Qualification: BS (Stanford), MS (Stanford), MSc. Computer Science (Southampton)
Department: Electrical Communications Position: Assistant Lecturer, (Jan 1964 to March 1971) Reason for Leaving: Joined Universities’ Computer Center in April 1971.
Engineering Alumni: Attended First Year Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University from June to December, 1958. Reason for Leaving: Awarded State Scholarship to study in USA.
Occupation: Data Processing Adviser (Retired)
Organization: United Nations
Updates
Saya was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
He offered me and Saya U Aung Zaw (UCC, GBNF) to be his co-authors. We wrote programming texts, manuals and guides.
Saya was a prime mover to get the “RIT Alumni International Newsletters” and http://www-ex-rit.org started.
Saya would mention that I am a “Shay Hmi; Nauk Hmi. ရှေ့မှီ၊ နောက်မှီ”
Sayagadaw added: “Bay Hmi ဘေးမှီ as well’.
Saya wrote articles for the RIT Newsletter and selected journals & magazines. They can be accessed via SCRIB-D
He also gave an interview for MASTAA
UCC Gathering at Saya’s House
SP 2
Lovely Couple
SP 3
Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe
SP 4
RIT alumni in Singapore
With U Tu Myint, Daniel Tint Lwin, James Than With U Tint Swe & Vilma Khaing
Visit to California
With Saya U Tin Mg Nyunt, U & Mrs. Hla MinWith U & Mrs. Tin Mg Nyunt
UCC Gathering at MICT Park
With UCC Alumni
Leaving for UN Assignment
At Mingalardon airport
ICST Pu Zaw Pwe
U Thein Oo, Dr. Pike Tin, Saya U Soe Paing, U Hla Min, Dr. Kyaw Thein
In December 1920, there were three significant events.
On December 1, 1920, Rangoon University ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် was established with Rangoon College ရန်ကုန်ကာလိပ် and Judson College ဂျပ်ဆင်ကောလိပ် as the constituent colleges. The colleges are also known by other names (e.g. Government College, Baptist College)
On December 5, 1920, the First RU Students’ Strike ပထမ ရန်ကုန် တက္ပသိုလ် ကျောင်းသား သပိတ် took place. They protested the 1920 Rangoon University Act ဥပဒေ as too narrow and restrictive.
In December 1920, Saya U Ba Toke ဆရာ ဦးဘတုတ် was born as a Phwa Bet Taw ဖွားဘက်တော် of the above two. For some reason, there is a discrepancy between Saya’s official DOB (Date of Birth) and true DOB.
Rangoon University(RU)
Initially had three Faculties မဟာဌာန and eight departments ဌာန (including Law)
Initially had six professors ပါမောက္ခ
RU gradually extended its offerings (beyond Science သိပ္ပံ and Arts ဝိဇ္ဇာ).
In particular, the opening of engineering အင်ဂျင်နီယာ classes was planned around 1923 and executed in 1924.
In 1927, the first batch of engineering students (who had Bachelors degree) graduated with the “accelerated courses” option.
In 1928, the second batch of engineering students (who joined after finishing the I.Sc.) graduated.
RU was closed from 1942 to 45. RU Silver Jubilee was not celebrated as a high-key event.
RU celebrated the Golden Jubilee (GJ) ရွှေရတု in 1970. Dr. Aung Gyi (ဒေါက်တာ အောင် ကြီး Professor of Civil Engineering မြို့ပြအင်ဂျင်နီယာပါမောက္ခ) and U Thet Lwin (ဦးသက်လွင် Burmese saya at the Institute of Economics စီးပွါးရေူတက္ကသိုလ်) were some of the GJ organizers. The RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတတက္ကသိုလ် အနုပညာရှင်များ took part in the GJ Entertainment Program as “Swel Daw Yeik Troupe စွယ်တော်ရိပ် အငြိမ့်” . The term “Swel Daw Yeik” became synonymous with RIT [its predecessors and its successors]. Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint (with Minthamees မင်းသမီး and Lu Shwin Daws လူရွှင်တော်) and Htee Yein (ထီး ယိမ်း RIT Belles with colorful Parasols) were hits at the GJ celebration. I was a volunteer member of the “Zay Nay Yar Cha Hta Yay စျေး နေရာချ ထားရေး subcommittee headed by Saya U Hla Tun Aung (ဦးလှထွန်းအောင် Geography ပထဝီ). Those who applied for stalls and/or stage included Actor Maung Maung Tar (မောင်မောင်တာ promoting his make up) and the then amateur band “Playboys” တီးဝိုင်း requesting a “high” stage (for security concerns).
RU celebrated the Diamond Jubilee စိန်ရတု in 1995.
RU celebrated the “Yar Pyie Ah Kyo” ရာပြည့် အကြို in December 2019. The opening song was “Mya Kyun Nyo” မြကျွန်းညိုညို composed by Tekkatho Maung Ngwe Hlinne (တက္ကသိုလ် မောင်ငွေလှိုုင်း Saya U Thet Lwin).
RU Centennial Celebrations were planned for November and December of 2020. Due to the pandemic, many events were held virtually. Kyemon ကြေးမုံ and Myanar Ah Lin မြန်မာ့အလင်း newspapers သတင်းစာ featured articles about RU. The TV stations featured interviews, songs …
First RU Students’ Strike
Eleven “senior” students led the Boycott of the Rangoon University Act of 1920.
They were unhappy with the restrictions of the RU Act and decided to hold a boycott (strike) on December 7, 1920.
Due to a news leak, the protests were moved to December 5, 1920.
The strike resulted in the establishment of Amyotha Kyaung (အမျိုးသားကျောင်း National Schools) and Amyotha Kaw Leik (အမျိြးသားကောလိပ် National College). The event is celebrated as Ah Myo Tha Aung Pwe Nay (အမျိုးသားျအာင်ပွဲနေ့ National Day). The Burmese date (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ် 10th Waning day of Tazaungmon တန်ဆောင်မုန်းလပြည့် ကျော် / လဆုတ် ဆယ် ရက် is used for the Celebration.
Arzani U Razak was an early graduate of the National College. He served as Principal of a National School in Mandalay. He became Minister of Education in Bogyoke Aung San’s cabinet.
Prime Minister U Nu (ဦးနု), United Nations Secretary General U Thant (ဦးသန့်) and Ahmyotha Pyinnya Wun / Educator / Writer U Po Kyar (အမျိုးသား ပညာဝန် ဦးဖိုးကျား) are notable sayas from the National Schools.
The boycott was responsible for the amendments ပြင်ဆင်ချက် to the RU Act. e.g. opening of schools for engineering and medicine,
A pillar ကျောက်တိုင် was set up on Shwe Dagon Pagoda in memory of the Boycott.
Sayagyi U Ba Toke(Dec 26, 1920 – Dec 2, 2020)
He is one of the oldest and senior sayas. Some senior sayas (e.g. Anne Sine) passed away in early 2020.
Received A.M (Master of Arts in Mathematics) မဟာဝိဇ္ဇာ ဘွဲ့ from Harvard University ဟားဗတ်တက္ကသိုလ်
Served as Assistant Lecturer လက်ထောက်ကထိက, Lecturer ကထိက and Professor ပါမောက္ခ of Mathematics သင်္ချာ at RU ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် and RASU ရန်ကုန် ဝိဇ္ဇာ / သိပ္ပံ တက္ကသိုလ်
Promoted to Rector ပါမောက္ခချုပ်, MASU မန္တလေး ဝိဇ္ဇာ / သိပ္ပံ တက္ကသိုလ်
With his own volition, he transferred to RIT ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် as Professor of (Engineering) Mathematics.
As a Saya of engineering sayas (e.g. Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun and U Khin Aung Kyi), he was invited to attend SPZP-2000 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ and give a speech.
Saya attended all SPZPs except SPZP-2002 (which he had to forgo due to Sayagadaw’s health).
Played Chinlon ခြင်းလုံး and Soccer ဘော်လုံး
Co-chair of RU Sports Council အားကစား ကောင်စီ Managed the Soccer program.
Headed the Burmese delegation မြန်မာအားကစားအဖွဲ့ to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo တိုကျို အိုလံပစ်
Until his 80s, Saya was active သွက်လက် လှုပ်ရှား (e.g. walk to Shwe Dagon Pagoda ရွှေတိဂုံ ဘုရား with his dhamma friends).
In his 90s, Saya had physical limitations, but his mental faculty was strong as ever.
Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (ဒေါက်တာ ခင်မောင်ဆွေ Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, တက္ကသိုလ် မောင်သင်္ချာ GBNF ကွယ်လွန်) interviewed Saya. Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (ဆရာမ ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့်ခိုင် daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing အာဇာနည် မန်းဘခိုင်) transcribed the tapes. The book covering Sayagyi’s Life Journey was published by the RU Thin Char Mi Thar Su ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် သင်္ချာ မိသညးစု for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.
Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy.
Two Sayagyis
U Ba Toke & U Ba Than
Pu Zaw Pwe (PZP) — paying homage to mentors — is a noble tradition. They are also known as Saya Pu Zaw Pwe and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe.
There have been micro-PZPs, mini-PZPs and grand PZPs.
Saya U Ba Than (born on October 2, 1930) usually visits and pay homage to his saya Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.
Paying homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke
During my visits to Yangon, I paid homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
On one visit, Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy of “Life Journey of Mathematics Professor Sayagyi U Ba Toke”. The book was written by Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, GBNF) based on his interviews with Sayagyi U Ba Toke. It also covers the early Thin Char Sayagyis. The book was published by Rangoon University Thin Char Mi Thar Su for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.
In January 2017, Pansy Ba Toke (Thynn Thynn, ChE 74) asked her son-in-law and daughter to pick up Sayagyi U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me at Winner Inn to see her father Sayagyi U Ba Toke. Sayagyi had some problems with mobility and vision, but his mind remains crisp and clear.
Pansy was a member of the Swel Daw Yeik “Htee Yein” at the Rangoon University Golden Jubilee in 1970. She has offered transportation to the Sayas who want to visit her father.
Sayagyi sometimesdefer celebrating his birthday so that his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren — far and near — could join the celebration.
Sayagyi is pre-deceased by his beloved spouse, his second son (Soe Win, 6th out of his 8 children) and his second daughter (Kitty, 3rd out of his 8 children)
U Ba Toke 1 U Ba Toke 2 U Ba Toke 3 U Ba Toke 4U Ba Toke 5Book about U Ba Toke
Mandalay မန္တလေး is the old Capital of Burma. It was known as Yadanar Bon Nay Pyi Daw (ရတနာပုံ နေပြည်တော်).
Fifth Buddhist Council ပဥ္စမသံဂါယနာ was held in Mandalay.
U Khanti Kyauk Sar ဦးခန္တီ ကျောက်စာ was regarded as the World’s Largest Book in the Ripley’s “Believe It or Not”
Upper Burma မြန်မာပြည် အထက်ပိုင်း including Mandalay was annexed by the British in 1885.
Schools ကျောင်းများ
St. Peter’s High School : In the Matriculation exam of 1956, Peterites scored First (ရဲမြင့်), Second (သောင်းတင်) and Joint Third (ခင်မောင်သန်း).
U Razak အာဇာနည် ဦးရာဇာတ် was Principal ကျောင်းအုပ် of National School အမျိုးသားကျောင်း in Mandalay.
Other notable schools include Father Lafone school and Kelly school (attended by Sayadaw U Silananda ဆရာတော်ဦးသီလာနန္ဒ)
Mandalay College ကောလိပ် was established under Rangoon University. It later became Mandalay University တက္ကသိုလ်
Visits
The first visit was see a friend who was teaching at the Agricultural Department in MASU before the department moved to Yezin.
The second visit was to give a short course at the Geology Department at the request of Saya Dr. Maung Thein (ဒေါက်တာမောင်သိန်း) mentor of Ko Soe Myint စိုးမြင့် (UCC Systems) during the summer holidays. Some sayas were disturbed. We overheard, “Why is Sayagyi inviting the two UCC guys here?”
During our UCC days, I accompanied Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe ဒေါက်တာချစ်ဆွေ and Ko Myint Oo ကိုမြင့်ဦး (who later worked at Phaung Gyi) to Sagaing Hills စစ်ကိုင်းတောင်ရိုး to be temporary monks ရဟန်း for a week. After we de-robed, Ko Myint Oo and I went to Mandalay, where we met two friends of Ko Myint Oo. They had recently joined “Tourist Burma” and were assigned that day to guide a university student from US doing his project on some aspects of Burma. The student had prepared a list of items that he would like to see in Mandalay. I became an ad-hoc tourist guide for a day.
In 2016, we stayed at a hotel in the area (which used to be Chan Mya Thazi airport ချမ်းမြသာစည်လေဆိပ်). Things have changed a lot.
In November 2019, I was invited to be a Panelist at the 5th Irrawaddy Literary Festival ဧရာဝတီ စာပေ ပွဲတော် held in Mandalay.
In January 2020, I was invited to join the 2020 PSA Tour (of six cities in Upper Burma).
Book စာအုပ်
Ludu Daw Ah Mar
Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt ဆရာဦးတက်မေုင်ညွန့် (M60) gave me a book by Ludu Daw Ah Mar (လူထုဒေါ်အမာ). She wrote about Mandalay Thu and Mandalay Thar Myar (မန္တလေးသူ နဲ့ မန္တလေးသား များ). She wrote about notable residents of Mandalay.
Kyar Ba Nyein (ကျားဘငြိမ်း where Kyar not only means “tiger” but also “checkers”) was National Boxing Champion and competed in the Olympics. He trained boxers. He also promoted Myanmar Let Hwei (မြန်မာ လက်ဝှေ့).
Naga Daw Oo နဂါးဒေါ်ဦး is the elder sister of Ludu Daw Ah amar
There were philanthropists (e.g Daw Oo Zunဒေါ်ဦးဇဇွန်း) from Mandalay.
Myanmar Pithuka Saya Saing မြန်မာ ပိသုကာ ဆရာဆိုင် is the father of Sayadaw U Silananda (GBNF) and grandfather of architects U Than Tun (GBNF) & U San Maung.
Book by Ludu Daw Ah Mar
Mandalay Hall မန္တလေးဆောင်
During the early days of UCC (ကွန်ပျူတာဌာန), we were housed on the Third Floor of Mandalay Hall in RASU.
Some (from outside Rangoon) spent nights at the Mandalay Hall.
A few supposedly heard “footsteps of the dead”.
Mandalay Gazette မန္တလေးဂေဇက်
Myanmar publication in Southern California, USA
U Maung Maung Kyi ဦးမောင်မောင်ကြည် has three passions Swimming Medicine Journalism
Myanmar မြန်မာ Ah May (အမေ), Mi Gin (မိခင်), Mway Mi Gin (မွေးသမိခင်), Ah Mi (အမိ), Mae Daw (မယ်တော်) Usage : အသုံးအနှုန်း Mae Daw Maya (မယ်တော်မာယာ) Ah Mi Myay (အမိမြေ) Ah Mi Tekkatho (အမိတက္ကသိုလ်)
English Mother, Mom, Mum, Mummy, Mama Usage : Mother Tongue Mother Earth Motherland
Pali ပါဠိ Mata မာတာ Usage : Mata Pitu Gu Naaw Anandaaw မာတာပီတုဂုဏောအနန္တော
Latin Mater Usage : Alma mater
Mother
Biological Mother Gives birth
Caring Mother Takes care
Adoptive Mother Adopt a child from a relative or others (e.g. via an Adoption Agency)
Surrogate Mother Conceives a child for someone who cannot give birth naturally (e.g. due to medical conditions)
Classification schemes vary with place, culture and time …
Mother’s Day
Myanmar Full Moon Day of Pyatho ပြာသိုလပြည့်နေ့
USA and several countries Second Sunday of May
Others Dates vary with countries
Media
Songs e.g. M-O-T-H-E-R
Books
Movies
Thanksto three Mothers
My Mother မိခင် who raised seven children
My mother & my beloved wife
My beloved wife ဇနီး who raised two sons
My daughter-in-law ချွေးမ who takes care of my two Myees မြေး နှစ်ယောက်
Became monk after retirement and spent several vassa.
Dr. Lwin Aung (Center)
U Bo Gyi (A59, GBNF)
Assisted Saya Mr. O Nagler for the design of the RU Recreation Center.
Pianist
Modeling expert
Co-founder of Architects Incorporated.
After Nationalization, moved to PWD.
Architect of Daw Khin Kyi Mausoleum.
Became monk after retirement from PWD.
U Bo Gyi
Civil
U Kyaw Sein (Bran Dev, C59)
EE Irrigation (Sedawgyi project).
RU team forward. From Mandalay. Prome hall.
U Htay Aung(C59)
Prome hall soccer forward. He was transferred from Tagaung hall.
U Hla Baw(C59)
Prome hall S& R President
Mechanical
Saya U San Tun (M59, GBNF)
Mechanical Engineering 1959 U San Tun 1U San Tun 2 U San Tun 3 U San Tun 4
Saya U San Tun (Sain Fone Wong) graduated with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rangoon in 1959. He passed with distinctions and won a Gold Medalist. At the convocation, he met Dorothy Tham (a female Gold Medalist from a different faculty). They became friends and later tied the knot.
He joined the Mechanical Engineering Department as an Assistant Lecturer.
He was awarded a States Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at MIT, USA. He received Masters from MIT, USA in 1962.
Upon his return, he taught at BIT and also served as a Hall Tutor.
He was promoted to Lecturer in 1964. He headed the Automobile Engineering (Sub-department of the Mechanical Engineering)
He relocated to California, USA in 1968.
From 1968 – 1974 he worked as a Contract Engineer, Cone Company, Burlingame, California
1974 – 1999 Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, California (Retired in August 1999 after 25 years service).
Saya served as President of BEA. He succeeded Saya U Htin Paw (EE58, GBNF)
Saya passed away in California on December 12, 2025 at 10:30 am
U Tin Hlaing(M59, GBNF)
U Tin Hlaing
Joined the Faculty as Assistant Lecturer
MS from Purdue University.
Promoted to Lecturer.
Head of Agricultural Engineering (Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
Manager of All Universities and Institutes Hockey Team.
Played Tennis and Soccer
Passed away untimely since he could not get access to the Dialysis Machines at BMH and also could not get Passport and Visa in time to have medical treatment abroad.
U Tin Htway (M59)
Co-founder of BASES
U Tin Win (M59, Bei, Bago)
Assistant Lecturer
Left to run family business
M. Krishna(M59)
Assistant Lecturer
Moved to India and later to USA.
Attended SPZP-2000.
U Ohn Khin(M59, GBNF)
Lt Col. DI (Retired)
MD TC1
Tagaung hall.
U Win Tin(M59, GBNF)
BG DI (Retired)
Minister for Finance and Revenue
Minister for Post and Telecoms
Ramanya hall.
U Hla Aye(M59, GBNF)
EE Irrigation
Later FAO/UN Project Engineer in Laos.
RU football team Captain.
Prome hall and Moulmein district volleyball team Captain
I am indebted to Thin Saya သင်ဆရာ, Myin Saya မြင်ဆရာ and Kyar Saya ကြားဆရာ
They taught me all I knew.
I would like to thank my mentors who directly or indirectly taught me Communication (Oral and Written) and Languages (English, Burmese, …)
Last but not the least, a zillion thanks to my “Let Oo Sayas” (လက်ဦးဆရာ my beloved parents).
My Parents
Studying Languages
StudyingEnglish
I had to read / study
Tom Thumb’s Essays
A Student’s Companion
Oxford English Dictionary (OED — various sizes and editions)
Chamber’s Dictionary (used in Scrabble tournaments)
Rhyming Dictionary
Word Power / Vocabulary in [six weeks, 21 days, …]
Idioms (book present from my cousin uncle U “Eric” Than Lwin)
They helped me improve my writing and communication skills.
Thanks to all the authors, who are my implicit teachers.
Still learning (especially during the “Shelter at Home” due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)
Listen to the daily offering by Blinkist.com
Listen and/or read Merriam Webster’s wotd (word of the day) pod cast
Miscellaneous
See posts on “Myanmar Sar“
See posts on “Pali“
See posts on “Languages“
Studying Computers
Dr. Chit Swe (GBNF)
Dr. Chit Swe
Sayagyi was my mentor at UCC.
He invited over renowned computer scientists [led by Professor Harry D. Huskey, Pioneer in Computer Hardware, Software and Teaching] and mathematicians [e.g. Professor Frank Harary, Expert in Graph Theory] to Rangoon to hold seminars and to design courses in computer science and applications. Michael Stonebraker (then at UC Berkeley) gave a short course on Ingres (an early Relational Data Base Management System) at UCC. A few years back, he won the prestigious “ACM Turing Award” (which is considered as the equivalent of Nobel Prize in Computing).
He taught us to use CPM/PERT (Critical Path Method/Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) for the various projects.
Saya asked me to assist in several of his projects. To name a few, I was a translator/ reviewer for CTK (Children’s Treasury of Knowledge) I served as an editor for “High School Mathematics” I was a member of TOSS (Team Of System Specialists)
Saya passed away in November 2019, but his Legacy as Pioneer for Computer Systems, Application and Education in Burma will last forever.
Sydney 2006
U Soe Paing(EE, UCC)
U Soe Paing
Saya was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
Together with Saya U Myo Min and Saya U Ko Ko Lay (GBNF), they taught degree and diploma courses in computer science, and also conducted courses in computer programming, computer orientation, to name a few.
The sayas asked me to be their assistant.
Saya U Soe Paing also allowed Saya U Aung Zaw and me to co-author texts, guides and manuals used at UCC.
Publications
Guardian Thanks to U Soe Myint (Chief Editor)
Working People’s Daily (WPD) Thanks to U Ko Lay (Chief Editor) and Daw Khin Swe Hla (Editor)
Forward magazine Thanks to Bohmu Ba Thaw (Maung Thaw Ka, Chief Editor) and U Sein Hla (Editor)
Pan magazine Burmese publication
Veda magazine Published by BARB
Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung Commemorative Issues for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010 in Singapore Thanks to Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
Swel Daw Yeik Magazine Commemorative Issues for SPZP-2012 and Shwe YaDu (2014) Thanks to Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
RUBC magazine Commemorate issue for 90th Anniversary of the founding of RUBC
BAPS Newsletter Contributing Editor
Dhammananda Newsletter Contributing Editor
Paying Homage to Sayadaw U Silananda Contributing Editor
Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife Contributor to the Burmese American section
National Foreign Languages Center Language Expert for the Burmese Language Project (Reading and Listening Comprehension)
RIT Alumni International Newsletter Contributing Editor for 21 years
hlamin.com 3000+ articles
Facebook Owner, Admin or Moderator of selected Facebook Groups
VideoBroadcasts Archived in Facebook and my You Tube Channel
Volunteering
I gained experience by volunteering as
Several organizations in Myanmar and USA
EC, Joint Secretary and Secretary of RIT EE Association
Contributing Editor of RIT English Newsletter
Treasurer and Vice Captain of RUBC
Translator / Interpreter at Meditation Retreats
Organizer, SPZP-2000
Coordinator, World wide SPZPs in Singapore and Myanmar
Docent at the Computer History Museum (at Mountain View, California
Contributing Editor of the materials taught at the Summer Dhamma Camp at Dhammananda Vihara (at Half Moon Bay
Area Governor, Club Coach, Contest Chair, Test Speaker, Club Ambassador at Toastmasters International
Editor of several publications by Sayadaws (e.g. U Jotalankara) and friends (e.g. U Aung Zaw)
Language expert at National Language Center
Administrator and/or Moderator of selected Facebook Pages
Owner and content creator of selected web sites (e.g. hlamin.com)
Parents and Ancestors
Last but not the least, my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents and their philanthropic forebears for instilling me the passion to help humanity in general and to my alma mater. They believed that “Any thing that’s worth doing is worth doing well.”
Pay Back
My beloved spouse told me that I should pay back to my alma mater, mentors and my beloved land.
She reminded me that I should take care of my health to enjoy quality time with our Life Savers : Chit Sa Noe ချစ်စနိုး and Po Lone ဖိုးလုံး
I had paid back to my alma mater RIT where I studied from 1964 – 1969 by volunteering as Messenger and Organizer for 21 years. e.g. For SPZP-2000, I wrote 64 “Countdown to the Reunion” and 36 “Post_Reunion”.
In 2018, I wrote “Memories of UCC” . I wrote a Summary for the magazine to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ICST.
To commemorate the 19th anniversary (in April 2018) for “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” and the 45th wedding anniversary (in June 2018), I wrote several hundred posts covering a variety of topics.
Since then, I have completed 3000+ posts. I have revised most of them with the feedback provided by my readers (including Dr. Khin Maung U, Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor), Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint, U Khin Maung Zaw).
In April/May 2019, I celebrated 20th Anniversary as Founder-Editor of RIT Alumni International Newsletter
In November 2019, I was invited as a Panelist to the 5th ILF (Irrawaddy Literary Festival) held in Mandalay.
In December 2019, I attended the SPZP and Reunion Dinner of RIT 69er’s Golden Jubilee of graduation.
I was invited to attend the 6th Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of ICST / UCSY and the Annual mini-gathering of UCC Alumni.
In January 2020, I was invited as a Special Guest for the 2020 PSA (Public Speakers’ Association) Tour to six cities in Upper Myanmar.
I am adding / revising posts for hlamin.com and share some of them via Facebook pages (e.g. Life Long Learning, RIT Updates, RU Centennial) and my You Tube Channel.
I am a Dreamer. I believe, “If one can dream, others will fulfill.”
HlaMin 