HlaMin

Blog

  • Model

    A Physical Model is usually a scaled down version of a real-life entity.

    In our younger days, some schools and universities had Aero-modeling clubs.
    Ko Eddie (Edward Teoh, M64) helped run the Aero-modeling club.

    A Mathematical Model is a representation of an idea, concept, theory using Mathematics.
    It could be a simple equation (e.g. F = ma), a system of equations (linear, non-linear, differential, partial differential, …) or much more.

    A Computational Model leverages the power of computers.

    Many traditional subjects now have Computational aspect (or branch).
    Example : Computational Biology

    Models include

    • Probabilistic Model
    • Stochastic Model
    • Simulation Model (e.g. Discrete Event Simulation)
    • Neural Networks
    • Econometric Model
    My mentor Dr. Chit Swe (UCC Founder)

  • 69er Gatherings

    Hosted by U Tin Shwe (EE69er) for Dec 2022

    Dear RIT69ers

    ဖိတ်ကြားအပ်ပါသည်

    ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၁၁ ၊ ၂၀၂၂၊တနင်္ဂနွေနေ့ တွင်

    ​RIT ကျောင်းနေဖက် သူငယ်ချင်း ကိုတင်ရွှေ(သံမီးဂျီ) လျှပ်စစ် မှ RIT69ers သူငယ်ချင်း(ဘာသာရပ်ပေါင်းစုံ)တို့အားနံနက်စာဖြင့်အာဟာရ ဒါနပြုလုပ်ကြွေးမွေးလိုပါသောကြောင့်အောက်ပါအစီအစဉ်အတိုင်း မပျက်မကွက်ကြွရောက်သုံးဆောင်ကြပါရန်စေတနာရှေ့ထား၍ ဖိတ်ကြားပါသည်။

    ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်အတွက်နောက်ဆုံးmini gathering ဖြစ်ပါသောကြောင့် အားလုံးစုံစုံညီညီတက်ရောက်၍ ကိုတင်ရွှေအတွက်ဆုမွန်ကောင်းများပို့သပေးကြရန်လည်း ထပ်ဆင့်အသိပေးနှိုးဆော် အပ်ပါသည်။

    နေ့ရက် ၁၁ ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၂၀၂၂ (တနင်္ဂနွေ)

    နေရာ တော်ဝင်နှင်းဆီ ရွှေဂုံတိုင်

    အချိန် နံနက် ၇ နာရီ မှ ၈/၃၀ နာရီ

    Hosted by Daw Thaung Htwe (C69) for Dec 2018

    The December 2018 Breakfast gathering of the Class of 69 was hosted by Daw Thaung Htwe (C69).

  • Tin Maung (Min69)

    Ko Tin Maung Aye and Ko Tin Maung
    Min69 Students
    • Per Wai Lu, there were 16 students in Mining 69.
      Ko Kyaw Tint, Ko Chit Htun, Ko Aung Naing … are GBNF.
      Six are alive and well.
    • Met Ko Khin Maung Gyi, Ko Tin Win and Ko Win Thein Zaw at the 69er Gatherings.
    • Ko Tin Maung (Katha) was earlier listed in the 69er Address Book / Contact List as having moved to USA or Taiwan.
    • He was known for his shooting prowess in soccer, despite having a knee problem.
    • Ko Tin Maung Aye (M69) met him at the Tanyin Thabawa Yeiktha.

  • Tin Maung (Min69)

    Ko Tin Maung Aye and Ko Tin Maung
    Min69 Students
    • Per Wai Lu, there were 16 students in Mining 69.
      Ko Kyaw Tint, Ko Chit Htun, Ko Aung Naing … are GBNF.
      Six are alive and well.
    • Met Ko Khin Maung Gyi, Ko Tin Win and Ko Win Thein Zaw at the 69er Gatherings.
    • Ko Tin Maung (Katha) was earlier listed in the 69er Address Book / Contact List as having moved to USA or Taiwan.
    • He was known for his shooting prowess in soccer, despite having a knee problem.
    • Ko Tin Maung Aye (M69) met him at the Tanyin Thabawa Yeiktha.

  • Dr. Pe Nyun

    Rangoon University was closed for three years during the war.

    When RU reopened in 1946, three children of U San Pe : Dick / Pe Nyun, Tom / Pe Thein and their older sister attended together.

    The two brothers represented RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club) at the 1948 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi and became RUBC Gold.

    U Pe Nyun (GBNF) served as Secretary and later as Captain of RUBC.

    He was Chief Pediatric Surgeon at Rangoon Children’s Hospital. He led the team that operated on Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San.

    After retirement, he moved to Canada.

    He is GBNF.

    U Pe Thein (GBNF) was Professor at the Institute of Medicine, and later Minister of Health and Education.

    ** Notes

    * The two are maternal uncles of Saya U Tu Myint (Winston, M), who taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic.

    * The other crew members are U Tin U (elder brother of Saya U Ba Than, Most Senior and Oldest Past Captain of RUBC) and U Khin Maung Wint (Bobby Tin, son of Architect U Tin).

  • Rimon Than, Dr.

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Dr. Rimon Than is the elder son of U Maung Maung Kyi (SPHS63, ChE / Pulp & Paper from Dresden University) and Daw Khin May Than (ChE72).

    He is a medical doctor, mountaineer, Squadron Leader of RAF and Head of Rescue Team (e.g for mountaineers).

    He passed away in an avalanche.

    His parents, who had landed in Yangon for a visit in a long time, had to return to Wales to attend the last journey.

    BBC covered the sad news.

  • 69ers (3)

    * Ashin Ukkamsa (U Aung Chaw, Victor) : became a monk at Sagaing Hills after retirement. Currently residing at Thonegwa.

    U Win Maung (Lake, Rowing, Swimming, Water Polo) : Brother of Sayama Daw Khin Swe Aye (Winnie, ChE70)

    U Myint Maung (Bu, Volleyball) : Eligible Bachelor

    U Myat Soe Lwin (Sai Hwet) : BIL of Yee Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung, GBNF)

    * U Han Sein (Ah Pho Gyi, Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Basketball, GBNF)

    He was sentenced to 20 years by a Kangaroo Court, but was released after 17 years.

    * U Aung Gyi Shwe (Track & Field, Soccer, Weightlifting, GBNF)

    He is a Khamee Khamet of U Kyaw Myint (T72).

    * U Khin Maung Win (Sargalay, Badminton, GBNF) : Training Partner for Sai Kham Pan (Burma Selected). Played for his Township.

    U Moe Hein (Ajala, Swimming, Water Polo)

  • Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74)

    Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (SPHS68) was admitted to 1st BE as Roll No (1) and was selected Luyechun.

    He completed EP at RIT, MSc(CS) at UCC and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering at Syracuse University, New York.

    He won a patent. His last assignment was as Professor of EE at SJSU (San Jose State University).

    He told his friends and students that he would retire to pursue his hobbies : writing scripts, repairing vintage cars, unconventional recipes for cooking.

    He never missed his lectures at SJSU. When he did not show up a couple of times, the students were worried and inquired about him at the Department & University Offices.

    The Sad Saga had been told in the BAPS Newsletter, RIT Alumni Newsletter, RIT website and my personal website hlamin.com

    I also wrote a poem “HTAY LWIN NYO”.

    I had the honor to push the button of the incinerator and to help scatter his ashes in the Santa Cruz waters.

    HlaMin

  • U Win Paing (ChE70) / U Wara

    U Win Paing (ChE70) matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1964.

    He won several Golf Tournaments at RGC and BGC. His younger brother U Kyaw Paing played in the Putra Cup.

    He became a monk (along with U Aung Min) the day after taking the final exam. Saya U Aung (C70) wrote a post about him.

    U Wara

    U Wara served as Taik Oke Sayadaw for about four decades at Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaw. He finally became Chief Resident Sayadaw when U Vinaya passed away in his late 90s.

    He conducted Meditation Retreats and also went on Dhamma Duta Missions.

    ** Notes

    * He is the third son of ICS U Paing and Daw Oo Yin.

    Daw Oo Yin’s parents are Sir Po Tha and Lady Tha.

    * All brothers — Dr. Myo Paing, U Soe Paing, U Win Paing, U Kyaw Paing — play Golf.

    * Saya U Soe Paing (UCC) volunteered as Golf Correspondent for Guardian and/or Working People’s Daily.

    I typed some of the Golf news.

    KMZ would take some reports to the Newspaper office.

  • U Kyaw Sein (M65)

    Saya U Kyaw Sein (M65) taught Drawing at RIT.

    He later taught AutoCAD.

    He was Moderator of two Facebook Groups related to RIT and Engineering.

    He archived Pon Tu’s of sayas and sayamas (by Bagyee Myat Myo Myint). Saya U Tin Lin (ChE72) annotated the Pon Tu’s.

    He matriculated from St. John’s Dio and posted about the school magazine.

    He passed away in Singapore.

    ** Notes

    * He was known as U Kyaw Sein (1).

    Dr. Kyaw Sein (M65) was earlier known as U Kyaw Sein (2).

    * He was a regular attendee at Singapore Oldies’ gatherings.