Category: Broadcast

  • Psychology

    Broadcast on November 1, 2020

    Early Sayas

    Dr. Mya Bu
    Professor of Psychology and Philosophy

    Dr. Hla Thwin
    President, RU Soccer (Sports Council EC)

    Dr. Kyaw Sein
    Minister, BSPP

    U Khin Maung Tint / Tekkatho Phone Naing

    Daw Khin Khin Htwe / Flora
    Retired as Librarian in charge of Burmese Section, Library of Congress

    Daw Elsie Po Sa (GBNF)

    Computers / Computing

    Psychology of Programming (by Gerald Weinberg)

    Psychology of Computer Vision (by Patrick Henry Winston)

    Experiments

    False Memory

    Stanford University “Prison Experiment”

    Learning by children

    Miscellaneous

    Theories

    Study of Behavior

    Individual

    Group

    Neuroscience

    Clinical Psychology

    Psycho — Movie by Alfred Hitchcock

    Sequels / TV shows

    Span of Attention / Span of Control

    Relevant in many disciplines

  • 1958 and 1959

    Broadcast on December 7, 2020

    Matriculation in 1958

    • Dr. Soe Win (SPHS, Ch, Retired Rector of YUFL) stood First in Burma
      Father : Saya U Sein (SPHS)
      Uncle : Saya U Kyaw Sein (SPHS)
      Spouse : Sayama Daw May Saw Lwin (Ch)
      Sons : U Aung Mon and Dr. Nyi Thet Lwin
    • U Robert Sein (SPHS, Phy) stood Second
      Sister : Dr. Wendy Sein
    • Daw Myint Myint Tin (Pearl Ba Tin, MEHS) stood Third
      Spouse : Dr. Khin Maung Wint (“Sargalay”)
      Brother : U Myo Win (Melvyn)

    ARAE Regatta in Calcutta in 1958

    Dr. Harry Saing (Htut Saing, GBNF, Bow)

    • Pediatric Surgeon
    • Rangoon
    • Hong Kong
    • Multiple Sports Selection
    • RUBC Captain and Gold
    • Burma Hockey
    • Burma Cricket
    • Track and Field
    • Soccer
    • Passed away in Hong Kong

    Tin Htoon (A60, Stroke)

    The RUBC crew won the Venables Bowl for Coxless Pairs

    Fledgling Sayas in 1958

    Allen Htay (C58, GBNF)

    • Studied MS at Harvard University
    • Also attended courses at nearby MIT
    • Co-founder and President
      RIT Alumni International
    • “Brother, can you afford US$500”
      Article for SPZP-2000

    U Myo Myint Sein (A58)

    • First batch of Architecture Graduates in Burma
    • Studied Masters at the University of Michigan
    • Retired as Professor and Head of Architecture Department

    Dr. San Hla Aung (C58)

    • Had to wait one year after Matriculation, because he was under age.
    • Graduated at the Top of his class.
    • Joined the Civil Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer.
    • Studied MS at MIT.
    • Promoted to Lecturer.
    • After retirement, moved to USA.
    • Completed Doctorate at Tulane University, New Orleans
    • Retired as Professor of Practice
    • Served as Line Judge at RUBC Regattas
    • President, RIT Swimming
    • President, RIT Rowing
    • Wrote article about his student days for “RIT Alumni International Newsletter”

    U Htin Paw (EE58, GBNF)

    • MS from Michigan
    • President, BEA
    • President, TBSA

    U Ba Nyunt (EE58)

    • MS
    • Transferred to MOC
    • Spouse : Daw May Su (Phy)

    Matriculation in 1959

    • Dr. Frankie Ohn (SPHS, Physics) stood First in Burma. Sold his company in Southern California.
      Brothers : U Tin Nyo, Dr. Tin Bo, Dr. Tin Mo, Dr. Tin Wa
    • Dr. Shewan Lee (SPHS, Chemistry) stood Second in Burma.
    • Dr. Than Nwe Aung (SPHS) stood Third in Burma.
    • Rocky (SPHS), younger brother of Koon Yin Chu, was Joint Fourth with U Oo Tha (Mathematics)

    Fledgling Sayas in 1959

    U Tin Hlaing (M59, GBNF)

    • Received MS from Purdue University
    • Head of Agricultural Engineering (Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • Managed Universities Hockey Team
    • Sadly he could not get access to a Dialysis Machine
      The Passport to have medical treatment abroad was delayed

    U San Tun (M59)

    • Received MS from MIT
    • Head of Automobile Engineering (Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • Past President, BEA (predecessor of BAPS)
    • Took trip with Sayagyi U Aung Khin to China
      Host : Saya U Kyaw Myint (Auto64) working for UN

    U Myo Kyi (EE59)

    • Most senior (with Dr. Ba Lwin) among the EE sayas that are alive

    Dr. Ba Lwin (EE59)

    • Most senior (with U Myo Kyi) among the EE sayas that are alive

    Dr. Chris Lee (L Tin Htun, EE59)

    • Past President, BASES
    • Worked on Space Shuttle Project

  • News & Newspapers

    Broadcast on October 22, 2020

    NEWS does not stand for

    North, East, West, South

    Notable Events, Weather, Sports

    *****

    Collection and Distribution

    Before the Internet

    News Agencies

    AP
    AFP
    Reuters
    UPI

    Correspondents

    Local
    Foreign
    Special / Area / Event

    *****

    News Agency Burma (NAB)

    English Section
    Myanmar Section

    Select news for translation

    U Ohn Pe (Tet Toe)
    U Kyaw Min (Min Kyaw Min)
    Spouse of Sao Aung Myint

    *****

    Early Newspapers in Burma

    Myanmar
    10+ Morning Newspaper
    A few Evening / Weekly

    English
    Nation
    Guardian

    Guardian

    Features / Sections
    Breaking News
    World News
    Local News
    Editorial
    Letters to the Editor
    Articles / Columns
    Cartoons
    Poetry
    Horoscope
    Horse racing
    Examination results
    Lottery results
    Advertisements
    Special Supplements

    *****

    After Coup d’etat

    Many newspapers were shut down

    Four Myanmar newspapers
    including Loke Thar Pyi Thu Nay Zin (with Shwe Oo Daung as Chief Editor)

    Two English newspapers
    including Working People’s Daily (with U Khin Maung Latt as Chief Editor)

    WPD Newspaper
    WPD Supplement on Modern Burmese Writings

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    Miscellaneous

    Censorship

    Decline / Demise of hard copy newspapers

    Need for Fact Checking of news on the Internet

  • Name (2)

    Video Broadcast on November 5, 2020

    Overview

    Zartar name

    Naming ceremony

    Naming practices

    D or DOW : Day of week
    associated with Letters
    associated with a number

    One word names

    Aung
    Ba
    Cho
    Khin
    Nu
    Thant

    Two word names

    D repeated

    Aung Aung
    Aye Aung
    Khin Khin
    Khin Kyi

    D, D+1

    Aung Gyi
    Aung Khin
    Khin Sein
    Kyaw Zaw

    Miscellaneous

    Sons of U Paing

    Myo Paing
    Soe Paing
    Win Paing
    Kyaw Paing

    Stylish for a period

    Start with BA
    Start with ZAW

    Three word names

    Start with D

    Aye Aye Khin
    Aye Aye Kyi
    Ba Yin Aung
    Ba Yin Lay
    Bo Bo Han
    Kyi Kyi Htay
    Tin Tin Aye
    Tin Tin Win

    D-1, D, D+1

    Htun Aung Kyaw / Tun Aung Gyaw
    Aung Kyaw Zaw

    *****

    Longer Names

    Thane Oke Kyaw Myint
    Khin Maung Thet Cho Oo

    Old Passports

    Did not mention that the following are prefixes

    Maung
    Ko
    U
    Ma
    Daw
    Ashin

    Caused problems to some Myanmar

    Miscellaneous

    Confusion of some names

    Khin Maung Zaw
    called burma his colleagues as Khin Zaw

    Some changed spelling

    Khin : Kin

    Khine, Khaing : Kai

    Thein : Thane

  • Movies

    Video Broadcast on October 21, 2020

    Evolution

    Silent Movies
    Talking Movies

    Black and White
    Color

    Small screen
    Wide screen / Panorama
    iMAX

    Live accompaniment to Silent Movies
    Stereo / Surround Sound

    Subtitles / Captions
    Credits

    *****

    Hollywood

    Bollywood

    Some Asian Producers / Directors / Actors gain international acclaim

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    Myanmar

    First Silent Movie “Love and Liquor” screened on October 13, 1920
    Owner / Director : U Ohn Maung
    Actor : U Nyi Pu
    Story : P Moe Hnin

    Myanmar Yoke Shin Yar Pyay in October 2020

    Early companies

    Parrot (U Sunny)

    British Burma
    U Nay Win studied Movie Technology in the US

    Myanmar Ah Swe
    Became A1
    A1 U Tin Nwe
    U Nyi Pu
    U Tin Pe (Maung Maung Soe)
    A1 U Tin Maung
    Several Producers, Directors, Actors
    Academy Awards

    *****

    Several childhood school mates

    Myo Set (GBNF, son of Thar Gaung Gyi)

    Myat Hla Sein (GBNF, son of U Chin Sein / Shwe Nyar Maung)

    Children of U Mya Maung
    Ma Peggy (GBNF)
    Academy Win Mar
    Toe Nyunt
    Academy Sandar

    Children of U Hla Bu
    Ma Aung Si
    A1 Than Htut
    A1 Thein Htut
    Thaman Kyar Ko Myint (Aung Myint)
    Sai Wunna

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    Miscellaneous

    Early Cinemas

    Academy Awards

    Censorship

    Motion Picture Corporation

    Yoke Shin Kaung Si / Ah Phwe

    *****

  • Medical Pioneers

    Video Broadcast on September 6, 2020

    References

    • “Who’s who in Health and Medicine in Myanmar?”
      by Dr. Mya Tu (Founder of BMRI) and Daw Khin Thet Hta
    • “Pioneers of Medicine in Myanmar”
      by Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint
    • “A Tribute to Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw-Myint
      Ppresent for 70th birthday by former colleagues and students
    • Articles by Dr. Maung Maung Nyo

    Some early doctors

    • Colonel Min Sein and Daw Yin May
    • Dr. Ba Than
    • Dr. Kyee Paw
    • Dr. Ko Gyi
    • Dr. Maung Maung Gyi
    • Dr. Khin Maung Win
    • Daw Myint Myint Khin
    • Dr Pe Nyun
    • Dr. Hla Hla and Dr. Mya Mya

    SME (Subject Matter Experts) who earlier helped me include Dr. Khin Maung U (First in Burma in 1963) and Dr. Nyunt Wai (Fourth in Burma in 1963).

  • Myanmar

    Video Broadcast on September 29, 2020

    Myanmar Language

    Myanmar Sagar : Spoken Burmese

    Myanmar Sar : Written Burmese

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    Study in schools

    KG

    Primary

    Middle school

    High school

    Intermediate College

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    U Pe Maung Tin :
    Burmese and Pali Scholar
    Proposed having a separate Burmese Department in Rangoon University
    Myanmar Sar Mi Thar Su unveiled a bust of Sayagyi in RU in 2019 (as part of the Yar Pyay Ah Kyo Celebrations)

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    Early graduates :
    founders of Khit San Sar Pay
    ICS U Sein Tun : Theikpan Maung Wa
    U Thein Han : Zawgyi
    U Wun : Minthuwun

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    Some Sayas

    U Pe Maung Tin
    U E Maung
    U Wun
    U Maung Maung Gyi
    U Chan Mya
    U Tun Pe
    U Toe Aung
    U Hla Shwe
    U San Htwa
    U Tin Maung
    Daw Than Swe
    Daw Po
    U Hla Maung
    U Po Kyaw Myint

    U Thet Lwin
    U Tein Kyi
    U Soe Myint
    U Saw Tun
    U Kyaw Hlaing

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    Miscellaneous

    Myanmar Sar Ah Phwe

    Change of spelling :
    Fines

    Burma Translation Society :
    Sar Pay Beikman

    Swel Sone Kyan

    Burmese Typewriter :
    Require tricks

    Burmese Fonts :
    Preferably Unicode compliant
    Some fonts (e.g Zawgyi) are not
    Ad hoc : use Converters

    Degradation of usage
    Fancy spellings on the Internet

  • Palmistry

    Video Broadcast on September 30, 2020

    John Warner

    • better known as Cheiro (Palmistry, Numerology, Books)
    • Count Louis Hamon

    U Ba Than (Physical Education)

    • Warned a family friend of a fatal accident
    • The friend replied that he survived a car accident and had scars of his face.
      He was going back to Dawei on his father’s schooner, and upon his return to Rangoon would become a temporary monk.
    • Sad to note that he tried to help the crew mates after the schooner sank, probably got exhausted and “lost his grip” before the rescue ship came.

    Ava House : Book shop

    • A fellow shopper recounted a “bad” reading by a palmist
    • The palmist interpreted the square on the Line of Fate as good fortune.
    • The shopper ended up in a jail cell.

    Colleague

    • Auxiliary line “bridged” the broken life line
    • Needed several grafts for the foot injury while riding at the “end” of the bus (which was “rammed” by a car following it)
    • He had come back from a forest monastery where he practiced as a temporary monk

    Sein Win (C69, Win Kyaw, GBNF)

    • He was a serious amateur Palmist.
    • Read many books on Palmistry
    • His consultant was a professional palmist.
    • They tied the knot.

    Miscellaneous

    • Benham
      “Scientific” study
    • Associations in some countries
    • Indian text “for fun or profit”
      Map palm readings to astrology
    • Myanmar palmists
      Saya Sandra
      Bogalay U Kywe
      U Kyaw Min
  • Poetic Art Series

    Broadcast on September 21, 2020

    • Kabyar
      Poem by RIT Alumni and/or Sayas
    • Illustration
      by Artist Myat Myo Myint (U Myo Myint)
    • Translation into English
      by U Hla Min

    Creativity

    • Convergence of technologies and disciplines

    Collaboration

    • Tekkatho Moe War
      Saya U Moe Aung (EE63)
    • Okpo Maung Yin Maung
      Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72)
    • Maung Nyunt Htay (Ah Htet Min Hla)
      Saya U Nyunt Htay (Met73)
    • “Ka Byaung”
      U Win Myint (M72)
    • Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
      Winner of S.E.A Write Royal Award
    • Myat Myo Myint
      U Myo Myint, Illustration
    • Life Long Learner (U Hla Min)
      Translator

    Objective

    • Highlight the Myanmar traditions and beliefs
      (e.g Dana : Sharing and Caring, search for beauty, noble livelihood)
      to the world through “Poetic Art”
  • Poetic Art

    Video Broadcast on September 21, 2020

    Objective

    • Highlight the Myanmar traditions and beliefs
      (e.g Dana : Sharing and Caring, search for beauty, noble livelihood) to the world through “Poetic Art”

    Creativity and Collaboration

    • Convergence of technologies and disciplines
    • Kabyar / Poem by RIT Alumni and/or Sayas
    • Illustration by Artist Myat Myo Myint (U Myo Myint)
    • Translation into English by U Hla Min

    Contributors

    • Tekkatho Moe War
      Saya U Moe Aung (EE63)
    • Okpo Maung Yin Maung
      Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72)
    • Maung Nyunt Htay (Ah Htet Min Hla)
      Saya U Nyunt Htay (Met73)
    • “Ka Byaung”
      U Win Myint (M72)
    • Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
      Winner of S.E.A Write Royal Award
    • Myat Myo Myint
      U Myo Myint, Illustration
    • Life Long Learner (U Hla Min)
      Translator