HlaMin

Month: May 2025

  • EC69

    U Chit Tin

    He graduated from RIT with B.E (EC) in 1969.

    EE69ers
    Chit Tin 1
    Chit Tin 2

    He joined MOC.

    He worked in Singapore and moved back after retirement.

    He was a regular attendee at the 69er gatherings.

    Chit Tin 3
    Chit Tin 4

    He is the third EC69er to pass away. U Kyaw Soe (DCA) and U Aung Thu Yein (Schlumberger) had passed away earlier.

    EC69ers

    • Hla Min (USA) : Lifelong Learner
    • Tun Aung Gyaw (USA) : Ph.D in Computer Science from UIUC
    • Mg Toung (Tom, USA) : Retired. He often visits Hong Kong to see his son and grandchild.
    • Oo Kyaw Hla (GBNF) : Learnt from his spouse that he passed away in Canada
    • Aung Thu Yein (GBNF)
    • Chit Tin (GBNF)
    • Maung Ko : Attended 69er gatherings
    • Than Lwin (Henry) : Retired Lecturer
    • Win Boh (Robert, Australia) : Guitarist & Vocalist
    • Mehm Ye Win : Former Secretary of RIT EE Association
    • Kyaw Soe (GBNF)
    • Sai Aik Yee (GBNF)
    • Tin Tin (Ann, USA) was the sole female student in EE69 (both EC and EP). She came back to Gyogone Campus in December 1969 to attend the Golden Jubilee of Graduation and donate to 69er HCF. She is a volunteer for Social Projects in Southern California.
  • Sayagyis

    Sayagyis

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2925

    U Ba Toke (Maths, GBNF)
    Saya U Ba Toke accepting his Pon Tu
    Book
    Paying respect to Saya U Ba Toke
    • Saya of our sayas
    • Passed away on December 2, 2020 (a few days short of his Centennial Birthday).
    • Attended most SPZPs starting with SPZP-2000.
    • Skipped SPZP-2002 to take care of Sayagadaw.
    U Num Kok (C, GBNF)
    Saya H Num Kok
    • Saya of our sayas
    • Attended SPZP-2000 and selected PZPs.
    • Served as Line Judge at RUBC Regattas.
    • Past President of RIT Track and Field Association.
    • Passed away in Portland, Oregon in his late 90s.
    U Tin U (C)
    Saya U Tin U
    • Taught part-time while working for a private Construction company (and became a Director).
    • He is 95+ years young.
    • Most senior among the living Past RUBC Captains.
    • Represented RUBC at the 1948 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi along with Dr. Pe Nyun, Dr. Pe Thein and U Khin Maung Wint.
    • Past Captain of RGC.
    • Served as Treasurer of BSCE.
    • Lost his spouse Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt in December 2019, his eldest son Dr. “Peter” Khin Tun in April 2020 and his son-in-law U Tin Tun in May 2020.
    • He has three children, five grand children and two great grand children.
    U Aung Khin (M)
    • Served as Editor of RUESU Magazine.
    • Retired as Professor and Head.
    • Moved to Canada.
    • Gave the Go-ahead for SPZP-2000 to the San Francisco Bay Area Alumni.
    • Still plays Tennis and Golf.
    • He is 94+ years young.
    • We (Ivan, Fred, me & my spouse) visited Saya in Windsor Canada. Saya treated us with home-cooked Mohinga and Ah Kyaw. He gave us Souvenirs.
    U Aung Khin 1
    Souvenir
    • Ivan Lee (M69) organized another trip. Saya Dr. Tin Win (M62) and some alumni joined to pay respect to Saya U Aung Khin.
    U Aung Khin 2
    U Ba Than (M, GBNF
    U Ba Than’s Message on his 78th Birthday in 2008
    Saya U Ba Than
    • Taught at RIT until his retirement.
    • Retired as Professor and Head
    • Kept in touch with his former colleagues and students by inviting them to his Annual Birthday Soon Kwyay at Yaw Sayadaw Kyaung.
    • Donated photos to MES and HMEE Project.
    • Hosted the meeting for HMEE Project.
      Coordinated with U Thaw Kaung to provide Say.a U Soe Paing and team to access archives at the RU Central Library
    • Donated Garawa Money to various charities.
    • He passed away at the age of 94.
    Dr. Aung Gyi (C)
    Saya Dr. Aung Gyi in San Francisco for SPZP-2000
    • Retired as Rector.
    • Moved to Canada.
    • Gave a Keynote Speech at SPZP-2000 about Health, EQ and Memories of RIT.
    • Wrote about Coconut Episode for SPZP-2002.
    • I was an Ei Hmyaung at Dinner Gatherings in Yangon to honor Saya and/or celebrate Sayagadaw’s birthday.
    • Saya and I were Guests at Ko Ivan’s house in New Jersey.
    • We visited Saya in Napean, Canada.
      Saya showed us around (Toronto and a Thousand Lakes).
    Dr. Aung Gyi
    • He is 94+ years young.
    U Min Wun (C, GBNF)
    Saya U Min Wun
    • Taught us Surveying in our 2nd BE.
      He enforced a seating plan starting with Roll Number One at the back of the class.
      Since I could read his notes on the Blackboard, I became Four Eyes.
    • Founding member of BARB
    • Member of Myanmar Pyeikkadein Ah Phwe
    • Saya jokingly said that he was assigned as the Last Speaker to prevent overrun of the SPZP-2000 program.
    • Wrote several articles for RIT Alumni International.
    • Saya passed away in 2023.
    U Soe Khaw (Min, GBNF)
    • Part-time Lecturer and Head of Mining Department (at BOC College) in 1954
    • Retired from UN
    • Attended SPZP-2000
    • Passed away in his 90s in California
    U Soe Khaw
    U Soon Sein (Min, GBNF)
    • Retired Professor and Head of Mining Department
    • Declined invitation to SPZP-2000 (per advice of doctors)
    • Passed away in USA
    U Khin Aung Kyi (ChE, GBNF)
    • Retired Rector
    • Taught at Rengsit University
    • Former students hosted Saya and
    • Sayagadaw to attend SPZP-2000
    U Khin Aung Kyi
    U Maung Maung Than (Tex, GBNF)
    • Retired Rector
    • Chair, RIT Sports Council
    • DG, DHE
    U Maung Maung Than
    U Tha Tun (A, GBNF)
    • Part-time Lecturer and Head of Architecture Department
    U Thit (Met, GBNF)
    • Retired Lecturer and Head of Metallurgy Department
    • Passed away in Melbourne, Australia
    U Thit
    Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (EE, GBNF)
    • Part-time Lecturer (while serving as Director General of UBARI)
    • Advisor, Ministry of National Planning
    • Member, UCC Advisory Board
    • Passed away in Sydney, Australia
    Dr. Freddie Ba Hli
    RIT EE Sayas
    U Sein Hlaing (EE, GBNF)
    • Retired Professor of Electrical Engineering Department
    • Passed away a couple of years after retirement
    U Kyaw Tun (EE, GBNF)
    • Saya of our sayas
    • Retired Lecturer
    • President of RIT EE Association
    • Passed away in Myanmar after visiting his younger daughter in Australia
    U Tin Swe (EE)
    • Member of Prome Hall Soccer team which won Inter-Hall Trophy for two consecutive years
    • Retired Lecturer
    • Note : It would take a few decades before EE would be reorganized into EC and EP Departments

  • Old Paulians’ Association

    In our younger days, the Old Paulians’ Association (OPA) was located inside the school compound.

    We were invited to the OPA Dinner in 1963 as the top Matriculates from SPHS. U Chan Tun was a key note speaker.

    After nationalization, OPA moved out and became “diluted” with non-Paulians (mostly interested in billiards and drinks).

    In the early 80’s, the true Paulians took over OPA and held the Saya Pu Zaw Pwe at the Assembly Hall inside the school (now No. 6 Botathaung SHS). The Patrons include Ko Khin Maung Tun (SPHS58) and the ECs include Ko Myo Nyunt (Harry Kyaw, SPHS63). Saya Nge (our class teacher in Std. VIID) had to be carried into the Hall by his former students.

    Several years back, I received a DVD from two much younger students in the Bay Area about their SPZ. There were only three sayas from our times — Saya U Ba Myaing, Saya U San Thein and Saya Beatson — in that DVD. Brother Anthony was presumably still alive, while his elder brother Brother (turned Father) Joseph had passed away.

    The invitations are per courtesy of U Khin Maung Zaw (SPHS70, EC76), who attended SPHS and 6 Botahtaung.

    The banner was e-mailed by Richard Gerald Boudville (Australia), son of Sayama Violet Boudville (our class teacher in Std VD).

  • UCC Old Timers

    U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, SPHS70, EC76, UCC) lives in Seattle, USA. He visited Yangon several times.

    U Than Tun spends his time between Yangon and Northern California.

    U Ngwe Soe / Silver spends his time between Yangon and Singapore.

    U Tun Shwe worked for UN assignments abroad.

    U Thet Lwin used to work in Thailand and Singapore. He hosted a breakfast gathering for the UCC Old Timers.

    KMZ wrote :

    Another UCC old-timers, a. k. a. Ah Pho Gyi’s, Ah Pho Lats & Ah Pho Lay’s, met for breakfast at Halpin Feel, 17th Dec 2018. Treat by U Thet Lwin

    U Maung Maung Gyi, U Than Tun, U Tun Shwe (TS), U Thet Lwin, U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ) , U Myint Swe, U Myint Oo, U Ngwe Soe (Silver), U Aung Myint (AM).

    I happened to be flanked by two long time friends since their days at SPHS – St. Paul’s High School. Sadly, both of them are now GBNF, may their beautiful souls rest in peace, looking down on us from somewhere above.

  • U Khin Mg Win / Sargalay (EP69)

    He was a Top Student.

    He would finish Drawing classes / exams early and still receive Grade 5.

    He became tall and lanky and renamed himself as La Da & Galon.

    He was a Training Partner for Sai Kham Pan (Burma Selected in Badminton) and represented his Township.

    He posted requests to pray for him for a successful operation and recovery.

    Sadly, he passed away.

    * Than Win wrote :

    သံသရာမှာ ရွှင်လန်းချမ်းေ မြ့ပါစေ

    တရားထူးများလည်းရရှိပါစေ

    * Eddie Shein wrote :

    ကိုခင်မောင်ဝင်း ရဲ့ လက္ခဏာ မှာ ညဏ်လမ်းကြောင်းက ဘောပင် နှင့် ဆွဲထားသလို အလွန်ထူးခြား ထင်ရှား ပြတ်သား လှပါသည်။

    ညဏ်ကောင်းလွန်းလှပါသည်။

    * David Myint Thein wrote :

    Gone But Not Forgotten , Sargalay. May your soul rest in peace.

    * Jamal Hasan wrote :

    We pray for Paradise Nirvana

  • U Wynn Htain Oo (M72)

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated from Central High School
    • Worked in Burma and overseas

    Activities & Achievements

    • M72 Group

    Reunion & Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe for two decades (invited all sayas who have taught them & classmates from other disciplines)

    Helped with the production of “Thamudaya Kyaung”

    • Patron, Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • Patron, Alumni Association

    * Organizer & Fundraiser

    SPZP

    Shwe YaDu

    YTU Library Modernization

    Flood relief & other disasters

    Eradication of Starvation

    Notes

    • Attended PBRS and U Khin Maung Latt Tuition
    • Had hip replacement surgery
    • Diabetes (under control for a long time)
    • Loves to cook for his Myees
    • Short & short-tempered, but gentle & kind
    • Boss of Hna Pyi, but has four Bosses in his family
    • Blogs (e.g grand uncle, parents, Bosses, friends, demonetization, visits, food, health)
    • Has five or more nicknames

    Photos

    Mg Mar Ga
    Membership Card
    Alumni Association
    Saya U Moe Aung
    Article

    Family

    Wedding
    Myees
    Extended Family
    Small Boss
    Dr. Myo Khin (Donor)
    Saya U Tin Htut (Donor)
    Sayama Daw Khin Saw Tint (Donor)
    Daw Myint Myint (Donor)
    James Shwe (Donor)
    Donors
    Sayama Daw Thida
    Fighting Friends
    Win Myint, Kyone Sein, Mg Mar Ga, Khin Maung Toe
    Friends
    71 Lunch Gathering
    Student Volunteers
    Alumni Gathering

    Feedback

    • U Kyaw Myint (T72, President of MARB) wrote :

    ဆရာကြီး ဆရာကြီး

    တို့တတွေရဲ့ ဆရာကြီး

    • Mg Mar Ga wrote :

    You have left out one of my prominent designations.

    HaHa.

    G S, general servant of class mech72.

    * My reply :

    We had to study “Servant Leadership”.

    * U Aung Myaing wrote :

    Once, I wondered how Mg Mar Ga managed his time to do various kinds of voluntary works without neglecting his household chores. Then I got an answer. It is his heart that makes sharing his time for the good of others possible.

  • Hiking & Mountaineering

    In our younger days, Bohmugyi Hla Oung was the President of “Chay Lyin and Taung Tet Ah Thin”.

    Ko Henry Wan (SPHS, eldest of nine brothers) was an evangelist for Hiking and Mountaineering. His younger brother Ko Than Soe played volleyball for Burma.

    Some Hiking and Mountaineering enthusiasts from RIT include

    • Ko Win Lwin (M69)
    • Ko Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70)
    • Ko Cho Aye (M70, GBNF)
    • Ma Kyi Kyi Sein (“Bei Oo”)

    U Win Lwin (M69) served as Secretary of the RIT Hiking & Mountaineering Association.
    He, U Cho Aye (M70, GBNF) and 13 RIT students took part in the All Universities and Institutes Team to climb Mount Victoria (Nat Ma Taung, Chin Hills) in March 1969.
    He posted some photos from the trip.

    * Daw Kyi Kyi Sein (Bae Oo) took part in Hiking contests. She also played Badminton for RIT.

    ** Notes

    * There were nine Wan brothers. Most if not all attended SPHS.

    The eldest was a proponent of Hiking & Mountaineering.

    The third (Than Soe) played Volleyball for Burma.

    * Colonel Hla Oung headed the Burma Hiking & Mountaineering Association.

    His nephews and niece : Phillip, William and Elizabeth Smythe represented Burma in Swimming and Diving.

  • Thaing

    RIT

    • Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) : President
    • U Tin Tun (M69) : Secretary
    • U Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69) : Joint Secretary
    • U Min Din : Invited Thaing Sayas for exhibition

    ** Notes

    * There are several Thaing groups

    * Conventional Thaing consists of Bando and Banshay

    U Pye Thein, U Chit Than, U Khin Maung, U San Maung, U Po Kyaw Myint, U Tun Sar, U Mya Thein, U Aung Thein, U Myint Thein, … Dr. Maung Maung Gyi

    * Variants include

    Mon Thaing

    Kayin Thaing

    Thaing Byaung Byan

  • U Aung Myaing (ChE72)

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated from Okpo High School
    • Joined Chemical Engineering Department after graduation
    • Received Masters from RIT and Melbourne University
    • Taught at RIT for 18 years
    • Taught as full-time Lecturer at Rengsit University (Thailand) for 3 years
    • Taught Metallurgical students solid-gas reactions for two semesters at Chulalongkorn University of Thailand as part-time lecturer
    • Worked for a refinery and petrochemical complex in Thailand as a refinery technology manager/advisor for 26 years
    • Presented a number of papers about refinery at various international conferences
    • Retired but un-retired for a lucrative offer as Consultant

    Activities and Achievements

    • Member, RIT U70 Group
      Vocalist
      Producer, Music Videos
    • Organizer, Poetic Art Series
      Poet : Okpo Maung Yin Maung
    • Won the heart of Myeik Thu
      Ma Gyn Yu (ChE72) was the second youngest in the Class of 72
      She said to others, “Don’t you have Na Ma?”

    Notes

    • Split time between Thailand and California.
    • Read naming conventions
      Finally decided to use “Yu Aung” in their children’s names
    • Min Yu Aung (son)
      alumni of Assumption University
      worked in Telecommunications
    • Hnin Yu Aung (daughter)
      BS and MS from USA
      worked as Software Engineer
    • RIT Ambassadors in Thailand
      Helped sayas and alumni during their trips to Thailand (some for medical check up and treatment)
    • Recently hosted a BBQ lunch gathering at Hnin’s house
      Attendees :
      Saya George (U Maung Maung, ChE66) & spouse,
      Trixie Tan (ChE72),
      Saya U Thein Aung (Met72, Mr. RIT68) and Sandra (M76),
      me and my spouse

    Photos

    Pon Tu by Bagyee Myat Myo Myint
    U Aung Myaing
    Daw Gyn Yu
    ChE Gathering hosted by Saya George
    Class of 72
    Micro-gathering
    Paying respect to Dr. Maung Maung Win
    ChE Gathering
    Poem
    Translation of Poem
    Alumni Gathering hosted by U Aung Myaing & Daw Gyn Yu

    Feedback

    • Mg Mar Ga wrote :

    လက်တွဲညီသောစုံတွဲကျောင်းတုန်းကမဂင်ယုတို့နေ့လည်ထမင်းစားဆင်းလာရင် ဂင်ယုနင့်ကိုငါချစ်တယ် လို့ A Block ကနေစခဲ့နောက်ခဲ့တာအားနာလိုက်တာအခုတော့မောင်နှမတွေဖြစ်နေပြီ​ေအောင်မြိုင်ကတော့အစထဲကညီအကိုဖြစ်နေတာ ကျန်တော်လုပ်တဲ့အများအကျိုးမှန်သမျှသူတို့မပါတာတခုမှမရှိ တကယ်သာနတ်ဖြစ်ကြေးဆိုရင်neighbour ဖြစ်မှာသေချာ အကိုလှမင်းလဲအိမ်နီးချင်းဖြစ်မှာ

    —

    Micro-gathering in Thailand in November 2022

    • U Aung Myaing & Daw Gyn Yu
    • U Khin Maung & Daw Khin Mu Mu

  • U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76)

    • Matriculated from No. 6 Botathaung SHS in 1970.
      When he joined the school was St. Paul’s High School (SPHS)
    • Graduated from RIT with BE (Electronics) in March 1977.
      Due to school closures, the Class of 76 graduated several months later.
      The discipline was earlier called EC (Electrical Communication).
    • UCC Alumni
    • Worked in Singapore and USA
    • Designed and implemented the first RIT website.
      Promised Version 2 of the website at SPZP-2000, but had to take a very long break
      from RIT-related activities after joining Microsoft
    • Most Eligible Bachelor found his soul mate (a charming young doctor) and raised a son

    Photos

    Mostly with RIT and UCC sayas and alumni

    • SPZP-2000
    • SF Bay Area Gatherings
    • Seattle, Washington
    • With Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74, GBNF)
    • Grading Certificate
    • Singapore
    • Yangon
    • With Wynn Myint Aung (EC76)

    Notes

    • Last defender on the All Universities and Institute Hockey Team
    • Represented RIT in Rowing|
    • Helped Maung Maung Hnyut and brothers with taking photos at the Convocations
    • Brought a spoon and fork to UCC. Ah Ma Gyis and Nyi Ma Lays shared their lunch with KMZ
    • ”Lost” his middle name and became known as Khin Zaw. Grapevine says that he received emails meant for Khin Zaw (UCC) from a young doctor and …
    • Many years back, he hosted us and showed us around (including a day trip to Vancouver).
    • He is a Moderator for the RIT Updates FB Group.
    SPZP-2000 Organizers
    EE Group at SPZP-2000
    SF Bay Area Gathering
    SF Bay Area Gathering
    SF Bay Area Gathering
    SF Bay Area Gathering
    Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    With Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74, GBNF)
    Grading Certificate
    Singapore
    Singapore
    Yangon
    With Wynn Myint Aung (EC76)