Wednesday 30 March was a historic day for the government/people/country of Myanmar, as the new President and two Vice-Presidents were sworn in, and as part of my burgeoning career as a watcher of Hluttaw TV, I was able to share in the excitement live. Continue reading An historic occasion.
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A new era of democracy.
Or “when is a president not a president?”
As previously mentioned, on Tuesday 15 March, I and a large number of my fellow Yangon/Myanmar residents, watched with a considerable level on interest some actually pretty boring proceedings in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Myanmar House of Reps). Continue reading A new era of democracy.
One hundred thousand diamonds.
One of the nice things about learning Burmese is discovering that words you have known for a long time* have other meanings. In this case, the (as of last week**) former president U Thein Sein’s name, which literally translates as Mr One Hundred Thousand Diamonds. Which is a pretty strong leader-of-the-country type name. Also probably a good rap name. Continue reading One hundred thousand diamonds.