SAYA PUZAW PWE (Poem)

Publications

• I wrote it for SPZP-2000.

• It was published in ex-rit-org website and the front page of the Commemorative Issue of RIT Alumni Newsletter for SPZP-2000
• It was reprinted on the back cover of the Commemorative Issue of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2002
• It was also reprinted in the Golden Jubilee magazine for the combined 1st BE intake of 64 and 65.

SAYA PUZAW PWE (Poem)

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

Notes

• Combine the first letter of each line to spell “SAYA PU ZAW PWE”.

• The term “SAYA GADAW PWE ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲ” has religious connotations. Since the organizers and attendees profess different religions, the term “SAYA PUZAW PWE ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ” meaning honoring the mentors and paying respect to them for their metta and cetana) was chosen.

• GBNF means “Gone But Not Forgotten“.

69ers

• 30th Anniversary of Graduation (1999)
• 40th Anniversary of Graduation (2009)
• 50th Anniversary of Admission to RIT (2014) : Pseudo Golden Jubilee
• 50th Anniversary of Graduation (2019) : True Golden Jubilee

• The GBNF list for the Class of 69 is 128 (over 40%).
• The GBNF list is maintained by U Aung Min (M69) & team.
• About 20 succumbed to Covid.

EE Sayas

• Of the EE sayas of our RIT days, many are GBNF. They include U Kyaw Tun, U Sein Hlaing, U Tin Swe, U Sein Win, U Thein Lwin, U San Tint, U Soe Min, U Chin Way, U Nyi Nyi, U Tin Shwe.