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  • St. Paul’s High School

    St. Paul’s High School

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    SPHS, Rangoon

    Brothers, Sayas and Sayamas
    • St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon is the Second De La Salle School.
    • SPHS ran from 1860 – 1965.
    • It was nationalized on April 1, 1965. Non-native Brothers had to leave Burma.
    • It was renamed No. 6 State High School, Botathaung.

    စိန့်ပေါလ် အထက်တန်းကျောင်း

    1860

    • De La Salle Brothers ရန်ကုန် မှာ ကျောင်းဖွင့် Opened St. Paul’s English High School in Rangoon.

    1885

    • ကျောင်း ကို နေရာသစ် ပြောင်းရွှေ့ Moved the school to a new location

    1960

    * ရာပြည့် Centennial

    1965

    • ပြည်သူပိုင်သိမ်း Nationalized on April 1st; Non-native Brothers left Burma
    • အမည် ပြောင်း — SHS(6) ဗိုလ်တထောင် Renamed as No. 6 Botathaung State High School

    2010

    • နှစ် 150 ပြည့် Sesquicentennial

    မှတ်တမ်း များ

    SPHS Badge နဲ့ Motto

    Badge

    SPHS ရှေ့ ကျောင်းကြို ဖို့ စောင့်နေကြ

    Cars waiting to pick up students

    Yangon Heritage Society — Blue Plaque

    Blue Plaque

    1959 Matriculates / Scholarship Winners

    SPHS59

    1960 Matriculates / Scholarship Winners

    SPHS60

    1951 – 1963 Top Matriculates
    Roll of Honor

    Top Matriculates

    1963 Scholarship Winners

    SPHS63

    SPHS Blazer Coat & Badge

    SPHS Blazer Coat & Badge

    De La Salle Brothers

    De La Salle Brothers in Burma (1955)

    OPA (Old Paulians’ Association) Pu Zaw Pwe Organizers

    OPA

    Gallery

    Mao Toon Siong (SPHS55, Table Tennis)
    U Soe Paing (SPHS56, UCC cofounder)
    Ko Ko Lay (SPHS56, UCC cofounder)
    Myo Min (SPHS58, UCC cofounder)
    Dr. Soe Win (SPHS58) and Family
    Charlie Hla Myint (SPHS59, Swimming & Water Polo)
    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60, Medical Institute Historian)
    SPHS60 Gathering
    Than Htut (SPHS60, Rowing)
    Nay Oke (SPHS61, OPA President)
    Htun Aung Kyaw & Aung Khin (SPHS61)
    Hla Min (SPHS63)
    SPHS63

    Update

    • Old Paulians’ Association opened SPHS Museum on St. Paul’s Day (June 30) in 2025
    • Three of the 1963 Scholarship Winners — Myo San / Freddie Ba San, Aung Thu Yein / Brownie Way and Maung Maung Kyi — have passed away.

  • GBNF — 2018

    by Hla Min

    Update : October 2026

    • Darren Lee (M62, USA)

    January 2018

    • Daw Khin Htwe Yi (M86) : 6th Jan 2018
    • U Maung Maung Swe : Jan 2018
    • U Than Naing (Saya Gyi) : 29th Jan 2018

    July 2018

    • U Maung Maung Than (M) : 8th Jul 2018
    • Saya H Num Kok (C, USA) : 12th Jul 2018

    August 2018

    • U Cho Aye (M70) : 7th Aug 2018
    • U Thein Htun (M) : 29th Aug 2018
    • Victor Win (Nay Win Myint, ChE66) : Former President and Former Board Vice Chairman (2004 to 2006) of Burma American Democratic Alliance (BADA); Spouse : Daw Jean Gale (Former President of BAWA)

    September 2018

    • Daw Khin Than Win (T70) : 3rd Sep 2018
    • U Kyaw Min Than — younger brother of Saya Dr. U Win (Geography, USA)

    October 2018

    • U Aye Kyaw (nickname : U Thant) 12th Oct 2018

    November 2018

    • U Hla Moe (U Kyin Sein, Phy) : 4th Nov 2018

    December 2018

    • U Khin Kyaw (SPHS 70/EP 76/ex-YCDC) : 18th Dec 2018
    • Dr. Daw Kyin Yee, spouse of Saya U Kyaw Myint (M64) : Dec 2018
    • Mother of Ms. Yasmin Vanya, Secretary of Burmese American Women’s Alliance (BAWA)
    • Spouse of U Maung Maung Latt, President of Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA)
  • Poem — Swe Daw Yeik စွယ်တော်ရိပ်

    Poem — Swe Daw Yeik စွယ်တော်ရိပ်

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    SPZP-2007

    My Poem from the commemorative Sar Saung for SPZP-2007

    S ingapore-2007. We’ll gladly come.
    W e’ll puzaw sayas, meet friends, have fun
    E njoy Swe Daw Yeik Sar Saung, that’s second to none.

    D azzling displays, beauty, elegance, grace
    A h Nyeint, duests, jokes, dances, …, spectacular plays
    W ill bring back fond memories of the [RIT] Swe Daw Yeik days

    Y oung alums bear torches of mentors wise and old
    E nergetic, international family members — more precious than gold
    I nnovators, entrepreneurs, …, philanthropists, we are told
    K nowing how to strike rich and share wealth as opportunities unfold.

    Note

    In my later posts, I use Swel Daw instead of Swe Daw.

  • Pearl In My Heart

    Pearl In My Heart

    by Hla Min & Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : October 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
  • ဖြတ်၍မရသော သံယောဇဥ်

    ဖြတ်၍မရသော သံယောဇဥ်

    by Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : October 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)

  • RIT — 69er Gatherings

    RIT — 69er Gatherings

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    69er Golden Jubilee
    • 69ers celebrated the True Golden Jubilee of Graduation on December 14, 2019.
    • Before the pandemic, they used to meet at least once every month.
    • Several 69ers have hosted or co-hosted the breakfast, lunch and dinner gatherings.
      The Mike Khes (Po So Chins) often entertain with live and Karaoke music.
    • The photos were taken by several 69ers.

    Taw Win Hnin Si (Royal Rose)

    During my visit to Yangon in January and February 2018, I was host and guest of several 69 gatherings.

    69ers in February 2018
    Tin Aung Win (Oscar), Tin Maung Aye (Accordion), Aye Thein (Volleyball)
    David Myint Thein (Rowing), Aye Lwin (RIT Magazine)
    • The restaurant is owned by U Soe Nyunt (Old Paulian, GBNF), who managed to get the “SPHS Honor Roll” after SPHS got hospitalized.
    • Attendees range from the 30’s and 40’s to 60’s (or more depending on the health and availability).
      For example, Soe Thein (Peter Myint Maung) has to ask his daughter to drive to the gatherings.
    • 69ers usually book two adjacent rooms and turn them into a single large room for holding the monthly breakfast gatherings.
    • There are hosts to celebrate their birthdays and anniversaries, and sometimes welcome classmates visiting from overseas.
    • Win Maung (Lake) had to pick up U Okkantha (Uzin Victor Aung Chaw, Sagaing Hills) to attend the gatherings.
    • Those who spend time outside Yangon (e.g. Zau Lai, Myitkyina) have to come a long way to meet, greet and fete with their former classmates.
    • Several annual gatherings were held at M3.
    Tun Tin, Aung Gyi Shwe, Sa Maung Maung, Tin Aung Win (Oscar)

    M3

    Myint Pe, Kyaw Nyunt, Ma Thaung Htwe, Ma Myint Myint, Saw Yu Tint

    • The 69ers book around 10 tables.
      They are provided a stage for the Karaoke and Live Music.
    • U Tint Lwin (Daniel) can play the lead, rhythm, bass and drums. Saya U Win Mra taught Daniel and his brothers to play guitar, and encouraged them to set up their own band. He is also a vocalist.
    • U Kyaw Min (Albert) is proud to be called “Elvis”. He has sung in gatherings (with international companies).
    • U Win Boh (Robert) played in various gatherings in Australia and Myanmar.
    • Some 69ers (Tin Maung Aye, Than Myaing, Khin Maung Tint, Aye Lwin, Win Lwin, Myo Nyunt, …) were RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins and organizers, but some have given up their hobbies to spend quality time with their loved ones.
    • “Pho Pho” U Aung Min and “Ah Pho Gyi Tone Kyaw” U Han Sein (GBNF) are some of the regulars at the 69er gatherings.

    Crystal Jade

    • Around SPZP-2012, an ad hoc lunch gathering was held to meet some 69ers from overseas (attending the SPZP-2012).
    • U Tin Win (Mining) footed the bill.
    • The attendees (who had bought the lunch tickets) agreed to donate the ticket sales to the 69er Fund.
    Myint Thein (Kabar, GBNF), Sein Myint, Win Maung, Hla Min
    Ko Shwe, Daniel Tint Lwin, Sein Tun, Ohn Khine (M70), Myat Soe Lwin (Sai Hwet), Aung Min
    • In 2016, there was an ad hoc breakfast gathering to welcome U Sein Myint and me, and to bid farewell to Daniel.

    Westin Park

    • Daw Myint Myint (C69) hosted a lunch gathering to welcome Daw Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69).

    Others

    There have been gatherings at may other places including Shwe Bei, Bone Kyaung (or nearby shop), Cafe on Saya San Lann, YTU Assembly Hall, …

    Invitation to GJ


  • Gatherings — SF, Ygn, Canada

    Gatherings — SF, Ygn, Canada

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    SF Bay Area (2015)

    Welcoming Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi 

    After attending the 2015 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles, Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi visited the SF Bay Area.

    The dinner gathering at a sea food restaurant was attended by sayas and alumni. They include :

    • Percy Lao (part-time Saya)
    • Dr. San Lin (part-time Saya)
    • Saya U Kyi Kong Tham (C63)
    • Saya U Maung Maung (George, ChE66)
    • Victor Wong (King Wong, C66)
    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68)
    • U Nyan Shein (Henry, C68)
    • U Hla Min (EC69)
    • Benny Tan (M70)
    • Walter Tan (M70)
    • Patrick Fong (C70)
    • Saya U Thein Aung (James, Met72)
    • Maurice Chee (M75)
    • U Aye Tun (Anthony, M76)
    • Daw Khin Mya Yee (Sarah, C77)
    • Daw San San Nyunt (Sandra, M77)
    • U Khin Maung Tun (T78, President, SDYF)
    • U Aung Kyaw (Alex Khoo, C81)
    • U Yu Ket (Edward Saw, EC85)
    • U Tin Maung Win (C86)
    • U Tin Oo (M86)
    • U Nyunt Than (M86)

    Welcome back Saya U Aung Khin & Saya U San Tun

    Saya UAK & UST

    Saya U Kyaw Myint (M/Auto64) was then stationed in Beijing on a UN assignment. He invited his former sayas U Aung Khin and U San Tun to visit him.

    After the two sayas returned from the China trip, there was a mini-gathering by the San Francisco Bay Area RIT alumni to welcome them back.

    C71 in Nov 2018

    The Class of C71 had the November 2018 gathering at Shwe Bei (Golden Duck) on Saya San.

    C71 gathering in November 2018

    The photos are posted by Daw Lily Tha.

    C71 Gathering

    Saya U Hla Myint Thein (C69) attended the C71 gathering since his spouse Daw Myint Myint Than is C71.

    C71 Gathering

     The December 2018 breakfast gathering will be hosted by U Khin Maung Chit.

    C73 in Canada

    DAG & Dennis

    Dennis Mackey (Kyaw Thu, C73) and George Peters (C73) did their final year project at UCC. Their supervisor was Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF).

    George moved to Perth, Australia. I met him at the RIT Reunion Dinner in Sydney, Australia in 2006.

    Dennis moved to Auckland, New Zealand. He reported about the alumni activities in NZ along with Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF) and Stanley Saw (Myo Lwin, M71).

    After retirement, Dennis moved to Canada. In late 2018, he paid respect to Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi.

  • RIT — 69ers

    RIT — 69ers

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    69er towel

    Highlights

    Guinea Pigs of Education System

    • Last 7th Std Government exam in 1960
    • First HSF Only exam in 1962; Those from Rangoon had to take exams in March & August
    • Matric Only exam in 1963; My older brother entered Yankin College in 1957 after passing 9th Std (HSF & Matric) exam.
    • Attended last ever I.Sc(A)
    • Admitted to 2nd BE in Nov 1964
    • Graduated with BE (a few with BArch) in 1969

    Long After Graduation

    • First major Reunion in 1999
    • Anniversary Reunions in 2009, 2014 and 2019
    • Except for pause during pandemic, Monthly Breakfast Gathering (usually at Taw Win Hnin Si)

    Jara, Byadi & Marana

    • Over 40% are GBNF
    • Remaining 69ers try to be active physically, mentally & spiritually.
    • Two are Sayadaws: Ashin Ukkamsa & Ashin Pannagavesaka
    • Many hosted and/or attended Monthly Breakfast Gatherings.
    • One gathering had a record of nine hosts.
    • Gifts — 69er towel, 69er mug, 69er cap, 69er hat, 69er pen, medicine — are given at selected gatherings; Albert & company gave out towels; Millie was represented by her cousin; Kyaw Zin was represented by his elder daughter; Fred gave some gifts via 69ers that visited USA (e.g Kyaw Nyunt)
    69er mug
    69er cap
    69er cap
    • Some donated and/ or joined virtually (via Zoom or Messenger).

    Will go on Sharing & Charing

    until the Last 69er

    • The following gives an account of 69ers & their gatherings.
    • Need input, feedback & suggestions to have a comprehensive album.

    Donors & Volunteers

    • Aung Min (M) is Chair of 69er Health Care Fund. He & his team organized 69er events. They have updated Contact List several times.
    Aung Min (Right)
    • Myint Myint, Ivan & Sein Myint are major donors. Others (e.g Mehm Aye Chan) make recurring and lump sum donations.
    Myint Myint
    Ivan (Right)
    Sein Myint (2nd from Right)
    • There are many unsung heros. Despite having limitations due to an injury at work, Ko Shwe drove long distance to collect donations.
    Ko Shwe (3rd from Left)
    • Others visited 69ers in hospitals & homes (e.g to aid health care or offer Kutho donation).

    1964 – 65

    • About 320 were admitted to 2nd BE in Nov 1964
    • Most graduated in 1969.
    • Luyechun program started in 1964 for high school & middle school. The program was expanded in 1965 for Universities & Institutes.
    2nd BE (1964 – 65)
    LYC (Summer of 65)

    See also

    • From BIT to YTU
    • Luyechun
    • Memories of a 69er
    • RIT Days

    1966 – 69

    Tennis

    • Inter-Institute Trophy winners
    • Kyaw Nyunt (M, GBNF)
    • Than Htay (EE)
    • …
    RIT Tennis
    Kyaw Nyunt (2nd from Left)

    Badminton

    • Inter-Institute Trophy winners
    • Sai Kham Pan (EP) : Burma Selected
    • Bishnu (EP, GBNF)
    • Myint Sein (M, GBNF)
    • …
    RIT Badminton 1
    RIT Badminton 2
    Sai Kham Pan

    Track & Field

    • Aung Gyi Shwe (EP, GBNF) : Secretary
    • Margaret (Khin Than Myint Tin)
    • Myo Nyunt (C) : Joint Secretary — for Henry Khin Maung Lay (T68)
    • …
    Aung Gyi Shwe (Standing Left)
    Myo Nyunt

    Swimming & Water Polo

    • Htay Aung (M) : Burma Selected; Fifth SEAP Games
    • Hla Kyaing (M)
    • Han Sein (C, GBNF)
    • Jimmy Kyin (T, GBNF)
    • Sein Myint (EP)
    • Swan Kong (?)
    • Win Maung (Lake)
    • Moe Hein (ChE)
    • …
    Htay Aung
    RIT Crosslake Swimmers

    Rowing

    • Chit Po Po (M, GBNF)
    • Hla Min (EC) : Treasurer & Vice Captain of RUBC
    • Sein Myint (EP)
    • Win Maung (Lake)
    • Win Naing (Dicky, M, GBNF) : recruited David, Fred, Ohn Mg & Sein Tun
    • …
    Chit Po Po
    Win Naing (Dicky)
    Sein Myint, Hla Min, Tin Myint

    Table Tennis

    • Tin Myint (John, M, GBNF) : also Luyechun for 4th BE
    • …
    Tin Myint

    Basketball

    • Han Sein (C, GBNF)
    • Soe Win (EP, GBNF) : RIT Captain
    • Tommy (EP, GBNF)
    • Lyo Kyin Sein
    • …

    Body Building & Weightlifting

    • Aung Gyi Shwe (EP, GBNF) : also T&F, Soccer
    • Jimmy Kyin (T, GBNF) : also Swimming & Water Polo
    • Khin Win (EP, GBNF)
    • …

    Chinlon

    • Tin Shein (M)
    • Htin Aung (C)
    • …

    Thaing

    • Tin Tun (M, GBNF) : Secretary
    • Tun Aung Gyaw (EC) : Jt. Secretary
    • …

    Hiking & Mountaineering

    • Win Lwin (M)
    • …

    Engg Associations

    • Hla Myint Thein (C) — Secretary
    • Myo Khin (C) — Secretary
    • Mehm Ye Win (EC) — Secretary
    • Hla Min (EC) — Secretary & Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
    • Aye Lwin (M) — Secretary & RIT Annual Magazine
    • …
    Myo Khin (3rd), Hla Myint Thein (Right)

    Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thin

    • Taing Oke (ChE) — Zat Saya
    • Kyaw Htin (T) — Lu Shwin Daw
    • Than Myaing (M) — Violin
    • Tin Maung Aye (M) — Accordion
    • …
    Taing Oke
    Floor : Robert, Han Sein, Aye Lwin; Seated : Alice, David, Uzin, Tin Mg Aye, Albert, Aung Min; Standing : Lake, Oscar, Harry, Khin Ng Gyi, Allan, Mehm Aye Chan, Walter. Win Lwin, Ngwe Tun, Myo Nyunt, Aung Gyi Shwe

    Writers

    • Aung Myint (Pet) : Kyant Ba Hone (Cartoon); Tech & Edu Notes
    • Taing Oke : Yin Maung; National Literary Award
    • Tin Htut (Harry, M) : Mon Yu
    • Win Thein Zaw : Wai Lu
    • …
    Kyant
    Wai Lu

    69ers at Inya

    • Nay Win, Yee Pin, Khin Mg Gyi & Chit Po Po are GBNF
    69ers at Inya

    See also

    • Activities
    • Celebrations
    • Publications
    • RIT & Burma Selected
    • Sports

    EE69

    • See post with annotations by Thein Swe (GBNF, Luyechun for 3rd BE) & me
    EE69
    Ko Shwe (L), Thein Swe (R)

    Graduates

    • Mostly Mech
    • Aung Thu Yein (E), Kyaw Than (Met?), Nay Win (M), Khin Maung Gyi (M) & Toby (A) are some of the GBNF
    • Most worked for government and industry. Some joined the Faculty. A few worked for private & family business. Some went overseas.
    Grads
    A69

    See also

    • 69er — Memories
    • Then & Now
    • How Time Flies

    1970 – 1998

    • There were no formal Reunions.
    • Most were busy with their work and family.
    • In the mid 1990s, Danny discussed with some friends about a 69er Reunion.

    1999

    • 30th Anniversary of Graduation; See Danny’s post about the event
    • I started “RIT Alumni Newsletter”; See my posts
    Newsletter

    2000

    • First RIT Alumni Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP-2000) in the SF Bay Area : Oct 29 – 30, 2000 ; See posts about SPZP-2000
    • I was an Organizer & Chief Editor of the special issue of “RIT Alumni Newsletter”
    • (First) Alumni Appreciation Award received at SPZP-2000; Also given to KMZ (webmaster) & Maurice (core organizer)
    • Tint Lwin (Danny, M), Tin Myint (John, M), Lyo Kyin Sein (Mabel, T), Mg Toung (Tom, EC) & Myo Khin (C) attended SPZP-2000. Danny came from Singapore. John & Mabel live in Union City, California. Tom came from Connecticut. Myo Khin & Winsome (C73) came from Japan.
    SPZP-2000 Organizers
    SPZP-2000 attendees

    2009

    • 40th Anniversary of Graduation; See post for the event
    • Group photos : Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Textile, Chemical
    Electrical
    Mech
    Civil
    Textile & Chemical

    2014

    • 50th Anniversary of RIT; See post about the event
    • Pseudo Golden Jubilee for 69ers
    GJ of Admission

    2015

    • Myint Myint (C) hosted a Welcome Lunch Gathering at Western Park for Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T)
    Welcome Millie in 2015
    • Six 69ers at Ivan’s house. Ivan hosted annual RIT-UCC gathering for over a decade. Eventually, MASTAA was established with Ivan as CEO.

    2016

    • (Second) Alumni Appreciation Award at the Birthday Soon Kyway Gathering in August; Organized by Maurice Chee (M75); Most attendees from California
    Award 1
    • (Third) Appreciation Award at NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner in September
    Award 2
    • SPZP-2016
    • Gathering — Welcome Sein Myint & me; Farewell to Tint Lwin
    Gathering

    2017

    • Monthly Gatherings
    • Ad hoc Gatherings
    • Annual Gathering
    BFG 1

    2018

    • Monthly Gatherings
    • Ad hoc Gatherings
    • Annual Gatheting
    BFG 2017
    BFG 2018

    2019

    Golden Jubilee of Graduation

    • Home coming for Tin Tin (Ann)
    GJ

    2020 – 2021

    • SPZP-2000 canceled due to Pandemic
    • Several 69ers & family members succumbed to Covid
    • Gatherings put on hold

    2022

    December

    Tin Shwe

    2023

    August

    September 2023

    အလှူရှင်

    • ဦးငွေထွန်း၊
    • ဦးတင်ရှိန်၊
    • ဦးသန်းဝင်း၊
    • ဦးချမ်းငြိမ်း၊
    • ဒေါ်ခင်သန်းမြင့်တင်၊
    • ဦးစောမြင့်နိုင်၊
    • ဦးဖေဟန်ထွန်း
    • U Zaw Win (Thailand)
    • Albert Kyaw Min

    Dear RIT 69++friends

    ဖိတ်ကြားအပ်ပါတယ်

    September breakfast gathering သို့ မပျက်မကွက် ကြွရောက်ကြပါခင်ဗျား။

    တော်ဝင်နှင်းဆီ / ၂၄/၉/၂၀၂၃ (တနင်္ဂနွေ) ၊ ၇:၀၀ မှ ၈:၃၀ နာရီ မှာဆုံကြမယ်။

    ကိုငွေထွန်း၊ကိုသန်းဝင်း၊ကိုတင်ရှိန်၊ကိုစောမြင့်နိုင်၊ကိုဖေဟန်ထွန်း၊ကိုချမ်းငြိမ်း၊မာဂရက်၊Albertနှင့် ကိုဇော်ဝင်း(ထိုင်း) ပေါင်း ၉ ဦးတို့က အာဟာရ ဒါန ပြုကြပါမယ်။နီး/ဝေး/ပြည်ပ သူငယ်ချင်းများရဲ့ စေတနာပါ။ကြွလာချီးမြှင့်ဖို့ ထပ်မံတိုက်တွန်းပါရစေ။

    စားပြီးရင် ၉၃ နှစ်ပြည့် ဆရာ ဦးဘသန်းအား သွားရောက် ဂါရဝ ပြုပါမယ်။ဆရာနေကောင်းပါတယ် အပြော နဲ့ သတိ အားနည်းလာပြီ။အလှူငွေများကို နောက်ဆုံးအချိန်ထိ လက်ခံပေးသွားပါ့မယ်။လိုက်ပါလိုသူ အကန့်အသတ်မရှိပါ။

    2025

    June

    KMT
    KMT 2
    Roland, Oscar, Albert
    Four Young-at-heart
    Myo Nyunt

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    • မ ပြီး သေး သော ပန်း ချီ ကား


  • Numbers — Five

    Numbers — Five

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Hla Min

    Numeral

    • Hindu-Arabic numeral : 5
    • Roman numeral : V
    • ငါး (Five)
    • ပဥ္စမ (Fifth)

    First group of disciples

    ပဥ္စဝဂ္ဂီ

    • Kondanna ကောဏ္ဍည
    • Baddhiya ဘဒ္ဒိယ
    • Vappa ဝပ္ပ
    • Mahanama မဟာနာမ်
    • Asajji အဿဇိ

    Five Khandas / ခန္ဓာ Aggregates

    • Rupakkhandha : Material phenomena ရူပက္ခန္ဓာ
    • Vedanakkhanda : Feeling ဝေဒနက္ခန္ဓာ
    • Sannakkhanda : Perceptionသညာနက္ခန္ဓာ
    • Sankharakkhnada : Formations သင်္ခါရက္ခန္ဓာ
    • Vinnanakkhandha : Consciousness ဝေညာနက္ခန္ဓာ

    Five Precepts

    ငါးပါးသီလ

    Abstain from

    • Killing
    • Stealing
    • Sexual misconduct
    • Lies
    • Intoxicants (liquor, “drugs”, …)

    Five Senses

    အာရုံငါးပါး

    • Hearing
    • Sight
    • Smell
    • Taste
    • Touch

    Five Nikaya / Collection

    နိကယ် ငါးရပ်

    • Digha Nikaya : “long collection”
    • Majjhima Nikaya : “middle-length collection”
    • Samyutta Nikaya : “grouped collection” — “thematically linked discourses”
    • Anguttara Nikaya : the “further-factored collection” — discourses grouped by content enumerations
    • Khuddaka Nikaya : the “collection of little texts”

    Miscellaneous

    • Five Jhana စျာန် ငါးပါး
    • Five fingers on each hand လက်ချောင်း ငါးချောင်း
    • Five toes on each foot ခြေချောင်း ငါးချောင်း
    • Pentagon five sided polygonပဥ္စဂံ
    • May မေ လ 5th month of the Gregorian Calendar
  • Calendars

    Calendars

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Hla Min
    • A solar calendar is based on the orbit of the earth around the sun. Typically, it takes 365.2422 solar days to complete the orbit. A leap year attempts to adjust the calendar by adding an extra day every four years.
    • A lunar calendar is based on the orbit of the moon around the earth. Typically, it takes 29.6 days to complete a cycle.
    • A luni-solar calendar is a “hybrid” calendar that uses “lunar” month and “solar” year. The calendars used by Chinese and Vietnamese have 12 months in a year and an extra month in the year in which the Lunar and Solar Calendars are synchronized.
      The CNY (Chinese New Year) and Tet (Vietnamese New Year) occur in late January or early February.
    • Julian Calendar
      Leap year : if a year is divisible by 4
    • Gregorian Calendar
      Leap year :
      if a Century year is divisible by 400
      Other years if divisible by 4
    • Burmese Calendar
      The Burmese use a Luni-Solar-Socio-Religious Calendar.
      It is used for social and religious events.
      There are 12 lunar months with a total of 355 days in a Common Burmese Year.
      There is a difference of 10 days with a Common Year in the Gregorian Calendar.
      An inter-calary month named “Second Waso” is usually added every three years to sync again with the Solar Calendar.
      It is known as “Wah Htutt”.
      If needed, an additional day is added in “Wah Gyi Htutt”.
    • Civil Calendar
    • Academic Calendar
    • Appointment Calendar