Current Situation - Bangkok Campus (2)

As of 4pm on Friday, 21 May 2010, the school deems it safe to re-open on Monday, 24 May 2010. Examinations for Years 7 - 10 and 12 will take place during the week of 31 May - 4 Jun 2010; primary assessments will commence on 24 May 2010 and into the week of 31 May 2010. Please refer to the formal announcement for more details.

Here are some important contact persons and phone numbers:

Mr Martin Kneath, Principal: 0832923578
Mr Martyn Smith, Head of Secondary: 0815229191
Ms Cheryl Leend, Head of Primary: 0879838484
Khun Miki Jirarattanarangsee, Principal Office Manager: 0839895455
Khun Tu: 0819416702

A break no one wanted...

Our city is burning

Thugs and hooligans laid siege to it

Our children are crying

Violence a real boogie man

Destruction a heinous plan

Our city is crumbling

Looted, torched, collapsed

Our parents are sobbing

Their young ones no longer astir

Death a jealous lover

Our city will be reborn

With hope, faith, love
Phoenix amidst landscape forlorn 
Will rise from ashes under
Dreams no long asunder

Current Situation - Bangkok Campus (1)

Due to the volatile situation in Bangkok at the moment, the Regent's School - Bangkok Campus will be closed until Friday, 21 May 2010. Please refer to the formal announcement for more details.

Here are some important contact persons and phone numbers:

Mr Martin Kneath, Principal: 0832923578
Mr Martyn Smith,  Head of Secondary: 0815229191
Mrs Caroline Taylor, Dy Head of Secondary - Curriculum: 0860009432
Khun Miki Jirarattanarangsee, Principal Office Manager:  0839895455

Break Time!

What would we do in Bangkok for TWO WHOLE WEEKS?!? We would be bored to tears, start getting into each other's hair and generally not be very pleasant company. We needed a plan...

Phase I: Quick Getaway
We made the wrong assumption that Khao Yai would still be cool, so we rented a car and ventured into the mountains for Songkran. It was hot. In fact, it was so hot we were too lethargic to stray far beyond the Greenery Resort, where we were staying. Instead, we explored its immediately surroundings, including Khao Yai National Park, Life Park, Primo Posto, Palio and the GranMonte Winery.

Phase II: Living Dangerously
The political situation in Bangkok has been on everyone's mind the past few weeks. The adults decided to live life dangerously, left the kids at Banyan Tree Bangkok, and ventured forth into Red Shirt territory. A quick stroll to Lumpini Park somehow extended into a march down Ratchadamri Avenue into the heart of Ratchaprasong, and eventually a narrow escape via Phayathai Road.

Phase III: Back to Reality
One last hurrah before we head back to school, so we did what tourists normally do: visit a theme park. So off we went to Safari World. At the end of the "beast-ful" day, we were  craving human companionship. When school finally re-opened, we were exhausted, yet refreshed and ready for term 3... shall we start planning for summer vacation?

Jokhani Family

Jay was born in Thailand but grew up in Canada. Joy is Thai, and both their daughters, Jenna and Jessie, were born in Thailand. Jay and Joy work with and are partners in S.K.J. Industries, a Canadian-Thai company manufacturing Plastic products. Jenna has been at Regent's Bangkok for 4 year; she joined in Pre-nursery and next year will be in Year 2. Jessie is only 3 months old, so it will be some time before she starts school.

Most of Jay's family on his father's side were from the UK but grew up in Uganda, while on his mother's side were from India but born and grew up here in Thailand (3rd generation Thai). Joy’s family is Thai with a minor mix of Chinese from her father’s side she was born and raised in Bangkok, a true blue Bangkokian.

With all the nationalities in the family, Jenna and Jessie are very UN. Being exposed to so many different religions and cultures in the family really gives the benefit of cultivating total understanding of how everyone can get along in spite of innate differences.

Galvin Family

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, the Galvin’s have lived in Bangkok twice: firstly from 1994 to 1997 – before the Skytrain, subway, unleaded petrol and Starbucks!!! – and this stay since September 2004. Matthew was born in Singapore where we lived prior to Bangkok, and Katherine was born here in Bangkok in 1996. In between the Bangkok stays, the family moved back to Melbourne for 7 years.

John works quite near the Regent’s School Bangkok for a subsidiary of the Kantana Group, one of Thailand’s oldest and largest film studios. He is the Director of Post Production at Oriental Post, a 50-50 joint venture by Kantana and Loxley Video Post, which means he is responsible for everything done to the television commercial or movie after it is shot and before you see it on the screen.

Gina is a freelance personal trainer and also involved with the F.I.T. School in Ploenchit.

Matt is in Year 12, a skateboard always attached to his feet or a guitar in his arms, and Kate is in Year 8, a keen swimmer and lover of facebook.

Choo Family

For most of the past decade, we led a typical middle class life in Singapore:

• Calvin was a "weekend husband-father", who had to travel extensively for work
• Serline was a fashion designer-merchandiser, who gave up her career to be full-time mistress of the house
• Janelle and Andre went to a renowned school in the neighbourhood
• We lived in a semi-detached house in Pemimpin Place, where our dogs - Snowy and Ringo - could roam freely in the garden

Then we decided to make some changes, so that we could spend more time together as a family. Calvin accepted a job with Laguna Holiday Club (LHC), and the family moved to Phuket in 2007. One year later, Narelle Serline was born.

In August 2009, the family moved to Bangkok, where Calvin oversees the contact centre, as well as the hospitality staff at various properties within the LHC family of resorts. Janelle and Andre are in Year 10 and 8, respectively, at the Regent's School Bangkok campus. Because of Snowy and Ringo, there are some limitations to where we can live in Bangkok, but we have settled comfortably into President Park.