Category: Language

  • My heart aches and Tears well in my eyes …

    by Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : September 2026

    Tekkatho Moe War

    ရင်ထဲမှာဆို့ပြီး မျက်ရည်ဝဲမိသည်.,…

    ငယ်ရွယ်စဉ်ကာလ က ချစ်သူနှင့် ကွေကွင်းခဲ့ရ၍ မျက်ရည်လွယ်လွယ်နှင့် မဝဲ…။

    ရွယ်စဉ်ကာလက မိဘနှင့် စောစီးစွာ ခွဲခွာသွားရ၍ အငိုအရှိုက် မလွယ်ခဲ့…။

    ယခု မူကား…..ဘ၀ နှင့် ယှဉ်လာတော့…..

    ရင်ထဲမှာ ဆို့ ပြီး မျက်ရည်ဝဲမိသည်…..

    အ ကြောင်းမှာ……

    သည်နေ့ မနက် ဘုန်းကြီး ငါးပါး အား ဒံပေါက် ဆွမ်းကပ်၊ ပရိက္ခရာ လှူဖွယ် ၀တ်ထုမြား လှူဒါန်း ပြီး ပရိတ် တရား တော် များ နာယူ သည်။

    ထို့နောက် ပတ်၀န်းကျင် ရှိ မိတ်သင်္ဂဟများနှင့် ဆွေမျိုးတို့ထံ သို့ ဒံပေါက် ဗူးများ အပို့ ခိုင်းလိုက်သည်။

    အိမ်ဆောက် နေဆဲ နေရာ တွင်ရှိနေ သော ပန်းရံ ၊ ဆေးသုတ် ၊ လက်သမား အလုပ်သမား အားလုံး အတွက်လည်း တစ်ယောက်တစ်ပွဲ ကျ ( တစ်ဗူးကျ) ပို့လိုက်သည်။ တ မြန်နေ့ကပဲ အလုပ်သမားတွေကို ကြို တင် မှာထားပြီး သား ၊ ထမင်းဗူး တွေယူမလာ ခဲ့ကြ နှင့်….

    နောက်တစ်နေ့ကျ ဒံပေါက် ပို့ ပေးမည် ဟု……

    အလုပ်သမားတွေက နားမ ထောင်။ ထမင်းဗူး တွေ ယူမြဲယူလာသည်။

    အ ကြောင်း မေးကြည့်လိုက်တော့…..

    မိမိ တို့ရဲ့ သား သမီး ဘယ်တုန်းကမှ ဒံပေါက် မစားဖူး လို့ အိမ်ကိုသယ်ပြီး ကျွေးချင် လို့ပါတဲ့…..။ မိမိတို့ က အိမ်ကယူလာတာကိုပဲ စားကြမှာ တဲ့။

    မိဘ မေတ္တာ ဘာ နဲ့ များ နှိုင်းလိုပါ သေးသလဲ ?

    စာရေးသူ ရင် ထဲ ဆို့ ပြီး မျက် ရည် ဝဲ မိ သည်။

    [မှတ်ချက်။ ။ ၂၀၁၃ခု ဧပြီလတွင် ရေးခဲ့သည့် စာစုအား ပြန်ဖေါ်ပြခြင်းဖြစ်၏ ]

    [ဒု မှတ်ချက်။ ယခုလတ်တလော ၂၀၂၂ခု အနေအထားအရ ဒံပေါက်အစား ကြက်ဥကြော် ၂လုံး ဟူ၍ ပြင်ဆင်ရေးသားလျှင် ပိုမိုအံဝင်မည်လား..]

    Translated by Hla Min

    My heart aches and Tears well in my eyes …

    In our younger days, tears would not fall easily even when one is forsaken by a lover.

    Later, even when one’s parents passed away (especially untimely), one sensed grief and might shed a few tears.

    A few years back (in April, 2013) we told the workers (masons, carpenters, painters …) not to bring their lunch boxes the following day, since we would be offering requisites (robes, medicine, Nawakama, Soon) and that they would have Dan Bauk (Birayani).

    The next day, the workers brought their lunch boxes as usual.

    Asked “Why?”

    They replied, “We want to take back Dan Bauk to feed our children, who have never eaten such delicacy.”

    My heart ached (thinking of the hard lives of the workers and their families).

    Tears were ready to roll down. (There were Tears of Sorrow followed by Tears of Joy – appreciating the metta and cetana of parents.)

    Note for the revised article: Should we substitute Dan Bauk with Two Eggs?

    Editor’s Notes

    Due to the pandemic, the former Rice Bowl of Asia is facing food shortage.

    Due to misdirected policies, the purchasing power of Burmese Currency has declined.

    Thanks to Ko Htoo and Ko Hta, many starving families have temporary relief in the form of Food Coupons (e.g by Mg Mar Ga, Shwe Zin Ma and their supporters).

    I earlier translated Saya’s article about the K1000 (gratitude gift) by his mother-in-law to purchase a bowl of Khauk Swe.

    Feedback

    Saya U Moe Aung wrote :

    Dear Ko Hla Min

    As a matter of fact, I really cherished the article you’ve rendered into English recently. By the way, DanBauk is Briyani or, Birayani, as per your usage above?

    Excellent rendition, cheers!!

    Book Present from Tekkatho Moe War

  • Terms used in my posts

    Terms used in my posts

    by Hla Min

    Update : September 2026

    A

    • A : Architecture
    • AAA : Access, Authorization & Accounting
    • ABM : American Baptist Mission
    • AC : Alternating Current
    • ACB : Advanced Communicator Bronze
    • ACG : Advanced Communication Gold
    • ACS : Advanced Communicator Silver
    • ACM : Association of Computing Machinery
    • AD : Anno Domino (In the year of our Lord); CE : Common Era
    • ADC : Analog to Digital Converter
    • AFPFL : Anti Fascist Peoples’ Freedom League (ဖဆပလ)
    • AFAIK : As Far As I Know
    • Ag : Agricultural Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • AG : Attorney General; Auditor General
    • AGI : Artificial General Intelligence
    • AGM : Annual General Meeting
    • AI : Artificial Intelligence
    • ALB : Advanced Leader Bronze
    • ALS : Advanced Leader Silver
    • AQ : Adversary Quotient
    • ARAE : Amateur Rowing Association of the East
    ARAE Regatta
    • ASAP : As Soon As Possible
    • Auto : Automobile Enginering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)

    B

    • BA : Bachelor of Arts
    • BAPS : Burmese American Professional Society
    • BARB : Burma Astro Research Bureau (later MARB)
    • BASES : Burmese American Society of Engineers & Scientists
    • BBS : Burma Broadcasting Service (မြန်မာ့အသံ)
    • BC : Before Christ
    • BCE : Before Common Era
    • BCM : Boston Computer Museum
    • BCom : Bachelor of Commerce
    • BCS : Burma Civil Service; British Computer Society
    • BE : Bachelor Engineering; Burmese Era
    • BEA : Burmese Engineers Association
    • BEco : Bachelor of Economics
    • BERB : Burma Education Research Bureau (later MERB)
    • BFF : Best Friends Forever
    • BFHA : Bound For Higher Abode
    • BIT : Burma Institute of Technology
    • BL : Bachelor of Law
    • BMH : Base Military Hospital
    • BMRI : Burma Medical Research Institute; later DMR
    • BOD : Board of Directors
    • BPI : Burma Pharmaceutical Industry; Bits Per Inch
    • BS : Bachelor of Science
    • B.Sc : Bachelor of Science
    • BSPP : Burmese Socialist Program Party
    • BTW : By The Way

    C

    • C : Civil; Celsius
    • CA : Chartered Accountant
    • CE : Common Era; Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Chief Engineer
    • Ch : Chemistry; Chapter; Channel
    • ChE : Chemical Engineering
    • CHM : Computer History Museum
    • CLC : Calcutta Lake Club
    • COE : Center of Excellence
    • ConBro : Convent & Brother Schools
    • CS : Computer Science
    • CT : Computer Technology
    • CURC : Calcutta University Rowing Club; Cambridge University Rowing Club

    D

    • DAC : Diploma in Automatic Computing; Digital to Analog Converter
    • DC : Direct Current
    • DCA : Directorate of Civil Aviation
    • DCS : Department of Computer Science; Dr. Chit Swe
    • DG : Director General
    • DHE : Directorate of Higher Education
    • DLS : De La Salle
    • DST : Daylight Savings Time
    • DTM : Distinguished Toastmaster

    E

    • E : Electrical; Exponent
    • EC : Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
    • Ece : Electrical Communications; Electronics Engineering
    • Eco : Economics Department; Institute of Economics
    • EE : Electrical Engineering
    • EI : Electrical Inspectorate; Emotional Intelligence
    • EP : Electrical Power
    • EPC : Electric Power Corporation

    F

    • F : Fahrenheit
    • FEARA : Far East Asia Rowing Association
    • FERD : Foreign Economics Relations Department
    • FYI : For Your Information

    G

    • G : Giga
    • GBNF : Gone But Not Forgotten
    • GJ : Golden Jubilee (Shwe YaDu)
    • GWTF : Go With The Flow
    • GWYW : Gone With The Wind

    H

    • HCF : Health Care Fund
    • HIC : Heavy Industries Corporation
    • HMEE : History of Myanmar Engineering Education
    • HSF : High School Final

    I

    • I.A : Intermediate of Arts
    • I. Com : Intermediate of Commerce
    • I.Sc : Intermediate of Science
    • ICS : Indian Civil Service; Institute of Computer Science
    • ICST : Institute of Computer Science and Technology
    • ILA : Intelligence Level Aggregate
    • IM : Institute of Medicine
    • Intake : mostly 1st BE Intake
    • IP : Intellectual Property; Internet Protocol
    • IQ : Intelligence Quotient

    J

    • J : Justice (as in CJ : Chief Justice)
    • JDK : Java Development Kit
    • JIT : Just in Time
    • Jr : Junior

    K

    • K : Kilo
    • KB : Knowledge Base; Kilo Byte
    • KIS : Keep It Simple (formerly KISS : Keep It Simple Stupid)

    L

    • LLB: Bachelor of Law
    • LLM : Master of Law

    M

    • M : Master; Mega; Mechanical
    • M/Ag : Agricultural (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • M/Auto : Automobile Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • MA : Master of Arts
    • MARB : Myanmar Astro Research Bureau (formerly BARB)
    • MASU : Mandalay Arts and Science University
    • Matric : Matriculation
    • ME : Master of Engineering
    • MEHS : Methodist English High School
    • MEHSA : MEHS Alumni
    • Met : Metallurgy; Metallurgical Engineering
    • Min : Mining Engineering
    • MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mandalay Institute of Technology
    • MOGE : Myanmar Oil and Gas Exploration
    • MS : Master of Science
    • M.Sc : Master of Science

    N

    • N : Nano
    • N/A : Not Applicable; Not Available
    • NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    • NLD : National League for Democracy
    • NorCal : Northern California
    • NorCal RITAA : Northern California RIT Alumni Association

    O

    • OMA : Old Members’ Association
    • OPA : Old Paulians’ Association

    P

    • PBRS : Private Boundary Road School
    • Pet : Petroleum Production
    • Phy : Physics
    • PPBRS : Private Primary Boundary Road School
    • PSO : Personal Staff Officer
    • PTC : Post and Telecommunications Corporation
    • PTS : Pali Text Society
    • PWD : Public Works Department
    • PZP : Pu Zaw Pwe

    Q

    • Q&A : Question and Answer
    • QE : Queen Elizabeth
    • QMC : Queen Mary College

    R

    • RASU : Rangoon Arts and Science University
    • RBC : Rangoon Boat Club
    • RC : Recreation Center; Regional College; Roman Catholic
    • RGC : Rangoon Golf Club
    • RIP : Rest In Peace
    • RIT : Rangoon Institute of Technology
    • RITAA : RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association
    • RU : Rangoon University
    • RUBC : Rangoon University Boat Club
    • RUESU : Rangoon University Engineering Students’ Union
    • RUSU : Rangoon University Students’ Union

    S

    • Sc : Science
    • SDY : Swel Daw Yeik
    • SDYF : Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • SPARK : Society for the Promotion and Advancement of Radio Knowledge
    • SPHS : Saint Paul’s High School
    • SPZP : Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

    T

    • T : Tera; Textile
    • TBA : To Be Announced
    • TBD : To Be Decided
    • TBSA : Theravada Buddhist Society of America
    • TDS : Theravada Dhamma Society
    • TM : Trade Mark; Turing Machine
    • TMC : Tathagata Meditation Center
    • TTC : Teachers’ Training College

    U

    • UBA : Union of Burma Airways
    • UBARI : Union of Burma Applied Research Institute
    • UCC : Universities’ Computer Center
    • UCSY : University of Computer Studies Yangon
    • UN : United Nations
    • UNDP : United Nations Development Program
    • Update : RIT Alumni International Newsletter Update
    • UTC : University Training Corps

    V

    • VM : Virtual Machine
    • VNW : Victor Nyunt Wai
    • VR : Virtual Reality

    W

    • WP : Word Processor; Word Processing

    X

    • XP : eXtreme Programming

    Y

    • YIT : Yangon Institute of Technology
    • YTU : Yangon Technological University
    • YUBC : Yangon Universities’ Boat Club (formerly RUBC)
    • YUFL : Yangon University of Foreign Languages (formerly IFL)

    Z

    • Z : Zillion

    Alphanumeric

    • 69er : Class of 69++
  • Heartfelt Night

    Heartfelt Night

    by Nyunt Htay & Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    U Nyunt Htay (Met73)

    • Retired Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering
    • Author and Poet : Maung Nyunt Htay (Ah Htet Min Hla) မောင် ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    • Chief Editor, Myanmar Mudita Sar Saung
    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night


    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min ( EC 69)

  • Nursery Songs

    Nursery Songs

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Minthuwun

    Minthuwun
    • Minthuwun (U Wun) is a Laureate Poet.
    • He published a book titled “Maung Khway Boh မောင်ခွေးဘို့ (For Maung Khway)”.
    Nursery Songs

    U Khin Zaw

    U Khin Zaw (“K”)
    • He is Founder / Director of Burma Broadcasting Service.
    • Pen name : “K”
    • He wrote the Preface.
    • He provided music for the poems (kabyars).
    • He also translated the poems (with Professor G H Luce) into English.

    U Ba Nyan

    Book 1
    • Distinguished artist
    • He drew the illustrations.

    Content

    Preface

    Book 2
    Book 3

    Burmese Poem & English Translation

    Book 4

    Nursery Songs

    Book 5
    Book 6
    Book 7
    Book 8
    Book 9
    Book 10
    Book 11
  • Memories — 2

    Memories — 2

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Birthday Celebration for August Born

    • August born : Ko Thein Naing / Patrick, Ko Myint Swe, Ma Mu and I used to celebrate together
    • One of the celebrations took place at a restaurant in Half Moon Bay.
    SF Bay Area

    Dr. F Ba Hli (GBNF)

    • Son of Sayagyi U Ba Hli, first native Dean of Engineering, Rangoon University
    • Sc.D in Electrical Engineering from MIT
    • Director General, UBARI (Union of Burma Applied Research Institute)
    • Advisor, Ministry of National Planning
    • Member, Advisory Board for UCC
    • Passed away in Sydney, Australia
    • Spouse : Daw Myint Thwe / Betty
    • Children : Tin Tin Hlaing (Mrs. Htay Aung), Tha Hlaing and Min Thet Tun / Pho Htoo (GBNF)
    F B H

    Dr. “Tommy” Hla Min (GBNF)

    • SPHS64 : Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon
    • Known as Tommy Aung and Dr. Hla Min
    • OG
    • Completed DAC (Diploma in Automatic Computing)
    • Passed away in Yangon

    Books

    RIT Cartoons

    RIT Cartoons

    Talks by Sayagyi U Ba Khin

    • Renowned Vipassana Teacher of Ledi Tradition
    • Mentor : Saya Thet
    • Mentee : S. N. Goenka
    U Ba Khin

    Paritta Pali and

    Protective Suttas

    • Recited in Pali and English by Sayadaw U Silananda
    Paritta Pali
    Paritta Pali (Back cover)

    Book present from

    Maung Swan Yi

    • Poet
    • Literary Critic
    • Diploma in Library Science
    • Member, Curriculum & Text Book Committee in Burma
    Maung Swan Yi

    Donation of Books to YTU

    Saya Allen’s donation
    Saya Allen’s books

    History of Myanmar Engineering Education

    • Book published in December 2012
    • Team Leader : Saya U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)
    • Ko Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD Supplement for the book
    • Copies of the HMEE Book were donated to Universities’ Central Library, Yangon. Received a certificate for the donation
    HMEE
    Donation certificate

    Books by Pa Auk Sayadaw

    • Some books are in English
    • Some books are in Burmese
    Pa Auk 1
    Pa Auk 2
    Pa Auk 3
    Pa Auk 4
    U Jota 1
    Tin Moe 1
    Tin Moe 2
    U Ba Toke
    Bikkhu Bodhi
    Encyclopedia
    Dr. Rewata
    HMEE CD
    Kyi Thinn
    Kyi Thinn 2
    Tin Aung Lwin

    Uncle U Thein Han & Aunty Flora

    Thein Han
    Aunty Flora

    HM

    Printer
    Vancouver
    Crystal Jade
    With Saya Moe
    SPZP-2007
    UK 1972
    Collage
    Lifelong Learner

    UCC

    • U TAG
    • Soe Myint
    • San Yu Hlaing
    • Swe Swe Than
    • Cindy / Sao Mon Sint
    TAG 1
    TAG 2

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • Memories — 1

    by Hla Min

    Updated : August 2026

    Yu Ket / Edward Saw & Tin Maung Win

    • Ko Tin Maung Win (C86) is President of NorCal RITAA
    • Ko Yu Ket (EC85) is EC of NorCal RITAA. He provided various kinds of assistance to our family over the years.
    • We had a Lunch gathering.
    Ed 1
    Ed 2

    Dana for Grace

    • Grace passed away a year ago in Singapore. She succumbed to Cancer.
    • In her memory, Ko Tint Lwin / Daniel (M69) donated to Shwe Yaung Hnin Si Cancer Foundation.
    DTL

    Ma San San & Ko Myint Swe

    • Ma San San (EC74) and Ko Myint Swe (EP74) are super Chefs.
    • They enjoy Cooking and Entertaining Friends.
    • They hosted several gatherings.
    SS MS 1
    SS MS 2
    SS MS 3
    Gathering at MS & SS

    Ma Ma Ruby (GBNF)

    • She is my cousin.
    • On July 19, 2026, Dr. Win Hlaing / Ruby passed away at the age of 94.
    • She has two sons and a daughter.
    Ma Ruby
    Ma Ruby & Kim

    William Aung

    • Dentist / Specialist
    • Son of Ko Htay Aung / Victor (EC80, UCC) and Tin Tin Hlaing (UCC)
    • Received a Presentation Award
    William

    Uzin U Chan Min

    • Represented Institute of Economics in Chinlon and Rowing
    • Worked for EPC before moving to USA
    • After retirement, he became a monk at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California
    Uzin Chan Min

    Toastmasters

    • I am a DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster).
    • I completed CC, ACB, ACS, ACG, CL, ACL, ACG and activities (e.g Club Coach; Contests at Club, Area & Division; Ambassador)
    • The photo was taken at a Halloween-themed Toastmasters Meeting
    Toastmasters

    PSA Tour

    • I was invited to join the PSA (Professional Speakers Association) Tour to Upper Burma
    • The tour covered six cities
    Professional Speakers Association

    Saw Lin (C71, GBNF)

    • In 2012, I made two trips to Yangon to coordinate with the Organizers of SPZP-2012
    • Ko Saw Lin hosted a Welcome Dinner. Attendees include Ko Ohn Khine (M70), Saya Ko Aung (C70), Ko Khin Maung Myint (ChE71) and Ma Mai Khin Nyunt / Rosie (ChE71)
    Saw Lin

    Texas

    • Ko San Lin / Robert (EC73) and Ma Hla Myint (EC73) hosted us in Dallas, Texas. They showed us around the Dallas area.
    • Dr. Ba Han (SPHS66, Psychiatrist) and Tin Tin Aye / Lillian (T72) hosted the rest of the Trip. He loves driving. He took us to Temple to see our common niece Dr. Khine Zin Oo and Myo.
    • Ma Khine and Maung Myo took us to Austin.
    • Ko Ba Han took us to Houston, San Antonio and a Texas border
    With Dr. Ba Han

    East Coast, USA

    • Ivan invited us to visit him in New Jersey. He hosted a gathering for RIT & UCC alumni. He also organized a whirlwind trip to Canada and East Coast. He provided his car and gas. Fred drove most of the trip and also took photos.
    • Massachusetts : Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69)
    • Connecticut : Ko Toung (EC69)
    • New Jersey & New York : Ivan Lee (M69)
    • Philadelphia & Maryland : Fred Thetgyi (M69)
    Fred, Ivan
    Ivan, TAG

    Steeve Kay (EC70, GBNF)

    • He is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
    • He hosted several gatherings in Southern California.
    • The photo was taken at the party to celebrate 40th Anniversary of Steeve’s arrival in the USA.
    Steeve’s party

    RIT 69ers

    • 1999 : 30th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2009 : 40th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2014 : Golden Jubilee of Admission to RIT
    • 2019 : Golden Jubilee of Graduation
    30th Anniversary
    • 69ers had Monthly Breakfast Gathering (usually at Royal Rose Restaurant). There are hosts to celebrate Birthdays and Anniversaries
    With U Maung Maung Win

    Singapore

    • Danny (M69) and Emma (ChE70) hosted Htein Win / Chauk Pay (M70), who was visiting from Canada
    Emma, Danny, Chauk Pay

    NorCal RITAA

    NorCal RITAA

    Interview

    • by Mandalay Gazette
    Interview

    Oldies

    EP EC 85 Reunion in Bangkok

    Bangkok

    Saya U Tin Htut

    With U Tin Htut

    SF Bay Area Literary Talk

    With Alice

    SPZP-2000

    • Organizers
    • Embassy Suites Hotel near SFO International airport
    • October 2000
    SPZP-2000

    Dana Sri Lanka co-founder

    Emma Myint
    U San Tun
    With Benny
    2015 LA Reunion
    iNapa Winery
    Note book
    SF Bay Area Alumni Advisory
    Embassy Suites 2000
    Welcome U Soe Paing

    Books

    Kyi Thin
    Kyi Thin 2
    HMEE CD
    Process of Consciousness and Matter

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/:28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • TED and TEDx Talks

    TED and TEDx Talks

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    TED Talks

    • TED Talks started 30+ years ago.
    • In the beginning, the talks were mainly about
      (a) Technology
      (b) Entertainment
      (c) Design
    • The talks now cover a much broader scope.
    • Each talk cover lasts around 18 minutes.
    • The videos can be found on TEDTalks.org and YouTube.

    TEDx Talks

    They are similar to TED talks, but they are organized by regional and local organizations.

    Daw Thin Thiri Mon is the daughter of Dat Pone Sann Aung (RUBC Gold, M74) and Dr. Anna Myint. She is the niece of Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint, ChE70). She is a co-organizer of several TEDx Talks in Yangon.

    TEDx Inya Lake

    In TEDx Inya Lake, U Nay Oke (St. Paul’s) talked about two Burmese Poets from the “Khit San Sar Pay” era. One was his beloved mother Daw Khin Saw Mu. The other was Minthuwun (Saya U Wun). They were students of Saya U Pe Maung Tin (Pali Scholar who proposed to establish a separate Burmese Department at the University of Rangoon). U Nay Oke gave the background of the short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar De ဘကြီးအောင် ညာတယ်” by U Wun (Minthuwun). He remarked that the true story should be visited since it led to the emergence of Myanmar Kabyar, and all the main characters alluded in the story — ICS U Tin Tut, ICS U Ba Tint, Minthuwun and Daw Khin Saw Mu — have passed away.

  • Structure and Usage

    Structure and Usage

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Antonym

    • Antonyms are words which have almost the opposite meaning for the given context.
    • Since some words have multiple meanings, one must be careful of the meaning associated with an antonym.
    • For example, Love and Hate are antonyms.
    • In Pali, the antonyms of Lobha (Greed), Dosa (Anger or Hatred) and Moha (Ignorance of Delusion) are Alobha (Non-greed), Adosa (Non-hatred) and Amoha (Non-ignorance or Wisdom).

    Homonym

    • Homonyms are words which sound the same.
    • Examples
      air, heir
      rain, rein, reign
      throne, thrown
    • A puzzle based on homonyms :
      “What is the difference between the Prince of Wales and a cricket ball?”
      The Prince of Wales is heir to the throne. A cricket ball is thrown to the air.

    Idiom

    • is usually a phrase whose meaning is not obvious
    • gets the meaning accepted due to usage over time
    • is a linguistic device
    • During my middle school days, one of my uncles gave me books (including “A Book of Idioms”). From the book, I learned that “the hand that rocks the cradle” stands for “a mother”.
    • “Rain cats and dogs” is an idiom which means “Rain heavily”. In this example, the idiom uses a metaphor.
    • No one knows the root of the idiom “kick the bucket” meaning “dies”. Someone guessed that a man being hanged by a rope might kick a bucket.
    • Idioms should be used sparingly. If you combine two idioms mentioned above and say “The hand that rocked the cradle kicked the bucket” you might receive LOL (Laughing Out Loud).

    Synonym

    • Synonyms are words which have almost the same meaning for the given context.
    • Since some words have multiple meanings, one must specify the meaning associated with a synonym.
    • Dictionary, Thesaurus, Lexicon and Vocabulary are synonyms.
      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.
    Scrabble
  • Language

    Language

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    Burmese

    Types

    There are several classifications. They are not mutually exclusive.

    • Natural Language
    • Native Language / Mother Tongue
    • Foreign Language
    • Spoken Language (e.g. Myanmar Sagar)
    • Written Language (e.g. Myanmar Sar)
    • Ideal / Universal Language (e.g. Esperanto)
    • Machine Language
    • Programming Language
    • Compiled Language
    • Interpreted Language
    • Assembly Language / Symbolic / Macro
    • Scientific & Technical Language
    • Business Language
    • Specialty Language (e.g English as a Specialty Language)
    • Domain Language
    • Meta Language (to describe a language)
    • Sign Language
    • Body Language
    • Dead Language

    Major Languages

    • Chinese
    • English
    • Spanish
    • Arabic

    Dialects

    Some languages have dialects.

    • English (UK, USA, Australia …)
    • French (France, Canada …)
    • Spanish (Spain, Latin America …)

    English

    • English is not our native language.
    • For studying abroad, we had to take TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) to prove that we had a reasonably good command of English.
      TOEFL covers (a) Reading Comprehension (b) Listening Comprehension (c) Essay
    • Several Community Centers in the USA offer ESL (English as a Second Language).
    • Saya Des Rodgers taught English at RIT. He did further studies in the UK. He taught “English as a Specialty Language” (aka ESL in Canada.)
  • Longing [for]

    Longing [for]

    by U Moe Aung & Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    • Poem by Tekkatho Moe War
    Saya Moe & me
    • Translated by Hla Min

    Longing [for]

    A Tar Ye (water for Burmese New Year) is cool.

    My heart is not; it’s still (some what) hot.

    Thingyan Ye (water) is clear.

    My vision is still (some what) fuzzy.

    Thingyan Tay (music) is lively.

    It can no longer penetrate/capture my heart.

    Thingyan Nya (night) is beautiful.

    My life is still (some what) ugly.

    Mont lone ye baw (delicacy) is dancing merrily.

    My feet and hands are (seemingly) slow and laggard.

    Well … This year’s Thingyan
    this (auspicious) season
    makes me long for youth again.

    (To [my] birthday on April 1 & to Jaya [old age])

    Tekkatho Moe War
    Translated by Hla Min