August 11, 200917 yr Many many many people have been asking when Allen's service will be held. Here is the information. Thursday August 13 1pm Transport Allen from Bangkok Pattaya Hospital to Wat Chai 3pm Bathig Rites 7pm Chanting and viewing sponsored by Asian University Friday August 14 7pm Chanting and viewing sponsored by Friends of Allen Briggs Saturday August 15 10am Feeding of the Monks 2pm Celebration begins with speakers, prayers, and music 3pm Monks arrive for cremation ceremony 4pm Celebration of Allen's life at Panorama Tom from Cafe Royale will be handling the catering for the Celebration. He has promised us a fabulous buffet appropriate for this occasion. Tim of Panorama will make sure all runs smoothly. Hopefully all those who knew Allen, knew of Allen, or new friends who never knew of Allen will come to celebrate. Allen always was very welcoming to everyone and when he had his message board promoted Pattaya heavily. Allen was a great planner. He was thoughtful and far sighted enough to actually have provided the funds through an insurance policy to Wayne Beard to pay the expenses of this final "Meet and Greet". Ken, Allen's boyfriend will be there to help you enjoy yourself and has invited many of his Thai friends. Allen choose this time so all of us could get a good start on a happy Thai weekend. Please PM me if you have any comments or suggestions.
August 15, 200917 yr Thank you guys for organizing this. The ceremony was very moving and quite beautiful. My BF remarked, "I have never seen so many Thais at a Falang funeral before." He said that spoke a great deal about the man as few ever get that kind of respect. Allen did. The ceremony was very touching with some wonderful memories from some of his dear friends. Thank you all who shared with us a bit of his wonderful life! The buffet was the best I have ever seen in Pattaya. It was a great way to end a great life! Rest in peace Allen!
August 15, 200917 yr The ceremony was very moving and quite beautiful. My BF remarked, "I have never seen so many Thais at a Falang funeral before." He said that spoke a great deal about the man as few ever get that kind of respect. Allen did. I agree. Many were Allen's former students, but even the vice president of Asian University and a dean from the university were there and spoke to the gathering about their time with Allen. I did not attend the hand washing ceremony the night before, but people who were there told me that even more Thais came and participated. Allen wanted his funeral to be a celebration of his life. He did not want it to be a sad occasion at all. Allen had even planned and paid for his funeral, and the gathering afterward, in advance. He wanted that gathering to be viewed as his final "meet-and-greet." I felt more as if Allen was hosting a party and he was the guest of honor. It wasn't so much that people were grieving about his death, but that they were happy about his life, how he had touched their lives, and how good it was to have been a part of his life and he a part of ours. That's the way he wanted it and he got his well deserved and well earned wish.
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