Tag: GBNF

  • Tin Hla (EP69)

    Tin Hla (EP69)

    by Hla Min & Aung Min

    Updated : Oct 2025

    • Passed away on January 10, 2012
    • GBNF # 59
    EE Group in 2009

    Sad News

    • Ko Tin Hla (EP 69) passed away on 10th January 2012 of cancer, which has spread over most of his organs, originally started on his lungs. He was suffering from cancer and was operated four months ago.
    • His funeral will be on the 12th January 2012 at Yae Wai (13.00 hr).
    • He is the No. 59 on GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) list.
    • Ko Shwe, Myint Maung. Win Maung, Aung Gyi Shwe, Myint Thein Kabar, and I went and met his family yesterday.
    • May I remind you to take care of your health.

    With Metta and best regards.
    Aung Min (M 69)

    From Ivan Lee (M69)

    It is sad news. I was very close with him at the RIT second and third years. I named him Tommy, resident from Myoung-Mya. I met him at the Bassein college first year. He had a younger brother. When his father passed away in Rangoon, I remembered he and I seated together at the front, next to the driver of the funeral car at Rangoon Chinatown. At my RIT 69er welcome party in Yangon in Nov. 2006, that was the last time I saw him.

    I am sending my deepest condolence to his family, and wish him be merry whatever he is going to be.

    Again, it is an universal rule, we can keep going to lose one after another, will never ever to add any single one more into our network, regardless what, we must regard [and help] one another. And take care of our health, not others assistance, but ourselves desirability.

    God bless all of our beloved classmates , alumni, respectful Sayas.

    Best regards
    Ivan Lee
    USA

    From U Aung Kyaw Pe (EP69)

    Dear all,

    Very sad to hear the demise of him.

    Aung K P

    From U Sein Myint (EP69)

    Dear All,

    Very sad to hear from Aung Min regarding Ko Tin Hla from Myoung-Mya.

    He is very near to Myint Mg (Bu Gyi). We were very near when doing this and that. Kristian Lal also together with him.

    Sein Myint (K K Wong)

    From U Thein Swe (EP69)

    Dear Ko A Min and all,

    Well done! Thanks for your annual and, occasional reports [about the ’69er Health Care Fund]. Once a friend is forever the friend. The older we become the more we should recognize our classmates no matter whether alive or deceased, in high or low profile. Please extend my words of thanks to Ko Shwe, Moe Hein, Myo Nyunt, Myint Sein, Kyaw Zin, Myint Thein, etc for their activities regardless of old age.

    There are some outstanding classmates of the year 2011 viz: Ivan Lee @ Khin Maung Oo (USA, Kyaukme, M), unnamed classmate from USA,. Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Tx, Germany).

    With metta
    Thein Swe

    From U Sein Tin (M69)

    Dear Ko Aung Min and the rest,

    Thank you for your annual report of Health Care Fund and activities. You are right. We are at the sun set time. We need both physical and mental support to each other.

    You have done well. I support you.

    With regards,
    Sein Tin [Omega]

    Updates

    • At one time, the Class of 69 had median age of 69 and the GBNF list was 69.
    • At present the Class of 69 has a median age of 78 / 79 and the GBNF list is 138.
    • Note that several people in the post — Aung Gyi Shwe, “Kabar” Myint Thein and Thein Swe — are now GBNF.
    • Ma Tin Tin (Anne, EC69) donated $300 to the 69er Health Care Fund. Per her request, she was listed as a “classmate in the US”. She is the lone female EE graduate in 1969. She migrated to the US. She earlier told the 69ers of her volunteer work for immigrants and/or seniors. She attended the Golden Jubilee Celebration in 2019 and donated $1000.
  • Farewell to Mom

    Farewell to Mom

    By Thor Aye

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Dr. Khin Nyo Thet (GBNF) and Family
    Ma Nyo and Thor

    By Thor Win Aye

    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.

    Notes

    • Ma Nyo (Dr. Khin Nyo Thet)
    • Sept. 17, 1946 – May 3, 2021
    • Matriculated from Methodist English High School (MEHS) in 1963
    • MBBS from Institute of Medicine (2) in 1970
    • MD, Pediatrician
    • Hobbies
      Tennis, Pickle Ball, Music, Dancing, Bridge, Mah Jong
    • Parents
      Professor Dr. Kyaw Thet and Sayama Daw Khin Khin Gyi (Pioneer History Teachers)
    • Siblings
      U Lyn Maung Thet (GBNF), Dr. Lyn Aung Thet (Athlete Scholar), Daw Khin Aye Thet (GBNF)
    • Spouse
      Dr. “Lyn” Swe Aye (Lynston Than Maung)
      Author, Translator, Editor, Musician, Athlete
    • Co-founder of “Aye Thet Scholarship” with spouse
      Awarded at TBSASummer Dhamma School” at Dhammananda Vihara
    • Children
      Mimi Thabye Aye, Thor Win Aye
    • Thor Win Aye was an early recipient of the Scholarship / Award. He wrote an article for the Dhammananda Newsletter.
      He also gave Guest Lectures at the TBSA Summer Dhamma School.

    Messages

    Alice and Ma Nyo

    Dr. Khin Nyo Thet,
    My dear courageous friend who succumbed to cancer, I will miss you .
    You will always be in my prayers.
    I love you tha-nge-gyin.
    May you rest in peace.
    Saw Yu Tint (Alice)

    Our heartfelt condolences for your loss.
    May she Rest In Peace in a higher abode.
    Khin Maung Htay (Tommy Htay), Than Than Htay and family.

    Goodbye Dearest Friend Nyo Nyo,
    So glad to catch up last year.
    As the saying goes ” ​ရှေ့ကသွား​လေ​တော့​နောက်ကလိုက်ခဲ့မယ်”.
    We will be following you, the one who left ahead.
    Love you.
    Desiree

    My dear cousin NyoNyo,
    May you rest in peace .
    My deep and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
    Maureen Khin

    I’m so sad to hear that Nyo has passed away.
    She was so strong and brave right till the end.
    My deepest condolences to Ko Swe Aye and family.
    Rest in Peace, Nyo, you are suffering no more.
    Toni Than

    My beloved sister, you were my hero and my confidant.
    I will miss you so much. I admired you most for your caring nature towards family and friends, your extraordinary energy, amazing courage and strength. You will always be in my heart and my prayers. May you reside in a more peaceful and higher abode.
    Khin Mae Hla

    ချစ်ခင်လေးစားရပါသော အံတီခင်ညိုသက် ဘဝတစ်ပါးသို့
    ပြောင်းလဲသွားတဲ့အတွက် ကျန်ရစ်သူမိသားစုနဲ့ထပ်တူ
    ကြေကွဲ ဝမ်းနည်းရပါတယ်။ အံတီညို ကောင်းရာ သုဂတိ လားပါစေ။
    ဒေါ်ခင်ခင်ကြီး၏ အစ်ကို ဦးကိုကိုကြီး + ဒေါ်ငြိမ်းလှဖြူတို့၏
    သမီး ဒေါ်ခင်စိန်ယဉ် Khin Sein Yin
    မြေး ဇော်လင်းဒွေး + ဦးဦးဟန်၊ မြစ် ရဲရင့်လင်းမိသားစု
    Zaw Lynn Dwe

    Condolences also from

    • Alan Tin Win
    • Alvin Oaksoe Kha
    • Arthur Sun Myint
    • Aung Myint
    • Aung Win Chiong
    • Aye Set Kyaw
    • Bo Zaw Win
    • Chit Aung
    • Cynthia Tin
    • David Chee
    • Grace Thuzar
    • Ed A Tut
    • Florence Aung
    • Freddie Swe
    • Htin Myaing
    • Janet Maung
    • Jenny Khine
    • Khin Khine
    • Khin Lay
    • Khin Ma Ma Aye
    • Khin Maung Zaw
    • Khin Myitzu Win
    • Khin Sabai
    • Khine Lwin
    • Khine Khine Min Naing
    • Kyaw Min Thein
    • Kyaw Win
    • Lily Chan
    • Lily Chen
    • Lily Taw
    • May Oo
    • May Thinn Swe Zaw
    • Myitzu Hmwe
    • Myo Kyaw Myint and Ohnmar
    • Ohm Winn
    • Ohnmar Thatun
    • Peggy Nut
    • Rosie Mai Khin Nyunt
    • San San Mya
    • San San Myint
    • Sandy Tin
    • Sherlie Bwa
    • Shin Nyein Mel
    • Sithu Naing
    • Soe Aung
    • Than Than Hman
    • Theingi Lwin
    • Theingi Tingyi
    • Thethtar M Thwe
    • Thuzar Myo Shin
    • Thynn Thynn Khaing
    • Tin Ma Phyu
    • V Nyunt Wai
    • Wai Wai Lwin
    • Win Aung
    • Win Win K Thaung
    • Vicki Sein
    • Victor Sein
    • Ye Hla
    • Yee May Kaung
    • Yi Yi Evans
    • Yi Yi Myint Rossiter
    • Dr. Zaw Min

    From the Family

    Thank you for all your remembrances and condolences,
    Lyn Swe Aye, Mimi Thabyay and Thor

    • 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
      .
  • GBNF — 2019

    GBNF — 2019

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    January 2019

    Dr. Chan Nyein (M67)

    Passed away on 23rd Jan 2019

    Obituary of Dr. Chan Nyein

    July 2019

    • Yan Pyae (Kenneth Than Khin, M72)
    • Shwe Tha (Ronnie Tha Htoon, EC82-83)

    August 2019

    • Myint Htwe (Bo Hmu, Intake of 64/65)

    Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe

    • Pioneer of Computer Systems, Application and Education in Burma
    • Retired Rector of RASU
    • I have written several articles about my mentor
    • Passed away in Sydney Australia in 2019 at the age of 88
    Dr. Chit Swe & family
  • Talk — Three

    Talk — Three

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Video Broadcast on January 15, 2021

    U Hla Min

    Numerals

    • Hindu-Arablic numeral : 3
    • Roman numeral : III

    Triple Gems

    • Buddha (the Enlightened One)
    • Dhamma (His Teachings)
    • Sangha (Monastic Order)

    Tipitaka (Three Baskets)

    • Vinaya (Monastic Rules of Conduct)
    • Sutta (Discourses)
    • Abhidhamma (Ultimate Reality)

    Trinity

    • Father
    • Son
    • Holy Spirit

    Most well-known Hindu Gods

    • Brahma, the Creator
    • Vishnu, the Preserver
    • Shiva, the Destroyer

    Early NASA Projects

    • Mercury : carried only one astronaut
    • Gemini : carried two astronauts
    • Apollo : carried three astronauts

    Apollo Crew

    • Mission Commander (e.g. Neil Armstrong for Apollo11)
    • Command Module Pilot (e.g. Michael Collins for Apollo11)
    • Lunar Module Pilot (e.g. Buzz Aldrin for Apollo11)

    Apollo Modules

    • Service Module
    • Command Module
    • Lunar Module

    Musical Envelope

    • Rise (or attack)
    • Sustain
    • Fall (or decay)

    Prime constituents of an atom

    • Electron
    • Proton
    • Neutron

    Persuasion Techniques

    • Ethos
    • Pathos
    • Logos

    Typical Toastmasters Meeting

    • Prepared Speeches
    • Table Topics (Impromptu Speeches)
    • Evaluation

    Three-valued Logic

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not care

    Essay (and most writings)

    • Introduction (or Beginning)
    • Body
    • Conclusion (or Ending)

    Medals

    • Gold (for first prize)
    • Silver (for second prize)
    • Bronze (for third prize)

    Measurement of Time

    • Hour
    • Minute
    • Second

    Angular Measure

    • Degree
    • Minute
    • Second

    Academic Degrees

    • Bachelor
    • Master
    • Doctorate

    Some School Types

    • Primary School
    • Middle School
    • High School
  • Mining Engineering

    Mining Engineering

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Win Thein Zaw (Min69)

    Win Thein Zaw
    • Pen name : Wai Lu
    • Took Optional Burmese in High School
    • Wrote several articles for the 69er Golden Jubilee Magazine
      RIT Thaing Exhibition
      RIT Nicknames
    • Spouse (Mu Aye) is a cousin of Ko Win Boh (Robert, EC69, Australia)
    • Retired Member of Parliament of Pyitthu Hluttaw
      Oversaw Committees related to Mining and Natural Resources.
    • Surprised us at an ad hoc breakfast gathering with Uzin Aung Chaw, Ko Sein Myint, Ko Myint Maung, Ko Win Maung, Ko Shwe, Ko Maung Maung, Ko Myat Soe Lwin …
    69ers

    Kyaw Tint (Min69)

    Kyaw Tint
    • Youngest, smartest and most stubborn among the 14 students in Min69.
    • Joined the Faculty
    • Received Masters from Australia.
    • Prisoner of Conscience.
    • Wrote an article in the 69er Golden Jubilee magazine.
    • GBNF #110
      Passed away in September 2021

    Khin Kyaw Nyein (GBNF)

    Khin Kyaw Nyein
    • RIT Volleyball Selected
    • Taught/coached female Volleyball players (e.g. Ma Tin Aye, C73)
    • Also good at Soccer, Dobat & Dancing.
    • He is GBNF #117
      Passed away in January 2022

    Khin Maung Gyi (Min69)

    • One of two Khin Maung Gyi in the Class of 69.
    • Room mate of Ko Chit Pe (M69, GBNF)
    • Still have dark hair (hopefully original)
    • Mech KMG (GBNF) passed away in 2021.

    Tin Win (Min69)

    • Hosted some 69er gatherings.
    • He was Honorary Consul for Switzerland.

    Min69 (GBNF)

    • Aung Naing (Bahadhur) : Aug 14, 2011, #055, GTI Principal (Taunggyi), Yangon
    Chit Htun
    • Chit Htun : Dec 11, 2011, #058, YIT Lecturer, Yangon
    • Chit Swe : early GBNF
    • Khin Kyaw Nyein : 2022, #117
    • Kyaw Soe : #065
    • Kyaw Than : Organizer
    • Kyaw Tint : Sep 8, 2021, #110, Saya, Prisoner of Conscience
    • Myint Kyi : #047
    • Myint Swe : early GBNF

    Min70

    Zaw Winn (Zinyawgyi)

    • Heis an organizer of the Combined 1st BE intake of 64 and 65.
      He is a bilingual writer, poet and translator.

    Aung Myint (Thamankyar Ko Myint)

    Thamankyar
    • He is a member of the A1 Family. He is an actor, composer, vocalist, guitarist and production manager. Sad to note that his younger brother Sai Wunna passed away.
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    Ko Zaw Winn and friends

    Mining Engineering

    • The first course was given at the BOC College in 1954.

    U Soe Khaw (GBNF)

    U Soe Khaw
    • Received BS from UC Berkeley and MS from Minnesota School of Mines.
    • Served as Part-time lecturer and Head of the newly established Mining Department at BOC College.
    • Wrote an article for HMEE project.
    • After working for the Ministry of Mines and UN projects, he moved to USA.
    • Attended SPZP-2000.
    • Saya Allen Htay (GBNF) and Dr. San Lin asked me to join a micro-gathering with Saya U Soe Khaw.
      It started before lunch and ended after dinner.

    U Soon Sein (GBNF)

    • Received MS from Colorado School of Mines.
    • Mawgunwin Third Grade.
    • Succeeded U Soe Khaw as Head of Department.
    • Retired as Professor.
    • Spoke to him before SPZP-2000.
      Per advice from his doctors, he declined the invitation to attend SPZP-2000.
  • Khin Kyaw Nyein (Min69)

    Khin Kyaw Nyein (Min69)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Khin Kyaw Nyein
    • First 69er to pass away in 2022.
    • GBNF #117

    Sad News

    U Aung Min (M69) wrote :

    Dear RIT69ERS,

    Here is sad news again.

    Our classmate/ friend U Khin Kyaw Nyein ( mining 69 )passed away in the evening of 5 January 2022 at Yangon.

    GBNF 117.

    May his soul Rest In Peace.

    Source: U Maung Maung (E69).

    Comments

    Aung Min wrote :

    ကိုခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်း​၏ဇနီး ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းဦးနှင့်ဖုန်းဖြင့်အားပေးစကားပြောနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
    ၆/၁၂/၂၂ နံနက်တွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ပြီးထိုနေ့တွင်ပင်သင်္ချိုခဲ့ပါသည်။
    နှလုံး/ကျောက်ကပ်/minor stroke စသည့်ရောဂါများလွန်ခဲ့သည့် ၁၂ နှစ်ခန့်ကတည်းကခံစားနေရခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီးယခုသုခကမ္ဘာဆေးရုံတွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်ကြောင်းသိရပါသည်။

    Sai Kyaw Myint wrote :

    များစွာစိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်ရ၊ကျောင်းတက်တုန်းကလည်းတူတူ၊အလုပ်မှာလည်းလက်တွဲမြဲနေခဲ့ကြသူတွေမို့ပါ။
    ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါစေ။

    Really he’s a good man in spiritual and mental.

    Myo Min wrote :

    မော်လမြိုင် ကောလိပ် I.Sc. (A)တုန်း ကလဲအတူတူပါ၊ RIT 2nd year မှာ လည်း room partner ပါ၊
    ကိုငြိမ်း ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါ စေ၊ မိသားစုနဲ့ထပ်တူကျေကွဲဝမ်းနည်းရပါသည်

    Mehm Aye Chan wrote :

    သူငယ်ချင်းခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်းဘားအံအထက(၁)ကျောင်းနေဘက်တယောက်ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်စေ။

    Saw Yu Tint wrote :

    List (of 69er GBNF) is growing, but shouldn’t be this fast!!

    Minn Aung wrote :

    May he be rest in peace. Ko Khin Kyaw Nyein is one of the best players of volley ball among RIT players.

    Ma Tin Aye wrote :

    ကျွန်မတို့ရဲ့ Volley ball ဆရာပါ
    RIP

    Aung Min wrote :

    He also plays soccer.

  • GBNF — 2018

    GBNF — 2018

    • Darren Lee (M62, USA)

    January 2018

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

    July 2018

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

    August 2018

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

    September 2018

    • Daw Khin Than Win (T70) : 3rd Sep 2018

    U Kyaw Min Than

    U Kyaw Min Than is the younger brother of Saya Dr. U Win (USA).

    October 2018

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

    November 2018

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

    December 2018

    • U Khin Kyaw (SPHS 70/EP 76/ex-YCDC) : 18th Dec 2018
    • Dr. Daw Kyin Yee, spouse of Saya U Kyaw Myint (M64) : Dec 2018
    • Mother of Ms. Yasmin Vanya, Secretary of Burmese American Women’s Alliance (BAWA)
    • Spouse of U Maung Maung Latt, President of Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA)
  • GBNF 2011

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Naing Win (M70)

    Passed away in Yangon in January, 2011. His spouse Polly Win (Polly Ba San) represented Burma in swimming. I met her at A Lo Daw Pyie Kyaung, Apache Junction, Arizona.

    Kyaw Nyein (UCC)

    Passed away in March 2011 because of heart failure. He was not feeling well and was going downstairs for the toilet when he collapsed. They took him to RGH and he passed away in the emergency room.

    Yin Kyu (M/Ag67)

    • Passed away on 26th April, 2011 at 8:45 am.
    • Worked for Public Works (Construction Corporation) as superintending engineer and retired in 2006.
    • Died of kidney failure, based on diabetes.

    Chit Po Po (M69)

    Chit Po Po

    Win Boh (Robert, EC69) wrote :

    • It is with my great sadness, to inform you that our close friend Ko Chit Po Po (M69, beloved husband of Dr. Daisy Saw) passed away at Asia-Taw Win Private Hospital YGN on 15 Jan 2011 Saturday early morning.
    • I have phoned his brother-in-Law Stanley Saw (M71) in New Zealand to convey our 69ers’ condolence.
    • His daughter Thiri Po in Sydney will be leaving soon to YGN for funeral.
    • Kindly pass on this message to Ko Chit Po Po’s friends far and near.

    Thein Swe (EP69) wrote :

    • It is sad news. Ko Chit Po Po (M69, ex-irrigation, tall and smiling Yangonite) passed away.
    • He and his brother (Dr ?) U Chit Ko Ko were close friends of my spouse’s brothers.
    • Before he went back to Yangon he stayed in Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, etc. After he quit Irrigation Dept he ran an engineering (medium sized) company of Installation and Services for Air-cons and refrigerators, etc. in Lanmadaw Township.
    • He was a friendly classmate.
    • Unwillingly or in sadness we have to lose another friend.

    Tin Myint (John, M69) wrote :

    • It is a shock to me in hearing the sad news of Ko Chit Po Po, who was a very close friend, co-worker and also my lunch mate in the Irrigation Department at 81/2 mile workshop location.
    • He and I and another classmate rode the same Mazda car to work and coming back from work everyday.
    • He and I ate our lunch everyday.
    • I still remember vividly that during lunch time, after opened his lunch box and discovered fried shrimps, he would offered me his jumbo shrimps and skipped his lunch.
    • I enjoyed shrimps while he had no interest in shrimps.
    • He and I usually had one e-mail/year with exception of having two e-mails the most.
    • This year I received his e-mail once and I tried to have more e-mails and more info from him.
    • Now I received this sad news.

    Aung Thu Yein (EC69) wrote :

    Our Colleague/Comrade/Friend – Chit Po Po,

    • We will miss you.
    • Just talking about you a few days ago.
    • Why so fast?
    • Why so sudden !!!

    True Friends – Their Top 10 Characteristics (By Martin Sawdon)

    1. When you forget the song in your heart, a friend is someone who sings it back to you. (Helen Steiner)
    2. A friend’s support is unconditional: when the going gets tough a friend is right there beside you.
    3. A friend has seen you at your worst and loves you even so.
    4. A friend is someone with whom you can share secrets in confidence.
    5. You can phone a friend for help even in the middle of the night.
    6. A friend is honest with you, deflates your ego and inflates your Self.
    7. A friend shares your sense of humor, provides nourishment and inspiration for the mind.
    8. A friend is drawn to you not for what you are but who you are.
    9. When you share your wildest dreams, a friend is someone who replies, quote, How can I help? unquote.
    10. Thinking about Needs and Values, once you have recognized those Needs which,satisfied, enable you to be the best person you possibly can be, a friend will help you get them met.

    Sein Tin (“Omega”, Pathein, M 69) wrote :

    • We are feeling very sorry like you.
    • Our ages are at the sunset.
    • So take care of our health first and last.

    Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M 69) wrote :

    Dr. Daisy Saw and family:

    • Please accept my deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to you and your family.
    • We will remember him forever.

    Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) wrote :

    • I have a photo, which was taken at our gathering on 17 March 2010 by 69ers for KCPP’s visit to Singapore.
    • We were all very happy to meet him then!!

    Editor’s Notes :

    • Ko Chit Po Po is an expert at playing Burmese Harp.
    • I met Zeyar Po, Ko CPP’s son, in Sydney in 2006 along with his maternal uncle Ko Stanley Saw.
    • Ko Chit Po Po represented RIT in rowing along with Ko Aung Lwin (Jasper Wu, Canada), Ko Aung Tun Oo (Dennis Smithers, Australia), Ko Wunna Sithu (US) and me.
  • GBNF — 2016

    GBNF — 2016

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    • Aung Law Ha (Min) : 30th Jan 2016
    • John Krasu : Mar 2016
    • Aye Than (E) : 25th Apr 2016
    • Khin Maung Pun (Pet) : Oct 2016
    Dr. Daw Khin Than Nu
    • Dr. Daw Khin Than Nu, mother of U Win Htut
  • Peter Tun — Life cut short by misguided Policies

    Peter Tun — Life cut short by misguided Policies

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    P-E-T-E-R

    P Peter (NHS Hero) paid a high price for misguided policies and guidelines
    E Envisioned retirement to spend quality time with his extended family
    T Talented Doctor, Gourmet Chef, Sketch and Oil Painter — to name a few
    E Educated and/or entertained aspiring medical specialists far and near
    R Real irreparable loss to patients, friends, family and community

    P Pote Pote Kyee (see “Cho Cho Hlaing”)
    E Enthusiastic learner and practitioner (see “Aung Jee”)
    T Took care of parents of relatives, patients and friends (see “Min Ko”)
    E Ever smiling and helpful (see “Ye Myint”)
    R Rural doctor with a huge heart (see “Vicky Bowman)

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    85th Birthday of Ma Cherry (Peter’s mom)
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    Zoom gathering for offering Dana in memory of Peter

    Sad Loss that might have been prevented

    Dr. Khin Tun (Peter) served as Associate Graduate Dean at Oxford University from 2012 – 2016. He worked at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading for 20+ years.

    Sadly, he passed away on April 13, 2020 due to COVID-19 infection. He was the first doctor from RBH Trust to pass away in the line of duty. Due to misguided Policies and Guidelines, Peter lost his life at the tender age of 62. Thanks in part to interviews by Minko and Ye Myint, RBH Trust initiated an inquiry into the loss of Peter.

    Peter was looking forward to retiring in a couple of years and spend quality time with his extended family.

    His paternal grand mother lived up to 94.

    His father celebrated his 90th birthday in 2019. He used to sit in the garden every evening talking with someone and taking his daily dose of medicine. After learning about Peter’s untimely demise, he was devastated for three days. He no longer had the desire to sit in the garden. He lamented that he had no one to talk to. Ye Myint told his father that he will call from UK daily.

    His mother passed away a few months short of her 89th birthday. She and Peter are both January born. Peter would fly back to Yangon almost every year (for the past decade) in time for his mother’s birthday. They would perform dana together mostly at Chan Myei Yeiktha.

    Three uncles and two aunts are in their 80s.

    Relatives and friends mourn the loss of Peter and miss his compassion, help and smiles.

    Hope

    We cannot get Peter back, but we hope other medical staff in the front line fighting the invisible enemy would not have to suffer the same fate as Peter.