by Hla Min

Updated : July 2025

Lifelong Learner

Pillars of Learning

• Learning to know
• Learning to do
• Learning to be
• Learning to live

Daily Habit

• Learn new things
• Listen to Blinkist & podcasts
• Write or update posts in Facebook and this website.

Public Speaking & Leadership

• Distinguished Toastmater
• Club Coach, Mentor, Guest Speaker, Trainer, Ambassador, Contest Chair, Test Speaker, Evaluator

Facebook Groups

Owner / Admin

• RIT Updates
• Life Long Learning
• Memories
• Myanmar

Past Contributor / Moderator

• Buddhism Q&A
• PBRS
• Rangoon University Centennial
• RUBC
• SPHS
• UCC
• Old Burma

Pay back to

• Alma Mater
• Ancestors
• Mentors
• Engineering & Computing Communities

Alma Mater

• Private Primary Boundary Road School
• St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon

• Rangoon University
• Rangoon Institute of Technology

• Universities Computer Center
• Rice University

Lecture / Teach

• Universities Computer Center

• Department of Computer Science
• Institute of Computer Science and Technology

• Guest lectures at Government Departments, Training Schools, Luyechun Camp, BARB, MARB

Mentors

• Parents
• Teachers — Thin Saya, Myin Saya and Kyar Saya
• Helped me develop passion for Lifelong Learning, Sharing of Knowledge & Expertise.

Ancestors

• Philanthropists
• Donated schools & books, hospitals & medicine, and buildings (Pagoda, Tazaung, Zayat, Shelter).
• I am trying to emulate their philanthropy by sharing my knowledge & expertise.

Sharing Knowledge & Expertise

Jack of All Trades; Master of Some

Proponent of Youth Leadership

Sharing Knowledge & Expertise gained as

• Software Engineer / Craftsman
• Consultant
• Distinguished Toastmaster
• Author & Blogger
• Translator & Interpreter
• Editor of newsletters & books
• Folklorist & Historian

Recording history of our beloved land

• Love history

• Was Member of “History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project”. U Ohn Khine (M70) & I compiled CD supplement for HMEE book.

• Was Docent at the “Computer History Museum” in Mountain View, California, USA.

• Published 2500+ posts
• Broadcast 220 Short Talks from August 2020 to February 2021. Can be viewed using @hmin3664 on YouTube

• Hope that my posts &videos will be helpful to scholars and historians in Myanmar and beyond.

Wrote articles, reviews, poems & translations for

• National Foreign Language Center at University of Maryland, College Park : Burmese Language Lessons (Listening and Reading)
• Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
  ABC-CIO Press : Can access my articles from Google Books.

• MoeMaKa : Online Publication
• RIT Alumni Newsletter : from April 1999 – present

• Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung : Poems for SPZP-2002 & 2007; Article in SPZP-2010

• Swel Daw Yeik Magazine : Article for Shwe Yadu 2014

• History of Myanmar Engineering Education : U Ohn Khine (M70) & I compiled CD Supplement for HMEE Book

• BAPS Newsletter : Contributing Editor

• Dhammananda Newsletter : Contributing Editor for Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California & Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA)

• Paying Homage to Sayadaw U Silanandabhimvama : Contributing Editor & Member of Publications Committee

• Rangoon University Boat Club : Contributing Editor for 90th Anniversary Issue

• Guardian Newspaper : Poems (e.g. Men on the Moon); Articles (e.g. Computers and Applications) in English

• Working People’s Daily (WPD) :
  Poems (e.g. Phaung daw-u Festival); Translation (e.g. Still So Young) in English

• Forward Magazine : Poems (e.g. To the Fallen Warrior) in English

• Veda Magazine (ဝေဒ) : Articles for Burma Astro Research Bureau
• Pan Magazine (ပန်) : Articles in Burmese
• High School Mathematics Project : Member of Editorial Team
• Team of System Specialists :
  Computer Education & Application
• Set Hmu Thadin Zin (စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ်) : Short notes
• Hlyat Sit Sar Saung (လျှပ်စစ်စာစောင်) : Article for RIT EE

I have volunteered for

• Computer History Museum
• History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project
• Toastmasters International
• SF Bay Area ACM Chapter
• 2010 Census Count Committee
• RIT Alumni International
• NorCal RIT Alumni Association
• Tathagata Meditation Center
• Theravada Buddhist Society of America

Dream Big or Small

“If one person can dream, others will fulfill”

The saying is attributed to Jules Verne who dreamed & wrote about space ships, submarines, and travel around the globe.

My Earlier Dream

Was to connect or re-connect Sayas, Colleagues & Friends physically and electronically.

We successfully organized the First RIT Alumni Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in San Francisco, California in October 2000.

Six more World-wide Reunion and SPZP took place. Singapore in 2002, 2007 & 2010. Yangon in 2004, 2012 & 2016. Due to pandemic, SPZP-2020 was canceled.

Started RIT Alumni International Newsletter in April 1999.

Served as Content Provider & Editor for ex-RIT websites : first one by KMZ (UKhin Maung Zaw, now retired from Microsoft) and second one by Wunna Ko Ko (then at SAS).

Both ex-RIT websites are now inactive.

My Later Dream

Was to record Oral & Written History of our Alma Mater and our Beloved Land.

Set up hlamin.com (to archive old posts, add new posts and revise selected posts).

Requested SPZP-2000 Organizers, interested sayas & alumni to record gatherings.

Requested Subject Matter Experts & interested readers to review and enhance selected posts.