Visits (in 2015)

by Hla Min

Updated : Nov 2025

Invitation

Ivan Lee (M69) invited several 69ers to get together at his house in New Jersey around June-July of 2015. U Aung Myint and U Sein Tin could not make it to the 2015 mini-reunion.

Fred Thetgyi (M69)

• Lives in Philadelphia
• Joined the 2015 mini-reunion
• Drove most of the 1800+ mile trip in Ivan’s Mercedes
• Except when his batteries went out, he took pictures at the mini-reunion and the trip.
• He would appear only in a fraction of the photos, when someone else (Ivan, a waiter, or a stranger) took the photo.

New Jersey

• Main Host : Ivan
• Other hosts : Saya U Soe Paing & Daw Saw Yu Tint
• Ivan took us on a short trip to New York
• Ivan showed us around New Jersey
• For several years, Ivan had hosted the RIT-UCC Gathering with Saya Dr. Aung Gyi and Saya U Soe Paing as Guests of Honor.
• Photo shows two Sayas and six 69ers — Fred, TAG, HM, Alice, Toung / Tom and Ivan

Niagara Falls

• On the way to Canada
• Took photos from the US side & the Canada side

Windsor, Canada

• Host : Sayagyi U Aung Khin
• Saya patiently waited for our arrival.
• Saya let me and my spouse spend the night in his Guest room. Ivan and Fred stayed at a motel.
• Saya prepared Mohinga and Ah Kyaw for breakfast.
• He gave us mementos.

Toronto

• Brief sight seeing
• Saya Des Rodgers had earlier invited to drop by his house, but our schedule did not have slack time.

Napean, Canada

• Host: Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma
• Saya drove us around Toronto
• We spent two nights at Saya’s house.

• Took a quick trip to Thousand Islands. Ma Ma Emma bought a gift for my Myee

Shrewberry, Massachussetts

• Hosts : Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69) & Daw Khin Maw Maw
• Since they were renovating their home, U TAG hosted us at a hotel.
• Visit MIT & Harvard University

Trumbull, Connecticut

• Hosts : U Toung (Tom, EC69) and Daw Khin Myint
• Visit Yale University
• Visit Pizza place frequented by the young Bill Clinton

Philadelphia

• Hosts : Fred Thetgyi (M69) & Eunice
• Dropped by to see Fred’s elder sister
• Visit Pake Forge and Liberty Bell;
• Visit my last remaining uncle U Thein Han in Maryland

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