by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Kha Lay
In Burmese, it means child.
Kha Lay Ba Wa means childhood. The days of the innocent childhood became a theme of the song composed by Sai Kham Leik and sung by Sai Htee Saing. We had a Kha Lay Ah Thinn (Children’s Club).
Kindness
Random acts of kindness may be reciprocated even by seemingly bad people.
My father volunteered at a “Bain Phut Ah Thin” for rehabilitating opium addicts. He gave a rehabilitated addict some money to pay for the fare back home. It was an act of random kindness.
During the Second World War, my parents and his siblings decided to take refuge at Neikbeinda Hills in Prome. My father sent his assistant ahead of him. Unfortunately, the assistant encountered a group of bandits. He pleaded the bandits not to take away his saya’s possessions. When the bandit leader learned that the saya was my father, he decided to guard the assistant on the way to the Neikbeinda Hills.
The leader also offered a surprise gift — a box of condensed milk — for my father.
Language
- Burmese language
Spoken language : Myanmar Sagar
Written language : Myanmar Sar
Burmese language processing - Chomsky hierarchy of languages
- Classification
- Computer language
- Dictionary
- Font — Zawgyi (not Unicode compliant); Pyidaungsu & others (which are Unicode compliant)
- Grammar — Myanmar Thadda by U Pe Maung Tin
- Idiom
- Keyboard
- Language processing
- Natural language
- Natural language processing
- Programming language
- Proverb
- Syntax
Abstract syntax
Concrete syntax - Semantics
Axiomatic semantics
Denotational semantics
Operational semantics - Pragmatics
- Spelling
Spelling checker - Thesaurus
- Typewriter
- Word processor
Leader
- Do not repeat the same mistake
- Ego-less leader
- Lead by example
- Make as many mistakes as possible (to gain experience)
- Pull (instead of Push)
- Servant leader
Learning
- Fun with Learning
- Life Long Learning
- Tips
Level
- Advanced : High
- A-level (GCE) : Advanced Level
- AP : Advanced Placement
- Basic : Beginner : Introduction : Low : Primary
- General Honors
- Intermediate : Medium : Middle
- O-Level (GCE) : Ordinary Level
- Special Honors
Library
- Private
- Public
- University
- National
Like
- Before Facebook introduced emojis, some users overused the “Like” button.
- I was puzzled to see Likes in an Obituary posting.
Shouldn’t one be sad? - Are some users clicking “Like” without reading if the posting is current or old, and if the contents are really likeable.
Literary Talks
- Myanmar
- Irrawaddy Literary Festival
Logic
- 2VL : Two Valued Logic
- 3VL : Three Valued Logic
- ALU : Arithmetic Logical Unit
- Fuzzy Logic
- Logic Theorist
- Logical constant
- Logical expression
- Logical variable
- Predicate : Predicate Calculus
- Proposition : Propositional Calculus
Lokathana, Venerable
- U Lokanatha (1897 – 1966) was an Italian Chemist in USA.
- He received a book (containing Dhammapada) from his supervisor for Christmas present.
- After reading the Dhammapada, he decided to quit his job and become a Buddhist monk in Asia.
- He spent his life practicing and preaching in Burma & going on Dhamma Duta missions to neighboring countries.
- My grandmother donated a monastery in Bawdigone, Rangoon.
Loss
- Loss of manuscripts
Daw Khin Mya Mu - Lossless compression
- Lossy comprehension
- Win-Lose
- Win-Tie-Lose
- Agony of some second place finishers
Buzz Aldrin
Post-doc in Physics at the University of Iowa
Malware
- Malicious software industry is responsible for losses (in down time, data corruption, identity theft) in the billions.
- According to one report, the industry is more profitable and safer than the drug dealing.
- The penalty of offenders for malicious software is “peanuts” (e.g. little or no jail time) compared to drug dealers (e.g. life imprisonment and death penalty) in most countries.
Mathematics
- Discipline
- Curriculum
- Development (Concrete Mathematics, Computational Mathematics)
Mechanical Engineering
- Discipline
- U Aung Khin
- U Ba Than
- U Kyin Soe
- U San Tun
- U Tin Hlaing
Medical Pioneers
- U Ko Gyi
- U Maung Maung Gyi
- U Ba Than
Memory
- Short term memory
- Long term memory
- Associative memory
- Memory Feats (Tipitaka Sayadaw)
Metallurgy
- Discipline
- U Thit
- Dr. Saw Pru
- Dr. Khin Maung Win
Mining Engineering
- Discipline
- U Soe Khaw
- U Soon Sein
- U Win Kyaing
Models
- Physical model
- Mathematical model
- Computational model
Movies
- Myanmar
- Foreign
- Myanmar Movies Centennial in 2020
Music
- Discipline
- Musical Instruments
- Computer applications
My Dreams
- Dream big; Others can fulfill
- RIT Alumni International
- Saya Pu Zaw Pwe / SPZP
- Oral and Written History
Myanmar
- Myanmar Sagar : Spoken Burmese
- Myanmar Sar : Written Burmese
- Word Processing
- Unicode compliance
National Foreign Language Center
- Projects
- Burmese Language Project (Reading, Listening)
News
- Breaking news — Stop Press in early newspapers
- Censorship
- Current news
- Does not stand for “North, East. West, South” or “Notable Events, Weather, Sports”
- Facts
Fact checking - Fake news
Biased report
Rumor - Internet
- News Agency
AFP
Reuters
UPI - News Agency Burma (NAB)
Burmese section
English section - News Media
- Newspapers
Burmese Newspapers
English Newspapers - Noun (not plural of “New”, which is an adjective)
- Online
- Radio
- Reliability
- Television
Number
- Binary number
- Complex number
- Decimal number
- Exponent
- Fermat
- Hexadecimal number
- Hindu-Arabic numeral
- Imaginary number
- Index
- Integer
- Irrational number
- Logarithm
- Mantissa
- Negative number
- Non-negative number
- Notation
- Number Systems
- Number Theory
- Numbered lists
- Octal number
- Positive number
- Power
- Prime number
- Quotient
- Ramanujan
- Rational number
- Real number
- Remainder
- Roman numeral
- Signed
- Symbol
- Ternary number
- Unsigned
- Value
- Zero
NorCal RITAA
- The EC and BOD of Northern California RIT Alumni Association met (at least) quarterly for face-to-face meetings.
- The photo is taken together with spouses and supporters.
- The background vinyl displays our alma mater.
November
- Background
- Events
Obsolescence
- Technical Obsolescence
October
- Calendars
- World Teachers’ Day
- Saya U Ba Than’s birthday
- Halloween and Pumpkin Festival
- Ockoberfest
- Occasional (Thadinkyut and Deepavali)
Option
- One should be aware of “opt-in” versus “opt-out” options.
- Many do not read “fine print”.
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