{"id":1179,"date":"2017-11-29T19:40:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.moemaka.net\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:11:44","slug":"1179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2017\/11\/1179\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life Will Go On (17) by Junior Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My brother started to write articles at the AtwayAmyin monthly magazine while he was attending the Engineering Institute. He soon became a young writer (also a cartoonist), and became a star in the family. Most of our grandparents\u2019 friends applauded him. Some of them looked at me, and said, <\/p>\n

\u2018Why don\u2019t you write like your brother? You are his twin sister, isn\u2019t it? All the family members are writers except you. So, write something like your family.\u2019 <\/p>\n

I was angry whenever I was told as. I was convinced myself that I would never be a writer as they wished, Never! <\/p>\n

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(My brother became a young writer, and he looked smarter with his pen. \u2018A pen is deadlier than the sword.\u2019) (Illustration – Maung Yit)<\/p>\n

One day, a friend of our parents from Taung Gyi (Southern Burma) visited to our house, and paid respect to our grandparents. He donated to writers, young or old, 200 kyats for celebrating his birthday anniversary (in 1991). All my family received his gift except me (because I was not a writer). I felt, for the first time in my life, I wanted to be a writer like my family (because I wanted his gift). But he came to me, and smiled, and gave me 200 kyats. He said, \u2018Here, my little girl, uncle gave you this, because I believe you will become a writer one day. So, you take this, and it\u2019s the promise that you will write yet to come.\u2019 I, \u2026. I accepted 200 kyats without thinking! When he left, I was regretted for what I had done. I did not want to be a writer. \u2018I never will write!\u2019<\/p>\n

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(\u2018To be or, not to be. That\u2019s a question.\u2019) (Drawn by – Maung Yit.)<\/p>\n

Since then, my family teased me, \u2018She takes 200 kyats from our friend. It means she made a promise to write one day. Ha ha.\u2019 Grandpa knew that I was upset. He comforted me, <\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s ok, my dear. Don\u2019t be serious. The essay you wrote at the school also be done.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Really, grandpa?\u2019<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My brother started to write articles at the AtwayAmyin monthly magazine while he was attending the Engineering Institute. He soon became a young writer (also a cartoonist), and became a star in the family. Most of our grandparents\u2019 friends applauded…<\/p>\n

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