2017

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Breakfast Gathering at Crystal Jade

Welcome

• Some 69ers hosted a breakfast gathering at “Crystal Jade” to welcome Ko Sein Myint (EP69, Singapore) and me.

Farewell

• They bade farewell to Ko Tint Lwin (M69), who had to go back to Singapore to take care of his elder brother Saya U Thein Lwin (EE) and Sayama Daw May Than Nwe (Joyce).

Transportation

• Ko Ohn Khine (M70 took me to the breakfast gathering.
• During my visits, he also took me to meetings for SPZP-2012, SPZP-2016 & “History of Myanmar Engineering Education (HMEE)” Project.

Attendees

• Ko Shwe
• Ko Tint Lwin (Daniel)
• Ko Sein Tun
• Ko Ohn Khine
• Ko Myat Soe Lwin (Sai Hwet)
• Ko Aung Min
• Ko Myint Thein (Kabar)
• Ko Sein Myint
• Ko Win Maung (“Lake”)
• Ko Aung Min — Chair of the 69er HCF and a core organizer for 69er gatherings.

Breakfast at Taw Win Hnin Si

• 69ers hold a monthly breakfast gathering at “Royal Rose Restaurant (Taw Win Hnin Si တော်ဝင်နှင်းဆီ)”.
• Ko Aung Min (M69) & team gave me two mementos: a sports jacket and a Tee shirt with the 69er Logo.
• Major donors to the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund) and the 69er Annual Dinner were also given commemorative Tee shirts.
• Orders for the sports jacket and Tee shirt were taken from interested 69ers.
• The group photo shows

L to R : Ko Tin Aung Win (Oscar), Ko Ngwe Soe (Walter), Ko Myint Thein (Kabar), Ko Hla Min, Ko Tin Maung Aye, Ko Win Lwin, Ko Tin Tun

EE69er breakfast gathering

The group photo shows :

• Standing : Ko Maung Maung, Ko Thein Swe, Ko Shwe
• Seated : Ko Hla Min, Ko Than Hla (Cyril)

• Ko Shwe is Treasurer for the 69er HCF and the EE 69er HCF.
• Ko Maung Maung played volleyball at RIT. He is Joint Treasurer of the EE 69er HCF.

At Winner Inn

• The photo was taken at Winner Inn.
• Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) came to pay respect to Sayagyi U Ba Than.

Sayagyi U Ba Toke

• The photo was taken at Sayagyi U Ba Toke’s house.
• Daw Thynn Thynn (Pansy, ChE74, daughter of Sayagyi) sent a car to Winner Inn to pick up Saya U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut (M60) and me.
• U Ba Than pays respect to Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.
• Sayagyi U Ba Toke is a “Phwa Bet” of Rangoon University and the First RU Students’ Strike in December 1920.
• Sayagyi has eight children (of which two passed away), many grandchildren and some great grand children.

At Dhammananda Vihara

• Ko Sein Myint’s daughter and son-in-law offered soon to the resident monks of the Dhammanda Vihara, Half Moon Bay (in Northern California, USA) for the first birthday of their daughter.
• Ko Sein Myint has five children and four grand children.
• Attendees include Ko Tin Myint (John Lee, M69) and Ma Lyo Kyin Sein (Mabel Lee, T69).

Updates

U Ba Toke, U Ba Than, U Thein Lwin, Daw May Than Nwe, Kabar, Ko Thein Swe & Ko Tin Myint are now GBNF.