Hla Min’s Album

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Our Ancestors’ House

• Many of us (siblings and cousins) grew up in “Ein Gyi” (အိမ်ကြီး Big House).
• Later my father and his siblings built their houses in the Compound.

Beloved Parents

• Supported us to have a decent education
• My Let Oo Saya
• Wrote about them in several posts : Father, Mother, Beloved Parents, Countdown to SPZP

Collegiate Scholarship

• Stood Seventh in Burma in the Matric exam of 1963.
• Awarded Collegiate Scholarship of 75 Kyats per month
• Honored by the school (St. Paul’s High School) and the alumni association (Old Paulian Association)
• Additional information can be found in posts related to SPHS

RIT Days

• Attended Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) from 1964 to 1969
• Additional information can be found in my post “Memories of a 69er”

RIT Student

• Passed the last ever I.Sc.(A) exam
• Admitted to the first ever 2nd BE in November 1964
• 320+ classmates.
• Sad to note that 128 are GBNF
• In Aung Min (M69) & team maintain the GBNF list

EE Association

• EC (Class Representative) of the RIT Electrical Engineering Association. Ko Shwe Win was the Secretary.
• Later : Joint Secretary & Secretary

EE Magazine

• Member of the Committee for the publication of “Hlyat Sit Sar Saung”
• Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) was Chief Editor
• Ko San Oo, Ma Than Yi and Ko Myo Myint were Associate Editors.

Luyechun

• Selected to attend the Inlay Khaung Daing Luyechun Camp in the Summer of 1965.
• Ko Sein Shwe, Ma Khin Than Myint Tin & Ko Zaw Min were also selected as RIT LYC.

RUBC

• Willie Soe Maung (Stroke), Kyaw Wynn (3), Hla Min (2), Maung Maung Kyi (Bow) and Myint Thein (Cox) were Senior Novices Runners-up in the Monsoon Regatta in 1963. Three — Willie, MMK & MT — are now GBNF
• Awarded Full Green at the end of the season
• Elected Honorary Treasurer in the last ever General Election
• Became Vice Captain the following year
• I was denied to be Captain by the higher authorities who abolished the Bye Laws
• Contributing Editor for the 90th Anniversary Issue of RUBC Magazine in 2013.
  Wrote the Prelude for each section. Also wrote three articles.

My Beloved Spouse

• Caring mother of two sons, and and Grandmother of two lovely Myees
• Golden Jubilee in June, 2023.

Three Generations

• My parents
• My spouse and I
• Elder son

Anniversaries

• Some friends hosted lunch or dinner for our birthdays and wedding anniversaries.
• There are family-only gatherings as well.

Life Savers

Relatives

Siblings

Sons, nephews and nieces

Cousins

Gatherings

SPZP-2000

Soon Kyway at Half Moon Bay

Sein Myint’s Soon Kyway at HMB

Meeting at HMB

69er Gathering hosted by me

NorCal RITAA

Toastmasters

Awards

Distinguished Toastmaster

Halloween Themed TM Meeting

Souvenirs

Visit to Windsor, Canada

Visit to Connecticut

Visit to Sydney in 2006

Visit to Mexico

Most posts contain photos

Visits

• Ngapali
• Inlay
• UK
• Texas

Memories

• PPBRS
• SPHS
• RIT
• RUBC
• UCC

Writings

• Articles
• Fun
• Names
• Poems
• Translation

Videos

• 200+ Short talks