To the FutureJan 17, 2004
Happy New Year! I hope you had fun welcoming a new year.
The Newspaper
I read the New Light of Myanmar today. I have noticed that the newspaper is quoting news reports from "The Internet." I am wondering how reliable the news would be. Any crazy people can post anything they want on the Internet like I am doing right now :-) It would be nice if the newspaper put it as "http://www.cnn.com/….." because the New Light of Myanmar is one of the only two official newspapers in the country. It's not surprising that most people listen to BBC, Radio Free Asia and VOA for the news.
My Internet Access
I am still pissed that my dial-up account doesn't have telnet, ssh access to a server outside Burma. I am thinking about leaving Burma. Burma is not going to change if the government still blocks access to free information. What a shame! Signing up for free e-mails from yahoo and hotmail is also banned.
The following picture is the denied access page to Yahoo free e-mail site.
Google search for Diversity Visa Lottery from US banned
BARS (Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies program at Myanmar Institute of Theology)
BARS started again last week after Christmas break. It was wonderful to be back from our mission trip. We went to Kya Inn Seik Ky, southern Burma. We had learned so much about rural lives from the trip. Watching "Survivor," it doesn't feel like a real thing. Here is the real people living the real lives.
Some of the students from our group washed their faces using the water to wash visitors' feet. In villages, they have big pots of water in front of their houses for their visitors to wash their feet.
Students and I have so much fun and excitement from the trip. The following picture was taken while we were crossing the river on the way to one of the villages. The primary means of transportation was bullock cart.
The villagers earn their living by farming. Here are a lot of palm trees.
BARS students on the bus from Mudon to Kya Inn Seik Gyi
Palm trees along the road
Lwin Moe, a traveller: Burmese style
The moon and a star
Trip to Than Daung Gyi
I took another trip to Than Daung Gyi, northern Karen State, right after Kya Inn Seik Kyi grip. Than Daung Gyi is a small town up on the mountain. The weather is nice up there. We slept in a building on the top of the mountain new-year night. The sun-rise was so beautiful on new-year day. Here is a picture of the sun-rise and me on a new-year day.
Lwin Moe on Naw Mu Paw mountain
Steve on Naw Mu Paw mountain
A View from Than Daung Gyi
