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Cartoon Myint Pe (M72)

Three Cartoons

Old Love Birds

Choosing the right key for the Oldies

Impulse to see old hostel room

U Myint Pe wrote :

No.3 ပုံကို ငယ်သူများနားမလည်မှာစိုးလို့ရှင်းပြပါရစေ။

ကျွန်တော်တို့ခေတ်တုံးက A B C D E F အဆောင်တွေဟာ ယောင်္ကျားလေးတွေနေပြီး G Hall မြသီရိနဲ့ သမိုင်းက သဇင်ဆောင်တွေ မိန်းကလေးတွေနေတဲ့ အဆောင်တွေဖြစ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။

RIT နှစ် ၅၀ ရွှေရတုပွဲကျင်းပချိန်မှာတော့ A ဆောင် B ဆောင်ကို မိန်းကလေးဆောင်အဖြစ်ပြောင်းထားတာကို မသိတဲ့ ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းကြီးက အပျော်လွန်အမူးလွန်ပြီး သူနေခဲ့ဘူးတဲ့ A အဆောင်က သူအခန်းဟောင်းလေးဆီ အမှတ်တရသွားကြည့်မိရာ အဆောင်သူမိန်းကလေးများနဲ့ထိပ်တိုက်တိုးမိတဲ့ ဟာသလေးပါ။

Still so young

Cartoonists

Cartoonists 1

Cartoonists 2

May 13, 2025
U Wynn Htain Oo (M72)

Chip of the Old Block

Like father, Like son

Khin Maung Zaw wrote :

ပန်းပုဆရာဦးမာဃ၏ ပြောင်မြောက်သောလက်ရာ။

Maung Maung wrote :

Like father, Like son

Aung Myaing wrote :

အတော်တူတယ်။ အရပ်ဘဲကွာတယ်။ ယှဉ်ကြည့်မှ တကယ့် ဂျပုဘဲ။

Mg Mar Ga wrote :

u know that all great men are short

စကားပြောသောဓါတ်ပုံများ..

ကိုယ့်မြေးထဲကများဒီကျောင်းကြီးတက်ခဲ့ရရင်

ငါ့အဖိုးနဲ့သူတို့ကျောင်းသားကျောင်းသူဟောင်းကြီးတွေအားကြိုးမန်တက်

မသမာမှုလုံး၀မရှိဘဲ

တကဲ့ကိုခက်ခက်ခဲခဲကြိုးပမ်းအကောင်အထည်ဖော်ပေးသွားတဲ့အဆောက်အဦးကြီးကွ

လို့သူတို့သူငယ်ချင်းတွေကိုပြန်ပြောပြနိုင်မဲ့

စကားပြောသောဓါတ်ပုံများပါပေ

RIT 1

RIT 2

RIT 3

RIT 4

RIT 5

RIT 6

May 13, 2025
ChE73
Photos provided by
- Saya U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE67)
- U Kyi Aung (Roland Chen, ChE73)
ChE 73 A

Photo credit : U Kyi Aung (Roland Chen, ChE73)

ChE 73 B
May 13, 2025
Photos by Sayama Emma
Sayama Emma provided photos of selected friends, sayas and sayamas.

Emma (Tin Tin Myint)

Emma
- ChE 70
- Sayama and Sponsor for ChE students
- Minthamee
- Organizer of Singapore Pon Chan Chan Group
  with Don Min U Yu Swan (Spouse, Sayagyi)
- Rocket (name given by Maths U Ko Gyi)
- Mae Daw Gyi (to monks supported by Dana Sri Lanka)
- Co-founder, Triple Gems Publication
Pamela (Min Thet Mon)

Pamela
- A70
- Retired Professor of Architecture Department
- Second daughter of Professor U Myo Min (English)
- Siblings : Patricia, Uno (Kyaw Myo), Beauty
Ma Kyin Than

Ma Kyin Than
- T70
Naw Charity Sein Oo

Sayama Naw Charity
- RIT English
- Retired Professor
U Saw Hlaing (GBNF)

Saya U Saw Hlaing
- RIT Physics
- Post graduate study in Japan
- Principal, Taungyi College
- Director, DHE (at the Ministry of Education)
- Organizer, Thu Ka Ka Yi (Shwe Dagon Pagoda)
Daw May Than Nwe (Joyce, GBNF)

Daw May Than Nwe
- RIT Physics
- First in Physics Honors (1962)
- Passed away in Singapore
- Spouse : Saya U Thein Lwin (EE, GBNF)
Sao Kan Gyi (Tony, GBNF)

Sao Kan Gyi
- RIT English
- Pen name : Khemarat
- Lineage : Keng Tung Sawbwa / Mangrai
May 13, 2025
U Soe Win (EC70)
Soe Win (Leftmost)

Soe Win (2nd from Left)
- Matriculated from TTC Practicing School.
  Classmate : Win Aung (M70, Luyechun, RIT Swimming and Water Polo)
- Computer Engineer at UCC
- Moved to PTC.
- After retirement, he moved to Mawlamyine where his spouse has a family business.
- Elder brother : U Soe Myint (Guardian, GBNF) published my poems. translations and articles. He became the father-in-law of U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76).
- Younger brother : U Kyaw Zaw (EC72, TTC Luyechun, DCA)
Visit to USA
- During his visit to his youngest brother U Khin Zaw (UCC) in Cupertino, Northern California there was a mini-gathering of UCC alumni, RIT alumni and friends of U Khin Zaw and Daw Wai Wai Tun.
The attendees include
- Saya U Myo Min (UCC)
- U Hla Min (EC69, UCC) and Daw Sein Yi
- U and Mrs. Soe Win (EC70, UCC)
- Benny Tan (M70) and Angelina Tan
- Charlie Tseng (EC70) and Diana Tseng (ChE71)
- U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74)
- U Hla Kyi (EC77, Met/Hydro Computer)
- U Aung Zaw Maung (Pet78, UCC)
- U Aung Myint Oo (EC84, UCC) and Daw Thida Khin (UCC)
- Dr. Rafiul Ahad (Physics, UCC) and Frances Ahad
- U Khin Zaw (Physics, UCC) and Daw Wai Wai Tun (Physics)
- Dr. Kyaw Tint (Physics)
- U Thein Naing (Patrick, Physics) and Daw Mi Mi Aung (Physics)
May 13, 2025
PPIC Alumni Reunion
Not so young

Not so old

Engineers
- ဦးတင်မောင်အေး (Accordion) : Tin Maung Aye
- စမောင်မောင် (ဘော်လီဘော) : Sa Maung Maung
- Albert ကျော်မင်း (ဘားဂျွမ်း၊ ဂီတာ၊ Elvis) : Albert Kyaw Min
- ဦးဝင်းအောင် (ရေကူး၊ Water polo, High School လူရည်ချွန်) : Win Aung
…
May 13, 2025
Ratana Sutta
Ratana / Yadanar

Ratana means Gem (precious jewel)

Ratana Sutta
- Second Sutta in “Paritta Pali”
- Ashin Ananda recited the Sutta at Vesali
- Assertion of truth
- To overcome three calamities :
  massive losses due to famine,
  diseases, and
  [destructive] weapons
Triple Gems
- Buddha
  The Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Enlightened One
- Dhamma
  Teachings of the Buddha
- Sangha
  Monastic Order of the Buddha; Congregation of [paramatta] monks
Three Refuges
- I take refuge in the Buddha
- I take refuge in the Dhamma
- I take refuge in the Sangha
Sutta

Pali in Burmese script

Sutta 1

Sutta 2

Sutta 3

Sutta 4

Pali Text & English Translation

Sutta 5

Sutta 5

Paritta Pali

Payeik Kyee
May 13, 2025
BMRI
Founder Director

Dr. Mya Tu
- Burma Medical Research Institute (BMRI) was founded by Dr. Mya Tu.
  Saya served as Director General.
  Compiled “Magnum Opus” with Daw Khin Htar Yee
  One covers “Who’s who in Medicine in Burma?”
  Another covers “Who’s who in Health Systems in Burma?”
  Saya passed away in Australia.
  Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint posted about Saya’s Memorial Service.
- He was succeeded as Director General by
  Dr. Aung Than Ba Tu (ATBT)
  Dr. Khin Maung Tin
  Dr. Daw May May Yi
DMR
- BMRI later became Directorate of Medical Research (DMR)
- The DGs include
  Dr. Than Swe
  Dr. Paing Soe
Young Researchers (BMRI-DMR)

Photo and Annotation : Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor)

L to R:
- U Aung Myint
- Dr. Htay Htay
- Saya (Professor Mya Tu)
- Dr. Myo Thein
- U Ba Aye (Statistician)
- Dr. Pe Thaung Myint (Sports Medicine)
- Dr Htin Kyaw (Physiologist)
May 13, 2025
Medical Research
Thanks to Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint and Dr. Victor Nyunt Wai for their input and feedback.

Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

Dr. V Nyunt Wai (2nd from Left)

Dr. Mya Tu

Dr. Mya Tu
- Dr. Mya Tu founded Burma Medical Research Institute (BMRI).
  BMRI later became Directorate of Medical Research (DMR).
  DMR had branches in Upper and Lower Burma.
- He served as Director General.
- [Per VNW] : Saya was a physiologist.
- [Per TOKM] : He and his spouse compiled a directory of medical professionals in Burma.
- He passed away at the age of 91 in Australia.
Last Journey
- Dr. Thein Htut and Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint gave eulogies at Saya’s service.
Dr. Aung Than Ba Tu (ATBT)

ATBT
- He succeeded Dr. Mya Tu.
- Saya requested UCC to give lectures on computing at BMRI.
  I was a Guest Lecturer.
- [Per VNW] : Dr. ATBT, around 90 years of age, is still active, giving talks and participating in the editorial team of a certain journal.
Dr. Khin Maung Tin

Dr. Khin Maung Tin
- Saya was in charge of the hospital for Rangoon University.
- He succeeded Dr. ATBT.
- [Per VNW] : Dr. KMT, who specialized in liver diseases passed away the earliest (heard it was a heart attack); survived by Dr Daw Htay Kyi, a TB specialist.
Dr. May May Yi

Dr. May May Yi (Center)
- I met Sayama at the Inlay Lu Ye Chun camp in the summer of 1965.
- She is a physiologist.
- She was Professor of Physiology at the Institute of Medicine.
- She became DG at BMRI.
Dr. Than Shwe
- Dr. Than Shwe was a microbiologist.
- After retirement, he moved to USA.
- He stays active by guiding high school students for their SAT tests.
Dr. Paing Soe

Paulian Doctors (including Paing Soe)
- He matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1965.
- He was selected Lu Ye Chun.
- He was DG of DMR.
- He retired as Deputy Minister of Health.
Researchers
- Dr. Thein Toe (UK, GBNF)
Dr. Thein Toe (Left)
- Dr. Cho Nwe Oo
- Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (GBNF)
Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (Left), Dr. Cho Nwe Oo (Right)
- Dr. Khin Maung U (FDA, USA)
Dr. Khin Maung U (Seated middle), Dr. Victor Nyunt Wai (3rd from left standing)

Dr. Khin Maung U
- Dr. Kyaw Min (Retired as Acting DG)
Paulian Doctors (including Kyaw Min)
May 13, 2025
SF Bay Area Literary Talks
Background
- Established by San Francisco Bay Area Literary Lovers
- Group Sponsors
  BADA
  OMC
  …
- Individual Sponsors
Types
- Annual Talks
- Ad hoc Talks
- Past Speakers
  Kyemon U Thaung (GBNF)
  Tin Moe(GBNF)
  Maung Swan Yi
  Director Win Pe
  Chit Oo Nyo
  Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
  Maung Phone (Dhatu)
  Khin Maung Than
  Shwe Ku May Hnin
  Khet Mar
  Aung Way
  Min Ko Naing
  Aw Pi Kye
SF Bay Area 2018

Five RIT Alumni

There was a Micro-gathering of five RIT alumni taken at the San Francisco Bay Area Literary Talks 2018.
- Myint Soe (M79, Sponsor)
- Win Htut (M81)
- Aw Pi Kyeh (Win Naing, M82, Speaker)
- San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87, Sponsor)
- Hla Min (EC69)
Aw Pi Kyeh gave a talk titled “Made in Myanmar“. He is President of the Myanmar Cartoonists Association. During his RIT days, he served as Secretary of the RIT Cartoonists Association. He was a contributor and maintainer of the “RIT Cartoon Box” (which was an old telephone kiosk/booth with cartoons pasted from the inside). He also drew cartoons under the name “Mann Bei”.

Ko Myint Soe and Ko San Lin are among the sponsors of the Talks.
May 13, 2025