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  • Trips

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    Late October (2019)

    • Visited former classmates, colleagues & students in Singapore

    Hosts

    • Ko Zaw Tun (UCC) & Ma Kyu were our main hosts
    • Ko Ngwe Soe (Silver, UCC) & Ma Nu hosted us at their second home in Jahore.
      Silver took us to Melecca.
      Earlier he took us to Sentosa which was about to bring down the Lion Statue. He also wanted to jolt my memory of the “Myo Putt Ya Htar မြို့ပတ်ရထား”.

    Gatherings

    Mini gatherings

    • 69ers
    • M73 group with their Saya U Tu Myint
    • ex-UCC & ex-ICST

    Micro gatherings

    • Boe & Ma Phyu
    • Ma Pale & Ko Ye
    • Ko Zaw Tun & Ma Kyu offered Soon at their house (in addition to the regular ones at the Singapore Chan Myay Monastery).

    Early November

    • Continued our trip
    • KK picked me up at the Mingalardon air port and placed me at a hotel.
    • KK hosted two gatherings : mostly professional speakers and coaches.
    ILF
    • Flew to Mandalay to attend the 5th Irrawaddy Literary Festival. I was a Panelist at two sessions : one on Education and another on Poetry.
    Panelist
    • During a break, Ko Thein Htut (UCC) took me on a quick trip around Sagaing & Mandalay.
    • Did not meet Ko Kyaw Kyaw Soe. He had to take a trip to see his ailing son.
    • Received an autographed copy from Ko Htein Win (Dat Pon).
      He had to wait a long time before he could publish his photos and related articles about two Dark Moments in Burma : U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin and 8-8-88.

    Mid November to End of December

    • There were several gatherings back in Yangon in November and December, 2019.

    RIT Gatherings

    • RIT 69er Monthly Breakfast Gathering
    • Golden Jubilee of 69ers (Main event at Gyogone Campus, Reunion Dinner organized by Ko Aung Min at his old office compound)
    GJ of Graduation
    • Lunch hosted by Ko Tin Win (Min)
    • Guest of the Class of 72 (M72 Annual Gathering and PZP, additional : Indian Lunch, Chinese Dinner)
    • Guest at All Mechanical Gathering /Dinner
    All Mech Gatherinng
    • Dinner by Ko Nyunt Htay
    Ko Nyunt Htay

    UCC / ICST Gatherings

    • Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of UCSY/ICST
    ICST PZP
    • Several ex-UCC gatherings
      (MICT, Sweetie’s apartment, Soon Kyway by Ko Soe Win & KZ, …)
    Sweetie

    SPHS Gatherings

    • Wedding of Eddie Shein’s daughter
    • Soon for Uzin Saya Beatson
    With Sayadaw Beatson

    RUBC

    • RUBC Annual Regatta
    RUBC
    • Attendees include :
      U Tin U (Most Senior Past Captain), U Maung Maung Than Tun (Oldest Past Captain, GBNF), Dr. Myo Tint (Past Captain, GBNF), U Sein Htoon (Past Captain), U Myo Myint (Gold), U Tun Mra, U Tin Myint (GBNF), Dr. Thein Hlyne …

    MARB

    Veda
    • Visited the new Building
    • Thai Tarot Master donated Air Conditioners

    Sun Lun

    • Some meditation sessions
    • Received two books from Mi Mi Win (Junior Win) about her grand parents U Khin Maung Latt and Daw Khin Myo Chit

    Miscellaneous

    • Birthday Lunch by Ko Myint Toe & Ma Nwe
    • 49th Anniversary of Saya Dr. Soe Win and Sayama Daw May Saw Lwin
    • Thar Yay (Zeyar’s house warming …)
    • Nar Yay (Ma Cherry’s demise…)
    • Other gatherings :
      Ma Hazel,
      my friends,
      my spouse’s friends…
    • Thanks for the rides :
      Ko Ohn Khine,
      Ko Win Maung (Lake),
      Ko Tin Aung Win (Oscar),
      Ko Tin Win,
      Ko Ye Myint,
      Ko Aung Myin Bo,
      younger son of Y Patail
      …

    Updates

    • There were restrictions (for Travel & Gatherings) during the pandemic.
    • Eighteen 69ers & several family members succumbed to Covid
    • Some ex-UCC — U Mg Mg Lay, U Mg Mg Gyi, U Aung Myint — are GBNF.

    Posts

    • 69ers
    • Gatherings
    • Literary Talks & Festivals
    • Pu Zaw Pwes
    • UCC Alumni
    • Visits

  • Win Thein

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    Highlights

    U Win Thein
    • 1967 Mechanical Engineering ဘွဲ့ရ
    • စစ်တောင်းစက္ကူစက် Sittaung Paper Mill
    • PPIC
    • ရသာချို (ကိုယ်ပိုင်ကုမ္ပဏီ) Ya Tha Cho (Private company)!
    • ဒု ဥက္ကဌ ၊ VP, RIT Mechanical Engineering Association
    • Founder စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ် Set Hmu Thadin Zin
    • Co-founder Mechanical Engineering Magazine မဂ္ဂဇင်း
    • Organizer, Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn အနုပညာအသင်း
    U Win Thein 1

    Memories

    • During our RIT days, he was a super energetic organizer and a prime mover. As a member of the Gold Flake Cigarette Family, he inherited business acumen and organization skills.
    • Co-founded “Set Hmu Thadizin Zin စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ်”. Typing and drawing on stencil paper were not easy, but he spent time crafting the stencils into the revered weekly Thadinzin.
    • Vice President, RIT Mechanical Engg Association. Co-founded Magazine for the Association.
    • Suggested to name the main gate as “U Lu Paw Gate ဦးလူပေါ ဂိတ်” after the famous cartoon character from “Burma Star”.
    • Organized mini-festivals for freshers and junior students.
    • Graduated in 1967 with Mechanical Engineering
    • Worked for Sittaung Paper Mill and PCIC.
    • Founded “Ya Tha Cho”.
    • Did not live long enough to see SPZPs, SDYF, RITAA, HMEE & Shwe YaDu.

    Remembering U Win Thein

    The following remembered his contributions well.

    • U Tin Maung Aye (M69) : Member of RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Troupe, Member of RIT Annual Magazine & Co-worker at PCIC. He gave us two photos of U Win Thein (one at RIT, one at PCIC)
    • U Aung Min (M69) : Chair of 69er Health Care Fund & Organizer for the Class of 69
    • U Thein Swe (EP69, GBNF) :
      3rd BE Luyechun & Organizer of EE69er Gatherings
    • U Maung Maung Kyi (Dip Ing, Wales, GBNF) : Co-worker at Sittaung Paper Mill & PCIC
    • Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70, Singapore) : Co-founder of Dana Sri Lanka,
      Minthamee, Organizer of Singapore Pon Chan Chan Group
    • U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) : Super Fund raiser for RIT-related activities including SPZPs, YTU Library Modernization Project; Patron of RITAA
    • U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu) wrote : နာမည်ချင်းတူ၍သိခြင်း။ ကျောင်းသားချင်း Tuition ပေးခြင်း။ စစ်တောင်းစက္ကူစက်အုပ်စုဖြစ်ခြင်း။ မန္တလေးကုန်စည်ဒိုင်သို့ဆရာဦးလင်းနှင့်ရောက်လာခြင်း။ နေမကောင်းစဉ်ရန်ကုန်အိမ်တွင်တွေ့လိုက်ရခြင်းများကိုသတိရလျက်ပါကိုဝင်းသိန်းရေ

    Updates

    • Mechanical Newsletters for 1968-69 to 1973-74 were scanned and archived in a CD by U Kyaw Thein and Daw Than Than Mu (1974 batch)
    CD of Newsletters

    Posts

    • Magazines
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Newsletters
    • RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn
    • Set Hmu Thadin Zin
  • Veda

    Veda

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    BARB (Burma Astro Research Bureau)

    Founders

    • U Myaing
    • Dr. Chit Swe
    • U Min Wun
    • U Kyaw Min (Pituka ပိသုကာ)
    • U Myint Sein
    • U Aye Win Kyaw
    • U Mya Sein
    • U Nyan Win
    • U Tin Aung

    All are GBNF

    U Myint Sein

    U Myint Sein 1
    U Myint Sein 2

    Highlights

    • Attended PPBRS
    • Matriculated from SPHS in 1964
    • Graduated with B.Com (IT) in 1968
    • Managed Family Business
    • Founding member & Principal of BARB
    • Specialization : Medical Astrology; Visiting Professor at တိုင်းရင်းဆေးပညာကျောင်း
    • Founder, IDEA Astrology
    • Now GBNF

    Veda Programs

    • Requested me to develop programs for Veda calculations and predictions. Assigned Ko Win Latt and Ko Zaw Tun.
    • Ko Win Latt (UCC) developed Win Horo. He later founded a Computer Training School & SysMagic. Currently in Bangkok.
    Win Latt
    • Ko Zaw Tun (UCC) developed a Prolog program for prediction. He later founded a Computer Training School. Moved to Singapore. Gawpaka at Singapore Chan Myei
    Zaw Tun

    Final Years

    • I visited U Myint Sein at his house. He showed me the text he had written for the School of Indigenous Medicine, where he was a Visiting Professor. He was fond of Medical Astrology. Several doctors would seek his advice for treating patients.
    • (Later) He passed away peacefully in his house while watching TV. He had earlier come back from Okkalapa where he had brunch.

    Veda & Me

    • Shared my Veda knowledge to selected Computer Science students
    • Shared my Computing expertise to selected Veda sayas. Helped BARB sayas & students use programmable calculators and handheld computers.
    • Became acquainted with Veda sayas : U Khin Aung Bo, U Than Htay, U Myint Lwin, Bogyi Kyaw Zan Hla …
    • Wrote articles (with three pen names) for Jotisha Veda magazine.
    • U Myint Sein led discussion groups at selected houses (e.g. U Khin Maung San, Bohmu Thane Myint) over lunch.

    Veda Sayas

    U Myint Sein

    • He was Principal at BARB. He later founded IDEA Astrology.

    U Than Htay

    Zartar
    • He taught Ganita (ဂဏိတ). He also wrote articles, Lecture Guides & Books. He later co-founded MARB and served as VP. He had health problems. He is now GBNF.

    U Myint Lwin

    • Taught Phalita ဖလိတ at BARB and MARB
    • Vice President, MARB
    • Helped compile and publish the Veda Calendar
    • Passed away several years back

    U Khin Aung Bo

    • Taught Thanhita သံဟိတ at BARB and MARB
    • President, MARB
    • Passed away peacefully while praying on May 13, 2020 at the age of 80.
    • Was relatively strong and healthy despite his love of cigarettes
    U Khin Aung Bo

    Sad News

    #မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဝေဒသုတေသနအဖွဲ့
    #ဥက္ကဋ္ဌကြီးဆရာကြီးဦးခင်အောင်ဗိုလ်

    ယနေ့ 13-5-2020 (May 13, 2020)
    နံနက် 07:05 အချိန်တွင်
    မြောက်ဥက္ကလာပဆေးရုံကြီး၌

    #ကွယ်လွန် သွားပါကြောင်း

    မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဝေဒသုတေသနအဖွဲ့ အား
    ဝမ်းနည်းစွာ အသိပေးအပ်ပါသည်။

    Last Journey

    (၁၅.၅.၂၀၂၀) နေ့လည် ၁၂နာရီခွဲ နေအိမ်မှကားများထွက်ခွာပြီး ရေဝေးသုသာန်၌ ၂နာရီ မီး သဂြိုလ်မည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

    U Aye Win Kyaw

    Aye Win Kyaw (Center)
    • Graduated with Civil Engineering from RIT in 1970 and joined the Faculty
    • Developed programs for Astronomy and Astrology
    • Taught Astronomy at BARB and MARB
    • Passed away in Pwin Oo Lwin a few years back. Sadly, his son passed away unexpectedly a few days before his demise. It was a Double Tragedy for the family.

    MARB (Myanmar Astro Research Bureau)

    U Than Htay
    • Former BARB sayas (U Khin Aung Bo, U Myint Lwin, U Than Htay, U Hla Win, U Kyaw Myint …) founded MARB. U Khin Aung Bo was President. U Myint Lwin & U Than Htay were VP. U Kyaw Myint was Secy. U Hla Win headed the Research Program.
    • Other MARB sayas include U Thein Aung, U Soe Thein, Dr. Aung Myin Bo.

    U Kyaw Myint (T72)

    U Kyaw Myint & Dr. Kan Nyunt
    • Thin Char Luyechun in High School
    • Studied at BARB. Taught at BARB and MARB
    • Current President of MARB.
      Succeeded U Khin Aung Bo.
    • Also Expert on indigenous medicine.
    • Youngest of 13 siblings.
    • Four are alive and well. Saya Saw was good at writing Yee Zar Sar. He was reprimanded by his aunt for supposedly helping a friend to write Yee Zar Sar to give to his cousin.
      Bagyi Kan is a doctor and Patron of MARB. He translated several Veda texts. U Sein Tun and U Kyaw Myint would pay respect to Saya Saw and Bagyi Kan following the noble tradition.
    • U Kyaw Myint wrote a long letter to the parents of a classmate & belle presenting why is an invaluable suitor.

    U Hla Win (M73)

    • Core Organizer of RIT Saya Pu Zaw Pwes and activities
    • Attended DAC
    • Studied at BARB. Taught at BARB and MARB.
    • Secretary and/or VP of MARB.
    • Member of Myanmar Pyeik Ka Dein Ah Phwe.
    • He used to send me his car and/or a Veda saya to pick me up to visit the old MARB office.

    U Soe Thein & U Thein Aung

    • Studied at BARB
    • Taught at MARB

    Dr. Aung Myin Bo

    • Not related to U Khin Aung Bo.
    • Studied Veda from distinguished sayas. Helped them (e.g doing research& writing / refining Veda programs).
    • Gave me a ride to visit the old and new MARB offices.
    Veda Sayas

    Updates

    • The founding members of BARB are now GBNF.
    • Several sayas from BARB and MARB — U Myint Sein, U Myint Lwin, U Khin Aung Bo and U Than Htay — are GBNF.
  • Myanmar Names

    Myanmar Names

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    Length of name

    • One word : e.g Nu နု၊ Thant သန့်
    U Thant
    • Two words : e.g Khin Khin ခင်ခင်၊ Thein Han သိန်းဟန်
    • Three words : e.g Aung Gyi Shwe အောင်ကြီးရွှေ၊ Kyi Kyi Htay ကြည်ကြည်ဌေး Tun Aung Gyaw ထွန်းအောင်ကျော်
    Aung Gyi Shwe
    • Four words : e.g Khin Maung Maung Than ခင်မောင်မောင်သန်း၊ Tin Maung Maung Than တင်မောင်မောင်
    • Five or more : e.g Khin Maung Thet Cho Oo ခင်မောင်သက်ချိုဦး

    Mixed Names

    J A Maung Gyi
    • J A Maung Gyi (Joseph Augustus, Governor) J A မောင်ကြီး
    • M A Maung Gyi (Master of Arts; Diplomat) M A မောင်ကြီး
    • April
      April Chit Khin (Vocalist) April ချစ်ခင်
      April Khine (Lecturer) April ခိုင်
    • May
      May Saw Lwin (Professor) မေစောလွင်
      May Win Maung (Actor) မေဝင်းမောင်
      Maymyo မေမြို့ (Named after Colonel James May) : Pyin Oo Lwin ပြင်ဦးလွင်
    • June
      June Khine (Two Doctors) June ခိုင်

    Based on Saying

    • ကြံတိုင်းအောင်
    • ဆောင်တိုင်းမြောက်
    • လိုတိုင်းရ
    • တတိုင်းမွှေး
    • ထင်တိုင်းပေါက်

    Based on Astrology ဗေဒင်

    Especially Monk Names

    • Sunday born တနင်္ဂနွေ သား — အ
    • Monday born တနင်္လာ သား — က၊ ခ၊ ဂ၊ ဃ၊ င
    • Tuesday born အင်္ဂါ သား — စ၊ ဆ၊ ဇ၊ စျ၊ ည
    • Wednesday born ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး သား — လ၊ ဝ၊ ယ၊ ရ
    • Thursday born ကြာသာပတေး သား — ပ၊ ဖ၊ ဗ၊ ဘ၊ မ
    • Friday born သောကြာ သား — သ၊ ဟ
    • Saturday born စနေ သား — တ၊ ထ၊ ဒ၊ ဓ၊ န

    Father’s Name ဖခင်ရဲ့အမည်

    at the back နောက်မှာ

    • မျိုးပိုင်၊ စိုးပိုင်၊ ဝင်းပိုင်၊ ကျော်ပိုင် — ဦးပိုင် ရဲ့ သားများ

    at the front

    • မောင်မောင်ကြည်၊ မောင်မောင်ခန့်၊ မောင်မောင်သန့်၊ မောင်မောင်မြင့်၊ မောင်မောင်စန်း — ဦးမောင်မောင် ရဲ့ သားများ

    does not appear

    • in most Burmese names — မ ပါ

    Posts

    • Meaning of names နာမည် ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပါယ်
    • Naming Conventions နာမည် မှဲ့ ပုံ မှဲ့ နည်း
  • Nursery Songs

    Nursery Songs

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    Minthuwun

    Minthuwun
    Nursery Songs
    • Minthuwun (U Wun) is a Laureate Poet.
    • He published a book titled “Maung Khway Boh မောင်ခွေးဘို့ (For Maung Khway)”.

    U Khin Zaw

    U Khin Zaw (“K”)
    • He is Founder / Director of Burma Broadcasting Service.
    • Pen name : “K”
    • He wrote the Preface.
    • He provided music for the poems (kabyars).
    • He also translated the poems (with Professor G H Luce) into English.

    U Ba Nyan

    Book 1
    • Distinguished artist
    • He drew the illustrations.

    Content

    Preface

    Book 2
    Book 3

    Burmese Poem & English Translation

    Book 4

    Nursery Songs

    Book 5
    Book 6
    Book 7
    Book 8
    Book 9
    Book 10
    Book 11
  • Doctor & Patient

    Doctor & Patient

    by Hla Min & Sein Yie

    Update : June 2026

    Neikban Zaw

    Translation of my spouse’s article

    In Burma, our beloved land, we treasure “Say Mee Toh” ဆေးမီးတို (Quick remedy). In fact, our forebears used easily available fruits, flowers, and leaves as traditional medicine. Some are taken raw, some are prepared according to a recipe.

    Doctor turned Patient

    I did private practice at Barr Street (Maha Bandoola Pann Chan Lann မဟာဗန္ဓုလပန်းခြံလမ်း). There are several clinics and hospitals nearby. It is close to 35th Street which is frequently by the members of Yoke Shin Law Ka (ရုပ်ရှင်လောက Movie Community).

    For a few months, I served as a doctor at the Waziya Pyazat Yone (ဝဇီရာပြဇာတ်ရုံ Theater for live performances). One day, I abruptly fell sick after being caught in the heavy rain. Thankfully, the Theater staff (who were my patients) gave me medicine. For a moment, the patients had treated their doctor. I will always remember and treasure their kind acts.

    Advice

    Some doctors give medical advice to patients, but find it hard to take care of themselves. With sunglasses on, they will advice their patients to quit drinking and smoking and not to chew betel.

    They may drink claiming for example that “a glass of wine is good for the blood circulation”. I did not refuse when iNapa Winery gave me a bottle of Premium Wine for my birthday.

    Mother and My In-laws

    My mother passed away in August several years ago. She was 87. I still remember her preparing “Kun Ywet Pyoat Yay ကွမ်းရွက်ပြုတ်ရေ” for me.

    My father-in-law who learned indigenous medicine from Kadok Sayagyi (ကတုတ်ဆရာကြီး his life saver) and my mother-in-law had a cabinet of Western and Eastern medicine. They also treated me at times.

    A million thanks.

    Posts

    • Dhammananda Newsletter
    • Neikban
    • TBSA
  • Father

    Father

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    My Parents

    At SPHS, we had a “Morals and Manners” class for students who are not Catholics. We learned some poems from the book.

    The following is a modernized version of the poem which used “Thou”, “Thee” and “Locks”.

    Be kind to your father — for when you were young
    Who loved you as fondly as he
    He caught the first accent that fell from your tongue
    And joined in the heavenly glee.

    Be kind to your father — for now he is old
    His hair intermingled with grey
    His footsteps are feeble, once fearless and bold
    Your father is passing away.

  • Terms used in my posts

    Terms used in my posts

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    A

    • A : Architecture
    • AAA : Access, Authorization & Accounting
    • ABM : American Baptist Mission
    • AC : Alternating Current
    • ACB : Advanced Communicator Bronze
    • ACG : Advanced Communication Gold
    • ACS : Advanced Communicator Silver
    • ACM : Association of Computing Machinery
    • AD : Anno Domino (In the year of our Lord); CE : Common Era
    • ADC : Analog to Digital Converter
    • AFPFL : Anti Fascist Peoples’ Freedom League (ဖဆပလ)
    • AFAIK : As Far As I Know
    • Ag : Agricultural Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • AG : Attorney General; Auditor General
    • AGI : Artificial General Intelligence
    • AGM : Annual General Meeting
    • AI : Artificial Intelligence
    • ALB : Advanced Leader Bronze
    • ALS : Advanced Leader Silver
    • AQ : Adversary Quotient
    • ARAE : Amateur Rowing Association of the East
    ARAE Regatta
    • ASAP : As Soon As Possible
    • Auto : Automobile Enginering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)

    B

    • BA : Bachelor of Arts
    • BAPS : Burmese American Professional Society
    • BARB : Burma Astro Research Bureau (later MARB)
    • BASES : Burmese American Society of Engineers & Scientists
    • BBS : Burma Broadcasting Service (မြန်မာ့အသံ)
    • BC : Before Christ
    • BCE : Before Common Era
    • BCM : Boston Computer Museum
    • BCom : Bachelor of Commerce
    • BCS : Burma Civil Service; British Computer Society
    • BE : Bachelor Engineering; Burmese Era
    • BEA : Burmese Engineers Association
    • BEco : Bachelor of Economics
    • BERB : Burma Education Research Bureau (later MERB)
    • BFF : Best Friends Forever
    • BFHA : Bound For Higher Abode
    • BIT : Burma Institute of Technology
    • BL : Bachelor of Law
    • BMH : Base Military Hospital
    • BMRI : Burma Medical Research Institute
    • BOD : Board of Directors
    • BPI : Burma Pharmaceutical Industry; Bits Per Inch
    • BS : Bachelor of Science
    • B.Sc : Bachelor of Science
    • BSPP : Burmese Socialist Program Party
    • BTW : By The Way

    C

    • C : Civil; Celsius
    • CA : Chartered Accountant
    • CE : Common Era; Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Chief Engineer
    • Ch : Chemistry; Chapter; Channel
    • ChE : Chemical Engineering
    • CHM : Computer History Museum
    • CLC : Calcutta Lake Club
    • COE : Center of Excellence
    • ConBro : Convent & Brother Schools
    • CS : Computer Science
    • CT : Computer Technology
    • CURC : Calcutta University Rowing Club; Cambridge University Rowing Club

    D

    • DAC : Diploma in Automatic Computing; Digital to Analog Converter
    • DC : Direct Current
    • DCA : Directorate of Civil Aviation
    • DCS : Department of Computer Science; Dr. Chit Swe
    • DG : Director General
    • DHE : Directorate of Higher Education
    • DLS : De La Salle
    • DST : Daylight Savings Time
    • DTM : Distinguished Toastmaster

    E

    • E : Electrical; Exponent
    • EC : Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
    • Ece : Electrical Communications; Electronics Engineering
    • Eco : Economics Department; Institute of Economics
    • EE : Electrical Engineering
    • EI : Electrical Inspectorate; Emotional Intelligence
    • EP : Electrical Power
    • EPC : Electric Power Corporation

    F

    • F : Fahrenheit
    • FEARA : Far East Asia Rowing Association
    • FERD : Foreign Economics Relations Department
    • FYI : For Your Information

    G

    • G : Giga
    • GBNF : Gone But Not Forgotten
    • GJ : Golden Jubilee (Shwe YaDu)
    • GWTF : Go With The Flow
    • GWYW : Gone With The Wind

    H

    • HCF : Health Care Fund
    • HIC : Heavy Industries Corporation
    • HMEE : History of Myanmar Engineering Education
    • HSF : High School Final

    I

    • I.A : Intermediate of Arts
    • I. Com : Intermediate of Commerce
    • I.Sc : Intermediate of Science
    • ICS : Indian Civil Service; Institute of Computer Science
    • ICST : Institute of Computer Science and Technology
    • ILA : Intelligence Level Aggregate
    • IM : Institute of Medicine
    • Intake : mostly 1st BE Intake
    • IP : Intellectual Property; Internet Protocol
    • IQ : Intelligence Quotient

    J

    • J : Justice (as in CJ : Chief Justice)
    • JDK : Java Development Kit
    • JIT : Just in Time
    • Jr : Junior

    K

    • K : Kilo
    • KB : Knowledge Base; Kilo Byte
    • KIS : Keep It Simple (formerly KISS : Keep It Simple Stupid)

    L

    • LLB: Bachelor of Law
    • LLM : Master of Law

    M

    • M : Master; Mega; Mechanical
    • M/Ag : Agricultural (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • M/Auto : Automobile Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • MA : Master of Arts
    • MARB : Myanmar Astro Research Bureau (formerly BARB)
    • MASU : Mandalay Arts and Science University
    • Matric : Matriculation
    • ME : Master of Engineering
    • MEHS : Methodist English High School
    • MEHSA : MEHS Alumni
    • Met : Metallurgy; Metallurgical Engineering
    • Min : Mining Engineering
    • MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mandalay Institute of Technology
    • MOGE : Myanmar Oil and Gas Exploration
    • MS : Master of Science
    • M.Sc : Master of Science

    N

    • N : Nano
    • N/A : Not Applicable; Not Available
    • NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    • NLD : National League for Democracy
    • NorCal : Northern California
    • NorCal RITAA : Northern California RIT Alumni Association

    O

    • OMA : Old Members’ Association
    • OPA : Old Paulians’ Association

    P

    • PBRS : Private Boundary Road School
    • Pet : Petroleum Production
    • Phy : Physics
    • PPBRS : Private Primary Boundary Road School
    • PSO : Personal Staff Officer
    • PTC : Post and Telecommunications Corporation
    • PTS : Pali Text Society
    • PWD : Public Works Department
    • PZP : Pu Zaw Pwe

    Q

    • Q&A : Question and Answer
    • QE : Queen Elizabeth
    • QMC : Queen Mary College

    R

    • RASU : Rangoon Arts and Science University
    • RBC : Rangoon Boat Club
    • RC : Recreation Center; Regional College; Roman Catholic
    • RGC : Rangoon Golf Club
    • RIP : Rest In Peace
    • RIT : Rangoon Institute of Technology
    • RITAA : RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association
    • RU : Rangoon University
    • RUBC : Rangoon University Boat Club
    • RUESU : Rangoon University Engineering Students’ Union
    • RUSU : Rangoon University Students’ Union

    S

    • Sc : Science
    • SDY : Swel Daw Yeik
    • SDYF : Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • SPARK : Society for the Promotion and Advancement of Radio Knowledge
    • SPHS : Saint Paul’s High School
    • SPZP : Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

    T

    • T : Tera; Textile
    • TBA : To Be Announced
    • TBD : To Be Decided
    • TBSA : Theravada Buddhist Society of America
    • TDS : Theravada Dhamma Society
    • TM : Trade Mark; Turing Machine
    • TMC : Tathagata Meditation Center
    • TTC : Teachers’ Training College

    U

    • UBA : Union of Burma Airways
    • UBARI : Union of Burma Applied Research Institute
    • UCC : Universities’ Computer Center
    • UCSY : University of Computer Studies Yangon
    • UN : United Nations
    • UNDP : United Nations Development Program
    • Update : RIT Alumni International Newsletter Update
    • UTC : University Training Corps

    V

    • VM : Virtual Machine
    • VNW : Victor Nyunt Wai
    • VR : Virtual Reality

    W

    • WP : Word Processor; Word Processing

    X

    • XP : eXtreme Programming

    Y

    • YIT : Yangon Institute of Technology
    • YTU : Yangon Technological University
    • YUBC : Yangon Universities’ Boat Club (formerly RUBC)
    • YUFL : Yangon University of Foreign Languages (formerly IFL)

    Z

    • Z : Zillion

    Alphanumeric

    • 69er : Class of 69++

  • My Poem for SPZP-2000

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    SPZP

    • Combine the first letter of each line to spell “SAYA PU ZAW PWE”
    • The term SAYA PU ZAW PWE was chosen over SAYA GADAW PWE which has religious connotation, so that non-Buddhists can pay respect to their mentors.
    • There have been seven worldwide SPZPs : USA in 2000, Yangon in 2004, 2012 & 2016, Singapore in 2002, 2007 & 2010. I was organizer for SPZP-2000 and facilitator for the rest.

    GBNF

    • Gone But Not Forgotten
    • GBNF for 69ers is maintained by U Aung Min (M69) & team
    • GBNF for 1st BE Intake of 64 (Class of 70) is maintained by U Ohn Khine (M70) & team

    Newsletter

    Poem for SPZP-2000

    S eems like it was only yesterday
    A t our alma mater in a land far away
    Y ou taught us to work, play, laugh, even cry
    A nd coaxed us, forced us to aim for the sky

    P roblems in real life, lab, computation, survey
    U nderstand concepts, design, display, …
    Z eal, zest, ardor, grit, passion to make it “our day”
    A rchitects, engineers, we’ve come here to say
    W e honor your metta, your cetana — we fully can’t repay

    P resently we meet, alum from five decades we greet
    W ith memories true, fond, sweet
    E cstatic yet sad that the GBNF could not join this memorable fete

    Posts

    • Hla Min’s Writings
    • Poetry
    • SPZP-2000 : Cover of RIT Alumni Newsletter
    • SPZP-2000 : Back cover of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung
  • Photos

    Photos

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    Sayas

    Bro Clementian was our Mathematics teacher in Std X (A). He was Brother Director at St. Peter’s High School, Mandalay.

    Bro Clementian

    Saya U Sein was our Burmese teacher in Std VIII (A), IX (A) and X (A).

    Saya U Sein

    Bro Xavier was our English teacher in Std VIII (A) and IX (A). He was a Boxing coach.

    Bro Xavier
    Mr. C Lewis

    Relatives

    Rel 1
    Rel 2
    Rel 3
    Rel 4
    Rel 5
    Rel 6
    Rel 7

    Friends

    Friends 1
    Friends 2
    Friends 3
    Friends 4
    Friends 5
    Friends 6
    Friends 7
    Norcal 1
    NorCal 2
    NorCal 3
    NorCal 4
    NorCal 5

    Let Oo Sayas

    Three Generations

    • My beloved parents
    • My spouse and I
    • My elder son
    With my beloved parents

    St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon

    • De la Salle Brothers
    • Sayas / Male teachers
    • Sayamas / Female Teachers
    SPHS Staff

    Dr. Khin Mg Mg & Dr. Rafiul Ahad

    • Dr. Khin Mg Mg (Physics) : Prof and Chair, Physics & Astronomy, University of Mississippi
    • Dr. Rafiul Ahad (Computer Science) : Retired VP, Oracle USA
    KMM RA 1
    KMM RA 2
    KMM RA 3
    KMM RA 4

    Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor Nyunt)

    • Fourth in Burma in the Matriculation Exam in 1963
    • Retired Professor, Physiology at Institute of Medicine (1) and (2)
    • Taught at Malaysian University
    VNW 1