ကျွန်တော်တို့ခေတ်တုံးက A B C D E F အဆောင်တွေဟာ ယောင်္ကျားလေးတွေနေပြီး G Hall မြသီရိနဲ့ သမိုင်းက သဇင်ဆောင်တွေ မိန်းကလေးတွေနေတဲ့ အဆောင်တွေဖြစ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
RIT နှစ် ၅၀ ရွှေရတုပွဲကျင်းပချိန်မှာတော့ A ဆောင် B ဆောင်ကို မိန်းကလေးဆောင်အဖြစ်ပြောင်းထားတာကို မသိတဲ့ ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းကြီးက အပျော်လွန်အမူးလွန်ပြီး သူနေခဲ့ဘူးတဲ့ A အဆောင်က သူအခန်းဟောင်းလေးဆီ အမှတ်တရသွားကြည့်မိရာ အဆောင်သူမိန်းကလေးများနဲ့ထိပ်တိုက်တိုးမိတဲ့ ဟာသလေးပါ။
Matriculated from TTC Practicing School. Classmate : Win Aung (M70, Luyechun, RIT Swimming and Water Polo)
Computer Engineer at UCC
Moved to PTC.
After retirement, he moved to Mawlamyine where his spouse has a family business.
Elder brother : U Soe Myint (Guardian, GBNF) published my poems. translations and articles. He became the father-in-law of U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76).
Younger brother : U Kyaw Zaw (EC72, TTC Luyechun, DCA)
Visit to USA
During his visit to his youngest brother U Khin Zaw (UCC) in Cupertino, Northern California there was a mini-gathering of UCC alumni, RIT alumni and friends of U Khin Zaw and Daw Wai Wai Tun.
The attendees include
Saya U Myo Min (UCC)
U Hla Min (EC69, UCC) and Daw Sein Yi
U and Mrs. Soe Win (EC70, UCC)
Benny Tan (M70) and Angelina Tan
Charlie Tseng (EC70) and Diana Tseng (ChE71)
U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74)
U Hla Kyi (EC77, Met/Hydro Computer)
U Aung Zaw Maung (Pet78, UCC)
U Aung Myint Oo (EC84, UCC) and Daw Thida Khin (UCC)
Dr. Rafiul Ahad (Physics, UCC) and Frances Ahad
U Khin Zaw (Physics, UCC) and Daw Wai Wai Tun (Physics)
Dr. Kyaw Tint (Physics)
U Thein Naing (Patrick, Physics) and Daw Mi Mi Aung (Physics)
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Past Speakers Kyemon U Thaung (GBNF) Tin Moe(GBNF) Maung Swan Yi Director Win Pe Chit Oo Nyo Maung Sein Win (Padeegone) Maung Phone (Dhatu) Khin Maung Than Shwe Ku May Hnin Khet Mar Aung Way Min Ko Naing Aw Pi Kye
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Five RIT Alumni
There was a Micro-gathering of five RIT alumni taken at the San Francisco Bay Area Literary Talks 2018.
Myint Soe (M79, Sponsor)
Win Htut (M81)
Aw Pi Kyeh (Win Naing, M82, Speaker)
San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87, Sponsor)
Hla Min (EC69)
Aw Pi Kyeh gave a talk titled “Made in Myanmar“. He is President of the Myanmar Cartoonists Association. During his RIT days, he served as Secretary of the RIT Cartoonists Association. He was a contributor and maintainer of the “RIT Cartoon Box” (which was an old telephone kiosk/booth with cartoons pasted from the inside). He also drew cartoons under the name “Mann Bei”.
Ko Myint Soe and Ko San Lin are among the sponsors of the Talks.
Thank you very much to all of you (Organizing members and the participants) for the unforgettable grand event “SPZP and RIT Reunion 2000” at San Francisco.
Let me express the most exciting moment for me at the event. Earlier, I have learned from your “Countdown to the Reunion” articles that there were some questions about the agenda, especially about the Saya Ga Daw Pwe which is a tradition/practice for the Buddhists. Later the organizing committee members arranged it as an optional for the attendees.
On that great evening of October 28, I arrived just in time from the other hall into the main hall to participate in my most anticipated moment. I jumped into the event from behind the other participants. For a few seconds, all of us struggled willingly with joy for a tiny spot to pay homage to our Sayagyis. Each of us did it successfully in a thrilling moment. To pay homage all my Sayagyis together in this place and time was an extraordinary opportunity for all of us. It does not matter for me – their religion – whether they directly taught me, indirectly, or did not – whether I have seen them before or not. Sayas are Sayas. Whoever they were/are. There is no problem. Our Sayas and Sayamas have done a grand – unparalleled accomplishments to our Mother “Rangoon Institute of Technology”, to our Mother Country , and to our lives.
One more special excitement for me was, I noticed that there were non-Buddhists not only on the stage among the Sayas but also on the floor among the engineers who were proudly paying homage with strong eagerness to our Sayagyis. Immediately after we paid homage, I saw many of us ‘Great Engineers’, some with tears of joy, bowing their heads, rushed to the Sayagyis sitting on the stage, touched, and held their Saya’s hands with excitement. I guessed that some of these fore-rushers were in their 60’s and trembling with exultation. I learned that SPZP is not only for young engineers.
The event was very enthusiastic and swift. [Let me say,] it was also a little chaotic and informal. However, this kind of chaotic atmosphere was the real unforgettable “Unique Essence” of our once-in-a-life-time SPZP and Reunion, 2000.
“Ba Thein, Atlanta” is the pen name of Dr. Myint Thein (M73), who studied at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
On the eve, we had an informal gathering at an “all you can Japanese, Korean and Chinese buffet”. We saw some of our Sayas (e.g. Dr. San Hla Aung) revering their Sayas (e.g. Dr. Aung Gyi).
Dr. San Hla AungU Ba Toke, Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun
At the Reunion dinner (Main Event) and the Family Picnic the following day, we saw more instances. Saya U Khin Aung Kyi paying respect to his Sayas — U Ba Toke (Maths) and U Num Kok (Civil) — is awesome and inspiring.
EE Sayas & AlumniU Num KokU Khin Aung Kyi
Earlier I received e-mails telling me the difference of Asian and Western cultures, e.g. how one calls one’s professors by their first name, and hinting that “it would be awkward for non-Asian spouses to witness/understand the SPZP”. Fortunately, we did not hear any complaints at the event.
HlaMin 