Some Nice Quotes to Share with You!

The following are some nice quotes from famous people about H a p p y F a t h e r ' s D a y.

Men Are Raising Children...

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass.""We're not raising grass," Dad would reply."We're raising boys."

~ Harmon Killebrew

With Their Hearts...

"It is not flesh and blood but the heartwhich makes us fathers and sons."

~ Johann Schiller

That Make Them Wise Fathers...

"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

~ William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

To Understand Their Fathers Were Right...

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong."

~ Charles Wadsworth

Their Fathers Taught Them..

"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it."

~ Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

and The Self-Defense...

"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."

~ Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)

To Protect Their Assets...

"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected."

~ Red Buttons

But Still, Mothers Are Fonder...

"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain that they are their own."

~ Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

That's Why...

"Most American children suffer too much mothers and too little fathers."

~ Gloria Steinem (1934 - )

Pray Before Start Working

Burma Sceneries

I just want to post some photos of my country, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

My Home Town

My Home Town, Pathein(Bassein)

Situated in the Ayeyawaddy Delta about 190 km west of Yangon,
Pathein is the capital of the deltaic region. This port of call is reached by road, or by double deckers through the complex Ayeyarwady river deltaic region. The landscapes are all full of rice producers with crops such as sesames, groundnuts, jute, maize, pulses, tobacco, chilies, etc. Parasol production is synonymous with Pathein.Pathein is still an important port of call for ferryboats carrying passengers or cargo plying between Yangon and the northern and eastern parts of the Myanmar. So it has a rather busy harbor area, which is fronted by a crescent of shop houses and go-downs. Rice from the delta region continues to be exported through the port of Pathein.Around 300,000 people live in Pathein, which was established in 1852 as a garrison town by the British.

Although the majority are ethnic Bamars (formerly Burmans) and mainly Buddhist, there is a significant number of Kayin (formerly Karen) who are either Catholics or members of the Karen Baptist Church. These are mainly lowland farming Karens who were encouraged by the British to move form Karen state in eastern Myanmar to help settle the delta region, which was in need of rice farmers.

Pathein has a few outstanding features such as its handsome colonial buildings, some of which are over 100 years old. There are a number of churches of note, apart from the usual pagodas. The red-and-white-brick St Peter's Cathedral, for instance, was built in 1872. Even older is the former St Joseph's Convent, now a public high school and an elegant wooden house for the local clergy. The most important pagoda is the Shemokhtaw Pagoda, all aglitter with inlaid mirrors. The other two are the Tazaung and Thayaunggyaung Pagodas.

Pathein is also noted for its umbrella-making cottage industry. You will find row upon row of burgundy-colored umbrellas laid out in front of houses. Practically every household in the village seems to be engaged in producing these umbrellas used only by monks. In the bigger households, "summer" umbrellas painted in a variety of bright colors adorned with flowers or village scenes are produced for ordinary use.

Attractions

Mawtinson Pagoda

It is the most famous pagoda in Pathein. If you follow the Pathein River till it empties into the Adman Sea you’ll reach Cape Mawtin (Mawtinson), site of a well-known festival during the lunar month of Tabodwe (February, March). On the seaside of the Cape are a sandy beach and the revered Pagoda Maw Tin Son. It is very surprising to note that the pagoda is water-logged all the year round except in the days of the annual festival. The seawater is out well beyond the pagoda during the festival and lots of stalls dealing with all sorts of local products, seafood, ornaments, made of seashells, and lodging houses, built of bamboo for the revelers mushroom on the beach. Once the festival is over, the water is up and covered the beach. It seems that the pagoda is located on the sea.

Today's Brew

This year 2005 is not a good year to me. I failed a lot of things which I had really hoped for so much. I failed two out of four subjects in semester 2 during the first year of my part time study at NTU. My biggest plan to study in the US was scrapped due to my visa application was denied.

Some people might think that I’m crazy about USA. But for me is that I have always wanted to try my best in everything. I strongly want to achieve success in life rather than failure. In here, I want to share the saying of Jack London that I always keep in my heart.

“I’d rather be ashes than dust. I’d rather have my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry rot. I’d rather be a superb meteor, every atom of mine in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and perseverant planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.”

My College Essay (For the Application at Chabot College)

Essay: Describing my backgrounds and goals

Choosing a professional career is not an easy option for a person. Besides, the college admissions and selection process is also very important since it has the greatest impact on one’s future.

Born in the south-western part of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, I had a pretty common childhood. I went to high school in the capital city, Yangon, and managed to get into Yangon Technological University (YTU) after having obtained three distinctions in my final year of high school. They were namely Mathematics, Science and Social Science.

Then my university days became irregular when our military government decided to temporarily close and re-open at their will. Rather than wasting time and waiting for some uncertainty, I took up computer training courses. As a result, I got an International Diploma in Computer Studies (IDCS) while the university was still frozen in time.

I still wasn’t satisfied with myself yet. I enquired through some friends and relatives and eventually found out that studying overseas was possible for me. I went through the agency and took up preparatory courses which were deemed necessary. After which, I made my trip to Singapore to study at Temasek Polytechnic for a diploma course in Electronics.

Being a foreigner in Singapore was not at all easy for me at first. The dialect and accent were somewhat different from what I am used to in my country. It took me several weeks to get settled down and blend in with the locals. My results during Polytechnic were neither close to perfection nor to my expectation but my grades fared pretty well with a somewhat B average. And yet in my final year of studies, I still managed to excel in my ‘Final Year Project’. It was a group project, with another partner, in which we had to write programs for controlling of soccer-robots.

These soccer-robots were cute little cubical creations on two wheels that would represent Michael Owen or David Beckham had they not been human. However, they were much smaller of course and dependent on the programs which controlled for kicking or passing the ball. The on-board processor on each robot was based on the PIC16F877 micro-controller and the basic functions of the electronics portion included RF communication, close-loop motor control and speed control of the kicking mechanism. Each of these soccer-robots had a small antenna and a color pad on top of them so that the CCD camera from bird’s eye view can recognize their positions in the miniature soccer field. The difference in the color pads determined which teams they belonged to and assigned the player role for each robot. The CCD camera was also able to recognize the ball in the pitch and all the data are sent to the computer. The main computer then sends out commands to the robots in the form of RF signals.

Then my graduation day came; I proudly went up on stage and collected my Diploma in Electronics. Not long after, through newspaper advertisement, I found myself working in a Japanese company that manufactures LCD panels. Although it is my first full-time job, I pretty much enjoy working here and the colleagues are approachable and helpful.

I have enjoyed what I have achieved so far but I feel that I need something more as I am not at least holding a degree. I have always wanted to get a degree from a more prestigious and highly-recognized university or college in the United States. Even if it means starting all over again in another country, I am ready for the challenge. I will work hard to strive in this survival of the fittest. I will try my best to achieve the finest by the time I reach my golden days. I want to make sure that I fully-utilize every moment as much as I can. I want to be the one that shines out in the family. To turn my dreams into reality, I shall take things step-by-step and this very moment I am already taking another step.

My First Blog

There are many people who regularly update their blogs. Some reflect about their daily life, problems and feelings. Some reflect their family structures and values.

As William Winter says, it is natural for a person to reflect his feeling, trouble and desire to other people. But as you all know, I never criticize other people what they write about. I will speak ill of no man. But I will speak all the good that I know of everybody.