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  • Memories — 2

    Memories — 2

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Birthday Celebration for August Born

    • August born : Ko Thein Naing / Patrick, Ko Myint Swe, Ma Mu and I used to celebrate together
    • One of the celebrations took place at a restaurant in Half Moon Bay.
    SF Bay Area

    Dr. F Ba Hli (GBNF)

    • Son of Sayagyi U Ba Hli, first native Dean of Engineering, Rangoon University
    • Sc.D in Electrical Engineering from MIT
    • Director General, UBARI (Union of Burma Applied Research Institute)
    • Advisor, Ministry of National Planning
    • Member, Advisory Board for UCC
    • Passed away in Sydney, Australia
    • Spouse : Daw Myint Thwe / Betty
    • Children : Tin Tin Hlaing (Mrs. Htay Aung), Tha Hlaing and Min Thet Tun / Pho Htoo (GBNF)
    F B H

    Dr. “Tommy” Hla Min (GBNF)

    • SPHS64 : Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon
    • Known as Tommy Aung and Dr. Hla Min
    • OG
    • Completed DAC (Diploma in Automatic Computing)
    • Passed away in Yangon

    Books

    RIT Cartoons

    RIT Cartoons

    Talks by Sayagyi U Ba Khin

    • Renowned Vipassana Teacher of Ledi Tradition
    • Mentor : Saya Thet
    • Mentee : S. N. Goenka
    U Ba Khin

    Paritta Pali and

    Protective Suttas

    • Recited in Pali and English by Sayadaw U Silananda
    Paritta Pali
    Paritta Pali (Back cover)

    Book present from

    Maung Swan Yi

    • Poet
    • Literary Critic
    • Diploma in Library Science
    • Member, Curriculum & Text Book Committee in Burma
    Maung Swan Yi

    Donation of Books to YTU

    Saya Allen’s donation
    Saya Allen’s books

    History of Myanmar Engineering Education

    • Book published in December 2012
    • Team Leader : Saya U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)
    • Ko Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD Supplement for the book
    • Copies of the HMEE Book were donated to Universities’ Central Library, Yangon. Received a certificate for the donation
    HMEE
    Donation certificate

    Books by Pa Auk Sayadaw

    • Some books are in English
    • Some books are in Burmese
    Pa Auk 1
    Pa Auk 2
    Pa Auk 3
    Pa Auk 4
    U Jota 1
    Tin Moe 1
    Tin Moe 2
    U Ba Toke
    Bikkhu Bodhi
    Encyclopedia
    Dr. Rewata
    HMEE CD
    Kyi Thinn
    Kyi Thinn 2
    Tin Aung Lwin

    Uncle U Thein Han & Aunty Flora

    Thein Han
    Aunty Flora

    HM

    Printer
    Vancouver
    Crystal Jade
    With Saya Moe
    SPZP-2007
    UK 1972
    Collage
    Lifelong Learner

    UCC

    • U TAG
    • Soe Myint
    • San Yu Hlaing
    • Swe Swe Than
    • Cindy / Sao Mon Sint
    TAG 1
    TAG 2

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • Memories — 1

    by Hla Min

    Updated : August 2026

    Yu Ket / Edward Saw & Tin Maung Win

    • Ko Tin Maung Win (C86) is President of NorCal RITAA
    • Ko Yu Ket (EC85) is EC of NorCal RITAA. He provided various kinds of assistance to our family over the years.
    • We had a Lunch gathering.
    Ed 1
    Ed 2

    Dana for Grace

    • Grace passed away a year ago in Singapore. She succumbed to Cancer.
    • In her memory, Ko Tint Lwin / Daniel (M69) donated to Shwe Yaung Hnin Si Cancer Foundation.
    DTL

    Ma San San & Ko Myint Swe

    • Ma San San (EC74) and Ko Myint Swe (EP74) are super Chefs.
    • They enjoy Cooking and Entertaining Friends.
    • They hosted several gatherings.
    SS MS 1
    SS MS 2
    SS MS 3
    Gathering at MS & SS

    Ma Ma Ruby (GBNF)

    • She is my cousin.
    • On July 19, 2026, Dr. Win Hlaing / Ruby passed away at the age of 94.
    • She has two sons and a daughter.
    Ma Ruby
    Ma Ruby & Kim

    William Aung

    • Dentist / Specialist
    • Son of Ko Htay Aung / Victor (EC80, UCC) and Tin Tin Hlaing (UCC)
    • Received a Presentation Award
    William

    Uzin U Chan Min

    • Represented Institute of Economics in Chinlon and Rowing
    • Worked for EPC before moving to USA
    • After retirement, he became a monk at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California
    Uzin Chan Min

    Toastmasters

    • I am a DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster).
    • I completed CC, ACB, ACS, ACG, CL, ACL, ACG and activities (e.g Club Coach; Contests at Club, Area & Division; Ambassador)
    • The photo was taken at a Halloween-themed Toastmasters Meeting
    Toastmasters

    PSA Tour

    • I was invited to join the PSA (Professional Speakers Association) Tour to Upper Burma
    • The tour covered six cities
    Professional Speakers Association

    Saw Lin (C71, GBNF)

    • In 2012, I made two trips to Yangon to coordinate with the Organizers of SPZP-2012
    • Ko Saw Lin hosted a Welcome Dinner. Attendees include Ko Ohn Khine (M70), Saya Ko Aung (C70), Ko Khin Maung Myint (ChE71) and Ma Mai Khin Nyunt / Rosie (ChE71)
    Saw Lin

    Texas

    • Ko San Lin / Robert (EC73) and Ma Hla Myint (EC73) hosted us in Dallas, Texas. They showed us around the Dallas area.
    • Dr. Ba Han (SPHS66, Psychiatrist) and Tin Tin Aye / Lillian (T72) hosted the rest of the Trip. He loves driving. He took us to Temple to see our common niece Dr. Khine Zin Oo and Myo.
    • Ma Khine and Maung Myo took us to Austin.
    • Ko Ba Han took us to Houston, San Antonio and a Texas border
    With Dr. Ba Han

    East Coast, USA

    • Ivan invited us to visit him in New Jersey. He hosted a gathering for RIT & UCC alumni. He also organized a whirlwind trip to Canada and East Coast. He provided his car and gas. Fred drove most of the trip and also took photos.
    • Massachusetts : Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69)
    • Connecticut : Ko Toung (EC69)
    • New Jersey & New York : Ivan Lee (M69)
    • Philadelphia & Maryland : Fred Thetgyi (M69)
    Fred, Ivan
    Ivan, TAG

    Steeve Kay (EC70, GBNF)

    • He is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
    • He hosted several gatherings in Southern California.
    • The photo was taken at the party to celebrate 40th Anniversary of Steeve’s arrival in the USA.
    Steeve’s party

    RIT 69ers

    • 1999 : 30th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2009 : 40th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2014 : Golden Jubilee of Admission to RIT
    • 2019 : Golden Jubilee of Graduation
    30th Anniversary
    • 69ers had Monthly Breakfast Gathering (usually at Royal Rose Restaurant). There are hosts to celebrate Birthdays and Anniversaries
    With U Maung Maung Win

    Singapore

    • Danny (M69) and Emma (ChE70) hosted Htein Win / Chauk Pay (M70), who was visiting from Canada
    Emma, Danny, Chauk Pay

    NorCal RITAA

    NorCal RITAA

    Interview

    • by Mandalay Gazette
    Interview

    Oldies

    EP EC 85 Reunion in Bangkok

    Bangkok

    Saya U Tin Htut

    With U Tin Htut

    SF Bay Area Literary Talk

    With Alice

    SPZP-2000

    • Organizers
    • Embassy Suites Hotel near SFO International airport
    • October 2000
    SPZP-2000

    Dana Sri Lanka co-founder

    Emma Myint
    U San Tun
    With Benny
    2015 LA Reunion
    iNapa Winery
    Note book
    SF Bay Area Alumni Advisory
    Embassy Suites 2000
    Welcome U Soe Paing

    Books

    Kyi Thin
    Kyi Thin 2
    HMEE CD
    Process of Consciousness and Matter

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/:28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • TOKM

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Book published for his 70th birthday

    Memories

    Book Presents

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60) receives books from his former students and from his god-children.

    He received a book from Professor Dr. Nyunt Thein.

    Dr. Nyunt Thein proposed to have some (if not all) of the examinations for MRCP to be held in Burma.

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote :

    Due to Nyunt Thein’s efforts, all parts of the exam are being conducted in Rangoon and Mandalay.

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote :

    I am so fortunate that books written by my former students are either given to me by the authors or bought for me by my niece Hnin Wit Yee or Min Thet Aung.

    I got a signed copy of “The Female Voice of Myanmar” by Nilanjana Sengupta, translated into Burmese, by Myae Hmone Lwin. It was given to me by Ma Thida.

    The book consist of articles about and by four eminent lady Burmese writers and activists: Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Daw Aung San Su Kyi and my “daughter writer” Ma Thida (San Gyaung).

    Please do not say that I am biased towards my daughter but I read the articles on Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit and Daw Sung Dan Su Kyi once only but read and reread the articles by and on Ma Thida about three times or more.

    Coming from a family whose members were at different times and at different lengths of incarceration by the military government, each article about Ma Thida in prison brought back sad memories of my own family. I had to pause even in the middle of each article as such memories flooded my mind.

    From a very young age Ma Thida stand out among her contemporaries . A multifaceted person with deep attitudes and understanding of right and wrong, justice and injustice, tears welled up in my eyes reading what she went through in prison, and had to stop reading after going through some incidents described by her in the book.

    I am happy and very proud that she can be what she is now, an activist, feminist, author and running PEN Myanmar and many more.

    This book must be read in Burmese as in any other language, much would be lost in translation.

  • Hack

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Hla Min

    In the early days of Computing, a Hack is defined to be a “useful and/or beautiful piece of code.”

    Hacker

    • Some students, who worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computing Laboratories, preferred working on code rather than attending courses.
    • They feel proud of their Hacks and are addressed as Hackers.
    • Over time, Unethical Hackers emerged.
    • Ethical Hackers also rose to defend against the Unethical Hackers.
    • Most people do no know or care about the difference between Ethical and Unethical Hackers.

    Ethical Hackers

    • They try to break the security of computer systems and applications.
    • They propose solutions to defend the possible attacks of Unethical Hackers.
    • They are known as White Hats.

    Unethical Hackers

    • They inflict damage to hardware, software and data systems.
    • They may steal and sell sensitive information.
    • One study says that it is safer and lucrative to be a Criminal Hacker (also referred to as Cracker) than selling drugs (which can lead to imprisonment and death in some countries).
    • The underground business for malware (viruses, Trojan horses, …) is valued at multi-billion dollars.


  • 1939 – 1958

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Second World War

    • The Second World War started in 1939 in Europe and spread to Asia.
    • The University of Rangoon suspended classes for three years : 1943 – 1945.
    • Per Sayagyi U Ba Toke, there were some make-shift classes at the ad-hoc University in Mogul (Shwe Bon Tha) Street. He taught Mathematics there.

    1946

    • Rangoon University was reopened in 1946.
    • Saya U Tin U (C), Saya U Sein Hlaing (Professor, EE), Dr. Pe Nyun (Pediatric Surgeon) and Dr. Pe Thein (Professor, Minister) attended Rangoon University in 1946.
    Panglong Conference

    1947

    • Pinlon Sar Choke (Panglong Agreement) was signed on February 12, 1947.
      Some ethnic races did not attend the Pinlon Conference.
    • Nine Arzanis — Bogyoke Aung San, Thakin Mya, Deedok U Ba Cho, Mahn Ba Khaing, Sao San Htun (Mong Pawn Sawbwa), U Ba Win, U Razak, ICS U Ohn Maung and Yebaw Ko Htwe — were mercilessly gunned down at the Secretariat on July 19, 1947.
      All except Sao San Htun (who was hospitalized with fatal wounds and died on July 20, 1947) perished that day.
      Three ministers including Bagan U Ba Gyan escaped.

    1948 and 1949

    • Burma gain Independence on January 4, 1948 at 4:20 AM. Sao Shwe Thike / Thaik became the first President of the Union of Burma. U Nu became the first Prime Minister.
    • Two factions — White Flag led by Thakin Than Tun and Red Flag led by Thakin Soe — of the Burma Communist Party (BCP) went underground. There was several groups in the armed rebellion.
    • For a short period of time, the Burmese government was called “Yangon Ah So Ya“.
    • Thanks in part to the arms sent by neighboring India, and the volunteer RU students, the planned conquest of Rangoon was derailed. The tide was turned, and Burma was back on the road to normalcy,
    • The Union of Burma had a bi-caramel parliament.

    1950s

    • Dr. Ba U served as the second President.
      In his book “My Burma”, he considers himself as the first President elected in accordance with the Constitution of the Union of Burma. The general public considers him as the Second President (who succeeded Sao Swe Thike).
    • Many States Scholars were sent to the prestigious universities in the USA and UK to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies.
      In 1954, there were 400 Burmese State Scholars (many from the “Twinning Program” proposed by Sayagyi U Ba Hli).
      Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun and U Maung Maung Than were the early recipients of the “Twinning Program” to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at prestigious universities (e.g. MIT, Cornell).
      Upon their return, they supplemented and later replaced the foreign sayas.
      Some worked for government departments and the Industry.
    • The split in the AFPFL (Anti-Facist People’s Freedom League) party into Clean AFPFL [Thant Shin] and Stable AFPFL [Ti Mye] caused the handover to the “Ein Saunt Ah Soe Ya” (Caretaker Government) in 1958. Some (e.g. U Nu) consider the event as the first Coup d’etat.
  • Final Year Engg Students 1948 & 1949

    Final Year Engg Students 1948 & 1949

    by Hla Min

    Updated : October 2026

    48 – 49 Engg

    Reunion of Final Year Engineering Students 1948 & 1949

    Date : January 13th, 1980
    Place : Inya Lake Hotel
    Photo : provided by Mrs. Gyim Kho and U Myo Myint (EC67, RUBC Gold, Nephew of U Gyim Kho).

    First Row :

    • U Than Myint
    • U Maung Maung Myint
    • U Aye Kha
    • U Boon Pin
      Deputy Chief Engineer, Burma Railways
      Son : U San Lin / Robert (EC73)
      Passed away a few years back in Taiwan
    • U Min Han
      Son : U Nyein Min / Johnny (C79)

    Second Row :

    • U Soe Aung
      Chief Engineer, PWD
      Children : Daw Thynn Thynn Khaing / Janet (EP70) and U Nyunt Aung (C73)
    • U Khai Waing
    • U Po Han
      Deputy Minister of Construction
    • U Kyaw Tun
      Saya of our Sayas (including Professor U Sein Hlaing)
      Taught at BOC College of Engineering
      Retired Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, RIT
      Children : Dr. Daw Tin Nu (Elizabeth, English), Dorothy (ex-RIT)
      Passed away in Burma after visiting Dorothy and family in Australia
    • U Saw Taik Kyi
    • U Gyim Kho
      Spouse gave a copy of the photo for use by HMEE-2012
      Nephew : U Myo Myint (EC67, RUBC Gold)
    • U Mya Than
    • U Tin Oo

    Third Row :

    • U Kyi
    • U Aung Kyi
      Retired from GE.
      Worked as a Private Contractor
    • U Kyaw Myint
    • U Tha Nyunt
    • U U Gyaw
    • U Khin Maung
    • U Lal Bik

    Comments

    • U Aye (M62) provided information about U Saw Taik Kyi and U Aung Kyi
    • Ye Win wrote :
      ကျေးဇူးပါ. ဦးမြသန်းကကျွန်တော့ယောက္ခမပါ. ၂၀၀၅ အောက်တိုဘာလ အသက်၈၆နှစ်မှာအေးချမ်းစွာကွယ်လွန်သွားပါတယ်. ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးမှာလုပ်ကြသော အင်ဂျင်နီယာအတော်များများကိုသိပါသည်. ဦးကြင်ခို ဦးသာညွန့် ဦးစိုးအောင် ဦးဘိုးဟန်.. စသည်တို့ပါ. ကျွန်တော့အကို ဦးခင်က ဆရာဦးစိန်လှိုင်တို့နဲ့တနှစ်ထဲပီးကြပြီး ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးမှာ အင်ဂျင်နီညွှန်ကြားရေးမှုးအဖြစ်နဲ့ပင်စင်စားပြီး အသက်၈၅ နှစ်၂၀၁၂ (မသေချာပါ) လောက်မှာဆုံးပါတယ်.

  • November 2021

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Daw San San Swe

    • Showed her culinary skills as a Surprise Thanksgiving Present.
    • Prepared Ah Htutt Ta Ya Palata, Chicken Curry and Bean Soup.
    San San (2nd from Right)

    Losses

    • Within six weeks, Daw Thuza Aung suffered two losses : her beloved spouse U Tun Aung (Jeffery, EC68) and her elder brother U San Aung (New York).
    Jeffrey

    Grand parents

    • U Thein Naing (Patrick) and Daw Khin Myo Aung (Mi Mi) recently became proud Grandparents.
    Patrick (2nd from Left)
    • U Aung Myaing (ChE72) and Daw Gyn Yu (ChE72) is planning to welcome their fourth Grandchild.
    U Aung Myaing

    Donation

    • In memory of David Ko (U Tin Myint, M67), Mavis Ko donated $2000 to NorCal RITAA.

    Garawa

    • The Class of C84 paid respect to sayas (U Min Wun, Dr. San Hla Aung …) online.

    Posts

    • Good News သာရေး
    • News သတင်း
    • Newsletter သတင်းစဉ်
    • Sad News နာရေး

  • Mohinga

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Staple Food

    Rice is the staple food of Burma. What about Mohinga မုန့်ဟင်းခါး ?

    Most people eat Mohinga for breakfast. A few can eat Mohinga any time of the day — breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    Breakfast in Windsor

    In 2015, Ivan Lee (M69, New Jersey), Fred Thetgyi (M69, Philadelphia), my spouse and I (from California) visited Windsor, Canada to pay respect to Sayagyi U Aung Khin (Former Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at the Rangoon Institute of Technology.

    Sayagyi’s Mohinga

    Sayagyi allowed my spouse and I to sleep at his guest room. He got up early to prepare Mohinga and Ah Kyaw အကျော် (Fries) for breakfast for the four of us. He also gave us mementos from Windsor.

    Cost of Mohinga

    During our younger days, plain Mohinga used to cost 15 pyas. With Ah Kyaw, we would pay 25 pyas.

    Special recipe

    Most vendors cannot match the taste of the Buthee Kyaw ဗူးသီးကျော် using a formula by a cousin aunt to accompany the Mohinga cooked by my beloved father and his assistants.

    The best part is that we do not have to pay for the sumptuous “all you can eat” meal.

    Variety

    There are a variety of ways to prepare and cook Mohinga.

    Some variables are

    • choice of fish ငါး အမျိုးအစား : Hinthada ဟင်္သာတ uses up to three kinds of fish. Some places use minimal fish. A few — notably Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74, GBNF) — tried to have a layman’s Mohinga using canned fish.
    • choice of “San Hmont” ဆန်မှုန့် or “Pei Hmont” ပဲမှုန့်
    • use of “Ngan Pya Yay” ငံပြာရည် and condiments
    • some add ကြက်သွန်ဥ & ငှက်ပျောဖတ်နုနု
    • mode of cooking for a small group or a large group of people
    • how to keep it fresh (without getting spoiled due to inclement weather).

    Mohinga Story

    There’s a story that is near and dear to me.

    My spouse’s maternal grandma အဖွား was oblivious to the political, social & economic changes. Every morning, she would call a grand child. She would open her little purse inside a big purse, and then unwrap two or three layers of paper to get her money. She would dole out ten pyas ဆယ်ပြား to buy Mohinga for her.

    One day she could not finish a spoonful of Mohinga. Her breath slowly faded with her head resting on my lap. There was no sigh. She passed away gently.

    My spouse belongs to the elite company of Mohinga lovers. She enjoys Mohinga for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    Mohinga Lover

    I have a fear စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်စိတ် for the day when she might refuse to have Mohinga & follow her grandma.

  • Sad Story related to Mohinga

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Daw Khin Khin Kyu ခင်ခင်ကြူ (Ann, A67) related the sad story of her younger brother.

    He had two invitations.

    One was to attend his niece’s wedding in Australia. His older brother U Thein Han ဦးသိန်းဟန် played Basketball for Burma မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင် and taught Mathematics at RIT ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်သင်္ချာဆရာ

    Another one was to join a group to visit Burma.

    Since he had not been back to Burma for a very long time, he decided to join the group.

    They stayed at a hotel on Pyay / Prome Road ပြည်လမ်း

    In the late evening, he had an urge to look for a Mohinga မုန့်ဟင်းခါး shop. The group leader told him that they would have Mohinga the next morning.

    He left the hotel. After a couple of hours, someone informed that there had been an accident on Pyay Road, and that Ann’s brother had passed away unexpectedly.

  • Kyaw Nyein

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Kyaw Nyein (UCC)

    Kyaw Nyein (Sitting 2nd from Right)
    • He taught Numerical Analysis and Numerical Methods.
    • He passed away on February 28, 2011.
    • In his youth, he was active playing soccer and volleyball.
    • His friendly smile will be missed by all.
    • Aging and declining health had a toll on U Kyaw Nyein and his spouse. He had diabetes for a long time without control/treatment. His kidney began to fail around October, 2010. Doctors recommended preparation for dialysis, which is minor operation on his vein/arteries on his hand, but he wanted to try alternative medicine (e.g. Chinese medicine).
    • UCC alumni set up a health care fund to help him, but he was either too “Arr Nar De” or too frail to do dialysis.
    • He lost memory and could not recognize his colleagues. His wife had limited mobility on her left hand. People in Yangon wanted her to go for therapy but it was not easy for them to visit therapists on their own.

    U Kyaw Nyein (AFPFL)

    U Kyaw Nyein (AFPFL)
    • He was a Minister (of Home Affairs) in the AFPFL government.
    • He was a leader of the Swe-Nyein Faction (aka Ti Mye တည်မြဲဖဆပလ)

    U Kyaw Nyein (BSPP)

    • He was Minister (of Education) and in the BSPP government.

    U Kyaw Nyein (USIS)

    • He invited us to use the USIS library.
    • He is the third son of Myoma Sayagyi U Ba Lwin.

    U Kyaw Nyein (Franklin)

    • He is the younger brother of U Wah Kyu (Maurice Chee’s father) and Saya U Win Kyaing.
    • He worked for STB and FAO.
    • He perished in a plane crash.