* တက္ကသိုလ်ဝင် စာမေးပွဲ အောင် ပေမဲ့ မိဘ ကခွင့်မပြုလို့ တက္ကသိုလ် ကို အတော်ကြာမှ တက်ခဲ့ ရ Even though she passed the Matriculation, her parents did not permit her to attend the University. She had to wait a long time before she could join Rangoon University.
ဘွဲ့ရပြီး After Graduation
မင်းသုဝဏ်၊ ဦးတင်အေး (ရှမ်းပြည်) တို့ရဲ့ ကြီးကြပ်မှု နဲ့ပညာဆက်ရှာ၊ သုတေသနစာတမ်း ရေး After graduation, Minthuwun and U Tin Aye (Shan Pyay) served as her mentors. She wrote research papers.
ရင်ထဲကစာ Book
* ကြည်သင်း — ရမည်းသင်း အမည် နဲ့ စာအုပ် ထုတ်ဝေ
Better late than never. In her eighties, she published a book. She shared her memories.
My poem “The Ngapali Beach” was published in the Forward Magazine.
I received Fifteen Kyats for the poem.
The Illustrator received Fifty Kyats.
Bohmu Ba Thaw (Maung Thaw Kha) was Chief Editor of the Forward Magazine. He jokingly asked me if I would be interested to join him.
U Sein Hla was Assistant Editor of the Forward Magazine.
Visits
I know some people who have visited Ngapali almost yearly.
I visited Ngapali only three times.
First Visit
My first visit was during my student days with my cousin Ko Thaung Lwin and friends. We stayed at the Bungalow owned by U Tha Gyaw Wai and managed by my uncle U Thet Toe.
At a nearby bungalow was a movie crew by Amyotha Yoke Shin with U San Maung (Gerald, RUBC Gold and Coach). They were shooting a film starring Wah Wah Win Shwe and directed by U Min Naing. Ko Gerald asked me if I would be interested to join them on the way back to Rangoon via Taung Goke.
The ride on the truck over the Taung Goke Pass was rough and tough. At Taung Goke, we were hosted by a cinema owner. He offered the movie audience a free show if they could translate the Burmese titles into English. One submission was “Fly away bitter bird” (Pyan Lay dei Nget Khar).
The rest of the trip involved a boat ride (after a long delay) and a train ride.
Second Visit
My second visit was with my beloved spouse and two young sons. We stayed at the Bungalow owned by Amyotha Yoke Shin and managed by U Mya Maung (GBNF, younger brother of U Sein Tin and elder brother of Saya U Tin Htut).
Third Visit
My third visit was as a Guest Lecturer for the Ngapali Luyechun Camp in the Summer of 1988.
I spent some time chatting with other Guest Lecturers including Saya U Kyaw Myint (Director of Higher Education, former Professor of Physics at Mandalay).
Soon Offered in memory of Saya U Sein (Burmese, St. Paul’s High School) by Dr. Soe Win (Retired Rector, YUFL), Daw May Saw Lwin (Retired Chemistry Professor), sons and grandchildren.
Received news from U Ohn Khine (M70) about the demise of U Kyaw Phone Myint (Victor Kyaw Phyo).
He was my classmate in Middle School at SPHS.
I met him at the gatherings of the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
One gathering was hosted by U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay).
Another gathering was at the Reunion and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65. He was among the those seated on chairs (mostly having medical problems).
HlaMin 