Endorphine is one of the most popular Thai rock bands in Thailand today. The band consists of Da(lead vocals), Kia(guitar), Bird(bass), and Bomb(drum). Current members are (nickname in parenthesis): Thanida Thamwimon (Da): lead vocals, Anucha Boethongkhamkul (Kia): guitar, Thanat Amornmanus (Bird): bass guitar, Thapaphol Amornmanus (Bomb): percussion.

The band started in junior high school. Friends Bomb (drums) and Kia (guitar) decided to form a band and asked Bomb’s brother Bird (bass) to join in. They decided they needed a lead vocalist, and that’s when Da came in. Impressed with Da’s unique and powerful voice, the band asked her to join. “Since we played rock music, we never thought our lead singer would be a girl,” Bomb said. “But when we heard Da sing, we knew she was the missing piece.” They were almost set, but there was still one other thing they needed — the right name. Stuck in traffic one day, Bomb spotted a bumper sticker that had the word “endorphine” written on it. Curious, Bomb looked the word up and found the perfect name for his band. “Endorphins are a chemical substance produced by the brain when we’re happy or in pain,” Bomb said. “And we want people to be happy listening to our songs. Hence the name Endorphine.” -Wikipedia

Official Website (English) | Official Website (Thai) | Last.fm | eThai Music

Wednesday, 1 December 2011 @6:00pm
Thailand, 2009 (117 mins)
Thai with English subtitles

Director: Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Cast: Arak Amornsupasiri, Krit Setthathamrong, Sansanee Wattananukul, and Yarinda Boonag
Cinematography: Somboon Phopitakkul

Keng (Arak Amornsuphasiri) is a veterinarian sentenced to do social work for a drunk driving arrest. He is assigned to teach senior citizens how to use computers. In class, love blossoms discreetly between durian farmer Jamras (Krit Setthathamrong) and widow Somphis (Sansanee Wattanukul). Their infectious bliss reawakens Keng’s longtime crush on his best friend’s ex-wife Fai (Yarinda Boonag). The two love stories develop autonomously, but the two generations’ perspectives are deftly interwoven to bear upon each others’ lives in a sweet story that ends in a most profound way. The film topped the domestic box office in 2009 and was chosen as Thailand’s Oscar foreign film entry in 2010. -Maggie Lee

Center of Korean Studies Auditorium
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
6:00 pm – 8:30 p.m.

Free admission
Donations will be accepted for flood relief in Thailand before and after the film.
Contact: The Thai Student Association (UH)

Trailer: Best of Times (Thailand)

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa supports
The Royal Thai Embassy, The Royal Cambodian Embassy, The International Red Cross, & Other Groups Collecting Donations for Flood Victims in Thailand & Cambodia

The flood crisis over the past two months is Thailand’s worst in 50 years and has continued to affect one- third of the country’s provinces, with more than 400 people dead and damaged millions of homes.

People in the U.S. who wish to help flood victims in Thailand can donate through the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. by sending a money order (payable to Royal Thai Embassy) to Consular Affairs Section, Royal Thai Embassy, 1024 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007. A donation box has also been set up in front of the Consular Affairs Section of the Embassy.

The Embassy has updated information on donation on their Facebook page (Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C.) and Twitter (@ThaiEmbDC). Additional questions about the donation request can be addressed to First Secretary Nipatsorn Kampa at 202-285-1547.

- International Red Cross: Both the Cambodian Red Cross and Thai Red Cross are accepting donations for relief efforts though their respective websites.

- Royal Thai Embassy: Donations to flood victims in Thailand are being accepted through the embassy. Send checks or money orders (payable to Royal Thai Embassy) to Consular Affairs Section, Royal Thai Embassy, 1024 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20007. See the embassy’s Facebook page (Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C.) for donation updates or call the embassy’s First Secretary Nipatsorn Kampa at 202-285-1547.

- Save the Children: International aid organization is accepting donations for flood relief in Thailand through its Thailand Floods Children in Emergency Fund. See the Save the Children website.

- Royal Embassy of Cambodia: Contact the embassy at 4530 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20011; phone 202-726-7742.

- World Vision Cambodia: International aid group is distributing rice to affected communities where rice fields and other food sources have been compromised by flooding. See the Save the Children Cambodia website.

http://www.cseashawaii.org/wordpress/2011/10/photography-thailand-flood/

PHRA APAI MANEE: THAI FOLKLORE PERFORMANCE

Phra Apai Manee and the Spell of Laweng
Kofman Auditorium at Alameda High School, California
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 4pm with dinner reception after the show

Summary
On Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Kofman Auditorium at Alameda High School, the Thai Cultural Center of Berkeley will be putting on our latest production of Thai music, dance and drama, entitled Phra Apai Manee and the Spell of Laweng. Most recently performed at the National Theater in Bangkok, we bring this tale of love, guile and betrayal to our audiences here:

Phra Aphai Mani and his brother, Sisuwan were princes who were sent to study by their father as he hoped they could use the knowledge gained to rule the country, but Phra Aphai came back with the knowledge of playing the pipe and his brother at sword-fighting. Their father was angry and drove them away. But the pipe Aphai had learned was a magic one. Its sound could put people to sleep and take the soul out of the body causing death.

One day while the others were lulled to sleep by the sound of the pipe, a giant came and took Aphai away to her cave where she transformed herself into a beautiful girl. He lived with her until she bore a son, Sinsamut. When Aphai found out that his wife was really the giant, Nang Phisua Samut, he fled with his son. He was assisted by a family of mermaids, father, mother and a daughter. The father and mother were caught and eaten by the giant.

The daughter took Aphai and Sinsamut to Kokaew Phitsadan (Wonder Island) where a hermit saved them from the giant. The young mermaid later bore a son with Aphai, called Sutsakhon. One day a ship went by the island. In the ship were King Silarat of Phleuk with his daughter, Princess Suwannamali. She was engaged to marry Prince Usaren of Lanka. Aphai and Sinsamut asked to go with them on the ship, but on the way the giant attacked them and killed King Silarat. Aphai escaped to the shore and had to blow the pipe which killed the giant. Sinsamut swam with the princess to an island. They continued their journey and met Sisuwan and his daughter, Arun Rasami. They went on in search of Phra Aphai.

Phra Aphai met Usaren who came out looking for his fiancee, Suwannamali. They went together until they met Sinsamut and Suwannamali. She refused to go to Usaren. There was a fight, Usaren fled back to Lanka. Phra Aphai came to Phleuk where the queen asked him to rule the country. Suwannamali was still angry at Phra Aphai for daring to give her up to Usaren, so she fled to become a nun. With the trick of a maid, Nang Wali, Suwannamali left the nunhood to marry Phra Aphai. She bore him twin daughters named Soisuwan and Chantasuda. Usaren and his father came back to attack Phleuk. The father was killed and Usaren died heart-broken.

The throne of Lanka fell to his sister, nang Laweng. A very beautiful Laweng decided to take revenge and she declared to all the princes in countries around that whoever could kill King Aphai would have her and her Kingdom. Nine armies moved to surround Phleuk. Aphai followed Laweng and won her love but the war continued until a hermit came and helped to stop the war between them.

Event & Contact Information
$25 per person (includes dinner)
For tickets, call (510) 520-1468 or email ( info@tccsfbayarea.org)

Worst Flooding in Decades Swamps Thailand [2011]: These photographs were taken from The Atlantic

Heavy monsoon rains have been drenching Southeast Asia since mid-July, causing mudslides and widespread flooding along the Mekong River. Parts of Thailand are now experiencing the worst floods in half a century, as water inundates villages, historic temples, farms, and factories. At least 281 people have been killed in Thailand, and another 200 in neighboring Cambodia. Rescue workers are scrambling to prevent a humanitarian disaster, and Thailand’s prime minister is warning businesses not to use the flooding as an excuse to raise prices. About 8.2 million people in 60 of Thailand’s 77 provinces have been affected by the flooding, and economic losses are so far estimated to top $2 billion. Collected here are recent images of the crisis in Thailand as some 10 million residents in Bangkok keep a wary eye on the approaching surge of floodwater, due to reach the capital in a few days.

31st Hawaii International Film Festival
Various Venues across Honolulu, HI
13 – 23 October 2011

Established in 1981, Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) is dedicated to the advancement of understanding and cultural exchange among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and North America through the medium of film. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is proud to sponsor the following films at the 31st HIFF:

THE GAME KISS
Part of SHORTS PROGRAM #2
Dir. Paul Agusta
Indonesia 2011
9:15 PM | Saturday, October 15 | Dole Cannery E

BUSONG
Dir. Auraeus Solito 2011
Philippines 2011
8:00 PM | Monday, October 17 | Dole Cannery F
1:00 PM | Tuesday, October 18 | Dole Cannery B

LIVING IN SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES
Dir. Ian Gamazon 2011
United States/Vietnam 2011
8:45 PM | Tuesday, October 18 | Dole Cannery C

THE DANCE OF TWO LEFT FEET (ANG SAYAW NG DALAWANG KALIWANG PAA)
Dir. Alvin Yapan
Philippines 2011
6:00 PM | Saturday, October 15 | Dole Cannery D
4:30 PM | Monday, October 17 | Dole Cannery E

RAKENROL
Dir. Quark Henares
Philippines 2011
6:15 PM | Saturday, October 15 | Dole Cannery E

STAR-CROSSED LOVE
Dir. Erick Salud
Philippines 2011
9:30 PM | Friday, October 21 | Dole Cannery E
8:15 PM | Sunday, October 23 | Dole Cannery E

THELMA
Dir. Paul Soriano
Philippines 2011
2:45 PM | Saturday, October 15 | Dole Cannery B

THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK
(ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK )
Dir. Marlon Rivera
Philippines 2011
5:00 PM | Thursday, October 20 | Dole Cannery E

BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER
Dir. Kaz Cai, Wang Jing, Anocha Suwichakornpong
Singapore 2011
3:30 PM | Wednesday, October 19 | Dole Cannery C
11:30 AM | Saturday, October 22 | Dole Cannery A

ETERNITY
Dir. Sivaroj Kongsakul
Thailand 2010
1:00 PM | Sunday, October 16 | Dole Cannery C
3:30 PM | Tuesday, October 18 | Dole Cannery F

SAIGON ELECTRIC
Dir. Stephane Gauger
United States, Viet Nam 2011
4:30 PM | Saturday, October 22 | Dole Cannery A

Welcome to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Archive. This archive represents the bulk of Southeast Asian films purchased by the Center since 2006 for use in academic and community outreach program screenings. A number of the films collected here were also translated and subtitled by University of Hawaiʻi students enrolled in the course ASAN 491s Subtitling Southeast Asian Films, the first program of its kind in the United States.

Many of the films noted here are now cataloged in the University of Hawai‘i’s Wong Audio-Visual Center and may be available for classroom use through Inter Library Loan. This archive is intended to serve as a resource for educators and students interested in the cinema of Southeast Asia, and we will continue to add to this resource as our film program grows. Funding for this collection was contributed in part by the U.S. Department of Education and the School of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i.

Click on the following links:

CSEAS Film Series Archive
* Cambodia

* Indonesia

* Malaysia

* Myanmar (Burma)

* Philippines

* Singapore

* Thailand

* Viet Nam

CSEAS Co-sponsored Film Events

Film Resources: Publications

Links: Southeast Asia Online Film Archives

Links: Southeast Asia Online Film Reviews

EPOP Asia
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Start date: 1 November 2011
Deadline: 1 October 2011

EPOP Asia was created in 2009 to provide support for local civil-society workers in Myanmar and Thailand through quality international university education. We partner with local Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in delivering university and exam preparation courses for development workers. High quality is achieved by an innovative blended approach to courses which includes classes with volunteer face-to-face teachers with guidance and quality assured through an online Learning Management System (LMS).

After two short years, EPOP Asia has been asked by donors to expand the program into Cambodia and Laos. That expansion is currently underway.

We are hiring a program manager to start in November 2011.

* Lead, manage and motivate staff, volunteers and students.
* Liaise with local CBOs and foster partnerships that help ensure the sustainability of the program.
* Take part in strategizing and planning.
* Maintain and improve current program systems including database, LMS , intake, testing and student and volunteer support.
* Make improvements to program curriculum and assessments.
* Orient and train volunteer teachers, online tutors and curriculum developers.
* Write regular proposals and reports for donors.
* Manage and monitor finances for the organization.
* Monitor key indicators of success and follow up on the impacts by staying connected to key beneficiaries.

* Be well-organized with experience in project and organizational management.
* Have an understanding of academic university testing, including exam preparation.
* Be a motivated self-learner.
* Be proficient in word processing, design and database maintenance.
* Have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in education, development, social sciences or related field.
* Have experience teaching and managing education programs.
* Be flexible and patient with volunteers and staff.
* Committed to humanitarian goals.
* Have a familiarity with Southeast Asian issues.

To find out more about EPOP Asia visit our website at epopasia.org. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to coordinator@epopasia.org by 1 October 2011. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted shortly thereafter and be expected to start at the beginning of November 2011.

* Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand
* The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen
* Through the Eyes of the King: The Travels of King Chulalongkorn to Malaya
* Imagining Siam: A Travellers’ Literary Guide to Thailand
* Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand
* Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand: Tradition and Transformation

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