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Weekly Eleven News Journal
2008-04-10 14:36:00 This is an online version of Weekly Eleven News Journal from Myanmar. It is quite a popular weekly journal from Myanmar with news from both Myanmar and the world. You can read the journal at Weekly Eleven website. Technorati Tags: Myanmar, Burma, Weekly Eleven, Journal, Myanmar Journal
Money Exchange in Yangon (Dollar Exchange)
2008-04-07 08:25:00 If you are visiting Myanmar, you will find yourself trying to find a money exchange to change your foreign currency into Myanmar kyat. Although US dollar is universally accepted, small vendors will be reluctant to accept US dollars because of difficulty in exchanging into kyat. So you invariably have to change some money into Myanmar kyat anyway. The first place you can change is at the airport. More About: Money , Dollar , Exchange
Orbituary - Ludu Daw Amar Died at the age of 93
2008-04-07 07:36:00 Ludu Daw Amar , a famous and beloved author from Mandalay, and wife of late Ludu U Hla, died at the age of 93 at Mandalay General Hospital this morning. She was born on 29 November 1915 in Mandalay from U Htin and Daw Su. She studied in Mandalay ABM and National School, and later studied in Mandalay College and Rangoon University. She established herself as a writer by translating Trials in Burma More About: Died
Bus to Mandalay
2008-04-04 14:15:00 If you are planning to go to Mandalay directly from Yangon, you have three options. The most comfortable, convenient and expensive one is to take a flight. The price (for two way ticket) is more expensive than a two way ticket between Bangkok and Yangon. The second, less expensive one is to use the train. The cheapest and most uncomfortable way to travel is by bus. Buses from Yangon to Mandalay
Popular Myanmar Online Journal
2008-03-31 13:14:00 This is the online version of Myanmar Popular weekly journal. You can read about latest news on Myanmar movies, music, movies stars, actors, actresses, singers and entertainment community. You can also read the online version of Yati Magazine. The online version is not as complete as the print version but at least you can read some news on Myanmar entertainment community. Read it at Myanmar More About: Journal , Online
Tip on going into town from the airport
2008-03-29 05:12:00 If you are a foreigner, and coming to Burma for the first time, you will found yourself in a completely different world. And the first daunting task would be to go to your hotel. If you have already arranged with your travel agent to pick you up at the airport, everything would be OK. But if not, you will have to hire a taxi. There is no airport bus service running from the airport so the only More About: Airport , Town
Chin National Day on 20 February
2008-02-03 13:52:00 Just a quick reminder. Chin National Day is on 20 February , and there will be a big official celebration in Hakha, the capital of Chin State, Myanmar. There will be Chin traditional costume shows, Chin traditional dances and Chin traditional wrestling. Interested visitors should plan their visit in advanced as there is only one guest house in Hakha. More About: National Day
Shin Pyu
2008-02-01 16:55:00 Shin Pyu is an essential and integral part in a life of a Burmese Buddhist male. “Shin Pyu” is a ceremony in which a young Buddhist male becomes a novice in the order of The Sangha. For a Burmese Buddhist male, it is important for him to be a novice for a certain period in his life as this will enable him to gain merit which will enable him, in his future lives, to gain Nirvana (enlightenment). More About: Shin
Image stabilizer for any camera
2008-01-29 15:00:00 $1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod - video powered by Metacafe Here is a very neat way of making a very inexpensive image stabilizer for your camera. You don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to buy an image stabilized lens. All you need is a nut and a bolt. In case you are not familiar with the image stabilizer, it is a mechanism that reduces camera shake when you take
How to address a person properly in Myanmar
2008-01-29 11:49:00 In Myanmar , if you want to be seen polite, you should be able to use proper title when you address somebody. Burmese use appropriate titles and pronouns when addressing each other. When you are talking to an elderly male, you should put “U” (pronounce Oo) in front of his name. Thus, Mr. Ba becomes U Ba. This is also true if the person you are addressing is a government official or somebody of More About: Person , Address
Yangon Taxi
2008-01-27 11:22:00 Like any other cities in the world, Yangon has a lot of taxis running the streets of the city. Unlike other cities in the world, taxis in Yangon are not metered, that means there is no meter to calculate the fare. In fact, there is not a single taxi with a meter in Yangon. (However, this might change in the near future as the Yangon municipality has plans to install meters in taxis). So you have More About: Taxi
Methodist English High School Alumni Website (MEHSA)
2008-01-24 15:08:00 Here is the alumni website of the Methodist English High School , from Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma). The high school is now famously known as Basic Education High School No. (1), Dagon, or Dagon One. It was a very famous Christian missionary school in the past. Even now, it is still considered the most prestigious high school in Myanmar. My father studied in that school when he was young More About: Website
Back from Kunming, Yunnan, China
2008-01-24 14:26:00 Well, I was just coming back from Kunming , the capital city of Yunnan province of China . I stayed there three days (two nights) only, sent there by my organization. It is always nice to go somewhere with other people's expense actually. Well, my stay there was a nice one. Kunming is situated at about 6200 feet above sea level. Although it is at the same level as Hakha, the capital of Chin State More About: Back
Independent Camcorder Review - CamcorderInfo.com
2008-01-18 15:45:00 If you are intending to buy a new camcorder, and want to read an independent review of the camcorders in the market - Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, Samsung, here is the must view site for you. With quite detailed and independent professional reviews on camcorders, you will never make a mistake in your choice for a camcorder. You can also compare prices from various online retailers and do your More About: Camcorder , Review , Independent , Cord
Ulead Movie Factory – A Simple but Elegant Video Editor
2008-01-17 14:40:00 I recently started using the Ulead Movie Factory – a simple video editor from Ulead. Although a simple one, it can create VCD, SVCD and DVD as well as HD DVD if you have an expensive burner. You can import video footages from your camcorder, camera, cell phone or a file in you hard disk, apply some simple effects and enhancement, and apply titles and transitions. Options are quite limited. More About: Video , Video Editor , Simple
Other Institute of Medicine 1 Yangon websites
2008-01-15 15:01:00 Class of 1976, Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar - This website is the online association of 1976 batch of the Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon, the oldest medical school in Myanmar. There are photos of the members of the 1976 batch, and their activities. Alumni Myanmar Institute of Medicines - This is the Yahoo group for the doctors who graduated from all the medical schools in Myanmar More About: Websites
Institute of Medicine (1), Yangon
2008-01-15 11:47:00 Here is the official website of Institute of Medicine (1), Yangon, now University of Medicine (1) Yangon. Established in 1923, The Institute of Medicine (1) is the oldest medical school in Myanmar. Thousands of outstanding doctors have been trained by this school. Here at this website, you can read about the history of the school, as well as the current structure and courses offered. There is
Burmese Names
2008-01-11 12:42:00 Unlike western names, there is no family name in Myanmar. Women keep their maiden names upon marriage, and children can have names which bear no relation to their parents’ names. Burmese names are either one, two or three syllables. One syllable names (e.g. Ba, Mya, Hla) are no longer in used as they are so outdated although you can still find this name in some older people. Two syllable names ( More About: Names
Nhit-Lone, Thone-Lone
2008-01-09 10:49:00 Well, nhit-lone and thone-lone are illegal lotteries popular and widespread in Myanmar. Nhit-lone means two-digit and thone-lone means three-digit. Although thone-lone has been around in Myanmar for more than twenty years, nhit-lone gained popularity just a few years ago. To play thone-lone (three-digit), the lottery ticket vendors use the last three digit of the Thai National Lottery. This Thai More About: Lone
Payae Facial Tattoo
2008-01-08 05:14:00 People in Chin Hills used to have the custom of tattooing (Paya e) the face of the women. Nobody is really sure how the custom became established, but a legend was that hundreds of years ago, Burmese kings and nobles used to come to Chin Hills and hunt for the beautiful Chin girls, as the fame of their beauty reached the court of Burma. To avoid their women being captured by the Burmese, they More About: Tattoo , Facial
Season's Bakery in Yangon
2008-01-08 04:37:00 If you want to buy good quality bread and cake in Yangon at a reasonable price, go no further than Season's Bakery . Opened together with every City Mart supermarkets, the bakery has a wide selection of bread and cake. The quality of food is very good, and the price quite reasonable. Particular outlet I would like to mention is the one at the Yankin Center. It is the only Season's Bakery outlet in
Moving to a new house
2008-01-02 15:08:00 Well, on 1st of January 2008, that was yesterday, we moved to a new house. Before, we were living in a small room. The room was quite nice but it was small and expensive. The new house, actually a shop house cost the same but bigger. It was just near by, in the same compound. The new one has two stories with a basement. There are two bedrooms. The rooms are quite large and airy. It took the whole More About: House , Moving , New House
Happy New Year 2008 to you all
2008-01-01 15:30:00 Hi all dear friends. Happy New Year 2008 . Another new year again. And another year. I don't know what is awaiting us in 2008, but I am hoping for the best for all. Well, anyway, 2007 indeed was a pretty exciting year for all of us. Yesterday, I was greeting 2008 in Nakhonpathom, that is a province 56 Km from Bangkok. Quite a large town. I was staying in my wife's house for the New Year night. I More About: Happy New Year
Thai Online Digital Camera Stores
2007-12-30 12:57:00 If you want to buy digital cameras, lens and accessories online in Thai land, or just want to check price and offer (which is a better option), here are a few digital camera stores online. All of them have many branches in Bangkok and all over Thailand, so you can simply go to one of their stores and buy your thing. Big Camera - This is one of the largest photographic, digital camera and camera More About: Digital Camera , Online , Digital
Pork on Stick (Wet-Thar-Dote-Htoe)
2007-12-24 04:26:00 This is a favorite Burmese food. Originally from Chinese community in Myanmar, it has become a popular food in cities. Called “Wet-Thar-Dote-Htoe”, it literally means “Pork on Stick ”. Various parts of the pig are cooked with soy-bean sauce and seasoning. The parts include carious internal organs like intestine, liver, kidney, spleen, heart, lungs, tongue as well as meat, skin and cartilage. They
Mindat
2007-12-03 05:50:00 Here is a video I took in Mindat, a town in southern Chin State, Myanmar, Burma.
Hakha, the capital of Chin State, and the way to it.
2007-12-03 05:48:00 Here is the video of Hakha, the Chin State capital, and the way to the city. More About: Capital
Life-sketch of the Author
2007-07-24 13:37:00 Born on the 13th February, 1915, at Natmauk, the headquarters of a township in Magwe district, the author is a scion of well-to do rural gentry and a distinguished line of patriotic ancestors. Educated first in the Vernacular High School, Natmauk, then in National High School, Yenangyaung, he was a graduate of the Rangoon University in the Arts, taking English Literature, Modern History and More About: Life , Author , Sketch , The A , Etch
Burma and Buddhism
2007-07-22 09:21:00 During the present period of transition through which Burma ns are passing, the most remarkable has been the perceptible results of reformative influences. The Youth of the land are fully alive to the situation and have not been slow in contributing their quota to the reconstruction of a greater Burma. They have realized that things ancient though hallowed by time and sanctioned by usage do not More About: Buddhism
Web hosting services from Myanmar
More articles from this author:2007-07-21 06:35:00 www.idealmyanmar.com - A web hosting service from Myanmar but the servers are in US. www.soft-comm.com - A subsidary of KMD Computer. The site claimed it provides web hosting service but I cannot find the link. And the supposed links are not working (or they are not links actually). There are many areas which really look like links but they are not links! Quite confusing to navigate. Very badly More About: Services , Hosting , Web Hosting 1, 2, 3 |
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