Category: Memories

Articles on reflection of the past and things to remember

My Life Will Go On 34: Writer On Board by Junior Win

(I am a writer, a writer on board, a lonesome writer on board.) The following article was about the road I once used to drive. It was one and a half years ago today but remembered it as if it…

Photo News – The Day of the Meeting at the Sunlun Monastery by Junior Win

  (A Head of Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Wara.)          On the 28th July of 2018 at 7:00 AM, The Gabaraye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Wara met the students from The International Theravada…

When four times five is twelve and so on by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

     When four times five is twelve and so on (https://media1.picsearch.com/is?CZ9vUnYIIln1beGMhXeJI56HC1K08LYHY3L0nRQFFtc&height=341) In one of the scenes from ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Alice was saying,”Let me see, four times five is twelve, four times six is thirteen, and four times seven…

MATHEMATICS BEHIND THE MADNESS OF THE CAT AND ALICE by Dr Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS BEHIND THE MADNESS OF THE CAT AND ALICE by Dr Khin Maung Win (Maths) (http://www.specialbindings.com/aliceinwonderlandjournal.htm) The following passage is from Lewis Carrol’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. The cat said ,”We’re all mad here.I’m mad.You are mad.’ ”How do you know…

Making Sense Out of Nonsense : Fairy Tale or Mathematical Treatise ? by Dr Khin Maung Win (Maths)

THE WORKING PEOPLE’S DAILY   9 November   1987 Making Sense Out of Nonsense : Fairy Tale or Mathematical Treatise ? (Drawn by Maung Yit) ”Alice in Wonderland ” is a story for children . Alice was a little girl who dreamed…

A Journey of Two Travellers by Junior Win

A Memory of My Grandparents (Sequel) -A Journey of Two Travellers A Journey of Two Travellers     They were on a long journey. Their aim was to seek knowledge seriously, but happily. The book, ‘To be a good student…

My Life Will Go On, The Picture of Junior Win by Junior Win

 (The Front Cover – My Life Will Go On, The Picture of Junior Win, by Junior Win.) My book, ‘My Life Will Go On, The Picture of Junior Win’ was published on July of 2018 from Moemaka publication, Burma. This…

The Adventure of My Translating Lewis Carroll’s Masterpieces into Burmese by Junior Win

The Adventure of My Translating Lewis Carroll’s Masterpieces into Burmese In my childhood, I was familiar with the story of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by reading the Illustrated Classics, and by watching Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland based on…

The Act of Paying Respect by Junior Win

Every Burmese Buddhist home has household shrine. There, where the image of the Buddha was. Buddhists put the flowers, cups of water, or candles before the household shrine, and recited the Buddha teaching, and praying. (Buddhists offered flowers at their…

The Adventure of My Practising Sunlun Way of Meditaion

  Since I was a child, Sunlun Sayadaw U Vinaya guided us to practice meditation. By the Sayadaw’s guidance, and encouragement, I did not afraid of everything even before starting to practice meditation. After the Sayadaw U Vinaya passed away,…

My Life Will Go On (33)

In my literary life, in 2008, my translated book ‘Alice in Wonderland’ in Burmese was awarded from Tun Foundation for the Children Literary Genre. At that time, I created a blog and posted my articles in Burmese as juniorwin. Still…

My Life Will Go On (32) by Junior Win

‘I write for pure love and enjoyment, I read for pure love and enjoyment. I never have any other aim, noble or otherwise.’ I translated my grandmother’s books (Flowers and Festivals Round the Burmese Year and Three Years under the…

My Life Will Go On (31) by Junior Win

I became a writer I had never dreamt in my life. I thought my writer’s life could not be long. After my grandma passed away, Years passed unhappy, and unsatisfied life. I searched job opportunities, and tried to join them,…

My Life Will Go On (30) by Junior Win

After 3 weeks my grandmother passing away, I had to attend the graduation of Master degree in the University of Rangoon. According to the rule and regulation of the University, we had to fill our applications to the Convocation before…

My Life Will Go On (29) by Junior Win

(I go on Chapter (29). Chapter 28 may be read when the book come out.)   Finally I gave up my ambition. I also was determined I would never, never do teaching for the rest of my life. My ambition…