I'm sorry today because my cousin brother (ko aung thu) go back myanmar.
He plan to go back on November and his boss fired him today without prior notice.
What a cruel boss is he?
He was still working in singapore until 12pm today and he suddenly is told by boss to collect his things at lunch time.
He was surprised to hear that and no way to follow his instruction as Agent is awaiting him to send Changi Airport.
He could able to call and tell me this incident after he aboard on plane.
He asked me to buy some presents if I see some discount items and I already bought some items for him.
And he couldn't able to collect his items and I also cannot send them to airport as today is working day (wednesday).
To the best of my knowledge about him, he is a hard working , simple and honest person.
He came to Singapore with a big dream just like others did.
But he realised the situation after landing on this island.
He is sent to agrifarm family firm as a daily wages worker.
His employer do pet fish business in which making and selling fishes to customers.
My brother needs to work 8:00am to 5:00pm and 7 days a week.
He got 1 day off per month and no other leaves deserve.
His duty is early morning going down and staying in the fish pool and collect fishes.
Then classify male and female fishes of same type.
Next count on and put in the plastic bag for selling.
By doing this, he earn about 18S$ per day.
There is no market or public transport nearby his job.
He stay at the kitchen and cook sometime, mostly he eat rice and fried foods.
Once he got day-off, he always go visit to his elder brother home near lakeside MRT.
At that time he usually bring back what he needs in his place.
At night, he usually listen to a radio and praying buddha before go to bed.
Some night he used to call me and talk a bit.
I was so pity him when I learnt his situation after i enter to singapore.
But I can't do anything for him here.
Even his PRs brother could do nothing for him.
He's not troublesome and hard working at job.
As a result, finally he got a sudden retrenchment today.
We made plan to meet before he go back mother land before.
Now our plan had been destroyed by unfair boss.
In fact, such a kind of story are a lot in here.
Not only affected on my cousin brother alone, but also others unknown cases.
I just want to know that why people can't stop bullying on their inferiors?
No answer, everywhere happen it on this cruel world.
We are finally just a victim of greedy and unfair ppl.
I'm sorry if you feel sad after reading this letter.
I really didn't mean and want u to do so.
My wish is all immigrant workers, incl me, able to save their jobs and free from unfair relationship at their respective job.
Thanks for your valuable time.
Lets optimist at hard time.
Good luck my friends.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
My Campus Life
The time was about December, 1995, I arrived Chauk for my engineering studies. My mother and sister accompanied with me travel to Salay. There is my aunt who is my mother's younger sister at Salay and I am supposed to stay there before I am settled. I have never been Salay before and it was my first time to see my Aunt and my cousins. After discussing my mum and my aunt, my aunt suggested that I could stay in Salay and go Chauk as a day-student. She highlighted also that her eldest son was studying like that during his time. So my mum asked me to stay in Salay and listen my aunt's instruction.
The first day I go to institute, I don't know how to go the correct room because I am alien to that compound. The Chauk GTI campus is build on the different terrain and it is concealed when view from the front. There are several classes and workshop behind the front building. All the buildings are connected by a corridor. By the standard of myanmar's infra-structure, it's quite modernize and I'm amazed to see that. There are 4 double story hostels and dinning hall nearby as well. The famous one is RC water-tank and it is as high as 6 story building. I copied Civil engineering classes time table and I find the right class-room myself. By the time I went to institute, it's a bit early and only few students are coming and attending school. So the teachers are not follow the time-table and it makes me difficult to find them. After understanding myself, I decided to ask some passer who are deemed my senior students. They know this campus well and they surely know where is the first year class-room as well. So I managed to find my class and begin my journey to become an engineer.
At my first day, I got few friends in which one is from Salay, another is from Nyaung-Oo and the rest is from Chauk. We all are from the same faculty and we made friend within half day. Later on we became the closest friends not only during campus day but also in life. We enjoyed lunch together at one cafe-shop that become later our dinning area everday. We all bring our lunch-box usually and we enjoy foods by sharing each other. By this way we are closer day by day and help in other needs. Every monday to friday, I need to go Chauk early morning and come back Salay at evening. Being student, I am granted to deserve a discount transportation fees. At first year, I need to pay for 3Ks for one way for 14 miles journey. At that time, for normal passengers need to pay 10Ks for the same trip. So at the peak hour, the driver and spare-man don't want to carry us and it makes us very disappointed. In some ocassion, we, students, need to ride the hilux car by hanging on stand-up. It's actually dangerous position but no choice. They, driver and spare-man don't want to give us a normal sit. I mean they don't want to see us sitting on the seat. I don't know why they treat us like that. Sometime we signal to stop car and they don't stop and drive away by saying there is no place for anyone. But we could manage to overcome these difficulties. After first year I shifted to internal hostel at GTI compound.
I got stypine for 300Ks per month because I am eligible to be poor enough. I need to fill up the form and also sit interview as well to proof how deep I am poor. All applicant through the same way to grab one. Being internal hostel student, I need to pay hostel and food fees to management team. It charged me 300Ks a month and my stypine is finished by paying that. Hostel gave us 2 times a day.
Lunch : Rice and Bean Soup.
Dinner: Rice + One curry (meat) + One Soup.
Supper: It appear only exam time...mostly management gave us 1 boiled egg and bread.
So we all students need to buy outside foods or store own foods from house so that we can enjoy our meals at lunch and dinner time. At hostel, rooms are needed to share 4, 8 and 12 persons depend on size. I am placed on 8 person room. My first ever time experience to share a room with fellow students who are from different majors. My institute have 4 faculties that is Civil, MP, MT and EP. So by staying at the hostel, we can gain a chance to get new friends from another major. There are playground between hostels and we, students, are playing some particular games by grouping same hobby students. The most difficult time is bathing time at hostel. Since Chauk is mountaineous town, it's always difficult to have water enough. So we students are needed to conscious at early morning and evening. We have to go bath rooms when the water come from pump..The water coming is not timing despite usually come early morning and evening. Anyway we find it happy to shower side by side so many students. Toilet are also not good enough to be used. Management team doesn't seems take care for that sanitary case. I noticed that all cistern are out of service and we need to carry water for our own case when we go toilet. At night time, lighting is also not enough and make us afraid to go alone there although toilet are attached to main building. As usual, the hostel are noisy until middle of night and I tried to used to that at my first days. I don't have the practice to go out for sitting cafe and going to female student hostel for entertaining. So usually I am alone at my room at early night time. All my room-mates go out every night and used to come back around 10pm. At that early hour, I can study peacefully and when I go bed, the hostel started to noise with student returning from outside. I am not a ordinary/typical student I admit. I control myself a bit more and I lose my happy time by studying hard. But it used to my daily life and never feeling boring. To get a good roll in class, I have to study hard. In GTI, it is not problem to pass regularly but cannot get a top ten without studying hard. I have my own ambition and I don't want to sway it for any reason. I didn't have a girl-friend at that time and never tried as well.
I realise one thing when I attend GTI. That is I thought I am unfortunately failed to get flying colours at my matriculation exam. It's seems never cure at first and begin to cure when I am attending GTI. Because I found some classmates who are better than me although they coming to GTI. Basically GTI comer are worse than YIT goer, I believe like that. But in actual life, it shouldn't be right for every person I think. Some of students at GTI are so clever and they are getting well result without trying so much. I get the good marks is because of my industrious manner. Most of the high scorer are female students and I associated mostly with them so that I can discuss my problem with them. I find that the more I am familiar with top students, the more I can gain their assistance. By this way, I automatically avoided the male students as they are not trying enough and spend in different value. I neglected in what they comment on me. As long as I am simple and honest, I don't need to care about others critize. There are many rumours among students and competition is very high among top ten students. This is the one I like most in GTI. We don't have any tuition and we need to rely only normal class teacher. So students need to attend regularly and attendence is important in deciding if one can sit exam or not. I mean is for those who attend less than 75% attendence lose the chance to sit exam. They are not allowed to sit exam for so many abscent. Our institute-teachers are so hard working and very familiar with pupils. We are happy our institute days and we'll never forget the days we spent with our classmates and teachers.
The first day I go to institute, I don't know how to go the correct room because I am alien to that compound. The Chauk GTI campus is build on the different terrain and it is concealed when view from the front. There are several classes and workshop behind the front building. All the buildings are connected by a corridor. By the standard of myanmar's infra-structure, it's quite modernize and I'm amazed to see that. There are 4 double story hostels and dinning hall nearby as well. The famous one is RC water-tank and it is as high as 6 story building. I copied Civil engineering classes time table and I find the right class-room myself. By the time I went to institute, it's a bit early and only few students are coming and attending school. So the teachers are not follow the time-table and it makes me difficult to find them. After understanding myself, I decided to ask some passer who are deemed my senior students. They know this campus well and they surely know where is the first year class-room as well. So I managed to find my class and begin my journey to become an engineer.
At my first day, I got few friends in which one is from Salay, another is from Nyaung-Oo and the rest is from Chauk. We all are from the same faculty and we made friend within half day. Later on we became the closest friends not only during campus day but also in life. We enjoyed lunch together at one cafe-shop that become later our dinning area everday. We all bring our lunch-box usually and we enjoy foods by sharing each other. By this way we are closer day by day and help in other needs. Every monday to friday, I need to go Chauk early morning and come back Salay at evening. Being student, I am granted to deserve a discount transportation fees. At first year, I need to pay for 3Ks for one way for 14 miles journey. At that time, for normal passengers need to pay 10Ks for the same trip. So at the peak hour, the driver and spare-man don't want to carry us and it makes us very disappointed. In some ocassion, we, students, need to ride the hilux car by hanging on stand-up. It's actually dangerous position but no choice. They, driver and spare-man don't want to give us a normal sit. I mean they don't want to see us sitting on the seat. I don't know why they treat us like that. Sometime we signal to stop car and they don't stop and drive away by saying there is no place for anyone. But we could manage to overcome these difficulties. After first year I shifted to internal hostel at GTI compound.
I got stypine for 300Ks per month because I am eligible to be poor enough. I need to fill up the form and also sit interview as well to proof how deep I am poor. All applicant through the same way to grab one. Being internal hostel student, I need to pay hostel and food fees to management team. It charged me 300Ks a month and my stypine is finished by paying that. Hostel gave us 2 times a day.
Lunch : Rice and Bean Soup.
Dinner: Rice + One curry (meat) + One Soup.
Supper: It appear only exam time...mostly management gave us 1 boiled egg and bread.
So we all students need to buy outside foods or store own foods from house so that we can enjoy our meals at lunch and dinner time. At hostel, rooms are needed to share 4, 8 and 12 persons depend on size. I am placed on 8 person room. My first ever time experience to share a room with fellow students who are from different majors. My institute have 4 faculties that is Civil, MP, MT and EP. So by staying at the hostel, we can gain a chance to get new friends from another major. There are playground between hostels and we, students, are playing some particular games by grouping same hobby students. The most difficult time is bathing time at hostel. Since Chauk is mountaineous town, it's always difficult to have water enough. So we students are needed to conscious at early morning and evening. We have to go bath rooms when the water come from pump..The water coming is not timing despite usually come early morning and evening. Anyway we find it happy to shower side by side so many students. Toilet are also not good enough to be used. Management team doesn't seems take care for that sanitary case. I noticed that all cistern are out of service and we need to carry water for our own case when we go toilet. At night time, lighting is also not enough and make us afraid to go alone there although toilet are attached to main building. As usual, the hostel are noisy until middle of night and I tried to used to that at my first days. I don't have the practice to go out for sitting cafe and going to female student hostel for entertaining. So usually I am alone at my room at early night time. All my room-mates go out every night and used to come back around 10pm. At that early hour, I can study peacefully and when I go bed, the hostel started to noise with student returning from outside. I am not a ordinary/typical student I admit. I control myself a bit more and I lose my happy time by studying hard. But it used to my daily life and never feeling boring. To get a good roll in class, I have to study hard. In GTI, it is not problem to pass regularly but cannot get a top ten without studying hard. I have my own ambition and I don't want to sway it for any reason. I didn't have a girl-friend at that time and never tried as well.
I realise one thing when I attend GTI. That is I thought I am unfortunately failed to get flying colours at my matriculation exam. It's seems never cure at first and begin to cure when I am attending GTI. Because I found some classmates who are better than me although they coming to GTI. Basically GTI comer are worse than YIT goer, I believe like that. But in actual life, it shouldn't be right for every person I think. Some of students at GTI are so clever and they are getting well result without trying so much. I get the good marks is because of my industrious manner. Most of the high scorer are female students and I associated mostly with them so that I can discuss my problem with them. I find that the more I am familiar with top students, the more I can gain their assistance. By this way, I automatically avoided the male students as they are not trying enough and spend in different value. I neglected in what they comment on me. As long as I am simple and honest, I don't need to care about others critize. There are many rumours among students and competition is very high among top ten students. This is the one I like most in GTI. We don't have any tuition and we need to rely only normal class teacher. So students need to attend regularly and attendence is important in deciding if one can sit exam or not. I mean is for those who attend less than 75% attendence lose the chance to sit exam. They are not allowed to sit exam for so many abscent. Our institute-teachers are so hard working and very familiar with pupils. We are happy our institute days and we'll never forget the days we spent with our classmates and teachers.
The way to GTI
After failing to sit DSA exam, I visited my Aunt's home in South Okkalapa Tsp and stay for a few days there. During my stay, my Aunt arranged for me to sight see around Yangon and even send me to visit Bago to admire all sort of pagoda. Since this is my first time in Yangon, I was so pleased to taste all experience. I see first time my cousin brother and sisters who are born and grow in Yangon. They teased me on d way I talk and behavior as I am much look like villager for them. Anyway I keep quiet upon their teasing and they don't seem bother to me.
Few days later I go back my home town alone with a bit worry for leaking my news about DSA. Because this time, my friend who came together to Yangon and sit exam already get back my home town. Probably he could visit my home and tell about my unfortunate story. I don't want my mother know about that. I worried it because I didn't stop him (my frd) not to reveal my situation. Finally I get back home and my family is curious with my exam trip to Yangon. I, without delaying, explained them like I was really sat exam. After I finished my telling, I made a comment that
"Mum, I won't be pass because we can't give money and we don't have army background"
"I'ld be assume that I go visit to Yangon unless I passed."
Mum agree with me, and see me kindly....
A moment later, my mother tell me that "You have to go Magway for GTI exam, here is the exam preparation book"
I refusely look at it and complained mum.
"Why should I sit this exam?"
To be honest "I don't know what does GTI mean"
In my dream list, there is no GTI to be try...
In my home town, at that time, there is no GTI student or engineer.....
So I lack that knowledge and I just simply asked mum..
My mum also don't know about that and she don't have proper answer to tell me...
What she can tell me is that "I also don't know, it is your sister order"
And I just transfer to you only.
I immediately asked mum, can I refuse to go magway for that exam?
I am realising myself that I am not lucky with any kind of exam and recent DSA exam experience influence to me and I am not fresh as well.
So I am not eager to go and spend my time by doing that.
My mum suggested that if you don't want to sit, then you inform your sister..
I am not dare to complain my eldest sister because I was grown up under her disposal.
She is not only my eldest sister but also my teacher during my primary and secondary school.
And she is a lot influence upon our family bcz she is only one person who can find money to support our big family.
At that time, my second eldest sister also got a job at Irrigation Department with account clerk at Magway SE office.
In brief, I went to Magway for exam without preparing anything for that.
At my time, we need to sit exam to enter GTI, not like nowadays.
Our batch was the last batch to do so... Later on the law are changed and they accept new students by their matriculation exam marks especially on English and Maths.
Lucky again, if I need to compete with my mark, then I won't ever be an engineer in this life.
For that exam, we need to sit 4 subjects, Myanmar, English, Maths and General Knowledge.
When I arrive Magway, I stayed at ID quarter that was given to my second eldest sister.
At that time, SAE are so popular among ID community and my sister as well wanted me to become an engineer so that I could be SAE oneday.
But I don't interested in this exam and don't want to study for exam.
For my exam seat, my sister went to exam centre and registered for me bcz I was away for DSA exam at that time.
On the exam days, I went to exam centre, No.3 BEHS, Magway, with some friends from ID community.
First day we need to sit for 2 subjects, Myanmar in the morning and English in the afternoon.
I luckily can answer them well and even able to help my neighour students to copy my answer papers.
They are actually well prepared by attending tuition for this exam. What they said is there is no Questions what their teacher asked them to study.
Next day, Maths and General Knowledge, I am fine with Maths and again I can help nearby students. That time, I was teaching 9 and 10th standard tuition in my home town and I am not strange with lessons. It make me easy to answer the paper I think. Moreover I was seriously learned some knowledge for DSA exam recently. So I could remember some items clearly and it help me do well.
My problem begin when time come for General Knowledge subject. Questions ask me to draw sewing machine / telephone parts...Wow,,,, I don't know how to answer them and just sitting on my bench. Luckily my neighbour friends noticed me sitting and asked me how? I signal "No" with disgust. Then they happily told me that "don't worry friend" , we'll help you this time..They say, today question are exactly d same what they study at tuition. So they can answer it easily and quickily finished it. After that they all started to help me answering my paper. Fortunately exam-guard teachers are so kind-person and neglect what we are doing illegally. By this way I could answer the exam well and get passed when the result come out.
When I receive the official letter from GTI to attend, I was unbelieveable for that. Luckily I got Civil that is my most interesting subject among variety of engineer subjects. Finally I became an civil engineering student @ CGTI, Chauk.
Few days later I go back my home town alone with a bit worry for leaking my news about DSA. Because this time, my friend who came together to Yangon and sit exam already get back my home town. Probably he could visit my home and tell about my unfortunate story. I don't want my mother know about that. I worried it because I didn't stop him (my frd) not to reveal my situation. Finally I get back home and my family is curious with my exam trip to Yangon. I, without delaying, explained them like I was really sat exam. After I finished my telling, I made a comment that
"Mum, I won't be pass because we can't give money and we don't have army background"
"I'ld be assume that I go visit to Yangon unless I passed."
Mum agree with me, and see me kindly....
A moment later, my mother tell me that "You have to go Magway for GTI exam, here is the exam preparation book"
I refusely look at it and complained mum.
"Why should I sit this exam?"
To be honest "I don't know what does GTI mean"
In my dream list, there is no GTI to be try...
In my home town, at that time, there is no GTI student or engineer.....
So I lack that knowledge and I just simply asked mum..
My mum also don't know about that and she don't have proper answer to tell me...
What she can tell me is that "I also don't know, it is your sister order"
And I just transfer to you only.
I immediately asked mum, can I refuse to go magway for that exam?
I am realising myself that I am not lucky with any kind of exam and recent DSA exam experience influence to me and I am not fresh as well.
So I am not eager to go and spend my time by doing that.
My mum suggested that if you don't want to sit, then you inform your sister..
I am not dare to complain my eldest sister because I was grown up under her disposal.
She is not only my eldest sister but also my teacher during my primary and secondary school.
And she is a lot influence upon our family bcz she is only one person who can find money to support our big family.
At that time, my second eldest sister also got a job at Irrigation Department with account clerk at Magway SE office.
In brief, I went to Magway for exam without preparing anything for that.
At my time, we need to sit exam to enter GTI, not like nowadays.
Our batch was the last batch to do so... Later on the law are changed and they accept new students by their matriculation exam marks especially on English and Maths.
Lucky again, if I need to compete with my mark, then I won't ever be an engineer in this life.
For that exam, we need to sit 4 subjects, Myanmar, English, Maths and General Knowledge.
When I arrive Magway, I stayed at ID quarter that was given to my second eldest sister.
At that time, SAE are so popular among ID community and my sister as well wanted me to become an engineer so that I could be SAE oneday.
But I don't interested in this exam and don't want to study for exam.
For my exam seat, my sister went to exam centre and registered for me bcz I was away for DSA exam at that time.
On the exam days, I went to exam centre, No.3 BEHS, Magway, with some friends from ID community.
First day we need to sit for 2 subjects, Myanmar in the morning and English in the afternoon.
I luckily can answer them well and even able to help my neighour students to copy my answer papers.
They are actually well prepared by attending tuition for this exam. What they said is there is no Questions what their teacher asked them to study.
Next day, Maths and General Knowledge, I am fine with Maths and again I can help nearby students. That time, I was teaching 9 and 10th standard tuition in my home town and I am not strange with lessons. It make me easy to answer the paper I think. Moreover I was seriously learned some knowledge for DSA exam recently. So I could remember some items clearly and it help me do well.
My problem begin when time come for General Knowledge subject. Questions ask me to draw sewing machine / telephone parts...Wow,,,, I don't know how to answer them and just sitting on my bench. Luckily my neighbour friends noticed me sitting and asked me how? I signal "No" with disgust. Then they happily told me that "don't worry friend" , we'll help you this time..They say, today question are exactly d same what they study at tuition. So they can answer it easily and quickily finished it. After that they all started to help me answering my paper. Fortunately exam-guard teachers are so kind-person and neglect what we are doing illegally. By this way I could answer the exam well and get passed when the result come out.
When I receive the official letter from GTI to attend, I was unbelieveable for that. Luckily I got Civil that is my most interesting subject among variety of engineer subjects. Finally I became an civil engineering student @ CGTI, Chauk.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Me and army officer exam experience
In the wake of my poor matriculation exam result, I have to think deeply how to forward my future since all my dream of becoming engineer has been effectively destroyed by myself. My sponsor money is no longer with me and I have to establish by myself. In this point, I already been a tuition teacher and my own business is going well. To avoid people, I closed my classes for a while and I stay away from people's sense. During that day, I try to concentrate my mind and ask myself what should I do next? I know that I can't imagine some investment from my family because my family is poor. So what I can do without any investment, I considered. Finally I could decide that my current tuition business needs no initial cost and can open it and it's my only one prospect to become a wealthy and successful man. So I made up my mind to continue this tuition business till oneday I can open my own boarder. There was another reason for my decision. My childhood friends who sit the exam in my home town passed with flying colors. So I have to support by myself by opening tuition classes despite I pass it without D. I encouraged by myself and reopen my classes as usual. I was ashamed to see the faces of my pupils during my teaching. Anyway I overcome that crisis by doing my job to its best.
Soon after that I got information about army officer application advertisement. The time was summer holidays period and I have only one class. So I am pretty free and decided to submit my form. So I went to Magway and collect for form. But the problem is forms are finished ready at division army base. So I go to my cousin brother who is retired army captain and seeks for help. He got gun-shot at battle and converted to RTC department with the same rank at that time. So his post is director at the division class RTC department. He wrote a letter and asked his bodyguard to send me division army base. So his staff and I go to army adminstration office and get one copy luckily. Actually some forms were put aside for VIP people. I understand like that and may be my consideration is wrong. Because when I go there alone as civilian and they told me no more forms here. Then I go again with a recommend letter, they issue it easily. What a funny process ? Anyway anyhow I get one copy for my upcoming task. From that day onward I started to exercise by myself because there is no training class at my home town. And I am only one candidate to sit this exam at that year. So I have no friends to train/learn together. Luckily one of my pupil's brother is DSA student and he has exercise books at home. He attended preparation training at yangon and he passed the exam. So I fortunately got some exercise books from my pupil for preparation of my army officer exam. My physical exercise is very funny, what I do u know, early morning I wake up and run about 2 miles and eat raw bean so that I can raise my weight. The minimum requirement of cadet weight is 110 lbs and I am 112 lbs at that time. So I have to increase my weight amap. Few days later I get another information that there is another student who intend to sit coming DSA exam at the army quarter of my home town. So I managed to contact him and we exchanged some knowledge. His grand-father is army captain of our home town army. So he come visit our hometown during his summer holidays after 10th standard exam. By this ways, we become friends and time come to go yangon. My brother amazed when he know that I am going to sit DSA exam because he knew that I am not a brave boy and also physically not strong enough. He tease me by saying that you would be afraid ur soldiers if you become army officer. I keep silent and respond with laugh only. Sometime mum wake me up early morning to run out. But I complaint to her for waking me up before dawn. She would laugh me when I say that mum, I am not dare to run before day light come. I have my own reason for that, there is one house for dead bodies beside the road I run. So I don't dare pass this house before dawn. My mum then used to ask me that how will u do army officer if you are afraid of dead bodies? I reply by saying that mum, not every army officer are fighting at battle, please imagine the intelligent army department that only do for production of weapon, bullet and some officer are teaching at DSA and some are fightr pilot. Since I am type of man who have full of excuses, mum would surrender me.
Earlier day of March, my friend and I need to go Yangon for DSA exam. There is only one RTC car going to ygn from my home town. Actually even this car is coming from other town and we need to wait from the road so that we can aboard when it arrive. There is no official gate at my town. Usually this car arrive my town about 4:00am and I wake up 2:30am and make sure I am getting ready about 3:30am on the road. The road and my my home is 45min walking distant away and no electricity at that time. My brother send me there with two big bags, one for my dresses and another for my bed. My friend and I met at the designated place that car usually stop for a while. By this way we started our journey with this non-aircon RTC bus to yangon. Since time is summer and March suy makes us very hot on the way, we both enjoy ice-cream, watermalon, papaya, etc whenever bus stop for a break.
I never been Yangon before and my friend is just pass Yangon from Rakhine to my home town. So both of us don't know how to go in Yangon. He is Rakhine and speak with Rakhine assent. And I am a bit used to with big city life because I have been 2 years in Mandalay. So I am more experience than my friend. He also agree with me to follow me. Finally we arrive yangon on late evening on d same day we depart from our home town. We take a note of my friend's brother address and my aunt's address. As we plan, we got appointment with his brother who is guard soldier at paliament house on pyay road, opposite of Shwedagon pagoda. We went out of sawbwargyi bus terminal and follow people to road that has bus-stop. I take a note of bus no that was told by my frd's brother before we left from home town. We see all cars are full of passengers and unable to aboard. Because the time we arrive is peak hour and so many people are returning home from jobs. We have two big bags each and no spare wants us aboard. Finally we managed one Hilux car to aboard and spare asked me for fare. I told him that how much for a helvin stop? He disappointly told me that this car is heading to Mingalardon brothers. The I asked him to stop car and he say cannot stop anywhere, I have to wait until next stop. What a funny day for a villager like us? Other passengers also laughed at me and my friend. Next stop, we alight and change direction by the suggestion of spare man. This time we are in the correct lane and we rode so far and we started to worry about over riding. So I asked spare man repeatly that bro, I'm going to helvin naw,,,,then he reply yes I know I'll tell you just before we arrive there. After I asking repeatly, he feel angry and started to shout us. The time is around 8:30pm and we don't know where do we going and getting. What we feel is only afraid of wrong going. The car is so crowded and all around us are female workers. They seems never mind for touching each other. We are hesitating to touch them because we don't have such experience. Later I asked the passenger next to me if we already got helvin street. She kindly reply me that don't worry it's far away to ride, I'll tell you if we got there, she say she is going farther than we do. Actually she go to sanpya movie theatre and we intend to alight at helvin street. Finally we arrive helvin and spare man signal to us and she confirmed to us. So we both alighted and see each other means what to do next? We both are standing alone on the platform and see only fence and some trees and driving cars. Nothing to do but asking people for direction. I saw one traffic police who is doing his duty at the junction of Pyay road and helvin street to make it safe. I ask my frd if he go or I go and ask that police. He as usual ask me you do it. Then I asked him to take care of our property and leave him for police. I bring address and show police and ask where is it.
Police surprisingly star me and ask why you want to go this place? This is govt VIP house and no civillian are allowed to enter, he reply. I request that pls show me, we are relative to that high ranking officers. Then he sight and pointed out his finger at one building. This is what you are looking for my boy. Then I say thanks and return to my friend. We approach fence gate and ask for my friend's brother name. The duty soldier luckily know him and say he's on duty at main gate that is another side of current one. So we managed to get there and see him by introducing. In fact, my friend and his brother never seen before and so they need to intro each other by saying their family history. I amazingly see at them and the soldier open the gate and welcome us. We both enter the perliament house quarter and put down our heavy bags and take off our clothes due to very hot. Then prepare to eat dinner as we are already hungry. Immediately we heard some noise sound and some soldiers enter the room we are resting. And ask us who are you and what are you doing here by duty officer. My friend brother answer his officer's query and his officer seems angry and shouted at him. And they are getting ready to arrest by pointing their guns at our faces. We both are so scare seeing that view and what we can say is please, we don't know what are you doing, we are not enemy, we just come here to sit DSA exam. If you don't want we'll go out now...pls,,,pls,,pls". Meanwhile my friend's brother punched his officer face and they fighting. The officer is drunk and lay down to floor and I realise that the situation is bad to worse. So I urged my frd to go out and stay at some rest house/inn. He also seems afraid and ask his brother to let us go outside tonight. Then we both and his brother went to thamine army quarter camp with no.45 bus. We arrive there around 10:00pm and register at gate. The gate captain asked me to show 10th std finishing cert and I only can show copy of it. He demand original and I said no, i didn't bring along with me. He then accepted me to register and I question at him that do i need to take back that cert before exam? At that day, exam day is few days away from that night. If officer say yes, I could phone to my family and they can send it to me with next day bus. But officer say it's not compulsory these days because army needs a lot officers right now and loose a bit at its normal discipline. So I do not take it care seriously and take a rest at the designated camp.
Hooooooooooooooooooooo,,,,,,,,,I sight heavily and try to sleeppppppppp
In the middle of night, I started to feel stomach pain and later suffer for diarrhoea.
Because I overate roadside foods and fruits during my journey to Yangon.
My stomach keep pain and going toilet for the whole night.
Next morning I am significantly weak and go out for nearby market to find a suitable medicine.
I don't want to go army clinic that is located in the army camp compound because ppl rumourly say that they start to give counting our score and so I don't want to lose any point.
That's why I try to cure by myself by searching local medicine in the morning market.
I find it unrecover and feel worse and lost my appetite.
So within 2 days, I have lost my weight and started to worry about tomorrow entrance to Mingalardon camp. Then I decided to go to army clinic to seek treatment regardless of any outcome. Once I enter in the clinic, I met ordinary medical soldier and he asked my by shouting as usual.
He query me as follow:
staff: What problem do u have?
me : I have been diarrhoea.
staff : how long have you been?
me : about 2 days
staff : what are you doing then ?
me : I try to cure by myself.
staff: while pointing his finger at my face, shouted "you bullshit".
me: I don't think it is serious and I am used to take care by myself.
staff : you bloody hell, what do you think of yourself? that's why I can't see all candidates for army officer, even haven't become officer, you all are cross at my eyes.
me : a bit silence without talking anything
staff : why can you say that you have been diarrhoea?
me : I have gone toilet for several times as unusual.
staff: What is the color of your shit?
me : I can't see that because your toilets are being built on the flowing stream.
staff: how does it come out of your ass?
me : it's look like water flow.
staff: Do you know the meaning of diarrhoea(wan shaw) and .........(wan kite)?
me: yes I do
staff : diarrhoea is the kind of shit is flowing like water and wan kite is unable to pump out your shit from ass despite severe pain at stomach.
me : yes I know that
staff: he started to register me and gave me few tablets by mixing them quickly put in the plastic bag and saying this for morning, this for afternoon and this for night after meal at the same time.
me : I see them thoroughly infront of him immediately.
staff : why do u see like that?
me : I am afraid of wrong taking medicine.
staff : he angrily shout me "xx@#$%^&"
me : sorry sir, you didn't tell me properly and also didn't seperate the plastic for morning, afternoon and night. It make me confuse to understand well.
staff : you better get out of my sight.
me : alright sir, thanks for your kind help.
I come back and take a rest at my bed. Hmmm is it called army intelligent force?
Tomorrow I have to go mingalardon camp for final exam.
So I am very concern about my weight is at the minimum 120 lbs.
I am not worry about my height because min ht limit is 5' 2" and I am 5' 6" man.
The next day early morning my friend and I go to the morning market and looking for a weighing machine there.
My surprise!!!!!!! God,
I have only 96 lbs at the moment.
I have to go back if I am not 120 lbs this evening.
So I decided to buy bananas and myanmar medicine from market and return camp.
I don't eat army foods that day and buy from outside shop.
I told restaurant owner aunty that pls do not mind how much I eat today.
After I sat exam, I'll come back here and eat less while I am explaining to her about my weigh problem. She agreed with me and see me enjoy her foods heavily.
I took myanmar and english medicine to stop going toilet not only shit but also urine.
I eat bananas from morning till just before weighting at mingalardon camp.
At the same time I make sure eat table salt so that I can avoid vomitting before weighing.
Foods are filled until my throat and I felt uncomfortable, but never mind as I do want to pass this exam. I have prepared whatever I can do in advance by theory.
At afternoon about 2:00pm, we started to move from current camp to mingalardon camp by army lorry car. I am still eating banana on the car and drinking water a lot purposely.
Once we arrived on camp, the instructor asked us to align and gave us serial no and show our places to stay during exam time. After putting our property in place and we needed to gather again by respective serial no. This is the first test for weighing and measuring the height. The seperate all candidate to two groups called blue and red. I'm under blue group because this group for all fresher and red group for repeaters. I am trying this exam for first time and so I am put under blue. We need to send out our arm horizontally to front. And some staffs check our hands and the whole body if there are some defect or not. And another major attention is they check our ass carefully if there is hidden lead or not. Because some candidate are lighter than 110 lbs and they secretely put the lead inside their asses. At that time we need to wear only mini outfit. I mean only short pant and underwear top (swat kyae). So they can easily check our bodies if they are as it is or not. When it's my turn, one staff asked me if I can lift a gun or not by seeing my super thin arm size. I was so angry at his comment and I reply him immediately that this arm is not for gun holding, and I meant to drive a fighter oneday. He was very pleased with my respond. Then we need to go in one by one to a designated room in which there is a weighing machine and height measuring ruler that is fixed to that machine. There are some officers who are sitting infront of machine with the watchful eyes. One is holding the cane beside the machine. Candidate must stand on the machine and one staff shout weigh and another staff shout height. Some candidate are shorter than 5' 2" and they try to raise their bare foot a bit. At that time one staff with cane who is seeing legs would be hitting rasing foot. Then officer would say get out, you are not eligible to be army officer in term of your height. Rejected and he needs to go back to collect his property and go waiting lorry to return home. I was the last number of blue group. So I see all my exam-mates measuring and I continuously pray so that my 96 lbs surely increase to 110 lbs. I don't want to go back for this lousy weigh limit. I pray hard to all goddess to help me pull the scale index to 110 lbs crazily. Finally it's my turn, I know I don't need to pay attention to height monitoring officer, only attention to weight reading officer. He slowly read oneeee hundredddddd andddddd TEN. Oh my god, I was so happy to know that I have passed this first step and it's worthy what I did the whole day to increase my weight. Then I have to go and present another officer for verification purpose. I could able to give him all necessary documents except 10th standard original certificate.
officer : pls give me your matriculation exam cert.
me : give hime copy of this.
officer : I ask you to give me original.
me : I gave him original score sheet issued by La Thar registering office.
officer : Do u understand what I am talking about?
me : yes sir but I left my original cert at my division army office when I was going to collect my forms. And I thought it'ld be sent here together with my application form.
officer : Tell me you have or not.
me : No sir, but it's not my fault at all.
officer : I don't want to hear any excuses.
me : Since I can show my original score sheet of 10th standard, do i need to show matriculation exam pass cert?
officer : I don't know if you have been real pass or not.
me : How can I get my score sheet without passing this exam, captain?
officer: I don't care your problem, we are working with so many people who are coming from the whole country.
me : please forgive me for that, pls call and ask division army office if you don't believe me.
officer : We can't contact outside world from this special area.
me : Then I hope your mercy, Sir, pleaseeeee
officer : You have consumed a lot of my time and I have so many things to do. There are so many ppl waiting you finished.
me : Yes I know sir, but pleaseeee
officer : Pls take his attire off Sir (giving order to his assistant staff)
They took my dress off and I felt so upset and wanna cry for that.
But I control my mind not to allow my tear roll down to my cheek because all around ppl are men and they would look me down.
So I return to bed to collect my property and my frd curiously ask me what happened to me.
me: I have been the same problem like my first day in yangon.
my frd: Why, it's not your fault, may be captain test your mind.
me : I thinking my frd is right, imm may be you r right,
my frd and others: go again and complain to captain
me : yes it is a must
I go back the weighing place again.
guard : why do you come back here again?
me : I don't agree with captain's reject and wanna complain for that.
guard : cannot, u r not allowed to enter
me : why not? (I'm not afraid anymore for anything)
we arguing noisely and captain shouted at what's happening outside?
They reply that the boy come back for complain, captain.
The captain ordered them to let me in.
I bravely enter to his table and stand infront of him.
captain : Why do u come back?
me : I wanna complain for your decision with my cert.
captain : what did i do wrong?
me : it's not my fault at all
captain : Then sit down.
me : thanks
captain : by taking my fill up form with photo from beside the table, and asked me is it yours?
me : yes it is
captain : See thoroughly it while I am turning all pages if there is cert inside
me : yes captain
captain : turning slowly from first page to last
me: I seeing hopefully
captain : do u see any?
me : No
captain : Then go back right now out of my sight, a bit angry this time in his tone
me : thanks for your time
I again go back to me bed and tell all my awaiting frds abt my status.
And I return first camp with the lorry at the same evening.
That night, I slept at the army camp and next morning I permanently go out of camp to go visit my aunt's house.
By this way, I luckily avoided my chance of becoming army officer.
If I have passed that exam then I won't be here in singapre today and also
I will never become engineer as I dreamt since childhood.
Have a nice time.
God is fair and life is not as bad as we thought.
:D
Soon after that I got information about army officer application advertisement. The time was summer holidays period and I have only one class. So I am pretty free and decided to submit my form. So I went to Magway and collect for form. But the problem is forms are finished ready at division army base. So I go to my cousin brother who is retired army captain and seeks for help. He got gun-shot at battle and converted to RTC department with the same rank at that time. So his post is director at the division class RTC department. He wrote a letter and asked his bodyguard to send me division army base. So his staff and I go to army adminstration office and get one copy luckily. Actually some forms were put aside for VIP people. I understand like that and may be my consideration is wrong. Because when I go there alone as civilian and they told me no more forms here. Then I go again with a recommend letter, they issue it easily. What a funny process ? Anyway anyhow I get one copy for my upcoming task. From that day onward I started to exercise by myself because there is no training class at my home town. And I am only one candidate to sit this exam at that year. So I have no friends to train/learn together. Luckily one of my pupil's brother is DSA student and he has exercise books at home. He attended preparation training at yangon and he passed the exam. So I fortunately got some exercise books from my pupil for preparation of my army officer exam. My physical exercise is very funny, what I do u know, early morning I wake up and run about 2 miles and eat raw bean so that I can raise my weight. The minimum requirement of cadet weight is 110 lbs and I am 112 lbs at that time. So I have to increase my weight amap. Few days later I get another information that there is another student who intend to sit coming DSA exam at the army quarter of my home town. So I managed to contact him and we exchanged some knowledge. His grand-father is army captain of our home town army. So he come visit our hometown during his summer holidays after 10th standard exam. By this ways, we become friends and time come to go yangon. My brother amazed when he know that I am going to sit DSA exam because he knew that I am not a brave boy and also physically not strong enough. He tease me by saying that you would be afraid ur soldiers if you become army officer. I keep silent and respond with laugh only. Sometime mum wake me up early morning to run out. But I complaint to her for waking me up before dawn. She would laugh me when I say that mum, I am not dare to run before day light come. I have my own reason for that, there is one house for dead bodies beside the road I run. So I don't dare pass this house before dawn. My mum then used to ask me that how will u do army officer if you are afraid of dead bodies? I reply by saying that mum, not every army officer are fighting at battle, please imagine the intelligent army department that only do for production of weapon, bullet and some officer are teaching at DSA and some are fightr pilot. Since I am type of man who have full of excuses, mum would surrender me.
Earlier day of March, my friend and I need to go Yangon for DSA exam. There is only one RTC car going to ygn from my home town. Actually even this car is coming from other town and we need to wait from the road so that we can aboard when it arrive. There is no official gate at my town. Usually this car arrive my town about 4:00am and I wake up 2:30am and make sure I am getting ready about 3:30am on the road. The road and my my home is 45min walking distant away and no electricity at that time. My brother send me there with two big bags, one for my dresses and another for my bed. My friend and I met at the designated place that car usually stop for a while. By this way we started our journey with this non-aircon RTC bus to yangon. Since time is summer and March suy makes us very hot on the way, we both enjoy ice-cream, watermalon, papaya, etc whenever bus stop for a break.
I never been Yangon before and my friend is just pass Yangon from Rakhine to my home town. So both of us don't know how to go in Yangon. He is Rakhine and speak with Rakhine assent. And I am a bit used to with big city life because I have been 2 years in Mandalay. So I am more experience than my friend. He also agree with me to follow me. Finally we arrive yangon on late evening on d same day we depart from our home town. We take a note of my friend's brother address and my aunt's address. As we plan, we got appointment with his brother who is guard soldier at paliament house on pyay road, opposite of Shwedagon pagoda. We went out of sawbwargyi bus terminal and follow people to road that has bus-stop. I take a note of bus no that was told by my frd's brother before we left from home town. We see all cars are full of passengers and unable to aboard. Because the time we arrive is peak hour and so many people are returning home from jobs. We have two big bags each and no spare wants us aboard. Finally we managed one Hilux car to aboard and spare asked me for fare. I told him that how much for a helvin stop? He disappointly told me that this car is heading to Mingalardon brothers. The I asked him to stop car and he say cannot stop anywhere, I have to wait until next stop. What a funny day for a villager like us? Other passengers also laughed at me and my friend. Next stop, we alight and change direction by the suggestion of spare man. This time we are in the correct lane and we rode so far and we started to worry about over riding. So I asked spare man repeatly that bro, I'm going to helvin naw,,,,then he reply yes I know I'll tell you just before we arrive there. After I asking repeatly, he feel angry and started to shout us. The time is around 8:30pm and we don't know where do we going and getting. What we feel is only afraid of wrong going. The car is so crowded and all around us are female workers. They seems never mind for touching each other. We are hesitating to touch them because we don't have such experience. Later I asked the passenger next to me if we already got helvin street. She kindly reply me that don't worry it's far away to ride, I'll tell you if we got there, she say she is going farther than we do. Actually she go to sanpya movie theatre and we intend to alight at helvin street. Finally we arrive helvin and spare man signal to us and she confirmed to us. So we both alighted and see each other means what to do next? We both are standing alone on the platform and see only fence and some trees and driving cars. Nothing to do but asking people for direction. I saw one traffic police who is doing his duty at the junction of Pyay road and helvin street to make it safe. I ask my frd if he go or I go and ask that police. He as usual ask me you do it. Then I asked him to take care of our property and leave him for police. I bring address and show police and ask where is it.
Police surprisingly star me and ask why you want to go this place? This is govt VIP house and no civillian are allowed to enter, he reply. I request that pls show me, we are relative to that high ranking officers. Then he sight and pointed out his finger at one building. This is what you are looking for my boy. Then I say thanks and return to my friend. We approach fence gate and ask for my friend's brother name. The duty soldier luckily know him and say he's on duty at main gate that is another side of current one. So we managed to get there and see him by introducing. In fact, my friend and his brother never seen before and so they need to intro each other by saying their family history. I amazingly see at them and the soldier open the gate and welcome us. We both enter the perliament house quarter and put down our heavy bags and take off our clothes due to very hot. Then prepare to eat dinner as we are already hungry. Immediately we heard some noise sound and some soldiers enter the room we are resting. And ask us who are you and what are you doing here by duty officer. My friend brother answer his officer's query and his officer seems angry and shouted at him. And they are getting ready to arrest by pointing their guns at our faces. We both are so scare seeing that view and what we can say is please, we don't know what are you doing, we are not enemy, we just come here to sit DSA exam. If you don't want we'll go out now...pls,,,pls,,pls". Meanwhile my friend's brother punched his officer face and they fighting. The officer is drunk and lay down to floor and I realise that the situation is bad to worse. So I urged my frd to go out and stay at some rest house/inn. He also seems afraid and ask his brother to let us go outside tonight. Then we both and his brother went to thamine army quarter camp with no.45 bus. We arrive there around 10:00pm and register at gate. The gate captain asked me to show 10th std finishing cert and I only can show copy of it. He demand original and I said no, i didn't bring along with me. He then accepted me to register and I question at him that do i need to take back that cert before exam? At that day, exam day is few days away from that night. If officer say yes, I could phone to my family and they can send it to me with next day bus. But officer say it's not compulsory these days because army needs a lot officers right now and loose a bit at its normal discipline. So I do not take it care seriously and take a rest at the designated camp.
Hooooooooooooooooooooo,,,,,,,,,I sight heavily and try to sleeppppppppp
In the middle of night, I started to feel stomach pain and later suffer for diarrhoea.
Because I overate roadside foods and fruits during my journey to Yangon.
My stomach keep pain and going toilet for the whole night.
Next morning I am significantly weak and go out for nearby market to find a suitable medicine.
I don't want to go army clinic that is located in the army camp compound because ppl rumourly say that they start to give counting our score and so I don't want to lose any point.
That's why I try to cure by myself by searching local medicine in the morning market.
I find it unrecover and feel worse and lost my appetite.
So within 2 days, I have lost my weight and started to worry about tomorrow entrance to Mingalardon camp. Then I decided to go to army clinic to seek treatment regardless of any outcome. Once I enter in the clinic, I met ordinary medical soldier and he asked my by shouting as usual.
He query me as follow:
staff: What problem do u have?
me : I have been diarrhoea.
staff : how long have you been?
me : about 2 days
staff : what are you doing then ?
me : I try to cure by myself.
staff: while pointing his finger at my face, shouted "you bullshit".
me: I don't think it is serious and I am used to take care by myself.
staff : you bloody hell, what do you think of yourself? that's why I can't see all candidates for army officer, even haven't become officer, you all are cross at my eyes.
me : a bit silence without talking anything
staff : why can you say that you have been diarrhoea?
me : I have gone toilet for several times as unusual.
staff: What is the color of your shit?
me : I can't see that because your toilets are being built on the flowing stream.
staff: how does it come out of your ass?
me : it's look like water flow.
staff: Do you know the meaning of diarrhoea(wan shaw) and .........(wan kite)?
me: yes I do
staff : diarrhoea is the kind of shit is flowing like water and wan kite is unable to pump out your shit from ass despite severe pain at stomach.
me : yes I know that
staff: he started to register me and gave me few tablets by mixing them quickly put in the plastic bag and saying this for morning, this for afternoon and this for night after meal at the same time.
me : I see them thoroughly infront of him immediately.
staff : why do u see like that?
me : I am afraid of wrong taking medicine.
staff : he angrily shout me "xx@#$%^&"
me : sorry sir, you didn't tell me properly and also didn't seperate the plastic for morning, afternoon and night. It make me confuse to understand well.
staff : you better get out of my sight.
me : alright sir, thanks for your kind help.
I come back and take a rest at my bed. Hmmm is it called army intelligent force?
Tomorrow I have to go mingalardon camp for final exam.
So I am very concern about my weight is at the minimum 120 lbs.
I am not worry about my height because min ht limit is 5' 2" and I am 5' 6" man.
The next day early morning my friend and I go to the morning market and looking for a weighing machine there.
My surprise!!!!!!! God,
I have only 96 lbs at the moment.
I have to go back if I am not 120 lbs this evening.
So I decided to buy bananas and myanmar medicine from market and return camp.
I don't eat army foods that day and buy from outside shop.
I told restaurant owner aunty that pls do not mind how much I eat today.
After I sat exam, I'll come back here and eat less while I am explaining to her about my weigh problem. She agreed with me and see me enjoy her foods heavily.
I took myanmar and english medicine to stop going toilet not only shit but also urine.
I eat bananas from morning till just before weighting at mingalardon camp.
At the same time I make sure eat table salt so that I can avoid vomitting before weighing.
Foods are filled until my throat and I felt uncomfortable, but never mind as I do want to pass this exam. I have prepared whatever I can do in advance by theory.
At afternoon about 2:00pm, we started to move from current camp to mingalardon camp by army lorry car. I am still eating banana on the car and drinking water a lot purposely.
Once we arrived on camp, the instructor asked us to align and gave us serial no and show our places to stay during exam time. After putting our property in place and we needed to gather again by respective serial no. This is the first test for weighing and measuring the height. The seperate all candidate to two groups called blue and red. I'm under blue group because this group for all fresher and red group for repeaters. I am trying this exam for first time and so I am put under blue. We need to send out our arm horizontally to front. And some staffs check our hands and the whole body if there are some defect or not. And another major attention is they check our ass carefully if there is hidden lead or not. Because some candidate are lighter than 110 lbs and they secretely put the lead inside their asses. At that time we need to wear only mini outfit. I mean only short pant and underwear top (swat kyae). So they can easily check our bodies if they are as it is or not. When it's my turn, one staff asked me if I can lift a gun or not by seeing my super thin arm size. I was so angry at his comment and I reply him immediately that this arm is not for gun holding, and I meant to drive a fighter oneday. He was very pleased with my respond. Then we need to go in one by one to a designated room in which there is a weighing machine and height measuring ruler that is fixed to that machine. There are some officers who are sitting infront of machine with the watchful eyes. One is holding the cane beside the machine. Candidate must stand on the machine and one staff shout weigh and another staff shout height. Some candidate are shorter than 5' 2" and they try to raise their bare foot a bit. At that time one staff with cane who is seeing legs would be hitting rasing foot. Then officer would say get out, you are not eligible to be army officer in term of your height. Rejected and he needs to go back to collect his property and go waiting lorry to return home. I was the last number of blue group. So I see all my exam-mates measuring and I continuously pray so that my 96 lbs surely increase to 110 lbs. I don't want to go back for this lousy weigh limit. I pray hard to all goddess to help me pull the scale index to 110 lbs crazily. Finally it's my turn, I know I don't need to pay attention to height monitoring officer, only attention to weight reading officer. He slowly read oneeee hundredddddd andddddd TEN. Oh my god, I was so happy to know that I have passed this first step and it's worthy what I did the whole day to increase my weight. Then I have to go and present another officer for verification purpose. I could able to give him all necessary documents except 10th standard original certificate.
officer : pls give me your matriculation exam cert.
me : give hime copy of this.
officer : I ask you to give me original.
me : I gave him original score sheet issued by La Thar registering office.
officer : Do u understand what I am talking about?
me : yes sir but I left my original cert at my division army office when I was going to collect my forms. And I thought it'ld be sent here together with my application form.
officer : Tell me you have or not.
me : No sir, but it's not my fault at all.
officer : I don't want to hear any excuses.
me : Since I can show my original score sheet of 10th standard, do i need to show matriculation exam pass cert?
officer : I don't know if you have been real pass or not.
me : How can I get my score sheet without passing this exam, captain?
officer: I don't care your problem, we are working with so many people who are coming from the whole country.
me : please forgive me for that, pls call and ask division army office if you don't believe me.
officer : We can't contact outside world from this special area.
me : Then I hope your mercy, Sir, pleaseeeee
officer : You have consumed a lot of my time and I have so many things to do. There are so many ppl waiting you finished.
me : Yes I know sir, but pleaseeee
officer : Pls take his attire off Sir (giving order to his assistant staff)
They took my dress off and I felt so upset and wanna cry for that.
But I control my mind not to allow my tear roll down to my cheek because all around ppl are men and they would look me down.
So I return to bed to collect my property and my frd curiously ask me what happened to me.
me: I have been the same problem like my first day in yangon.
my frd: Why, it's not your fault, may be captain test your mind.
me : I thinking my frd is right, imm may be you r right,
my frd and others: go again and complain to captain
me : yes it is a must
I go back the weighing place again.
guard : why do you come back here again?
me : I don't agree with captain's reject and wanna complain for that.
guard : cannot, u r not allowed to enter
me : why not? (I'm not afraid anymore for anything)
we arguing noisely and captain shouted at what's happening outside?
They reply that the boy come back for complain, captain.
The captain ordered them to let me in.
I bravely enter to his table and stand infront of him.
captain : Why do u come back?
me : I wanna complain for your decision with my cert.
captain : what did i do wrong?
me : it's not my fault at all
captain : Then sit down.
me : thanks
captain : by taking my fill up form with photo from beside the table, and asked me is it yours?
me : yes it is
captain : See thoroughly it while I am turning all pages if there is cert inside
me : yes captain
captain : turning slowly from first page to last
me: I seeing hopefully
captain : do u see any?
me : No
captain : Then go back right now out of my sight, a bit angry this time in his tone
me : thanks for your time
I again go back to me bed and tell all my awaiting frds abt my status.
And I return first camp with the lorry at the same evening.
That night, I slept at the army camp and next morning I permanently go out of camp to go visit my aunt's house.
By this way, I luckily avoided my chance of becoming army officer.
If I have passed that exam then I won't be here in singapre today and also
I will never become engineer as I dreamt since childhood.
Have a nice time.
God is fair and life is not as bad as we thought.
:D
My tuition teacher life
The time is about 1994 summer holiday just after come back from Mandalay. My sponsor uncle house is doing business with water trading in my home town. So I automatically was appointed for full time employee and help according to customer demand. We are pioneer to do such a kind of business in home town. Conventionally our town rely on seller who use water tank cart pulled by cows. But we do it by using water pump and conduit pipes. Make it easier and cheaper and so customer demands become big within a short period. So I am pretty busy from dawn to late night.
During I am focusing on that business my time, my high school student niece asked me to explain school exercise and suggest me to make a guide to her. Later she gathered some of her friends to become home tuition. It is the beginning of my tuition teacher. After I promised her to teach them, I again need to read my recent exercise books during my normal working time at water trading. I usually teach her and her friends at night time. Gradually people know about my tuition and started to ask for registration because my pupils are good at school. Their school-mates noticed about their progress and interested in joining them in my class. By this way, my tuition business become grow day by day. I was happy to teach them and happier to see my class full. Soon later I needed to open another class for 10th standard repeaters who requested me to open for them at school hours.
So I seperated two classes, one for fresher and one for repeater. Most of the repeater class students are my childhood friends. Nevertheless we do manage the good relationship of teacher and pupil during teaching hours. I imported a good method of teaching to my home town by using the best from Mandalay tuitions. I edit exercise before I teaching and gave them the simplest and easiest way so that thay can understand easily. Mostly I teach by poem, music and short-cut that can enhance their understandable. So pupils are happy with my methods and other students who are attending other tuitions also changed to my tuition. There are so many tuitions in my home town. Most of tuition teacher are my childhood teacher who taught me when I was primary to secondary student. So they used conventional method to teach their pupils.
As a result of my afford, I got a lot students during a few months. I teach English, Maths, Physic and Chemistry at the same time. At night time studying time, I guide them how to draw Biology figures and how to write essay in Myanmar subject. So can say I teach them all subjects. But I take only 100Ks for my all round services. At the time, other tuition charge about 200Ks for one subject. In term of economy, my classes are much affordable for needy parents. This probably be one of the reason some students change my classes. I make it cheap because I don't want some poor students unable to come my class just bcz of tuition fees. I, myself, suffered such a feeling when I was studying in Mandalay. Some relatives come and suggest me to increase my tuition fees but I keep it constant. Meanwhile I introduce my pupils the sense of serial exam and recording the winners. Moreover I held some fun activities once a month so that they are more familiar bwt classmate and reduce stress and happy study.
I created stick and carrot for my exam. Everbody needs to pay for exam fees to sit my weekly, monthly and chapterly exams. Then I collect that money and add another 100% amount and reward to first prize winner. If somebody alone can hit top prize for three consecutive times, I give special prize that cannot be found in my home town. I purposely buy some special things during my visit to Magway and Mandalay for that prize. So my pupils are always active and hard working students. Their competitive is so high and they even read notes on the way to my tuition. So parents are believing in my disposal and asked me to take care their childs.
I also very happy to see my pupils trying hard and getting top 3 in school. Some tuitions closed because of mine. They find it difficult to maintain their pupils moving to my tuition. Oneday even I got some sticks and stones that were thrown by other tuitions pupils who were asked by their teachers. There are more comparison between students of different tuitions. Some school teachers are also opening their own tuition and they become to give some lessons to my pupils by saying that they can't get score if they don't answer like he teach. It's really funny when my pupils told me again. Since we are preparing for govt control exam, it's nothing what they said as long as your method of calculation are correct. I answer them by consoling to don't bother internal exam result. I periodically went Mandalay and met with my teacher to upgrade my knowledge for new chapters and the item I still not master.
At that time, I want to give my best to my pupil and happy to teach them. My mind has changed a lot although I was 16 years old. My mum always see when I am teaching and she is happy to see pupils are shouting to respong my Q. My home is ever full of students not only day time but also night time. At night, it's my duty to return some female student after 11:00pm. So I usually able to sleep after 12:00pm/ mid-night. I need to prepare for tomorrow exercise and go to bed. Next morning first class begins on 6:00am and they usually arrive around 5:30am and wake me up happily. I felt that I have been some adapted childs in my life. Half of my students come from another village by bicycle or on foots. Their lifes are so pity, they have to walk some few kilometer to study at neighbour town. No choice for them if they want to study.
I announce my pupils that if there is some students who are not able to afford my tuition fees, pls bring and let them see me. I'll give them free tuition fees and even I can support in some stationery. I could support some during my tuition teacher life. I also open a stationery shop at my home and sell my students with less profit. I received some invitation letters to go and teach at neighbour township boarders. But I rejected their offers and plan to establish my own. After 1 and half years of my teaching, I was needed to go another town (Chauk) to study my engineering course. This is my another turning point to change my life style. My mum was full of tears not because of she miss me but she pity tearful my students. Everyday they come and go to and from my home. My home is always noisy and my mum is used to that. I think my mum don't want to lose that sense at my home. The night before I leave my home town for Chauk, she even asked me that "my son, can you break your plan to study at another town?" I surprisely respond her, "why mum". she said I am not happy to see your pupil's faces. But I have to go for my future mum, I'm sorry for that. She silence then. At that night, my pupils come my home as usual and do not go back their home the whole night. We make some foods and eat togher, some student play guitar and madalin and some are singing for my fair well ceremony. I cried several times but I make it out of their sight. When they gave me final respect by praying and presenting some goods, I gave them speech back and I can't control my mind and cry openly. They also cry and my mum console me by giving a towel.
The next early morning, my sister, mum and myself go to car-gate and they all accompanished with us. One of my pupils is car owner's son and he asked driver to depart later than usual. Other passengers are amazed to see my tearful pupils. I asked them to go back home but they refused my order. Finally they requested me to fulfil their desire that they wants to walk with me together untill bridge that is located outskirt of my home town. From car gate to that bride is far away exactly 1 mile (1.60 km). The driver asked me to agree with them so that the car can depart earlier and my mum also lure me. So I alight from car and walked together with them on the way to bridge. The car is slowly move behind us and we are walking with sorrowful. I console them one by one by saying that I'll come back and teach them if I got any holidays and don't worry about that. They revealed me that it's impossible for them to go another rival tuitions to continue their studies because the rivary is so heavy and hard to reconcile. They are crying when we approach the bridge and I also can't control my mind. When we got the bridge, they all sit down and pray me as final respect. Being a young man teacher, how can i prevent my innermost feeling? I heavily cry infront of them and the passengers on the car star us surprisely. I finally aboard the car and say them goodbye by raising my hands. The left far behind the car and I see them until they disappear from my eye view.
I call it the day I'll never forget in my life.
Do u have such a similar your own story???
If your answer is yes then you would understand my feeling better I think.
Thanks for your valuable time to read this article.
See you around.
During I am focusing on that business my time, my high school student niece asked me to explain school exercise and suggest me to make a guide to her. Later she gathered some of her friends to become home tuition. It is the beginning of my tuition teacher. After I promised her to teach them, I again need to read my recent exercise books during my normal working time at water trading. I usually teach her and her friends at night time. Gradually people know about my tuition and started to ask for registration because my pupils are good at school. Their school-mates noticed about their progress and interested in joining them in my class. By this way, my tuition business become grow day by day. I was happy to teach them and happier to see my class full. Soon later I needed to open another class for 10th standard repeaters who requested me to open for them at school hours.
So I seperated two classes, one for fresher and one for repeater. Most of the repeater class students are my childhood friends. Nevertheless we do manage the good relationship of teacher and pupil during teaching hours. I imported a good method of teaching to my home town by using the best from Mandalay tuitions. I edit exercise before I teaching and gave them the simplest and easiest way so that thay can understand easily. Mostly I teach by poem, music and short-cut that can enhance their understandable. So pupils are happy with my methods and other students who are attending other tuitions also changed to my tuition. There are so many tuitions in my home town. Most of tuition teacher are my childhood teacher who taught me when I was primary to secondary student. So they used conventional method to teach their pupils.
As a result of my afford, I got a lot students during a few months. I teach English, Maths, Physic and Chemistry at the same time. At night time studying time, I guide them how to draw Biology figures and how to write essay in Myanmar subject. So can say I teach them all subjects. But I take only 100Ks for my all round services. At the time, other tuition charge about 200Ks for one subject. In term of economy, my classes are much affordable for needy parents. This probably be one of the reason some students change my classes. I make it cheap because I don't want some poor students unable to come my class just bcz of tuition fees. I, myself, suffered such a feeling when I was studying in Mandalay. Some relatives come and suggest me to increase my tuition fees but I keep it constant. Meanwhile I introduce my pupils the sense of serial exam and recording the winners. Moreover I held some fun activities once a month so that they are more familiar bwt classmate and reduce stress and happy study.
I created stick and carrot for my exam. Everbody needs to pay for exam fees to sit my weekly, monthly and chapterly exams. Then I collect that money and add another 100% amount and reward to first prize winner. If somebody alone can hit top prize for three consecutive times, I give special prize that cannot be found in my home town. I purposely buy some special things during my visit to Magway and Mandalay for that prize. So my pupils are always active and hard working students. Their competitive is so high and they even read notes on the way to my tuition. So parents are believing in my disposal and asked me to take care their childs.
I also very happy to see my pupils trying hard and getting top 3 in school. Some tuitions closed because of mine. They find it difficult to maintain their pupils moving to my tuition. Oneday even I got some sticks and stones that were thrown by other tuitions pupils who were asked by their teachers. There are more comparison between students of different tuitions. Some school teachers are also opening their own tuition and they become to give some lessons to my pupils by saying that they can't get score if they don't answer like he teach. It's really funny when my pupils told me again. Since we are preparing for govt control exam, it's nothing what they said as long as your method of calculation are correct. I answer them by consoling to don't bother internal exam result. I periodically went Mandalay and met with my teacher to upgrade my knowledge for new chapters and the item I still not master.
At that time, I want to give my best to my pupil and happy to teach them. My mind has changed a lot although I was 16 years old. My mum always see when I am teaching and she is happy to see pupils are shouting to respong my Q. My home is ever full of students not only day time but also night time. At night, it's my duty to return some female student after 11:00pm. So I usually able to sleep after 12:00pm/ mid-night. I need to prepare for tomorrow exercise and go to bed. Next morning first class begins on 6:00am and they usually arrive around 5:30am and wake me up happily. I felt that I have been some adapted childs in my life. Half of my students come from another village by bicycle or on foots. Their lifes are so pity, they have to walk some few kilometer to study at neighbour town. No choice for them if they want to study.
I announce my pupils that if there is some students who are not able to afford my tuition fees, pls bring and let them see me. I'll give them free tuition fees and even I can support in some stationery. I could support some during my tuition teacher life. I also open a stationery shop at my home and sell my students with less profit. I received some invitation letters to go and teach at neighbour township boarders. But I rejected their offers and plan to establish my own. After 1 and half years of my teaching, I was needed to go another town (Chauk) to study my engineering course. This is my another turning point to change my life style. My mum was full of tears not because of she miss me but she pity tearful my students. Everyday they come and go to and from my home. My home is always noisy and my mum is used to that. I think my mum don't want to lose that sense at my home. The night before I leave my home town for Chauk, she even asked me that "my son, can you break your plan to study at another town?" I surprisely respond her, "why mum". she said I am not happy to see your pupil's faces. But I have to go for my future mum, I'm sorry for that. She silence then. At that night, my pupils come my home as usual and do not go back their home the whole night. We make some foods and eat togher, some student play guitar and madalin and some are singing for my fair well ceremony. I cried several times but I make it out of their sight. When they gave me final respect by praying and presenting some goods, I gave them speech back and I can't control my mind and cry openly. They also cry and my mum console me by giving a towel.
The next early morning, my sister, mum and myself go to car-gate and they all accompanished with us. One of my pupils is car owner's son and he asked driver to depart later than usual. Other passengers are amazed to see my tearful pupils. I asked them to go back home but they refused my order. Finally they requested me to fulfil their desire that they wants to walk with me together untill bridge that is located outskirt of my home town. From car gate to that bride is far away exactly 1 mile (1.60 km). The driver asked me to agree with them so that the car can depart earlier and my mum also lure me. So I alight from car and walked together with them on the way to bridge. The car is slowly move behind us and we are walking with sorrowful. I console them one by one by saying that I'll come back and teach them if I got any holidays and don't worry about that. They revealed me that it's impossible for them to go another rival tuitions to continue their studies because the rivary is so heavy and hard to reconcile. They are crying when we approach the bridge and I also can't control my mind. When we got the bridge, they all sit down and pray me as final respect. Being a young man teacher, how can i prevent my innermost feeling? I heavily cry infront of them and the passengers on the car star us surprisely. I finally aboard the car and say them goodbye by raising my hands. The left far behind the car and I see them until they disappear from my eye view.
I call it the day I'll never forget in my life.
Do u have such a similar your own story???
If your answer is yes then you would understand my feeling better I think.
Thanks for your valuable time to read this article.
See you around.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Matriculation Exam Year
This is my second year in Mandalay and feel settled now because I have made some good friends both in school and tuition. My school is No.13 BEHS and it is located between 36th and 37th streets: between 82th and 83th road. So my school is one of the biggest schools in town and also known as "Ah Ma Gyi School". Because we, students, used to call our teachers as "ah ma gyi" rather than "sayarma". It's our school's remarkable in town and my school has a good record with academic result. So I am lucky to be a student of such a school. As I mentioned previous, I am a student of class-A and my class consist of the best students in school. So I have very good classmate and I can learn the good manner and things from them. At least their cleverness drive me do extramile. This year as well, I am underdog because they already finished 10th standard course during summer and they come to school for internal seat. Nothing else....But for a villager student like me is not only just for a seat but also expect a good studying at school. In realistic most of teacher avoid to teach our class since they knew that all of us are master in couse and needless to teach again. Some teacher rarely teach us in some chapter and they'ld be pointed out by students by saying that "can I use other method that can save me time?" Actually students know better method of solving problems because they all are afford to attend best tuition in town and also have excellent guide at home. As u know generally, school teachers are not good enough to compete with outside tuition teachers. That's why more teachers are avoiding to teach our class and they just come in and note attendents and just sit at designated table. Nevertherless, students are not wasting their time, they always hunger to study and always fighting for problems between students. They exchange their opnion and discuss about problem solving skills. But I am not so special student like them I admit. But being a class A student, I would deserve some honoured by other classes. Since I am from class A, other class won't underestimate at all.
My classmates are not competing in thier study alone, they are seriously compete about their riches by showing their spending power. When the time comes for break, they used to go snack stalls and buy a lot foods and come back class and eat together by group. They eat some % of the foods they bought usually. Finally they throw much foods to dust bin. Our class dust bin is so good and made of plastic. I think cleaner would love to collect rubbish of my class. Because so many foods are eatable inside dust bin. But for me, being sponsor and poor boy, I can't afford to buy just like them. I have my financial limit and I also don't want to spend money in un-necessary items. Mostly my close friends buy extra and gave to me. They know about my life well and kind to me so far. I have only 2 close classmate at my class. Only 3 students including me are pure burmese. What an amazing experience in myanmar? It happened to us really when I was attending high school. The whole class is full of chinese students because they are top scorers. May be I can find pure myanmar student in lower rank classes. No wonder my classmates are from a high-rich families.
At the festival time like Thedingyut festival, we, all the classes, need to arrange for donation plant (pa dae the bin) together with fun activities. At that time competition is as high as other area. Being class A, our master teacher wants her class the best and demand for donation list. Once she announce, some students immediately stand up and tell what he/she donate for class. Lets say one come up with saloon car, other follow with petrol/disel. another won't hesitate to offer truck and different student will tell for generator, karaoke, VCD, foods, drinks, cash offer, etc. The most silence student would be mine. When my turn arrive, I'ld say "how much I can put in for at least Sir?" Then master teacher will define basic amount for poor students like me. Never mind I don't need to boast in sth since all my classmates know that I am staying at monastery and from village. They teasely called me as monastery boy (phone gyi kyaung thar) as my nick name. I do accept without angrily in what they labelled me. My school life was quite different from my home-town school. I got such an opportunity at that age. It's amazing to be part of such community. My close friends come to school and tuition by their own car or motorbite. Usually they'll pick me up by coming my monastery and send me back after tuition time. They would happily say to me that leave your old and slow bicycle at monastery and forget about it. They will give me foods for dinner after tuition finished as they know my dinner is not sure for remain by the time I get back monastery. I usually get back room around 8:00pm after tuition time. I need to continue tuition after school time.
By these ways I past calendar days and forget about my family even. I pursue in my studies for a good result of this matriculation exam. I gave all d way and tried my best while I try to dutiful daily monastery duties. I usually get up 4:00am and night time come back around 12:00pm to sleep. I need to go tuition at morning and evening time before and after school time. After evening tuition, I come back monastery for dinner and go back for night study time at another monastery tuition till 12:00pm. My life was so tough at that time and I could manage to overcome that. At week-end I have to go my admire teacher's home for day long tuition that she feed me lunch as well. She is so kind to me and her family member as well. I don't forget her kindness whenever I recall my past. I'ld love to see her again if I am given the chance to go Mandalay nowaday. I don't want to stay at monastery even at the weekend because I cannot read my text peacefully or continuously. If I am silently reading , somebody/monks come and accuse me that I am lazy by pretending hard studying. What I can respond them? Nothing , keep silent and let them score me how they like. I have to keep my ambition achieved.
After first major test in school, most of my classmate don't come to school. They don't want to waste their valuable time by coming school and want to prepare by themselves. They might go special tuition or study at home with special guide to prepare for exam. It's me who attend school regularly and finally I alone at class. Some teacher approach me and suggest not to come school and study at home. I simply reply them that you don't need to teach to me but let me come here for reading. Because I can't read properly at monastery and they sympathize me at end. Alternatively they give me up for their suggestion bcz my answer/explanation is good enough for them to stop me coming school. I spent my study time by this way usually. I don't betray my monastery duties by doing this. I have to keep my first priority on its top. Nothing is important to me but I have to win exam with flying colours. I do miss my family members who will take me care most. But I try to stand on my own foot and use my time to its valuable.
Finally time came to sit exam and I did it well. I am so happy being I can answer so well and even target all D (6D) because I answered for 100 marks.
I know anwer by heart due to my hard practise. After exam, I went back my village and help in work that is selling water to whole town. I was modenize water seller like a story written by U Pone Nya. But I am happy to do that duing my summer holiday while I am eagerly awaiting my exam result. At that time I got a chance to open tuition for 9th and 10th standard. So without delay, I started to open my own tuition by self-employed. My niece was 9th standard at that time and she helped me collect students. Since I have made my own reputation at my home town by doing well in education history. So within significant time, I do success in tuition industry. I also find it happy to be a tuition teacher. My pupils included my childhood friends, older ppl and relatives. I'll write a post about my tuition experience in later. Finally I passed my matriculation exam without D. What a disappointed exp? I feel ashamed and not dare to go out of my home. I even closed my tuition for a while. The whole town estimated me to pass it with a lot D just like the result in 8th standard. At that time even my friends who are siting exam in home town got 2D and 3D. Everybody critized me someway and I have no strength to respond them. The result kills my ambition and all I have done goes rubbish. People mostly thought me that I was proud after getting sponsor to be educate in Mandalay. And I lost control from my family's management. Am I deserve to be critized like they did???
Anyway anyhow I am now an ordinary person and
I'll go through my life just a normal person and
My dream have been crushed to its pounder.
My nightmaire days won't be delete from my memory.
Who know the truth of my feeling and the cause of my exam result.
Bad become worse when the score sheet come out.
I just passed my exam with 40 marks at all subject...
It make my eye unbelieveable.
It's worse than failed exam.
If I am failed then I can retry for a good result.
Now I am passed with lousy scores.
I don't know what to do next at the moment.
Keep silent myself and try to pass very difficult moment at the upper story of my home.
I asked myself that
"WHAT DID I DO WRONG?"
"Why my fake punish me so much?"
I don't know who's responsible for that.
My classmates are not competing in thier study alone, they are seriously compete about their riches by showing their spending power. When the time comes for break, they used to go snack stalls and buy a lot foods and come back class and eat together by group. They eat some % of the foods they bought usually. Finally they throw much foods to dust bin. Our class dust bin is so good and made of plastic. I think cleaner would love to collect rubbish of my class. Because so many foods are eatable inside dust bin. But for me, being sponsor and poor boy, I can't afford to buy just like them. I have my financial limit and I also don't want to spend money in un-necessary items. Mostly my close friends buy extra and gave to me. They know about my life well and kind to me so far. I have only 2 close classmate at my class. Only 3 students including me are pure burmese. What an amazing experience in myanmar? It happened to us really when I was attending high school. The whole class is full of chinese students because they are top scorers. May be I can find pure myanmar student in lower rank classes. No wonder my classmates are from a high-rich families.
At the festival time like Thedingyut festival, we, all the classes, need to arrange for donation plant (pa dae the bin) together with fun activities. At that time competition is as high as other area. Being class A, our master teacher wants her class the best and demand for donation list. Once she announce, some students immediately stand up and tell what he/she donate for class. Lets say one come up with saloon car, other follow with petrol/disel. another won't hesitate to offer truck and different student will tell for generator, karaoke, VCD, foods, drinks, cash offer, etc. The most silence student would be mine. When my turn arrive, I'ld say "how much I can put in for at least Sir?" Then master teacher will define basic amount for poor students like me. Never mind I don't need to boast in sth since all my classmates know that I am staying at monastery and from village. They teasely called me as monastery boy (phone gyi kyaung thar) as my nick name. I do accept without angrily in what they labelled me. My school life was quite different from my home-town school. I got such an opportunity at that age. It's amazing to be part of such community. My close friends come to school and tuition by their own car or motorbite. Usually they'll pick me up by coming my monastery and send me back after tuition time. They would happily say to me that leave your old and slow bicycle at monastery and forget about it. They will give me foods for dinner after tuition finished as they know my dinner is not sure for remain by the time I get back monastery. I usually get back room around 8:00pm after tuition time. I need to continue tuition after school time.
By these ways I past calendar days and forget about my family even. I pursue in my studies for a good result of this matriculation exam. I gave all d way and tried my best while I try to dutiful daily monastery duties. I usually get up 4:00am and night time come back around 12:00pm to sleep. I need to go tuition at morning and evening time before and after school time. After evening tuition, I come back monastery for dinner and go back for night study time at another monastery tuition till 12:00pm. My life was so tough at that time and I could manage to overcome that. At week-end I have to go my admire teacher's home for day long tuition that she feed me lunch as well. She is so kind to me and her family member as well. I don't forget her kindness whenever I recall my past. I'ld love to see her again if I am given the chance to go Mandalay nowaday. I don't want to stay at monastery even at the weekend because I cannot read my text peacefully or continuously. If I am silently reading , somebody/monks come and accuse me that I am lazy by pretending hard studying. What I can respond them? Nothing , keep silent and let them score me how they like. I have to keep my ambition achieved.
After first major test in school, most of my classmate don't come to school. They don't want to waste their valuable time by coming school and want to prepare by themselves. They might go special tuition or study at home with special guide to prepare for exam. It's me who attend school regularly and finally I alone at class. Some teacher approach me and suggest not to come school and study at home. I simply reply them that you don't need to teach to me but let me come here for reading. Because I can't read properly at monastery and they sympathize me at end. Alternatively they give me up for their suggestion bcz my answer/explanation is good enough for them to stop me coming school. I spent my study time by this way usually. I don't betray my monastery duties by doing this. I have to keep my first priority on its top. Nothing is important to me but I have to win exam with flying colours. I do miss my family members who will take me care most. But I try to stand on my own foot and use my time to its valuable.
Finally time came to sit exam and I did it well. I am so happy being I can answer so well and even target all D (6D) because I answered for 100 marks.
I know anwer by heart due to my hard practise. After exam, I went back my village and help in work that is selling water to whole town. I was modenize water seller like a story written by U Pone Nya. But I am happy to do that duing my summer holiday while I am eagerly awaiting my exam result. At that time I got a chance to open tuition for 9th and 10th standard. So without delay, I started to open my own tuition by self-employed. My niece was 9th standard at that time and she helped me collect students. Since I have made my own reputation at my home town by doing well in education history. So within significant time, I do success in tuition industry. I also find it happy to be a tuition teacher. My pupils included my childhood friends, older ppl and relatives. I'll write a post about my tuition experience in later. Finally I passed my matriculation exam without D. What a disappointed exp? I feel ashamed and not dare to go out of my home. I even closed my tuition for a while. The whole town estimated me to pass it with a lot D just like the result in 8th standard. At that time even my friends who are siting exam in home town got 2D and 3D. Everybody critized me someway and I have no strength to respond them. The result kills my ambition and all I have done goes rubbish. People mostly thought me that I was proud after getting sponsor to be educate in Mandalay. And I lost control from my family's management. Am I deserve to be critized like they did???
Anyway anyhow I am now an ordinary person and
I'll go through my life just a normal person and
My dream have been crushed to its pounder.
My nightmaire days won't be delete from my memory.
Who know the truth of my feeling and the cause of my exam result.
Bad become worse when the score sheet come out.
I just passed my exam with 40 marks at all subject...
It make my eye unbelieveable.
It's worse than failed exam.
If I am failed then I can retry for a good result.
Now I am passed with lousy scores.
I don't know what to do next at the moment.
Keep silent myself and try to pass very difficult moment at the upper story of my home.
I asked myself that
"WHAT DID I DO WRONG?"
"Why my fake punish me so much?"
I don't know who's responsible for that.
Monday, September 14, 2009
My High School Days
During 1992, one day I arrived Mandalay for my high school education. I was stationed at one monastery by my sponsor uncle who is working at Myit Kyi Nar Township as an auditor. He is admiring the chief monk of monastery that I stay in. So the monk and he have a good relationship being a regular donator in wht monastery needs. The monk is a discipilline man and my uncle also. He lives in MPPE quarter when he come back from MKN to MDY. His quarter is quite near to monastery as well. So there are so many ex-colleague family in the same quarter and he asked one neighbour student from that qurter to bring me to school at first day.
My uncle bought me a bicycle for tansportation during my study time. And gave me enough money for necessary items and asked me to record on my note-book for daily expenses. I do follow his instruction as I know who am I and who is he. I never live apart from my family before that and I everyday homesick and cry sometime. At monastery there is no same age boys. All are mostly older than me and they all are young and old monks. There are 2 ordinary men who are working in govt office. Another young man is attending university from this monastery. So I have no friend at monastery. I need to live in the kitchen and it make me easy to help in whatever monks need me to do sth for them. Usually I need to wake up around 4:00am to prepare some foods and drinks for chief monk. Also need to fill up water for toilet and sweap the compound to keep clean. At evening time, I need to cut firewoods and water some plants and make sure water tank is full by switching on/off pump. Some monks are kind to me while some are bullying. I have no right to complain them regardless of fair or not. Sometime some fair monk argues with another bcz of me. I don't like to see that oftenly bcz I am the source of that quarreling/fighting. Finally I am a victim of being a boy of a poor family. But no choice to avoid it and I ask myself that I have to take it.
At first day to go to school, one friend who is living in my uncle's quarter came and take me school. I don't know where is schoo or what is it's name. What I can do is just follow him. That day was my first day to ride bicycle on city. I take extra care and exactly follow my friend's bicycle. He is 10th standard student and I'm going to attend at 9th standard. When we got the school, he go to his close teacher and introduce with me. She is smart teacher and seems familiar with my friend. Later I know that she is also head-master of class-E. She stick school logo at my pocket and ask me to follow her. Being master teacher, she need to teach first section at her own. So we both together went to class-E and she introduce me to the class. Actually school has been open for more than one month ready at that time. In my home town school, it's usual start late bcz they are doing other things like registering and collectin money. So culture is different bew my home-town and mdy schools. I learnt that some subject already reached to its chapter 2 or 3. No choice I have to follow from middle of it. I have no pre study about 9th std texts. Our home town has no tuition like Mdy. Here students started to learn 9th std course after 8th std exam. So they already finished whole course before they start school for 9th std. They are busy with tuition during summer holidays. As a result I and my classmates are quite different in quality. I have been 5D in last exam (8th std) and it can't help me do better in 9th std. It's useless for me right now and I have to restart again. I was so disappointed with my first ever day in new high school. All classmates are shouting to respond teacher's question. But I keep silence as I don't understand what are they doing Q&A.
At lunch break, the teacher, my first ever seen one, called me and asked me where is school leaving cert from previous school. I say I don't have it and she say I cann't register this school without it. I was distraught and I asked her for any advice if any. She suggested me that I can temporarily stay at her class till cert come and register in school. I thanks to her and promise to manage getting cert asap. There are 11 classes for 9th standard alone in this school and class E just now I'm attending is the worst class among Science classes. I mean class A to E are science classes and the rest are art classes. So I'm attending at worst science class and my classmates are still clever enough for me to compete. My teacher highlighted it that I'ld be disappointed if I am studying at class A. According this school format, Class A for 6D students, Class B for 5D, C for 4D, D for 3D and class E for the rest students. So I am suppose to attend at class B bcz I passed 8th std with 5D. According to my teacher advice, I should stay at class E so that I can avoid unwanted atmosphere. In this way, I temporarily study in class E and finally my school leaving cert arrive to me. So I gave it to my teacher and she brought me to the headmastress room to register me. Actually at that time the school has been opened for abt 3 mth ready and no new students are not welcomed. Luckily my teacher and headmastress are very close and she lied to her that I am her relative from a rural village that are very difficult to come Mdy bcz of poor transportation. I need to show my cert bcz the time was near few years 8888 demonstration. As we know, some students have been fired by their respective school for participating in political sense. So some student try to reattend school at another area that don't know their history. That's why I was also needed to show my school leaving cert for good reason. The problem at that point was my home town school don't agree with my leaving and they refuse to issue my cert. Luckily deputy headmaster was my home town born teacher and he helped me to get cert finally.
On the way to headmastress room, my teacher told me that if she ask me which class i want to stay then tell her I want to stay at class E. Or she name particular class then she can't afford to stop her instruction, just follow her instruction. I nod my head and went to headmastress room. She see my results and cert and decided to stay at Class A which is suppose to study for 6D (All Destination) student and I automatically up grade to class A. She judged me by saying that I got 5D but no tuition at village. So I must be hard working student and eligible to study at Class A. From that day onward, I missed my class E mates and so do they. They accompanied me when I change to class A. I was pretty settle at class E and also don't want to change class and make new friends. But no choice, I finally moved in to class A.
As predicted before, all class A students are very smart students and always read the books and make exercise at all time. When a teacher come in and write down a problem on blackboard, then they shout an answer ready. Then the teacher don't want to teach anymore by saying that you all are expert ready and needless to teach anymore. Probably I am only one student who don't understand such problems. I am unable to attend expensive tuition and they all are rich and can atten what they want. They individually atttend 2 or 3 tuition for one subject. Do u believe it or not...it is really happened to them. For me, it' s impossible to attend very good tuition. My classmates have their home guide at home when they study at night. For me even my parent are not near me to support me in what i need/want. Instead I have a lot monks who always want me to do sth for them. Some time I am very concentrating in some exercise, but they don't care and ask me to do sth else. I have no right to complain that but upsetting. But I keep trying as hard as I can. I attended a tuition that a monk is teaching because it is cheap. I only need to give 100Ks for 4 subjects (Eng, Phy, Chem and Maths). The fees included for papers and exam fees. Later monk teacher selected me to come and study at hall under his management for good result of exam.
I am always late in rank in my school varity of exams, like weekly, monthly, and mid-term, etc. I can't beat my classmate at school. The are so clever and also hard working students. I always try my hard, but still not enough to beat their score. My tuition, my study time and my home everything I cannot compare to them. So I keep trying to get good result even I am not in top 10. Luckily tuition monk teacher take me care enough since after I got top scorer from his english exam. He declare nobody will pass his Question more than 80 marks. But I break his limit and he noticed me. There are about thousand students at tuition. Each class got about 200 students and tuition has its reputation for discipilline. I find some friends who are coming from a rich families there. So I am one of selected students among thousand and I need to speed up my trying to keep my record. My tuition teacher always push me at all time incl night time studying all subjects. I , in this way, passed my 9th standard at my first year. I forget to say one thing is my school first teacher is very kind to me. She teached me Chemistry at her home without charging. Sometime she even gave me foods when I was studying at her home. She know my situation at monastery and always kind to me. She is my most admire teacher during my school days.
After exam, I return my village for summer holidays. I aimed to attend 10th standard tuition during summer holidays but I again unable to fulfil my ambition. I was needed to work at my home town conpulsury. May be I am not brave enough to declare my wish to go back Mdy earlier and study 10th std courses. But what I could do is I return Mdy just before school are reopened. Now I am going to challenges for my future.....
My uncle bought me a bicycle for tansportation during my study time. And gave me enough money for necessary items and asked me to record on my note-book for daily expenses. I do follow his instruction as I know who am I and who is he. I never live apart from my family before that and I everyday homesick and cry sometime. At monastery there is no same age boys. All are mostly older than me and they all are young and old monks. There are 2 ordinary men who are working in govt office. Another young man is attending university from this monastery. So I have no friend at monastery. I need to live in the kitchen and it make me easy to help in whatever monks need me to do sth for them. Usually I need to wake up around 4:00am to prepare some foods and drinks for chief monk. Also need to fill up water for toilet and sweap the compound to keep clean. At evening time, I need to cut firewoods and water some plants and make sure water tank is full by switching on/off pump. Some monks are kind to me while some are bullying. I have no right to complain them regardless of fair or not. Sometime some fair monk argues with another bcz of me. I don't like to see that oftenly bcz I am the source of that quarreling/fighting. Finally I am a victim of being a boy of a poor family. But no choice to avoid it and I ask myself that I have to take it.
At first day to go to school, one friend who is living in my uncle's quarter came and take me school. I don't know where is schoo or what is it's name. What I can do is just follow him. That day was my first day to ride bicycle on city. I take extra care and exactly follow my friend's bicycle. He is 10th standard student and I'm going to attend at 9th standard. When we got the school, he go to his close teacher and introduce with me. She is smart teacher and seems familiar with my friend. Later I know that she is also head-master of class-E. She stick school logo at my pocket and ask me to follow her. Being master teacher, she need to teach first section at her own. So we both together went to class-E and she introduce me to the class. Actually school has been open for more than one month ready at that time. In my home town school, it's usual start late bcz they are doing other things like registering and collectin money. So culture is different bew my home-town and mdy schools. I learnt that some subject already reached to its chapter 2 or 3. No choice I have to follow from middle of it. I have no pre study about 9th std texts. Our home town has no tuition like Mdy. Here students started to learn 9th std course after 8th std exam. So they already finished whole course before they start school for 9th std. They are busy with tuition during summer holidays. As a result I and my classmates are quite different in quality. I have been 5D in last exam (8th std) and it can't help me do better in 9th std. It's useless for me right now and I have to restart again. I was so disappointed with my first ever day in new high school. All classmates are shouting to respond teacher's question. But I keep silence as I don't understand what are they doing Q&A.
At lunch break, the teacher, my first ever seen one, called me and asked me where is school leaving cert from previous school. I say I don't have it and she say I cann't register this school without it. I was distraught and I asked her for any advice if any. She suggested me that I can temporarily stay at her class till cert come and register in school. I thanks to her and promise to manage getting cert asap. There are 11 classes for 9th standard alone in this school and class E just now I'm attending is the worst class among Science classes. I mean class A to E are science classes and the rest are art classes. So I'm attending at worst science class and my classmates are still clever enough for me to compete. My teacher highlighted it that I'ld be disappointed if I am studying at class A. According this school format, Class A for 6D students, Class B for 5D, C for 4D, D for 3D and class E for the rest students. So I am suppose to attend at class B bcz I passed 8th std with 5D. According to my teacher advice, I should stay at class E so that I can avoid unwanted atmosphere. In this way, I temporarily study in class E and finally my school leaving cert arrive to me. So I gave it to my teacher and she brought me to the headmastress room to register me. Actually at that time the school has been opened for abt 3 mth ready and no new students are not welcomed. Luckily my teacher and headmastress are very close and she lied to her that I am her relative from a rural village that are very difficult to come Mdy bcz of poor transportation. I need to show my cert bcz the time was near few years 8888 demonstration. As we know, some students have been fired by their respective school for participating in political sense. So some student try to reattend school at another area that don't know their history. That's why I was also needed to show my school leaving cert for good reason. The problem at that point was my home town school don't agree with my leaving and they refuse to issue my cert. Luckily deputy headmaster was my home town born teacher and he helped me to get cert finally.
On the way to headmastress room, my teacher told me that if she ask me which class i want to stay then tell her I want to stay at class E. Or she name particular class then she can't afford to stop her instruction, just follow her instruction. I nod my head and went to headmastress room. She see my results and cert and decided to stay at Class A which is suppose to study for 6D (All Destination) student and I automatically up grade to class A. She judged me by saying that I got 5D but no tuition at village. So I must be hard working student and eligible to study at Class A. From that day onward, I missed my class E mates and so do they. They accompanied me when I change to class A. I was pretty settle at class E and also don't want to change class and make new friends. But no choice, I finally moved in to class A.
As predicted before, all class A students are very smart students and always read the books and make exercise at all time. When a teacher come in and write down a problem on blackboard, then they shout an answer ready. Then the teacher don't want to teach anymore by saying that you all are expert ready and needless to teach anymore. Probably I am only one student who don't understand such problems. I am unable to attend expensive tuition and they all are rich and can atten what they want. They individually atttend 2 or 3 tuition for one subject. Do u believe it or not...it is really happened to them. For me, it' s impossible to attend very good tuition. My classmates have their home guide at home when they study at night. For me even my parent are not near me to support me in what i need/want. Instead I have a lot monks who always want me to do sth for them. Some time I am very concentrating in some exercise, but they don't care and ask me to do sth else. I have no right to complain that but upsetting. But I keep trying as hard as I can. I attended a tuition that a monk is teaching because it is cheap. I only need to give 100Ks for 4 subjects (Eng, Phy, Chem and Maths). The fees included for papers and exam fees. Later monk teacher selected me to come and study at hall under his management for good result of exam.
I am always late in rank in my school varity of exams, like weekly, monthly, and mid-term, etc. I can't beat my classmate at school. The are so clever and also hard working students. I always try my hard, but still not enough to beat their score. My tuition, my study time and my home everything I cannot compare to them. So I keep trying to get good result even I am not in top 10. Luckily tuition monk teacher take me care enough since after I got top scorer from his english exam. He declare nobody will pass his Question more than 80 marks. But I break his limit and he noticed me. There are about thousand students at tuition. Each class got about 200 students and tuition has its reputation for discipilline. I find some friends who are coming from a rich families there. So I am one of selected students among thousand and I need to speed up my trying to keep my record. My tuition teacher always push me at all time incl night time studying all subjects. I , in this way, passed my 9th standard at my first year. I forget to say one thing is my school first teacher is very kind to me. She teached me Chemistry at her home without charging. Sometime she even gave me foods when I was studying at her home. She know my situation at monastery and always kind to me. She is my most admire teacher during my school days.
After exam, I return my village for summer holidays. I aimed to attend 10th standard tuition during summer holidays but I again unable to fulfil my ambition. I was needed to work at my home town conpulsury. May be I am not brave enough to declare my wish to go back Mdy earlier and study 10th std courses. But what I could do is I return Mdy just before school are reopened. Now I am going to challenges for my future.....
Thursday, September 10, 2009
My Education Rough
I started my education at my home town's BEHS. Once I enter KG, I was still 4 yr and 6mth and my sister registered my DOB 6mth older than actual age so that I am eligible for the right age. Physically I am so thin and not strong enough among my class-mate and friends. So I usually avoid any disputable things/ quarrelling at school or my quarter. Fortunately I have one cousin brother who is one year older than me and he is a big boy. He's tame to fighting and most of my friends not dare to tease me bcz of him. If somebody bully me, I'll go to him straight away and tell for case and he'll take action as revenge. In that way I felt a bit secure from bodily abuse from my age and older age boys.
I was among average until 3rd standard in my school. I mean I am not clever enough to be rewarded at the end of the year. According to my school reward schedule, only top 3 students get prices at the annual reward ceremony. From 4th std I regularly enter top 3 and I wanted to keep my position at that level. So I needed to study hard and reduce playing time. Actually I am not interested in playing like usual school-boys. I occasionally play with my friends in some particular games. I always lost when I gambling and lucky-test games. Sometime I save my pocket money and test my luck by playing that games. At the end I regret for participating and return home with empty pocket/hands. Sometime I even borrow money from some friends and I owe some to them later. Luckily I able to control my mind by studying hard. As I stated in previous section, I have 4 elder sisters and I am the youngest and only one son in my family. So I grew up among my elder sisters and I am not boyish at all. My behavior become gentle and later it converted my mind not dare to go a place where so many people gather such as ceremony, festival and entertainment.
My father loves me so much and encourage me all d way he can. He wants me to a brave boy at all time. Sometime my elder sisters bully me by someway and he'll ask me to counter-fight them by verbally or action. But I am such a boy who don't want to get involved in any confrontation. In this way, I passed my classes with flying colors and reached 8th standard that is government test. During my middle school classess, my reputation have been built through my hard-studying and ever getting top 3. Most of my teachers love me so much and attention me at any classes. I became an ideal student of other student at my school. Fortunately my eldest sister was a teacher when I was a school boy and she teaches me and guide me at my daily life. She open tuition at home and also do private tuition at a rich family. So I needed to attend at home class and also follow her in special private class. In this way I become poor in time to play and most of time i needed to learn. It makes me easy pass at my exam and I am honoured.
I read not only school books but also outside since that age. My brother who works in factory takes weekly issue journel called "Shwe Thwe" to home. I was enjoying that when I was young. A bit later I enjoy the international journal brought by my father who is a memeber of Party. My dad used to attend meeting at Magway and he usually get monthly party journal back home. I mostly enjoy was military section. I was happy to see Fighter, Tanks and Sub-marine under that section. I tried to copy by drawing with pencil on a piece of paper. My father is a good painter and always teach me how to draw. He show how to draw since I was pre-school age. Once I know how to write Zero, then I was able to draw a person by the help of my dad. My dad drew a hero with sword at the front door of my home. My home is made of woods and Front doors are also made by very big teak wood. My dad drew a hero-guard photo on that surface for my pleasure. I always wanted to draw like my dad. So I see them and try to make it duplicate on my stone sheet called "Kyauk Tin Pone". As a result, I was d most clever in d class in drawing. When teacher is taking leave or abscent, I used to draw on my paper and my classmates gather beside me and see wht I'm drawing. I used to tell so many stories them by drawing. Bcz I read a lot story books at home and always have something to share them.
Another reason of my reading hobby is able to get books easily around. My backward neighbour has a lot of magazine. They included social, medical, political, dhamma, entertainment, etc. They usually go to nearest towns and even Yangon for visit and they brought back a lot books to home. I knows that and I take advantages from that. They are also my close relatives and they happily allowed me to read and even lend me to read at home. What a lucky person I am to have such a nice neighbour and to grow such a good family? I can't stop to read when my school is closed at summer. I think it help me a lot in my study at school later.
I passed 8th standard with 5 D except Myanmar. That time we need to sit total 6 subjects for 8th standard. The exam is important for high school because the score seperate students art and science. I was the first ever student to get 5D at that time in my school history. I was so happy and my family was proud for that too. That year I was honoured by Magway Division for ranking d whole division 24th. My school also get the prize for my achievement.
This 8th standard is my turning point to part my family. Because I needed to go Mandalay for High School Education. There was one sponsor for my higer education and he proposed my family to accept his offer. My family members hardly decided to agree his proposal. Finally I need to go Mandalay for high school classes. The problem begin that point because my school didn't intend to release me. So I can't get middle school certificate to register in my new school.
My home town school master refuse to agree my leaving despite I already gone Mandalay for further study. So I encountered problem in registerring at new school.
In this point, I have to explain something. Before I went to Mandalay, I was told that I can choose any township for my high school education if we are agreed by sponsor man. He is actually married to my niece and he is related to me as his Uncle. Since my family is big and my father was so old, I have complicated relatives. Let it be, he promised me to choose my destination from Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin and Magway, etc. But I didn't make any choice and just follow him to Mandalay. I never travel before that and that trip was my long jouney. We left my home town early morning and get Mandalay the next day early morning. We went to a monastery straight away after getting myanmar's second largest city. Everything is strange for me because I am pure vilager. At that time I even haven't seen yet a small car like SE, pickup. So I see all cars travelling on d road surprisely. Everyboy I see is monks and novices and they all are stranger to me. So I was speechless and try to sleep a bit at designated bed. I was shown one bed at downstair of monastery. It was too dark and so many famous mosquito. I entered in the mosquito net and started to cry because I remember my family. I wrote a note at my diary and my diary become completely wet due to my tears. I tried not to hear my cry by others bcz I don't want them I am a stupid boy. This is the first day of my high school education hunting in mandalay, myanmar's second largest city.
I was among average until 3rd standard in my school. I mean I am not clever enough to be rewarded at the end of the year. According to my school reward schedule, only top 3 students get prices at the annual reward ceremony. From 4th std I regularly enter top 3 and I wanted to keep my position at that level. So I needed to study hard and reduce playing time. Actually I am not interested in playing like usual school-boys. I occasionally play with my friends in some particular games. I always lost when I gambling and lucky-test games. Sometime I save my pocket money and test my luck by playing that games. At the end I regret for participating and return home with empty pocket/hands. Sometime I even borrow money from some friends and I owe some to them later. Luckily I able to control my mind by studying hard. As I stated in previous section, I have 4 elder sisters and I am the youngest and only one son in my family. So I grew up among my elder sisters and I am not boyish at all. My behavior become gentle and later it converted my mind not dare to go a place where so many people gather such as ceremony, festival and entertainment.
My father loves me so much and encourage me all d way he can. He wants me to a brave boy at all time. Sometime my elder sisters bully me by someway and he'll ask me to counter-fight them by verbally or action. But I am such a boy who don't want to get involved in any confrontation. In this way, I passed my classes with flying colors and reached 8th standard that is government test. During my middle school classess, my reputation have been built through my hard-studying and ever getting top 3. Most of my teachers love me so much and attention me at any classes. I became an ideal student of other student at my school. Fortunately my eldest sister was a teacher when I was a school boy and she teaches me and guide me at my daily life. She open tuition at home and also do private tuition at a rich family. So I needed to attend at home class and also follow her in special private class. In this way I become poor in time to play and most of time i needed to learn. It makes me easy pass at my exam and I am honoured.
I read not only school books but also outside since that age. My brother who works in factory takes weekly issue journel called "Shwe Thwe" to home. I was enjoying that when I was young. A bit later I enjoy the international journal brought by my father who is a memeber of Party. My dad used to attend meeting at Magway and he usually get monthly party journal back home. I mostly enjoy was military section. I was happy to see Fighter, Tanks and Sub-marine under that section. I tried to copy by drawing with pencil on a piece of paper. My father is a good painter and always teach me how to draw. He show how to draw since I was pre-school age. Once I know how to write Zero, then I was able to draw a person by the help of my dad. My dad drew a hero with sword at the front door of my home. My home is made of woods and Front doors are also made by very big teak wood. My dad drew a hero-guard photo on that surface for my pleasure. I always wanted to draw like my dad. So I see them and try to make it duplicate on my stone sheet called "Kyauk Tin Pone". As a result, I was d most clever in d class in drawing. When teacher is taking leave or abscent, I used to draw on my paper and my classmates gather beside me and see wht I'm drawing. I used to tell so many stories them by drawing. Bcz I read a lot story books at home and always have something to share them.
Another reason of my reading hobby is able to get books easily around. My backward neighbour has a lot of magazine. They included social, medical, political, dhamma, entertainment, etc. They usually go to nearest towns and even Yangon for visit and they brought back a lot books to home. I knows that and I take advantages from that. They are also my close relatives and they happily allowed me to read and even lend me to read at home. What a lucky person I am to have such a nice neighbour and to grow such a good family? I can't stop to read when my school is closed at summer. I think it help me a lot in my study at school later.
I passed 8th standard with 5 D except Myanmar. That time we need to sit total 6 subjects for 8th standard. The exam is important for high school because the score seperate students art and science. I was the first ever student to get 5D at that time in my school history. I was so happy and my family was proud for that too. That year I was honoured by Magway Division for ranking d whole division 24th. My school also get the prize for my achievement.
This 8th standard is my turning point to part my family. Because I needed to go Mandalay for High School Education. There was one sponsor for my higer education and he proposed my family to accept his offer. My family members hardly decided to agree his proposal. Finally I need to go Mandalay for high school classes. The problem begin that point because my school didn't intend to release me. So I can't get middle school certificate to register in my new school.
My home town school master refuse to agree my leaving despite I already gone Mandalay for further study. So I encountered problem in registerring at new school.
In this point, I have to explain something. Before I went to Mandalay, I was told that I can choose any township for my high school education if we are agreed by sponsor man. He is actually married to my niece and he is related to me as his Uncle. Since my family is big and my father was so old, I have complicated relatives. Let it be, he promised me to choose my destination from Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin and Magway, etc. But I didn't make any choice and just follow him to Mandalay. I never travel before that and that trip was my long jouney. We left my home town early morning and get Mandalay the next day early morning. We went to a monastery straight away after getting myanmar's second largest city. Everything is strange for me because I am pure vilager. At that time I even haven't seen yet a small car like SE, pickup. So I see all cars travelling on d road surprisely. Everyboy I see is monks and novices and they all are stranger to me. So I was speechless and try to sleep a bit at designated bed. I was shown one bed at downstair of monastery. It was too dark and so many famous mosquito. I entered in the mosquito net and started to cry because I remember my family. I wrote a note at my diary and my diary become completely wet due to my tears. I tried not to hear my cry by others bcz I don't want them I am a stupid boy. This is the first day of my high school education hunting in mandalay, myanmar's second largest city.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
my biography
I came in this planet on April 26, 1977 as per my official record. There had been confused me concerning about my actual DOB. Since I was born in a small town and there was no practice upon issuing birth cert on my home town. And my parent are not educated people and they failed to record my birthday date. May be they are tired of taking a note after my mum delivered a lot of childs. But I luckily asked oneday to mum if she could remember the day I was born. She told me that it was 10 days after thedingyut fullmoon day, 1339. I rush and open 100 years calendar and I find the date shows November 22, 1977. So my school official DOB is 6 mth older than my actual age. Anyway anyhow I was born on Tuesday and my dad was so glad to learn that his last effort is finally come to his desire. Let me explain a bit about my family history here so that you can understand why I say like that. You might think that ever parent would be delight to have a child regardless of gender. My dad and mum have two time marriage experience after first married are not successful because of early died. In respect of my grand-parent wish, they (my biological parent) remarry as second time to make another big family in this world. For dad, there was two sisters in his previous marriage and added another 5 childs with his second marriage including me. I was the youngest in my family and only one son. So until I was born, my dad didn't happy with the experience of baby girls. He even told my mum that if she deliver a boy this time, he's willing to reward to her. Fortunately my mum delivered me at the right time. It's amazing to learn that my mum was 44 and my dad was 65 years old. The ages are not suppose to take new baby in term of medical term. But they tried their final effort in respect of their willingness to get a baby son. After I was born, my dad immediately went Pyay to sell his diamond ring to make my Birthday Celebration. Actually Pyay and my home town is 1day and 1night away to travel by ship through Irrawaddy river. But this distance seems so near to my dad bcz of his happiness makes him drive anything. In birthday, there was another disputed item regarding to my name. My grand-dad from mother side is astrologer and calculated my name in term of their laws. So my name is supposed to call "Kyaw Zeyar Lin" that is not suit with my birthday (tuesday). Then my father's side propose with different name that is "Zay Min Nyein" that is close to my current name. Firstly they called me KZYL at home and changed my name officially once my age come to go school. It was my elder sister to bring me school and make register for my KG at home town school. She told school teacher my name is "Zin Min Nyein" that is not follow my previous two names. What a funny my life started like that? Let me take a break as i have to work now....
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Introduction to blog world
Dear all,
I just finished registering my own blog today.
I got this idea by reading one of my friend's blog.
Hopefully I can share my past and current experience through my blog to all my netizen friends.
See u there all.
Have a nice time.
:D
I just finished registering my own blog today.
I got this idea by reading one of my friend's blog.
Hopefully I can share my past and current experience through my blog to all my netizen friends.
See u there all.
Have a nice time.
:D
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