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  • Alumni Association

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Background

    • Many universities have “Alumni Relations Department” and “Alumni Association“.
    • They have personnel to reach out to alumni and hold alumni events.
    • Notable and successful alumni support their alma mater in various ways. e.g. establish new Departments, Chairs, Research facilities, Mentoring programs, Internships

    Sad story

    • After the fateful Coup D’etat in 1962, all organizations (except BSPP and related ones) were banned.
    • The practice continued to the Adhamma Era, when our alma mater was branded as “Thabon Kyaung” and the Swel Daw Bins were destroyed.

    Perseverance

    • With the dawning of the Pwint Linn Era, steps were taken to bring back the alma mater to former glory.
    • In February 2016, U Wynn Htain Oo, U Tin Latt and U Than Htay proposed to U Aye Myint (then Rector of YTU) the establishment of an alumni association. The Rector gladly agreed.
    • A core group helped with the registration of RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association.

    Issues

    • Many alumni were not aware of the association and its objectives
    • Only a few (mostly members of the “80000 YaThay”) actively participated in the formative events
    • There was virtually no fund to operate (let alone assist the alma mater)

    Help and Resolution

    Then, things started to click

    • An office space for the Alumni Association was provided by YTU
    • The association received nice Logo and Banner.
    • Donations — large and small — were received (mostly for the YTU Library Modernization Project which is a requirement for the Accreditation).
      Donations were received from well-wishers (who are not alumni).
    • Membership grew by leaps and bounds.
      Even alumni overseas joined the association.
      Currently, Life membership costs K60000.
    • Saya’s Corner was established.
      Wheel chairs are available (especially for use by Sayagyis attending SPZPs).
    • Staff and Volunteers helped with the regular and ad hoc projects (such as clean-up).
    • The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was attended by alumni spanning three (or so) decades.
      Several young alumni came forward to take leadership roles.
    • The association helped with YTU Library Modernization Project, z”Honoring matriculates of alumni” and the vetting of YTU students applying for financial aid.

  • Dr. Daw Hta Kyu

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Dr. Daw Hta Kyu (Betty Chu) passed away in Yangon on February 13, 2020.
    • She was 89+ years young.
    • Siblings :
      U Wah Kyu
      Saya U Win Kyaing
      Dr. Josie Chu
      U Kyaw Nyein (Franklin Chu)
    • Nephews and Nieces :
      Hla Myint Thein (Maurice Chee, M75)
      Dr. Zaw Lin (David Chee, IM 79)
      San Yin Myint (Samantha, ICST 2nd batch)

  • Disaster

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    It is sad to learn about disasters happening around the world.

    Several are natural disasters. A few are man-made disasters.

    Despite advantages in technology, there is no reliable and cost-effective system yet to predict and/or prevent disasters.

    There are general predictions like “the coming of Doom’s Day”.

    Some are serious about “nuclear wars” (and similar scenarios of “Apocalypse”) and spend exorbitant money to order or build underground hideouts in remote places and also extensive “evacuation plans”.

    There are some predictions based on past data. e.g. “The next big earthquake is due. You should take extra care since you are living on a fault line.”

    A few could not and would not leave their homes even when the authorities issued “mandatory evacuation”. Some evacuated, but they when they returned they found their houses missing or being vandalized.

    Disaster recovery is not simple.
    The countless lives lost to Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath could have been minimized with proper planning and mobilization of the rescue teams.

    Kudos to the individuals and organizations that offer “disaster relief funds”. But, disaster relief is at the tail end.

    U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) added :

    Disasters, by nature or man – made, happen all over the world, more so as the so-called climate change and population explosion exacerbated the conditions.

    In the US, several governmental, NGO and private/public organizations are stepping up their efforts to educate, prepare, assist and mitigate the people impacted by all forms of disasters.

    I just opened up my disaster backpack this morning, in the process of inspecting, refreshing and refilling the contents in there.

    There are several websites, ready.gov/kit, Red​cross, FEMA Apps which will explain what items you would need in this emergency kit, survival and medical supplies, food among others.

    Some years back, there was a website called threefoldthreeway, explaining these items as well. They initially thought you would need at least three days with off supplies & food before the rescue folks contact you.

    Some disasters in the past decade taught us that three days may not be enough in many circumstances, and now recommend to have two-weeks worth of supplies and food.

    The region that I live has been overdue for severe, 8.0+, earthquake by the experts.

    I do have enough supplies of food and water but I need to collect toilet facilities, like cardboard toilet, shower facilities among several items.

    Update

    Some Disasters

    • Cyclone Nargis
    • Earthquake — Sagaing & Mandalay
    • Wild Fires — Southern California

  • Universities and Institutes

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Brief history

    • The RU Act of 1920 was passed on December 1, 1920 to establish the University of Rangoon with Rangoon College and Judson College as the constituent Colleges. There were only three Faculties: Science, Arts and Law
    • On December 5, 1920, some RU students staged a strike to protest the 1920 RU Act for not being overreaching. The first RU Students’ Strike was later celebrated as “Ah Myo Tha Aung Pwe Nay”. The Strike gave birth to National Schools and “Ah Myotha Kaw Leik (National College)”. The Strike also caused the higher authorities to amend the “RU Act of 1920”.
    • In 1924, some Faculties (Engineering, Forestry, Social Science and Medicine) were added.

    Celebrations

    • Due to the war, the RU Silver Jubilee could not be celebrated in 1945. It was celebrated in the 1950s.
    • In 1970, the Golden Jubilee of the founding of RU was celebrated. A magazine was published to commemorate the event.
    • In Deember 2019, the pre-Celebration for the RU Centennial took place. In 2020, due to Covid, the RU Centennial was celebrated with restrictions.

    Positions and Pay Scales

    • The list is not exhaustive.
    • The pay scales are samples for the early days.

    Gazetted Officer

    • Those who earn 350 (and CLA) or higher
    • 450 (Base Pay) in the newer system
    • Promotion, deputation, transfer, and leave are published in the [Burma] Gazette

    Selection Grade

    • Those who earn 800+ Kyats
    • Entitled to buy 10% of salary at “Staff Shop”

    Administrators

    • Chancellor : Prime Minister or his appointee; U Nu attended Convocations and gave speeches.
    • Vice-Chancellor : Chief Justice U Bo Gyi served for two terms at Rangoon University. U Ko Lay (Zeyar Maung) was the Vice Chancellor of Mandalay University.
    • Rector : Dr. Htin Aung was the first native Rector of Rangoon University. Dr. Hla Myint, Dr. Tha Hla, U Kar and Dr. Maung Maung Kha were the early Rectors.
    • Pro-Rector : introduced in the 80s. U Ba Than Haq was the first Pro-Rector of RASU.
    • Principal : in charge of a College; U Pe Maung Tin was the first native Principal of Rangoon College.
    • Dean : in charge of a Faculty; U Ba Hli was the first native Dean of Engineering.
    • Registrar : U Htin Si and U Yu Khin were the early Registrars of Rangoon University.

    Head of Department : (e.g. at RIT in the 60s)

    • Large departments are headed by a Professor
    • Sub-departments are headed by a Lecturer
    • Supporting departments may be headed by an Assistant Lecturer.

    Professor : 1300+ Kyats

    Associate Professor : introduced in the 80s
    (1000 – 50 – 1200 Kyats)
    for minimum, annual increment and maximum

    Lecturer :
    800 – 50 – 1200 Kyats (for Lecturers before the 80s)
    800 – 50 – 1000 Kyats (for Lecturers in the 80s)

    Assistant Lecturer : 350 (and CLA) – 25 -700 Kyats
    and CLA (Cost of Living Allowance) was 89 Kyats (or so)
    The “adjusted” pay was 439 Kyats (or so)
    So, Assistant Lecturer : 450 – 25 – 700 Kyats (after the period when CLA was dropped)

    Instructor : 450 – 25 – 700 Kyats (introduced for the Institutes in the 60s)
    The pay scale is the same as Assistant Lecturer.
    It takes longer to become a Lecturer.

    Demonstrator :
    Early days : 200 (and CLA) => 297 Kyats (or so)
    Later : 320 Scale
    Supervises lab

    Tutor :
    Early days : 200 (and CLA) => 297 Kyats (or so)
    Later : 320 Scale
    Supervises lab and/or tutorials

    Lecturing Tutor :
    100 Kyats additional

    Ad hoc Tutor :
    Early days : 100+ Kyats

    Editor’s Notes :

    • For better or for worse, there have been several changes to the Education System. Pro-Rector and Associate Professor were introduced in the 80s.
      Some departments now have several Professors. There are Universities with a single Institute of College. There are 30+ Technological Universities.
    • Due to the decline in the buying power of the money, it is difficult for most teaching staff to survive with the salaries (and occasional pay raises). In 2018, a Professor told me that she earned about K5 Lakhs, of which a sizable amount is spent on transportation.

  • Moderators, Providers & Organizers

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Moderators

    Several sayas & alumni accepted to be Moderators of “RIT Updates” FB Group. They are Organizers, Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins, Technology & Education Experts and more.

    In alphabetical order

    • U Aung Myaing, Saya (Okpo Maung Yin Maung)
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ)
    • U Ko Ko Kyi, Saya (Kenneth)
    • Daw Mai Khin Nyunt (Rosie)
    • U Moe Aung, Saya (Tekkatho Moe War)
    • U Myint Pe (Seik Kyee, Cartoon)
    • U Nyunt Htay, Saya (Ah Htet Min Hla)
    • U Ohn Khine (Gaing Gyi)
    • U San Lin (Maung Lu Pay)
    San Lin
    • Dr. Soe Thein, Saya
    • U Thein Htut (Mandalay)
    Thein Htut
    • U Thein Ngwe (Ko Thein Tokyo)
    • U Tin Aung Win (Oscar)
    • U Tin Lin, Saya (ChE)
    • U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu)
    • U Wynn Htain Oo (Maung Mar Ga)

    Provider of Photos, Info & Comments

    • Dr. Freddie Ba Hli, Saya (EE)
    • U Soe Paing, Saya (EE, UCC)
    • Allen Htay, Saya (C58)
    • U Myo Myint Sein, Saya (A58)
    • U San Tun, Saya )M59)
    • U Tin Htoon (A60)
    • U Aye (M62)
    • U Moe Aung, Saya (EE63)
    • U Myo Myint (EC67)
    • U Than Htut (M67)
    • U Htun Aung Kyaw, Saya (ChE68)
    • 69ers
    • U Tin Aung Win (M69)
    • Frederick Thetgyi (M69)
    • Daw Tin Tin Myint, Sayama (ChE70)
    • U Myint Than (M71)
    • U Khin Maung Myint (M71)
    • M72 Group
    • Daw Tin Aye (C73)

    Thanks to Saya U Moe Aung and EP/EC83 group for providing photos of the group’s Garawa.

    Several classes (69, 70 & 71, 72, … 76, 77, 84, 87 & 91, …) used to have Reunion and/or PZPs.

    Members may post photos from their gatherings.

    Organizers

    • SPZP
    SPZP-2000
    • HMEE
    HMEE Team
    • SDYF
    SDYF

  • GBNF 2025

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U San Tun

    • M59
    • Masters from MIT
    • Former Head, Automobile Engg (Sub-dept of Mech Engg), RIT
    • Past President, BEA
    • Passed away in California (Dec 2025)
    U San Tun

    U Tin U

    U Tin U & Siblings

    Dr. U Win

    Geography

    Obituary for U Win

    Dhamma Friends

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    Daw Aye Aye Lyn

    U Kyi Toe

    • Spouse : Daw Than Nyein
    • Children : Su Kyi & Kyi Phyu

    Musicians

    Victor Khin Nyo

    VKN 1
    VKN 2
    Obituary

  • Commerce

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    • Was offered as an Option by the Economics Department, Rangoon University.
    • Became a separate Department under the Faculty of Social Science
    • Later became a Department of the Institute of Economics.

    Saw William Paw

    Professor William Paw
    • During our University days, Professor William Paw was President of RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club). As Treasurer, I had to go to his office several times .
    • The earlier RUBC Presidents were Sir Arthur Eggar (founder), Commodore Than Pe, U Tun Thaung and Sithu U Tin.
    • He was also President of the RU Sports Council.

    Dr. Khin Maung Kyi

    • He attended Rangoon University as a monk.
    • He is known for his debates and writings.
    • He taught at Commerce Department and later headed the Research Department.
    • He later taught in Malaysia and Singapore. I visited Saya in Singapore to hand over a parcel/present by Saya U Myo Min (UCC).

    Dr. Khin Maung Kyawe (Jimmy)

    • It is his preferred spelling over “Kywe”.
    • I first met him when my cousin uncle Saya U Than Lwin (Eric, GBNF) took me to the Social Science Library. My uncle taught Economics and also served as Librarian. He would give rides to the sayas including Sayas Jimmy and Dr. Maung Shein.
    • I met him again in the mid 80’s as Head of BERB (Burma Education Research Bureau). I attended several meetings at BERB.

    Dr. Mya Than

    Dr. Mya Than & Daw Yee May Kaung
    • He taught at PBRS before going for postgrad overseas.
    • His spouse Daw Yee May Kaung is the younger daughter of Sithu U Kaung. She was the last Treasurer of Burma Research Society.
    • They moved to Singapore and later Thailand.

    U Myo Min (UCC)

    U Myo Min
    • He won medals for standing first in I.Com and also in B.Com. (Accounting).
    • He became a Chartered Account and worked for IBM UK.
    • Per request from his mother and Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe, he came back to Burma to help with the UCC Project. He co-founded UCC with Sayas Dr. Chit Swe, U Soe Paing and U Ko Ko Lay. He taught classes at the Institute of Economics.
    • He later taught at Nangyang Technical Institute in Singapore and worked for Seagate Technologies & Connors in California, USA.

    U Mya Thein & U Thein Oo

    • They transferred to UCC as Business Application Programmer/Analyst.
    • U Mya Thein (GBNF) retired as Manager of Business Applications. He also taught ITBMU.
    • U Thein is Founder & CEO of Ace Computers.

    Commerce Graduate Association

    • Per request of Ko Kyi Soe and Ko Aung Myin, I helped with a course (Mathematics of Finance & related topics) conducted by Commerce Graduate Association (CGA).

    U Chan Min

    Uzin Chan Min
    • He represented Institute of Economics in Rowing and Chinlon.
    • He was the de facto leader for the Institute of Economics Rowing teams (including former President U Htin Kyaw).
    • He attended courses at UCC. He worked at EPC and later moved to USA.
    • After retirement, U Chan Min decided to become a monk. For the transition, he asked me to be a temporary monk with him for a week (or so).
    • He stays mostly at Dhammananda Vihara in Half Moon Bay, California. Per request from his brother Dr. Patheda Tin (NASA), Uzin spent vassa (waso retreat) at the Chan Myei Yeiktha in Springfield, Illinois.
    • Some of his former B.Com classmates include U Kun Pe (brother of Dr. Nyi Nyi), U Ohn Myint, U Kyi Khin, U Soe Myint (GBNF) and U Ye Myint (father of Zayanda).

  • Prome Hall Football Team

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Feedback by U Aye (M62) & Dr. Richard Yu Khin (MEHS61)

    Prome Hall Soccer
    • For two successive years, the Prome Hall Football Team won the Championship at Rangoon University.
    • U Chan Tha (Class of 53) was Captain of the team. He is a Past Captain and Gold of RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club).
    • Saya U Tin Swe (EE, Class of 53) was also a star player. Retired as Lecturer, EE Department, RIT.
    • Two athletic brothers (U Khin Si and U Tin Si) were members of the Champion team. They also were Tennis Doubles Champions at Rangoon University and at the National level.
    • The photo was scanned from a RUESU Annual Magazine by Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC) for the “History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar”. Saya U Ba Than (M) and Saya U Thaw Kaung (retired Chief Librarian of Rangoon University Central Library) were proud supporters and enablers for the project.

    U Aye (M62) wrote :

    In the photo of Prome Hall football team,

    • Extreme left standing- Jimmy Sein (U Tint Swe, C55, GBNF) Dy. DG of Vocational and Technical Schools. He was from St. Patrick’s HS, Mawlamyine.
    • Sitting extreme left- U Taik Ain (C54, GBNF), SE at PWD(CC), from Mudon.
      He was also a RU tennis champion.
      He passed away recently in 2020.
    • S. Mahindar (C52), Standing back row center, goalkeeper was from Moulmein. SE, PWD ( Retired).
      His younger brother B. Singh, was RU and Tennessarim division selected goalkeeper. B. Singh was my classmate at St. Patrick’s HS, Moulmein.
    • U Win Kyu (C52), SE, PWD (Retired). Sitting second from right.
      He was from Taunggyi.
    • U Thaung, (C55), SE, PWD ( Retired). Sitting extreme left,
      He was from Taunggyi.

    Dr. Richard Yu Khin (MEHS61) wrote :

    • My father [U Yu Khin] was Warden of Prome Hall in 1946-1947 and their football team (green shirts) became my favorite.
      
    • In 1946, former President of Burma Peter Wun [U Htin Kyaw] was delivered by my mother [Dr. Daw Phay] at Prome Hall at our residence.
      Mrs. Wun and my mother were classmates at ABM (American Baptist Mission) High School in Mandalay.
      
    • The residences on Pagan Road was reserved for British in pre-war Burma.
      A few months before Independence on January 4, 1948, these residences became available to Burmese. U Wun (Minthuwun) had the residence in front of us which had the same floor plan.
      Dr. Maung Maung Kha‘s residence had the same floor plan as U Thein Han (Zawgyi).
      All of these two storey residences are built on one acre lots.

  • Tin Lin

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Tin Lin
    • Taught at RIT and Singapore.
    • Organizer for the SPZPs held in Singapore
    • Wrote memoirs

    Excerpts from his memoirs

    ၁၉၉၀ မှာကျနော်ကထိကဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အလုပ်ဝင်ပြီး ၁၇နှစ်အကြာမှာပေါ့။ အဲဒီနှစ်မှာပဲမန္တလေးစက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်ဖွင့်လှစ်နိုင်ရေးအတွက်တာဝန်ပေးလို့၊မန္တလေးကိုရောက်ရပါတယ်။

    မန္တလေးစက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်ဖွင့်နိုင်ရေးလုံးပမ်းနေစဉ်၊ကျောင်းဆေးခန်းအတွက် ဆေးထည့်ဘီဒို၊ ရန်ကင်းတောင်ခြေ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းဝင်း၊အုတ်တံတိုင်း၊သီလရှင်ကျောင်း၊ပရိယတ္တိအထောက်အ ကူ၊စာရေးကရိယာ များလှုဒါန်းခြင်းစတဲ့ တပိုင်တနိုင်ဒါနပြုနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ခုဂဏန်း၊ဆယ်ဂဏန်းဒါနအမှုတို့ကားနေ့စဉ်မပြတ်။

    ကျနော်တို့တတွေသည်၊ဘုရားပြီးလျှင်သာသနာ့ဝန်ကိုထမ်းရွက်ကြသည့်၊ရဟန်း သံဃာတို့ကိုလှုဒါန်းမှုပြုလေ့ရှိကြပါသည်။ နာမည်ကြီးဆရာတော်နှင့်ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းတို့တွင်လှုဒါန်းသူများပေါများကြပါသည်။ သို့ဖြစ်လင့်ကစား၊သာသနာ့ဝန်ထမ်း သီလရှင်များနှင့်သီလရှင်ကျောင်းတိုက်များသို့လှုဒါန်းကြသူနည်းပါးကြသည်။

    သံဃာတော်ကို(၁၀၀)ကျပ်တန်လှုသူမရှားသော်လည်း၊သီလရှင်ကို(၁၀) ကျပ် တန်လှု သူရှားပါသည်။ကြုံတုန်းတိုက်တွန်း လိုသည်မှာသာသနာ့ဝန်ထမ်းသီလရှင်များ ကို လှုကြဖို့မမေ့ကြစေလို။

    ၁၉၉၃ဇန္နဝါရီမှစပြီး၊ကျနော့တွင်လစာငွေနှင့် မလောက်၍ စိုက်စားခဲ့ရသောကိုယ်ပိုင်စုဆောင်းငွေမှာ၊မရှိတော့။ စိုက်ရသည့်ငွေကလည်း ၁နှစ်ထက်၁နှစ်တက်လာသည်။ထိုနှစ်က လစဉ်စိုက်စားသုံးရန်၄ထောင်ခန့်လိုသည်။ ၁၉၉၉ခု စလုံးမထွက်ခင်စိုက်စားသုံး ရန်မှာ၊ ၂သောင်းခန့်ဖြစ်လာသည်။

    မှတ်မှတ်ရရ၊ (၆၅)လအထိ၊စိုက်စားရန်လက်ထဲမရှိသောငွေတို့မှာ၊တနည်းမဟုတ်တနည်းဝင်ပါသည်။ အမြောက်အများကြီးလည်းမဟုတ်။ ၅ထောင်စိုက်ရမည့်လမှာ၅ထောင်၊ ၁သောင်းစိုက်ရမည့်လမှာ၁သောင်းခန့်သာ။

    အခက်အခဲစကြုံသော 93 Jan မှာပင်၊ကျနော်မည်သု့ထံကမှ ချေးငှါးလှည့်သုံးရန်မရည်ရွယ်။ ချေးငှါးပြီးလျှင်လည်း၊ပြန်ဆပ်နိုင်မည့်လမ်းမမြင်။ ဒီတော့ စိတ်ကိုအေးအေးထားကာ၊

    ”ကောင်းတာလုပ်လျှင်ကောင်းကျိုးရမည်” ဟုယုံကြည်ပြီး၊ကျနော်တတ်သောပညာဖြင့်၊လုပ်ငန်းရှင်များကို Free consultant လုပ်ပေးပါသည်။

    ထိုစဉ်ကကျောင်းဌာနတွင်အမျိုးသားဆရာကထိက အနေဖြင့် ကျနော်တစ်ယောက် သာကျန်သည်။အားလုံးအလုပ်မှထွက်၍ overseas သွားကုန်ကြသည်။အထွက်နှုန်းလျော့ကျသော၊ ထုတ်ကုန်အပျက်အစီးများသော၊ ထုတ်ကုန်အရည်အသွေးမြှင့်လိုသော၊ထုတ်ကုန်အသစ်လုပ်လိုသောလုပ်ငန်းရှင်များနှင့်ထို(၆၅)လမှာဆက်ဆံခဲ့ရသည်။ ကူညီဖြေရှင်းနည်းလမ်းပေးနိုင်ခဲ့သည်။

    Free consultant ဆိုသည်မှာ၊ ကျနော် ဖက်ကဘယ်တော့မှ၊ ဥာဏ်ပူဇော်ခ မတောင်း။ဘယ်၍ဘယ်မျှပေးပါဟု လည်းမဆို။ လုပ်ငန်းရှင်ကိုတပည့်လို သဘောထား၍၊ ဘာကြောင့်ဖြစ်တာ၊ ဘယ်လိုလုပ်ရင်ဖြစ်မယ်၊ဘာကြောင့် လုပ်ရတယ်တိုတာတွေကို၊သိရှိအောင်လည်း ရှင်းပြပါသေးသည်။

    လောဘမဖက်၊ စေတနာသက်သက်ဖြင့်ကူညီခဲ့ခြင်း အပ်ါအချို့က စာအိပ်လေး ဖြင့်၊ဆရာ့ကိုကန်တော့တာပါဟု ဆိုပြီးကန်တော့လျှင်တော့ကျနော် လက္ခံပါသည်။ ဖေါက်ကြည့်စရာမလို။ စာအိပ်ထဲမှာထိုလအတွက်စိုက်စားရန်လိုသောပမာဏလောက်ပါပါသည်။

    (၆၅)လလုံး၊ဒီလတော့အဆင်ပြေသွားပြီ၊နောက်လဘယ်ကရမှာလဲ၊ဒီနှစ်တော့အဆင်ပြေသွားပြီ၊နောက်နှစ်ဘယ်လိုဖြစ်မလဲစသဖြင့်တွေးမပူခဲ့။ မိမိကိုယ်ကိုလည်းအံသြမိသည်။ မရေရာသောဝင်ငွေဖြင့်စိတ်ကိုအေးဆေးစွာထားနိုင်သည်။”ကောင်းတာသာလုပ်၊အဟုတ်အကျိုးပေးမည်”ကိုလက္ခံယုံကြည်ကာနေခဲ့နိုင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။

    ထို(၆၅)လအတွင်းတွင်လည်း၊ဝင်သောငွေထဲမှအချို့ကိုလှုခဲ့ပါသည်။ ကျနော်က FOC ဆိုတော့အချို့လုပ်ငန်း ရှင်များကလည်းငွေဖြင့်ကန်တော့လျှင်ရိုင်းရာကျမည်စိုး၍အပြန်တွင်စားသောက်ဆိုင် ကြီးတစ်ခုခုသို့ခေါ်သွားပြီး၊နေ့လည်စာ/ညစာ ကျွေးမွေးကြပါ၏။ ကျနော့လစာဖြင့်မကပ်နိုင်သောထိုစားသောက်ဆိုင်အတော်များများကိုကျနော်ရောက်ဖူးစားခဲ့ဖူးရပါသည်။

    စိတ်ပူ၊စိတ်ညစ်ရမည့်ထိုအချိန်များက၊ကျနော်ပျော်၍ပင်နေမိပါသေး၏။ ကိုယ်တတ်ထားသောပညာဖြင့်လိုအပ်သူများကိုမျှဝေကူညီနိုင်ခဲ့သည်မဟုတ်ပါလား။ ၁၉၈၉မှ ၁၉၉၉အထိ၊စလုံးသို့မထွက်ခင် (၁၀) နှစ်အတောအတွင်းကျနော် ကျပ်၃သိန်းကျော်လှုနိုင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ တွက်၍လွယ်အောင်ကျနော့နောက်ဆုံး ထုတ်လစာ၂ထောင်ဖြင့်၁၀နှစ်ကိုတွက်သော်၊လစာဝင်ငွေစုစုပေါင်းမှာ၊၂သိန်း ၄သောင်းသာ။ ကျနော့်လစာထက်ပင် ပို၍ကျနော်လှုခဲ့နိုင်ပါသည်။

    ဤအလှုဒါနတို့၏အကျိုးပေးကား၊နောက်ဆုံးမရည်ရွယ်ပါပဲလျှက်၊စလုံးသို့လွယ်ကူချောမွေ့စွာရောက်ရှိပြီး၊ကိုယ်ကျွမ်းကျင်ဝါသနာပါရာပညာရေးကဏ္ဍမှာပင်ယနေ့တိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်နေရဆဲဖြစ်ပါ၏။

    အလှုပေးခြင်းနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍

    “ပေး၍မကုန်၊လှု၍မခန်း”ဆိုသော စကားသည်၊ကျနော့ဘဝအတွက်တော့ ၁၉၈၉နှစ်မှသည်၊ယနေ့တိုင်အောင်မှန်ခဲ့ပါသည်…

    မှန်နေဆဲပါ….

    ဆက်၍လည်း မှန်နေဦးမည်သာ….။

  • Life Story

    by Thein Han

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Thein Han & Daw Khin Khin Htway

    April 23, 1958

    It is on this day 23rd April 1958 that I got married to my wife Khin Khin Htway (Flora) at the Strand Hotel. We stayed two nights with her parents and left for our honeymoon to Tokyo, Japan.

    April 25, 1958

    We arrived Tokyo 0n the 25th and was met at the airport by Mr Fonseka, Ceylon (now Siri Lanka) Ambassador to Japan. He was was a friend of my wife father when he was Ceylon Ambassador to Burma. He took us to a restaurant for lunch and later dropped us at a Hotel near the Imperial Palace.

    April 26, 1958

    The next day we took the high speed bullet train to Osaka to visit Mr Fukutomi who is a friend and was once an IBM Engineer in Burma. He lived in Takarazuka, a suburb of Osaka. He took us to see the famous Takarazuka Kabuki show performed by women artists only, the men parts were also performed by ladies and not a single men was involved in it.

    Trips

    We stayed one night in Osaka and then left for our trip to Kyoto, Nara,Yokohama, and Kamakura where there is a Huge BUDDHA sitting statue, it is also a popular beach resort and returned to Tokyo.

    Back to Tokyo

    In Tokyo we saw a modern topless show at Asakusa Theatre, did some shopping at Diamaru Department store and took a stroll on GINZA street.

    We left Japan after three weeks of our memorable honeymoon in Japan.

    Hong Kong

    From Tokyo we flew to Hong Kong, we stayed at at the famous Peninsular Hotel on Kowloon side where the airport is.

    One day while shopping in Hong Kong we met four Burmese gentlemen on the street and they were Executive Members of Rangoon Turf Club, they were in Hong Kong at the invitation of Hong Kong Turf Club. One of them, U Chit Khaing saw my wife in her longyi and came to talk to us, he then invited us for a cruise on the Hong Kong Harbour which the Hong Kong Turf Club had arranged for them in the evening. The cruise was during sunset and it was a beautiful ride relaxing on the boat, breathing the fresh air of Hong Kong Harbour and watching the colored lights of Skyscrapers opened one by one, twinkling on the hill. We returned to Rangoon the next day.

    Blessed to be together for a long time

    It is now more than six decades since our honeymoon in Japan and we are fortunate to be still together and is able to take care of each other.

    U Thein Han