by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Let Oo Sayas
U Tin Gyi’s Family
Old photos processed by Myo Kyawswar
Sisters
Daw Khin Swe Hla (Icy)
Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (Cherry)
Win Latt (ex-UCC)
Myint Swe (EP74) & San San (EC74)
U Sein Mg (EE63) & U Moe Aung (EE63)
Category: Hla Min
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Photos — Old & New
With my beloved parents Sisters 1 (original) Sisters 2 (processed) Wedding 1 (original) Wedding 2 (processed) Cherry, Peter, Ye Myint Cherry, Peter Cherry 1 Cherry 2 Cherry 3 Win Latt Myint Swe, San San Two EE Sayas -
Lifelong Learner
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 ကွန်ပျူတာသမိုင်းပြတိုက် 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 စာတည်းချုပ် of RIT Alumni Newsletter
- Owner & Admin of RIT Updates FB Group
- Member of HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education) မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အင်ဂျင်နီယာ ပညာရေ: သမိုင်း အဖွဲ့ဝင်၊
- ကံ့ကော်မြေ (တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်) Former Moderator of RU Centennial Group : Moderator ငြိမ်း၊
- Contributing Editor of RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine / ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်လှေလှော် အသင်း မဂ္ဂဇင်း : စာတည်း
- Former employee of UCC, DCS, ICST : ကွန်ပျူတာဌာန၊ ကွန်ပျူတာသိပ္ပံဌာန၊ ကွန်ပျူတာသိပ္ပံ နှင့် နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် ဝန်ထမ်း ငြိမ်း၊
- စာပေ၊ သမိုင်း၊ ပညာရေး နဲ့ အားကစား ဝါသနာရှင်၊
Interests : Literature, History, Education, Sports - Contributor of Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife စွယ်စုံကျမ်း
- 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 Technology1965 Summer
Inlay Luyechun CampI 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 19651969 December
Poem for 5th SEAP GamesBurma 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 GamesMid 1970s
Universities’ Computer Center (UCC), RangoonThe 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 Campus1999 April to 2025
Chief Editor of RIT Alumni International Newsletterhttps://hlamin.com/2024/03/09/rit-alumni-newsletter-for-spzp-2000-2/
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 Silanandabhivamsa2010 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 Singapore2012 December
Saya Pu Zaw Pwe at Gyogone Campus
SPZP-2012 ပွင့်လင်းခေတ်
2012 မှာ ကျင်းပခဲ့ တဲ့ ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ
SPZP-2012: True Home ComingHMEE (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 Book2013
RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine
RUBC 2013 — ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် လှေလှော်အသင်း ရဲ့ နှစ် 90 ပြည့် အထိမ်း အမှတ်စာစောင်
RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine2014 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 20142016 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 Min2019 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 -
Mohinga
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
Staple Food
Rice is the staple food of Burma. What about Mohinga မုန့်ဟင်းခါး ?
Most people eat Mohinga for breakfast. A few can eat Mohinga any time of the day — breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast in Windsor
In 2015, Ivan Lee (M69, New Jersey), Fred Thetgyi (M69, Philadelphia), my spouse and I (from California) visited Windsor, Canada to pay respect to Sayagyi U Aung Khin (Former Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at the Rangoon Institute of Technology.
Sayagyi’s Mohinga Sayagyi allowed my spouse and I to sleep at his guest room. He got up early to prepare Mohinga and Ah Kyaw အကျော် (Fries) for breakfast for the four of us. He also gave us mementos from Windsor.
Cost of Mohinga
During our younger days, plain Mohinga used to cost 15 pyas. With Ah Kyaw, we would pay 25 pyas.
Special recipe
Most vendors cannot match the taste of the Buthee Kyaw ဗူးသီးကျော် using a formula by a cousin aunt to accompany the Mohinga cooked by my beloved father and his assistants.
The best part is that we do not have to pay for the sumptuous “all you can eat” meal.
Variety
There are a variety of ways to prepare and cook Mohinga.
Some variables are
- choice of fish ငါး အမျိုးအစား : Hinthada ဟင်္သာတ uses up to three kinds of fish. Some places use minimal fish. A few — notably Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74, GBNF) — tried to have a layman’s Mohinga using canned fish.
- choice of “San Hmont” ဆန်မှုန့် or “Pei Hmont” ပဲမှုန့်
- use of “Ngan Pya Yay” ငံပြာရည် and condiments
- some add ကြက်သွန်ဥ & ငှက်ပျောဖတ်နုနု
- mode of cooking for a small group or a large group of people
- how to keep it fresh (without getting spoiled due to inclement weather).
Mohinga Story
There’s a story that is near and dear to me.
My spouse’s maternal grandma အဖွား was oblivious to the political, social & economic changes. Every morning, she would call a grand child. She would open her little purse inside a big purse, and then unwrap two or three layers of paper to get her money. She would dole out ten pyas ဆယ်ပြား to buy Mohinga for her.
One day she could not finish a spoonful of Mohinga. Her breath slowly faded with her head resting on my lap. There was no sigh. She passed away gently.
My spouse belongs to the elite company of Mohinga lovers. She enjoys Mohinga for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Mohinga Lover I have a fear စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်စိတ် for the day when she might refuse to have Mohinga & follow her grandma.
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GBNF 2025
by Hla Min
Updated : Apr 2026
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 -
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 Technology1965 Summer
Inlay Luyechun CampI 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 19651969 December
Poem for 5th SEAP GamesBurma 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 GamesMid 1970s
Universities’ Computer Center (UCC), RangoonThe 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 Campus1999 April to 2025
Chief Editor of RIT Alumni International Newsletterhttps://hlamin.com/2024/03/09/rit-alumni-newsletter-for-spzp-2000-2/
RIT Alumni Newsletter 2000 October
Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in CaliforniaSPZP-2000 SPZP-2000 Organizers
2005++
Paying Homage to Sayadaw U SilanandabhivamsaU Silananda ဆရာတော် ဦးသီလာနန္ဒာဘိဝံသ (ပါချုပ်ဆရာတော်)
အထိမ်းအမှတ် မော်ကွန်းစာစောင်အတွက် အဖွဲ့ဝင် & စာတည်း
Contributing Editor for the Book published in memory of Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa2010 December
Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in SingaporeSDY 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 Singapore2012 December
Saya Pu Zaw Pwe at Gyogone CampusSPZP-2012 ပွင့်လင်းခေတ်
2012 မှာ ကျင်းပခဲ့ တဲ့ ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ
SPZP-2012: True Home ComingHMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Project)
HMEE Book published in 2012HMEE 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 LibrariesCD 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 Book2013
RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir MagazineRUBC 2013 — ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် လှေလှော်အသင်း ရဲ့ နှစ် 90 ပြည့် အထိမ်း အမှတ်စာစောင်
RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine2014 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 20142016 September
Alumni Appreciation AwardAward 2019 December
RUBC 96th Anniversary RegattaRegatta RUBC 96th Anniversary & Regatta (2019)
U Tin Myint (GBNF), U Sein Htoon, U Khin Maung Latt, U Hla Min2019 December
Golden Jubilee of Graduation of RIT 69ersGJ 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 CampusSPHS
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.
…
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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.
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.
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 
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
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.
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
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