Narid Vedchanchana's Wedding

Email from Panit 8th December 2010

Dear Vute,

Thank you . The event took place on Dec.1st with Thai -tradition ceremony at the bride's place, in the photo are the groom's relatives, the oldest is my mom and the rest are his father's brothers , in-laws and nieces and the young bloke is groom's brother. The wedding reception was on Dec. 2nd and held at Renaissance Hotel ,Chitlom. In the photo are Wedkanchana's family members.

Bride and groom were school-mates at Satit Chula but didn't get to know each other until recently that they became friend thru hi 5.

I suppose they need a lot of blessings.

Love

Panit

Dear Panit,

Congratulations to your son - Narid? and of course to the happy parents.

Thank you for sharing the happy event and photos with us on our CP69blogspot?

Vute

Farewell to Piyavudhi (Ping)

Sydneysiders are saying farewell to Ping (Piti's son) at Marigold restaurant in China Town on Sunday. Ping finished his Master study at UNSW after spending about one and a half year in Sydney. He will be returning home on 7th December 2010.

Chart, Jenny, Rujee, P'Poobate, Siri, Vute, Colin, Tarnin and Nalyn were there to share a Yum Cha with Ping and Von (Sommuk and Piyada's son).

Friends at Orapim's (Mingsarn's daughter) Wedding

Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 4:45 PM

Subject: CP69 week end activities

Dear friends,

On Sat 20 morning,Jee played golf with Sutee,me and some other TU friends at Panya Indra golf course.

In the evening, Ben joined Sutee and me (with Ar) at the TU 135 reunion at MK Gold Ekamai.

Sunday 21 evening, Jee, Panit(with hubby), Sutee, Mod and I attended the beautiful wedding reception party at the Sukhothai Hotel. Mingsarn was a very proud and happy mother(and so good -looking) that evening. Congratulations again!

Please see attached photos.

Best regards,

Wichit

Friends at P'Kasien's Son Wedding

Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:24 AM

Subject: CP69 get-together at wedding party

Dear friends,

I am happy to report that we all had a wonderful time last night catching up with old friends in a very beatiful setting and joyful atmosphere. P'Kasein was a gracious host. P'Sitthichai was one of the speakers who gave blessing to the bride and groom. I attached 2 sets of photos to share with our friends.

Thank you P'Kasein for inviting us to share the happiness of his family for this very special occasion.

Best regards,

Wichit

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Siri's Seminar on Risk Management

Email from Wichit dated 10 November 2010

Dear friends,

Just want to share some photos with you, taken when I dropped by to meet Siri and Winai on Sat 6 Oct'10

Regards,

Wichit

A Lovely October Day with Bunthoon

On my way back from Dallas, my daughter Nalyn and I missed the connecting flight in LA to Sydney and we ended up spending a great Day with Bunthoon (Ben) in Hollywood Blvd and Universal Studios.

Ben lives with his lovely wife -Noi in a warmly decorated home 30 mins away from LA airport. He has a lovely fruits and veg garden in his backyard and a huge bush of orchids in the frontyard. The house is situated in a beautiful tree-lined neibourhood with ample park space, tennis courts and running tracks. He said he has retired and has kept in good health with morning walk & run in the nearby park.

We had Thai for lunch, a wonderful afternoon at Universal Studios and Sa-koo-sai-moo for snack followed by a Vietnamese dinner - What a wonderful way to miss a connecting flight.

Thank you so much Ben and Noi.

Jee's 60th

Email from Jierasak on 21/10/2010

Dear friends

Last Saturday, Dee organized a Fun Golfing Day with some of my golfing buddies at the Paradise Palm, Country Club in Cairns for my 60th. We also had lunch there ( Traditional Aussie B_B_Q) after the gruelling 18 holes. It is said that we play golf with friends but never a friendly game. Free flowing red wine ( a must have item) was also served during our extended long lunch. I was completely smashed and pickled in it. My birthday cake depicted a desperate move to hole the tin cup. I'd like to share these pics with you all.

Hope you too, enjoyed (or will enjoy) your 60th birthday. Make it a memorable one.

Yours in golf,

Jee

Seeing Jeab in Dallas

Jeab paid us a visit when we are in Dallas for my niece's wedding in mid October 2010. She drove all the way from Houston to have lunch with Nalyn, my brother Vicha and I. It was good to see her looking so well and happy.

Vute

Anyone for golf at Pebble Beach

Well, this is to wet our goft lover friends' Appetite from a non player.
Certainly beautiful & expensive grass hills right on the coast.

Vute

Visiting San Francisco

Just spent four days in SF with friends on my way to my niece's wedding in Dallas. Cannot help checking out the Golden Gate bridge - a suspension bridge Prinya and I used to model in our Civil Engineering study at Tassie.

Are we on top of the world or over the hill at 60?

Dear friends
Happy Birthday(s) to some if not all of us approaching and/or arriving at the 60th birthday juncture. I could be wrong, correct me if you feel the urge, I think CP69ers are at the cusp of this golden birthday(s).

I sincerely wish all of us a very Happy Birthday and memorable golden returns.

And on this very day, I asked Merridee this: Will you still love me and will you still feed me when I'm 64? I think the latter is more prevalent than the former notion of sentimentality.

At any rate, enjoy and enjoy and let's not be grumpy old fools.

Happy days
Jee

Dinner with Ping, Von & friends in Sydney

Top: Tarnin, Ping, Stefano & Alex
Bottom: Nalyn, Charlotte, Von & Tarnin

Last Saturday 2nd October 2010, we met up with Jenny's cousin Kathy and her family so we invited Ping and Von (Somnuk and Piyada's son) to join us. The boys played snooker while we drank before settling down to a meal.

All were happy to meet and talk. Ping is completing his M.E. this year and Von next year.

Vute

Latest on Paiwat

Mod's email dated 28 September 2010

Dear P'Ying, P'Udomsri, and P'Phongsak,

Thank you so much for the mails kha. I've been under the weather with the flu for the past couple of days but I'm happy to report that the second operation went well.

The nurse took him to the operation room at 8.30 and he got out at 11.12. I got to talk to the neurosurgeon both before and after the operation. He said that P'Paiwat's condition should improve somewhat since he's put the tube to drain both the front part of the brain and the back to ensure more regulation of the spinal fluid. I walked back to P'Paiwat's room with him to make sure that he's comfortable. I didn't dare staying too long for fear of spreading the cold. After a long rest yesterday, I feel much better today and have come to work as usual.

For one thing, P'Paiwat is now very alert and has been trying to pull out the tube at every opportunity he gets. As a result, Nop has to pay more attention:) He can also move his legs much more than before the operation. Next step will be sitting up in bed, on his own, and taking a walk. Until then we won't know for sure if he'll be back to normal.

P'Panit dropped by on Sunday with fruits that P'Paiwat enjoyed very much. He's not too fond of hospital food but the fruits are another matter. Even though the tube is still in place, the doctors encourage feeding through the mouth as well. I've noticed that the first bite was the most difficult. P'Paiwat takes a long time to open his mouth. But once he's decided to eat, it's all in a roll. The neurosurgeon said that if there' no complication such as infections, P'Paiwat should be able to go home very soon.

P'Ying kha, how's P'Woody doing?

My cell number is 081-615-7597 kha P'Phongsak.

Mod

Welcoming Tatsanee

Tat has paid us a visit to Sydney during September 2010. Sydneysiders took the excuse to celebrate at our favorite Chinese Seafood restaurant - EAT ON and Siri made sure that EATing is ON with a selection of NZ Oyster etc etc.

Present: Moi & Poobate, Rujee & Colin, Siri & Chart, Vute & Nalyn.
Ping, Von & Tarnin were unable to join the group due to assignments & exams at UNSW.

Paiwat Progress

Dear P'Chuvej and P'Lin,

Thank you so much for visiting P'Paiwat today. Nop told me that P'Paiwat was sound asleep when you were there. I went to sign the consent form before noon and had to leave right away for appointments at Kaset. I went there again just before 8 pm. P'Paiwat was asleep but his hands are now fully active. Nop reported that he pulled out the tube twice during the afternoon. But his legs are still weak. His temperature was down to normal after the morning wash. When I was at hospital during the day, I enquired about the vacant bed in Rm 203 and found out that it's out of commissioned. Rm 203 used to be a single special room but had to be converted to accommodate 2 beds when the number of patients increased. Now one of the empty rooms is to be refurbished into a 3-bed room while Rm 203 will be back to a one-bed room. It's kind of confusing but that's the way it is. So I'm still waiting for a special room in other buildings, maily ภปร.

I have classes all day on Saturday so won't get to the hospital until after 5 pm kha.

Nop has asked for a day off on Sunday but I have an appointment at Kaset in the afternoon. I'll try to get out of it if I can.

Mod

Paiwat recent operation

On 19/9/2010 Mod wrote

Dear All,

It's been finalized. P'Paiwat is going back to Chula Hospital for another operation kha. After getting the second opinion, his elder sister and I had decided to take P'Paiwat to Chula Hospital tomorrow. The operation will be on Monday. This time it's the shunt that was implanted in his skull to regulate the spinal fluid that's been malfunctioned. The operation is to replaced the shunt kha. It's expected to eleviate P'Paiwat's inability to move somewhat. The doctor couldn't guarantee that it will work 100%. But we hope that it will at least help his brain to function better.

Will keep you all posted kha.

Mod

Mod's message 20/9/2010

Dear All,

I'm very thankful for all the kind messages you've been sending. They keep me going from day to day.

I'm also very happy to report that P'Paiwat has just had the operation. It's been pushed forward to tonight since the neurosurgeon is going to be busy tomorrow with two cases. His resident apprentice has kindly suggested that P'Paiwat's conditions could worsen if they postponed the operation. At first I thought I might have to take P'Paiwat home again when one of the residents came to talk to me in the pre-admission office. He wasn't one of the neurosurgeon team that visited P'Paiwat in the ER, hence, not very friendly nor very understanding.

Luckily, P'Paiwat's elder sister has asked one of the team for her cell number. So I called her and she put things in motion, albeit rather slowly. But I'm not complaining. P'Paiwat went into the operation room before 8 pm and came out just before 10 pm, with both eyes puffy and the oxygen mask on his nose. Nop and I followed the two technician who wheeled the bed with P'Paiwat in it back to his room in ¸¹Ò¤ÒáÃا෾ building, room 210, bed 1. It's a shared room so Nop cannot stay overnight. We waited till 10.30 to make sure that P'Paiwat was resting comfortably before we left. This ward is for neurosurgery cases and not a very large one--only 29 beds and all in shared rooms. Even the toilet and the bathrooms are shared. The visiting is between 10 am to 8 pm.

Tomorrow P'Paiwat might be able to move to a special room if his younger sister could get in touch with the hospital director and a special is available for him. Usually the director has a room quota at his disposal. Today is very full for patients waiting for a room. Some were told not to come to the hospital because of the room shortage.

So I consider myself very lucky, to be able to get P'Paiwat a room and an operation, with the help of the two aspiring residents. I'm sure they will become very good neurosurgeons in the future.

Will keep you posted about P'Paiwat's room tomorrow kha.

In the meantime, have a good night.

Mod

Winai's Mum Funeral 14 September 2010

An email from Wichit:

Dear friends,

Ying, Sutee, Ar and I attended the funeral last night. I took 2 pictures to share with our friends.

Wichit

TATSC-AGM

More photos.

Thai-Australian Technological Services Centre

Wichit has kept us up-to-date with the AGM on 29th August 2010. The speaker was none other than Chatchai Somsiri (sorry if wrong spelling). Great to see so many familiar faces shown in the photos.

Happy 41st Anniversary

SOME CORRESPONDENCES DURING THE PERIOD

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Vute Sirivivatnanon wrote:

Dear Friends,
Cannot help remembering June 28th 1969 when many of us landed at Kingsford Smith airport on the shore of Botany Bay.
Where ever you are and what ever you do............HAPPY 41st ANNIVERSARY.
Cheers,
Vute

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:53 AM, wiwat sutiwipakorn wrote:

Dear Vute,
....And to all CP69ers too.
Happy Reminiscence to us all.
BTW, July 4th 1969 was the day a batch of half a dirty dozen left Thai soil.
But we shall celebrate the entire period anyone of us wants to reminisc.
Get Going. There shall be many more of this to come in the coming years.
Regards,
Wiwat

Wiwat and Vute and to other dear friends,
Happy Anniversary to all of you too. How time flies.
Jeab

Hi All,
Happy 41st Anniversary. I wish all of us good health and sure be present
at The Golden Anniversary.
Regards,
yongyuth.

Hi all
Happy 41st anniversary to all of us and many more to come!. I'm glad someone keeps counting. Can't believe it has been a year since we celebrated the 40th in BK
Cheers
Toi

Wanee & Dua in Bangkok

Dear friends,

Attached are pictures of our get-together last Saturday (19 June 2010). It was great to meet both Wanee and Dua. We enjoyed good food and conversations with old friends.

Cheers,

Wichit

Happy Easter from Bunny Oliver