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Category: Poem

  • My Poem for SPZP-2000

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    SPZP

    • Combine the first letter of each line to spell “SAYA PU ZAW PWE”
    • The term SAYA PU ZAW PWE was chosen over SAYA GADAW PWE which has religious connotation, so that non-Buddhists can pay respect to their mentors.
    • There have been seven worldwide SPZPs : USA in 2000, Yangon in 2004, 2012 & 2016, Singapore in 2002, 2007 & 2010. I was organizer for SPZP-2000 and facilitator for the rest.

    GBNF

    • Gone But Not Forgotten
    • GBNF for 69ers is maintained by U Aung Min (M69) & team
    • GBNF for 1st BE Intake of 64 (Class of 70) is maintained by U Ohn Khine (M70) & team

    Newsletter

    Poem for SPZP-2000

    S eems like it was only yesterday
    A t our alma mater in a land far away
    Y ou taught us to work, play, laugh, even cry
    A nd coaxed us, forced us to aim for the sky

    P roblems in real life, lab, computation, survey
    U nderstand concepts, design, display, …
    Z eal, zest, ardor, grit, passion to make it “our day”
    A rchitects, engineers, we’ve come here to say
    W e honor your metta, your cetana — we fully can’t repay

    P resently we meet, alum from five decades we greet
    W ith memories true, fond, sweet
    E cstatic yet sad that the GBNF could not join this memorable fete

    Posts

    • Hla Min’s Writings
    • Poetry
    • SPZP-2000 : Cover of RIT Alumni Newsletter
    • SPZP-2000 : Back cover of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung
  • 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
  • Apostle of Non-violence

    Apostle of Non-violence

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Gandhi

    • Mohandas K Gandhi was fondly called Gandhiji.
    • His non-violence movement was partly responsible for gaining India’s Independence.
    Gandhi

    Poem

    Poem
    • I wrote a poem for the Centenary of the birth of “The Apostle of Non-violence”.
    • It was published in the Working People’s Daily (WPD) on October 1, 1969.
    • U Ko Lay (RUBC Gold, GBNF) was the Chief Editor of WPD.
    • Daw Khin Swe Hla (GBNF) was Editor.

    Further Reading

    • Celebrations — Anniversaries and Jubilees
    • Publications — Newspaper, Journal, Sar Saung and Magazine
    • Poetry — Poem; Kabyar and Translation; Rhyme; Poetic Art Series
  • 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)

  • Tin Moe

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Highlights

    Tin Moe
    • Name : Ba Gyan
    • Pen name : Tin Moe
    • Laureate Poet
    • National Literary Award Wonner
    • Speaker, SF Bay Area Literary Talks
    • Scored a perfect 25 marks for Essay & distinction in Burmese for the Matric exam
    • Alumnus, Mandalay University
    • National Literary Award Winner
    • Member, Curriculum for Burmese
    • Born in 1933
    • Passed away in Southern California in 2007

    In Memory of Tin Moe

    One month

    One month anniversary

    Six months

    • A book was published in his memory six months after his demise.
    Six month anniversary
    • Displayed at the SF Bay Area Literary Talks on July 22, 2007.
    • Several Authors and/or Literary Lovers signed the book for me.
    • Cho Cho Thinn (Tin Moe’s daughter)
    • Htain Lin
    • Dr. Kyaw Tint
    • Maung Yit (Maung Maung Win)
    • Myo Sint
    • Ohn Myint
    • Tin Maung Than
    • Win Pe

    Posts

    • Literary Talks
    • Poet Art Series
    • Poetry
    • Rhyme
    • Translation of Poems

  • ဖြတ်၍မရသော သံယောဇဥ်

    by Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : May 2026

    Kabyar

    Irrespective of years gone by, my beloved mother and benefactor still remains in my heart.
    I wrote the poem for Thway Thauk Magazine in May 1964 in memory of my mom who passed away on March 10, 1964.

    နှစ်ကာလ ဘယ်လောက်ပဲ ကုန်လွန်ကုန်လွန်ကျွန်ုပ်နှလုံးသားထဲမှာလည်း ကျေးဇူးရှင် မေမေရှိနေသေးသည်ပဲ။၁၉၆၄ ခုနှစ် မေလထုတ် သွေးသောက်မဂ္ဂဇင်းတွင် ကျွန်ုပ်ရေးခဲ့တဲ့ ကဗျာတစ်ပုဒ်…။

    Poem

    ” ဖြတ်၍မရသော သံယောဇဥ် “
    (၁၀- ၃ -၁၉၆၄ နေ့တွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့သောချစ်မေမေ…..သို့)

    ချစ်တဲ့မေမေ…
    မြေထိ မတတ်၊ ဦးခေါင်းညွှတ်၍
    စိုစွတ် မျက်ရည်၊ ပေါက်ပေါက်မြည်အောင်
    ဖြေဆည်မရ၊ ကြင်လွန်းစွလည်း
    ဘဝ လမ်းခွဲခဲ့ရပြီ။

    ချစ်တဲ့မေမေ…
    သည်မြေကမ္ဘာ၊ သည်လူ့ရွာသို့
    သင်သာ ကျွန့်အား
    တံခါးပေါက်ဖွင့်၊ ပို့ပေးလင့်သော
    သွေးနှင့် တစ်ကြိမ်၊ သင့် သားအိမ်မှ
    စိုးရိမ် မွေးထုတ်၊ နာမ် ရုပ် တို့ပင်
    သင့်ဝိညာဥ်မှ၊ ကြင်နာတစ်ဖန်
    ဖြည့်ဆည်းပြန်မို့
    ပွင့်အန် သစ္စာ၊ သင်နှင့်သာလျှင်
    မခွာ ဝိညာဥ်၊ အသက်ရှင်၍
    သေလျှင်တူဘိ၊ ယုံကြည်မိလည်း
    မငြိတော့ပါ၊ သည်လူ့ရွာကို
    ဘာကြောင့် သံယောဇဥ်ဖြတ်သနည်း။

    ကျွန်တို့လမ်းသည်၊ မတူပြီကော…
    ညလည် တစ်ကွေ့၊ ပန်းမျိုးစေ့သို့
    ချမ်းမြေ့ သင့်မှာ၊ ရှိနေပါလည်း
    ထွန်ကာ နေဆဲ၊ မြေစိုင်ခဲ မှ
    တွဲရရွဲလှ၊ သီးမြမြနှင့်
    ဘဝဘယ်ချိန်ရောက်မည်နည်း။

    ချစ်တဲ့ မေမေ….
    မျက်ရည်ကျလျက်၊ နမ်းနှုတ်ဆက်၍
    လေးနက် ဝင်းထိန်၊ တည်ငြိမ်ကြည်လင်
    သင့်ဝိညာဥ်မှအားအင် ပြည့်ဝ၊ စဥ် မ, စ,ပါ
    ရွရွ ခွာမြန်း၊ ခြေကိုလှမ်းမည်
    မောပန်း လှစ်ဟ၊ ဆုံးဖြတ်ရစဥ်
    ကျွန့် ဝိညာဥ်ကား၊ လွင့်ပါး မစောင်း
    သင့်အလောင်းနား၊ ခုတင်နားတွင်
    လုံးလျား ငြိတွယ်နေပါပြီ။ ။

    တက္ကသိုလ် မိုးဝါ

    ၂၂. -၃ -၁၉၆၄
    (သွေးသောက်မဂ္ဂဇင်း- ၁၉၆၄မေလ)

  • Htay Lwin Nyo

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Young HLN

    LYC

    Sad News

    News

    My Tribute

    Tribute to Dr. HTAY LWIN NYO (EP74, ex-ucc)

    Part-time Professor, EE, SJSU

    (1951 July – 2000 April)

    H e was a genius, a researcher, a friend

    T eaching was his passion to the very end

    A jack of all trades, a doctorate of one

    Y ou name it, he knows it! there’s a lot he has done

    L ong ago he gave away a patent for a dollar

    W ith a heart so big and true, real worthy of a scholar

    I nvest, movie script, cook, paint, car repair, …

    N ever showed off wealth and prizes; he’s a gem so rare

    N ews of his death — alone at home — rocked throughout the land

    Y oung, old were shocked, but they all flocked to give a helping hand

    O n this day in May of Y2K we pray from the bottom of our heart

    “Htay Lwin Nyo, we’re proud to say

    that though you’ve passed away

    you’ve done a huge part

    to unite kindred spirits

    your legacy is here to stay.”

  • Pearl In My Heart

    by Hla Min & Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : May 2026

    Saya Moe

    Saya U Moe Aung & Hla Min
    • In February 2015, Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) gave me an autographed copy of his book.
    Autographed copy
    Cover
    Musings by Tekkatho Moe War and Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)

    Updates

    • Saya is feeling the effects of Jara & Byadi.
    • He still writes articles & kabyars daily.
    • Saya authored or co-authored several books.
    Book 1
    Book 2
    Book 3

    Posts

    • Kabyar
    • Poem
    • Publications
    • Tekkatho Moe War

  • Phay Phay

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Background

    • ဖေဖေ & အဖေ mean “Father”.
    • Father’s Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June.

    Three Generation of Fathers

    My beloved father
    My beloved parents

    First Generation

    • My beloved father
    • He had NDE (Near Death Experience) in his teens. The doctors said that he had three months to live, but thanks to Kadok Sayagyi (ကတုတ်ဆရာကြီး၊ Indigenous Medicine Expert) he lived to be a father of seven and grandfather of eleven.
    • He was a Jack of all Trades and Master of Some. He was not an Architect, but he built pagodas and houses (for him and his younger brothers).
    • He passed away in his 80s.
    • He would be 109 in July 2025.
    Three Generations

    Second Generation

    • Yours truly
    • I am a Lifelong Learner.
    • I am a former academic and Software Engineer.
    • I have two sons and two grandchildren.
    My family 1

    Third Generation

    • My elder son
    • He is an Industrial Engineer.
    • He has a daughter & a son. Both are excellent in studies and extra-curricular activities.
    My family 2

    Old Poem

    Be kind to your father
    For when you were young
    Who loved you as fondly as he
    He caught the first accent that fell from your tongue
    And joined in the heavenly glee

    Be kind to your father
    For now he is old
    His hair intermingled with grey
    His footsteps are feeble — Once fearless and bold
    Your father is passing away

    Morals & Manners

    We had to study “Morals & Manners” at St. Paul’s High School. Brother Austin rewarded those who could recite poems in the book.