by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Dr. Ko Ko Lay & U Yu Khin
- Dr. Ko Ko Lay : Chair, University Sports Council
- Dean U Yu Khin : Chair, Sports Promotion Committee
Dr. Hla Thwin
U Ba Toke
Saw William Paw
Dr. Maung Shein
Saya Nyein
Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)
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RU Sports Council
Dr. Ko Ko Lay, U Yu Khin Dr. Hla Thwin 1 Dr. Hla Thwin 2 U Ba Toke Saw William Paw Dr. Maung Shein Saya Nyein -
Visits in 2015
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
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.
Phil 1 
Phil 2 
Phil 3 
Phil 4 
Phil 5 
Phil 6 
Phil 7 
Phil 8 
Phil 9 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
New Jersey Niagara Falls
- On the way to Canada
- Took photos from the US side & the Canada side
Niagara Fall 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.
U Aung Khin 
Saya U Aung Khin 
Memento 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.
Dr. Aung Gyi - Took a quick trip to Thousand Islands. Ma Ma Emma bought a gift for my Myee
Thousand Islands 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
U TAG 
Dinner Trumbull, Connecticut
- Hosts : U Toung (Tom, EC69) and Daw Khin Myint
- Visit Yale University
- Visit Pizza place frequented by the young Bill Clinton
Ko Toung 
Place frequented by 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
MD 1 
MD 2 
MD 3 
MD 4 Posts
- 69er
- Alumni
- Reunion
- Sayas
- Visits
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One
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Numeral
- Hindu-Arabic numeral : 1
- Roman numeral : I
- တစ် (One)
- ပထမ (First)
Miscellaneous
- Ace — ဖဲချပ်။ လေသူရဲ
- First day of the month — လ အစ
- January ဇန္နဝါရီ လ— 1st month of Gregorian Calendar
- March မတ် လ — 1st month of old Roman Calendar
- Monocle — မျက်မှန်
- Monograph — စာတမ်း
- Monopoly — စျေးကွက် ကို တဦးထည်းကြီးစိုး။ Board Game ကစားနည်း
- Monarchy — ထီးနန်း
- Monotheism — Belief in one god or deity
- Single — တဦီးချင်း။ အိမ်ထောင်မရှိ
- Singleton — Bridge ဖဲကစားနည်း မှာ Suit တခု မှာ Card တချပ် ဘဲရှိ။
- Unique, Uniqueness
- Universe — စကြာဝဠာ
- Universal
- Unicycle — စက်ဘီး
- Union — ပြည်ထောင်စု (စသဖြင့်)
- Unit — အတိုင်းအတာ
- Unity — စည်းလုံးမှု
Poem -
Four
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Numeral
- Hindu-Arablic numeral : 4
- Roman numeral : IV
- လေး (Four in Burmese)
- စတုတ္ထ (Fourth in Burmese)
Recent Buddhas မြတ်စွာဘုရား
- Kakusandha ကကုသန်
- Konagamana ဂေါဏဂုံ
- Kassapa ကဿပ
- Gautama ဂေါတမ
Sacca / Noble Truth သစ္စာ
- Dukkha ဒုက္ခ
Unsatisfactoriness / Misery / Suffering - Samudiya သမုဒယ
Cause of suffering - Nirodha နိရောဓ
Cessation of suffering - Magga မဂ္ဂ
The Path / The Middle Way
Foundation of Mindfulness သတိပဌာန်
- Contemplation of the kaya / body ကာယာနုပဿနာ
- Contemplation of the vedana / feeling ဝေဒနာနုပဿနာ
- Contemplation of the citta / mind စိတ္တာနုပဿနာ
- Contemplation of the dhamma ဓမ္မာနုပဿနာ/ general objects — not covered by the above three
Brahma Vihara Practice
ဗြဟ္မာစိုရ်တရား
- Metta မေတ္တာ
Loving kindness / Unbounded love - Karuna ကရုဏာ
Compassion - Mudita မုဒိတာ
Sympathetic joy / Altruistic joy - Uppekkha ဥပေက္ခာ
Equanimity
Guardian deities
လောကပါလ
- Dhatarattha (East) ဓတ္တရဌ
- Virulhaka (South) ဝိရူဠက
- Virupkkha (West) ဝိရူပက္ခ
- Kuvera (North) ကုဝေရ
Mahabhuta
မဟာဘုတ်
- Patthavi ပထဝီ
Earth element - Tejo တေဇော
Fire element - Apo အာပေါ
Water or liquid element - Vayo ဝါယော
Air or wind element
Undergraduate Classes
ဘွဲ့ကြို
- Freshman
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
Baseball
- First base
- Second base
- Third base
- Home plate
Miscellaneous
အထွေထွေ
- Four sided figures စတုဂံ
Rectangle, Square, Parallelogram, Parallepiped, Rhombus - Games အားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲ
Four quarters (e.g. Football, Basketball) - Rowing လှေလှော်
Coxless fours, Coxed fours, Quadruple sculls
Coxed Fours - April ဧပြီလ 4th month of the Gregorian Calendar
Posts
- Computation
- Digital
- Number Systems
- Numerals
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Five
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Numeral
- Hindu-Arabic numeral : 5
- Roman numeral : V
- ငါး (Five)
- ပဥ္စမ (Fifth)
First group of disciples
ပဥ္စဝဂ္ဂီ
- Kondanna ကောဏ္ဍည
- Baddhiya ဘဒ္ဒိယ
- Vappa ဝပ္ပ
- Mahanama မဟာနာမ်
- Asajji အဿဇိ
Five Khandas / ခန္ဓာ Aggregates
- Rupakkhandha : Material phenomena ရူပက္ခန္ဓာ
- Vedanakkhanda : Feeling ဝေဒနက္ခန္ဓာ
- Sannakkhanda : Perceptionသညာနက္ခန္ဓာ
- Sankharakkhnada : Formations သင်္ခါရက္ခန္ဓာ
- Vinnanakkhandha : Consciousness ဝေညာနက္ခန္ဓာ
Five Precepts
ငါးပါးသီလ
Abstain from
- Killing
- Stealing
- Sexual misconduct
- Lies
- Intoxicants (liquor, “drugs”, …)
Five Senses
အာရုံငါးပါး
- Hearing
- Sight
- Smell
- Taste
- Touch
Five Nikaya / Collection
နိကယ် ငါးရပ်
- Digha Nikaya : “long collection”
- Majjhima Nikaya : “middle-length collection”
- Samyutta Nikaya : “grouped collection” — “thematically linked discourses”
- Anguttara Nikaya : the “further-factored collection” — discourses grouped by content enumerations
- Khuddaka Nikaya : the “collection of little texts”
Miscellaneous
- Five Jhana စျာန် ငါးပါး
- Five fingers on each hand လက်ချောင်း ငါးချောင်း
- Five toes on each foot ခြေချောင်း ငါးချောင်း
- Pentagon five sided polygonပဥ္စဂံ
- May မေ လ 5th month of the Gregorian Calendar
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Dr. Chit Swe
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
- Graduate of Imperial College, Liverpool & Glasgow
- Founder & Director, Universities’ Computer Center
- Professor, RASU Maths
- Rector, RASU
- Advisor for Burmese postgrad students in Bangkok and Sydney
With two youngest sons Swe Latt & Chit Khin
DCS 1 Saya’s Family
DCS 2 Computer Pioneer in Burma
DCS 3 Former Rector, RASU
DCS 4 Yahan Khan at UCC
DCS 5 UCC Alumni in Sydney
DCS 6 Obituary
DCS 7 Last Journey
Castlebrook Memorial Park Crematorium
Time : 12 – 2 PM (Australia AEDT)
Location : 712 – 746 Windsor Road
Rouse Hill NSW 2155
(Opposite Rouse Hill Shopping Center)
Web site: https://www. castlebrook.com.au
Posts
- Computer Pioneers in Burma
- Dr. Chit Swe’s Vision
- Memories of UCC
- Names — Chit Swe
- Sojourn in Sagaing Hills
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RIT Table Tennis
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Inter-Institute Champions
Team Coach
Saya Mao 
Saya Mao & family Saya Mao Toon Siong (M62)
- Represented Burma in International Competitions
(SEAP, Asian Games and World Championship) - Retired Burma National Coach
Players
U Win Myint & Stan Liou - U Maung Maung – C67
(aka Chin Kaung Hook – extremely good in Chess) - U Win Myint – E67 (aka Hin Lok Kung)
Retired engineer, San Francisco Bay Area - Stan Liou – M67
Former Chair, Board of Directors, NorCal RITAA - U Myat Lwin – Ch67 (GBNF)
- Represented Burma in International Competitions
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Celebrations
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Centennial Celebrations
- Rangoon University (Established on December 1, 1920)
- Thakhin Kodaw Hmaing (Founder of Peace Movement and Principal of National College)
- Bogyoke Aung San (Architect of Burma’s Independence)
- U Thant (United Nations Secretary General)
- U Thein Han (Zawgyi, Chief Librarian of Rangoon University Central Library, Laureate Poet)
- U Wun (Minthuwun, Professor, Head of RU Translation Department, Lexicographer, Visiting Professor at Osaka University)
- Dr. Maung Maung Kha (Rector of Rangoon University)
Dr. Maung Maung Kha 
Dr. Maung Maung Kha & Family - Ludu Daw Ah Mar (Amar, Author and Publisher)
- U Khin Maung Latt (Taught English at RU and at his private school, Chief Editor of Working People’s Daily)
- Daw Khin Myo Chit (Participant in the struggle for Burma’s Independence, Award winning Author and Translator)
RU Jubilees
The University of Rangoon was established in December 1920. The Jubilees include
- Silver Jubilee (in 1945)
Most of the schools were closed for three years. The University of Rangoon reopened in 1946.
There were make-shift classes on Mogul (Shwe Bon Tha) Street during that period.
Saya U Ba Toke was lucky to receive his Masters during the war (thanks to his supervisor). - Golden Jubilee (in 1970)
I used to have a commemorative issue.
I also had a small part as a volunteer of the “Zay Nay Yar Cha Htar Yay Ah Phwe”. - Diamond Jubilee (in 1995)
Saya Dr. Soe Win has posted a picture.
- Centennial (in 2020)
EC Members of the “Tekkatho Kalaung Ah Thin (1958 – 1962)” will publish a Kabyar book and a commemorative issue.
The Engineering Education was established in 1923.
Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC) was founded in 1923.
The Centennial Celebrations could be held in 2023.
At the centennial celebrations of some universities, the alumni and staff were asked to nominate events and people to be honored as the 100 items associated with the school. The Group members could propose a list of memorable items about their alma mater.
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SPHS54
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Class Photo
SPHS54 Alumni
- Alan Khoo / Than Win (GBNF) : ADB
- Ernest Po Saw / Thein Oo Po Saw : Nuclear Physicist
- Koon Yin Chu / Phillip : First in Burma; Architect; Entrepreneur
- M Hla Min : RUBC Gold; SPHS Saya
- Dr. Myo Paing : Medical Researcher
- Oo Thwin / Michael (GBNF) : Rutgers Graduate
- San Maung / Gerald (GBNF) : RUBC Gold & Coach
- Sao Hso Hom : English Honors; Law; Sawbwa
- Dr. Thein Htut : RUBC Gold
- Tin Htoon : Architect; RUBC Captain & Gold
- Tun Shein / Willie : RUBC Gold
Koon Yin Chu
- First in Burma
- First in Architecture 1960
- Entrepreneur
- Currently in USA
Oo Thwin (Michael)
- Graduate of Rutgers University
- Passed away in Houston, Texas
Oo Thwin Sao Hso Hom
- Son of Arzani Sao Sam Htun
- Mong Pawn Sawbwa Lay
- First Class English Honors
- Law Graduate
- Author, Translator
- UN Retiree
- Currently in Australia
Sao Hso Hom Tin Htoon
- Architect, Thiri Pyit Saya Hotel in Bagan
- Architect, Burmese Buddhist Temple in Singapore
- Advisor, selected S N Goenka’s Projects
- RUBC Captain & Gold
- Winner of Venables Bowl for Coxless Pairs, 1958 ARAE Regatta in Calcutta with Harry Saing
- Winner of Willingdon Trophy for Coxed Fours, 1960 ARAE Regatta in Colombo with Harry Saing, Victor Htun Shein and Sein Htoon
- RUBC 40th Anniversary Magazine with Sithu U Tin and U Po Zon
- Chair, RUBC 90th Anniversary Magazine
RUBC 90th Anniversary Dr. Thein Htut
- RUBC Gold
- Parents : Col Min Sein, Dr. Daw Yin May
- Currently in Australia
Thein Htut Tun Shein
- Aka Willie Saing
- RUBC Gold
- Sr. Novices Winner in 1954
Tun Shein 
Paulian Crew — Sr. Novices Winners in 1954 -
Dr. Rimon Than
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
- Elder son of U Maung Maung Kyi (SPHS63, Chemical Engineering from Dresden University, GBNF) and Daw Khin May Than (ChE72).
- Sad to lose an accomplished “Rescue Team Leader”.
Sad Event
It occurred on February 15, 2013.
Squadron Leader Dr. Rimon Than (Ko Yi Htet), elder son of U Maung Maung Kyi (SPHS 63, RUBC) and Daw Khin May Than (ChE 72) from Wales, passed away during a mountaineering training in Scotland due to an avalanche. He is a squadron leader in Royal Air Force (RAF) and also a doctor and an experienced mountain climber.
See BBC news at
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-214690…>.
Maung Maung Kyi and Khin May Than were in Yangon at the time. They had to fly back to Wales to attend the funeral service with military honors.
Maung Maung Kyi was my classmate at St. Paul’s High School and I.Sc.(A). We rowed together at RUBC. He studied Chemical Engineering (Pulp & Paper) at Dresden University, Germany. He was a best man at our wedding.
Visit to Wales
In 2017, we visited UK.
My cousin nephew Dr. Khin Tun (Peter, GBNF) drove us to Wales to visit Maung Maung Kyi and Khin May Than at their new home Ogmore-by-the-sea.
Maung Maung Kyi Updates
- Dr. “Peter” Khin Tun (MRCP, Former Associate Dean of Oxford University) was a victim of Covid-19 and the lax Guidelines of NIH. He passed away on April 13, 2020. The news and TV coverage about the sad story led to reevaluation of procedures and support for NIH doctors and staff combating Covid.
- Maung Maung Kyi passed away peacefully in November 2024. His younger sisters — Dr. Kyi Kyi Hla, Daw Khin Thitsar and Dr. Khin Sabai — performed Soon Kwyay Dana for the 1st Anniversary of Maung Maung Kyi’s demise.
Soon Kyway Memories
Khin Sabai, Khin May Than & Mg Mg Kyi 
Top Matriculates from SPHS 1963 
SPHS Std VIII (A) 
Mg Mg Kyi 1 
Mg Mg Kyi 2
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