The winners have an option to take the grand prize in installments over a specified period of years, or to take lump sum. They have to pay applicable taxes.
The shop gets a commission for selling winning tickets.
Aung Bar Lay
During our younger days, Aung Bar Lay Lottery announced the winners every two months (or so).
Resellers bought a set of 11 tickets for 20 kyats.
A lottery ticket sold for two kyats.
The top prize at one time was One Lakh Kyats.
One advertisement ran, “Do not reject the suitor outright. He has an ‘Aung Bar Lay’ ticket in his pocket.”
Aung Su Pan and Imitators
Some (e.g. Aung Su Pan, Kandawgalay) became big distributors.
They promised to inform the winners (who do not need to find out from the newspapers or from the radio broadcasts.
[Per Dr. Nyunt Wai] :
To avoid law suit, Aung Kha Yu Pan was created. Near the main Aung Su Pan lottery shop in Thein-gyi-zay, we could see smaller shops on the platform in front. One of these was Aung Kha-Yu Pan. Hanging Sabai pan-gones (jasmine garlands) between Kha and Yu, the sign board looked just like Aung Su Pan. Because the main shop was crowded, some people bought tickets from Aung Kha Yu Pan, thinking it was a road-side stand of Aung Su Pan.
Branding Campaigns
Cigarette manufacturers such as London Gold Flake (by U Win Shein & company) and Ludu Cigarette (by U Cho & company) started selling lottery tickets.
They require the buyer to provide a specified number of empty/used cigarette packets to get a lottery ticket from them.
The winners of the tickets received bonuses. Examples: One Lakh on top of the One Lakh prize. Vacation and/or round-trip air tickets
Luck
According to statistics, there is a very low probability of winning the Grand Prize (often known as the Jack Pot).
There are many who have never won a lottery prize.
Yet, there are some lucky people who won the Grand Prize several times.
A few won lottery games several times in a single day.
Some rely on their luck and their guts to choose the time and place to buy lottery tickets.
“Details of my thesis” by Cho Cho Hlaing (Peter’s paternal aunt)
“Condolences to Win Mar” by U Tin Htoon (Peter’s paternal uncle)
Birthdays
Sad News
Cho Cho Hlaing, aunt
See “Peter’s Drawings for Cho Cho Hlaing’s Thesis”
The title of my thesis is “The cultural background of preparing and serving of Burmese Food“
There are 8 chapters starting with Dana, such as offering (Soon Laung De) to a row of SANGHAS, SoonKyway at home.
For each chapter Peter did a wonderful drawing, all together ten drawings which clearly express the text, “ A Picture is Worth A Thoughtful Words”. I gained Credit in my Final Exam and the Professor was very impressed with Peter’s drawings.
U Tin Htoon, uncle
Dear Win Mar, Min Ko, Prudence & Ye Lay,
The sudden and unexpected passing away of your beloved husband and father Dr. Peter Khin Tun on April 13, 2020 sent a wave of grief throughout UK and the world.
Since then tributes have poured in from his Berkshire hospital colleagues and staff, relatives and friends around the world by way of emails, posting on Face Book etc. However, the most valuable and encouraging words was from Oxford Sayadaw U Dhammasami.
Sayadaw U Dhammasami was in Yangon during that time and sent this addressed to Peter through one of his close devotee. He even instructed the monks at his Oxford monastery to perform Dana for Peter and to share the good merits. Sayadaw also emailed to Min Ko and Ye Lay expressing his heartfelt sympathy.
Permit me to supplement Sayadaw’s view about Peter. The Buddha said:
“By oneself is evil done, by oneself is one defiled, By oneself is evil not done, by oneself is one purified. Both defilement and purity depend on oneself. No one is purified by another.”
As you all know, the Buddha taught us “The Art of Living”, or “A Way of Life.” And Peter knew it very well since he was a teenager and he practiced accordingly, not only when praying and meditating but while at work or at home. He discharged his profound duty of a parent as spelt out in the Siṅgālovāda Sutta (Sigālovāda Sutta). In this Sutta Buddha taught the moral conduct of different members of the society to achieve a peaceful harmonious society. The Buddha described the duties of parents to their children as follows:
Restrain their children from evil
Encourage them to do good
Give them good education or skill for a profession
Arrange a suitable marriage and
Must hand over their inheritance to them at a proper time. Likewise the five duties of children are:
Support parents in return (when they have income)
Manage affairs on their behalf
Maintain the tradition of the family
Make oneself worthy of the inheritance
Give alms on behalf of the departed parents Although such Buddha’s teaching provides human beings to have peace, harmony and happiness in this very life, the main essence is to achieve cessation of Dukkha (generally translated as “suffering” although it is far beyond that) by practicing the “Noble Eightfold Path.” It consist of three parts of moral practice, three parts to develop concentration and two parts to achieve wisdom. The practice is known as “Vipassana (Insight) Meditation.” The benefits are – for the purification of mind, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the complete destruction of pain and grief, for reaching the right path, for the attainment of Nibbana. Now that you all have personally experienced the untimely loss of your husband and father, you know very well how difficult it is to overcome sorrow, lamentation, pain and grief. In order to help face the vicissitudes of life it is essential to learn and practice Vipassana meditation.
I strongly wish to recommend visiting the website – https://www.dhamma.org and find the meditation center that will be convenient for you, location and time wise. This group teaches Vipassana meditation in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka and his Assistant Teachers worldwide.
I have attached the pdf copy of the book “The Art of Living” by William Hart so that you will have a better understanding of their approach. The book was based on 10—Day Vipassana meditation courses conducted by S.N. Goenka and contain a story and Q & A at the end of every chapter.
In conclusion I wish to share with you the untimely losses in our family before Peter.
Our maternal side grandfather at the age of 43.
My father at the age of 60.
My 2nd brother’s wife at the age of 56.
My 2nd sister’s son at the age of 32.
I sincerely hope that this letter of mine will help bring some comfort and solace during these hard times.
U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74) gave us a ride to iNapa Winery to attend the gathering hosted by U Gordon Kaung (M83) and Daw Lillian Kaung (EC83). Thanks to all four of them.
Attendees include
U Aung Soe Win (Consul General) & family
U Kai (Myanmar Gazette) & brother
Saya U Maung Maung (George)
Saya U Myat Htoo
U Ko Ko Zin
U Aung Myint Oo
U Nyunt Than
U San Lin
U Myo Aung
Spouses
Daw Mu Mu Khin
Guests (including historian of Atlas Peak).
U Aung Soe Win presented a Myanmar Flag.
Group photos were taken in front of the flags.
iNapa Wine presented two bottles of Premium Wine:
one for U Aung Soe Win
one for CGLA employees.
The event was reported in Myanmar Gazette.
Photos :
Couple
Group and Flag
Couple and Flag
U Aung Soe Win conversing with NorCal RITAA members
At iNapa Winery 2At iNapa Winery 3At iNapa Winery 4
Gordon Kaung (M83) and Lillian Kaung (EC83) founded iNapa Winery.
The Winery has hosted gatherings
for NorCal RITAA meetings
to welcome sayas visiting from overseas
to welcome staff of the Myanmar Consulate in Los Angeles
Kan So Kan Kaung
During the Napa fires, Gordon and Lillian had to follow their neighbor to get out from the back roads. They had to spend three weeks before returning to the Winery. They were relieved to find the buildings intact.
Gathering at iNapa Winery on April 20, 2019
Gordon Kaung (M83) and Lillian Kaung (EC83) hosted a gathering at iNapa
Winery for U Tin Yu (Consul General for Los Angeles) and his family and
invited guests from NorCal RITAA and the Myanmar Community.
U Tin Yu and his spouse reminded me that they took courses at UCC as part of the requirement for M.Com. along with Sayama Daw Yin Yin Myint and Sayama Daw Hla Myint (Connie).
It is the fourth overseas assignment for U Tin Yu. His previous assignments include Katmandu, Egypt and Canberra.
On behalf of the Consulate in Los Angeles, U Tin Yu presented the Myanmar flag to iNapa winery.
iNapa winery presented premium wine bottles to U Tin Yu, the Cosulate staff and Myanmar Gazette.
Directed the movie “Hna Ma Let Shawt Nay Lay Dawt”. The movie was hard to appreciate by most Burmese. It set the record for the first movie not to have Full House at the First Day First Show. Grapevine says that some foreigners tried to purchase the movie.
Classmates : U Tin Htoon and U Aung Kyee Myint He would hang around at “Architects Incorporated” (founded by U Bo Gyi, U Tin Htoon and U Aung Kyee Myint) along with fellow artists U Paw Oo Thet and Director Win Pe.
Memories by Uzin Myo Tun (A69)
Memories by U Htun Aung (EP70)
Photos by U Aung Khin (A69) One photo shows U KMY in his younger days when he hung around with the Architect students
Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69) wrote :
U Kin Maung Yin was everyone’s friend – one of the most amicable individuals I’ve ever known. He was mentor to many of us student architects of the late 1960s and of the 70s. His versatile talents extended into move-making, authorship and painting. His avant-garde movie “နှမလက်လျှော့နေလေတော့” made six decades ago remains unrivaled to date in the Myanmar movie industry. He immersed himself in modern painting and writing during the last two decades of his life. An icon of the arts, indeed!
U Htun Aung (EP70) wrote :
In 1971, I was waiting for the governmental employment living with Demonstrator (civil) and Inlay hostel hall tutor Saya U Khin Mg Tint. One day U Khin Mg Yin came and unexpectedly invited me to accompany him as his aid in movie-making and shooting a film named “Bahman Bazan Akhyaung” (ဘမှန်ဘဇံအကြောင်း). For that film, he was the Director. I was always near him to help for everything he ordered me to do. In those days, from morning to night I was together with him at film shooting sites, especially at Collegian Nay Win and Dar Khin Marlar’s home where most of the indoor scenes of the film had been shot. Also we had to spend much time in making the film at Film upgrading [processing] Studio. The producer of the film was “Momyint Thawdar Film Production” which was owned by Daw Khin Mar Lar, Actor U Nay Win’s spouse. Time taken to shoot that film was nearly three months. Main actors were Collegian Nay Win, Khin Yu May and Aye Aye Thin.
After that film, I was also with U Khin Mg Yin to help reading and editing the directing schedules of the film named “Thway” the Novel written by Journal Kyaw Daw Ma Ma Lay. But that script was not approved by State Film Editing Committee [Censor Board] due to the Fascism hating point of view of the country at that time.
Kin Mg Yin 1Kin Maung Yin 2Kin Maung Yin 3Arch 1
U Naung Tun Lwin (M75, GBNF)
Directed several movies
Classmates : Daw Mar Mar Yee, Maurice Chee (U Hla Myint Thein) and U Than Po
Thamankyar Ko Myint (Min70)
Thamankyar Ko MyintKo Myint, Thein Htut and PBRS groupThan Win
U Aung Myint (Min70) and U Than Win (T70) are close friends and cousin brothers-in-law. U Than Win married Daw Zelma Yu, a cousin of U Aung Myint.
U Aung Myint became known as “Thamankyar Ko Myint”.
U Than Win wrote the script for the movie “Thamankyar”.
The movie was directed by Ko Myint’s elder brothers “A1 Than Htut” and “A1 Thein Htut” (twin brothers). Grapevine says that there are the reincarnation of two Japanese pilots.
The movie was produced by Maha Weik za hto Films (studio of U Nyi Pu, Ko Myint’s grand uncle). U Nyi Pu is considered to be the first Burmese movie actor.
A1 U Tin Nwe, U Nyi Pu, U Maung Maung Soe, A1 U Tin Maung (winner of two Academy awards) and their extended family members had several film companies.
U San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87) wrote:
YIT/YTU produced some movie stars including the following :
Ko Htin Lin , B.E (EP)1993 batch (aka) Dway ( GBNF )
Ko Aye Thein , B.E (EC) 1987 batch (aka) Min Oo.
Photo credit to Kyaw Kyaw (Set Hmu)
DwayMin Oo
U Aung Win (C87) added :
Also Pyi Ti Oo (Civil)
Nang Khaming (A70) wrote :
Most of the people didn’t like the movie Hna ma let shawt nay lay dawt because there was no dialog in the movie except ‘pea pyout’. Most can’t appreciate that kind of movie, but I like that movie and appreciate .
Ko Wint Khin Zaw (A79) wrote :
Architect UKMY must be too advanced for the period. I think he directed another movie called “Ba Hman Ba Zan Akyaung” which was appreciated a bit more by some audience.
Sitting: (1) U Pu (2) Dr. Aung Gyi (3) U Min Wun (4) U Ba Hli (5) Mr. Redpath (6) U Ngwe Thein (7) Mr. Eswara (8) Mr. Num Kock
1st Row: (1) Khin Maung (2) Than Aung (3) Htay Aung (4) Khin Maung Lwin (5) Kyaw Tin (6) Win Thein (7) Chit Pe (8) Shwe Tun Maung (9) Win Maung (10) Thein Lwin (11) Tun Yi (12) Than Pe
2nd Row: (1) V. Kumar (2) Kyaw Hoe (3) Allen Htay (4) Ba Hnin Chit (5) Kyaw Mya (6) Kyaw Din (7) Irwin Myaing (8) Chit Aye (9) Maung Maung (10) Nolan Wu (11) Morgan Singar
3rd Row: (1) Patrick George (2) Oscar Shirazee (3) Hla Shwe (4) Aung Par Thein (5) Saw Lwin (6) San Hla Aung (7) Shwe Win (8) Douglas Hoe (9) Sidney Chen
EE58
M60
ChE67
C69
EE69
M69
T69 and ChE69
69er Gatherings
Sayas at 69er PZP in 2009
69er Myint(s)
Daw Myint Myint (C69)
U Hla Myint (C69)
U Hla Myint Thein (C69)
U “Kabar” Myint Thein (M69, GBNF)
U David Myint Thein (M69)
Five Myints
New Jersey, USA
U Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69)
Ivan Lee (U Khin Maung Oo, M69)
Daw Saw Yu Tint (Alice, T69)
Tom Liu (U Toung, EC69)
Four 69ers
Monthly Breakfast Gathering at Taw Win Hnin Si
Some have passed away
Tobias Kittim Ku (Toby, A69)
U Han Sein (Tone Kyaw, Ah Pho Gyi, C69)
U Thein Swe (EP69)
69er Gathering
EE69
M69
Some have passed away
U Tin Myint (John Lee, M69)
U Khin Maung Myint (Shastri, M69)
ChE70
A70
M70
Four M70 classmates
U Tha Htay (M70)
U Win Htay (Walter Cheng Lyan, M70)
U Win Aung (M70)
U Soe Aung (M/Auto70)
Class of 70 and 71
Also known as “Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65”
Monthly meeting Often include discussions for Health Care and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe
Acariya Pu Zaw Pwes
19th Acariya PZP
20th Acariya PZP
Special Acariya PZP per request of U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70)
Some have passed away
U Cho Aye (M70)
Mini-Gathering
Mostly from the Class of 72
U Aung Myaing (ChE72) and Daw Gyn Yu (ChE72)
U Tun Shwe (ChE72)
U Thein Aung (Met72) and spouse
Saya U Maung Maung (ChE66) and spouse
…
ChE72
M72
19th Acariya PZP and Reunion Dinner
20th Acariya PZP and Reunion Dinner
All Mechanical Gathering
2017
Saya U Ba Than
U Sein Htoon (M63)
U Wynn Htain Oo (M72)
Class of 73
ChE73
ChE74
EE74
See the annotated photos
M75
Most alumni from Myanmar
Maurice Chee (U Hla Myint Thein, USA)
U Khin Maung Win (USA)
U Ohn Win (Raymond, Australia)
Class of 77
40th Anniversary Reunion in 2017
ChE78
EC78
Some members contacted U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) to donate (e.g. to Alumni Association)
Class of 79
Some members contacted U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) to donate (e.g. to Alumni Association)
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