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
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…
Playing dumb in Burmese parliament by Cartoon Ku Mo Jo
Cartoon by Ku Mo Jo, – A man portrayed as public-unrepresented military appointed para-congressman dressed in night dress, stood in silence while being scolded by his wife in bed. She was saying that ” You guys are passing time in…
Who says we are poor by Cartoon Saw Ngo
IN the cartoon, the big guy with the labels, “One quarter Regime” (representing 25% of military assigned unrepresented congress members) and “Crony” (sign as regime backed by cronies), saying out loud “The world says we are poor. It is so…
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…
My Favorite Writer by Junior Win
Art by Suu Chit Thu Min Lu (1954- 2013) – famous writer and poet passed away on August 14, 2013, after only 3 days of the death of Maung Wuntha – writer and journalist. Min Lu, Burmese novelist, essayist, and…
A Poem Reminds Me To…by Junior Win
Maung Wuntha (1945 – 2013), the one who published my first article in his magazine ‘A Tway A Myin’ in 1996 and, it encouraged my spirit to write more. If he did not accept my article published in his…
88 Poem by Junior Win
Thou showeth ‘Unity is strength’,Thou art ‘the meant of sacrifice’,Oh! Thou art, the spirit of motherland!Everyone’s voice was lifted; demanding their freedom without fear,But all the prisoned birds could not find in freedom,Could not still wing wildly across the…
Unforgettables by Junior Win
I wish let the rain should slash mercilessly, and… Today is the Martyr’s day. I remember what my grandparents said about that day, And how they lamented for our fallen leaders and prayed; ‘Everywhere in the…
Burmese Days by Junior Win
Here, my third digital book in English appeared in Amazon titled as ‘Burmese Days and Flowers’. I wrote it from my interest in Thingyan Pot which is a welcomed symbol of Burmese New Year that occurs every year…