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  • Gone But Not Forgotten

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Term & Usage

    • We use GBNF for those who are Gone But Not Forgotten.
    • Some use RIP (Rest in Peace), BFHA (Bound For Heavenly Abode) and similar terms.

    GBNF Posts

    • GBNF by Calendar Year
    • GBNF of RIT Sayas
    • GBNF of RIT Alumni
    • GBNF of Organizers
    • GBNF of Sponsors & Donors
    • GBNF for SPHS
    • GBNF for UCC
    • GBNF (General — Sayadaws, Doctors, Family members, Friends)
    • Some Groups (e.g 69ers, 1st BE Intake of 64) maintain GBNF lists.

    Class of 58

    • Saya U Htin Paw (EE), Saya U Ba Nyunt (EE), Saya Allen Htay (C), Saya Dr. Win Thein (C) & U Khin Maung Win (Sid, C) are some GBNF from the Class
    Class of Civil 1958

    Saya Allen Htay (C)

    Saya Allen Htay
    • Founding member & President of RIT Alumni International which hosted SPZP-2000.
    • Passed away in California, USA.
    • See Posts

    Dr. Win Thein (C)

    Dr. Win Thein
    • Retired as Professor & Head of Civil Engineering.
    • His sister donated Saya’s Garawa money to various charities.
    • See Posts

    Class of 59

    • U Bo Gyi (C), Saya U Tin Hlaing (M) are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    U Bo Gyi

    Class of 60

    • U Kin Maung Yin (A), Saya Dr. Maung Maung Win (ChE), U Than Tin (M) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    Dr. Maung Maung Win
    Kin Maung Yin

    Class of 61

    • Dr. San Tint (EE), Daw Tin Tin Ohn (T), Dr. Julie Han (T) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    Dr. San Tint

    Class of 62

    • Saya S. Arya (M) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    S Arya

    Class of 63

    • U Myint Lwin (Henry, C), Saya U Soe Lwin (M), U Shwe Kyaw (M), U Soe Min (EE), U Nyi Nyi (EE), U Chin Way (EE) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    EE Sayas

    Class of 64

    • U Than Tun (A), Saya U Win Maung (C) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts

    Class of 65

    • Saya U Kyaw Sein (M), Saya U Myo Win (M) … are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts
    U Kyaw Sein

    Class of 66

    • U Ne Win Myint (ChE) …
    • U Saw Lwin has a list of GBNF for C66
    • See Posts
    Ne Win Myint (Center)

    Class of 67

    • Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A), U Win Thein (M), U Kyaw Oo (M), U Aung Myint (M), Saya Dr. Chan Nyein (M), Saya U Tin Maung Oo (M), Daw Nancy (EC), U Myint Kyaw (EC) are some GBNF from the Class
    • See Posts

    U Win Thein (M)

    Win Thein
    • Founded Set Hmu Thadin Zin.
    • Organizer for Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn and several RIT events.

    Class of 68

    • Saya Sai Yee Leik (A), Saya U Myint Soe (C), Saya U Ohn Maung (ChE), U Tun Aung (Jeffrey, EC), U Thein Zaw (Joe, EC), U Soe Myint Lwin (EP), U Saw Win (EE), Daw Mya Mya Than (EP) are some GBNF from the Class
    • See posts

    U Tun Aung (Jefferey, EC)

    U Tun Aung (GBNF)
    • Founding member and past President of BASES.
    • Passed away on October 5, 2021.
    • See Posts

    U Soe Myint Lwin (EP)

    Memorial Service for U Soe Myint Lwin
    Soon Kwyay Invitation for U Soe Myint Lwin
    • Played Soccer for Burma, RU & RIT.
    • Was EC of the Burma Women’s Soccer Federation.
    • Passed away in 2017.
    • See Posts

    69ers

    U Aung Min
    • In November 1964, three Intakes were admitted to RIT.
    • Most from the 2nd BE Intake graduated in 1969.
    • They and former classmates — some who left earlier & some who Sabbatical — are called 69ers (or RIT Class of 69++).
    69er GBNF
    • U Aung Min (M69) & team maintain the GBNF list for 69ers.
    • Over 40% of the 69ers are GBNF.
    • About 20 members succumbed to Covid.
    • See posts

    U Han Sein (C)

    Han Sein
    • Represented RIT in Swimming, Water Polo, Diving & Basketball.
    • Prisoner of Conscience for 17 years.

    U Aye Lwin (M)

    Aye Lwin
    • Secretary of RIT Annual Magazine Committee & RIT Mechanical Engineering Association.
    • Attended 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.

    Class of 70

    (Intake of 64)

    U Ohn Khine
    • U Ohn Khine (M70) and team maintain the GBNF list the Group.
    • About 140 members are GBNF.
    • Four top students from the Intake — Tommy Shwe, Cho Aye, Peter Pe & Steeve Kay — are GBNF
    • See posts

    Class of 71

    • Did not receive official GBNF list
    • U Myint Thin (M71), Daw Than Than Yi (T71) are some GBNF from the Class
    • See posts

    Class of 72

    M72

    Mg Mar Ga occasionally posted the GBNF list.

    • Kham Shan
    • Khin Maung Myint (John Tint)
    • Khin Maung Oo
    • Khin Maung Tin
    • Khin Maung Toe
    • Kyaw Kyaw Aung
    • Kyaw Kyaw Maw
    • Kyaw Moe
    • Kyaw Myint Than
    • Kyaw San Tun
    • John Tint
    • Soe Myint (Phone Gyi)
    • Soe Myint (Shwe Thwar)
    • Soe Myint Aung
    • Soe Than
    • Tha Tun
    • See Posts

    ChE72

    • Myo Myint Pe
    • Aye Aye Kyaw
    • See posts

    EE72

    • Nyunt Nyunt Yee
    • Khin Soe
    • See Posts

    Class of 73 – 76

    • U Khin Maung Aye (M) … from the Class of 73
    • Sai Aung Thurein (EC), Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP), U Sann Aung (M)… from the Class of 74
    • U Win Khaing (M), U Than Po (M), U Myat Swe (Benedict) … from the Class of 75
    • U Aung Myint Thein (C), U Wynn Myint Aung (EC) … from the Class of 76

    Sayagyis

    • Several passed away in their 90s
    • Some former Head of Departments — U Tha Tun (A), U Min Win (C), Dr. Win Thein (C), Khin Aung Kyi (ChE, Rector), Dr. Maung Maung Win (ChE), U Sein Hlaing (EE), U Sein Win (EP), Dr. San Tint (EC), U Ba Than (M), Dr. Chan Nyein (M), U Thit (Met), Dr. Saw Pru (M), U Soe Khaw (Min), U Soon Sein (Min), U Maung Maung Than (T) — are GBNF
    • See posts for each Department

    Mr. H Num Kok (C)

    H Num Kok 1
    H Num Kok 2
    • Saya of our Sayas.
    • Taught Drawing to Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun & U Khin Aung Kyi.
    • Attended SPZP-2000 and selected PZPs & Reunions
    • Passed away in his late 90s in Portland, Oregon, USA
    • See posts

    U Ba Toke

    U Ba Toke 1
    U Ba Toke 2
    • Saya of our Sayas.
    • Taught Maths to U Ba Than, Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun & U Khin Aung Kyi
    • Rector of MASU
    • Voluntarily asked for Transfer to RIT Maths Dept
    • Associate Dean, Assumption University
    • Passed away on December 2, 2020 — the day after RU Centennial, but a few days short of his Centennial Birthday on December 26.
    • See posts

    U Ba Than

    Saya U Ba Than
    • Retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    • Early supporter of HMEE project
    • Annual Birthday Soon Kyway at Yaw Sayadaw’ Kyaung on October 2. Before the pandemic, invited colleagues & former students to the Soon Kyway.
    • 69ers (mostly Mech) paid homage to him annually around his birthday.
    • Donated Garawa money to charities & associations
    • Passed away shortly after his 94th birthday
    • See Posts

    U Min Wun

    Saya U Min Wun
    • Retired Professor of Civil Engineering
    • Member of Myanmar Pyet Ka Dein Ah Kyan Pay Ah Phwe.
    • Advisor for the Regional College Project & Pagan Restoration Project.
    • Attended Annual Lunch Gathering of sayas and senior alumni (mostly from Southern California).
    • Passed away a few days after the “farewell” Lunch Gathering
    • See Posts

    HMEE

    HMEE
    • Team published HMEE book in 2012
    • Saya U Aung Hla Tun, Ko Aung Moung (M73) and Ko Thant Zin (M82) are now GBNF
    • See posts

    U Aung Hla Tun (Met)

    Saya U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)
    • Retired Associate Professor of Metallurgical Engineering
    • Passed away in February 2022.
    • Chief Editor, RIT Annual Magazine
    • Led the History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project.
    • Won the National Literary Award.
    • See Posts

    Sponsors

    • There were five Golden Sponsors for SPZP-2000
    • David Ko (Tin Myint, M67) and Steeve Kay (Thaung Sein, EC70) are now GBNF

    David Ko (M67)

    David
    • Golden Sponsor for SPZP-2000
    • $3000 for SPZP-2012
    • Sponsor & Donor for NorCal RITAA

    Steeve Kay (EC70)

    Steeve Kay
    • Had successful careers as IC Designer, Founder & CEO of QTC, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
    • Multiple Golden Sponsor for SPZP
    • Chair, Kay Family Foundation
    • Donated more than $200000 to RIT related activities.
    • See Posts

    Family Members

    Ma Ma Pat (GBNF)

    Ma Ma Pat
    • Spouse of Saya U Myo Myint Sein
    • Passed away unexpectedly on October 2, 2022.
    • The day before, Saya Myo celebrated his 91st birthday.
    • See Posts

    U Tin U’s Family

    Daw Khin Kyi Nyunt, Dr. Peter Khin Tun
    • Three family members passed away within a few months.
    • Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (spouse) — November, 2019
    • Dr. Peter Khin Tun (elder son) — April 13, 2020
    • U Tin Tun (son-in-law) — May 2020
    • See Posts

    Sports

    • U Soe Myint Lwin (EP68), U Kyaw Sint (T69er), John Tint (M72), U Thein Lwin (M72) are some Soccer Selected who are GBNF
    • U Han Sein (C69) and U Aung Gyi Shwe (EE69er) are some Multiple Sports Athletes who are GBNF

    U Aung Gyi Shwe (EE69er)

    Aung Gyi Shwe
    • Secretary of RIT Track and Field Association.
    • Played soccer and enjoyed weightlifting.

    U Khin Maung Myint (John Tint, M72)

    John Tint
    • Soccer selected for Burma, RU & RIT passed away in 2020

    U Thein Lwin (M72)

    Thein Lwin 1
    • Captain, RIT Soccer
      passed away in 2022
    Thein Lwin 2
  • September 2019

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Sad News

    Yangon

    • U Kyaw Phone Myint (Victor Kyaw Phyo) passed away in Myanmar.
    KPM 2
    Kyaw Phone Myint 1

    Singapore

    • Maurice Chee’s mother-in-law passed away in Singapore.

    Soon Kyway

    • Soon kyway at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California, USA in memory of U Wah Kyu (father of Maurice Chee) who passed away four years ago.
    • Attendees include Saya U San Tun (M59), Walter Tan (M70), Charlie Tseng (EC70), U Aung Thein (John, M72), U Aye Tun (Anthony, M76) and U Khin Zaw (UCC)

    NorCal RITAA

    • Saya U Myat Htoo invited selected sayas and alumni (who were active with RIT-related activities in California) to attend the NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner on November 16, 2019.
    • Gordon Kaung (Past President) has RSVPed and also pledged donation.

    U Ba Than

    • Saya U Ba Than will celebrate his 89th birthday on or around October 2, 2019.

    Publications

    • Original writings are being solicited for the magazine to be published in February 2020 for the Centennial of the founding of Rangoon University. The deadline is mid-October 2019.
    • Selected old poems will be compiled into a Kabyar Book to commemorate the RU Centennial

    Golden Jubilees

    • Class of 69 (for the GJ of Graduation in 1969)
    • Class of 75 (for the GJ of Admission to RIT in 1969)

    Forthcoming Reunions and SPZPs

    • Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65
    • Class of 72
    • ICST/UCSY in December 2019
    • PBRS
  • Lifelong Learner

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Pillars of Learning

    • Learning to know
    • Learning to do
    • Learning to be
    • Learning to live

    Daily Habit

    • Learn new things
    • Listen to Blinkist & podcasts
    • Write or update posts in Facebook and this website.

    Public Speaking & Leadership

    Hla Min
    • Distinguished Toastmater
    • Club Coach, Mentor, Guest Speaker, Trainer, Ambassador, Contest Chair, Test Speaker, Evaluator
    DTM

    Facebook Groups

    Owner / Admin

    • RIT Updates
    • Life Long Learning
    • Memories
    • Myanmar

    Past Contributor / Moderator

    • Buddhism Q&A
    • PBRS
    • Rangoon University Centennial
    • RUBC
    • SPHS
    • UCC
    • Old Burma

    Pay back to

    • Alma Mater
    • Ancestors
    • Mentors
    • Engineering & Computing Communities
    Appreciation Award
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    Appreciation Award from Northern California RIT Alumni Association

    Alma Mater

    • Private Primary Boundary Road School
    • St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon
    SPHS
    • Rangoon University
    • Rangoon Institute of Technology
    RIT
    • Universities Computer Center
    • Rice University

    Lecture / Teach

    • Universities Computer Center
    UCC
    • Department of Computer Science
    • Institute of Computer Science and Technology
    ICST
    • Guest lectures at Government Departments, Training Schools, Luyechun Camp, BARB, MARB

    Mentors

    Parents
    • Parents
    • Teachers — Thin Saya, Myin Saya and Kyar Saya
    • Helped me develop passion for Lifelong Learning, Sharing of Knowledge & Expertise.

    Ancestors

    • Philanthropists
    • Donated schools & books, hospitals & medicine, and buildings (Pagoda, Tazaung, Zayat, Shelter).
    • I am trying to emulate their philanthropy by sharing my knowledge & expertise.

    Sharing Knowledge & Expertise

    Jack of All Trades; Master of Some

    Proponent of Youth Leadership

    Sharing Knowledge & Expertise gained as

    • Software Engineer / Craftsman
    • Consultant
    • Distinguished Toastmaster
    • Author & Blogger
    • Translator & Interpreter
    • Editor of newsletters & books
    • Folklorist & Historian

    Recording history of our beloved land

    • Love history
    HMEE Team
    HMEE Book
    • Was Member of “History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project”. U Ohn Khine (M70) & I compiled CD supplement for HMEE book.
    • Was Docent at the “Computer History Museum” in Mountain View, California, USA.
    CHM
    • Published 2500+ posts
    • Broadcast 220 Short Talks from August 2020 to February 2021. Can be viewed using @hmin3664 on YouTube
    YouTube Channel for my videos
    • Hope that my posts &videos will be helpful to scholars and historians in Myanmar and beyond.

    Wrote articles, reviews, poems & translations for

    • National Foreign Language Center at University of Maryland, College Park : Burmese Language Lessons (Listening and Reading)
    • Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
      ABC-CIO Press : Can access my articles from Google Books.
    Encyclopedia
    • MoeMaKa : Online Publication
    • RIT Alumni Newsletter : from April 1999 – present
    RIT Alumni Newsletter for SPZP-2000
    • Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung : Poems for SPZP-2002 & 2007; Article in SPZP-2010
    SDY Sar Saung for SPZP-2002
    • Swel Daw Yeik Magazine : Article for Shwe Yadu 2014
    SDY Magazine for Shwe YaDu 2014
    • History of Myanmar Engineering Education : U Ohn Khine (M70) & I compiled CD Supplement for HMEE Book
    CD for HMEE Book
    • BAPS Newsletter : Contributing Editor
    BAPS Newsletter
    • Dhammananda Newsletter : Contributing Editor for Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California & Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA)
    Dhammananda Newsletter
    • Paying Homage to Sayadaw U Silanandabhimvama : Contributing Editor & Member of Publications Committee
    Homage to U Silananda
    • Rangoon University Boat Club : Contributing Editor for 90th Anniversary Issue
    RUBC Magazine
    • Guardian Newspaper : Poems (e.g. Men on the Moon); Articles (e.g. Computers and Applications) in English
    Men on the Moon
    • Working People’s Daily (WPD) :
      Poems (e.g. Phaung daw-u Festival); Translation (e.g. Still So Young) in English
    Phaungdaw-u Festval
    • Forward Magazine : Poems (e.g. To the Fallen Warrior) in English
    To the Fallen Warrior
    • Veda Magazine (ဝေဒ) : Articles for Burma Astro Research Bureau
    • Pan Magazine (ပန်) : Articles in Burmese
    • High School Mathematics Project : Member of Editorial Team
    • Team of System Specialists :
      Computer Education & Application
    • Set Hmu Thadin Zin (စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ်) : Short notes
    • Hlyat Sit Sar Saung (လျှပ်စစ်စာစောင်) : Article for RIT EE

    I have volunteered for

    • Computer History Museum
    • History of Myanmar Engineering Education Project
    • Toastmasters International
    • SF Bay Area ACM Chapter
    • 2010 Census Count Committee
    • RIT Alumni International
    • NorCal RIT Alumni Association
    • Tathagata Meditation Center
    • Theravada Buddhist Society of America
    Souvenirs

    Dream Big or Small

    “If one person can dream, others will fulfill”

    The saying is attributed to Jules Verne who dreamed & wrote about space ships, submarines, and travel around the globe.

    My Earlier Dream

    SPZP-2000

    Was to connect or re-connect Sayas, Colleagues & Friends physically and electronically.

    We successfully organized the First RIT Alumni Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in San Francisco, California in October 2000.

    Six more World-wide Reunion and SPZP took place. Singapore in 2002, 2007 & 2010. Yangon in 2004, 2012 & 2016. Due to pandemic, SPZP-2020 was canceled.

    Started RIT Alumni International Newsletter in April 1999.

    Served as Content Provider & Editor for ex-RIT websites : first one by KMZ (UKhin Maung Zaw, now retired from Microsoft) and second one by Wunna Ko Ko (then at SAS).

    Both ex-RIT websites are now inactive.

    My Later Dream

    Was to record Oral & Written History of our Alma Mater and our Beloved Land.

    Set up hlamin.com (to archive old posts, add new posts and revise selected posts).

    Requested SPZP-2000 Organizers, interested sayas & alumni to record gatherings.

    Requested Subject Matter Experts & interested readers to review and enhance selected posts.

  • July

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Background

    • Fifth month in the old Roman Calendar, and it had 30 days. The month was given an extra day and renamed in honor of Julius Caesar.
    • Seventh month in the Gregorian Calendar.

    My father’s birthday

    My beloved father
    My parents
    • Born on 1st July.
    • Passed away in his 80s.

    Men on the Moon

    • Apollo 11 Mission
    • Eagle (Lunar Module) landed in Tranquility Bay on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
    • Neil Armstrong (Mission Commander) was the first to land on the moon.
    • Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (Lunar Module Pilot) was the second to land on the moon.
    • Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot) circled the Moon and waited for his crew mates to return from the Moon.
    • I wrote a poem “Men on the Moon”. A copy was sent by Mr. Hall (Information Officer, USIA) to NASA. The poem was published in the Guardian.
    Men on the Moon

    US Independence

    • 4th of July

    Martyrs’ Day

    • July 19, 1947
    • Bogyoke Aung San, six ministers, a Secretary and a bodyguard were assassinated.
    Translation of Invictus
    Aung San

    Nine Arzanis were gunned down on July 19, 1947. Eight perished that day. One succumbed a day later.

    Arzanis
    • Bogyoke Aung San passed away at the tender age of 32
      Children : U Aung San Oo, Aung San Lin (GBNF), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
    • Thakin Mya. : Considered as Deputy Prime Minister
    • Deedoke U Ba Cho : Minister, Journalist ; Grand children : Dr. Khin Hla Cho, Daw Khin Myint Cho
    • Mahn Ba Khaing : Transported Bogyoke (saved & brought by Marie Hla Taw) back; Daughter : Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing
    • Mong Pawn Sawbwa Sao San Htun : passed away in the hospital on July 20, 1947; has a hospital named after him; Son Sao Hso Holm
    • U Ba Win : Bogyoke’s elder brother; Son Dr. Sein Win
    • U Razak : Nominated by monks; Former Principal of National School; Sons U Tin Myint & U Hla Kyi
    • ICS U Ohn Maung : Dy. Secy; Was asked to report on behalf of his minister; Sons U Tin Maung Thein, Francis & Dr. Min Min
    • Yebaw Maung Htwe : U Razak’s bodyguard

    There are books (e.g. “Who killed Aung San?”, Eliminate the Elite” by Kin Oung) and documentaries (e.g. “Who really killed Aung San?” by BBC program) about the fateful event.

    Eliminate the Elite

    Dark days in July 1962

    • According to the newspapers, 17 died on July 7, 1962.
    • Ko Aung Khin was stuck by a stray bullet as he was returning from RUBC to his home in Windermere Road. He was listed as the 17th victim.
    • Anniversary celebration of 7th July in 1963 ended with the closure of Universities with the exception of the Faculties of Medical and Engineering.
    • The revered Student Union was demolished on July 8, 1962.

    Posts

    • Calendar
    • Days & Months
    • Events
  • UCC (Talk)

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Video Broadcast

    • Wrote 40+ posts on “Memories of UCC”.
    • A summary was published in the Magazine for the 30th Anniversary of the founding of ICST.

    Founders

    • Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe founded Universities’ Computer Center with the help of Saya U Soe Paing, Saya U Myo Min, and Saya U Ko Ko Lay
    • They led TOSS (Team Of System Specialists), which assisted the computerization of government departments and organizations.

    Dr. Chit Swe

    Dr. Chit Swe
    • My mentor at UCC
    • Alumnus of Mandalay University; Imperial College, London University; University of Glasgow; University of Liverpool
    • Head of Maths Department at the Institute of Economics when he proposed the UCC project
    • Became Professor of Maths at RASU and Founder-Director of UCC
    • Retired as Rector of RASU
    • Continued teaching and supervising research in Thailand and Australia.
    • Passed away in Sydney Australia in late 2019.
    Obituary

    U Soe Paing

    U Soe Paing
    • My mentor at RIT & UCC
    • Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1956. He stood 13th in the whole of Burma and won Collegiate Scholarship
    • In the RU Convocation in 1958, he won two medals: one for highest score for combined I.Sc. (A) and I.Sc.(B), and another for joint highest score for Mathematics in combined I.Sc.(A) and I.Sc.(B).
    • While attending classes at the Faculty of Engineering, he was awarded a Government Scholarship to study BSEE and MSEE at Stanford University.
    • In 1964, he joined EE Department at RIT as Assistant Lecturer.
    • Helped with the UCC Project.
      In April 1971, Saya transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division.
    • M.Sc. (CS) from University of Southampton, UK
    • Wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga” in a computer magazine in Myanmar. It was re-posted in “Mandalay Gazette”
    • Retired from UN after working on UN projects in several countries.
    • In July 2020, he gave an interview to MASTAA.

    U Myo Min

    U Myo Min
    • Matriculated as a top student from SPHS in 1958.
    • Won a Gold medal in 1960 for standing first among the I.Com students.
    • Won another Gold medal in 1962 for standing first among the B.Com (Accounting) students.
    • Chartered Account
    • Worked for IBM UK
    • Returned to Burma
    • Joined UCC as Manager of Applications
    • Masters in System Engineering from the University of Lancaster, UK
    • Later worked in Singapore and USA

    U Ko Ko Lay

    U Ko Ko Lay
    • Classmate of U Soe Paing at SPHS and Stanford University.
    • While attending classes at the Faculty of Engineering, he was awarded a Government Scholarship to study BSCE and MSCE at Stanford University.
    • Joined PWD as an assistant engineer.
    • Dr. Chit Swe & U Soe Paing recruited him to help with the UCC project.
    • In April 1971, Saya transferred to UCC as Manager of Operations Division
    • Masters in System Engineering from the University of Lancaster, UK
    • Later served as Manager for Scientific Applications at UCC, Professor of Computer Science at DCS, and Professor of Information Systems at ICST.
    • He is GBNF.

    Posts

    • Computer Science, Technology and Applications
    • Computing Pioneers in Burma
    • Memories of UCC — Series of articles
    • Paying back to my alma mater
    • UCC Founders
    • @hmin3664 — to access my videos
    YouTube Channel for my videos
  • Geography

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Sayas

    L Dudley Stamp

    • Taught at LSE & RU
    • Author

    Dr. Daw Thin Kyi

    • Early Professor
    Daw Thin Kyi

    Dr. Tin Htoo

    Dr. Tin Htoo
    • Professor

    U Tun Hla Aung

    U Tun Hla Aung
    • Principal

    RU Geography Dept

    • Old Group Photo of Sayas & Sayamas
    Geography Dept

    U Kyaw

    • Rector, Institute of Education
    • Principal, Workers’ College
    • Children : Myo Nyunt (SPHS), San San Kyaw (UCC), …
    U Kyaw

    Dr. U Win

    • Attended UCC courses
    • Doctorate from USA
    • Water Resources
    • GIS
    Dr. U Win

    U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76) wrote :

    U Kyaw – father of Daw San San Kyaw, ex-UCC.

    Dr. U Win – first met him when he attended six-month class at UCC. We frequently hang out at the canteens at RASU. Rekindle our friendship here in US, talked to him on the logins several times, yet to meet him face-to-face, hopefully some day soon.

    Updates

    • There are several posts about Geography sayas & students in the RU Centennial FB group
    • U Win also posted blogs
  • Engineering Library

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Faculty of Engineering အင်ဂျင်နီယာမဟာဌာန

    Dr. Maung Maung Kha (Interim Dean) asked U Ba Than to help with the Engineering Library.

    U Ba Than

    RIT Library ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်စာကြည့်တိုက်

    Daw Myint Myint Khin

    Daw Myint Myint Khin was Assistant Librarian at the Faculty of Social Science Library. She became Librarian at the Rangoon Institute of Technology.

    The Library was located on the Ground Floor.

    Several years later, the Library was relocated to a two-storey building near A Block.

    Sadly, it was not maintained well.

    YTU Library

    The YTU Library Upgrading / Modernization Project was initiated as a Requirement for Accreditation of YTU.

    Alumni worldwide donated for the project.

    Daw Myint Myint ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့်

    • Donated K150 Lakhs
    Daw Myint Myint (C69)

    Dr. Myo Khin & Daw Mya Nwe ဒေါက်တာမျိုးခင် နှင့် ဒေါ်မြနွယ်

    • Donated K100 Lakhs
    Saya Dr. Myo Khin (C) & Daw Mya Nwe

    Training Component စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူးများသင်တန်းတက်ရောက်ရန်

    • Saya George (U Mg Mg) provided $500 as seed money
    • Saya U Myat Thwin, Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt and others donated
    • Total : $3000+
    Saya U Maung Maung (George, ChE)
    Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M)

    Other Donations

    • BASES — Members & Friends
    • NorCal RITAA
    • Many individuals
    • Several groups
    • See posts by Wynn Htain Oo & Nan Khin Nwe
  • Soe Paing

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Paing Brothers

    Family

    • Parents : ICS U Paing & Daw Oo Yin
    • Siblings : Dr. Myo Paing, U Win Paing (Sayadaw U Wara, GBNF), U Kyaw Paing
    • Spouse : Daw Saw Yu Tint (T69)
    • Children : Two sons & One daughter
    • Grandchildren : 3

    Education & Work

    • Mmatriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1956. He stood 13th in Burma and won Collegiate Scholarship.
    • At the Convocation of 1958, he won two Gold Medals — one for Highest Total Marks in I.Sc.(A) and I.Sc.(B); and another for Joint Highest Marks in Maths for I.Sc.(A) and I.Sc.(B).
    • Received a States Scholarship to study BSEE and MSEE at Stanford University.
    • Joined the RIT Electrical Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer.
    • Helped Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe found Universities’ Computer Center.
    • Transferred to UCC as Manager for Systems Division. He later also managed Operations Division.
    • Received M.Sc.(Computer Science) from Southampton University in UK.
    • Worked for UNDP Projects in several countries.

    Mentor

    • My mentor at RIT & UCC.
    • Allowed U Aung Zaw & me to co-author Texts, User Guides and Manuals for use at UCC.

    HMEE

    • Early supporter of the HMEE project.
    • Prepared a draft for the HMEE book and handed it to Saya U Aung Hla Tun & team.
    • He and U Ohn Khine (M70) translated Section 1 of the HMEE Book and summarized Section 2.

    Posts

    Post from March 2011

    I went to the University Central Library and managed to get scanned photos from the Engg Student Annual Magazines 51-52, 52-53, 56-57 and 60-61. Photos include photos of Sayas, students of that year. From these when can know about the Sayas at that year. We can also identify the students at that year.

    U Sein Hlaing (Prof EE) was a final year student in 1951-52 and became an A/L starting 1952-53. Saya U Tin Swe was a student in 1951-52 and 52-53. He was a member of the Eng Student Union and the victorious Prome Hall football team. Ex-Burma Selected Footballer U Chan Tha (Chief Engineer, Roads, Rangoon Municipal) was the Captain. U Khin Si (husband of RIT Finance Officer Daw Yin Yin Htway and part time lecturer Textile) and U Tin Si (U Khin Si’s brother and tennis doubles partnership that won RU as well as national championships) were members of the Prome hall team.

    The 1956-57 magazine contains photos when the new Leik Khone Engineering Buildings were inaugurated in 1956 Nov by the Prime Minister at that time U Ba Swe.

    In the 1952-53 magazine I found out that Mr. Robert Hole (ex-EE, Highways, PWD, PWC, CC; uncle of Percy Maung Maung and uncle Bobby to me) was the English editor. I called Uncle Bobby and requested him to write something about his engineering student days, his teachers and fellow students. He agreed and asked for about three weeks time.

    I need to go back and to the UCL to get more info from the RIT handbook 1966-67 and photos from the Hlyat Sit Sar Saung.

    U Ba Than has donated some of his Engineering College photos to the MES library and I need to go there to check up on the photos.

    Post from May 2000

    The mention of RIT, BIT, and BOC college in the first newsletter bring back memories of our good old days in Rangoon University. Although we did not graduate from Rangoon University, we had a really great two and a half years there before we went for studies aroad under government scholarship.

    Our first year 1956-1957 was in Yankin College. Yankin was a campus of RU for first year science students. It is now Yankin State High School No. XX? Hteedan was for the 1st year arts students. Our second year I.Sc. was at the RU campus itself which we refer to as Main. The Arts students have classes at Judson. That time the new Social Science Building (now Institute of Economics) was completed. We had our second year ISc exams in that new building.

    Then it is our 1st year B.Sc. Engineering course at the new Faculty of Engineering in Prome Road (now Institute of Medicine I). We attended for six months till December 1958. That campus was designed and built especially for the Faculty of Engineering. Civil, Electrical, Mechanical Departments were there but Chemical, Textile, etc. were in the old BOC building at the back.

    The 1st year classes were from 7 to 9 a.m. for Mathematics. We then have a one hour break and we start the engineering courses at 10 a.m. We usually have a snack during the break at a small cafe between Tagaung and Prome Halls. Those halls were only for engineering students then. The mathematics (Pure & Applied) lecturers were from India hired under contract. We had three engineering courses: Building Materials taught by Mr. Tan Ba Hli (the Dean of Engineering himself). Heat Engines taught by U Aung Khin. Principles of Electrical Engineering taught by U Kyaw Tun. We had EE lab with Ko Htin Paw and Ko Ba Nyunt as lab instructors. We also had engineering drawing with Ko San Hla Aung and Allen Htay (for Chem, Tex, etc.) as instructors.

    Those were the days when Rangoon University was one of the best universities in SE Asia and Asia. It also had a really nice campus.

    RIT Saya Soccer Team

    Reading about communications from Richard Khoo (Dr. Aung Soe, C61) and seeing the list of Sayas in the 1966-67 Handbook brings back memories of our soccer team.

    As I remember it was from 1964 to 1968 or 1969. We played against (i) the senior students of different majors Civil, Mechanical, Electrical etc. (ii) the sayas at GTI and Natmauk Technical Institute (iii) the Burma Air Force officers.

    We also played in the annual tournament for RIT Staff. The staff teams are the Sayas, Workshop staff, Lab staff, Hostel staff and the youth team from the RIT compound.

    As I remember (other Sayas & graduates may correct me) these were the people in the team.

    Goalkeepers :

    • Richard Khoo (Civil)
    • Maurice Kyaw Zaw (Chemistry),
    • Sein Myint/Ah Sein (Petroleum)

    Defenders :

    • Ko Maung Maung Than (Textile)
    • Ko Aung Soe (Math)
    • Ko Aung Hla Tun (Met)
    • Ko Sann Tint (Elect)
    • Christopher Maung (Civil)
    • U Tin Swe (Elect)
    • Ko Tin Win (Mech)

    Midfielders :

    • Ko Tin Maung Nyunt (Agri)
    • Desmond Rogers (English)
    • Ko Khine Oo (Elect)
    • Ko Maung Maung Win (Mech)
    • Ko Tin Hlaing II (Mech)

    Forwards :

    • Ko Pike Htwe (Chemistry)
    • Ko Aung (Math)
    • Ko Tin Hlaing I (Agri)
    • Ko Soe Min (Elect)
    • Ko Kyin Soe (Auto)
    • myself (Elect)

    We rarely practiced but we enjoyed playing the games. We split games with the GTI sayas & the Air Force officers. We beat the Natmauk sayas and we won more than we lost in the RIT staff tournament. But I am sure we lost more than we won against the final year students. Would appreciate comments on this; especially on the names I missed in the team.

    Updates

    • Wrote articles about his experiences as a State Scholar, Saya, UCC Co-founder & UN Advisor. They can be read from SCRIB-D.
    • Gave an interview to MASTAA.
    • Had recovered after medical treatment.

    Posts

    • Computer Pioneers in Burma
    • EE Sayas
    • HMEE
    • Memories of UCC
    • Paing Family
  • HIC

    by Hla Min & Tin Aung Win

    Update : May 2026

    Zoom Meeting

    • U Myint Thein Lwin (M62)
    • U Than Htut (M67, RUBC Gold)
    • U Tin Aung Win (M69)
    • U Ohn Khine (M70)
    • U Ye Myint (EP72)
    Zoom Participants

    Gatherings

    • Before the pandemic, some HIC Alumni had lunch gatherings

    Updates

    • U Aye (M62) — retired from FAO; provided feedback & info for my posts
    • U Thein Aung (M72) — moved to Singapore; wrote episodes for “Once upon a time at RIT”
    • U Kyaw Myint (EP72) — founded “Good Morning Bakery”; donated food at selected RIT Gatherings
    • U Khin Maung Cho (M73) — Retd. Minister
    • U Sann Tun Ni — founded “Sunny Sushi” in Las Vegas; Gawpaka at LV monastery
  • Khin Nyo Thet

    by Hla Min, U Osadha & Thor Aye

    Update : May 2026

    Summer Dhamma School
    Dr. Khin Nyo Thet
    Dr. Lyn Swe Aye, Dr. Khin Nyo Thet, Mimi Thabyay and Thor

    Farewell Dhamma Talk for co-founder of Aye-Thet Scholarship

    by Ashin Osadha

    အေး+သက်မိခင်ကြီးအတွက် နောက်ဆုံး နှုတ်ဆက်တရား

    မနေ့က မနက်ပိုင်းမှာ မကျန်းမာတာ ကြာပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ ဒကာမကြီး ဒေါက်တာ ဒေါ်ခင်ညိုသက်ဆီ သွားပြီး ပရိတ်ရွတ်ပါတယ်။ ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ၂-ရက်လောက်က တယ်လို့ ပင့်ထားတာပါ။ ဒကာမကြီးနဲ့ ကျုပ်က ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်ရေး ရင်းနှီးမှုရှိသလို သူသိချင်တဲ့ တရားတွေကိုလဲ မေးလေ့ရှိပါတယ်။

    တကယ်တော့ ဒေါက်တာလင်းဆွေအေးနဲ့ ‌ဒေါက်တာ ဒေါ်ခင်ညိုသက်တို့ လင်မယားက ကျုပ်အမေရိကားရောက်ပြီး သိပ်မကြာခင်မှာ စတင် ရင်းနှီးခွင့် ရခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အကြောင်းကတော့ ကျုပ်က နွေရာသီမှာ ကလေးတွေ စာသင်ပေးလို့ပါ။

    ဆရာတော် ဦးသီလာနန္ဒက ၁၉၇၉-မှာ အမေရိကားကို ရောက်ပါတယ်။ ရောက်ခါစမှာ ဆရာတော်က လူကြီးတွေအတွက်ပဲ တရားဟော, တရားပြ လုပ်နိုင်ပါတယ်။ ကလေးတွေကို မသင်နိုင်သေးပါဘူး။ ဒီတော့ မြန်မာမိသားစုတွေက မွေးတဲ့ ကလေး တွေဟာ ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာနဲ့ ဝေးကုန်ပါတယ်။ ဒီကလေးတွေ အနာဂတ်မှာ ဘာသာတရားနဲ့ ဝေးသွားမှာကို သူတို့ ဇနီးမောင်နှံက စိုးရိမ်မိကြပါတယ်။ ဒါနဲ့ သူတို့က “အေး+သက်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း”ဆိုပြီး တည်ထောင်ကာ ငွေများမ,တည် လှုဒါန်းခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အဲသလို အေး+သက်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်းကို စတင်တည်ထောင်သူမို့ “အေး+သက်မိခင်ကြီး”လို့ ခေါ်လိုက်တာပါ။ သူတို့တည်ထောင် ခဲ့တဲ့ နွေရာသီ ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ သင်တန်းကိုတော့ ၁၉၉၁-ခုနှစ်မှာ စတင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါက သမိုင်းကြောင်းလေး စပ်မိလို့ ပြောလိုက် တာပါ။

    နေမကောင်းတာ ကြာပြီဆိုတော့ ဒကာမကြီးဟာ အိပ်ရာပေါ်မှာ လဲနေလိမ့်မယ်လို့ ထင်ခဲ့တာပါ။ အိမ်ရောက်တော့ ဧည့်ခန်းမှာ မျက်နှာကြည်ကြည်လင်လင်နဲ့ ထိုင်နေတာ တွေ့ရလို့ ကျုပ် အံ့သြသွားတယ်။ တကယ်တော့ ဒကာမကြီးက ကင်ဆာရောဂါ ၃-ကြိမ် ဖြစ်ထားတာပါ။ ဒါကြောင့် ကျုပ်နဲ့တွေ့တိုင်း “တပည့်တော်က သေရွာပြန်ဘုရာ့”လို့ အမြဲတမ်း ပြောပါတယ်။ အဲ… ဒါပေမဲ့ အခုတခါတော့ သူ့ကိုယ်သူလဲ သိနေသလိုပဲဗျ။ ဘေးနားက သူ့သားသမီးတွေကလဲ မျက်နှာ မကောင်းကြဘူး။ ကြိုသိနေပုံပါဘဲ။ အနည်းငယ် စကားပြောပြီးတော့ သီလပေးကာ ဗောဇ္စျင်သုတ်နဲ့ ပရိတ်တော်များ ရွတ်ဖတ်ပေးပါတယ်။ ပြီးတော့ အချိန်အခါနဲ့ သင့်တော်မဲ့ နကုလပိတာ ဒကာကြီးကို ဘုရားဟောတဲ့ “ကိုယ်သာ နာစေ, စိတ် မနာစေနဲ့”ဆိုတဲ့ တရားလေးကို အကျယ်ချဲ့ပြီး ဟောပေးပါတယ်။ အခုချိန်ဟာ လက်ရှိဘဝခန္ဓာလဲ မတွယ်တာအောင်, နာကျင်မှုကြောင့်လဲ ဒေါသမဖြစ်အောင် တရားနှလုံးသွင်းတတ်ဖို့ လိုကြောင်း၊ တွယ်တာမှု တဏှာနဲ့ အလိုမကျမှု ဒေါမနဿက လွတ်အောင် နှလုံးသွင်းနိုင်ရင် စိတ်ဟာ အစွန်းနှစ်ဖက်က လွတ်မြောက်သွားကြောင်း၊ ဒါကိုပဲ မဇ္စျိမပဋိပဒါကျင့်စဉ်ဟု ခေါ်ကြောင်း၊ မဇ္စျိမကျင့်စဉ်ဆိုတာမဂ္ဂင်လမ်းပင်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ မဂ္ဂင်လမ်းဆိုတာ ချုပ်ငြိမ်းမှု နိရောဓကို ဦးတည်နေကြောင်း… စသဖြင့် တရားရေအေးနဲ့ သောကအပူတွေ တခဏလောက်ပဲ ငြိမ်းစေတော့ဆိုပြီး ဟောပြပေးလိုက်ပါတယ်။

    တရားနာပြီး သူကိုယ်တိုင် ရေစက်ချ, အမျှဝေပါတယ်။ မြတ်စွာဘုရားက နကုလပိတာ ဒကာကြီးကို တရားတိုလေး ဟောလိုက်တုန်းကလဲ ဒကာကြီးဟာ စိတ်တွေ ပေါ့ပါး သွက်လက်ပြီး မျက်နှာတွေ ကြည်လင်တောက်ပ လာပါသတဲ့။ အဲသလိုပါဘဲ။ ဒကာမကြီးလဲ သူလုပ်ချင်တာလေးကိုလဲ လုပ်လိုက်ရပြီ၊ သူတွေ့ချင်တဲ့ သူနဲ့လဲ တွေ့လိုက်ရပြီ။ သူ့အတွက် အားဆေးတစ်ခွက် ဖြစ်စေမဲ့ တရားလေးလဲ နာလိုက်ရပြီ။ အဲဒါကြောင့်ပဲ စိတ်ရဲ့ ဖိစီးမှုတွေကနေ လွတ်မြောက်ကာ, ကိုယ်ရဲ့ နာကျင်မှုတွေလဲ တဒင်္ဂ ချုပ်ငြိမ်းနေပုံ ရပါတယ်။ တရားဟောပြီးတော့ သူ့မျက်နှာဟာ တိမ်စင်လပမာ သိသိသာသာ ကြည်လင်လာတာကို သတိထားလိုက် မိပါတယ်။ တရားဟောပြီးတော့ သူ့ကို အားပေး, နှုတ်ဆက်ခါ ကျောင်းကို ပြန်လာခဲ့ပါတယ်။

    အဲ…. ဒါပေမဲ့၊ အခု နှုတ်ဆက်လိုက်တာဟာ ကျုပ်အတွက် နောက်ဆုံး နှုတ်ဆက်လိုက်ခြင်း ဆိုတာကိုတော့ မသိလိုက်မိဘူးဗျ။ သူ့ကို လာရောက်အားပေးကြတဲ့ ထဲမှာ ကျုပ်ဟာ နောက်ဆုံးလူတစ်ယောက် ဖြစ်နေလိမ့်မယ် ဆိုတာကိုလဲ မစဉ်းစားမိ ဘူးဗျ။ သူတွေ့ချင်တဲ့ သူ….
    သူလုပ်ချင်တဲ့ အလှု….
    သူနာချင်တဲ့ တရား…
    ဒါလေးတွေကို သူကိုယ်တိုင် လုပ်ခွင့်ရလိုက်ပြီ ဆိုတော့ စိတ်လျှော့လိုက်ပုံ ပေါက်ပါတယ်။

    ညနေခင်းဘက်ရောက်တော့ ဒကာကြီး ဒေါက်တာလင်းဆွေအေးဆီက ဖုန်းဆက်လာတယ်… “အရှင်ဘုရား ပြန်ကြွပြီး သိပ်မကြာခင် နေ့လည်ခင်းမှာတော့ ဒကာမကြီး ငြိမ်သက်စွာနဲ့ ဆုံးသွားပါပြီ ဘုရား”လို့ ဖုန်းဆက်လာပါတယ်။

    ဒကာမကြီးအတွက် နောက်ဆုံး နှုတ်ဆက်တရားလေး ကျေးဇူး ဆပ်လိုက်ရလို့ ကျုပ်တော့ အတော်လေး ကျေနပ်မိပါတယ်။ သူလဲ ဒီကုသိုလ်စိတ်ကြောင့်ပဲ ကောင်းမွန်ရာ သုဂတိဘုံမှာ ရှိနေလိမ့်မယ်လို့ ယုံကြည်မိပါသဗျ။ဓမ္မာနန္ဒကျောင်းမှာ အေး+သက်ဖေါင်း‌ဒေးရှင်းကို စတင်တည်ထောင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ဒကာမကြီး ဒေါက်တာ ဒေါ်ခင်ညိုသက်, မြင့်မြတ်တဲ့ဘဝမှာ ဆက်လက်ကာ သာသနာ ပြုနိုင်ပါစေ…

    အရှင်သြသဓ
    မေလ ၄-ရက်၊ ၂၀၂၁-ခုနှစ်။

    Summer Dhamma School

    Condolences from TBSA

    Dear Aye Family,

    On behalf of TBSA, please allow me to offer our condolences to you and your family on the passing of our inspirational woman, founder of Aye-Thet Scholarship Program, Dr. Khin Nyo Thet.

    I was privileged to meet her occasionally and had a great time socializing with her. She was an amazing woman. Not only she was admired by me but many other people. Every time I met her, she offered me positive energy with encouraging words, her willpower with positive energy was way above many of us. Most importantly, she was a wonderful mom who can see the benefit of youth learning Theravada Buddhism is vital to our USA-born kids.

    Thank you! Ma Ma Nyo. Thank you!

    Many words I can add about her endlessly. I will miss her dearly.Please allow us to send you all our condolences, along with the best memories and sharing of our good deeds to her. May she rest in a better stage of being…

    May she be on the path of Nirvana…
    We share all our merit dedicated to her.
    Sadhu…Sadhu…Sadhu….

    With best regards,
    Daniel Bomya (U Thein Swe, President of TBSA)

    Sad News

    Dr. Khin Nyo Thet passed away peacefully, at her home in the San Francisco Bay Area, surrounded by her husband, Dr. Lyn Swe Aye, and her children, Mimi Thabyay Aye and Thor Wynn Aye, on May 3rd, 2021.

    Born in Rangoon, Burma on Sept. 17, 1946 to Dr. Kyaw Thet and Daw Khin Khin Gyi, she is survived by her brother, Dr. Lyn Aung Thet – (Dr Khin Mae Hla) and predeceased by her elder brother, Lyn Maung Thet, and younger sister, Khin Aye Thet.

    She grew up and was educated in Rangoon, with an interlude in the USA while her parents completed their postgraduate studies at Yale. She graduated from the Institute of Medicine II, Rangoon, and immigrated to the USA, where she specialized in Pediatrics.

    She established a private medical practice in San Jose, California where over several decades, she enjoyed nurturing relationships with generations of patients. Fearless, honest, warm and generous, as a teenager she sang in a girl group on the radio, and she loved to light up the dance floor. She took up competitive tennis, and later pickle ball, leading her teams on to victory. She also loved hosting bridge and mahjong groups.

    She helped many people, both professionally and privately. With her husband, she founded the Aye-Thet Scholarship Fund which sponsors an annual summer camp for children, focusing on Buddhism and Meditation at the Dhammananda Theravada Monastery in Half Moon Bay, California.

    Given current size limitations on gatherings, a family-only service will be held at Skylawn Cemetery in San Mateo. A memorial service may be held at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the

    Theravada Buddhist Society of America
    (Aye-Thet Scholarship Fund),
    17450 S. Cabrillo Hwy.
    Half Moon Bay,
    CA 94019

    Tribute by Thor Wynn Aye

    **Khin Nyo Thet passed away peacefully, surrounded by her husband, Lyn Swe Aye and her children Mimi Thabyay Aye and Thor Wynn Aye on May 3rd, 2021 in Foster City, California.**

    We’re coming to the end now. We’ve said our I love you’s and have started saying our goodbyes, or if you like, our farewells and until-next-times.

    But while I have you, let me say thank you for all your love, attention, lessons learned and patience along the way. Thank you for fighting all these long years to stay alive.

    Cancer three times in one life? It just doesn’t seem fair. And well it’s not.

    You’re a good person who has spent her life in the service of others. A caretaker and healer of our youth, as a pediatrician. A dedicated, dutiful daughter who sacrificed to care for her mother, no matter the cost. A leader and the center of our Burmese community, helping recent immigrants find work, help, housing and most importantly a connection to their community. You were the mom on the block that gave all my friends hugs, kisses, meals, rides and love. Everybody loved you. And how could they not? We were so lucky to have you.

    You’re the most important person in my life. I cannot imagine a world, my world without you.

    But in the same breath, I see how much pain and suffering you’ve already endured. I can see your energy draining and see that the things that once brought you happiness, are now belabored and joyless.

    I’ll miss your brutally honest feedback, your big warm hugs, your delicious cooking but more than anything, I’ll miss your Unconditional love. No matter what I did, where we were or how long we’d been apart, I knew you’d be thinking about me and missing me too. You’d always support and love me, with no strings attached. I’ve been so blessed to have you in my life.

    But Mom, if you’re ready to go. I’m ready to let you.

    I’ll miss you every day for the rest of my life. Go in peace and with our love and blessings.

    You’ll always be in my heart. I love you.

    Birthday Celebration for Dr. Lyn Aung Thet

    March 16, 2021
    By Dr. Khin Mae Hla

    Ma Ma Shirley and Ko Robert brought home cooked gourmet dinner to Ko Swe Aye and Ma Nyo’s house for Lyn Aung’s birthday celebration: yummy whole duck roast, French onion soup, ravioli pasta, steamed crab, shrimp scampi, and chocolate cake from the famous Ettores bakery.

    After this most scrumptious lunch we all went to Bayshore park for a stroll and did some bird watching along the shore of the bay. The tide was up so not as many shorebirds were seen like on the previous evening we went by ourselves when there were so many feeding in the flats at low tide.

    My favorite love duet was sung by Ko Swe Aye and Ma Nyo.

    From Dr. Lyn Swe Aye

    Thank you to all our friends for your unfailing support through the hard times, your kind words and condolences. Friday, when we laid our beloved Nyo to rest, was a sunny day. We had a quiet ceremony. In her life, she found joy and gave joy. Now, peace.

    Messages

    Desiree Tin :

    Lynston, You are such a wonderful husband and so Nyo Nyo found joy and give joy. I’m sure she is resting in peace at a higher abode now. Sharing the merits of the good deeds on her behalf.

    Bo Zaw Win :

    Thadu Thadu Thadu

    Yasmin Vanya :

    My thoughts and prayers with you all during this sad time. Her kindness, generosity and beautiful smile will never be forgotten! Please take care Ko Swe Aye.

    Peggy Nut :

    Thank you to you, Mi Mi and Thor for the tireless care, love, etc you all provided through hard times. It was a joy to see Ma Ma Nyo smiling on the family trips. She is an exceptional human being for all that she did in her life. Everyone will remember MMN and miss her. We are glad that Mi Mi and Thor are living in same State to comfort you. Plus all your wonderful friends are in California are reachable.

    Thethar M Thwe :

    My warm thoughts are with you Uncle Swe Aye, MiMi and Thor, as you are passing through this difficult time. Please let me know if there is anything I can do.

    Yin Mar :

    Please take good care of yourself Uncle Aye. It has been a tough week for you. Auntie is an exceptional person and she will be missed by many. May her spirit rest in peace and may she be somewhere in this universe or at a “Kaung Ya Bone Yauk Ba Ze”. My thoughts and good wishes to you and your family.

    Alison Hong Freeman :

    Nyo was a special woman! We loved spending time with her. Sending our love to you, Mimi and Thor.

    Mra Tun :

    May she Rest In Peace.

    Richard Myint :

    Our thoughts and prayers have been with you and your family for the past week or so. Life will go on. Stay strong!

    Winsome Tun :

    She gave so much love and joy to family and friends close to her and she deserve peace in a higher abode. Thiri and I donated to the nunnery as well as to 25 old folks living on my Mingaladon estate, rice, oil, milk packets, cookies for Ma Ma yesterday. We already miss her dearly. I would like you, Thapyae and Thor to know that You can count on us whenever you need anything. Please treat us as part of your family.

    Ye Hla :

    Just as family and friends joyfully welcome home, loved one returns afar, their own good deeds welcome those that have performed them as they go from this life to the next! Dhammapada 220

    She used to follow my post on Dhamma
    Birth and rebirth endless rounds, seeking in vain I hastened on find who framed this edifice Birth incessantly! What a misery
    အနေဂဇာတင်ဂါထာ

    Than Than Hman :

    My heartfelt condolences to Ko Swe Aye, Thor n Thabyay. May God bless you all with peace and comfort.

    Marshall Moran :

    Lyn, so sorry for your loss.

    Sherlie Bwa :

    Please take good care of yourself, Ko Swe Aye. We will get-together. We all love you.

    Lay Khine :

    No words can describe how sorry I am for your loss.
    Pleas Accept my Deepest Sympathy.

    Alvin Oak Soe Kha :

    Ma Ma Nyo will be very sadly missed. May Ma Nyo Rest in Peace. Full respect from me, Ko Swe Aye for being a dutiful, loving and supportive husband to Ma Nyo throughout the years.

    Cynthia Tin :

    Ma Nyo had meaningful life. Have no words how much I’m sad. Also no words to say how much I thank both of you.

    Merrylin Zaw-Mon :

    You are so right. She was a very special person that emanated joy and shared it with everyone. That’s why she was loved by many and will be forever missed. I am so grateful I got to spend precious time with you and her. It was a precious gift she left me with. Thinking of you and hope to see you in the near future.

    Ye Gaung :

    Our deepest condolences and thoughts are with you all for your loss! She was our big sister to our family and will be in our memory forever. May she R.I.P.!

    Yi Yi Myint Rossiter :

    Rest in Peace my dear Ma Nyo. I will miss you forever.

    Connie Wu :

    My condolences to you and your family, she was a warrior and will be missed!!

    Aung-Win Chiong :

    Dear KSA, Mimi and Thor, we’re thinking and praying for you all. Ma Nyo was a positive, wonderful and lovely person. Nice to see that you all are so close and caring towards one another. We shall always remember the great times we had at your home, singing, dancing filled with laughter and great foods. Love Winnie and Lam Peng

    Updates

    HLN
    • Ko Swe Aye and Ma Nyo helped with “Htay Lwin Nyo’s Last Journey”.
    • Ko Swe Aye and Ma Nyo established “Aye Thet Scholarship”. The program grew to 150+ students attending the Summer Dhamma Camp at Dhammanda Vihara, Half Moon Bay. Ko Swe Aye and Thor have given Guest Lectures at the Camp.