You are indestructible! I know you will get better soon. I am also sure you hate hospital food -- that is why I am certain you'll be out of the hospital soon.
Dear Kavi, Warmest wishes and prayers from your fans at the PCIJ for your speedy recovery! Sheila says you are indestructible. I say you are indescribable and incomparable -- wit, wisdom, sense of humor, charm, warmth, bigness of heart, taste for good food, etcetera, etcetera! Get well soon, Fearless Leader!
Hi Phi Kavi, Best wishes of recovery from Geneva. We all need your friendship - and your insight on current affairs. Amitiés, philippelatour()gmail.com
You're the one who tirelessly campaigns for press freedom throughout Southeast Asia. So, journalists in this region regard you as the one who strongly defends and promotes article 19.For that reason, you need to be healthier and stronger. We know, you are strong enough to play in the media front line.
Looking forward to see you taking active part in the press freedom campaign!
Kavi, As an old Indonesia hand, I can translate the Bahasa entries as "How are you doing?" "You will get well". As an old friend and a new ISIS hand, I can tell you we all wish you well and will, I'm sure, soon see you better. Jay is in Singapore, but will be by to see you next week. Get Better! Bob Fitts
Hi Kavi, I heard you are unwell. Hope you are getting well soon and will be able to get back on your daily routine as usual. Best wishes, Alexander C. Chandra
As chair of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance, your leadership in protecting freedom of the press and freedom of expression across the region has inspired us all.
Hej Kavi I am sorry to hear that you are at hospital - but convinced that you are going to get better! I am sending lot's of metta to you from Sweden, med värme, Kristin Olson, Sida Stockholm
Hope this joyful get-well note Adds light to your day It's nice to hear your'e doing well And recovering fast We wish that your fine health Will last and last forver.
May you find comfort in knowing Many of us wish you well And we hope good well being Will be restored to you quickly.
Manja Bayang, Indigenous Peoples Rights Monitor, Philippines
dear Kavi lots of love, solidarity, prayers for a speedy recovery. i am currently in europe but can still imagine you are trying to stretch your arm from your hospital bed across the border to naypyidaw to do you-know-what to you-know-who... see you soon debbie
Patience my friend. I've just been through 3 surgeries and 2 1/2 years of pain and drugs, so one I've come to understand that one has to accept this time of healing and be patient with oneself. Accept all offers of help. Take care. Bob Carty Canada
So sorry to hear that you're unwell, but am confident that you'll take this on with the same fighting spirit with which you approach evil dictators, media moguls, and other assorted threats to press freedom! Wishing you all the best from NYC in the meantime. Have the docs looked into myelytis? Your symptoms sound very similar to a relative of mine who had a sudden attack of that.
Dear Kavi - we just finished an IFEX Council meeting and I thought of you. Please accept our best wishes from the Clearing House for speedy and complete recovery as soon as possible so you can take up all the offers of good food and fun that all your friends are promising you on the blog! Annie Game
Sorry to hear you are laid up in hospital. I wish I could come visit you in person. It was great to see you again in Doha after so many years. Take care my friend, Kristina (IFEX CH, Toronto)
Must admit that it's so shocking to hear this news. Wished to visit you but thought that you need time to take rest these days. Nothing much to say only sending you warmest wishes, please GET WELL very soon. May strenght, joyfulness and spirited heart remain with you.
ขอให้จิตใจเบิกบาน ร่างกายแข็งแรงไวไวนะคะ Kay - supinya & Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR)
ps. thanks SEAPA for sending news&doing this blog too.
Here I am headed to Thailand soon for the Asean ministerial and you're in the hospital? Get well soon and we can once again plot our assault on misguided diplomacy! My best wishes and thoughts are with you, brother.
Greetings from Jakarta! Being sick sucks. I am coming to Bangkok on July 17 and hope to visit you over the weekend. You are such a big part of my life and so many lives I pray for you to get well soon and look forward to seeing you. Lin Neumann
Dear Kavi, I am sending a hug from Brazil, and my best wishes for a fast recovery. Get well soon, my friend. We missed you in London during our meeting. And I hope to see you in our next meeting. Bestest. rosental
Hello Kavi, Heard this morning about your health condition, get well quickly we all need the good work you are doing and your wonderful company. hisham
Dear, dear Kavi - please do as you're told and only work at getting better! Thinking of you and the family and sending all incantations for recovery - and love - Gwyneth
I hope you get well so quickly that you will never have time to read all these posts! We are all thinking about you and wishing you well. In friendship, Art Kaufman, World Movement for Democracy.
Kavi, They say that chicken soup helps. (It can't hurt...) The world's democracy movement needs you to get well soon--too many battles to fight with you out of action. All best wishes, David NED
Thank you so much for all of your warm wishes. It put a smile on my dad's face when I showed him this page. There are comments from all over the world!
My dad is getting better everyday. His legs and arms that were previously numb are slowly regaining their mobility day by day. The recovery process will take time, but my dad has his spirits high and so do the rest of us.
He still has a good appetite and is joking and laughing. Exercises in the physical therapy room to re-train his legs have already begun.
Thank you once more for all of your warm comments.
Dear Kavi, Warmest greetings and best wishes from Kyiv! Get well very soon. Our thoughts are with you. Just imagine how many good wishes to you are circulating the Globe these days! Inna
I am sending you warmest greetings and wishes for speedy and full recovery from Moscow. Many people across the world admire and greatly respect you. We need you, come back on board!
Best regards, Yuri Dzhibladze, Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Moscow, Russia
Your inner strength and your belief in yourself will pull you through and get you back to your former self. My family and I wish you a real speedy recovery, and we send you strong healing energy across the miles. May the Noble Triple Gem bless you and protect you. Take care, my dear friend, and get well soon. Rajika, Washington DC.
I am deeply sorry you are not in good health right now. My warmest wishes for a speedy recovery, and a return to the wonderful service you are rendering to the world. May the Noble Triple Gem bless you.
Bernard Goonetilleke, former Sri Lanka Ambassador in the U.S.
Dear Kavi, I have the confident and trust that you are heading for a speedy recovery with thegrace of the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem. We look forward to hear the good news of good health very early, Sincerely, Morulat - Sri Lanka
I am sincerely saddened to hear of your illness, and having a hard time imagining you doing anything but running from story to story, or noodle stand to noodle stand! But somehow, I can't help feeling that you may eventually share this new journey with your fellow mankind throughout the world, and again touch our lives with your courage and your unique insights into the human condition. Until that day, we are sending you all of our strength to help you along the way.
Our dear friend and colleague, Kavi Chongkittavorn, has been in hospital since Friday, July 3. Leave your well-wishes here and we'll be sure he gets them. Your support and encouragement will no doubt help in Kavi's recovery.
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWe're happy to hear that you're slowly but steadily improving. We're praying for your full recovery. See you soon!
Chi
Apa kabar Pak Kavi?
ReplyDeleteYou must be recovered! And I am sure of it! Too many things we have to discuss!
All ISAI gang pray for you.
What I mean is: "Pak Kavi harus sembuh!" How to say it in English? TB
ReplyDeleteHi P' Kavi
ReplyDeleteI will definitely cook you good and healthy food when you recover. We are looking forward to A BIG MEAL!
Nu
Kavi,
ReplyDeleteYou are indestructible! I know you will get better soon. I am also sure you hate hospital food -- that is why I am certain you'll be out of the hospital soon.
Take care.
Sheila
Get well soon, Kavi! Southeast Asia needs you!
ReplyDeleteRoby
พี่กวี
ReplyDeleteตอนนี้หน้าที่ของพี่มีเพียงอย่างเดี่ยวคือทำใจให้สบายๆ ร่างกายก็ให้หมอรักษา ส่วนหน้าที่อื่นๆ พักไว้ก่อน "ใจ" มันเป้นประธานของทุกๆ อย่าง เมื่อพี่ใจสบายอย่างอื่นเรื่องเล็กค่ะ สู้ สู้
เล็ก (จันทร์แก้ว)
P'Kavi ..!!!
ReplyDeleteGet well soon kha ..!
All my best wishes and prayers for you ..
Nai Nai
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWarmest wishes and prayers from your fans at the PCIJ for your speedy recovery! Sheila says you are indestructible. I say you are indescribable and incomparable -- wit, wisdom, sense of humor, charm, warmth, bigness of heart, taste for good food, etcetera, etcetera! Get well soon, Fearless Leader!
Malou
Dear K. Kavi,
ReplyDeleteGet well soon. Lots of alerts for you to read :D.
Warm regards,
George
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWe at Mizzima pray that you get well soon.
We are with you.
Regards,
Soe Myint
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteGet well soon. I will pray for you. We love you and need you kavi.
Nem Davies
Le Thu Luong (VietNam)
ReplyDeleteKavi, hope you get well soon...
We just want to discover some more secrets of ASEAN, and we are waiting to get good news from you soon.
With my best regards,
Luong
Hi Phi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteBest wishes of recovery from Geneva.
We all need your friendship - and your insight on current affairs.
Amitiés,
philippelatour()gmail.com
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteYou're the one who tirelessly campaigns for press freedom throughout Southeast Asia. So, journalists in this region regard you as the one who strongly defends and promotes article 19.For that reason, you need to be healthier and stronger. We know, you are strong enough to play in the media front line.
Looking forward to see you taking active part in the press freedom campaign!
Best,
zinlinn
Khun Kavi,
ReplyDeleteAm sure you're in good hands and will recover soon.
Thai docs are superior to Malaysian docs :)
Your no. 1 fan!
(a la Kathy Bates in 'Misery' - Muahahahahaaa!)
- Siew Eng
All the best for a speedy diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
ReplyDeleteSonia
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWish u a prompt recovery. Trust yourself that god bless you.
Sam Rithy Duong Hak
CAPJ
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWish you quick recovery. Cant wait for your next writing pieces! Love them!
Yuyun (FORUM-ASIA)
Hang in there, Kavi. The good time is 'round the corner. Get well soon!
ReplyDeleteJohn Tan
Organization for the Empowerment of Singaporeans (OFES)
P'Kavi -
ReplyDeleteOur warmest wishes from ISIS for your complete and speedy recovery. Thailand and ASEAN are not the same without you. You are in our thoughts.
Jay Thitinan.
Get well soon Kavi. Praying for fast recovery. The ASEAN region needs you :-
ReplyDeleteMarlene Ramirez/AsiaDHRRA
Kavi, As an old Indonesia hand, I can translate the Bahasa entries as "How are you doing?" "You will get well". As an old friend and a new ISIS hand, I can tell you we all wish you well and will, I'm sure, soon see you better. Jay is in Singapore, but will be by to see you next week. Get Better! Bob Fitts
ReplyDeleteHi Kavi, I heard you are unwell. Hope you are getting well soon and will be able to get back on your daily routine as usual. Best wishes, Alexander C. Chandra
ReplyDeleteHi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteYour illness came as a shock to me. Glad to hear you are well on your way to recovery!
Sending you positive and living energy from sunny Manila! Be well soon.
Corinna Lopa, SEACA and SAPA WG on ASEAN
Dear Khun Kavi,
ReplyDeleteAs chair of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance, your leadership in protecting freedom of the press and freedom of expression across the region has inspired us all.
Get well soon. You are in our prayers.
Sincerely,
Lara
Carol
Bryant
Melanie
Kat
Dear K. Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI hope to see you get back to normal soon.
Best,
Sarinna
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteWarmest wishes and hopes for your speedy recovery from all of us at Free Voice.
Kenneth
Hej Kavi
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that you are at hospital - but convinced that you are going to get better! I am sending lot's of metta to you from Sweden,
med värme,
Kristin Olson, Sida Stockholm
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteGet Well Soon!
Sending you all the best energies and sunshine for your speedy recovery.
Susan Loone,FORUM-ASIA.
Hope this joyful get-well note
ReplyDeleteAdds light to your day
It's nice to hear your'e doing well
And recovering fast
We wish that your fine health
Will last and last forver.
May you find comfort in knowing
Many of us wish you well
And we hope good well being
Will be restored to you quickly.
Manja Bayang, Indigenous Peoples Rights Monitor, Philippines
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for a speedy recovery from me and all of the staff at CCHR. Get well soon!
Ou Virak, President, Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Sawasdee Khub Khun Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to discuss with you more about ASEAN and Burma.
Soe Aung
dear Kavi
ReplyDeletelots of love, solidarity, prayers for a speedy recovery.
i am currently in europe but can still imagine you are trying to stretch your arm from your hospital bed across the border to naypyidaw to do you-know-what to you-know-who...
see you soon
debbie
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteSending you healing energies. Get well soon!!!
Anelyn
Get well soon, Kavi - the world needs you!
ReplyDeletePeter - London
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for a speedy recovery from all your friends at CPJ. You're an inspiration to us all.
Joel Simon
Kavi
ReplyDeletePatience my friend. I've just been through 3 surgeries and 2 1/2 years of pain and drugs, so one I've come to understand that one has to accept this time of healing and be patient with oneself. Accept all offers of help. Take care.
Bob Carty
Canada
Dear Kavi:
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear that you're unwell, but am confident that you'll take this on with the same fighting spirit with which you approach evil dictators, media moguls, and other assorted threats to press freedom! Wishing you all the best from NYC in the meantime. Have the docs looked into myelytis? Your symptoms sound very similar to a relative of mine who had a sudden attack of that.
All best,
Karin Karlekar (FH)
Dear Kavi - we just finished an IFEX Council meeting and I thought of you. Please accept our best wishes from the Clearing House for speedy and complete recovery as soon as possible so you can take up all the offers of good food and fun that all your friends are promising you on the blog!
ReplyDeleteAnnie Game
Hi Kavi,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you are laid up in hospital. I wish I could come visit you in person. It was great to see you again in Doha after so many years.
Take care my friend,
Kristina (IFEX CH, Toronto)
Dear p Kavi,
ReplyDeleteMust admit that it's so shocking to hear this news.
Wished to visit you but thought that you need time to take rest these days. Nothing much to say only sending you warmest wishes, please GET WELL very soon.
May strenght, joyfulness and spirited heart remain with you.
ขอให้จิตใจเบิกบาน ร่างกายแข็งแรงไวไวนะคะ
Kay - supinya &
Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR)
ps. thanks SEAPA for sending news&doing this blog too.
Hope and pray, you will recover very soon. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteBinota Moy Dhamai
AIPP
Chiang Mai, Thailand
You will be up and kicking in no time!
ReplyDeleteSean Boonpracong
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteHoping and praying for your speedy recovery.
Vit
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteHere I am headed to Thailand soon for the Asean ministerial and you're in the hospital? Get well soon and we can once again plot our assault on misguided diplomacy! My best wishes and thoughts are with you, brother.
Glenn Kessler
hope u get well soon, ruki
ReplyDeleteHello Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are getting better. All my wishes for a full recovery. We need your incisive pen back very soon.
Cheers,
Arnaud Dubus
Dear Kavi:
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Jakarta! Being sick sucks. I am coming to Bangkok on July 17 and hope to visit you over the weekend. You are such a big part of my life and so many lives I pray for you to get well soon and look forward to seeing you.
Lin Neumann
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteMany, many warm wishes from the whole team at the OSI Media Program. We are thinking of you.
Jane McElhone
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteBest wishes of recovery from Germany.
Get well soon.
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI am sending a hug from Brazil, and my best wishes for a fast recovery. Get well soon, my friend. We missed you in London during our meeting. And I hope to see you in our next meeting. Bestest. rosental
Just want to follow TB's style from Jakarta
ReplyDeleteSemoga Cepat Sembuh
All of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) board members wish you will get well soon, pak Kavi
Get well soon
ReplyDeleteHere's to your quick recovery, with all best wishes.
ReplyDeleteHello Kavi,
ReplyDeleteHeard this morning about your health condition, get well quickly we all need the good work you are doing and your wonderful company.
hisham
Dear, dear Kavi - please do as you're told and only work at getting better! Thinking of you and the family and sending all incantations for recovery - and love - Gwyneth
ReplyDeleteDear Kavi --
ReplyDeleteI hope you get well so quickly that you will never have time to read all these posts! We are all thinking about you and wishing you well. In friendship, Art Kaufman, World Movement for Democracy.
Kavi,
ReplyDeleteThey say that chicken soup helps. (It can't hurt...) The world's democracy movement needs you to get well soon--too many battles to fight with you out of action.
All best wishes,
David
NED
Dear Kavi
ReplyDeleteI wish a complete recovery and hope to see you in good shape in Yakharta!! With warm regards, Elisabeth
Hello everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am Hanoi, Kavi's son.
Thank you so much for all of your warm wishes. It put a smile on my dad's face when I showed him this page. There are comments from all over the world!
My dad is getting better everyday. His legs and arms that were previously numb are slowly regaining their mobility day by day. The recovery process will take time, but my dad has his spirits high and so do the rest of us.
He still has a good appetite and is joking and laughing. Exercises in the physical therapy room to re-train his legs have already begun.
Thank you once more for all of your warm comments.
I will keep this page updated.
Hanoi
Dear Pi Kavi,
ReplyDeletePlease get well soon. And also pls know we all love you and need you, too, for freedom of all people of Burma and of our region.
Your Burmese Brothers and Sisters
Dear Kavi, Warmest greetings and best wishes from Kyiv! Get well very soon. Our thoughts are with you. Just imagine how many good wishes to you are circulating the Globe these days! Inna
ReplyDeleteDear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for you and may you have a speedy recovery.
From your friends in Singapore
East Asian Institute
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI am sending you warmest greetings and wishes for speedy and full recovery from Moscow. Many people across the world admire and greatly respect you. We need you, come back on board!
Best regards,
Yuri Dzhibladze,
Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Moscow, Russia
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteYour inner strength and your belief in yourself will pull you through and get you back to your former self. My family and I wish you a real speedy recovery, and we send you strong healing energy across the miles. May the Noble Triple Gem bless you and protect you.
Take care, my dear friend, and get well soon.
Rajika, Washington DC.
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI am deeply sorry you are not in good health right now. My warmest wishes for a speedy recovery, and a return to the wonderful service you are rendering to the world. May the Noble Triple Gem bless you.
Bernard Goonetilleke, former Sri Lanka Ambassador in the U.S.
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI have the confident and trust that you are heading for a speedy recovery with thegrace of the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem.
We look forward to hear the good news of good health very early,
Sincerely,
Morulat - Sri Lanka
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI am sincerely saddened to hear of your illness, and having a hard time imagining you doing anything but running from story to story, or noodle stand to noodle stand! But somehow, I can't help feeling that you may eventually share this new journey with your fellow mankind throughout the world, and again touch our lives with your courage and your unique insights into the human condition. Until that day, we are sending you all of our strength to help you along the way.
Gambatte, ne!
Jayn-Ohio
Dear Kavi,
ReplyDeleteI was so shocked and sorry to hear of your illness. I, like so many others, wish you all the very best for a speedy recovery.
Tessa Piper