UCC Founders
Dr. Chit Swe (GBNF) U Soe Paing U Myo Min U Ko Ko Lay (GBNF) Details are provided in “Memories of UCC”. Saya U Soe Paing has updated his writings to SCRIB-D.
Paying back to my alma mater
I wrote 40+posts on “Memories of UCC”. An abridged version of the posts was published in the 30th Anniversary Issue of ICST (Institute of Computer Science and Technology). Thanks to Saya U Soe Paing, my mentor at RIT and UCC, for emailing me a PDF version of my […]
RIT Buddhist Association
Saya Dr. Thein Hlyne Saya U Lin (M66) Saya U Tin Shwe (EP66, GBNF) Saya U Soe Myint (Min83) U Kyi Twe (A70) U Maung Maung Lay U Myint Soe (M79) U Sein Win (C80) U Maung Maung Lay The Association’s activities include Kathein robe offering Library of […]
Scholarships and Stipends
Scholarship In 1963, ten from our class from SPHS received the Collegiate Scholarship of 75 Kyats per month. After paying 15 Kyats for the school fees, those who attend as day scholars have 60 Kyats to spend. Sad to note that Dr. Myo San (Freddie Ba San) and […]
Tipitaka
Tipitaka is a Pali term, which is commonly rendered as “Three Baskets”. It comprises of Vinaya : monastic rules of conduct Sutta : discourses Abhidhamma : ultimate reality According to the Theravada tradition, there are six Buddhist Councils. The First, Second and Third Councils were held in India. […]
Alumni
There are four terms in Latin to describe students alumnus : former male student alumni : former male students alumna : former female student alumnae : former female students Note that the students may or may not graduate from the school. In current usage, the term “alumni” covers […]
Companies and Products
The Beatles founded Apple Music. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers. Apple Music sued Apple Computers for trademark violation. The judge ruled that the two companies belonging to different domains could use the same name. Due to convergence of technologies (a few decades later), the Beatles’ […]
Census
The Colonial Administration compiled “Than Kaung Sar Yin” (literally meaning “list taken at midnight”). In the USA, the Population Census data is compiled every ten years as mandated by law, but the census data takers do not visit houses at midnight. The data is collected not only from […]
Age
Minimum age requirement There was a minimum age requirement for admission to the University of Rangoon. Saya Dr. Hla Aung (C58) had to wait one year to enter the University of Rangoon because he was under age. No minimum age requirement In some universities, young talented students (12 […]
Numbers
Zero Ten Twenty Sixty Powers of Two 0 (Zero) Zero has no value when it stands by itself. When a zero is placed to the right of a number, it increases the value N-fold (where N, say 10, is the Base or Radix of the Number System. 10 […]
