Category: Language

Meaning

Synonyms are words which have almost the same meaning for the given context. They are not exact equivalents.

Since some words can have multiple meanings, one must be careful of the meaning associated with a synonym.

Lexicon

The synonyms of Lexicon include

• Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Vocabulary

Their usage depends on the context.

In general, Lexicon is a body of knowledge (or dictionary) of Latin and Greek.

At one time, Lexicon is a card game where players create words and score points. It was superseded by Scrabble.

Story Telling

• Powerful, informative, aspiring, educational, and entertaining.
• Books, movies, music, arts, history, archaeology, and religion leverage the art of Story Telling.
• Thanks to my Thin Sayas, Myin Sayas and Kyar Sayas for helping me learn and develop the art of Story Telling.
  

Stories in my posts

Most of my posts are stories about

• My family
• Ancestors / Parents
• Teachers / Mentors / Coaches
• Classmates / Schoolmates
• Colleagues
• Friends
• Students
• Lessons learned in school and life

Geography

• Climatic Interpretation
• Contour
• U Htay Myint (Patheda)
• L Dudley Stamp (LSE)
• U Kyaw
• Map
• Dr. Daw Thin Kyi
• Dr. Tin Htoo
• Dr. U Win (GIS)

“GROW” Model

• Goal
• Reality ; Review
• Options
• Will : What to do

GTI

• Government Technical Institute
• GTI – Engineering School connections
• Saya U Ba Hli
  Principal of GTI
  First native Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University
• Saya C Ping Lee
  EE Faculty
  Director, Vocation and Technical Education
• RIT alumni teaching at GTI
• GTI-RIT Bridge Program
  U Yin Sein (Caesar Yang) : first batch
  Several of KMZ’s classmates
  U Myint Soe (M79)
  U Kaung Kaung Oo (Gordon, M83)
  U Ko Ko Zin (M84)
  U Aung Myint Oo (EC84)

Java

• Island in Indonesia
• Coffee
• Programming Language

It is a short form for web log. Diary, journal, log, and blog (web log) are ways to record one’s experience and thoughts.

Blogging is fun. One can just write down one’s thoughts without caring for academic integrity or historical precision. One does not have to write comprehensive reports. Several readers (mostly SMEs or Subject Matter Experts) point out errors (typos, discrepancies).

Not all media and social media are created equal. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, Facebook is a great way to get connected and reconnected (with long lost friends), but it requires time and energy to navigate the “rolling” and “revolving” posts.

I blog in my Facebook page and then share it with one or more FB pages (mainly “RIT Update”). As time and energy permit, I archive the posts along with the relevant feedback to my website hlamin.com

One does not need an account to read my posts on my website.

If you search “Hla Min” on the web, it will return

• a former colonel / brigadier
• a former minister
• an educator
• some medical tests & results on HLA
• some of my works

If you specify “RIT” or “TBSA”, the search engine will return my writings in the Newsletters.

If you go to “Google Books”, then you can find my articles for “Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife”.

As Dr. Nyunt Wai commented, it is a necessary, important and time consuming step to transform my raw materials into a form presentable as an e-book or printed book. I need volunteers to realize my dream and wishes (of an amateur historian, story teller and life long learner) before my reasonably good memory starts to fade away.