Category: Hla Min

  • RIT Magazines

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    1969
    1970
    1971
    1972
    50th Anniversary
  • Memories

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Paying back ကျေးဇူး ဆပ်

    From our younger days, we learned about paying respect to our parents, mentors and benefactors.

    ကျွန်တော် တို့ ငယ်စဉ် ကတည်း က ကျေးဇူးတရား အကြောင်း လေ့လာ မှတ်သား လေ့ကျင့် ခဲ့ ရပါတယ်။

    I am following the noble tradition of honoring pioneers and outstanding people. I am trying my best to present their achievements and contributions. I an privileged to have known many seniors, contemporaries and juniors.

    Who’s Who, Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma, Five Minute Biographies တွေ ကို နည်းယူပြီး ကျွန်တော် က Old Burma တုန်းက ထူးချွန်သူ တွေ ကို မှတ်တမ်းတင် ဂုဏ်ပြု နေတဲ့ ရှေ့မှီ နောက်မှီ (ဘေးမှီ) သူတယောက်ပါ။

    I volunteered as a Docent at the Computer History Museum (CHM) for two years. CHM’s programs include Hardware & Software Artifacts, Exhibits, Oral History, Lectures, Panels and Award Ceremonies.

    ကျွန်တော် Computer History Museum မှာ Docent အဖြစ် နှစ်နှစ် volunteer လုပ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ Computer Pioneer တွေ ကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်ဂုဏ်ပြု တဲ့ အဖွဲ့အစည်းပါ။ Artifacts, Exhibits, Oral History, Lectures & Panels တွေ စုံလင်ပါတယ်။

    The Old Burma Group has posts about History, Notable (Famous as well as Notorious) people. I appreciate the invaluable posts as a reader and contributor.

    Old Burma Group ဟာလည်း သမိုင်း နဲ့ ထူးချွန် / ဆိုးသွမ်း (Famous as well as Notorious) ကို မှတ်တမ်း တင် နေ တဲ့ အဖွဲ့ မို့ Contributor တယောက် အနေ နဲ့ ဝမ်းသာ ကြည်နူး မိပါတယ်။

    I request the Group Administrator and Moderators to approve my posts.

    ကျွန်တော် ရဲ့ posts တွေကို တင်ပြခွင့်ပြုပါ Admin နဲ့ Moderator များ ခင်ဗျာ။

    ကျွန်တော် က
    I am

    • Founder & Chief Editor of RIT Alumni Newsletter
    • Owner & Admin of RIT Updates FB Group
    • Member of HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education) : အဖွဲ့ဝင်၊
    • ကံ့ကော်မြေ (တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်) Former Moderator of RU Centennial Group : Moderator ငြိမ်း၊
    • Contributing Editor of RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine / မဂ္ဂဇင်း : စာတည်း
    • Former employee of UCC, DCS, ICST : ဝန်ထမ်း ငြိမ်း၊
    • စာပေ၊ သမိုင်း၊ ပညာရေး နဲ့ အားကစား ဝါသနာရှင်၊
      Interests : Literature, History, Education, Sports
    • Contributor of Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
    • စာအုပ်တချို့ ရဲ့ စာတည်း
      Editor of selected books — e.g by Sayadaw U Jotalankara, Saya U Aung Zaw (UCC, GBNF)
    • Own / ကိုယ်ပိုင် website : Author / Editor
      hlamin.com

    I have posted articles of historical interest.

    အဖြစ်နဲ့ သမိုင်းဝင် အကြောင်းအရာ တချို့ကို ပြန်လည်မျှဝေ နေဆဲပါ။

    ကြည်နူး Delighted

    I am glad to receive feedback, information and suggestions from my former teachers, family members of senior alumni, colleagues and friends.

    Posts တွေမှာ ပါတဲ့ ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမ၊ Senior Alumni တွေရဲ့ မိသားစုများ၊ အပေါင်းအသင်းများ ရဲ့ Feedback & Information တွေ ဖတ်ရလို့ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။

    I also learned a lot from the posts by Subject Matter Experts and Group Experts.

    SME (Subject Matter Experts), Group Experts … တွေ ရဲ့ posts တွေ ကို ဖတ် ရလို့ ဗဟုသုတ ရပါတယ်။

    Credits

    I have provided Credit for the Photos and References.

    တတ်နိုင်သရွေ့ Source, Photos တွေကို Credit ပေးခဲ့ ပါတယ်။

    Fond Memories

    Pon Tu (Portrait) Present from

    Bagyee Myat Myo Myint (U Myo Myint)

    U Myo Myint (Retired Deputy General Manager of Burma Railways) is an accomplished Painter, Cover Designer and Cartoonist. He drew Pon Tu’s of selected RIT Sayas, Sayamas, and colleagues. I am honored to receive his present.

    ပန်းချီ မြတ်မျိုးမြင့် ရဲ့ လက်ဆောင် မွန်
    Pon Tu gift from Bagyee Myat Myo Myint / U Myo Myint (M)

    Pon Tu

    1964 – 65
    Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT)

    I was admitted to 2nd BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in November 1964.

    The photo was taken at the Gyogone campus.

    2nd BE student

    1964 – 65 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဒုတိယနှစ် သင်တန်းသား
    2nd BE Student at Rangoon Institute of Technology

    1965 Summer
    Inlay Luyechun Camp

    I was selected as Luyechun (Outstanding Student).

    The photo was taken at the Welcome Ceremony by the Head of Shan States.

    LYC

    1965 နွေရာသီ အင်းလေး ခေါင်တိုင် လူရည်ချွန် စခန်း
    တက္ကသိုလ် နဲ့ အထက်တန်း လူရည်ချွန်များ
    Inlay Khaung Daing Luyechun Camp in the Summer of 1965

    1969 December
    Poem for 5th SEAP Games

    Burma hosted the 2nd SEAP Games in 1961, and the 5th SEAP Games in 1969.

    The photo shows a page from the Forward Magazine. Maung Thaw Ka (Bohmu Ba Thaw, GBNF) was Chief Editor of the magazine.

    Forward

    Forward မဂ္ဂဇင်း — ဒီဇင်ဘာ 1969
    ပဥ္စမ အကြိမ် အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ ကျွန်းဆွယ်ပွဲ အတွက် ကဗျာ စပ်ဆို ခဲ့
    Poem about the 5th SEAP Games

    Mid 1970s
    Universities’ Computer Center (UCC), Rangoon

    The photo was taken with the Teachers and Students of CPC (Computer Programming Course).

    Dr. Tin Maung (GBNF) succeeded Dr. Chit Swe (UCC Founder, GBNF) as Director of UCC.

    UCC

    တက္ကသိုလ်များ ကွန်ပျူတာ ဌာန က ပို့ချတဲ့ သင်တန်း တခု
    Computer Course at Universities’ Computer Center (UCC), Thamaing College Campus

    1999 April to 2025
    Chief Editor of RIT Alumni International Newsletter

    https://hlamin.com/2024/03/09/rit-alumni-newsletter-for-spzp-2000-2/

    RIT Alumni Newsletter

    2000 October
    Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in California

    SPZP-2000

    SPZP-2000 Organizers

    2005++
    Paying Homage to Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa

    U Silananda

    ဆရာတော် ဦးသီလာနန္ဒာဘိဝံသ (ပါချုပ်ဆရာတော်)
    အထိမ်းအမှတ် မော်ကွန်းစာစောင်အတွက် အဖွဲ့ဝင် & စာတည်း
    Contributing Editor for the Book published in memory of Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa

    2010 December
    Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in Singapore

    SDY Sar Saung

    2010 စင်ကာပူ မှာ ကျင်းပတဲ့ စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ အထိမ်း အမှတ် စွယ်တော်ရိပ်စာစောင်
    Wrote an article “A Sad and Short Clip: EE Sayas” for the Commemorative Issue
    of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2010 in Singapore

    2012 December
    Saya Pu Zaw Pwe at Gyogone Campus

    SPZP-2012

    ပွင့်လင်းခေတ်
    2012 မှာ ကျင်းပခဲ့ တဲ့ ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ
    SPZP-2012: True Home Coming

    HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Project)
    HMEE Book published in 2012

    HMEE

    မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အင်ဂျင်နီယာ ပညာရေး သမိုင်း ပြုစု တဲ့ အဖွဲ့
    Member of HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education)
    U Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD Supplement for the HMEE Book published in 2012
    Copies of the Book were donated to Libraries

    CD

    2012 နှစ် မှာ ထုတ်ဝေခဲ့တဲ့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အင်ဂျင်နီယာပညာရေး သမိုင်း စာအုပ် ရဲ့ နောက်ဆက်တွဲ စီဒီ
    CD Supplement for the HMEE Book
    Photos and articles (in English) to supplement the articles (in Burmese) in the HMEE Book

    2013
    RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine

    RUBC

    2013 — ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် လှေလှော်အသင်း ရဲ့ နှစ် 90 ပြည့် အထိမ်း အမှတ်စာစောင်
    RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine

    2014 December
    RIT Shwe YaDu (Golden Jubilee)

    SDY Magazine

    ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ရွှေရတု အထိမ်းအမှတ်စွယ်တော်ရိပ် မဂ္ဂဇင်း (2014)
    Wrote an article “Memories of a 69er” for the Commemorative Issue
    of Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for Shwe YaDu 2014

    2016 September
    Alumni Appreciation Award

    Award

    2019 December
    RUBC 96th Anniversary Regatta

    Regatta

    RUBC 96th Anniversary & Regatta (2019)
    U Tin Myint (GBNF), U Sein Htoon, U Khin Maung Latt, U Hla Min

    2019 December
    Golden Jubilee of Graduation of RIT 69ers

    GJ

    2019 — 1969 နှစ် ဘွဲ့ရ အင်ဂျင်နီယာများ ရဲ့ ရွှေရတု
    မနက်ပိုင်း — ကြို့ကုန်း မှာ ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ
    2019 — Golden Jubilee of Graduation for RIT 69ers
    Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe at Gyogone Campus

    SPHS

    Std VI (D)

    Saya U Pe Tin’s Class
  • Events

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Sophia’s Wedding in LA

    Daughter of U Aye Htoon (C83) & Daw Violet

    Distinguished Guests

    U Tin Htut & Daw Irene
    Dr. Tin Win & Daw Lily
    U Khin Maung Lay

    Saya Dr. San Hla Aung

    In SF Bay Area

    GP 1
    GP 2

    Soon Kyway

    U Aung Myaing & Daw Gyn Yu

    GP 3
    GP 4
    GP 5
    GP 6
  • Three Refuges

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

    I take Refuge in the Dhamma — the Teachings of the Buddha.

    I take Refuge in the Sangha — the Monastic Order of the Sangha.

    For the Second time, I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

    For the Third time, I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

  • Among My Souvenirs

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Golden Jubilee

    Present from KMZ

    Birthday Wishes

    Birthday Wishes
    • Maurice Chee (M75) organized a Birthday Soon Kyway at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay on August 20, 2016.
    • He prepared electronic & hard copy of the birthday wishes.
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    Awards & Birthday Cards
    • Another set was for attendees, who had not sent wishes by e-mail.
    • Thanks to the sayas, colleagues and friends for a memorable gathering.

    Appreciation from Alumni in US & Canada

    • Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi could not attend the soonkyway, but he requested Maurice to donate a food dish for him & his family.
      Sayagyi’s message was read by Maurice.
    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) presented the appreciation award at Half Moon Bay soonkwyay and gathering.
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    Appreciation Award

    From NorCal RITAA Dinner in Dec 2016

    • Alumni Appreciation Award was signed by Saya U Myat Htoo (C68, Chair, BOD), Gordon Kaung (M83, President) and U Thaung Nyunt (M87, Secretary).
    Award 2
    • Saya U Myat Htoo presented the award to me at the NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner, 2016.

    From SPHS in 1963

    There were five Paulians in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the Top Twenty. They received Collegiate Scholarship.

    SPHS63
    • Dr. Khin Maung U (Retired from FDA, USA) – 1st
    • Dr. Min Oo (Retired Maths Professor in Canada) – 2nd
    • Dr. Myo San (Freddie, Surgeon, GBNF) – 3rd
    • Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor, Professor in IM & Malaysia) – 4th
    • Dr. Thein Wai (Migrated to USA after graduation) – 5th
    • U Hla Min (Retired Software Engineer) – 7th
    7th place
    • Dr. Aung Kyaw Zaw (Cardiologist) – 9th
    • U Maung Maung Kyi (Dip Ing, GBNF) – 11th
    • U Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, EC69, GBNF) – 13th
    • Dr. Khin Maung Zaw (Frank, Retired Doctor in UK) – 17th

    From Toastmasters International

    DTM 1
    DTM 2
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    Hall of Fame

    Awards

    • CC (Competent Communicator)
    • ACB (Advanced Communicator Bronze)
    • ACS (Advanced Communicator Silver)
    • ACG (Advanced Communicator Gold)
    • CL (Competent Leader)
    • ALB (Advanced Leader Bronze)
    • ALS (Advanced Leader Silver)
    • DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster)

    I served as

    • Club Officer
    • Area Governor
    • Club Coach
    • Contest Chair
    • Ambassador
    • Guest Speaker
    • Test Speaker
    • Team Builder (for Excellent Leadership)

    MP3 players

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    Mug & CD Player

    Dhamma Talks & Lectures

    • Received MP3 player with dhamma talks from U Khin Maung Tun, SDYF President
      at 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

    Also received MP3 players from

    • Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt
    • My sisters
    • Dhamma friends

    Each player has Paritta Pali (protective verses) and dhamma talks by different sayadaws.

    From my Life Savers

    Coffee mug with photos

    My beloved grandchildren gave it as present for Grand Father’s Day

    Books

    Dhamma & Bawa

    For writing, translating, editing or proof-reading

    I edited or proof-read books written by

    • Sayadaws (U Silananda, U Jotalankara)
    • Sayas (Des Rodgers)
    • Friends (U Aung Zaw).

      They provided me copies of their books.

    Book Presents

    I received books from others. They include

    • “Life Journey of Maths Professor U Ba Toke” : autographed copy
    U Ba Toke
    • “Myanmar in my life-time”
      by BBS U Khin Zaw — air mailed from Australia by U Wint Khin Zaw
    Book by U Khin Zaw
    • Book honoring Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint — air mailed from Australia by Dr. TOKM
    TOKM
    • Centennial for U Khin Maung Latt & Daw Khin Myo Chit —
      Two books by Junior Win
    • Books by U Ye Sint (former Editor of Dhammananda Newsletter) : His works; Pathan Dethana (Dhamma Dana by his siblings)
    • U Kesala (Chief Resident monk, Alodaw Pyie Monastery in Arizona) : Dhamma Q&A; Several other books
    • “Nga Doh Khit Ka Tekkatho”
      by Shwe Ky May Hnin —
      Given to me at San Francisco Bay Area Talk
    Book by Shwe Ku May Hnin
    • Books by Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) —Collection of Poems; Collection of Articles
    Saya Moe
    • Book by Saya U Nyunt Htay —
      Collection of Swel Daw Poems
    RIT Poets
    • Books by Nyan Oo Maung
      (aka Mudita Shwe Kyaung Sayadaw U Nyanika)
    • Books by various sayadaws in Bay Area & beyond : Beelin Sayadaw, U Dhammapiya, U Gosita, Dhamma Bheri Sayadaw, Aung San Tat Oo Sayadaw, Thamanay Kyaw
    • Books by Dr. San Oo, Daw Than Yi and family
    • “Yahandar and Poke Ko Htoo Myar” by Dhammacariya U Htay Hlaing — in the 80’s for translating several of his “Dhamma Duta” articles
    • Books by Sayawun Tin Shwe
      — Given by his daughter Tyn Tyn Aye during her UCC studies
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ) mailed me two books that he bought in Myanmar : U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin, Collection Bagan poems (by Zawgyi, translated by Ah May Thar).
    • Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt believes in a revolving library.
      Gave me several books that he enjoyed reading.
    • 8-8-88 by Dat Pone Htein Win — Received at 5th ILF
    • Books by Members of Professional Spakers Association (PSA) : Kyaw Kyaw Hlaing, Kaythri Kyaw …

    Publications

    Contributing Editor for “90th Anniversary Issue of the Founding of RUBC” (2013)

    Wrote articles and/ or poems for

    • Guardian
    • Working People’s Daily
    • Forward Magazine
    • Veda Magazine
    • Pan Magazine
    • Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
    Encyclopedia
    • BAPS Newsletter
    • RIT Alumni Newsletter (Special issue for SPZP-2000)
    Newsletter
    • “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 & SPZP-2010
    SDY Sar Saung
    • “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine” for Shwe YaDu
    SDY Magazine

    U Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD supplement for HMEE-2012.

    CDs

    Received raw and formal CDs and DVDs for the various RIT Gatherings.

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    DVD
  • GBNF 3

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Mar 2026

    M72 — GBNF

    1 – 20
    21 – 40
    41 – 57

    ChE73

    1 – 16

    Relatives

    U Tin U’s Family

    • U Tin U — Aug 2025
    • Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt — Nov 2019
    • Dr. “Peter “ Khin Tun — Apr 2020
    • U Tin Tun — May 2020

    U Tin U

    Tin U

    U Ba Than’s Family

    • U Ba Than
    • Daw Mya Mya
    • Eldest child — daughter
    U Tin U & Siblings

    Daw Myint Thwe’s Family

    • Daw Myint Thwe — May 2024
    • Dr. Freddie Ba Hli
    • Min Thet Tun / Pho Htoo

    Dr. Myo Tint’s Family

    • Dr. Myo Tint
    • စန္ဒီ

    RU Staff

    Dr. U Win

    Geography

    Obituary for U Win

    Dr. Khin Nwe Soe

    Chemistry

    Dhamma Friends

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    TBSA

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    U Kyi Toe

    MARB

    • Spouse : Daw Than Nyein
    • Children : Su Kyi & Kyi Phyu
  • Group Photos 2

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Mar 2026

    GP 1
    GP 2
    GP 3
    GP 4
    GP 5
    GP 6
  • GBNF 2025

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Mar 2026

    U Tin U

    Obituary

    Memories of U Tin U

    Family members
    U Tin U & Siblings

    U Thein Han

    • Former Systems Engineer, IBM Burma
    • Passed away in Springfield, Maryland in September 2025
    • He celebrated his 96th birthday on March 1, 2025
    U Thein Han 1
    U Thein Han 2

    Dr. U Win

    • Former staff, Geography Department, Rangoon University
    • Passed away in Salinas, California, USA on 9th September, 2025
    Obituary for U Win

    Dhamma Friends

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    U Kyi Toe

    • Spouse : Daw Than Nyein
    • Children : Su Kyi & Kyi Phyu

    Musicians

    Victor Khin Nyo

    • Played for several bands
    • Shades
    • LPJ
    • Thamankyar
    • Playboy
    VKN 1
    VKN 2
    Obituary
    With musicians & music lovers
  • 69er Group Photos

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Mar 2026

    69 a
    69 b
    69 c

    69 d
    69 e
    69 f
    69 g
    69 h
    69 i
    69 j
    GP 1
    GP 2
    GP 3
    GP 4
    GP 5
    GP 6
  • GBNF 2025

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Dec 2025

    U San Tun

    • M59
    • Masters from MIT
    • Former Head, Automobile Engg (Sub-dept of Mech Engg), RIT
    • Past President, BEA
    • Passed away in California (Dec 2025)
    U San Tun

    U Tin U

    U Tin U & Siblings

    Dr. U Win

    Geography

    Obituary for U Win

    Dhamma Friends

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    U Kyi Toe

    • Spouse : Daw Than Nyein
    • Children : Su Kyi & Kyi Phyu

    Musicians

    Victor Khin Nyo

    VKN 1
    VKN 2
    Obituary