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  • Till We Meet Again

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Poem

    Poem
    • My poem “Till we meet again” was published in the Forward Magazine on December 15, 1969. The Chief Editor was Maung Thaw Ka (Bohmu Ba Thaw).
    • I received fifteen kyats for my poem.

    SEAP Games

    • The First SEAP (South East Asia Peninsula) Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1959.
    • Burma hosted the Second SEAP Games in December 1961, and the Fifth SEAP Games in December 1969.
    • Myint Aung won six Gold medals in Gymnastics. Jimmy Crampton won Gold in 800 m and 1500 m. Shimbwegan succeeded Mee Tung Naw as the Marathon Champion.

    Tekkatho Moe War wrote : Well, Maung Hla Min, this is indeed one of the unexpected from your expected works. Congrats!

  • Songs

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Kabar Ma Kye (National Anthem)

    • Ko Than Hlaing wrote articles about National Anthems.
    • “Kabar Ma Kye” was composed by YMB based on the work by Thakin Ba Thaung.
    • The song blends the Burmese and Western styles.
    • The Chorus is usually played at public events.
    • The Prelude describes the Founding Principles (e.g Justice, Peace, Equality).

    “Our Heritage
    So, let’s defend
    This Golden Land
    Till the End of the Time / World”

    Kabar Ma Kye Bu

    • Literal meaning — We will not forgive and forget till the end of time
    • Composed by Naing Myanmar
    • Tune is based on “Dust in the wind”
    • Became a hit with the Pro-Democracy Movement in 1988.
    • Was played frequently in the Nway Oo Taw Hlan Yay.
    • YUFL students have translated into English and Chinese.

  • RU Sports Council

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Dr. Ko Ko Lay & U Yu Khin

    • Dr. Ko Ko Lay : Chair, University Sports Council
    • Dean U Yu Khin : Chair, Sports Promotion Committee
    Dr. Ko Ko Lay, U Yu Khin

    Dr. Hla Thwin

    Dr. Hla Thwin 1
    Dr. Hla Thwin 2

    U Ba Toke

    U Ba Toke

    Saw William Paw

    Saw William Paw

    Dr. Maung Shein

    Dr. Maung Shein

    Saya Nyein

    Saya Nyein

  • Four

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Numeral

    • Hindu-Arablic numeral : 4
    • Roman numeral : IV
    • လေး (Four in Burmese)
    • စတုတ္ထ (Fourth in Burmese)

    Recent Buddhas မြတ်စွာဘုရား

    • Kakusandha ကကုသန်
    • Konagamana ဂေါဏဂုံ
    • Kassapa ကဿပ
    • Gautama ဂေါတမ

    Sacca / Noble Truth သစ္စာ

    • Dukkha ဒုက္ခ
      Unsatisfactoriness / Misery / Suffering
    • Samudiya သမုဒယ
      Cause of suffering
    • Nirodha နိရောဓ
      Cessation of suffering
    • Magga မဂ္ဂ
      The Path / The Middle Way

    Foundation of Mindfulness သတိပဌာန်

    • Contemplation of the kaya / body ကာယာနုပဿနာ
    • Contemplation of the vedana / feeling ဝေဒနာနုပဿနာ
    • Contemplation of the citta / mind စိတ္တာနုပဿနာ
    • Contemplation of the dhamma ဓမ္မာနုပဿနာ/ general objects — not covered by the above three

    Brahma Vihara Practice

    ဗြဟ္မာစိုရ်တရား

    • Metta မေတ္တာ
      Loving kindness / Unbounded love
    • Karuna ကရုဏာ
      Compassion
    • Mudita မုဒိတာ
      Sympathetic joy / Altruistic joy
    • Uppekkha ဥပေက္ခာ
      Equanimity

    Guardian deities

    လောကပါလ

    • Dhatarattha (East) ဓတ္တရဌ
    • Virulhaka (South) ဝိရူဠက
    • Virupkkha (West) ဝိရူပက္ခ
    • Kuvera (North) ကုဝေရ

    Mahabhuta

    မဟာဘုတ်

    • Patthavi ပထဝီ
      Earth element
    • Tejo တေဇော
      Fire element
    • Apo အာပေါ
      Water or liquid element
    • Vayo ဝါယော
      Air or wind element

    Undergraduate Classes

    ဘွဲ့ကြို

    • Freshman
    • Sophomore
    • Junior
    • Senior

    Baseball

    • First base
    • Second base
    • Third base
    • Home plate

    Miscellaneous

    အထွေထွေ

    • Four sided figures စတုဂံ
      Rectangle, Square, Parallelogram, Parallepiped, Rhombus
    • Games အားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲ
      Four quarters (e.g. Football, Basketball)
    • Rowing လှေလှော်
      Coxless fours, Coxed fours, Quadruple sculls
    Coxed Fours
    • April ဧပြီလ 4th month of the Gregorian Calendar

    Posts

    • Computation
    • Digital
    • Number Systems
    • Numerals

  • RIT Table Tennis

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Inter-Institute Champions

    Team Coach

    Saya Mao
    Saya Mao & family

    Saya Mao Toon Siong (M62)

    • Represented Burma in International Competitions
      (SEAP, Asian Games and World Championship)
    • Retired Burma National Coach

    Players

    U Win Myint & Stan Liou
    • U Maung Maung – C67
      (aka Chin Kaung Hook – extremely good in Chess)
    • U Win Myint – E67 (aka Hin Lok Kung)
      Retired engineer, San Francisco Bay Area
    • Stan Liou – M67
      Former Chair, Board of Directors, NorCal RITAA
    • U Myat Lwin – Ch67 (GBNF)

  • Center for Burma Studies

    by Hla Min & Dr. Yan Naing Lwin

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Northern Illinois University at “De Kalb”

    July 29 & 30, 1987

    • တရားဝင် ဖွင့်လှစ် Formal Opening Ceremony
    • ဦးနု U Nu gave the Keynote Address

    Jan 19, 1987

    • စုပေါင်းဓာတ်ပုံ Group Photo
    • ဦးနု နွေရာသီ သင်တန်း ပို့ချ U Nu taught Summer course in “Buddhism”
    • ဆရာ Dr သန်းထွန်း (သမိုင်း) Dr. Than Tun (History Professor) — Visiting Scholar in Residence
    • ဆရာ Dr ရန်နိုင်လွင် (ရူပဗေဒ) Dr. Yan Naing Lwin — Doctorate from UIUC ပါရဂူ၊ Physics Professor at WIU ပါမောက္ခ၊ Center of Burma Studies Organizer
    • ဆရာ ဦးကျော်လှိုင် U Kyaw Hlaing — မြန်မာစာ ကထိက Lecturer in Burmese
    • Dr စင်သီယာ ထိုက် Dr. Cynthia Htaik

    Credit: ဆရာ Dr ရန်နိုင်လွင်

  • Three Refuges

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

    I take Refuge in the Dhamma — the Teachings of the Buddha.

    I take Refuge in the Sangha — the Monastic Order of the Sangha.

    For the Second time, I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

    …

    For the Third time, I take Refuge in the Buddha — the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.

    …

  • Group Photos

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    RU Athletes at 2nd SEAP

    2nd SEAP Games in 1961

    RU Soccer

    RU Soccer

    1971 RIT Mech Engg

    M71

    1969 RIT Civil Engg

    C69

    RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shin

    Ah Nu Pyinnya Shin

    MRA Brothers

    • Tun Mra : Gold Medal for 4 x 100m relay at 1961 SEAP Games
    • Kyaw Mra : Hurdler; National Coach
    • Soe Mra : Gold Medalist for Pole Vault at multiple SEAP Games
    • Win Mra : Pole Vault; Early retirement at doctor’s advice
    • Maung Maung Mra : Pole Vault
    • Aung Mra : Pole Vault
    Mra Brothers

    Htee Yein ထီးယိမ်း

    • 1970 Rangoon University Golden Jubilee
    • Performers from Rangoon Institute of Technology
    • With colorful umbrellas
    Htee 1
    Htee 2
    Htee 3

    Award in memory of U Ba Toke

    • Saya U Ba Toke was Professor of Mathematics at RASU and RIT
    • He was Associate Dean at Assumption University in Bangkok
    Daughters of Saya U Ba Toke; Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khone

    Dr. Myo Tint’s Family

    Dr. Myo Tint’s Family
    Khine Tun Lin & Pyone

    Singapore

    U Ngwe Soe & Daw Nu Nu Yee
    Relatives 1
    Relatives 2
    Relatives 3
    Chan Myay 1
    Chan Myay 2

    Eddie Shein’s Daughter

    Eddie Shein’s Daughter
    Attendees 1
    Attendees 2

    Ah Hlu in UK

    Win Mar & Family

    Ah Hlu in Yangon

    Ah Hlu 1
    Ah Hlu 2
    Ah Hlu 3
    Ah Hlu 4
    Ah Hlu 5
    Ah Hlu 6

    SF Bay Area Retirees

    • Saya U San Tun / Sain Fone Wong (M59)
    • Saya U Maung Maung / George Chan (ChE66
    SF 1
    SF 2

    New Jersey

    NJ

    Lyn Swe Aye

    Hosted by Lyn

    Win Latt

    Win Latt 1
    Win Latt 2

    RIT

    With U & Mrs. Sein Myint
    Meeting 1
    Meeting 2
    SPZP
    69er
    Intake of 1966
    Intake of 64 and 65

    Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay

    With Sayadaw U Osadha & Dr. Lyn Swe Aye
    With Uzin Chan Min & Dr. Lyn Swe Aye

    RIT Elec Engg

    EC / EP 68

    Singapore

    Reception for Andrew Khoo

    Reading, UK

    Win Mar’s Birthday

    SPHS63

    Kyaw Win’s Birthday
    Victor Nyunt Wai

    Paulian Mountaineers

    Sydney Kyant & Aung Thwin are GBNF

    Old Paulians’ Association

    OPA

    RIT69ers

    69er A
    69er B

  • Bertram Si Oo

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    Brief Biography

    • Attended De La Salle Twante and moved to St. Paul’s High School.
    • (Early days) PT Instructor, Soccer Coach
    • After raising some children, he and his spouse went back to University to get postgraduate Diploma in Education
    • (Later days) Taught Middle School & High School
    • He was pre-deceased by two children.
    • His spouse Rosie Samuel taught at St. John’s Convent & St. Joseph. She will turn 97.

    Archives of Saya Bertram

    Cr: Ronald Si Oo

    BSO 15
    BSO 17
    BSO 18
    BSO 19
    BSO 20
    BSO 1
    BSO 2
    BSO 3
    BSO 4
    BSO 5
    BSO 6
    BSO 7
    BSO 8
    BSO 9
    BSO 10
    BSO 11
    BSO 12
    BSO 13
    BSO 14
    BSO 16

  • U Ba Toke (1920 – 2020)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Apr 2026

    U Ba Toke
    • Phwa Bet Taw of Rangoon University & the First RU Students’ Strike in December 1920
    • Passed away on December 2nd, 2020 the day following the RU Centennial, but a few days before his Centennial Birthday on December 26th.
    Obituary

    Education & Experience

    • Graduate of Mandalay University, Rangoon University and Harvard University
    • Professor of Maths, RASU
    • Rector, MASU
    • Professor of Maths, RIT
    • Associate Dean, Assumption University, Bangkok
    • RU Sports Council
    • Leader, Burma Team to Tokyo Olympics
    Family 1
    Family 2
    Convocation
    Invitation

    Birthday Celebrations

    • Saya celebrated his birthdays with his children, grand children and great grand children
    U Ba Toke (Birthday)
    • Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char) interviewed Sayagyis. Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khine transcribed the tapes. The book was published by RU Thin Char Mi Thar Su as a birthday present for Sayagyi.
    U Ba Toke (Book)
    Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char)
    Daw Myint Myint Khine

    U Ba Than’s visits

    • U Ba Than, retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering, paid respect to his mentor Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.
    • The group photo was taken on one visit. Sayagyi’s daughter Pansy Thin (ChE74) provided transportation for Saya U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me.
    U Ba Toke & U Ba Than

    Saya Pu Zaw Pwes

    • Sayagyi attended RIT Alumni Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwes starting with the inaugural SPZP in San Francisco, California, USA in October 2000.
    • Sayagyi missed a SPZP in Singapore due to Sayagadaw’s failing health.
    U Ba Toke (SPZP)

    Message from Pansy Thin

    Pansy Thin wrote :

    ကျမတို့ရဲ့ဖခင် သင်္ချာပါမောက္ခ ဦးဘတုတ် ဒီနေ့ ၂-၁၂-၂၀၂၀ ညနေ ၅:၄၃နာရီက လူကြီးရောဂါဖြင့်ကွယ်လွန်သွားပါတယ်။ ဖေဖေရှိစဥ်က ဖေဖေကို ဂရုတစိုက် နဲ့ ဂါရဝပြု စောင့်ရှောက်သူများအားလုံးကို ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။

    Memories of Sayagyi

    Betty Myo (Sayagyi’s eldest child) wrote :

    ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်ကြီးကိုချစ်သောကျမတို့ဖေဖေသည်တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်ပွဲကြီးကိုကြိုဆိုပြီးနောက်နေ့မှာဘဲကွယ်လွန်သွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ဝမ်းနည်းစရာကောင်းတာကသူချစ်တဲ့သခ်ျာမိသားစုရဲ့မျှော်လင့်ချက်ဆန္ဒကိုတော့ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးမသွားနိုင်ခဲ့ရှာပါဘူး။ ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထားပြီးဖေဖေ့မွေးနေ့မှာကျင်းပမဲ့ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲကိုမပါဝင်နိုင်တော့ပါဘူး။

    ဒီပွဲကိုစိတ်အားထက်သန်စွာစီစဥ်ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့သခ်ျာဌာနဆရာ၊ဆရာမများ၊မျိုးဆက်ဟောင်း၊မျိုဆက်သစ်သခ်ျာကျောင်းသားများရဲ့မေတ္တာစေတနာကိုဖေဖေ့ကိုယ်စားလှိုက်လှဲစွာ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါကြောင်းပြောကြားလိုပါတယ်။

    သခ်ျာမိသားစုအပြင်အခြားဘာသာရပ်အသီသီး၊နယ်ပယ်အသီးသီးမှမေတ္တာတရား၊ဂါရဝတရားတို့ဖြင့်‌‌ေဖ‌ေဖ့ ပိုစ် တက်လာတိုင်းဆုတောင်းမေတ္တာများပို့ပေးကြသူအားလုံးကိုလည်းအထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်။ဖေဖေ့ကိုလာကန်တော့ချင်ပေမဲ့အခွင့်အရေးမရသွားတဲ့တက္ကသိုလ်ဘောလုံးအသင်း၊ အင်ဂျင်နီယာအသင်းစသည်တို့ကိုလဲဝမ်းနည်းစွာကျေးဇူးတင်ကြောင်းပြောချင်ပါတယ်။

    ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထား၊ဂရုစိုက်ခဲ့တဲ့ဆွေမျိုး၊မိတ်သဂ်ဟအားလုံးကိုလဲ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်ရှင်။

    အားလုံးကျန်းမာ၊ချမ်းသာဘေးရောဂါကင်းကြပါစေ။