(My heart leaps when I saw Convocation Hall. It looks gloomy, and told me old memories.) Pre-Centeniel Anniversary of Rangoon University – 96th Anniversary of Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU) – was held from 6st to 9th December of…
A Glimpse to the Noble Myanmar Literary Festival 2017 by Junior Win (Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival board was standing outside the theatre.) Today, I was at the National Theatre to wonder around the Noble Myanmar Literary Festival 2017. It was held…
(Kyi Aye (13th December 1929 – 2016)) (A photo of Kyi Aye (left), and the sketch of her (right), the artist – unknown) A very rare woman poet in Burma, Kyi Aye, an old friend of my grandparents, once lived…
(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…
Junior Win – They Died with Their Boots On! On the 15th October of 2016, the boat carrying about 300 passengers on board (the boat pecked over the legal limit), sank on 5:00 AM at Chindwon River in Burma. It…
(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…
A Present from My Grandmother When I was 10 (The old copy of The Modern Encyclopedia for Children.) The old edition of The Modern Encyclopedia for Children (1966) that our grandmother (Khin Myo Chit – writer of Colourful Burma, etc)…
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.…
(Myanmar Event Park) I recalled the memory of the Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival 2015 which was held a year ago, at National Theatre at Myoma School Road. People preferred visit that place, because it was the place where Annual Academy Award…
(The Advertisement) I saw this advertisement in the newspaper, it said that ‘Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival (Literature for Children) 2016’ will be held at MEP (Myanmar Event Park), Shin- Saw-Pu road, Myay-nee-gone, Rangoon (Yangon) for three days, from 16th to 18th…
(U Bagalay (Shwe Ta Lay) , U Hain Zun, U Ba Gyan, and U Phay Thein.) 100th Anniversary of Burmese Cartoon in 2015 Early forms of cartoons art can be seen in the cave drawing. In Burma we could see…
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…
Junior Win – A Tribute to U Thet Htun (1926 – 2012) U Thet Htun, was a retired ambassador of France, Switzerland, and a writer of ‘Waves of Influence’ which won the National Literary Prize in the category of…
(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…
