I was born on August 25, 1976 at the American Baptist Mission Hospital in Moulmein (Mawlamyine), Mon State, Burma (Myanmar). I spent most of my childhood in Mudon, Mon State. I graduated from high school in 1993.
After graduating from high school, I went to Rangoon (Yangon) to study at the Institute of Medicine (2). The school was closed for political reasons in 1996. I then went to the States in 1998 to study at Purdue University in Indiana. I graduated with a degree in Information Systems.
I came back to Burma to teach at the Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT) at the Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies program. I taught at MIT from December 2002 till December 2004.
In December 2004, I left for Laos to work as a consultant at Digital Divide Data. I worked there for about 5 months and moved to Bangkok. I met Doug Cooper who invited me to work for him at the Center for Research in Computational Linguistics. I also studied at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok and got my Master's in Computer Science.
I left Bangkok in August 2009 to study at Indiana University for my Master's in Linguistics, emphasizing computational linguistics. In the summer of 2010, I worked at Linguist List as an intern.
Ethnic Background
Both of my parents are Mon. So I am 100 % Mon.
Alma Mater
I was a student at Indiana-Purdue.
Resume
If you are interested in my resume: pdf
Dreams
Digital Dream for Myanmar (an essay about Information Technology and how to use it so we can educate poor kids in remote places of Burma)
Mon people
This website about Mon is in Thai: http://www.monstudies.org
Gift of Love by Mother Teresa
Life is an opportunity, avail it. Life is bliss, taste it Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it Life is costly, care for it. Life is a wealth, keep it Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it Life is a tragedy, brace it. Life is an adventure, dare it Life is luck, make it. Life is life, defend it
My Bookmarks
Some of the links might be broken. I don't maintain these bookmarks. They are here for historical purposes. Some are the links I used while learning programming back in 1998. I self-taught programming with the help of the information on the Internet.
The Internet Public Library, Read many books on line. The library project jointly sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information and Bell and Howell Information and Learning.
