HlaMin

Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • Coach

    Coach
    • A coach is a vehicle to “carry” someone to a destination.
    • The first use of coach described a teacher who “carried” a student over a tough examination.
    • Later use of coach was in Athletic Development (e.g. coaching an individual or a team in a sports).
    • There are Professional Coaches, Certified Coaches and Club Coaches.
    Differences
    • A therapist focuses on the past.
      A coach focuses on the future.
    • A consultant helps to solve a problem (of a company or a client).
      A coach provides suggestions and frameworks (that can be used by the client, who is accountable for solving the problem).
    • A mentor may advise, counsel and coach.
      A coach focuses on coaching (and may not advise or counsel).
    • A trainer sets objectives for the trainee.
      A coach does not set objectives for the client/individual. The client/individual sets objectives for himself/herself.
    • An athletic developer directs behavior of individuals and teams based on the developer’s experience and knowledge.
      A coach focuses on identifying opportunity for development based on individual strengths and capabilities.
    Saya Mao Toon Siong, National Table Tennis Coach

  • U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE67)

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated fro SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) in 1961
    • Joined RIT Chemical Engineering Department after graduation in 1967
    • Submitted Class Photos to the first RIT web site
    • Vocalist
    • Blogger
    U Htun Aung Kyaw

  • Class of 1965

    • Most members studied Engineering courses at BIT (Gyogone Campus) after passing I.Sc.(B) in 1961 and graduated with BE in 1965.

    Mechanical

    Saya U Kyaw Sein (M65, GBNF)

    • He is a Johnian.
    • Taught Mechanical Drawing and AutoCAD.
    • Moved to Singapore.
    • Admin / Moderator of RIT & Engg FB Groups.
    • Maintained a page for Pon Tu of Sayas and Sayamas (drawn by Bagyee U Myo Myint)
    • Passed away in Singapore in 2020.

    Saya Dr. Kyaw Sein (M65)

    • Retired as Professor, YTU.
    • Weightlifting and Body Building
    • Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thin
    • Taught at a Malaysian University

    Saya Dr. Nyo Win (M65)

    • He is a Johnian
    • Doctorate from the University of California at Berkley.
    • Past President of BAPS
    • Founding member of RIT Alumni International
    • Organizer, SPZP-2000
    • Founding member and Past BOD of NorCal RITAA.
    • Worked in high tech companies in the USA and Taiwan.

    Saya U Hla Myint (Charlie, M65)

    • He is a Paulian.
    • He represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo.
      He later managed the RIT Swimming and Water Polo teams.
    • He moved to Australia.
    • Co-chaired an RIT gathering in Sydney in 2006 [and may be more].
    • Visited California to see his cousins (e.g. Daw Kyu Kyu Lin (T75)) and friends,

    Saya U Myo Win (Melvin, M/Ag65, GBNF)

    • He is MEHS Alumnus.
    • Headed the RIT Automobile Club.
    • Taught at RIT and Waga Waga University, Australia.Rowed for RIT.
    • He moved to Australia.
    • Co-chaired the RIT Alumni Annual Dinner in Sydney, Australia in 2006T
    • See GBNF pages for messages of condolence.
      .

    Chemical

    • Daw Khin Thein Yi (ChE65)
      Spouse : Edward Teoh (M64)
    • Daw Ni Ni Thwin (Dolly, ChE65, GBNF)
      Sister : Sayama Daw Amy Thwin (GBNF)

    Architecture

    • U Than Htaik (A65)
      Moved to Poland
      Sister : Daw Tin Tin Hla (A70)

  • U Ba Than’s Birthday

    Happy Birthday Sayagyi U Ba Than on October 2nd

    U Ba Than
    Pon Tu of U Ba Than
    U Ba Than and Family

  • Annual Dinner for Gyogone Hostels

    by Daw Khin Swe Oo

    ၁၉၈၄ ခုနှစ်က ကြို့ကုန်းဆောင်များ နှစ်ပါတ်လည်ညစာစားပွဲကိုဦးဆောင်ကျင်းပခဲ့သော ABCDEFG အဆောင်များမှ အဆောင်သာယာရေးကော်မီတီအဖွဲ့ဝင်များအမှတ်တရ

    ရှေ့တန်း ဝဲမှယာ ယဉ်ယဉ်မြင့်၊ အေးအေးရီ၊တင်တင်မြ၊ညိုညိုသန်း၊သန္တာဦး ဆရာမ ဒေါ်ခင်နီနီသိန်း၊အဆောင်မှူး ၊ဒုအဆောင်မှူး (နာမည်မေ့နေ)ယဉ်ယဉ်နု၊ခင်ဆွေဦး ဝေဝေမြင့်၊ခင်ငြိမ်းသူ

  • NorCal RITAA Dinner 1

    EC and BOD
    EC, BOD, Family members & Guests

  • Remembering Saya Allen Htay

    Saya Mao Toon Siong
    • Saya Mao Toon Siong (M62) taught Thermodynamics during our school days.
    • He was Burma Champion for Table Tennis in both Singles and Doubles.
    • He competed in the World Championship and other international games (SEAP, Asian Games).
    • He served as Coach/Manager for the Burma team.
    • He also coached and managed the RIT Table Tennis Team to be victorious in the Inter-Institute Championship.
      His players include “Sin Gyi” (Maung Maung), Stan Liou, Win Myint and another (who is GBNF).
    • His spouse Daw Tin Tin Maw taught Chemistry.
      Her elder sister Lily (MEHS) stood first in Burma in the Matriculation of 1955.

  • Interim Deans of Engineering

    Four Sayas served as Interim Dean of Engineering

    Dr. Htin Aung

    Dr. Tha Hla

    Dr. Maung Maung Kha

    U Po Tha

    ** Notes

    * Dr. Htin Aung served as Rector of Rangoon University and Burmese Ambassador to Ceylon.

    * Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology and Rector of RU.

    * Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics and Rector of RU, RASU and University of Distance Learning.

    * U Po Tha served as Professor of Chemistry.

    He wrote Foreword for one of Dr. Htin Aung’s book.

    He advised his nephew Saya U Aung Khin to study Engineering.

  • U Thein Oo

    Name
    • He was known as “Ah Thay Lay“.
    • He is another example of “Great men are short“.
    • He is an entrepreneur (since his school days).
    • He supposedly paid his school fees from his winnings from “Ta Chut Hmok / Show” (and similar card games).
      With great control and having excellent strategies, he was never victimized by “over-emotional” card players.
    • He was also good in sports :
      as a “lifter” in volleyball
      and as a “smasher” in table tennis.
    Brief Bio
    • He received B.Com in 1969
    • He joined the Department of Commerce
    • He later transferred to UCC as Application Programmer along with Bo Shoke, Ko Htin Kyaw and Ko Tun Shwe.
    • His mentors include Saya Dr. Khin Mg Kyi (who attended the University as a monk & is known for his debating style).
      Ko Thein Oo is equally good as his mentor and may be even better.
    • Saya found his soul mate (Than Than Tint) at UCC.
      Or is it Thant Thant Tin (or the permutations)?
      On their early date, a Sayama from Commerce Department saw them and broke the news to UCC Sayas.
    • They and their family members (son, daughter-in-law) operate ACE and its subsidiaries.
    • Ko Thein Oo and Ko Tin Win Aung co-founded the first “training & services” company.
    • Ko Thein Oo has served in various capacities (President …) in MCF and similar organizations.
    • He would entertain (e.g. with Naga Ni song) at the UCC and ICST Gatherings.

  • U Thein Lwin

    He is the elder brother of U Myo Myint (ChE, USA), Nelly Kyin, U Kyi Lwin (George, C67), U Tint Lwin (Daniel, M69), Peggy Kyin and U Thet Lwin (Henry, EC72).

    He is an alumnus of Lehigh University in the USA. Sayagyi U Aung Khin and Saya U Thit are alumni of Lehigh.

    He served as President of RIT Badminton Association, which won the Inter-Institute tournaments thanks to Sai Kham Pan (EP69, Burma Selected) and his team mates (Bishnu, Myint Sein, .Tommy Sein, ..)

    He taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic.

    He and Sayama Daw May Than Nwe (Joyce, Physics) passed away within a month (or two) of each other.

    May they rest in peace.

    Feedback

    Zau Lai wrote :
    May Saya rests in peace.

    Daniel wrote :
    May our beloved brother and sister-in-law rest in peace.
    We miss them dearly.