Essay

Mahatma Ghandi said:

  • A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

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Reflections

A Burmese student running after his death To the Future

I read this news about Grand Haven, Michigan today. It has become the first city in America to have Wireless Internet access.

http://www.walkersands.com/Grand-Haven-First-Citywide-WiFi.htm

They are paying less than what I am paying for my dial-up access here in Burma. I want to move to that city :-) Right now I am paying about $ 30 a month for my 56 kbps dial-up connection.

Monthly prices for always-on broadband Internet starts at $19.99 for 256 kbps, and unlimited mobile VoIP calling is $29.99. Connections up to 1 Mbps and per-day pricing options are also available.

Posted at 08:00 Jul 31, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink

ALOHA 14

  • ALOHA 14 (July 27, 2004) Word Format
    • Posted at 08:00 Jul 27, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink

    The following pictures were taken by Waw Lay, a friend of mine, using my camera.

    Rainbow seen in Mogok

    Mogok

    Lisu hunting equipments

    Posted at 08:00 Jul 26, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink

    If you think that I am the only one being overloaded at the Myanmar Institute of Theology, I suggest you have a look at this article by Paul and Gail Aita.

    http://www.abc-usa.org/inmissn/wint01/wint01e.htm

    Here is the description of their second trip to Burma.

    http://www.abc-usa.org/inmissn/2003_6/2003_6_myanmar.pdf

    Posted at 08:00 Jul 20, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink

    I was reading the news about the Indonesian Embassy being bugged by the Burmese military.

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1530&ncid=731&e=7&u=/afp/20040713/wl_asia_afp/indonesia_myanmar

    I was wondering if all of my e-mails were stored and checked. :-) :-)

    Posted at 08:00 Jul 14, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink

    It seems a while I have a chance to update my diary. My webserver http://dmw.mine.nu is down and I couldn't find out a reason yet. I contacted my another friend in Germany who said he could help. Now my site is up again on another address.

    A lot has happened recently. I have been giving speeches on Information Technology and education at several places in Mon State.

    I also met a Swedish pastor whose group helped the Myanmar Institute of Theology buy some new computers for the library use. They also helped many other projects here in Burma. I have been extremely busy buying, maintaining those computers and giving speeches at several places. I enjoy I have a chance to change many lives.

    Here is a picture of me and Owe Kennerberg buying new computers for MIT library. Owe Kennerberg is a senior lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Stockholm School of Theology in Sweden.

    Money to buy new computers

    I will update more after my dmw.mine.nu server is up. It will be a while. Check my site later. Bye for now.

    Posted at 08:00 Jul 04, 2004 | | WriteBacks (0) | permalink