July 2009 Archives
I am still reading this one. Not quite finished yet.
Another book that I have finished is "လွမ်းမောခဲ့ရသောတက္ကသိုလ်နွေညများ" by Mya Than Tint (မြသန်းတင့်). It is a translation of The Class by Erich Segal.
ဒဂုန်ရွှေမျှား (Dagon Shwe Myar), ငယ်ကချစ်အနှစ်တစ်ရာ နှင့် လက်ရွေးစင်ဝတ္ထတိုများ, originally uploaded by lwinmoe.
This is one of the Burmese books I have finished reading recently. It's a collection of some short stories by ဒဂုန်ရွှေမျှား (Dagon Shwe Myar).
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
Psalm 137
Last night, Swe De Nar and I visited our friends, Ko Aung Lwin and Ah Khu. We gave them a wedding present and had dinner with them. The dinner was wonderful (just look at the following pictures). We all had a good time and a nice chat after the dinner, too.
We may all be away from our family and loved ones in Burma. But we share our moments together here among our difficulties and struggles. Ah Khu, for example, has been extorted by Thai police at least twice; I was with her once while the police extorted her Bahts 500 for not having an identification card with her. It's a tremendous will power to love, laugh and enjoy among all these difficulties and struggles in a foreign land. I pray and hope that one day, they will all be together with their families and loved ones in our motherland. In the end, friends and family are all that matter.
It's been a while since I updated my blog. I was extremely busy with the computer upgrades at my office, a trip back to Burma and a visit to Singapore. I will write more about the trips later. On a side note, I accidentally 'washed' my handset in the washing machine, forgetting to take out the pocket of my pants. Have I become like an absent-minded professor? :) The good news is that I got a new Nokia handset.
Now, let me share this BBC investigative report of "Who Really Killed Aung San?"
