Category: Notes

VB : 1975

Video Broadcast : #139 December 18, 2020 RIT Graduates Maurice Chee (Hla Myint Thein, M75)Past President, BAPSFounding member and Financial Controller, RIT Alumni InternationalCo-chair, Working Committee, SPZP-2000Founding member and Past Vice President, NorCal RITAADonor and organizer, Books to YTU LibrarySeminar, YTU Mechanical Engineering Department Than Po (M75)LuyechunZat Saya, […]

VB : 1976

Video Broadcast : #141 December 19, 2020 Engineering Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76) University Selected for Hockey (usually played Last Defender) RIT Selected for Rowing UCC Alumnus Worked in Singapore and USA Retired from Microsoft Founding member of RIT Alumni International Designed and maintained ex-rit Web Page Core […]

VB : Learning

Video Broadcast : #August 20, 2020 Pillars of Learning Learning to know Learning to do Learning to be Learning to live Life long learning Learn something new every day (if possible)If not, every month or every year Sample Daily activities Listen to BlinkistListen to Merriam Webster’s Word of […]

VB : Memory

Video Broadcast : #August 21, 2020 Short term memoryModeled by computers as Random Access Memory (RAM)Important information should be copied to Long term memory Long term memoryModeled by computers as Backing Store (e.g. tapes, disks, drums)Slower than Short Term Memory Associative memoryRelated information could be chunked for efficient […]

VB : Economists

Video Broadcast : #August 24, 2020 Burma produced distinguished economists.To name a few : Dr. SolomonDean at Stanford UniversityEconomic Advisor for US President Richard Nixon Dr. Hla MyintEconomic Theory with his nameFormer Rector of Rangoon University Dr. Tun WaiFormer Dean of Social ScienceDirector of IMFManaged IMF Training Dr. […]

VB : Dictionary

Video Broadcast : #August 30, 2020 Dictionary Types Buddhist Dictionary Burmese Dictionary Burmese to English DictionaryJudson English DictionaryChambersFunk and WagnallMerriam Webster Oxford English … English to Burmese DictionaryDr. Ba HanJudsonModern Tet Toe… Free Dictionary Lexicon Lexicographers Online Dictionary Pali, English, Myanmar TermsMyat Kyaw and San Lwin Rhyming Dictionary […]

VB : Ludu

Video Broadcast : #109 Ludu Newspaper and Publications Ludu (in Mandalay) is known for the publishing house and publications (e.g. newspaper) Its founders Ludu U Hla and Ludu Daw Ah Mar (Amar) are icons. They nurtured journalists, writers, cartoonists, …e.g. Ludu Sein Win, Paw Oo Thet, and Director […]

VB : Ludu

Video Broadcast : #109 December 3, 2020 Ludu Newspaper and Publications Ludu (in Mandalay) is known for the publishing house and publications (e.g. newspaper) Its founders Ludu U Hla and Ludu Daw Ah Mar (Amar) are icons. They nurtured journalists, writers, cartoonists, …e.g. Ludu Sein Win, Paw Oo […]

VB : Encyclopedia – 1

Video Broadcast : #August 31, 2020 Early Days Pear’s CyclopediaWe used Pear’s soap in our younger days Swel Sone KyanCompiled by Burma Translation Society Encyclopedia BritannicaRelatively expensive to have a complete setTook several years to have a new version. Updates are provided annually. Present WikipediaAvailable in several languages. […]

VB : Encyclopedia – 2

Video Broadcast : #Text Update : January 2, 2021 Early Encyclopedias “Chamber’s Cyclopaedia” was one of the earliest encyclopedias. It covered 40+ subjects. In our younger days, we had “Pear’s Soap” and “Pear’s Cyclopaedia”. The company was probably building its brand name by supporting the publication of an […]