HlaMin

Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • Dr. TOKM

    Video Broadcast

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60)

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    • Top Paulian in his class
      The Brothers were disappointed when he missed the top five positions by a mark each.
    • Founded “Alumni of the Institutes of Medicine in Myanmar” group
      Wrote about his mentors and other trail blazers.
    • Wrote several posts

    Related Posts

    • Paulian Doctors
    • Class of SPHS 1960
    • Seven Siblings
    • U Kyaw Myint
    • The Empty Tomb (of ICS U Tin Tut)
    • Dr. Tin U
    • Dr. Mohan

  • Language

    Video Broadcast

    • Medium for Communication
    • Spoken Language
      e.g. Myanmar Sagar
    • Written Language
      e.g. Myanmar Sar
    • Natural Language
      Natural Language Understanding
      Natural Language Processing
    • Native Language / Mother Tongue
    • Foreign Language
      TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
      ESL (English as a Second Language)
    • Computing
      Formal Language
    • Chomsky Language Hierarchy
      Context Free Language
      Context Sensitive Language
      …
    • Programming Language
      Machine Language
      Assembly Language
      High Level Language
      Compiler
      Interpreter
      Script
    • Esperanto
      Experiment in universal language
    • Babel
      Biblical story
    • Rosetta stone
      Key for studying Egyptian hieroglyphs
    • Special Language
      Sign Language
      Braille
      Meta-language
      Domain specific language

  • 1974

    Video Broadcast on December 17, 2020

    RIT Graduates in 1974

    • Dr. Htay Lwin Lwin (EP74, GBNF)
      RIT Luyechun
      MSc.(CS) from UCC
      Ph.D from Syracuse University
      Passed away in San Jose (where he was teaching at SJSU)
      See my posts about his Last Journey
    • U Myint Swe (EP74)
      Worked in Singapore and USA
      Vice President, NorCal RITAA
      Spouse : Daw San San Nwe / San San Swe (EC74)
    • Daw Khin Swe Oo (EC74)
      Retired Associate Professor, YTU
      Moved to Singapore
      Spouse : U Than Lwin (UCC, CSO, Singapore)
    • Sai Aung Thurein (EC74)
      M.Sc.(CS) from UCC
      Worked in Singapore and Australia
      Spouse : “Swe” (EE74)
    • Dr. Charlie Than (M74)
      Navy, Maritime University and MEC
    • U Maung Maung Thant (M74)
      Rowed for Ye Gyaung Lu Nge
    • U Sann Aung (M74)
      RUBC Gold
      U.S.A Photo Lab
    • U Win Myint Aung (ChE74)
      Pen name : Win Myint (Myeik)
      Spouse : ChE (daughter of SPHS Saya U Kyaw Sein)

    U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin

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    • 3rd UNSG and first Asian UNSG
    • Passed away in USA
    • Body brought back to Burma (for final resting place)
    • Dy. Minister who paid respect to the body at Mingalardon air port was dismissed
    • Students were dissatisfied at the Higher Authorities for not honoring Burma’s son
    • The Ah Yay Ah Khin caused the death, imprisonment and career loss of several innocent young people.
    • Ko Win Htein (Dat Pon) published a book with rare photos and articles
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    • I posted an article “Burma’s Son” about U Thant.
    • I spoke about U Thant at his Centennial Celebration in the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • Reunion and SPZP

    • Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
    • Sharing is Caring

    Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

    • I was fortunate to be an organizer for the RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwes.
    • The first SPZP was held in San Francisco, California, USA in 2000.
    • The Singapore alumni hosted the SPZPs in 2002, 2007 and 2010.
    • The Myanmar alumni hosted the SPZPs in 2004, 2012 and 2016. The next SPZP scheduled for December 2020 was postponed due to the pandemic.
    • The precious memories are shared by alumni — young and old, far and near, weak and strong — via pictures, anecdotes, poems (in both Burmese and English).
    SPZP Organizers

    Sharing is Caring

    There are many Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the group. They can share their knowledge, experience and wisdom.

    • Sayas and Sayamas
      Retired, Semi-retired, Active
    • Family members of Sayas and Sayamas
      Children, Grand children and Great grandchildren
    • Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins
      Cartoonists
      Composers
      Dancers (Minthas, Minthamees)
      Journalists
      Lu Shwin Daws
      Musicians
      Vocalists
      Zat Sayas
    • Athletes
      Burma Selected
      University Selected
      Selection for Halls, Disciplines and Classes
    • Authors
    • Bloggers
    • Organizers and/or Executive Committee Members
      Annual Dinner
      Associations
      Magazine
      Social and Reading Club
      Student Union
    • Photographers
    • Poets
    • Professionals
      Retired, Semi-retired, Active
    • Videographers

  • RU 18

    MRTV broadcast

    Live with

    • Opening and Closing Songs
    • Virtual Ribbon Cutting
    • Prerecorded Messages by Dignitaries
    • Video clips of Events, Exhibitions, Competitions. Seminars

    Miscellaneous

    • Kabyars to commemorate RU Centennial
      December 3, 2020
      Organizers: Tekkatho Ka Laung Ah Thin from the 50s and 60s
    • Master Plan to bring back the Glory to RU
      Autonomy
      High Quality Education and Research
      Pleasant and Healthy Environment
      Upgrade to Buildings (including Hostels)
      _
    • BBC Myanmar
      Saya U Ba Toke
      Selected Sayagyis and Sayamagyis

  • Scholar Athletes

    Rangoon University Soccer

    Saya Nyein (Coach)

    Many RU Selected also played for Burma

    • U Than Win
      Captain
      Director, SPED (Sports and Physical Education Department)
    • U Chan Tha
      Captain, Prome Hall
      Also RUBC Captain and Gold
    • Collegian Nay Win
      Won Best Player award
      Academy winner
    • U Tun Kyi and U Kenneth Shein
      Railways and Burma Team

    Related Posts in RU Centennial

    • U Aung Khin
      Scored the winning goal at Asian Games
    • U Ba Maung
      Sports Officer, RASU
    • U Gary Maung Maung
      Played for RU, SAMB and Burma

    RUBC Gold

    • U Thet Toe (C H Chan)
      Barrister-at-law
      Most Senior Past Captain (before his demise)
    • James Barrington (ICS)
      Permanent Representative to UN
      Ambassador
    • Dr. Ronald Lwin (San Lwin)
      Physician
    • Balwant Singh
      Commissioner of Pegu Division
      U.N. Security
    • U Tin U
      Part-time Lecturer, Civil
      Director of several companies
      Most Senior Past Captain
    • U Mg Mg Than Tun
      Navy Commander
      Ambassador
    • Dr. Pe Nyun
      Pediatric Surgeon
      Leader of team that operated on Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San (conjoined twins)
    • Dr. Pe Thein
      Professor
      Minister of Health and Education
    • Dr. Harry Saing (Htut Saing)
      Pediatric Surgeon
      Deputy Leader of team that operated on Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San
      ARAE Champion in 1958 and 1960
      Burma Selected in Hockey and Cricket
      Track and Field, Soccer and Rowing selection for Faculty of Medicine
    • U Tin Htoon
      Architect
      ARAE Champion in 1958 and 1960
      Silver medalist for Yachting in SEAP Games
      Compiler for 40th Anniversary and Chair for 90th Anniversary of RUBC

    Miscellaneous

    • Tin Htoon and Harry Saing won the Venables Bowl for Coxless Pairs at the 1958 ARAE Regatta in Calcutta
    • Tin Htoon, Harry Saing, Victor Htun Shein, Sunny Teng and Sein Htoon won the Willingdon Trophy for Coxed Fours at the 1960 ARAE Regatta in Colombo.
    • I served as Contributing Editor for the 90th Anniversary of RUBC.

    Related Posts

    • I wrote articles and broadcast videos on various sports
      (e.g. Badminton, Hockey, Table Tennis, Tennis)
    • Memories of RUBC
    • RU Athletes for 2nd SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961

  • SPZP-2002 (Singapore)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2925

    • The Second RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was hosted by the says and alums in Singapore.
    • The event took place on December 7, 2002 (Saturday).
    • Dr. Soe Thein and team maintained two web sites :
      one for ex-rit singapore (for the SPZP events)
      another for the Civil Engineering Alumni in Singapore (for the Civil Sayas’ residence in Singapore and their contact numbers).
    • Saya U Moe Aung, Saya Dr. Tin Hlaing, Sayama Daw “Emma” Tin Tin Myint, Saya U Aung, Saya U Tin Lin, and Saya Dr. Dr. Soe Thein are some of the core organizers of SPZP-2002.
    • The RIT gathering at the Thingyan festival and musical gala at NTU helped with the planning and implementation of SPZP-2002.
    • Saya U Moe Aung and team published the commemorative “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung”.
    • “Don Min” U Yu Swan, U Moe Myint, Daw Moh Moh Han, U Myint San (“Tet Lu”), U Aung Kyaw Myint (“Ko Ba Kyaw”), and many other talented Geeta Ah Nu Pyinnar Shins helped with the entertainment for SPZP-2002

    Three SPZPs in Singapore

    • December 2002 (Second world wide SPZP)
      Chair : Saya U Moe Aung
    • April 2007 (Fourth world wide SPZP)
      Chair : U Nyan Win Shwe
    • December 2010 (Fifth world wide SPZP)
      Chair : Saya U Moe Aung

    From the Archives

    From Ko Zaw Tun Naing and Ko Nyan Win Shwe
    ex-rit singapore

    Please be informed that there will be Ex-RIT, Singapore 7th meeting on

    Date: 30.04.2006 (April 30, SUNDAY)
    Time: 14:00 to 16:00 (2:00pm to 4pm )
    after Appreciation Lunch 12pm to 2pm.
    Venue: Yunnan Corner
    Nanyang Terrace
    NTU

    Agenda

    1. Review 2006 Thingyan
    2. Update 2006 Thingyan Account
    3. 2006 Thingyan Video Production
    4. Define Price for 2006 Thingyan Video
    5. Distribution Plan for 2006 Thingyan Video
    6. 2007 Sayapuzawpwe discussion
    We will discuss how should we celebrate the coming “Ex-RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe” in April 2007”.
    We’ll also form sub committees for actions.
    7. Any other matters

    Please come forward and give us good ideas. Your attendance is invaluable to EX-RIT, Singapore.

  • O Noble Saya

    အို ဘဲ့ မြတ် ဆ ရာ

    Musical Video

    U-70 Group ရဲ့ အထူး အစီအစဥ်

    ကို အားပေး နိုင်ပါ ပြီ။

    ပုံတူ

    ဓာတ်ပုံ

    Slide Show

    တေးဂီတ

    အစုံအလင်

    စေ တ နာ

    ဝါ သ နာ

    အ နစ် နာ

    ဆရာ ဆရာမ များ ကို

    ထာ ဝ ရ

    ဂါ ရ ဝ ပြု

    တင် ဆက် မှု

    ကြိုးပမ်းမှု

    အစ အဆုံး

    နှစ်လ ကြာ

    ဆရာ စိုး — စန္ဒယား + တယော

    အဆို —

    ဒေါ်ကြည်ကြည်စိန်

    ဒေါ်ခင်မူမူ

    ဦးဆန်းဝင်း

    ဦးဝင်းမြင့်

    (4) Channels

    waveforms

    ကို synchronize

    ပုံတူ — ပန်းချီ မြတ်မျိုးမြင့်

    ဓာတ်ပုံ — ဦးခင်မောင်ကြီး

    + စုဆောင်းပေးသူ များ

    အကြံပေး — ဦးမြင့်ဖေ

    Narrator — ဒေါ်ခင်မူမူ

    + Hnin Yu Aung

    Director & Producer —

    ဦးအောင်မြိုင်

    RIT အိုဘယ့် မြတ်ဆရာ (O Noble Teacher of RIT)

    ပန်းချီမြတ်မျိုးမြင့် (M73) က ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် (RIT) ဆရာများ၏ ပုံတူပန်းချီများကို ရေးဆွဲ၍ ပူဇော်ခဲ့သည်။ စုစုပေါင်း (၇၇)ပုံရှိသည်။ ဆရာ ဦးကျော်စိန်(၁)( M65) က သူ၏ FB တွင် စုစည်းတင်ပြခဲ့သည်။ ဆရာ ဦးတင်လင်း (ChE72) က ထပ်ဆင့်မွမ်းမံခဲ့သည်။ RIT U70 group founder ဦးမြင့်ဖေ M72 နှင့် ကျနော်တို့က Music Video တစ်ခုတွင် စုစည်းရန် ကြံဆောင်ခဲ့ကြသည်။ ဤသို့ဖြင့် ဤ music video ပေါ်ပေါက်လာတော့သည်။

    ပုံတူပန်းချီအားလုံးနီးပါးက 1964-71 ကာလ ရှေးဦးဆရာများဖြစ်ခြင်း နှင့် music duration က ၅မိနစ်သာသာမျှသာရှိခြင်းတို့ကြောင့် ဤ music video စုစည်းပူဇော်ခြင်းကို ၁၉၆၄-၇၁ ကာလအတွက်သာ သတ်မှတ်လိုက်ပါသည်။

    BIT/RIT/YIT/YTU သက်တမ်းအားလုံးအတွက် ဆရာ ဆရာမများ၏ ပုံတူနှင့် ဓာတ်ပုံများဖေါ်ပြနိုင်စေရန်အတွက်မူ ဘာသာရပ် တစ်ခုချင်းစီ၏ music video တစ်ခုချင်း ဖန်တီးခြင်းနည်းလမ်းသာရှိပါသည်။

    ဤသီချင်းကို သီကုံးခဲ့သူ ဂီတစာဆို ဂီတာ ဖေဝင်း ဖွဲ့ဆိုသကဲ့သို့ ပန်းလှူသည့်လက်ဖဝါးပေါ်မှာ ပန်းရနံ့တွေကျန်ခဲ့သည့်နည်းတူ ဆရာများကို ကန်တော့သည့် တပည့်တွေမှာ ကောင်းကျိုးအထွေထွေ ကျန်ခဲ့ကြမှာ အသေအချာပါ။

  • Volunteer for Six Decades

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    • Served as Volunteer for various organizations (Professional, Social, Religious, Sports, Alumni) for five decades
      ACM (SF Bay Area Chapter Volunteer)
      BAPS Newsletter (Contributing Editor)
      BARB / MARB (Guest Lecturer)
      NFLC Burmese Language Project (Language Expert)
      Computer History Museum (Docent)
      Curriculum Development (High School Mathematics)
      Dhammananda Newsletter (Contributing Editor)
      Editor (for Books by friends and sayadaws)
      NorCal RITAA (Founding member, BOD)
      RIT Alumni International (Founding member, Chief Editor)
      RIT EE Association (Secretary, Joint Secretary, Magazine Committee)
      RUBC (Vice Captain, Treasurer)
      TBSA (Vice President, BOD, Emcee for Sayadaw U Silananda’s Memorial Service)
      TMC (Interpreter for Dhamma Talks)
      Toastmasters International (Distinguished Toastmaster)
      UCC (Lecture Guides and Manuals)
      …
    • Completed 22 years as Chief Editor of “RIT Alumni International Newsletter“
      Posted thousands or email newsletters and/or blogs.
    • Helped organize World Wide Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP)s starting with SPZP-2000 in San Francisco, USA.
    • Wrote 64 “Count down to the Reunion” and 36 “Post Reunion” for SPZP-2000.
    • Wrote Poems and Articles for Commemorative Issues of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung and Swel Daw Yeik Magazine
    • On behalf of the 69ers, thanked the sayas, sayamas, sponsors and attendees at the Golden Jubilee of Graduation on December 14, 2019 at the YTU Assembly Hall.
    • Wrote Preludes to every section in the 90th Anniversary Issue of RUBC in half an hour.
      Wrote three articles as Contributing Editor for the Magazine.
    • Wrote 30+ “Memories of UCC” in three days (during my visit to Yangon in 2018)
    • Wrote / revised 2000+ posts in hlamin.com
    • Broadcast 200+ Educational Videos.
      Most of them are on Facebook.
      The later ones are on my You Tube Channel.
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    • Have dumped my still reasonably good memory to pay back to my alma mater.
    • Attended PPBRS, SPHS, Leik Khone, RIT and UCC.
    • Taught at UCC, DCS and ICST.
    • Admin of several FB groups :
      RIT Alumni
      Fun with Learning
      Life Long Learning
      Myanmar 2021
    • Moderator
      Rangoon University Centennial FB Group
    • Requested sayas, alumni and friends to help me with my journey.
    • Some provided insightful comments :
      Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi
      U Aye (M62)
      Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60)
      Dr. Nyunt Wai (SPHS63)
      Dr. Khin Maung U (SPHS63)
      U Aung Myint (SPHS64, UCC)
      U Khin Maung Zaw (SPHS70, EC76)
    • Know only a fraction of sayas and alumni
      But I know them with reasonable detail
    • Am a Jack of All Trades and Master of Some.
      There are many areas of knowledge that I do not know. |
      But I know a few areas with reasonable detail.
    • Am grateful to my ancestors who are philanthropists.
      They led by example.
      They donated cash and kind for hospitals, schools, religious and social institutions.
      Cannot donate a fraction of what they did in cash, but I have donated my time and energy.
    • Am grateful to my “Let Oo Sayas”.
      My beloved father said, “Any thing that is worth doing is worth doing well.”
      My beloved mother said, “Eyes have you and you see not. Ears have you and hear not”.
      Without their unbounded love, support and exhortation, I would not be where I am today.
    • “If one can dream, others can fulfill.”
      It was true of Jules Verne.
    • Had two of my dreams fulfilled :
      (a) to get the sayas and alumni get connected and re-connected electronically and physically
      (b) to pay back the metta and cetana of our mentors via SPZP.
    • Latest dream is to implement “Written and Oral History”
    • Hope that amateur and professional folklorists / historians can massage my Posts and Videos into Reference Material.

  • Unsung Heroes

    • There are several sayas and alumni who helped with the RIT-related activities in general and SPZPs in particular.

    Organizers

    • U Win Thein (M67, GBNF) was a Trail Blazer.
    • Benny Tan, Maurice Chee and team for SPZP-2000
    • U Moe Aung and team for SPZP-2002 and SPZP-2010
    • U Nyan Win Shwe and team for SPZP-2007
    • U Win Khaing and team for SPZP-2004 and SPZP-2012
    • Organizers of Shwe YaDu 2014 and SPZP-2016
    • U Saw Linn (C71, GNBF) wore multiple hats despite his failing health.

    Fund Raisers

    • It is not easy to be a fund raiser.
    • U Aye Tun (Anthony, M76) is a notable fund raiser in the San Francisco Bay Area.
      He volunteered for alumni, social and religious organizations.
      He sold many tickets, but he also had to buy tickets from other organizations.
    • U Wynn Htain Oo and Nan Khin Nwe are super fund raisers.
      Their tasks grew exponentially when the project cost for YTU Library Modernization was underestimated, and the exchange rate for foreign currencies soared.
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    WHO

    Unsung Heroes

    The following volunteered for one or more associations and projects

    • U Ohn Khine
    • U Myint Pe
    • U Thant Zin
    • Daw Pyone Pyone Oo
    • U Htay Maung
    • U Thiha Latt,
    • U Tin Latt
    • U Tin Oo,
    • U Kyaw Hlaing
    • U Aung Moung (GBNF)
    • U Than Po
    • Daw Mar Mar Yee
    • …
    • Photographers and Videographers (Official and Volunteers)
      Dhatu Kyaw Lynn
      U Khin Maung Win
      U Khin Maung Aye
      U Tin Maung Win
      …
    • The Pon Chan Chan Group & the famed Swel Daw Yeik Troupe members share their experience, time and energy to provide entertainment (sadly once to “empty chairs”).
    • Artists and Cartoonists

    Sponsors and Donors


    SPZP

    • There were donors — large and small, old and young.
    • They include Golden Sponsors for the Reunion and World Wide Pu Zaw Pwes.
    • For example, there were five Golden Sponsors for SPZP-2000 :
      Steeve Kay (U Thaung Sein, Southern California), Benny Tan (Tan Yu Beng, Northern California), Ivan Lee (U Khin Maung Oo, New Jersey), David Ko (U Tin Myint, Northern California, GBNF) and U Maung Maung Than (Texas)

    Health Care Funds

    • Steeve and Helen Kay Fund for Health Care of Eligible RIT Sayas and Sayamas
    • U Khin Maung Tun & Family Fund for Vision Care of Eligible RIT Sayas and Sayamas
    • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
      has taken over the activities of the first two funds (which transferred their balance to SDYF)
    • 69er HCF, EE 69er HCF
    • Some donated in kind (e.g. arranging Medical Check up for sayas and sayamas).

    YTU Library Modernization

    • Main Component
      U Khin Maung Tun,
      Daw Myint Myint (in memory of U Htein Win)
      Saya Dr. Myo Khin & Ma Mya Mya Nwe (Winsome),
      James and Annette Shwe,
      NorCal RITAA,
      Members and Friends of BASES,
      Anonymous donors,
      Donors (Large and small, One-time or Repeated)
    • Training Component for Library Staff
      Sayas and Alumni from USA (Sayas U Maung Maung, U Myat Thwin, U Tin Maung Nyunt)
      From Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar (Details were provided by WHO and team)

    Food donors

    • Large and small — for the meetings and events are to be commended.
    • They made SPZP-2016 a truly free all-day-long event.

    Publications

    • When I started the RIT Alumni Newsletter two decades ago, I was told that “RIT is a dying breed”, our alma mater is the birth place of Thabons and that I might have to spend Waso at Insein if I visit Yangon.
    • RIT Annual Magazines
    • Magazines and Sar Saungs
      Some to commemorate SPZPs

    RIT Spirit

    • As Henley wrote in Invictus and Bogyoke rendered in his translation, many sayas and alumni were not afraid.
    • They made the RIT Spirit alive and well.
    • We hope our alma mater, sayas and colleagues will formally recognize the heroes (well known as well as unsung ones) on paper, and may be some day in the not so distant future at “Once upon a time at RIT” corner (e.g. Wall of Fame)