There can be spelling variations, e.g. Thin, Thinn
Thynn Thynn Khaing (Janet Aung, EP70) was a Belle and the envy of young sayas and several junior and senior students. Her father U Soe Aung is a contemporary of U Po Han, U Min Han, U Gym Kho. She retired from United Nations. She volunteered as an organizer for the RIT-UCC Reunion held at Ivan’s residence in New Jersey.
Thynn Thynn (Pansy, ChE74) is the daughter of Sayagyi U Ba Toke. During one of visits to Yangon, she sent a car to pick up Sayagyi U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me to pay respect to Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
Thynn Thynn
Dr. Thynn Thynn Lynn is the elder sister of Daw Kyu Kyu Lin (Bawlone, T75) and Dr San Lwin Lin (EC77). She was selected Luyechun several times. She is a Past President of USBMA. She is an accomplished vocalist.
Dr. Thynn Thynn taught at IM(1). She accompanied her spouse Dr. San Lin (C62) to Thailand. While Dr. San Lin worked on a UN assignment, Dr. Daw Thynn Thynn organized a small group to study and practice meditation. Later, she founded Sae Taw Win 2 Dhamma Center in Sebastopol, California, USA. She taught Abhidhamma and “Mindfulness in Daily Life”. She published a couple of books.
Daw Thinn Thinn Aung received masters in Computer Science from UCC.
Daw Thinn Thinn Hlaing taught at IM(1).
Dr. Thin Thu Naing was an early graduate from ICST (Institute of Computer Science and Technology). She retired as Rector from University of Computer Studies at Taunggyi.
Daw Thinn Thinn (Rosalind Maung) recevied Bachelor of Architecture in 1966.
He visited Yangon to see his mother, elder sisters and Old Paulians.
His eldest sister, who was taking care of the mother, passed away unexpectedly. The mother followed soon.
U Khin Maung Zaw (“KMZ”, SPHS70, EC76)
KMZ (Right)
Attended St. Paul’s High School
Matriculated in 1970 from No. (6) Botahtaung SHS State High School (name of SPHS after nationalization in 1965)
Due to disturbances, the convocation for KMZ’s class took place in March 1977. For simplicity & consistency), we call his class as “Class of 76”.
Represented All Universities in Hockey and RIT in Rowing.
Hockey
Played as the last defender in the RIT Hockey Team. Many played for the University & All-Institutes Team. He coached Thura Thant Zin (goalkeeper). At RUBC, Thura coached KMZ.
Helped Maung Maung Hnyut & brothers (major players for the Graduation Photos).
Volunteered at UCC. He usually brought an empty lunch box and a spoon. Several friends and some “ah ma gyis” would provide him lunch.
Took courses at UCC, but flatly refused to do some assignments (e.g. COBOL).
Worked in Singapore and then migrated to US. He has been in the Seattle region since his arrival in the US.
KMZ in Seattle
When my company subsidized my vacation trip (for the successful completion of a project), we visited KMZ at his old house. He showed us around (including a day trip to Vancouver, Canada). He showed me his wine cellar. Since I do not drink, I ended up with his concoction (“ginger beer (or similar) with ice cream”).
Founding member of RIT Alumni International
We were lucky when we were planning for SPZP-2000. He was working four 10-hour week with the Technology and Architecture Group of Nordstrom (where he had time & luxury to play with several computer systems).
Accepted the call of Saya U Soe Paing (our mentor at UCC) and me to set up a web site for RIT sayas and alumni.
Designed and implemented the first RIT web site. He was then an eligible bachelor and had a three day weekend. He burned the midnight oil preparing for the SPZP-2000.
Promised SPZP-2000 attendees that he would work on Version 2.0 of the web site. Things changed. Had a wonderful job at Microsoft and also started a wonderful family. A busy schedule at work and at home meant that maintaining and extending the web site would no longer have the top priority. He longer had time for RIT Updates.
Visited SF Bay Area in March 2018 to attend the retirement soon kyway of Maurce Chee (M75). There was a pre-soon kwyay gathering at a Sea Food Restaurant in San Mateo.
Mailed me two books that he bought in Myanmar. One is “U Thant Ah Ye Ah Khin” by Htein Win (Photo). The other is a “tran-composition” of Saya Zaw Gyi’s poems about Pagan by Ah May Thar.
After retirement, he is doing forensics on his old desktops and PCs to recover albums, and articles.
Has provided tags and comments for my postings.
KMZ’s visit to SF Bay Area
U Khin Maung Zaw (SPHS71, EE77)
Per KMZ, the “other Khin Maung Zaw” is also from SPHS, 71 batch. He’s an active member & instigator of OPA (Old Paulians Association) as well as RIT Electrical 1971-77 group.
EE77 group donated Kyat 77 Lakhs collected mainly from the group towards the flood victims through Daw Khin Kyi foundation. Amazingly he was able to cajole exactly Kyat 77L to commemorate 1977 batch folks. Sadhu! Sadhu Sadhu!
Interesting enough he and KMZ overlap in several areas, SPHS, RIT including Hockey and Rowing at RIT,
U Khin Maung Zaw (T76)
Per Ko Myat Thein (Adam K Khan, EP76) :
There is another Khin Maung Zaw (whom I called Ngachate tayoke literally meaning Black Chinese because he has dark complexion) Class 76 Textile. We had very good conversations at D9 when we were final year students.
Matriculated from St. Columban’s High School, Bhamo
His crew at RUBC comprised of Win Naing (Dicky, Cox, GBNF), Sein Tun, Fred Thetgyi and Mehm Aye Chan (Ohn Maung)
Celebrated 40+ Wedding Anniversaries
David Myint Thein wrote : Great memories. Thank you so much for posting. Actually, crews have to follow the instructions of their cox, but, as we were same batch and close friends, we ignored Dicky’s voice and shouted back at him, especially Sein Tun. Ha, ha, but we were so happy to go to the Rangoon University Boat Club and rowing with our great cox, Dicky.
Myint Thein (Maung Kabar, M69)
Kabar (Front : Second from Left)Kabar in SingaporeKabar’s Last Journey
Organizer for 69er activities
Had medical exam in Singapore and India. To decide on treatment plans
Passed away in Yangon
Myint Thein (CJ)
Chief Justice, Union of Burma
Ambassador to China
Author / Translator; Pen name: MMT
Spouse: Daw Phwa Hmee (first Burmese Female Barrister at Law)
Siblings : U Tin Tut, U Kyaw Myint, Dr. Htin Aung, Daw Khin Mya Mu, Daw Khin Saw Mu, Daw Tin Saw Mu
Aging & declining health had a toll on him and his spouse
Had diabetes for a long time without control / treatment.
His kidney began to fail around October 2010. Doctors recommended preparation for dialysis, which is minor operation on his vein / arteries on his hand, but he wanted to try alternative medicine.
UCC alumni set up a health care fund to help him, but he was either “Arr Nar De အားနာတယ်” or frail to do dialysis.
He lost memory and could not recognize his former colleagues.
His wife had limited mobility on her left hand. People in Yangon wanted her to go for therapy but it was not easy for them to visit therapists on their own.
U Kyaw Nyein (AFPFL)
U Kyaw Nyein
Minister, Home Affairs
Leader of Swe-Nyein Faction
Stable AFPFL (တည်မြဲ ဖဆပလ)
U Kyaw Nyein (BSPP)
Minister, Education
U Kyaw Nyein (USIS)
Invited us to use the USIS library
Third son of Myoma Sayagyi U Ba Lwin
U Kyaw Nyein (Franklin)
Younger brother of U Wah Kyu (Maurice’s father) & Saya U Win Kyaing
Aung Lwin : Academy award winner, Director, Script writer and Actor
Aung Lwin (C70) : Secretary of RIT Rowing Association
Aye Lwin
Aye Lwin (M69, GBNF) : Secretary of the RIT Mechanical Engineering Association; Secretary of RIT Annual Magazine; Attended 2015 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
Ba Lwin (Myoma) : Headmaster; Chief Boy Scout of Burma; Ambassador to Ceylon
Dr. Ba Lwin
Ba Lwin, Dr. (EE59) : He and U Myo Kyi (EE59) are the senior sayas (by seniority) at the EE Department
Lwin Aung, Dr. (A59) : Former Professor & Head of Architecture Department; Retired as Pro-Rector of YTU; Monk for several years
Dr. Lwin Aung
Lwin Mar Oo : Winner Inn, W Bistro
Lwin Swe, Bo (EE61) : Great Grandfather
Bo Lwin Swe
Lwin Oo : Dhamma friend
Maung Lwin : Former MI Chief and Ambassador to Germany.
Maung Lwin : Minister; Father of Toe Lwin & Soe Lwin
Maung Lwin : Minister; Founding member of NLD; Father of Su Su Lwin
Maung Lwin (Dawei) : Owned a schooner. Hla Moe (Han Shein), his second son, perished when the schooner sank.
“Maung Mae Thit Lwin Kyo So Pwe” : Welcome party for freshers
Mya Lwin
Myat Lwin
Min Lwin, Dr. (SPHS60) : Orthopedic Surgeon
Min Lwin (2nd from Right)
Min Lwin (Maurice Hla Kyi, SPHS64) : Fifth in Burma in Matric. Admitted as Roll No. (2) to IM(2)
U Myint Lwin (Standing)
Myint Lwin (Charlie, UCC) : Burma Judo Champion; German Diploma from IFL
Myint Lwin Thein, Dr. : His department offered DAG (Diploma in Applied Geology) courses.
Myo Lwin : RUBC
Myo Lwin : RIT, GTI Saya
Myo Lwin : Dhamma friend & organizer
Myo Lwin : Entrepreneur
Pyin Oo Lwin : Maymyo
San Lwin, Dr. (Ronald Lwin, GBNF) : RUBC Gold; Cardiologist
Saw Lwin : Director General at the Department of Higher Education
Saw Lwin : He and Su Su have three daughters: Hazel, Olive and May
Sein Lwin (GBNF) : Professor of Zoology
Sein Lwin (Raymond Ba Phyu, GBNF) : Vocalist. Perished in an air plane crash
Soe Lwin, Dr. : Dhamma teacher
Soe Lwin (EC66) : Railways
Soe Lwin : Physics, Luyechun
U Soe Myint Lwin
Soe Myint Lwin (EC68, GBNF) : Burma Selected in Soccer
Than Lwin (Eric Lwin, GBNF) : Economics Lecturer; Librarian at the Faculty of Social Science
Thaung Lwin (EC66) : RUBC Past Captain & Gold
Thein Lwin (EE, GBNF) : Saya at RIT & Singapore Poly; President of RIT Badminton Association
Thein Lwin (M71) : Phyu
Thet Lwin, Dr. : Statistics Saya
Thet Lwin : Registrar, RIT; Director, DHE
Thet Lwin (Henry, EC72)
Thet Lwin (EE, UCC)
Tin Maung Lwin (RUBC) : Brother of U Tin Maung Latt
Tin Maung Lwin (Kenneth Lwin, RUBC)
Tin Maung Lwin (TBSA)
Tin May Lwin (UCC, DCS, ICST)
Tint Lwin (Daniel, M69) : Retired as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering from NTU; Attended SPZPs and took part in the Entertainment Program as a vocalist. Plays guitar with Albert Kyaw Min & Robert Win Boh at the 69er gatherings.
Wai Lwin (RIT)
Wai Wai Lwin (Emma Lwin, TBSA)
Win Lwin (M69) : Secretary of the RIT Hiking & Mountaineering Association. Climbed Mount Victoria with students from other Universities & Institutes.
We were in the same section in I.Sc (A) because Roll Numbers were based on Last Name. His Roll No. was B115. Mine was B116. B stands for Science Option. We did not choose the Bio Option (with the A prefix).
Chair, 69er Heath Care Fund
Super Organizer of 69er Activities
Called “Sein” Aung Min, “Platinum” Aung Min & “Rare Earth” Aung Min because he is extremely precious.
Aung Min (EC66)
Aung Min (EC66)
He had a micro-reunion in Singapore with his former classmate U Thaung Lwin.
Aung Min (Pet73)
Passed away in April 2019
Had medical treatment in Thailand & in an ICU in Yangon. Was told 60% chance of recovery.
Aung Min (Pet)
Aung Min (Phy)
Saya of our I.Sc(A) class in 1963
Aung Min (Thakin)
Went underground with his spouse
Returned & practiced indigenous medicine.
Spouse stayed behind.
Sein Aung Min
Zat Min Tha ဇာတ်မင်းသား
Saying
အောင် မင်း လွန် ရာ ကျ မယ်
Aung Min Gaung
Street အောင်မင်းခေါင်လမ်း
Pagoda in Windermere ဓာတ်ပေါင်းစုံအောင်မင်းခေါင်စေတီ
Than Win — Captain of University First Eleven; Director of Sports and Physical Education Department Spouse : Professor Daw Pansy
Than Win (SPHS63, M69) — Myaungmya
Than Win (Henry Wong, SPHS63)
Than Win (PBRS, T70) — Thamankyar novel; Spouse : Zelma
Thane
Thane Myint (PBRS, DSA) — Served in the Air Force, and in the Myanmar Delegation to the UN; Manager of he Myanmar Olympic Team for Seoul Olympics; Parents : Kyaw Zaw, Khin Khin Aye
Thane Oke Kyaw Myint, Dr. (SPHS60, IM1 67, Pediatrician) =- See Posts
Thant
Thant — UN Secretary General
Thant Thaw Kaung, Dr.
Thant Sin, Dr.
Thant Zin — See Post
Thant Zin Ohn
Thaung
Thaung — Boxing
Thaung — Secretary; Brother: Thant
Thaung — Aung Bala, Kyemon
Thaung Aye
Thaung Dan, Bogyoke — BAF
Thaung Han — Artist
Thaung Han (Physics) — RUBC
Thaung Htut — Minister
Thaung Kyaw Nyein — Father: Kyaw Nyein
Thaung Lwin (EC66) — Past Captain and Gold of RUBC
Thein Aung (James K Wu, “Myo Daw”, Met 72) — Mr. RIT in 1968; Founding member of RIT Alumni International; Organizer & Associate Editor of “RIT Alumni Newsletter” for SPZP-2000
Thein Aung (M72)
Thein Han, Dr. (Alexander Sia, IM1 79er)
Thein Han — Zawgy; Co-founded Khit San Sar Pay; Chief Librarian of RU Central Library
Thein Han — Systems Engineer at IBM in Rangoon before moving to the USA
A1 Thein Htut (PBRS) — Actor; Director
Thein Htut, Dr. — RUBC Gold; Parents : Colonel Min Sein, Daw Yin May; Spouse : Wendy
Thein Htut (Physics, RASU)
Thein Htut (EC83) worked for UCC before moving to private industry.
Thein Htut, Dr (Clement) — Saya; Dental
Thein Lwin (Stanley Shwe Gyi, SPHS63)
Thein Lwin (EE, GBNF) — President of RIT Badminton
Thein Lwin (M70, Hluttaw)
Thein Maung, Dr, (EENT)
Thein Maung (M69)
Sai Thein Maung, Sai (C70) — Soccer, Track and Field
Thein Maung (Htin Lin) — Writer; Children: Soe Myint, Soe Win, Kyaw Zaw, Khin Zaw
Thein Oo — Commerce; UCC, MCI, Ace
Thein Oo Po Saw (Ernest Po Saw) — Nuclear Physics, DSA
Thein Tan (C64) — Rector of MTU
Thein Tan, Twante — Vocalist
Thein Tan, Myanmar Pyay — Musician
Thein Tan (UCC)
Thein Tan (Maung Maung Gyi, UCC, GBNF)
Thein Tun, Dr. (SPHS61, EP67) — Doctorate from Australia
Thein Tun, Dr. (IM1)
Thein Tun, Bohmu Dr. (GBNF)
TheinPe — Character in Zawana’s novel Kaw Lwik Jin / Ja Bo
Thein Pe (Thein Pe Myint)– Author and politician
Thein Sein — Former President of Myanmar
Thein Wa, Daw — Owned a bookstore
Thein Wai, Dr. (SPHS63, IM2) stood fifth in Matriculation in 1963; Moved to
Thet
Thet — Vipassana Teacher, Mentor of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Naing Win (M70, GBNF) — Spouse: Polly Ba San (Swimming)
Nan
Nan — Prefix of name
Nanda
Nanda Kyaw Swar : Swimming
Nandamalabhivansa : Former Rector, ITMBU
U Nandamalabhivansa
Nanda Thein Zan : Professor, Author
Nan Su Su : T69, GBNF
Nan Su Su
Nan Nyunt Swe — Writer
Nan Wai — Artist; Brother: U Tin Swe (EE53)
Nant — Prefix of name
Nay
Nay — See Post
Nay Aung — Actor
Nay Myo Aung — ICST
Nay Myo Aung — PSA
Nay Myo San — Hinthada; Father : U Aung San
Nay Win
Nay Win, Collegian — Born in Hinthada.; Joined Navy; After matriculation, he joined Rangoon University; RU and Burma Selected football player; Aliases; Pa Pu, Nay Dun; His coach Saya Nyein recommended him to the producers of “Kaw Leik Gin” (Collegian).; Liked “Say Leik Toh” (Tin Moe’s poem) and wanted it as his epitaph; Spouse : Daw Khin Mar Lar
Collegian Nay Win
Nay Win, Dr. (Hardy Meah) — Medical Superintendent, Psychiatric Hospital; Spouse : Dr. Daw Khin Si
Dr. Nay Win
Nay Win, Tekkatho — Bo Tun Hla; Personal Staff Officer of Bogyoke Aung San; Actor; Lecturer; Writer
Nay Win (M69, GBNF) — PPBRS; MEHS; Taught Marine Technology at a polytechnic in Singapore
Nay Win, British Burma — Studied Cinematography in the USA; Spouse : Ni Ni (Kathleen)
Ne Win
Ne Win, Bogyoke — Shu Maung; During his reign, any article containing “Sun” was censored; Taboo to reference Dhammata (by Ananda Thuriya); Using “Ta” instead of “Tit” caused ten pyas fine each time
Ne Win Myint (Victor Win, ChE66, GBNF) — BADA; Spouse : Jean Gale
Ne Win Myint — Speaker
Ne Win Myint — Golf
Nge
Nge (SPHS) — Saya
Nge (GBNF) — U Win Maung
Nge — U Aung; Alphonso
Nge Ma Ma Than, Daw (GBNF) — UCC; ICST; Spouse: U Myint Swe; Father: U Aung Than
Nge Nge
Ngwe
Ngwe Moung — BBS
Ngwe Myint
Ngwe Pale — Silvery Pearl; Dairy Farm owned by Tin Win (T70) and Khin Than Win (T70)
Ngwe Sein
Ngwe Soe (Walter, M69) — UTC, Guitarist
Ngwe Soe — UBA/BAC pilot; Parents: U Ne Win and Daw Tin Tin
Ngwe Soe (Silver, UCC) — Moved to Singapore; Spouse : Daw Nu Nu Yee
Ngwe Thein (Geology) — Saya
Ngwe Tin, Daw (UCC)
Ngwe Tun (Civil, GBNF) — Saya; Owned a book shop
Saya U Ngwe Tun (C)
Ngwe Tun (SPHS63, C69) –Hosts 69er Monthly Gathering for his birthday
Ngwe Zoe (Peter, St. Patrick, SPHS57, Medical Technologist, GBNF) — First batch Para-Medical Studies
Ni
Ni — Koyingyi at Popa Taung Kalutt
Ni Ni, Daw
Ni Ni Sein, Daw
Ni Ni Thaw, Daw
Ni Ni Zaw Win — Ni Ni Nay Win
Ni Ni Win Shwe, Daw — Vocalist
Nita Pe (Saya) — Brother: Peter Pe (RIT Swimming, GBNF)
Nyi Nyi, Dr. (Geology) — Former Minister; Retired from the UN.
Nyi Nyi — DSP; Children : U Khin Maung Htun, U Khin Maung Lay, U Khin Maung Aye …
Nyi Nyi — EE Saya
Nyi Nyi — BBS; Brother : U Myint Soe ; Shamrock Boys” for the Local Talent Show
Nyi Nyi Sein
Nyi Nyi Than
Nyi Pu — First Burmese movie actor; Maha Weikazhto; Brother : A1 U Tin Nwe, U Tin Pe (Maung Maung Soe), A1 U Tin Maung
Nyo
Nyo — Philanthropist; Donated several buildings (RU Students Union, RUBC Club House) for Rangoon University Estate; U Nyo Challenge Cup for Inter-Club Coxed Eights (RUBC)
Nyo Kyi — Former seafarer
Nyo Mya, Oway — Journalist; His article “Hell Hound at large” was partly responsible for the expulsion of Bogyoke Aung San from Rangoon University in 1938.
Nyo Nyo, Daw
Nyo Nyo Sein, Dr. (IM1 79er) — Spouse : Dr. Shwe Zin Tun (IM1 79er)
Nyo Nyo Win, Daw (T73)
Nyo Win, Dr. (M65) — Saya; Founding member of RIT Alumni International; Organizer for SPZP-2000; Worked for Tech companies in USA and Taiwan
Nyunt Maung — Deputy Minister; National Planning and Finance
Nyunt Maung San (C70) — Organizer for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65)
Nyunt May, Daw
Nyunt Nyunt, Daw
Nyunt Nyunt Tin, Daw(UCC, UN)
Nyunt Nyunt Wai, Daw (Millie Hoe, T69) –Germany; Major donor to the 69er Health Care Fund
Nyunt Nyunt Win, Daw (Physics) — Sayama; Registrar of RASU; Spouse : G Ko Lay (WPD, RUBC Gold)
Nyunt Nyunt Zaw : T68
Nyunt Ohn
Nyunt Oo
Nyunt Pe
Nyunt Sein
Nyunt Shein
Nyunt Shwe : PPBRS
Nyunt Shwe : သံတခါး
Nyunt Soe : Swimming Coach
Nyunt Swe
Nyunt Than (M86) — Past President of BADA; Founding Member and VP of NorCal RITAA
Nyunt Thaung : NorCal RITAA
Nyunt Thein : Doctor
Nyunt Thwin : Doctor
Nyunt Tin, Dr. (SPHS52) — First in Burma in the Matriculation of 1952; Elder son of Sithu U Tin (RUBC President)
Nyunt Tin (M70) — Played Table Tennis for RIT
Nyunt Tin — SPHS64
Nyunt Tin — Wrote Chemistry book in Burmese
Nyunt Wai, Dr. (Victor, SPHS63) — Fourth in Matric of 1963; Retired Professor of Physiology; Taught at IM and Malaysia; Hobbies include painting, poetry and writing articles
Dr. Nyunt Wai (Center)
Nyunt We — MPA; Executive Committee member of NLD; Daughter : Thiri Nyunt We
Nyunt Win, Dr. (Eddie Tha Win) — Passed away in Australia; Father: U Tha Win; Spouse : Dr. Marie Yu Khin
Dr. Nyunt Win (Eddie)
Nyunt Win — Actor; Father : Shwe Mann Tin Maung
Nyunt Win (Chemistry) — Saya; Brother: Dr. Ohn Kyaw
Maung Nyunt Htay (Ah Htet Min Hla) မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး အထက်မင်းလှ — Saya U Nyunt Htay (Met73)
Ko Toe Hmit Che ကိုတိုး မြစ်ခြေ— U Toe Aung (C73)
Maung Yit မောင်ရစ် — U Maung Maung Win (EC93)
Nick Names
U Seit To and Myauk Nyo ဦးစိတ်တို နဲ့ မျောက်ညို
Cartoon characters
According to Saya U Tin Myint (M80), the nicknames were given to two sayas by G-Hall Thu
Myauk Phyu မျောက်ဖြူ
White monkey
Ah Yan Kan အရမ်းကန်
Random kicking footballer
Bo Daw ဘိုးတော်
Could be sarcastic
Saya Maung ဆရာမောင်
Given by a girl to her teacher/boy friend
Tar Tay Gyi တာတေကြီး
Reference to an actor for scary movies
Dauk Soe ဒေါက်စိုး
Dr. Soe Myint Win (GNBF) was called Dauk Soe by some students
Nyi Nyi & Pho Nyi ညီညီ နဲ့ ဖိုးညီ
Nyi Nyi may be used in a name e.g. Dr. Nyi Nyi
Nyi Nyi & Pho Nyi are used as nicknames, e.g. Than Htut (M67, RUBC Gold)
Sonny ဆန်နီ
May be used in a name, e.g. Sonny Yone Sein
May also be used as a nickname, e.g. “Sonny” Aung Myint, “Sonny” Soe Naing
Lake or Leit လိပ်
U Win Maung (EE69er) represented RIT in Rowing, Swimming and Water Polo. He is a Back Stroke specialist. He swam the 2000 meters Cross-Lake with Back Stroke. He is known as “Lake” or “Leit” (Tortoise in reference to his Back Stroke swimming). U Htay Aung (M69, Burma Selected) and several others using Front Crawl finish quite ahead of Leit. Before graduation, he went to UK for license & training in air craft maintenance. He joined UBA/BAC. He is now an entrepreneur doing family business.
Khwet ခွက်
U Sein Myint (K K Wong, EP69) represented RIT in Rowing, Swimming & Water Polo. Someone transformed his name “Kwet” into “Khwet”. He is a major donor of the 69er Health Care Fund and the EE69er HCF. After retirement, he spends time in Singapore, Yangon and California.
Htaw Kyin ထော်ကြင်
U Htin Kyaw (Peter Wun, MEHS63) worked for the Institute of Economics and UCC before joining HIC and FERD. He was called “Htaw Kyin”. Some British could not pronounce his name. They called him “Ha Htin Coil”.
Kyein ကြိမ်း
U Kyaw Nyein (GBNF) taught Numerical Methods & Numerical Analysis at UCC. He played soccer and volley ball. He was fondly called “Kyein”.
Bo Shoke ဗိုလ်ရှုပ်
U Mya Thein (GBNF) taught at the Institute of Economics, UCC and ITMBU. He was originally called “Bogyoke” and later became known as “Bo Shoke”.
Ah Thay Lay အသေးလေး
U Thein Oo taught at the Institute of Economics and UCC. His friends called him “Ah Thay Lay”. He was good at volleyball, table tennis and cards.
Ah Pho Gyi အဖိုးကြီး
Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant) was called Ah Pho Gyee by his PPBRS classmates
U Han Sein (C69, GBNF)
Shwee ရွှီး
U Kyaw Zan Hein (C69, GBNF) was admitted to the 2nd BE in 1964 as Roll Number 14. There were no word processors in those days; only the use of cyclostyle (Gestener). So, when the person who was admitted as Roll Number 14 did not join RIT, the Admin Office typed in Shwee’s name instead. Some would call him Kyaw Zan Shwee.
Ngu Yin Kong Kee
ငုယင်ကောင်ကီး
Burmanized name of a Vietnamese General
Saya U Win Kyaing (GBNF) is uncle of Maurice Chee (M75). He is often called Ngu Yin Kong Kee. He was also known as Wah Kyaing, younger brother of Wah Kyu.
Hna Khan Hmwe နှုတ်ခမ်းမွှေး
Some have notable mustache
One such person was Ko Khin Nyo, “Kyaung Tha Thadin Htauk (Student Reporter at RIT)”. According to Ko Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70), he met — several decades later — Ko Khin Nyi without mustache in New York, USA
Pauk Si ပေါက်စီ
U Hla Min (L T Gwan, SPHS64, EP70, GBNF) joined UCC as Chief Operator. He was called CO by his colleagues and “Pauk Si” by his close friends. His father loaned money to a Pauk Si vendor, who did not pay back the loan. At break time at SPHS, he would get Pauk Si from the vendor.
Pauk Pauk ပေါက်ပေါက်
Daw Aye Aye Than (ChE72) is the sister of Sayama Dr. Hla Hla Sein (Maths) and Ma Myint Myint Sein (Diana, M70). Her friends called her Pauk Pauk.
Bu ဘူး
U Myint Maung (EP69) is one of the young 69ers and one of the few Eligible Bachelors. He represented RIT EE Department in Volleyball along with Saw Edison, U Aye Thein & U Maung Maung. He was called “Bu” in reference to “Minbu” (his home town).
Shastri ရှပ်စတြီ
U Khin Maung Myint (C69, GBNF) was called Shastri (former Prime Minister of India).
Ohn Thee အုန်းသီး
U Ohn Thwin (PPFC, GBNF) attended classes at UCC & BARB. He was called “Ohn Thee” (Coconut) by his friends.
May Pa Le မေပုလဲ
Daw Yee Yee Aung
“မေပုလဲ” is a two-handed compliment given to selected female RIT students. e.g. Daw Yee Yee Aung (EP67, EC member of RIT EE Association)
It means Miss Pearl (a belle who is Pearly White).
It’s concoction “Mae Pa Le မဲပလေ” means “Wow. So dark [complexion]”.
Rocket ရော့ကက် ဒုံးပျံ
U Ko Gyi was a Lecturing Tutor in Maths. He is known for reciting the first 100 digits of PI (a constant which is 3.14159265 …). He used Rocket as an example in his classes. For some reason, he named Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70) as “Rocket”. Classmates who witnessed the naming might provide details.
Emma is co-founder of Triple Gems Publication. She is also co-founder of Dana Sri Lanka (DSL). She is called Mae Daw Gyi မယ်တော်ကြီး by the young monks studying in Sri Lanka.
La La လာ လား
It is a form of “Kala” or “Kular” (Person of dark color).
Some young dark skinned kids (e.g. Aye Win Hlaing (Abel, EE72)) are given the nickname “La La”.
Ajala အာဂျလာ
He was a Nigerian student who led demonstrations in front of the US Embassy in Rangoon (in our younger days).
U Moe Hein (ChE69) represented RIT in swimming & water polo. He has a loud voice (which is very helpful in supporting RIT athletes in the Inter-Institute Tournaments). He is called Ajala by his close friends.
Maung Kabar မောင်ကမ္ဘာ
Obituary of Kabar Myint Thein
Maung Kabar was an adorable Cartoon character.
Those who have slightly round faces are called “Maung Kabar” or “Kabar”.
Saya U Myint Soe (SPHS64, C68, GBNF) was named “Maung Kabar”.
U Myint Thein (M69) is also known as “Maung Kabar”. It appeared in the Obituary.
Bagyi Aung ဘကြီးအောင်
Fictional character from Min Thu Wun’s short story.
U Hla Aung (EP68) wrote : May I share our time nick names. May Pa Le is Yee Yee Aung (EP67). Her friend is Nancy Hla Aung. My nick name is Ba Gyi Aung.
Three Sizes
In Mechanical Drawing, we learned about scales.
One student gave the nicknames “Half size, Full size and Double size” to three female students.
Sayama Daw Mya Mya Than (EP68, GBNF) was “Full size”. Daw Nyunt Nyunt Zaw (T68, GBNF) was “Double Size”. Daw Cho (?) was “ Half Size”.
Sargalay & Lada စာကလေး နဲ့ လဒ
Sargalay is a sparrow. Lada is a vulture.
U Khin Maung Win (EP69, GBNF) was the training partner for Sai Kham Pan (EP69, Burma Selected in Badminton). Kham Pan would give him 10 – 12 points bonus to play a 15-point game.
At a reunion, Daw Saw Yu Tint addressed Khin Maung Win as Sargalay. He replied, “I am now a Lada”. He gained a lot of height from 2nd BE to Final Year.
The nickname allows 69ers to differentiate Khin Maung Wins — Sargalay, Roland Thein, Donald Ba Pe and ChE Kyet.
Most 69ers might remember the cartoon by Kyant Ba Hone Aung Myint (Pet69). “Ah Ba. Kar Ku La Thin Char (Calculus) is very fascinating. If we differentiate a Lada, we get a Sargalay. If we integrate a Sargalay, we get a Lada.”
Kywei Gyi ကျွဲကြီး
Kywei Gyi is a big, strong Buffalo.
U Khin Maung Lay (Henry, T68) was Secretary of RIT Track & Field Association. He competed in 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay and Long Jump (emulating Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics). He represented RIT in Track & Field, Soccer and Rowing. He is called “Kywei Gyi” for his physical prowess. His elder brother Ko Khin Maung Latt (M63) represented the Faculty of Engineering in Rowing.
Mu Tu မူတူး
U Khin Maung Lay (M70) represented RIT in soccer. He was emcee (Master of Ceremonies) at the Reunion & Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65. He was a member of the Myanmar Human Rights Commission. He is the son of U Khin Maung Latt (AFPFL Minister) and younger brother of Saya U Khin Maung Gyi (English, GBNF).
Phone Gyi ဘုန်းကြီး
Several alumni are called “Phone Gyi” (Monk) by their friends.
U Tin Tun (SPHS63, M69) was my classmate since Std. IV(D) at SPHS. His mother Daw Tin Tin would come and feed him at lunch break. He studied and taught Marine Engineering.
Tin Htoon
U Tin Shein (M69) and I were classmates at the 2nd BE English class of Saya Des. He gave a talk on Chinlon. He represented RIT in Chinlon.
U Soe Myint (M72, GBNF) volunteered as a Kappiya at the Kaba Aye Sun Lun Gu Kyaung. He helped with the maintenance. He retired as Pro-Rector of ICST.
Soe Myint (3rd from Right)
Chauk Pay ခြောက်ပေ
Some tall students are called Chauk Pay (Six Footer).
U Htein Win (Richard, M70) represented RIT in Rowing, Swimming & Water Polo. He tended the goal at the Shallow End. He moved to Canada. He bought tickets for SPZP-2000, but could not attend due to a strike.
Ja Bu & Shorty ဂျပု နဲ့ ရှော်တီ
Some short students are called Ja Bu (Midget) or Shorty.
U Myint Sein (M70, GBNF) represented RIT in Soccer.
There were two Bohmus named “Shorty” Tin Myint.
Japan Gyi ဂျပန်ကြီး
Some who were born during the Japanese Occupation were given Japan Gyi as their nick name.
U Hla Tun (T69, GBNF) would end most sentences with an expletive. He married Dolly Gale (my primary school classmate).
Cowboy ကောင်းဘွိုင်
U Tin Nwe (C69, GBNF) was a jovial person and was called Cowboy by his friends.
Three Paulians — Tin Nwe, Min Thaw (Gilbert) & Maung Maung Aye — were involved in a car accident after an OPA dinner gathering, but they were not hurt seriously. Sadly, they are now all GBNF.
Duwa ဒူးဝါး
It is a title for a Kachin Leader.
U Zau Lai (EP69) spends time in Myitkyina & Yangon. He is an entrepreneur & a Kachin Leader. He often drove a long way from Myitkyina to attend the 69er gatherings.
Zau Lai
Bei Oo ဘဲဥ
It is a “Duck Egg”. It may also stand for “Zero”.
Daw Kyi Kyi Sein (T70) represented RIT in Badminton & Hiking. She is an organizer for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
Kyi Kyi Sein (Seated 3rd from Left)
Kyet Taw ကြက်တော
I know some people named Kyet Taw. They may have “Taw” in their names.
Harry Taw (MEHS57) was a friend of my older brother.
Dr. Nyan Taw (Dicky, SPHS63) was my neighbor for some time. We jogged, biked and rowed. He worked at RASU, Pearl & Fishery before moving overseas for assignments. He invited me to the wedding receptions of his younger son and daughter.
U Khin Maung Lwin is an organizer for the Class of 87 & 91. RIT was closed for three years. He organized the Golf Tournament for the alumni. He served as Secretary of the Swel Daw Yeik Foundation.
Saya San ဆရာစံ
He is a revolutionary figure in the history of Burma.
U Maung San studied his Masters in the UK. He often shopped in the “Junior” section. He taught Geology at RIT & Assumption University.
I met U Aung Than (Saya San) at a meeting for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65. He told me that he had to study for the last ever 7th Standard Government examination.
Gaing Gyi ဂိုင်ကြီး
The Burmese sometimes pronounce “Kyaw” as “Gyaw”; “Kyee” as “Gyee” and “Khine” as “Gaing”.
U Ohn Khine (M70) was named Ohn Gaing at St. Peter’s High School in Mandalay. He was called “Gaing Gyi” by some friends. He is the founder and moderator of the Google Group for the intake of 64 and 65. He volunteered for SPZP-2012, Shwe YaDu, SPZP-2016, SDYF, HMEE-2012 and HMEE-2016. He translated Section 1 and summarized Section 2 of the HMEE-2012 book. He and I compiled the CD supplement for the HMEE-2012 book.
Ohn Khine
Byte and R ဗိုက် နဲ့ အာ
Byte may mean stomach or belly. R may mean “talkative”.
U Tin Hlaing (M63) was called “Byte Tin Hlaing” and “R Tin Hlaing” by his friends to differentiate from the senior Saya U Tin Hlaing (M59, GBNF). He was later known as Dr. Tin Hlaing.
U Kyaw Zin (EP69) was called “R Zin” by some of his friends.
U Myint Soe (UCC) worked as Maintenance Technician in the Systems Division. He was called “Byte”.
Shwe Gaung Byaung ရွှေဂေါင်းပြောင်
It is the name of a cartoon character. It literally means “Golden, Bald Head”. Toe Nyunt (Ted Mya Maung) starred in a movie of that name.
U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) is a super fund raiser is fondly known as “Shwe Gaung Byaung”. He is also known as
WHO (not World Health Organization)
Hmaw Sayagyi မှော်ဆြာကြီး
Mg Mar Ga မောင်မာဃ
Bo Pu Cho ဗိုလ်ပုချို
Mg Mar Ga
Sa Yay စာရေး
Sa Yay may mean a Clerk.
Sa Yay Gyi စာရေးကြီး is a Senior Clerk.
Sa Yay Lay စာရေးလေး is a Junior Clerk.
U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) was called “Sa Yay Lay” by his teacher Perrera (V Standard in St. Paul’s High School).
In primary school, my spouse was told by her teacher that her hand writing looked like that of a “Sa Yay”. It motivated her to become a medical doctor.
Hanuman ဟာနုမန်
It is an Indian Diety.
U Han Tun Maung (GBNF) was a star athlete at SPHS. He excelled in Track & Field, and Soccer. He was called “Hanuman”. He was President of Old Paulians Association, Kokkine Swimming Club, Equestrian & Archery Associations. His family owned a Stable with “Sein Hlyan” as a Champion horse. The family opened Sein Hlyan Cafe. The Intake of 65 meets monthly as the Cafe.
Mote Seit မုတ်ဆိတ်
It may mean “Beard”.
U Myo Hein (69er) is called Mote Seit by his friends.
Reverend Frederich Ludwig (Buddhist Archbishop of Latvia &!Lithuania) was called “Moke Seit Phone Gyi”. He later shaved his beard and ordained as a Theravada monk with the title Ashin Ananda. He is a Laureate Poet.
Papu ပါပူး
Collegian Nay Win was called Papu by soccer team mates.
Po Htaung & Po Maung ဖိုးထောင် နဲ့ ဖိုးမောင်
Sons of U Khin Maung San (Tommy San, PBRS, GBNF)
U Nyunt Win (classmate of Tommy’s wife Lily at Darjeeling) liked the nicknames and used them in a movie.
Gyi ကြီး
Japan Gyi ဂျပန်ကြီး — Hla Tun (T69)
Kyaw Gyi ကျော်ကြီး — Kyi Win (EP69)
Maw Gyi မော်ကြီး — U Myat Htoo (C68)
Not so nice
Phaung Gyi Sin ဖေါင်ကြီးဆင်း
Ba Lar Gyi ဗလာကြီး
Chota ချိုတား၊ ချွတ်တား
Mutta မွတ်တား
Fatty ဖက်တီး
Chee Pay
EE69ers
U Thein Swe (EP69) described nicknames of the EE69ers in his post.
Example : So Si စိုစိ
RIT English Sayas & Sayamas
Saya Des described some nicknames in his article.
Examples : Byaing Ma ဗျိုင်းမ Ya Khine Gyi ရခိုင်ကြီး
HlaMin 