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  • Jubilees & More

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Jubilees

    • Silver Jubilee (25th Anniversary)
    • Golden Jubilee (50th Anniversary)
    • Diamond Jubilee (75th Anniversary, 60th for Coronation)
    • Centennial (100th Anniversary)
    • Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary)
    • Bicentennial (200th Anniversary)
    • Tricentennial (300th Anniversary)
    Golden Jubilee Present from KMZ

    Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT)

    • The Faculty of Engineering was briefly known as Burma Institute of Technology (BIT) after moving to the Gyogone Campus.
    • In 1964, under the then new Education System, BIT was renamed as RIT.
    • RIT became an autonomous institute with its own Rector.

    SPZP and Alumni Activities

    • Saya Pu Zaw Pwe is a noble tradition.
    • I am honored to be a core organizer of the First RIT Grand Reunion and SPZP in San Francisco, California, USA in October 2000.
    • I have supported the subsequent SPZPs and several RIT-related projects and activities.

    Last Journeys

    • I am honored to have been a Master of Ceremonies for the Last Journeys of Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo and Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa.
    • I was also requested to give eulogies.

    Jubilees

    Rangoon University

    • It was established in December 1920 with two constituent colleges : Rangoon College and Judson College.
    • Saya U Pe Maung Tin served as the first native Principal of Rangoon College.
    • Saya Dr. Htin Aung served as the first native Rector of Rangoon University.

    RU Golden Jubilee

    • The RU Golden Jubilee was celebrated in 1970.
    • Saya Dr. Aung Gyi and Saya U Thet Lwin are among the core organizers of the RU GJ Celebrations.
    • I had a minor role as a volunteer for the “Zay Committee”.
    • RIT Ah Nu Pyinnyashins took part in the Entertainment Program. The “Htee Yein” and “Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint” were attractions. The term “Swel Daw Yiek” became synonymous with RIT and the engineering schools which preceded RIT.
    • The Commemorative Magazine reprinted Bogyoke Aung San’s translation of “Invictus”. The Magazine also had an account of U Hla Maung, who graduated with B.Sc. (Engg) degree in 1928.

    RU Centennial

    • It was celebrated in 2020.
    • Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) and fellow authors (e.g. Shwe Ku May Hnin) have published “Collections of Poems and Articles” to commemorate RU Centennial.

    Myanmar Engineering Education

    • Engineering Education in Burma started in 1924.
    • The History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project compiled and published HMEE-2012 in time for SPZP-2012. Saya U Aung Hla Tun was the Team Leader.
      U Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD Supplement for the book.
    • HMEE-2018 is a follow up Project to revise the HMEE-2012 book and publish new material (e.g. History of the Engineering Departments). However, after Saya’s demise, the project is in limbo.
    • The 90th Anniversary was celebrated in 2014.
    • The Centennial was celebrated in 2024.

    Rangoon Institute of Technology

    • The New Education System which made RIT an autonomous Institute with was established in November 1964.
    • Saya U Yone Moe served as the first Rector of RIT. He was succeeded by Saya Dr. Aung Gyi in 1971.
    • In 1964, there were eight Engineering Departments : (1) Architecture (2) Chemical (3) Civil (4) Electrical (5) Mechanical (6) Metallurgy (7) Mining (8) Textile.
    • Supporting Departments were established at RIT. They include (1) Burmese (2) Chemistry (3) English (4) Geology (5) Physics.
    • For some time, there were Visiting Lecturers from USSR and selected Departments of other Universities and Institutes.
    • RIT was renamed as YIT (Yangon Institute of Technology). YIT in turn became YTU (Yangon Technological University).
    • The Golden Jubilee was celebrated in 2014.
    • The 60th Annivrrsary was celebrated in 2024.

    RIT Spirit

    • The sayas and alumni are known for the “RIT Spirit” which survived the brutal crushing in the Adhamma Era.
    • RIT was considered a Dying Breed. The school was branded as “Thabone Kyaung”. The Swel Daw Bins were banished from the Gyongone Campus. Several equipment were taken away to set up a Military Engineering school at DSA.
    • The alumni wanted to pay back the metta and cetana of their mentors.
    • The First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was held in California, USA in October 2000. I wrote the “SAYA PU ZAW PWE” poem. It has been reprinted in several RIT-related publications.
    • The subsequent World Wide SPZPs were held in Singapore (in December 2002, April 2007 and December) and in Yangon (in December 2004, December 2012 and December 2016).
    • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation was established in 2013.
    • The Shwe YaDu Celebrations were held in 2014.
    • RITAA is helping YTU in several ways. It is helping to raise the fund for YTU Library Modernization Project (which is a requirement to get YTU accredited at the Regional level and beyond).

    Stories to illustrate the RIT Spirit

    • I am an amateur historian and a folklorist.
    • I have a dream to compile stories to illustrate the friendly and indomitable RIT Spirit.
    • I will use the articles that were contributed to the RIT Alumni Newsletter and Updates.
    • Sayas and alumni could provide new and old stories (e.g. published in the various Magazines, Sar Saungs, Thadin Zin, Wall Posters, Cartoon Box, Exhibitions).
    • While we have reasonably good health and memory, we plan to pay back to our alma mater.

    My Facebook Pages and Web sites

    I have three kinds of Facebook Pages :

    • One for my acquaintances
    • One for family members, relatives and close friends
    • One for knowledge sharing (e.g. Life Long Learning) and/or archiving my posts

    Not all postings are of equal importance. They can be grouped as follows:

    • News & Updates
    • SPZP-2012 : Count down and Event
    • Shwe YaDu Golden Jubilee Celebrations
    • SPZP-2016
    • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • Alumni Associations in Myanmar & California
    • History of Myanmar Engineering Education
    • Memoirs (e.g by U Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70) & U Ohn Khine (M70))
    • Golden Jubilee (GJ) Magazine published by the Class of 70 & 71
    • 69ers
    • Class Photos
    • Brief History of the RIT Departments by Sayagyis
    • Excerpts from the archives of SPZP-2000
    • Successors of RIT (e.g. YIT, YTU)
    • Where are they now?
    • GBNF : Sayas and alums

    Hope the postings will be of interest to historians — professional or amateurs.

    I have two web sites.

    SPZP and Alumni Activities

    Paying respect to Sayas for their metta and cetana is a tradition that is unique to Burma/Myanmar.

    The tradition is alive and well.

    There have been SEVEN world wide SPZPs :

    • SPZP-2000 (US)
    • SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007, SPZP-2010 (Singapore)
    • SPZP-2004, SPZP-2012, SPZP-2016 (Yangon)
    • SPZP-2020 (scheduled for December 26, 2020 in Yangon) was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

    Many alumni are active in the following:

    • SDYF (Swel Daw Yeik Foundation)
    • RITAA (RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association)
    • MES (Myanmar Engineering Society)
    • MEC (Myanmar Engineering Council)

    HMEE Projects

    • “History of Myanmar Engineering Education” was published in time for SPZP-2012.
    • The project’s initiators included Saya U Soe Paing, Sayagyi U Ba Than and several sayas and alumni. See Acknowledgement in the Book.
    • Saya U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF) and team (including me) compiled the book.
    • The draft for the first two sections were prepared by Saya U Soe Paing & team.
    • U Ohn Khine (M70) translated Section 1 and summarized Section 2. His work have been revised by Saya U Soe Paing.

    Saya U Aung Hla Tun suggested that the Book should be revised/updated (e.g. every five years or so).

    YTU Library Modernization Project

    • The project was established as a requirement for the Accreditation of YTU.
    • Donations — large and small — came in. An alumnus had made monthly donation of One Lakh kyats for over two years.
    • U Khin Maung Tun (T78), Daw Myint Myint (C69), Saya Dr. Myo Khin (C70) and Daw Mya Nwe (Winsome, C73) and Saya U Tin Htut (M60) donated K100 Lakhs (or more) for the Project.
    • Thanks to Ma Nan Khin Nwe (83 Intake) and the fund raising team. The team had periodically published the list of donors.

    Health Care

    • There were several HCF (Health Care Funds).
    • The balance of “Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT sayas and sayamas” has been handed over to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation.
    • The balance of “U Khin Maung Tun’s family for providing Vision Care to eligible sayas and sayamas” have been handed over to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation.
    • SDYF provides limited financial assistance to eligible RIT sayas & sayamas for health care (e.g. hospitalization, frequent visits to clinics).
    • SDYF also provides Annual Medical and Vision Checkup for eligible sayas & sayamas.

    RIT related Facebook pages and web sites

    • RIT Updates
    • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association
    • Google Group for Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65
    • Google Group for RIT Updates
    • hlamin.com
    • lmyanmar2021.wordpress.com
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    SPZ 1
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    SPZ 2

    Last Journeys

    • I had the opportunity to serve as Master of Ceremonies at two last journeys.
    • The first was for Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP 74), part time Professor at San Jose State University. Ko Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) set up the commemorative web pages on http://www.ex-rit.org. I have excerpted some in my Trivia posts.
    • The second was for Sayadaw U Silanandbhivamsa, Rector of the International Theravada Buddhist University.
    • I volunteered as Book Committee member and Contributing Editor for “Paying Homage to Saya U Silanananda.
    • There is a 2-set DVD of Saydaw’s last journey and can be found as a supplement for the Commemorative book.

    Simple Joys of Living and Paying Back

    • We are deeply honored to the sponsors, donors,volunteers, and well-wishers for the soon kyway on August 20, 2016 at Half Moon Bay monastery.
    • Special thanks to sayas and alumni near and far who took special time to express their appreciation to the messenger turned amateur historian.
    • We are simply following the practice of our beloved philanthropic ancestors who donated for the construction and maintenance of hospitals, schools, pagodas, zayats, free dispensaries.
    • I have donated thousands of hours trying to get the sayas and alumni get connected electronically and physically, and also share my experience as a Life Long Learner.
    • Ko Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70, Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs) said, “Do not retire. Re-tire.” He mentioned that if we can serve the sayas and alums for two decades, we should be satisfied since RIT is a dying breed.
    • I have completed 26 years as a founder and editor of RIT Alumni International Newsletter.

  • Winner Inn

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Winner Inn is run by Saya U Ba Than’s family : son Ye Than, daughter-in-law Win Mar Oo, grandson Aung Myo Myint and granddaughter Ei Khine.
    U Ba Than
    • Before the family moved to a new residential home (a little bit further down Than Lwin Road), Saya would entertain his relatives (visiting from abroad), former colleagues and students at Winner Inn.

    Gatherings

    • An informal gathering took place at Winner Inn in January 2017.
      Attendees include Dr. Khin Tun (Peter, GBNF) & Daw Win Mar, U Hla Win, U Aung Moung (GBNF), my spouse and me
    • U Aung Moung came to see Saya U Ba Than and Daw Win Mar.
      It’s a small world. Win Mar’s older brother was a childhood friend of U Aung Moung.
    • Sadly, U Aung Moung passed away in 2018.
      He was active in HMEE, SDYF and several social and religious organizations.
      Several monks arranged their own transportation to attend U Aung Moung’s last journey at Yay Way.

    Dr. Peter Khin Tun (GBNF)

    • Peter would usually come back to Yangon before January 12 to celebrate his mother Dr. Kyi Kyi Nyunt’s birthday. His father U Tin U is the elder brother of Saya U Ba Than.
    • Peter would host some celebrations (e.g. engagement party of his elder son Min Ko) at Winner Inn.
    • Sad to report that Peter was an early victim of Covid and lax UK Hospital policies about PPE. He passed away on April 13, 2020 (which was Easter Monday & start of Thingyan). The sad news is covered in BBC and some UK newspapers.
    • His spouse Win Mar recovered after two weeks of treatment at the hospital.
    • On a bright note, Peter was given awards posthumously and the UK hospital systems adopted better procedures.

  • Life Savers

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Two grandchildren
    • Grand daughter is almost 12?years old.
    • Grandson is 9’years old.
    • They excel in academic, sports and social activities.
    • The following are some pictures of them when they were young and innocent.
    Myee 1
    Myee 2
    Myee 3
    Myee 4
    Myee 5
    Myee 6
    Myee 7
    Myee 9

  • Hack

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Hla Min

    In the early days of Computing, a Hack is defined to be a “useful and/or beautiful piece of code.”

    Hacker

    • Some students, who worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computing Laboratories, preferred working on code rather than attending courses.
    • They feel proud of their Hacks and are addressed as Hackers.
    • Over time, Unethical Hackers emerged.
    • Ethical Hackers also rose to defend against the Unethical Hackers.
    • Most people do no know or care about the difference between Ethical and Unethical Hackers.

    Ethical Hackers

    • They try to break the security of computer systems and applications.
    • They propose solutions to defend the possible attacks of Unethical Hackers.
    • They are known as White Hats.

    Unethical Hackers

    • They inflict damage to hardware, software and data systems.
    • They may steal and sell sensitive information.
    • One study says that it is safer and lucrative to be a Criminal Hacker (also referred to as Cracker) than selling drugs (which can lead to imprisonment and death in some countries).
    • The underground business for malware (viruses, Trojan horses, …) is valued at multi-billion dollars.


  • Jan 2017

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Tommy Shwe (GBNF)

    Alumnus of RIT

    • Matriculated from St. Albert’s High School, Maymyo in 1964
    • Admitted as Roll No 2 (in order of merit among Matriculates) to 1st BE at Rangoon Institute of Technology
    • Represented RIT in Badminton

    Taiwan & USA

    • Completed three Masters
    • Entrepreneur
    • Supporter of Education

    Untimely Demise

    • Victimized by a handyman that he had helped
    • Reported in Los Angeles Times
    LAT 1
    Tommy Shwe
    LAT 2
    LAT 3
    LAT 4
    LAT 5
    LAT 6
    LAT 7

  • Photos — Old & New

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Let Oo Sayas

    With my beloved parents

    U Tin Gyi’s Family

    Old photos processed by Myo Kyawswar

    Sisters

    Sisters 1 (original)
    Sisters 2 (processed)

    Daw Khin Swe Hla (Icy)

    Wedding 1 (original)
    Wedding 2 (processed)

    Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (Cherry)

    Cherry, Peter, Ye Myint
    Cherry, Peter
    Cherry 1
    Cherry 2
    Cherry 3

    Win Latt (ex-UCC)

    Win Latt

    Myint Swe (EP74) & San San (EC74)

    Myint Swe, San San

    U Sein Mg (EE63) & U Moe Aung (EE63)

    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 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/

    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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Life Story

    by Thein Han

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Thein Han & Daw Khin Khin Htway

    April 23, 1958

    It is on this day 23rd April 1958 that I got married to my wife Khin Khin Htway (Flora) at the Strand Hotel. We stayed two nights with her parents and left for our honeymoon to Tokyo, Japan.

    April 25, 1958

    We arrived Tokyo 0n the 25th and was met at the airport by Mr Fonseka, Ceylon (now Siri Lanka) Ambassador to Japan. He was was a friend of my wife father when he was Ceylon Ambassador to Burma. He took us to a restaurant for lunch and later dropped us at a Hotel near the Imperial Palace.

    April 26, 1958

    The next day we took the high speed bullet train to Osaka to visit Mr Fukutomi who is a friend and was once an IBM Engineer in Burma. He lived in Takarazuka, a suburb of Osaka. He took us to see the famous Takarazuka Kabuki show performed by women artists only, the men parts were also performed by ladies and not a single men was involved in it.

    Trips

    We stayed one night in Osaka and then left for our trip to Kyoto, Nara,Yokohama, and Kamakura where there is a Huge BUDDHA sitting statue, it is also a popular beach resort and returned to Tokyo.

    Back to Tokyo

    In Tokyo we saw a modern topless show at Asakusa Theatre, did some shopping at Diamaru Department store and took a stroll on GINZA street.

    We left Japan after three weeks of our memorable honeymoon in Japan.

    Hong Kong

    From Tokyo we flew to Hong Kong, we stayed at at the famous Peninsular Hotel on Kowloon side where the airport is.

    One day while shopping in Hong Kong we met four Burmese gentlemen on the street and they were Executive Members of Rangoon Turf Club, they were in Hong Kong at the invitation of Hong Kong Turf Club. One of them, U Chit Khaing saw my wife in her longyi and came to talk to us, he then invited us for a cruise on the Hong Kong Harbour which the Hong Kong Turf Club had arranged for them in the evening. The cruise was during sunset and it was a beautiful ride relaxing on the boat, breathing the fresh air of Hong Kong Harbour and watching the colored lights of Skyscrapers opened one by one, twinkling on the hill. We returned to Rangoon the next day.

    Blessed to be together for a long time

    It is now more than six decades since our honeymoon in Japan and we are fortunate to be still together and is able to take care of each other.

    U Thein Han