15 Teoh Siblings (Named alphabetically from Albert to Oscar)
9 Siblings (My Cousins)
My 7 Siblings
Other 7 Siblings (U Tin Tut to Daw Tin Saw Mu)
Seven Siblings
ICS U Tin Tut
U Tin Tut
First Burmese to become ICS by invitation.
Served as Foreign Minister, Brigadier of a Reserve Army, Journalist and Publisher.
Perished when a bomb (placed under his car) exploded. There were investigations, but no conclusive results were reported.
Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint posted photos and articles about his Ba Gyi (e.g. The Empty Tomb).
“Ba Gyi Aung Nyar Dei” (a famous short story by Minthuwun (Saya U Wun) has implicit references to U Tin Tut.
U Kyaw Myint
Brief Bio of U Kyaw Myint
Barrister, Judge of Supreme Court, Head of Tribunal that tried Galon U Saw, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Politician, Head of private Law firm that defended several people accused by the BSPP government).
Stood first in Burma from Central with distinctions in all subjects. Sadly, he was expelled from the University of Rangoon for attending his mother’s funeral and earned the ire of the Principal and his father. His saga is recounted in a series of posts by his son Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint.
Dhamma friend of my beloved parents. They built Dat Paung Zon Aung Min Gaung pagoda and supported “Mon” Sayadaw U Thilawanta.
U Myint Thein
Chief Justice of the Union of Burma
On March 2, 1962, a Coup D’etat took place. Arrested along the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, several Sawbwas and high ranking officials. During his detention, he was allowed only one day off to attend the funeral of his spouse Daw Phwa Hnin (an early Burmese female to be called to the Bar in the UK).
Ambassador (e.g. to China).
Outstanding author and translator.
Pen name : “MMT” (for Maung Myint Thein). His works were heavily censored.
Dr. Htin Aung
Dr. Htin Aung
Principal of Rangoon College & as first native Rector of Rangoon University
Prolific writer covering history, folklore and several topics
“Burmese Drama” and “Thirty Burmese Tales” were prescribed texts.
Daw Khin MyaMu
Lecturer in Burmese
Thamadu Myo Wun (family court judge)
Expert in Kyauk Sar (stone inscriptions)
Spouse : Burmese Professor U E Maung
Her handwritten manuscripts were not published due to lack of fonts, and were ultimately lost
Daw Khin Saw Mu
Daw Khin Saw Mu
Early student of Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin (Pali scholar, who successfully proposed the establishment of a separate Burmese Department).
Khit San Poet
Spouse : ICS U Ba Tint
Children : Daw Khin Saw Tint (RIT English, bilingual writer); U Nay Oke (St. Paul’s, TED-x InyaLake speaker, Tuition saya, Chair of the Myanmar Board for organizing the 5th ILF (Irrawaddy Literary Festival).
Kyaw Myint (T) : President of MARB, Indigenous Medicine
Thein Aung (Met) : Mr. RIT, Co-emcee of SPZP-2000
Munich Olympics
Gymnastics : Olga Kolbert (USSR) got Perfect Tens
Swimming : Mark Sptiz (USA) won Seven Gold Medals with Seven World Records — 100 m (Freestyle), 100 m (Butterfly), 200 m (Freestyle), 200 m (Butterfly), 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Soccer : Burma won a match in the first round, but lost to the power houses
Dark Moment : 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and killed by “Black September”
UCC
Several posts were filled after approval from PSC
UCC Courses in Computer Systems & Applications
State scholars for Academic Studies in UK
UCC Engineers sent to ICL ETC, Letchworth, UK
UCC was helped by unpaid and minimum-wage Volunteers
In the beginning, the talks were mainly about (a) Technology (b) Entertainment (c) Design
The talks now cover a much broader scope.
Each talk cover lasts around 18 minutes.
The videos can be found on TEDTalks.org and YouTube.
TEDx Talks
They are similar to TED talks, but they are organized by regional and local organizations.
Daw Thin Thiri Mon is the daughter of Dat Pone Sann Aung (RUBC Gold, M74) and Dr. Anna Myint. She is the niece of Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint, ChE70). She is a co-organizer of several TEDx Talks in Yangon.
TEDx Inya Lake
In TEDx Inya Lake, U Nay Oke (St. Paul’s) talked about two Burmese Poets from the “Khit San Sar Pay” era. One was his beloved mother Daw Khin Saw Mu. The other was Minthuwun (Saya U Wun). They were students of Saya U Pe Maung Tin (Pali Scholar who proposed to establish a separate Burmese Department at the University of Rangoon). U Nay Oke gave the background of the short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar De ဘကြီးအောင် ညာတယ်” by U Wun (Minthuwun). He remarked that the true story should be visited since it led to the emergence of Myanmar Kabyar, and all the main characters alluded in the story — ICS U Tin Tut, ICS U Ba Tint, Minthuwun and Daw Khin Saw Mu — have passed away.
Player who has all pieces captured by the opponent loses.
Player whose pieces are trapped by the opponent loses.
Player may end in a draw by mutual consent or by a set of rules (e.g position repeated three times).
ကျား (Myanmar)
Kyar Bayin (Mandalay) Kyar Ba Nyein (Assistant / also Champion Boxer / Evangelist of Myanmar Boxing and Martial Arts)
Variant
Player who has all the pieces captured by the opponent wins
Fun / Trick play
Player with 12 pieces forces the opponent with a single piece to capture all its pieces and wins!
Artificial Intelligence
Arthur Samuel (IBM) developed a Checkers playing program and a data base. Learning from mistakes, the program improved and eventually beat a human player.
1968 : David Levy’s wager with Don Michie (Pioneer in Machine Intelligence, U of Edinburgh) joined by two other Computer Experts from the USA
Levy beat several Chess Programs / Computers
1978 : Levy won the wager
World Champion Programs
Belle : by Ken Thompson, UNIX co-creator
Deep Thought (CMU) : Received Master Rating; Beat Levy
Deep Thought Team
Ph.D students : Designed special chips for Chess. Improved Search & Processing of Decision Tree
Chess experts : Created Data base of Chess Strategies. Analyzed Chess Games. Suggested improvements for hardware and software
The team was recruited by IBM to develop Deep Blue. Three remained for the Challenge to be the Human World Champion
Show down
1997 : Garry Kasparov (then World Champion) beat Deep Blue by 4 – 2
1998 : Deep Blue beat Kasparov by 3.5 – 2.5 Kasparov made unexpected errors (especially in the final game)
IBM retired Deep Blue
Computer History Museum
Exhibit on “History of Computer Chess”
I attended the Panel Discussion at CHM by (Prof Ed Feigenbaum / Expert Systems, Monty Newborn / Organizer of Computer Chess Tournaments, Murray / Member of Deep Thought and Deep Blue, …)
CHM
Remarks
After retirement, Kasparov became Coach of Magnus Carlsen (Triple World Champion for Classic Chess, Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess).
