by Hla Min
Updated : May 2025
SoCal Gatherings
- Some sayas and alumni used to pay respect annually to Saya U Min Wun in Southern California.
- Organizers include Cecil Teoh (C63, SoCal), U Tin Htoon (A60, SoCal) and Dr. San Lin (C62, NorCal)
- Dr. San Lin invited us to join him in June 2019.
June 2019
Co-organizers : U Tin Htoon and Dr. San Lin
Attendees :
- Saya U Min Wun (C, GBNF)
- Saya U Tin Htut (M60)
- U Tin Htoon (A60, co-organizer)
- Saya Dr. Tin Win (M62)
- Dr. San Lin (C62, co-organizer)
- Cecil Teoh (C63)
- Saya Dr. K Chiu (ChE63)
- Saya U Tauk Lin / Henry Lam (C63)
- U Aung Khin (EP68)
- U Tin Nwe (C68)
- Tom Chan
- U Hla Min (EC69) and spouse
- Saya is physically and mentally fit.
- We had to wait for a while before Saya finished his morning meditation session.
- Civil graduates (mostly from Southern California) used to meet at least once a year and pay respect to their saya.
- Dr. San Lin (co-organizer from Northern California) invited us to join the gathering.
He also offered us transportation to Southern California. We stayed at U Aung Khin (EP68)’s house. He drove us to the gathering. - Tom is the elder brother of Reggie, who was active in BAPS.
- One attendee had a medical problem, but he did not want to miss the gathering.
- Sayagadaw greeted us, but gently declined to join the lunch gathering.
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