Texas (May 8 – 10, 2019)

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Trip Plan

We had frequent flyer miles with United Air Lines.

Booked round trip flight from SJC (San Jose, California) to DFW (Dallas / Fort Worth in Texas) via DEN (Denver, Colorado) after consulting with Dr. Ba Han (SPHS66, IM1 73, who lives in Fort Worth) and U San Lin (Robert, MEHS67, EC73, UCC, who lives in Dallas).

There are several twin cities in the USA. They include

Dallas & Fort Worth (in Texas)
Minneapolis & St. Paul (in Minnesota)
Seattle & Tacoma (in Washington)

DFW is an International air port near Dallas and Fort Worth.

Dallas also has a local airport named “Love Field” (which is used mainly by Southwest Airlines).

Robert agreed to pick us up at the DFW air port and host for two nights.

Dr. Ba Han agreed to host the remainder of the trip, and also show us around selected cities in Texas.

Break from FB

I did not take my lap top.

I did not log in to FB for the duration of the trip.

May 8, 2019

We flew from SJC to DEN on the morning of May 8, 2019.

At the DEN airport, we learned that “due to thunderstorms, only a limited number of inbound flights to DFW were allowed.” The estimated time of departure from DEN was adjusted twice. After more than two hours delay, the plane took off and landed in DFW about two hours later.

Robert and his spouse Daw Hla Myint (Marina, EC73) picked us up at DFW. They treated us to a Texas BBQ (Barbecue). We learned that Robert had become a vegetarian, but would occasionally order BBQ for his grandson.

They hosted us for two nights.

May 9, 2019

They showed us around Dallas (including the infamous depository used by Oswald, the ranch used in the TV series “Dallas”, and the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.

Robert

Robert studied at RIT & UCC. He worked for TI (Texas Instruments) in Singapore. He was relocated to TI in Houston. He retired in 2018 and moved to Dallas to be near his son Dr. Vincent & two grandsons.

Vincent and his wife are medical doctors. They hosted a dinner near the swimming club of their elder son.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is u-boon-pin.jpg — U Boon Pin

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is u-boon-pin-and-wife.jpg — U Boon Pin and wife

Robert’s father U Boon Pin is a 1948 – 49 classmate of U Soe Aung (PWD) and U Gyn Kho (PWD, Dr. Ba Han’s uncle). He retired as Deputy Chief Engineer of Railways.

Robert’s mom passed away in Taiwan in 2020. She has two sisters. One married Albert Teoh (the eldest of 15 Teoh siblings). Another is the mother of Johnson Lim (C7x).

May 10, 2019

Dr. Ba Han joined us for lunch at the Dallas Chinese temple that offers excellent vegetarian dishes for a suggested donation of $7.

He then drove us to Temple to meet our common niece — daughter of his elder brother U Myo Myint (EC67, RUBC Gold) and my elder sister Sayama Daw Tin Tin Win (RIT Chemistry).

My niece Dr. Khine Zin Oo & her spouse U Myo Tin treated us a dinner at a restaurant which offered dishes from Texas and Louisiana.

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