Halloween 2007

Kay dresses Pavalyn to go "Trick o Treat'ng" on Halloween Night.

Thai Airways International PCL sends me to attend IOD (Institute of Directors) program for directors of listed companies who are members of Audit Committees at the SET Building. Revenue recognition and taxable income calculations are covered by Dr. Vorasak Thummanon and Archarn Pannee Vorawutchongsathit(CPA, CIA, CPIA, QIA). Don't know if these are airline codes or not.
IOD makes a lot of money because all directors on Audit Committees are required to attend. Many old acquaintances are surprised to see me there, so I tell them I don't know nothing about finance and accounting, just a little about elephants.

Khun Sivavongse Changkasiri, Chairman of SCB Samaggi Insurance PCl, presents Dr. Oranuch Soongsawang (Chairlady of the Audit Committee and Director) a basket of Brands' Bird's Nest Beverage for her good health on her birthday, witnessed by Khun Chirawut Boonsiri, the Managing Director.

Sivaporn gets his second IOL implant (left eye).

Khun Aswin Kongsiri, former TISCO Director, asks that he gets a photo with some of his NLA friends before the start of the Parliamentary session.
Legislations I have participated in:

1. Computer Crime Act of 2007
2. Industrial Estate Act 2007
3. Community Forest Act
4. Nuclear Energy Act
5. Fossil Act
6. Various financial laws
7. Water Resources Act

Khun Suthas and Dr. Sumet's hairlines are improving while Khun Thanom's is receding.

Mom Dhanatsri tastes the cheese souffle at the "Fondue House" in Chiangmai. The food is a little cheesy. And the cheese fondue becomes "cheese moag du".

Dr. Sumet and Chonsaporn test the Yamaha motorbike donated by Yamaha.

Dr. Sumet with the owner of the Lampang Railway Restaurant.

Rochana and Premjitr enjoy the food on the railway concouse, while Khun Sumet Sumettikul uses his cell phone to take photos of the crowd rushing to catch the train for the long weekend.

We have dinner at the Lampang railway station concourse with Mom Thanadsri and Dr. Sumet. The food is great and the bill for 20 of us is Baht 1,900. Mom Thanadsri claims that this is the best food in Lampang. Dinner is a four train passing affair. Please notice that Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul is distracted by a passing train.

Khun Anchalee's Birthday Party

Placoemulsification

Sivaporn gets an IOL (intraocular lens) implant from Dr. Prin Rojanapongpan, Thailand's leading eye doctor. Tha lens is a Multi Focal SN 6A D3. This latest generation lense just arrived in Thailand last week and I am the first patient. This multi focal lense does away with the need to wear glasses. This latest model also was developed to minimize light flare and blooms, especially important for night time driving.
Placoemulsification: a probe is inserted into the eye and uses a high speed, ultrasonic tip to break the cataract up into very small pieces which are then vacuumed out of the eye through the same probe. The use of this probe has revolutionized cataract surgery so that it can be done through a very small (3 mm) incision. This incision is about one-fourth the size of the older type of cataract incisions. Because of this, the wound is self-sealing and most patients do not need a stitch to close the wound, thus the name "no-stitch" cataract surgery. Once the cataract is removed, an intraocular lens "implant" is placed into the eye in order to restore vision. An intraocular lens (IOL) is a tiny, lightweight, clear plastic disk placed in the eye during cataract surgery. An IOL replaces the focusing power of the eye's natural lens.

The lens of the eye plays an important role in focusing images on the retina. If the lens loses its clarity, as it does when a cataract develops, light rays do not focus clearly and the image one sees is blurry. Glasses or contact lenses cannot sharpen vision if a cataract is present.

The only treatment for a cataract is to remove the lens and implant an IOL. Intraocular lenses have many advantages. Unlike contact lenses, which must be removed, cleaned, and reinserted, the IOL remains in the eye after surgery.

Elephant Grows the Forest

Animation we developed to teach children about the importance of the elephant as a super keystone species in looking after the forest and wildlife.

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Mother Bunprachak Celebrates Her 95th Birthday

Mother Bunprachak speedily drives her electric car to her birthday party arranged by the Mater Dei School teachers and alumni. Rochana, Headmistress Sumitra , Lt. Rachanee Pisitkasem and Sivaporn at the party.

Fund-raising dinner talk for the Rama IX Art Museum Foundation at the Pacific City Club arranged by Khun Rangsan with former colleagues at TISCO.

We took Mom Chatumongkol Sonakul and Khunying Nidnoy for Mom Tau's belated birthday dinner at La Grande Perle Restaurant. We asked him to prepare to become the next Prime Minister.

Hosted lunch for Khun Jupp, Parliamentary Secretariat of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Sub-Committee on Water Resources, at Krua Absorn Restaurant. Above: Khun Rochana also gives Khun Jupp a small present.

Dr. Pansiri and Archarn Puvanai celebrate their adjacent birthdays with a two tone birthday cake.

Baby Pavalyn is one month old.