part, up from 16 last year when the festival was for one month only. Organisers believe the appetite exists to make this extended moveable feast a permanent fixture in

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the international food festival calendar.

Closer to home, Tropical Berts in Soi 6/1 off Pattaya Second Road will host its second Gurkha Curry Night on October 20 following the success of the first held in May. A team of Gurkhas in full military regalia who work at the British Embassy in Bangkok will prepare authentic Gurkha curries which, according to the organisers, have a unique taste.

Seating is limited to 50 and the cost is a mere Bt300, so tickets are likely to go well before the event.

All proceeds will go to the Gurkha Welfare Trust and the Royal British Legion in Thailand.

Racing action at Bira Circuit includes three days of Super Car Thailand action from October 1214 and two days of superbikes in the Motorcycle Mag competition on October 28-29.

If there was a world cup for buffalo racing Thailand would surely be champions. The finest exponents of this hair-raising sport can be seen in action between October 5-11 in Chonburi town.

The annual buffalo race is a

The current Miss International Queen, Sirapassorn Atthayakorn of Thailand. Gurkha's are about to cook up a storm at Tropical Berts. Buffalo racing is back in Chonburi. BQRacing, sponsored by B-Quik, will feature in Super Car Thailand races at Bira. Dressage features strongly in five days of equine action at Horseshoe Point.

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hotly contested series of sprints across on an open space in front of the town’s municipal offices.

Miss Buffalo There will be plenty besides racing to keep visitors occupied.

There will also be a fair with food stalls and handicrafts, children’s rides, folk music concerts and a beauty contest to decide the rather unfortunately named Miss Buffalo!

Riding of a more genteel nature will take place at Horseshoe Point in the form of the The Horseshoe Point Invitational between October 19–21 and the FEI World Dressage Challenge between October 24–25.

The Horseshoe Point Invitational is certified by the Thailand Equestrian Federation and is the first qualifying round

of dressage (sub-Junior, junior and young rider) for the Thailand Championships 2013. Included in the competitions are Medium and Prix Saint Georges classes using the tests of the FEI World Dressage Challenge.

There will also be show jumping competitions for kids (between 50cm and 130cm in height) and adults.

The tentative schedule sees the Friday show jumping classes start at 4.30pm. Saturday’s and Sunday’s day-long action includes dressage and show jumping starting at 8am both days.

Siam Samsung Life Insurance will provide prizes, including Bt300,000 of accident insurance for one year for all winners and additional prizes for the top six in each class.

Competitions for the FEI World Dressage Challenge will be held on Wednesday, October 24 with clinics staged the following day.

Transgender beauty queens from all over the world descend on Thailand this month for six hectic days of activities beginning on October 28 and culminating in the crowning of Miss International

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 The 17th annual Book Expo Thailand takes place over 11 days at the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre in Bangkok.

Queen at Tiffany’s Theatre, Pattaya on Friday, November 2.

The winner will receive US$10,000, a trophy and use of a Pattaya apartment for a year.

Other cash prizes ranging from US$500 to US$2,000 together with sponsors’ gifts will be on offer for the first and second runners up and winners of the Best Evening Gown, Best National Costume, Miss Congeniality, Miss Photogenic, Miss Ripley’s Popular Vote, Miss Perfect Skin and the top three in the Best Talent competitions.

Bangkok will get the opportunity to see all the contestants at 7pm on Tuesday, October 30, for preliminary competitions at the 600-seat Aksara Theatre, Rangnam Road, Ratchatewi. VIP tickets, which include dinner at the Ramayana restaurant, cost Bt1,600 baht and ordinary tickets Bt1,000.

The grand finale, the judging and crowning of Miss International Queen 2012 by Thailand’s 2011 winner, Sirapassorn Atthayakorn, takes place at the Tiffany Theatre, Pattaya, on Friday, November 2 starting at 9pm and will be broadcast live on Thai TV. Tickets for Tiffany’s priced at Bt1,500 and Bt2,500 are available, along with tickets for the Aksara Theatre, from www. thaiticketmajor.com or from the

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competition’s official website, www. missinternationalqueen.com.

Miss Sexy Moves Open casting for the inaugural Miss Sexy Moves contest takes place at the Pullman Pattaya Hotel G between 10am and 7pm on October 10. Twelve outgoing ladies between 20 and 35 who can move well and show their sexuality are required for the November 17 contest when they will strut their stuff. More details next issue.

The Pullman Pattaya Hotel G will also host a Peace and Love G Session on October 6 starting at 7pm.

Finally, bookworms should note that Thailand’s premier book fair, Book Expo Thailand 2012, will take place between October 18-28 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre. Organised by The Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT), the event is open daily from 10am to 9pm.

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Details of published events are correct at the time of going to press but are subject to change without notice.

Readers are advised to check with event organisers.

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Who were those people you know so well?

1. Most of us have sipped his whisky at one time, but what was the occupation of Johnnie Walker whose striding figure (above left) is seen just about everywhere alcohol is sold?

2. It is famous for frozen food, but where did the Birds Eye name come from?

3. Three stripes on your trainers means Adidas, a contraction of the name of the company’s German founder. Who was he?

4. Tupperware parties were all the rage in the 1960s, but who gave his name to the plastic storage boxes?

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5. Forget keeping the doctor away, an apple a day is the Granny Smith way to stay healthy. But who was Granny Smith ?

6. A Mickey Finn is a drink laced with a drug given to people without their knowledge in order to incapacitate them. But who was Mickey Finn?

7. Who doesn’t start the day with a bowl of Kelloggs, pictured right with US Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas, the new face of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes? But who set the trend for cereal-based breakfasts?

They are familiar to us all, but who were the people who live on in the names of everyday goods and products that we now take for granted?

Answers are on Page 37

8. Everyone has called a vacuum cleaner a Hoover at some point, even though it might not have been. But who was Hoover?

And now for a change of subject: 9. The world’s third oldest comic will appear in print for the last time on its 75th anniversary on December 4, 2012 after sales dropped from two million a week to 8,000. What is it?

10. The President of Somaliland sent a congratulatory message in a press release to which British 2012 Olympic gold medallist?

11. Three cities from which country have made it into the top five of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual “liveability” rankings?

12. Signs at London’s Farringdon Underground station warned commuters to tuck their trousers into their socks for what reason?

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A Taiwanese minister has sparked a hygiene debate by advising men follow the example of women and do what?

14. Prolific US inventor Thomas Edison (above right), who acquired more than 1,000 patents, received his first one in 1868 for what?

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The next paying passenger to fly to the International Space Station (above centre) is reported to be which British musical star?

16. A Finnish teenager won an offbeat competition by throwing what object 101.46m (333ft)?

17. According to a survey by Vision Critical for DeLonghi, Britons consider walk-in wardrobes the second most desirable status symbol in 2012. What was first?

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Which current sports star hid under a desk as a child to avoid a crazed gunman who murdered 17 pupils at a Dunblane school in 1996?

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Attractions

Underwater World: on Sukhumvit Road 200 metres south of Tesco Lotus at Pattaya South has a collection of marine species from the Gulf of Thailand. Walk through the 100-metre long pedestrian tunnel and witness more than 200 species of fish swimming by. Open daily from 9.00-18.00 (last tickets 17.30). Tel: 038 756 879.

Pattaya Elephant Village: 7km from Central Pattaya on Phonpraphanimit Road. Shows daily at 14.30 and last an hour. A one-hour elephant ride is available from 8.00-17.30 and rafting, trekking (three hours including a meal) is available at 9.00, 10.30, 12.30 and 16.30. Tel: 038 249 818.

Khao Kheow Open Zoo: 35 km north of Pattaya. A huge zoo with many animals that are on the endangered species list including six rare white tigers exchanged by the Memphis Zoo in the USA. Open daily 08:00-18:00. Tel: 038 298 188.

Sriracha Tiger Zoo: a zoo with various shows at 341 Moo 3, Nongkham, Sri Racha (30 minutes away). It claims a population of 200 tigers and around 10,000 crocodiles, the largest of such in the world. Tel: 03829 6556.

Nong Nooch Tropical Garden: 163 Sukhumvit Road (15 minutes east of city towards Bang Saray). Beautiful gardens with waterfalls, “Cultural Extravaganza” performances four times a day. Tourists experience religious ceremonies, martial arts demonstrations, massages and elephant shows. Various restaurants are available. Tel: 03842 9321

Sanctuary of Truth: this wooden giant can be found in North Pattaya.

The entrance is at Soi 12, Naklua Road. Every inch of the building is covered with wooden carvings

The Million-Year Stone Park and Crocodile Farm: lies a 15 minute drive from central Pattaya. It features an exotic zoo, and crocodile, fire-swallowing and magic shows, as well as the garden and stone park. Open 8.0018:30. Tel: 03824 9347-9 or www. thaistonepark.org for information.

Mini Siam: is on Sukhumvit Road, surrounded by Soi 33. This model village celebrates the heritage of Thailand with miniature replicas of the most famous monuments and historical sites. Replicas of Tower Bridge, Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and Trevi Fountain are also displayed. There is a small go-kart track. Open daily from 7.00-22.00.

Tel: 038 421 628 for information.

Koh Larn: is reached by ferry from Bali Hai pier or by speedboat. It has several beaches boasting white sand and clear blue water. The many activities include para sailing, snorkeling, jet ski, banana boat, swimming in tropical waters, and there is even a shooting range there.

Koh Larn is also suited for bicycling and hiking. www.kohlarn.com Pattaya Park and Tower: at Pratumnak features a large whirlpool with giant sliders and a tower with a revolving restaurant.

Visitors can also enjoy several games and rides on the tower and in its playground. Open daily from 10.00-19.00 (20.00 on Saturday).

Tel: 03836 4110-20 or 02579 9612-4 or www.pattayapark.com for more information.

Bira International Circuit: is the only internationally certified racetrack in Thailand. Its extensive facilities include a full-service karting track, an off-road test track, and the FIA certified 2.41km racetrack. It can be found about 15 km away on the Pattaya-Rayong Road (Highway 36). Tel: 022 803 547/025 221 731/8

Here we list just a few of the things tourists and expats can do to make their time here more enjoyable ...

Golf

Many local bars organise golf days, often at better prices than casual golfers can negotiate with the course direct. If you plan to play regularly, consider membership of the Pattaya Sports Club as production of its membership card can help secure worthwhile discounts. The one-off registration fee is Bt400 plus Bt500 a year membership. Most golfers find they can save these sums within just a few rounds.

Bangpra International: is one of several five-star courses in the area. This is an 18-hole, par 72 course with plenty of water on the front nine. Clubhouse recently renovated – even the toilets are automated! Tel: 038 341 149-50 Burapha Golf Club: is a fourstar, 36-hole, par 72 course. The Eastern course suits up-andcoming golfers, while the Western challenges the more experienced.

Reserving a tee-off time is advised.

Tel: 038 372 700-1 Century Chonburi: Designed by Nick Faldo, this is an inexpensive 18-hole, par 72 course, usually not too busy during the week.

Clubhouse has little to commend it, but this is reflected in low green fees. Tel: 081 304 1545 The Emerald: Close to Bang Chang, Emerald is another course where Nick Faldo has left his mark. He designed this in conjunction with the late Desmond Muirhead. Many holes test accuracy, not length, of drive. Tel: 038 941 111 Greenwood (formerly Noble Place): is well designed 27-hole, par 72 course. A well-kept course with few water hazards allows good scoring for high handicappers.

Tel: 081 484 9066, 081 484 9069 Laem Chabang International: this Jack Nicklaus-designed, 27-hole, par 72 course is one of the top ones.

Set in spectacular surroundings on mountain, valley and lake nines. Carts are compulsory here.

Tel: 038 372 273

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Khao Chi Chan: etched and filled with gold leaf, this Buddha is more than 100 metres high and is thought to be the largest such image in the world. Next to Silver Lakes Vineyard which is also worth a visit.

to reflect Ancient Vision of Earth, Ancient Knowledge, and Eastern Philosophy. It is open daily from 9.00-18.00 Admission is 500 baht.

038 225 407/038 367 229 www. sanctuaryoftruth.com

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the nite owl Swooping on the best venues the brass monkey bar, soi nern plub waan (top end on right going away from Sukhumvit)

Stars shine brightly on the Dark Side I had received an SMS message that I’m sure was part of a larger Pattaya-wide campaign. The message announced that there was a big “do” going on at The Brass Monkey Bar with live music provided by “Band of Smiles” featuring a guest appearance

by Roddy Lorimer, the worldrenowned trumpet player formerly with Eric Clapton, The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Waterboys.

I’d never been to The Brass Monkey nor had I heard Band of Smiles. And, even though I’d met Roddy in a social setting, I’d never had the chance to hear him play live. So, how could I resist?

Traffic in East Pattaya can be brutal on Saturday night, so I made my way over early, just as the sun was setting. The Brass Monkey is deep in the heart of the Dark Side down Soi Nern Plub Waan, just across from the big Vientiane Restaurant.

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Bright orange balloons There was no mistaking a big event was on tap for the evening as huge clusters of balloons adorned the front of the bar. And, there was also no mistaking the nationality of the bar’s owner as the balloons were bright orange. In fact, the entire bar is painted the Dutch national colour.

Brass Monkey is deceptively large, with a front bar seen from the street, but a larger middle room with a pool table, and accommodating plenty of comfortable seating perfect for large groups. Even further into this cave-like pub is a good-sized

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This month a prompt from modern technology combines with old school rock and roll to make a night to remember for Pattaya

Living’s Nite Owl.

band stage. I parked right out front, but later realised that they have ample parking off the street to the rear and side of the bar.

Whoever set this place up had this thinking cap on.

Getting the low-down True to my modus operandi, I plopped down at the main bar between two groups of regulars and quickly got the low-down on The Brass Monkey.

Though it is an old established place, the bar changed hands six months ago. The new owner, Jack from Holland, has breathed new life into the place much to the delight of the hearty group of Brass Monkey faithful.

I must say, while some older established pubs in town tend to get “cliquish” with regular patrons taking offense to newcomers, Brass Monkey was quite the opposite. I soon found myself in three different conversations with groups from three different countries. All had one thing in common … they were excited about the musical entertainment lined up for the night. Everybody was ready to jam!

By 8:30pm, headlining act “Band of Smiles” appeared and

was busy tuning up. Bob Hughes, local event planner and promoter of the event, was nervously hopping about, slapping backs and assuring everyone that the guest star Roddy Lorimer would be arriving any minute. Since Bob had alerted the owner Jack that I was some version of local press, the lovely Brass Monkey service staff made sure I was seated close to the action with extra cold beverages.

Band of Smiles is an eclectic group with a husband and wife team from the UK providing the backbone on guitar and lead vocals. I quickly spotted the Thai lead guitarist I’ve seen on several occasions named “Pop”.

Their true colours Now I was getting excited because Pop can really tear it up when he gets going. The band opened up with a pretty tame old Journey tune, but then showed their true colours by ripping through some classic old rock like Blondie’s “One Way or Another” and a blistering rendition of Tina Turner’s “Nutbush City Limits”.

The female lead singer really knows how to pick the right songs and then she sings the hell out

Wikipedia on Roddy Roddy Lorimer (born May 19, 1953 in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician who has performed with a number of bands, including Blur, Gene, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Suede and The Waterboys. He is currently a member of the horn section Kick Horns.

Lorimer studied the trumpet at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. His classical music background can be heard in his work on The Waterboys' single "The Whole of the Moon", the band's greatest commercial success.

Lorimer includes another Waterboys recording, an arrangement of W B Yeats' poem “The Stolen Child”, among his top ten favourite recordings of all time.

Among his influences in popular music, Lorimer cites Miles Davis and Chuck Mangione. Roddy Lorimer recently played his harmonicaless harmonica on the [Part-Hero] demo for the song the Long Way Round. Something that has never been caught on a recording until now.

of them. I like my lead singers passionate and believable, and this lady certainly fits the bill.

I spied Roddy sliding in the back with old friend of mine, Andy Goodson, another Brit and a local fixture playing bass for anybody that will let him. After Band of Smiles finished their first set, Roddy and Andy plotted their strategy for jamming with the band. Peering out into the front, I could see the crowd had built to quite a mob. By my estimate there were at least a hundred or so anxious rock fans, beers in hand and cameras at the ready.

Roddy took the stage and accompanied the band with a short solo and back up duties on the first song. Then, the lead singer just stepped back and let Roddy do his thing. The band lost themselves in a three song blues set that was tailor-made for Roddy’s style.

Energy and attitude This was the second month in a row I’d witnessed the power a welltravelled professional musician has over any band. You could tell by the energy and attitude of the band, Roddy had inspired them to really rock the house. After the set, Roddy came over to our table for some refreshment. All I could say was, “Man, I don’t do anything that good”.

I sneaked out the side door along with Roddy and Andy into the breezy Pattaya night.

Standing across the street from the bar, I was amazed by the vibe emanating from this place.

Maybe it was the unnatural orange glow … maybe it was the siren song of rock-n-roll music … or maybe it was the sound of a big bunch of people all chattering about witnessing a rare natural phenomenon … a star appeared on The Dark Side.

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Changing gears I couldn’t help but marvel at his versatility. At times, he would step out and offer some existentialist jazz riffs reminiscent of Miles Davis. Then he’d change gears and play the lead melody on a blues classic that made me long for

my days stumbling through the French Quarter in New Orleans.

By far my favourite part of Roddy’s performance was the chemistry he had with Pop, the local guitar legend. On several occasions, Roddy and Pop exchanged riffs, bringing big smiles to both their faces and igniting the crowd.

Coffee break

Did you know...

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Six of the best

Sugar Ray – the greatest?

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1. Which cathedral was the world’s tallest building between 1311 and 1549?

A) Cologne B) Beauvais C) Lincoln 2. Which modern day country was called Lusitania?

A) Portugal

B) Albania

C) Bulgaria

3. On TV, Lovejoy’s car, Miriam, was what?

A) Ford Cortina B) Morris Minor

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4. Bright’s disease affects which part of the body?

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2. Henry Armstrong (USA, 1912-1988).

3. Muhammad Ali (USA, 1942-).

4. Joe Louis (USA, 1914-1981).

5. Roberto Duran (Panama, 1951-).

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idn’t it rain during September! There was so much in Pattaya, I would imagine that the Bangkok residents were getting the wellies and inflatable boats ready.

Fortunately, with Pattaya’s elevated geographical position we get no major flooding, so rain does not stop the wheels of industry turning down here. But there can be exceptions. And the automotive spray paint industry is one of them.

Regular readers of this magazine will know that our Securitas Retro Escort had an unfortunate inversion at the Kaeng Krachan circuit in July. A three times inversion which left the 40-year-old race car in a very sorry state indeed.

The roof was pushed over, the left front wheel was ripped off, the right front quarter, which took the brunt of the impact, was pushed downwards about 15 cm and every panel was bent. If that wasn’t enough, the rack was bent, the rear axle was bent, the front suspension was bent.

A write-off?

Had it been a road car it would have been classed as a write-off.

However, this was a dedicated race car which had seen two seasons of development, including a 2-litre turbocharged engine, fabricated suspension arms, an extensive lightening programme, lowered, 15-inch wheels and new Hankook racing rubber from the B-Quik people.

This development produced a car that was eight seconds a lap quicker than before, and you don’t throw eight seconds of development on the scrap heap!

While we were looking at the wreck and wondering where to start, up comes a little Thai panel and paint chap who assured us he could do the job and quoted a figure which was almost too good to be true. He got the job.

We trailered the wreck to his “shop” which turned out to be a dirt floor lean-to against an illegal building on the Huay Yai road. However, we saw work he had done and were heartened by his claim that it would take four weeks.

Rule number 1: Never believe a panel shop’s estimate of time needed to complete a job. As I write this, it has been there 10 weeks and “should” come out today (middle of September).

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Shake the car down However, eventually the bodywork was finished and the job of replacing the bent parts began.

There is a fair amount to be done, but we have our sights set on the ProCar series meeting on September 30 at the local Bira circuit. This is a different series from the one we usually race in, and we will compete for no points, but just to shake the car down in time for the next round of the Nitto 3K series, in which we had been leading our class until the Kaeng Krachan disaster.

So the Phoenix has arisen, not just from the ashes, but from the waters as well. I’ll let you know how we got on next month.

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Only three rules apply: 1 It must be a band (min 2 and max 8 members).

2 They must play their own songs.

3 They must perform them live.

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ave you ever sat in a local bar listening to a band perform and wondered what they might sound like playing their own material? If they are really talented it must be agony for them to have to play Hotel California every night because that’s what the patrons are comfortable with when really they are aching to do their own thing.

Well now they have a chance to shine and maybe even play in a worldwide televised final in Bangkok with a top prize of US$100,000 to further develop themselves.

All they have to do is enter a contest called GBOB (Global Battle of the Bands) and they may be on their way to fame and fortune. Morten Marthinsen, managing director of Sierra Nevada Co Ltd, the owner of the GBOB franchise in Thailand, tells us what GBOB Thailand really is all about.

“Our goal is to become Thailand’s leading talent show within the next three years,” he said. “To get there we have (among others) been working hard to involve directors, producers and artists who have achieved success not only in Thailand but also abroad. We are proud to be able to name Chris Craker, former vice-president of Sony BMG Masterworks in New York, as our head judge.

“Additionally we are negotiating with legendary band Big Ass and their front figure Poonsak Jaturaboon, Khun Off, to join Chris. Two more celebrity judges will enter the competition as part of GBOB Thailand’s panel of judges for 2013.”

Morten explains that it has also been important to give all bands an equal opportunity to qualify.

“Therefore we have decided to hold regional finals in major cities across the country,” he continued. “The three best bands in each region will qualify for the national final to be staged at the Burapa Pattaya Bike Week 2013, the biggest event of its kind in South East Asia counting nearly 5,000 visitors over each of its two days.

for Thai bands to shine

“Imagine the opportunity the finalists get, playing in front of more than 10,000 people!”

The winning band will walk away with a GBOB Worldwide Bronze Statuette, be given recording time in a top modern studio, cash prizes and participation in the GBOB Worldwide final in Bangkok, December 2013 – where they can win a prize worth US$100,000 as a band development package.

GBOB Thailand is also producing its own reality show which will be broadcast on Channel 5 and True Vision next February and March – a five programme series on consecutive weekends.

Morten concludes:”Marketing is key to our success. We aim to draw attention to the competition through partnerships with well known brands, play at great venues, sign celebrity judges and work closely with a strong national media partner. These are all necessary measures to make GBOB Thailand an unique event, not only for 2013 but for years to come!”

The global final is due to be staged in Bangkok in December next year and organisers are expecting a 25 per growth in countries participating, especially from South-East Asia and Latin America.

If you are interested in knowing more about GBOB for administration, marketing and sponsorships or to enter the contest please contact Morten Marthinsen morten@ sierranevada. asia

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS (and what they do today)

2004: Second (Spain) who toured Europe with Shakira and Depeche Mode.

2005: Kopek (Ireland) achieved US management and tours the US continuously. They had a Top 10 single in Canada and a Top 25 in the US. One of their hits, “Love is Dead”, is included on the soundtrack of the movie “Saw 3D”.

2006: Heavy Mojo (USA).

2007: Boys in a Band (Faroe Islands) got together for the first time to compete in the local GBOB competition. They are frequently invited to the big European music festivals such as Roskilde, Eurosonic and Great Escape.

2008: Floors and Walls (England).

2009: Rustic (China).

2010: Dubtonic Kru (Jamaica) was awarded the Simba award by the Coalition to Preserve Reggae in 2011. At present they are touring the USA on their “Journey Tour 2012”.

GBOB history 2004: First world final at London Astoria – 16 countries; 3,000 musicians; an audience of 50,000.

2011: First world final outside UK is staged in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 18 countries participated (Brazil, Jamaica, South Africa, Morocco, Norway, England, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Australia and Malaysia); 10,000 musicians in more than 200 concerts worldwide.

2012: The 8th world final will be at the Scala in London – 20 countries will participate; the number of musicians, concerts and audiences has increased annually in member countries.

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GBOB background GBOB has proven success through its eight year history and is growing in popularity year upon year!

Bob Geldof once said of it: “Yours is not a competition, it is a movement.” And that is exactly what GBOB is!

GBOB Worldwide was founded at a time when live music, concerts and tours were increasing in popularity and when the Internet was starting to become a major tool for bands wanting to reach a wider audience.

GBOB Worldwide has visited more than 30 countries in all corners of the world. Participants from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America have competed year-on-year.

International superstars and producers have been involved in GBOB since the beginning: Rick Wakeman – Yes; Kee Marcello – Europe; Glen Matlock – Sex Pistols; and Steve Lillywhite, former producer of U2 and the Rolling Stone are examples of this.

Worldwide final 2013 in Bangkok

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After all, tomorrow is another day

– Gone With the Wind : Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh)

up the daisies. He’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!

– Monty Python : John Cleese

I don’t know h ow to kiss or I w ould kiss you. Whe re do the noses go?

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pyjamas, I don't know.

Ain't nothin' better; We beat the odds together; I'm glad we didn't listen; Lo ok at what we would be missin'; They said "I bet, they'll never ma ke it"; But just look at us holdin' on; We're still together still go in' strong – You’re Still The O ne : Shania Twain

– Animal Crackers : Captain Jeffrey Spaulding (Groucho Marx)

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when to hold th em; Know when to fold them; Know wh en to walk away; A nd know when to run.

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I,m selFIsh, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can,t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don,t deserve me at my best.

– Marilyn Monroe He was born in the summer of his 27th year; Com in' home to a pl ace he'd never been before; He left yesterday behi nd him; You mig ht say he was bo rn again; You m ight say he found a key for every door – Rocky Mountain High : John Denve r

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I whisper sweet things; You tell all your friends; They’ll come runn in’ to me – Handyman : Jam es Taylor

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t seems like only yesterday I was suffering the “bull in a china shop” syndrome one gets when first moving to Asia. Everything is just smaller and fits tighter.

I first noticed it on a bus in Tokyo when my big American rear end didn’t quite fit on a bus seat.

And, the claustrophobic confines of an underground parking garage in Bangkok had me wondering how in Buddha’s name these people keep from crashing into everything.

When I had the nerve to complain about it, my Thai girlfriend set me straight. “No, not small … you are supersized”. For the first year, I felt like Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians.

Soon, I got used to a crowded everything and stopped breaking stuff. And, when it came to living quarters, my dimensional and spatial reasoning got reset. Even though calculating in square metres not feet is pretty much the most rudimentary of all the imperial-to-metric translations, it helped me accept the smaller

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‘‘ The first 67 sqm apartment seemed absolutely cavernous; but it was the smallest place I’ve ever lived.

standard space allotted for living in Thailand.

After looking at dozens of prospective living spaces, and then at my budget, that first 67 sqm apartment seemed absolutely cavernous; but it was the smallest place I’ve ever lived.

Perfect size Fast forward 10 years or so to modern day Pattaya, and a 67sqm apartment is damn near unheard of. With every new growth spurt, acceptable living space has gotten smaller and smaller. Three years ago I bought an 85 sqm one bedroom/two bathroom condo in Jomtien Beach and thought to myself, “now that’s the perfect size for one person or a couple”.

Now, I see two bedrooms and more jammed into this size of apartment for sale every day. I also remember the 54 sqm studio in the same building that seemed quite perfect as a “studio”, i.e. a place to change one’s clothes, but far too small to actually “live” in.

Oh how times have changed.

In today’s market, developers will boast of a “spacious 31 sqm studio” with a straight face. For a big bear like me, that’s not even an acceptable hotel room.

But, just like the cramped room you shared with your brother, or that first college dorm room … sometimes you’ve got to make the best of it.

During my time in Bangkok, I was challenged with decorating several smallish apartments.

A smart old interior designer friend loaned me a book on yacht interiors. Even on the most luxurious floating palace, efficient use of space is still paramount.

This mentality should permeate your thoughts when designing and styling your small spaces.

“Less is more” is the rule of the day. Think to yourself: “What can I take away or leave out of this place without missing it?”

Without a doubt, the biggest “space eaters” in any building are the doors. Traditional doors are 80-100 centimetres wide. That’s an entire metre of space on each

side multiplied by however many doors you have.

If you count wardrobe and shower doors, you could easily increase your living space by eliminating the door space required by 10 per cent. So, exactly how do you eliminate wasted “door space”?

One way is to drop the door altogether. It’s not as impractical is it sounds. Most showers can be configured to eliminate the door by installing a shorter wall barrier to keep water from splashing out.

Many shower enclosures don’t really need a door, but we are so conditioned to putting one in for “privacy” or to control splashing, we automatically accept them.

 Clever use of blinds can save a lot of space wasted by doors. Here one is used to separate a master bedroom from its bathroom.

My favourite door treatment is the double-pocket door. Once you’ve decided to replace a traditional door with a spacesaving alternative, you might as well get some other advantages from it. Replacing a single bedroom door with a double-pocket door opens the room twice as much and still eliminates the wasted space.

 A well designed set of pocket doors can provide a focal point for the whole apartment.

Focal point It’s a win-win situation, and pocket doors are available in dramatically stylish designs. In a small space, a strategically placed pocket door with a cool design can be the focal point of the whole apartment.

Another way to save space is to ask furniture to multi-task.

Again, we are conditioned to think a kitchen is for cooking, a dining room for eating and a study or office is for working.

Why not combine some of these elements? One of my favourite techniques is the extension of the kitchen countertop into a dining area. Think outside the box and consider how you might use the

 By extending a kitchen countertop you can make substantial gains on space elsewhere in the property.

Here there is room to set up the laptop.

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No privacy If the truth be told, almost all shower doors are glass, so there really is no privacy gained by installing a door and most bathrooms in Thailand have ceiling to floor tiles, so what’s the big deal with them getting a little wet?

Doors can also be eliminated by replacing them with a “non-

door alternative”. Wardrobe doors can be replaced with a strategically installed roll-up blind. In fact, the roll-up blind is a good solution for many interior doors, like those that lead to en-suite bathrooms. When you want a modicum of privacy or simply a visual break between rooms, decorative fabric or beaded curtains can be a good choice.

If you can’t figure out how to eliminate a door, then take action to mitigate how much space it takes up. Sliding doors are a great solution; and they come in a variety of styles. Using large aluminum and glass doors in interiors is quite in vogue right now and using different colours and frosted or etched glass can turn the whole thing into a light fixture.

If your style isn’t so modern, and you like the look of a wooden door but want to save the space, there are many other options. I particularly like the sliding door that isn’t a “hidden” door, but intentionally displays the fact that it is a slider with the apparatus outside the door frame.

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space allotted for kitchen area for other activities. In the picture shown, this oblong galley style kitchen has been extended to include a dining area, a wine-rack and bar and a functional work top suitable for a laptop computer.

What’s more, the space saved by combining the three functions gives the living room another couple metres of space.

And this is what’s important to understand; if you save space somewhere, you add it on to somewhere else. So, every little bit helps.

Problem chairs Another space-eating element in any small apartment is a dining table. I’d say it is second only to doors. The problem isn’t the table itself, as you can get them in all shapes and sizes to fit the room. The problem is with chairs and the space required to properly operate them. We are conditioned to see dining tables out in clear space with room to pull out all the chairs. One nice trick to save some space in the dining area is to push a table up next to a wall and eliminate a chair or two.

Once again, if you think

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 Aluminium sliding doors can look stylish and give space back to the room.

 Adjusting the size of your bed can make any bedroom look visually bigger.

 Moving the dining table closer to a wall can save space without having the sacrifice on the seating arrangements.

outside the box you might be able to apply some more multitasking here. In the picture shown, a restaurant-style booth has been installed, eliminating the need to pull out any chairs at all. And, hidden underneath the seats are drawers that hold all kinds of extra storage. In just a little mopre than two metres of space, seating for up to eight people exists.

Look around your small apartment and imagine ways you might create space just by moving furniture around. Small bedrooms can be dominated by beds too big for the room. Do you really need a King-size bed in that room? Could you get away with a Queen or a Double?

Better yet, what if you turned that bed sideways and disguised it as a deep sofa or what we in

Thailand refer to as a “dragon bed”?

Suddenly the entire configuration of the room has changed. This is a great technique in the new “micro studios” where the bed is usually conspicuously located in the middle of the room.

Retrain yourself It doesn’t appear that the trend towards smaller living space is going to reverse any time soon. So, unless you’ve got the pockets to purchase a huge sprawling palace, you’ll need to retrain yourself to think, “less is more”; less walls, less doors, less furniture … less stuff.

The good news is, less cost too … and less to clean. Maybe there’s something to all this “down-sizing” after all.

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Hitler the Scouser

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ave you ever wondered what kind of burden being the offspring of a famous individual must be? The British tabloids take great delight in the nefarious exploits of those who find the overbearing weight of parental success too much to handle.

Drug and alcohol abuse, with the odd prison sentence thrown in for good measure, are recurring themes in the lives of the progeny of many ‘A’ list celebrities, including the much publicised offspring of Michael Douglas, Ryan O’Neal, Martin Sheen, Rod Stewart and John Phillips (Mamas and Papas).

But if living in the shadow of a famous relative is enough to derail a normal life, what must it be like to have an infamous one?

 Alois Hitler Sr, father of both Adolf and Alois Hitler Jr, albeit with different mothers. Alois, an Austrian civil servant, was the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber, a 42-yearold peasant woman.

that unlike his own half-brother, the German-born Heinz Hitler, William Patrick – or Paddy Hitler as he was known in Liverpudlian circles – was no jack-booted, cardcarrying member of the Nazi party.

On the contrary, he served in the US Navy in World War II and was wounded in the process. In fact, many believe that a brief visit he made to Germany in 1938 was in the role of British agent. Brother Heinrich ‘Heinz’ Hitler, on the other hand, became a committed Nazi and was eventually tortured to death in Soviet captivity.

 Alois Hitler Jr, half brother of Adolf. He met Bridget Dowling at the Dublin Horse Show.

They eloped to London where they married in 1910 and moved to Liverpool. He left his family in 1914 and returned to the Germany where he became a bigamist.

Adolf’s visit Rumours of the pre-World War I visit to Liverpool by Uncle Adolf gained credence in the 1930s when William Hitler’s mother, Bridget, wrote My Brother-inLaw Adolf. In it she claimed the Nazi leader spent five months living with her, Alois and their baby son at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, Toxteth, ironically an area of Liverpool which was later to achieve notoriety for its own brand of racial violence. It was also ironic that 102 Upper Stanhope Street was destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the last German air raid of the Liverpool blitz in 1942.

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True Scouser Imagine, for a moment, being related to Fred West, Michael Ryan or Harold Shipman. Or having Ian Brady or Myra Hindley as members of the family. If you think that’s bad enough, spare a thought for William Patrick Stuart-Houston, a true Scouser if ever there was one.

His uncle was Adolf Hitler.

The Führer’s links with Liverpool have been the subject of much conjecture over the years with some, including Hitler’s sister-in-law, claiming he spent five months in the city between November 1912 and April 1913 in an attempt to avoid national service with the Austrian army.

What’s not in question, however, is the fact that Hitler’s older half-brother, Alois Hitler, was living in Liverpool at the time with his Irish wife of two years, Bridget Dowling, and had started a family there.

William Patrick Hitler was born in Liverpool on March 12, 1911.

After World War II he had the good sense to change his surname to Stuart-Houston.

It must be stressed, however,

 William Patrick Hitler and his mother, Bridget, in New York. They were stranded in the USA when World War II broke out and eventually settled there.

William joined the US Navy following a special plea to President Roosevelt.

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on the Liverpool Daily Post, Mike Unger, adds his weight to the argument in his book, The Hitlers of Liverpool, claiming that Adolf was practically destitute at the time and had been working as a part-time labourer in Vienna.

Unger claims Adolf’s arrival in Liverpool prompted Alois to suspect his half-brother was trying to dodge conscription into the Austrian army.

“He’s just a good for nothing,” he is said to have told Bridget. “Adolf has been hiding from the military authorities, consequently from the police, for the last 18 months.

That’s why he came here to me. He had no choice.”

Lazy guest Bridget claimed Adolf Hitler was an unprepossessing and lazy guest.

“Adolf took everything we did for granted and I’m sure would have remained indefinitely if he had had the slightest encouragement.

After the first few weeks he would often come and sit in my cosy little kitchen playing with my two-yearold baby, while I was preparing our meals.”

Alois is said to have shown Adolf power plants, river cranes and the inside of ships during his five-month stay.

As soon as Adolf knew his way around Liverpool he began disappearing by himself, not returning until late in the evening.

Bridget added: “He said he was looking for a job, but since he knew only a few words of English and never left early in the morning, it

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was always my opinion that he just wandered about Liverpool.”

Adolf clearly outstayed his welcome and relations between the two brothers deteriorated to the point where Alois reportedly bought his half-brother a ticket to Germany and put him on a train.

One might think that the war of 1914-18 would effectively sever the already strained links between the Hitler brothers, but nephew William rekindled family ties when he went to Germany in 1929 and again in 1933 in an attempt to benefit from his uncle’s rise to power. Adolf Hitler found him a job in a bank, but after working in an Opel car factory and later as a car salesman, William tried to blackmail the Nazi leader in an attempt to get a better job.

Adolf Hitler eventually asked William to relinquish his British citizenship in exchange for a highranking job. Expecting a trap, William again tried to blackmail his uncle by threatening to tell the press that Hitler’s alleged paternal grandfather was actually a Jewish merchant and, returning to London in 1939 with the help of a British agent, he wrote an article for Look magazine titled Why I Hate my Uncle.

Lecture tour Months later, the original Citizen Kane, the publisher William Randolph Hearst, invited William and his mother to undertake a lecture tour of the United States where they were stranded when World War II broke out. After

 Adolf Hitler as the world remembers him. His sisterin-law claimed in her memoirs that he spent five months living with her and his half-brother in Liverpool.  Heinrich ‘Heinz’ Hitler, William Hitler’s half-brother.

Heinz was a committed Nazi who was tortured to death in Soviet captivity.  The Poste House pub in Toxteth, Liverpool, where Adolf Hitler reputedly enjoyed a regular pint during his five-month stay in Liverpool.

making a special request to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, William was cleared to join the US Navy in 1944, and moved to Sunnyside in the New York borough of Queens.

The rest of William’s life was relatively uneventful up to his death at the age of 76 in 1987.

After leaving the Navy, he changed his last name to Stuart-Houston, married, and moved to Patchogue, Long Island, where he and his wife ran a laboratory analysing blood samples for hospitals. They had four sons – Alexander Adolf (1949), Louis (1951), Howard Ronald (1957) and Brian William (1965).

Car crash Brian William died in 1987 and Howard Ronald Stuart-Houston, a Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service, died in a car crash in 1989. None of the brothers had children and in response to mounting speculation, Alexander, now a social worker, has said that he knows of no sort of pact to intentionally end the Hitler bloodline.

Nevertheless, end it probably will with Adolf Hitler’s two last remaining great-nephews. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

Although Scouser William Patrick Hitler seems to have borne the weight of family notoriety well, perhaps the burden of carrying the DNA of the 20th Century’s most evil tyrant is just too much for one individual to bear.

Robert Collins

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The Glazz Bar at the Plaza Athénée Bangkok, a Royal Méridien Hotel, was the setting for the August get-together of Movers & Shakers.

Again some 200-plus business professionals attended this fast growing network function.

Movers & Shakers uses only the very best venues and, as a result, attracts a varied cross-section from the business community.

The alliance with Tulip Group was again apparent with them kindly sponsoring the event. M&S wish to thank Tulip for their loyal support over the past six months.

As Living went to press the September event was scheduled to take place on the 28th at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel with Matrix as the sponsor.

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Dr Iain Corness (right) is a medical doctor who has worked in the UK, Europe and Australia, before coming to Thailand in 1997 to become a consultant at the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya (email: inquiry@bph.co.th). He has been writing for newspapers and magazines since 1967 and is currently a special correspondent for the Pattaya Mail, technical editor for Asean Autobiz, and contributor to many coffee table magazines in Thailand.

Are you ready for your coronary conclusion?

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hose who are avid health (or sickness) watchers will know I really mean “Coronary Occlusion”, but it was too much temptation not to use Mrs Malaprop and end up with “Coronary Conclusion”. Because quite simply, that is what it can turn out to be – your conclusion.

The sad part of all this doom and gloom is that nine times out of 10 you can actually avoid the Coronary Occlusion, the fancy name for the condition also known as a “heart attack”.

Before launching into the real factors in the situation, a little understanding of what constitutes a heart attack is in order.

I think just about everyone understands that you have both red blood cells and white blood cells. The function of the red ones is simply to carry oxygen to the tissues, so that the tissues can survive.

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overweight,

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cholesterol

Most important muscle Now if we are to consider that the heart muscle is probably the most important muscle in the human body (well, physiologically it outranks the other much more highly publicised muscle in males!) then it becomes important that this heart muscle gets a good supply of blood.

And the quickest way that the supply can get altered is by blocking off the coronary arteries.

This is most usually done via a slow process by which a small

obstruction in the artery slowly gets bigger and bigger until eventually it blocks off totally and the heart muscle “starves” of oxygen and that section of the heart muscle, supplied by that artery, just dies. We have a name for that death of heart muscle too, and it is called a “myocardial infarction”.

This event of blocking is called a coronary occlusion, which may end up as a coronary conclusion if the section of dead muscle is large enough!

The actual death of the muscle resulting in this myocardial infarction, is often shortened to the simple MI (the heart muscle is called the myocardium). But of course, the simpler name is heart attack.

High risk people The most likely candidates for a heart attack are overweight, hypertensive smokers, with high cholesterol. If this is you, do something about it today. Well, perhaps that’s being a little bit too melodramatic, but you are certainly one of the cardiac high risk people in the population.

As I wrote at the start of this article, whether or not you have a coronary conclusion can be under your control.

Stop smoking, lose weight, keep your blood pressure in the normal range and keep the cholesterol low.

You can drive your own destiny.

Start today.

Dr Iain Corness

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Keep your organs The heart muscle is no exception to this rule. This hollow muscular pump needs oxygen just like all the other organs you should try to keep inside you – spleen, kidneys, lungs, bowel and so forth. Take my tip – keep them inside you if you possibly can! Spleen you can ditch, ditto some of the bowel, maybe one kidney, but not the others.

However, the inside lining of the heart (muscle) is smooth

‘‘ The most

and impermeable to the oxygen tied to the red cells. In other words, the heart does not get its nutrition from the blood it pumps through it. In fact, the blood supply to the heart is through some specialised arteries called the “coronary” arteries. These run along the outer surface of the heart muscle and then split up into smaller tributaries which dip into the heart muscle to supply it with oxygen.

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Bars

Bamboo Bar: live music nightly in this busy bar and streetside lounge. Close to Walking Street entrance. Tel: 038 232 315, Fax: 038 232 315, email: bamboopattaya@ hotmail.com Caddy Shack: as the name suggests, it’s a haven for golfers. Airconditioned with outdoor terrace and swimming pool and rooms to rent upstairs. 388/385 M10, Soi 17. Tel: 038 300 683, Fax: 038 300 682, email: enquiries@caddyshackpattaya.com Green Bottle: cosy, well-run pub with a good reputation and central location. 216/3 M10, 2nd Road.

Tel: 038 429 870, email: dianagrp@ loxinfo.co.th Jameson’s: Irish pub with strong food offering. Popular with locals and tourists alike. Good place to unwind. 80/164 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR) right next to Nova Park. Tel: 038 361 873-4 Fax: 038 361 873, email: info@jamesonspattaya.com Metro: an air-conditioned sports bar boasting free pool tables and numerous screens on which to watch top sports events. Soi LK Metro, 33/85-36, Moo 10 close to Soi Buakhow. Tel: 038 425 874, email: info@metro-apartmentspattaya.com

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Punch & Judy: this is a Londonstyle pub with good food and competitive prices.

Frequent promotions. Almost opposite the Caddy Shack in Soi 17. Tel: 038 413255 Shamrock: fun and lively British-run ‘family’ bar, an oasis of sanity among the bars of Pattayaland, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 425 417 email: pattayashamrock@yahoo.com Witherspoons: A typical Britishstyle pub with inexpensive meals available while you watch the football on one of its numerous screens. Rooms also available. Soi Buakhow near Soi Diana Inn. Tel: 038 721 121

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Need to be fed and watered?

You’ll find a warm welcome at any of the following ...

Restaurants

Ali Baba: Good quality Indian restaurant with a fine selection of authentic dishes. 1/13-14, Pattaya Central Road close to the beach. Tel: 038 361 620 Alt Heidelberg: German sausages and imported sauerkraut dominate the menu, good location. 273 M10, Pattaya Beach Road, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 421 258 Bruno’s: Renowned for serving classy reasonably expensive French cuisine, more than 150 wines available. A place to impress. 306/63 Chateau Dale Plaza, Thappraya Road, Pattaya.

Tel: 038 364 600-1, Mobile: 081 861 5612, Fax: 038 364 602, email: reservations@brunos-pattaya.com Cherrys: You get a lot for your money here. European and Thai food. Be careful not to fill up on the salad bar which is free when ordering a main course. Their buffet nights get crowded. In Third Road opposite the former X-Zyte Disco. Tel: 086 3145819 Ciao: Decent pizza and pasta in this established Italian restaurant in town centre. 4 Pattaya Klang Road. 038 710 614 Hard Rock Café: International restaurant cum bar with large cocktail menu and mainly American influenced cuisine. DJs spin discs and house band performs cover versions. 429 Moo 9, Pattaya Beach Road. Tel: 038 428 755, Fax: 038 421 673. Open: Mon-Sun 11.00 to 02.00 JJ Pizza Bar: authentic pizza cooked in wood fire ovens, reasonably priced.

325/85 M.10, Soi Pattaya-land 2, Pattaya Beach Road. 038 424 128 Lobster Pot: huge restaurant serving all seafood, specialising in lobster and tiger prawns. Walking Street opposite Pattaya Soi 14, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 426 083 PIC Kitchen: classy Thai food in a traditional atmosphere. Soi 5, Pattaya 2 Road. Tel: 038 428 374, 428 387, Fax: 038 422 773, email: picpih@loxinfo.co.th

Pig and Whistle: British pub grub in ample portions served by welltrained staff. 217/34 Moo 10, Pattaya City. Tel: 038 361 315, Fax: 038 361 272, email: info@ pigandwhistlepattaya.com Queen Victoria Inn: traditional English pub with excellent menu and a good selection of imported beers on tap. 437/137-8 Soi Yodsak (Soi 6), Pattaya.038 425 418, 362 523, Mobile: 086 060 6210, Fax: 038 424 941, email: mail@ queenvicpattaya.com Rice Mill: Cantonese restaurant offers dim sun and all-you-caneat buffet on weekends. Royal Garden Plaza, 218 Beach Road, Pattaya. Tel: 038 421 120 Royal Cliff Beach Hotel: huge complex containing 10 restaurants, including the delicious Maharani Indian restaurant. 353 Pratumnak Road. Tel: 038 250 421, Fax: 038 250 511, 250 513, email: info@ royalcliff.com Shenanigans: bars and restaurants serving traditional Irish pub-style fayre and drinks with daily food specials. Two venues. First is up one level at The Avenue Pattaya. Tel: 038 723 939-40, Fax: 038 723 941, email: info@shenanigans-pattaya.com.

Second is in Jomtien Complex which also has daily promotions such as “Toss the Boss”. Tel: 038 303 490.

The Sportsman: traditional pub fayre with Thai food. Top Sunday carvery, extensive wine list and many imported beers. Soi 13, Beach Road. Tel: 038 710 609 Sugar Hut Restaurant: in hotel of the same name, expensive, but worth it. Thai cuisine. 391/18 Moo 10, Thappraya Road. Tel: 038 364 186,251 686, Fax: 038 251 689, email: sugar-hut@cnet.net.th, opening: 07.00-24.00 Tips Restaurant: more than 12 set breakfasts served in this popular, yet inexpensive, restaurant.

22 Pattaya Beach Road, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 423 418. Open Hours: 07.00-24.00

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he can devour.

The Hound loves nothing better than to find a new place to put on the feed bag. But sometimes … well a hungry hound just doesn’t know what he wants. Whenever that happens, he has a short list of “go to” restaurants.

Topping it has to be La Merenda in Jomtien.

Located on Jomtien Beach Second Road, just south of Soi 7 and across from Rompho Market … La Merenda defines “hole-in-thewall”. It is literally only one shop-house wide with a total of 10 tables.

Many of you have passed it a hundred times. The whole place is staffed by chef and Italian owner Danielli, his Thai wife, beautiful daughter and one waitress. The Hound often says it’s “like going to your friend’s house that just happens to make really good Italian food”.

In The Hound’s opinion, what separates winners and losers in Italian restaurants is authenticity. La Merenda is about as Italian as it gets. The Hound doesn’t even have to ask Danielli if he makes his own pasta, he can just tell. It doesn’t matter if it’s spaghetti, penne or lasagna, all cooked to al dente perfection.

The fresh bread, hand-selected tomatoes and

herb-infused olive oil on the table all confirm this place is no pretender.

The Hound usually starts off with a carafe of house red wine that’s quite quaffable and served with just the right amount of chill. There is a nice selection of starters and salads. The Hound recommends the house garden salad just because it’s so generous and fresh. The Caprese Salad with mild and creamy buffalo mozzarella, hand-selected plum tomatoes and Italian basil is great to share but The Hound recommends ordering the spicy Italian sausage version of the Caprese Salad, a meal in itself.

The Hound’s tried just about everything on the menu … twice. Watch for the daily specials and grab a bowl of the excellent minestrone soup when you see it on the board outside.

The lasagna is also a house specialty. But, The Hound finds it hard to get past the two pasta and seafood dishes everyone seems to enjoy. Spaghetti with clams in white sauce and The Hound’s number one pick, Fruti de Mare, or “seafood spaghetti” (pictured). Shrimp, squid and clams lightly sautéed in a marinara and garlic sauce and prepared as spicy as you like it. This is a favourite of Thai patrons as they can order it “phet maak”. If you happen by for lunch, try a salad and one of their small pizzas for one … a perfect midday hunger-stopper.

Sipping wine, working his way through a few dishes and shooting the breeze with Danielli has become a favourite way to unwind for The Hound. Best of all, he’s never managed to build up the bill to more than Bt600. It’s no wonder that when The Hound is sniffing around for a “go to” restaurant, he goes to La Merenda.

1. The image is said to be created in the likeness of the founder of the company, but Johnnie Walker, born 1805, was a grocer who started selling whisky in his Ayrshire Shop. His son and grandson were responsible for developing the brand.

2. The company was the brainchild of Clarence Frank Birdseye II (1886-1956), an American inventor, entrepreneur and naturalist considered to be the founder the modern frozen food industry.

3. Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf ‘Adi’ Dassler (1900-1978), following the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother Rudolf. Rudolf later established Puma, which was the early rival of Adidas.

5. Yes she was. Granny Smith was Kentish-born Maria Ann Smith (1799,-1870) who developed her famous apple in Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia, in 1868 from a chance seedling.

 Popular singer Sarah Brightman is preparing to become a space tourist with a visit to the International Space Station in 2015. US Open winner and Olympic gold medallist Andrew Murray hid under a desk as a child as a hail of bullets from a crazed gunman killed 17 pupils at a Dunblane, Scotland, school in 1996.

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6. Mickey Finn was manager and bartender of the Lone Star Saloon and Palm Garden Restaurant, Chicago.

In December 1903, several Chicago newspapers reported that a Michael “Mickey” Finn, who managed the Lone Star Saloon, was accused of using knockout drops to incapacitate and rob some of his customers.

Somaliland – which broke away from Somalia in 1991.

7. Kellogg’s was founded in the USA as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906 by Will Keith Kellogg as an outgrowth of his work with his brother, John Harvey Kellogg, at the Battle Creek Sanitarium following practices based on the Seventh-day Adventist Christian denomination.

8. William Henry ‘Boss’ Hoover and son Herbert W. Hoover, Sr. were leather-goods manufacturers in North Canton, USA. Boss was so impressed by a suction cleaner given to his wife by her cousin that he bought the patent in 1908 and built The Hoover Company.

9. The Dandy.

10. It was London 2012 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist Mo Farah, who was born in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, but has strong family links with

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Canada, with Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary in the top five based on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.

12. To avoid attacks by mice. It was a prank!

13. Sit down when they urinate.

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An electric vote recorder.

Edison was the driving force behind the phonograph and one of the earliest motion picture cameras. His role in the invention of the incandescent light bulb is much debated.

15. Sarah Brightman. The star of Phantom of the Opera has visited the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow ahead of the 2015 flight, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

16. Ere Karjalainen threw a Nokia mobile phone. The world record using modern javelins is nearly three metres shorter at 98.48m.

17. Hot tubs.

18. Andy Murray, who last month became the first British man in 76 years to win the US Open Tennis Championship.

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4. Tupperware was developed in 1946 by Earl Silas Tupper (1907–83) in Leominster, Massachusetts. He developed plastic containers used in households to contain food and keep it airtight.

British Olympic double gold medal distance runner Mo Farah, who was born in Mogadishu, received a congratulatory message in a press release from the President of Somaliland.

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What an outlook! This photo was taken at the temple at Phanom Rung in Burinram province. The photographer, Peter Kraemer, can be usually be contacted on +66 (0)84 864 9370 or mail@kraemerphotoart.com • www.kraemerphoto art.com However, at the time of writing this Peter was unwell in hospital. We wish him a full and speedy recovery.

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sports SPECIALS FOR october 2012 Roar on your favourites at lion pub

Final World Twenty20 cricket • Sunday 7 October • 8.30pm

Japanese Grand Prix • Sunday 7 October • 1pm

The Lion Pub is the newest Sports Bar in Pattaya where sports fans get together to watch live games on 8 big-screen TVs. Our state-of-the-art satellite system ensures you can watch any sport from around the world.

We have ice cold beer and a complete range of spirits.

Rugby – Australia V New Zealand • Saturday 20 October • 5pm

Our kitchen serves a large selection of your favourite bar snacks and Thai food, all served in a relaxed, fun and air-conditioned bar environment by our friendly hostesses.

380/81-84 Moo 10, Soi 17, Suksabai Villa, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi 20260

Start of World Series Baseball • Wednesday 24 October • time tba

T: 038 301 030-3 E: info@lionpubpattaya.com W: www.lionpubpattaya.com Bar and kitchen open 10am until late

Premiership Chelsea V Man Utd • Sunday 28 October • 11pm

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