The dry land which was cool under the shades was nice and pleasant. The Sun Lun Gu Kyang (Myingyan) monastery was very large estate, and there were trees, petit pond, wild flowers, and sandy soil. The dry…
The End of My Journey by Junior Win
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A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) Part 4
A pagoda called ‘Kivi Law Ka’ built on the ‘Sacred Earthen Cave.’ Three-wheel carrier was waiting outside. When we got on the carrier, we had 12 persons companied, and we introduced each other with nice and wonderful greeting. We did not…
A Journey to Myingyan – Part Three by Junior Win
Paying homage to the SunlunSayadaw, and offering yellow robes, towels, candles, incenses, and the fruits I brought from Rangoon. The grey of the morning had passed, and the sun was now high over us. After paying homage to the…
A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) – Part 2 by Junior Win
Myingyan Monastery in the morning view. It still heavily rained, and the winds strongly blew. I prayed at the household shrines, and paid respect my parents and received their blessings before I left to Myingyan, and wished my trip…
A Journey to Myingyan (Upper Burma) 1 by Junior Win
(Photo- Under the pagoda, at the place Myingyan Sunlun Sayadaw whose body still lay, more than sixty years ago in the Sunlun Monastery of Myingyan.) Myingyan, situated in Upper Burma, where the tomb of Sunlun Sayadaw U Kavi…
Nu Nu Yi: the Writer, the Role Model, and the Bird by Khet Mar
A Burmese author struggles with censorship, even after it’s officially abolished. Long ago, I was surprised and overwhelmed to learn that a well-known writer who I admired also happened to be my neighbor. At that time, I was a…
A Day at the Monastery by Junior Win
2nd January of 2013 was now 14 years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny’s…
The Heritage of Wonder and Pride by Junior Win
‘Burma, The Land of Pagodas’ as my grandmother written, we will find pagodas wherever we go. Pagodas play a memorable part in the life of a Burmese Buddhist. We have been taught that wherever we visit, we will have to…
Under the Moonlit Night part II by Junior Win
(It might be a dream I thought because I slept last night too late by watching this moon lit night.) ‘Under the moon lit night, who love to light the world with me?’ I hummed this tune under…
Under the Moonlit NIght by JuniorWin
(Under the moon lit night, who love to light the world with me?) In this month, 28th of November is the full moon day of Tanhsaungmone in the Burmese calendar. It was also named festival of lights. Lighting candles or colored…
A Day in the Book Fair by Junior Win
Left to Right – 1,A program for giving speech by writers, I saw two writers sitting on the stage, 2,Inside the hall, 3,Books for sale, only 1000 kyats per each, WOW! How cheap it is!, 4,I saw 3 or…
‘Festival of Light’ (Junior Win)
(Photo – A light festival on the eve, I illuminated with candles at the front of my grandparents house. I missed them so much. I also missed many happy memories which now became history since many years went by.) Thadingyut falls…
The Unforgettables by Junior Win
The nineteenth of July 1947 was a day we shall not easily forget. Our grandparents always said it was the day of tears and mourns. ‘Everywhere in the city, on buses, on trains and in the market places…
Fundraiser for Rakhine in Burma on July 8th
On the 8th of July, the San Francisco Burmese Community held a Food Fair at the Newark Pavilion. The purpose of this event was to raise money to support the relief effort for the Rakhine people. There were…
SFBC Bookdrive at Burmese Community Thingyan
The Thingyan Pwe, a Burmese water festival, was held on the 27th of May, by the Bay Area Burmese community. At this event, the SFBC Bookdrive had a booth with various displays explaining what this bookdrive is about and detailing its importance in both the Burmese community here, in America, and in Burma.
