Daw Tin Tin Aye founded PPBRS (Private Primary Boundary Road School). Her younger sisters Daw Yi Yi and Daw Khin Khin Aye (Teacher Ah Mar) taught at PPBRS.
Daw Khin Khin Aye later served as Principal of PPBRS. She also extended PPBRS to teach Middle School and High School. The school was renamed as PBRS (Private Boundary Road School).
U Kyaw Zaw & Daw Khin Khin Aye
Myat Hla Sein (GBNF)
Son of Director U Chin Sein / Shwe Nyar Maung
Served as Head of “Movie Technology” at Regional College RC2.
Passed away in a traffic accident.
Myat Hla Sein
Saya Dr. Mya Than
He taught at PBRS and the Institute of Economics.
He later worked in Singapore and Thailand as a Researcher.
Dr. Mya Than 1Dr. Mya Than and Kyi Kyi Tin
Daw Kyi Kyi Tin
She taught Chemistry at Workers’ College and Assumption University in Bangkok.
On behalf of the PBRS alumni, she paid homage to Saya Dr. Mya Than and offered him the Garawa money.
Her older brother U Saw Oo and her younger sister Daw Tin Tin Aye are also PBRS alumni.
Class photos
Credit: PPBRS Group
PPBRS 1PPBRS 2
Thamankyar
Daw Khin Khin Aye (Principal) sponsored the project of her former students
Several years back, NorCal RITAA provided financial support for eligible YTU students.
A photo shows seven recipients. Four received $1000 each. Three received $500 each.
Volunteers for Selection
Several RITAA members volunteered to interview the applicants and proposed a short list to NorCal RITAA for the awards.
Eight members of the Pre-selection Committee are seen together with the seven recipients.
Donors
The following donated $500 or more to NorCal RITAA for the YTU Scholarship Fund. Some are repeated donors. The complete list of donations is maintained by the Treasurer of NorCal RITAA.
Daw Mu Mu Kin Htay, spouse of Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF)
U San Lin (M87) and Daw Tin Lay Win
U Myo Aung (M85) and Daw Thida
U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74)
U Maung Maung Win (Maung YIT, EC93) and Daw Than Htay (ChE92)
Daw Yo Shu (Yee Yee Win, EE74)
U Tin Maung Win (C76) and Daw Thida Khin Win
Gordon Kaung (M83) and Lillian Kaung (EC83)
U Kyaw Myint (M83)
Raffle Drawing and Auction
To raise the YTU Scholarhip Fund, a Raffle Drawing was held at the 2018 NorCal RITAA Summer Picnic at Coyote Point Park, San Mateo.
Thanks to the donors of the prizes, to the attendees who eagerly bought the raffle tickets, and to Daw San San (EC74) and Edward Saw (Yu Ket, EC85) for serving as Raffle Masters.
Gordon Kaung (Kaung Kaung Oo, M83) and Lillian Kaung (EC83) generously donated three iNapa Premium Wine bottles. Each bottle sells for $75 – $80 on the Internet.
One bottle was put as as the Grand Raffle Prize. It was won by Ma Thandar, the youngest alumni present at the Picnic.
Two bottles were put on auction.
U Sann Naing (M84) and spouse, owners of Burma Kitchen, successfully bid for the first bottle.
U Walter Tan (M70) and spouse successfully bid for the second bottle.
The sales from the auction $240 also went to the YTU scholarship fund.
Long term memory It is analogous to disk (or similar) storage in a computer system
Short term memory It is analogous to RAM (Random Access Memory)
Photographic memory Some people could glance at documents and recall them
Associative memory Facts are easier to recall if they are associated and chunked
False memory Some innocent people were victimized by key witnesses with “unreliable” memory
Study of Memory
The study of memory transcends medical research, sociology, linguistics, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.
It is often done by a team of multi-disciplinary experts.
Aging contributes loss of short term memory or the decline in the ability to retain short term memory. My younger cousin sister said, “I forgot what I wanted to say”.
One elderly could recall names of his primary school classmates, but could not recognize his youngest grand son that grew up in his hands.
Memory loss may be temporary. Ko Tin Oo (M87, SDYF, RITAA) temporarily forgot his name, but uttered “I pledged my donation for the YTU library, but I have not made the donation.” The memory lapse was attributed to a fall that hurt his back.
Memory Feats
Mingun Tipitaka Sayadaw
Mingun Tipitaka Sayadaw U Vicittasarabhivamsa was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Record for his phenomenal memory that he displayed in the Sixth Buddhist Council held at Kaba Aye (World Peace) Pagoda from 1954 – 1956.
He not only remembered 8000+ pages of the Scriptures, but he could also point out the variants of some Suttas while he took the Oral tests for the Tipitaka Examination.
He passed the Oral and Written tests for Vinaya (Monastic rules of conduct), Sutta (Discourses) and Abhidhamma (Ultimate reality) with Distinction.
Sayadaw became the Grand Custodian of the Tipitaka (Three Baskets) and was the key player in the Sixth Buddhist Council.
Dale Carnegie wrote that Harry S. Truman won the presidency because his campaign manager could address 50,000+ voters by their first name.
I thought that I should try for 500 or 5000 names.
Some trained / developed their memory to compete in memory contests (e.g. recall cards, numbers).
My Memory
Hla Min
When I was in Middle School, Chauk Htutt Kyee Sayadaw came to our house to give a dhamma talk. After Sayadaw returned, I recounted the main points of the talk.
I have a built-in recorder and a reasonably good memory, but the use of association, chunking, mnemonics, and “learning how to learn” helped to make my memory better.
Not everyone appreciated my memory. One person thought that I was dyslexic when I wrote English words and sentences backwards and upside down. I also wrote a few in mirror image. Another said, “What’s the big deal? You just have to remember patterns.”
I often start a talk –tongue in cheek — by saying, “My brain is damaged. It’s easy to remember, but it’s hard to forget.”
In the USA, the second Sunday of May is celebrated as Mother’s Day.
Some countries celebrate Mother’s Day on a different date.
My beloved motherThree Mothers
Mother
Mother is also known as Mater, Mum, Mom, Mummy, Mommy, Mah Mah, May May, … and “the hand that rocked the cradle”
Mother’s unbounded love is honored in many real-life stories (e.g caring for children during disasters)
M-O-T-H-E-R (Famous song)
Sample verse (may have variations)
M is for the Million things she gave me O means Only that she’s growing Old T is for her Tender sweet caresses H is for her Heart of purest gold E means Everything she’s done to save me R means Right and Right she’ll always be
Put them all together They spell MOTHER A word that means a world to me
First in Burma in the Matriculation examination of 1963. Had perfect scores of 100 in Mathematics and Chemistry and a score of 99 in Physics. Grapevine says that one point was deducted from the initial score.
Selected as “Lu Ye Chun” from IM (1)multiple times.
Due to changes in the Education System, he had to do his Masters locally.
His persistence paid off in getting Fellowships from UK and Australia and an MD.
Retired from FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the USA.
Volunteered as translator/interpreter for dhamma courses and meditation retreats.
Young Khin Maung U can be seen standing from left in the second last row in the photo taken in Std. VIII(A) at SPHS.
A newspaper clipping shows the top Matriculates from SPHS in 1963 led by Khin Maung U.
Khin Maung USPHS VIIIA
Khin Maung Oo (Ivan, M69)
Did his MS in the USA.
Completed two PEs (one for New York and another for New Jersey).
Successful entrepreneur.
Multiple Golden Sponsor for SPZPs.
Hosted annual gatherings at his New Jersey home for RIT and UCC Alumni (with Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi and Saya U Soe Paing as Honored Guests).
Co-founder and Patron of MASTA
See Family Photo
Ivan Ivan & Family
Khin Maung Oo (Master Mariner)
PBRS Alumni
Taught in Burma and Malaysia.
Lives in Houston. He and his spouse Daw Tin Tin Win are helping the Burmese sea men visiting the Houston port.
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