Contemporary Experience of current situation in Burma and Burmese
Today was the full moon day of Kason (May), and it was the day the Buddha was born, and He attained the Enlightenment at the foot of the Bodhi Tree, and the passing of the Buddha into the Nibbana. So,…
(Seven-day-born flowers and leaves or A-Tar-Pot) Seven-day-born flowers or leaves, and the pot are used as Thingyan Pot (A-Tar-Pot) welcoming Burmese New Year. When the Thingyan Festival (Water Festival) is over; on the Burmese New Year Day, the same ritual…
Days passed so slowly. Passing days are the longest days for me. Longest second, longest minute, longest hour, longest day, and longest night I could never suffered more. Suffering is a very long moment. For me, time itself does not…
(The silver super moon we saw last night on the full moon day of Tahsaungtaing.) Families in Burma gathered in front of their door, all together looked at the full moon in the dark sky, waiting the time as the…
(Grandma titled, ‘Will you ever know what you have lost?’ at the Working People’s Daily newspaper in the July of 1975 about the earthquake that destroyed the old pagodas of Pagan.) My grandma, Khin Myo Chit – writer of Colourful…
Burmese New Year Passing with No Padauk (Junior Win) (Padauk buds were hoping to meet the shower of the rain.) This year 2016, 13th April was the welcoming day of the water festival, and after 4 days of watering,…
(Kan Kaw Story by Junior Win) I fell in love with Kankaw (Mesua Ferra) flowers when I saw them at the Sunlun Meditation monastery. They bloomed beautifully. There were three Thai Kankaw trees planted near Sunlun Sayadaw U Vinaya’s residence.…
(At Arts Assembly) Dr Khin Maung Win – The Eighth International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in Developing Countries The conference has held at the Arts Assembly Hall of Yangon University, from December 4 th to 6 th .…
In the first week of the December of this year 2015, I saw the advertisement of book-Buffet. It would held at Myanmar Book Centre for 3 days. In my experience, book-buffet was quite interesting for book lover. I remembered when…
(A Logos Hope at Alone Port) From 3rd to 14th October of 2015, Logos Hope Books Ship (Good books for all) – a ship that was full of books – arrived Rangoon, Burma, at Alone International Port Terminal. It was a big…
(Sayadaw U Vinaya’s venerable statue looks like a real Sayadaw looking at us.) Today was the 30th of August 2015, the full moon day of Wah-khaung in Burmese calendar. It was the day Sayaday U Vinaya’s 102th birthday. The ceremony…
However pointed out the failures of dams from scientific view or environmental point of view, the more the dams, the more the plan increase of dams in Burma. I learnt that there are almost 200 large dams in Burma have…
On 9th May of 2015, marked the hundredth anniversary of my grandparents held in our Pyay Yeik Thar house, Pyay Road in Rangoon, Burma. (At the gate of Pyay Yeik Thar house, the sketch of my grandparents seemed welcome the…
I started to write my book ‘A Memory of My Grandparents’ in May of 2014. At that time, I estimated when I would finish writing, and publish it as digital ebook. I would finish my book in December 2014, and publish as…
(National Theatre at Myoma School Road.) From 17th January to 19th January of 2015, the Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival was held at National Theatre, Myoma School(Kyaung) Road, Rangoon. It celebrates the Burmese writers, poets, and cartoonists, refers to joyful gatherings of people. Number of…
