K – O

by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Kha Lay

In Burmese, it means child.

Kha Lay Ba Wa means childhood. The days of the innocent childhood became a theme of the song composed by Sai Kham Leik and sung by Sai Htee Saing.

We had a Kha Lay Ah Thinn (Children’s Club).

Kindness

Random acts of kindness may be reciprocated even by seemingly bad people.
My father volunteered at a “Bain Phut Ah Thin” for rehabilitating opium addicts. He gave a rehabilitated addict some money to pay for the fare back home. It was an act of random kindness.
During the Second World War, my parents and his siblings decided to take refuge at Neikbeinda Hills in Prome. My father sent his assistant ahead of him. Unfortunately, the assistant encountered a group of bandits. He pleaded the bandits not to take away his saya’s possessions. When the bandit leader learned that the saya was my father, he decided to guard the assistant on the way to the Neikbeinda Hills.
The leader also offered a surprise gift — a box of condensed milk — for my father.

Language

  • Burmese language
    Spoken language : Myanmar Sagar
    Written language : Myanmar Sar
    Burmese language processing
  • Chomsky hierarchy of languages
  • Classification
  • Computer language
  • Dictionary
  • Font — Zawgyi (not Unicode compliant); Pyidaungsu & others (which are Unicode compliant)
  • Grammar — Myanmar Thadda by U Pe Maung Tin
  • Idiom
  • Keyboard
  • Language processing
  • Natural language
  • Natural language processing
  • Programming language
  • Proverb
  • Syntax
    Abstract syntax
    Concrete syntax
  • Semantics
    Axiomatic semantics
    Denotational semantics
    Operational semantics
  • Pragmatics
  • Spelling
    Spelling checker
  • Thesaurus
  • Typewriter
  • Word processor

Leader

  • Do not repeat the same mistake
  • Ego-less leader
  • Lead by example
  • Make as many mistakes as possible (to gain experience)
  • Pull (instead of Push)
  • Servant leader

Learning

  • Fun with Learning
  • Life Long Learning
  • Tips

Level

  • Advanced : High
  • A-level (GCE) : Advanced Level
  • AP : Advanced Placement
  • Basic : Beginner : Introduction : Low : Primary
  • General Honors
  • Intermediate : Medium : Middle
  • O-Level (GCE) : Ordinary Level
  • Special Honors

Library

  • Private
  • Public
  • University
  • National

Like

  • Before Facebook introduced emojis, some users overused the “Like” button.
  • I was puzzled to see Likes in an Obituary posting.
    Shouldn’t one be sad?
  • Are some users clicking “Like” without reading if the posting is current or old, and if the contents are really likeable.

Literary Talks

  • Myanmar
  • Irrawaddy Literary Festival

Logic

  • 2VL : Two Valued Logic
  • 3VL : Three Valued Logic
  • ALU : Arithmetic Logical Unit
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Logic Theorist
  • Logical constant
  • Logical expression
  • Logical variable
  • Predicate : Predicate Calculus
  • Proposition : Propositional Calculus

Lokathana, Venerable

U Lokanatha
  • U Lokanatha (1897 – 1966) was an Italian Chemist in USA.
  • He received a book (containing Dhammapada) from his supervisor for Christmas present.
  • After reading the Dhammapada, he decided to quit his job and become a Buddhist monk in Asia.
  • He spent his life practicing and preaching in Burma & going on Dhamma Duta missions to neighboring countries.
  • My grandmother donated a monastery in Bawdigone, Rangoon.

Loss

  • Loss of manuscripts
    Daw Khin Mya Mu
  • Lossless compression
  • Lossy comprehension
  • Win-Lose
  • Win-Tie-Lose
  • Agony of some second place finishers
    Buzz Aldrin
    Post-doc in Physics at the University of Iowa

Malware

  • Malicious software industry is responsible for losses (in down time, data corruption, identity theft) in the billions.
  • According to one report, the industry is more profitable and safer than the drug dealing.
  • The penalty of offenders for malicious software is “peanuts” (e.g. little or no jail time) compared to drug dealers (e.g. life imprisonment and death penalty) in most countries.

Mathematics

  • Discipline
  • Curriculum
  • Development (Concrete Mathematics, Computational Mathematics)

Mechanical Engineering

  • Discipline
  • U Aung Khin
  • U Ba Than
  • U Kyin Soe
  • U San Tun
  • U Tin Hlaing

Medical Pioneers

  • U Ko Gyi
  • U Maung Maung Gyi
  • U Ba Than

Memory

  • Short term memory
  • Long term memory
  • Associative memory
  • Memory Feats (Tipitaka Sayadaw)

Metallurgy

  • Discipline
  • U Thit
  • Dr. Saw Pru
  • Dr. Khin Maung Win

Mining Engineering

  • Discipline
  • U Soe Khaw
  • U Soon Sein
  • U Win Kyaing

Models

  • Physical model
  • Mathematical model
  • Computational model

Movies

  • Myanmar
  • Foreign
  • Myanmar Movies Centennial in 2020

Music

  • Discipline
  • Musical Instruments
  • Computer applications

My Dreams

  • Dream big; Others can fulfill
  • RIT Alumni International
  • Saya Pu Zaw Pwe / SPZP
  • Oral and Written History

Myanmar

  • Myanmar Sagar : Spoken Burmese
  • Myanmar Sar : Written Burmese
  • Word Processing
  • Unicode compliance

National Foreign Language Center

  • Projects
  • Burmese Language Project (Reading, Listening)

News

  • Breaking news — Stop Press in early newspapers
  • Censorship
  • Current news
  • Does not stand for “North, East. West, South” or “Notable Events, Weather, Sports”
  • Facts
    Fact checking
  • Fake news
    Biased report
    Rumor
  • Internet
  • News Agency
    AFP
    Reuters
    UPI
  • News Agency Burma (NAB)
    Burmese section
    English section
  • News Media
  • Newspapers
    Burmese Newspapers
    English Newspapers
  • Noun (not plural of “New”, which is an adjective)
  • Online
  • Radio
  • Reliability
  • Television

Number

  • Binary number
  • Complex number
  • Decimal number
  • Exponent
  • Fermat
  • Hexadecimal number
  • Hindu-Arabic numeral
  • Imaginary number
  • Index
  • Integer
  • Irrational number
  • Logarithm
  • Mantissa
  • Negative number
  • Non-negative number
  • Notation
  • Number Systems
  • Number Theory
  • Numbered lists
  • Octal number
  • Positive number
  • Power
  • Prime number
  • Quotient
  • Ramanujan
  • Rational number
  • Real number
  • Remainder
  • Roman numeral
  • Signed
  • Symbol
  • Ternary number
  • Unsigned
  • Value
  • Zero

NorCal RITAA

  • The EC and BOD of Northern California RIT Alumni Association met (at least) quarterly for face-to-face meetings.
  • The photo is taken together with spouses and supporters.
  • The background vinyl displays our alma mater.

November

  • Background
  • Events

Obsolescence

  • Technical Obsolescence

October

  • Calendars
  • World Teachers’ Day
  • Saya U Ba Than’s birthday
  • Halloween and Pumpkin Festival
  • Ockoberfest
  • Occasional (Thadinkyut and Deepavali)

Option

  • One should be aware of “opt-in” versus “opt-out” options.
  • Many do not read “fine print”.

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