What the World Deserves by Saw Ngo

  The politician, as depicted by Saw Ngo, is telling excuses to the world, regarding the situation they are put in. The world does not deserves these lies and excuses that we are being told. We deserve the truth, not…

The Lost Of Ray Bradbury by Junior Win

  I was struck by the news of the death of my favorite writer; Ray Bradbury. I heard the news from Al Jazeeda TV channel this morning. I  deeply grieved to learn of his death and I would like to…

Book Review: 1984 by Junior Win

  tenth printing of 1984, in December 1953 When I read this book, I wondered and thought that who was behind the screen? Everybody in this book acting as actors and actress played in different role and they were seemed very…

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. 

SFBC Bookdrive Operations for the Months of April and May

 

San Francisco Burmese Commnunity Bookdrive, supported by the Burmese in the Bay Area, donated two boxes of books to a self-help library and a non-profit education program. 

What Biographies Meant to Me by JuniorWin

What Biographies Meant To Me

 

 

Thinking Aloud in the Book Shop

 

When I was a kid and read about scientists as Albert Einstein, Newton, Madame Curie, etc, I felt that their stories encouraged me to interest in books, envy their ambitions, love of knowledge, etc. I did not realized at that time that these were kind of biographies.

New Myanmar Kyat and Stock Exchange by Witmone

 

 

Central Bank of Myanmar CBM announced today 01-Apr-2012 that  US$1.00 will now equate to Kyat 818 as floating exchange rate. Almost 50 years fixed rate of US$1.00 equaling Kyat 6.30 disappeared.  Congratulation! to new reformed Burmese government. 

Thingyan Festival by Junior Win

Thingyan Festival

We have great fun during festivals. People go to the monasteries, pagodas and some interesting places during festivals. Many festivals are celebrated all over Burma.

 

(Picture Illustrated by Artist U Ba Kyi)

The Adventure of my Book Reading by Junior Win

The Adventure of My Book Reading

 

 

At last, I chose ‘Desiree’ for my summer-reading.

 Desiree – Old book

 

This book was my mother’s favorite book. She read very thoroughly, I thought, she could speak out by heart some favorite scenes. But the book was very old since then. The last few pages were with tiny holes. Pages turned to yellowish and some pages were loosened from the corners. She had some loosen pages photocopied for convenient reading, I remember. At that time I did not want to read this book, because I was not interested in female heroism stories although I was a female. I did not like romantic story. I also did not like Napoleon. I had many dislikes for this book. Now, my interest turned to history. I loved to read the biographies of historical leaders, dictators,….I decided to read ‘Desiree’ to know what behind history for Napoleon.