New Year 2007 Party at Home

Kay, Mon and Pat with their friends.
Nipa, Pornsri and Paansiri.
Khun Chittra tests her luck at the table.

Rochana, Patrapa and friends prepare to feast on Pat's fruit tart and cakes.
Teerin, Angkana, Grandma, Karantarat,and Anchalee.
Noppawan, Busaba, Thanom and Rachada get very involved.
Khun Chookiat steals a cherry for his dessert.

Sivaporn with the BOT team plus one. Sivaporn, Teerin, Angkana, Siriphen, Woraporn, Dr.Korb, Ank, and Nutcharin.
Rochana receives a present from Siriphen (Chumphoo) with witnesses: Anchalee, Teerin and Nutcharin.
Angkana and Dr. Panit's baby.
Shawn hold's the fruit tart made by Patrapa.

Khun Suthas gives Khun Karantarat a bite of meatball.
Mon-Puvanai, Aae and Nhun hold station at the Thai sausage barbeque.
Khun Pichai looks at some NZ mussels brought over by Khun Bundit.
Patrapa and some of her friends from Pantavanij.

Khun Anchalee and Dear barbeque meatballs on sticks.
Khun Bundit prepares some Italian sausages.
Khun Sunchai and Snoopy finish the noodle soup.

Dr. Niran and P' Tim host dinner at Tohkai Restaurant on Thaniya Road for USA Trip group or nearly USA Trip group.

The Elephant Reintroduction Foundation holds a New Year;s lunch for staff and advisors at Lyon Restaurant. Dr. Sumet and Khun Pantana, Co-ordinator for Chiangmai and Lampang, enjoy the lively conversation. 

Mor Thom, Khun Premjit and Mor Nin enjoy the grab bags of presents. 

Khun Chookiat presents Dr. Sumet with a Christmas basket. 

The new replacement Giant Swing across from Wat Suthat is being erected. Unfortunately, a large horde of Kilroys have decided to write their names, addresses and other sayings to the mast-top section. The completion is delayed to await the cleaning and repainting of the graffitized sections.

Khun Suthas admires Ekachai's BMW motobike at the Chaibadan coffee shop where we stop for lunch on the way to Sublangka Wildlife Sanctuary with the mission to test install a "just enough" electric fence for wildlife.

We celebrate Mom's (Banchob Dardarananda) and Patrapa's birthday at Basilico pizzeria, where Mom can have smoke in the lounge.

ETC group of friends enjoy a Christmas dinner at "Orangery" restaurant at the Siam Paragon.

Khun Chookiat and his MICE sniper rifle.

General Vinai handles the Kalashnikov AK 102 while Yevgeny V. Afanasiev, Amb. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, watches.

Gen.Vinai Patiyakul, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense and Sec.-Gen. of the Council for National Security (CNS), and Sivaporn examine the Kalashnikov AK 102 Russian assault rifle.

Khun Somboon Sri-Sa-nguan, Kay's beloved grandmother, passes away in her sleep on Friday, and we rush from Pattaya to Lopburi to attend her funeral.

We attend weekend seminar arranged by King Prajadhipok's Institute for Members of the National Legislative Assembly at Royal Cliff Hotel Pattaya.. Here in photo, Khun Meechai Ruchuphan opens the meeting.

Dr. Niran and Pee Tim finally arrive after their plane was delayed and narrowly missing their connecting flight. Here Dr. Niran is in the process of finishing his second bowl of "Khuay Jaap" at the airport Novotel Hotel.

The Observation Lounge at Suvannaphum Airport is more spacious and more relaxing than the First Class or Business Lounges.

Thanom, Phavadee, Malee, and Somsri come to present flowers and New Year's Gift from the TISCO Bank Funding Department.

HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presides over the Constition Day ceremonies at the Ananda Samakom Throne Hall.

Some member of the National Leguslative Assembly in front of Parliament.

Kenny G. performs some of H.M. the King's jazz compositions.

Sivaporn thanks Kenny G. for coming to Thailand to perform in the Jazz Royale concerts in honor of H.M. the King's 60th Anniverary of His Reign.