New York! New York! New York! Watering Taxi Makes me to miss Arakan

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip in May 2008 and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

While I was watching this view with a water taxi in New York, the phenomenon made my mind to visit to my homeland, the Arakan where I was born and lived till I was a high school student.

Arakan has many streams and rivers, especially the streams. Boats and ships can be very commonly found in the Arakan land where I left almost twenty years ago.

With miss to my grandma, mom, dad, brothers and sisters, friends and RaKhaing Pray!

New York! New York! New York! Company Names in Old Style

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip in May 2008 and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

At New York, you also can find these kinds of company names in old style, probably 16th / 17th century style.

It is good to maintain historical matters.

Politics for all

Politics is a hope
Politics is a future
Politics is a dream
Politics is an art of state-building

Politics is for freedom
Politics is for self-determination
Politics is for democracy
Politics is for a dignity of all people

Without human beings
There is no politics
Any political problem created by people
Can be solved by people

One man one vote
All are decision makers
Everyone is leader

Working together
Collective activity is a real people power

Difference is beauty
Tolerance is a culture of polity



Nyi Nyi Htwe
31.5.2008


Picture: http://blog.nau.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/art_politics.jpg

Meanings of the Given Names (J)

Jewel = Precious Stone

People often ask me - what does my name mean?
Sometimes, I also ask the others if his or her name means something.
These are not important but it is good to know about each other in our cultures of mankind.
For my friends who want to know, the meanings of (Western) given names:

Men’s Names (J)

Jack: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jacob, James: (Hebrew) May God protect; supplanter
Jarvis: (Germanic) Spear, servant
Jasper: (Persian) Master of the treasure
Jefferson: (Old English) Son of the Geoffrey
Jeffrey: (Germanic) See GEOFFREY
Jerome: (Greek) Holy name
Jerrold: (Germanic) Spear, rule
Jesse: (Hebrew) God exists
Jethro: (Hebrew) Excellent
Joel: (Hebrew) Yahveh is God
John, Jonathan: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jonas: (Hebrew) Dove
Joseph: (Hebrew) May God add.
Joshua: (Hebrew) God is salvation; Yahveh helps.
Joslyn: (Latin) The just; merry.
Jullius: (Latin) Downy-bearded; youthful
Junior: (Latin) Younger
Justin: (Latin) Just or upright

Women’s Name (J)

Jackie: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jacqueline: (Hebrew) May God protect; the supplanter
Jane, Janet, Jean: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jemima: (Hebrew) Dove
Jennif\fer: (Celtic) White wave
Jenny, Jessica: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jewel: (Latin) Precious stone
Jill: (Latin-Greek) Downy-bearded, youthful
Joan, Johanna: (Hebrew) Gracious gift of God
Jocelyn: (Latin, Germanic) Merry; a Goth
Josephine: (Hebrew) May God add.
Joyce: (Old French) Joyful; merry
Judith, Judy: (Hebrew) Praised; a Jewess
Julia, Juliet: (Latin-Greek) Downy-bearded, youthful
June: (Latin) Youthful; from the month
Justine: (Latin) Just

Source: Smith, Elsdon C. “Vocabulary of Given Names.” The World Book Dictionary. 1968 edition. 1968.

Picture: http://www.jewelinfo4u.com/images/Gallery/mineralminers_amethyst1.jpg

New York! New York! New York! Inside View of A Shopping Market and An Internet Café

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip at NYC and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

The inside view of this shopping market and Internet Café carries my remembrance to Thailand.
This kind of inside view of a shopping market is very similar to the latest shopping places in Thailand, especially the Shopping Malls (The Malls) in Bangkok.
This Internet Café (the second picture) is also similar to the Internet Cafes in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The prices in New York City cafes are much higher than in the cafes of Thailand.

When I was in Thailand, the highest price for 1-hour usage of Internet in an Internet Café was 60 bahts per hour and the lowest price (at the Internet Café of next to the Chiang Mai University) was 8 bahts per hour. The average price for Internet usage in the cafes in Thailand was 30 bahts per hour (slightly less than $1).

In this café, the price was set up as:
$3 for 15 Minutes (more than 90 bahts for 15 minutes)
$5 for 30 minutes (more than 150 bahts for 30 minutes)
$8 for 1 Hour (more than 240 bahts for 1 hour)

I remember that in 2001, when I learned how to send an email in an Internet Café where near to the Chiang Mai University, it was 10 bahts per hour (25 cents per hour).

Whatever and however it is, we all have to give our special thanks to those technologists for their innovations of those amazing and unbelievable technologies of our era.
Special Thanks!!

Quote of the Week: Easy and Hard Parts

For most voters in the political middle who’ll determine the outcome on Nov.4, the easy part will be deciding to embrace one of these excellent candidates.
The hard part? Rejecting the other.

Editorials of Chicago Tribune
June 4, 2008

Picture: http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/03/minicars500.jpg

Independence Day of Tonga

Today is the Independence Day of Tonga. Tonga gained her independence on June 4, 1970 from the United Kingdom.

Official Name: Kingdom of Tonga

Area: 289 sq miles, (748 sq km.)

Cities: Capital – Nuku alofa, Other cities – Tongatapu, Vava’u, Ha’apai, Eua
Population: 100,000 (UN, 2007)

Religions: Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents).

Type of Government: Hereditary Constitutional Monarchy

GDP: $ 244 million (2002 est.)

Monetary Unit: 1 pa’anga = 100 seniti

King: George Tupou V

Internet domain: .to

International Dialing Code: +676

Official Web Pages: http://www.pmo.gov.to/

Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300742.stm

http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
The New York Times Almanac 2007

Picture: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/tn-flag.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tn.html

New York! New York! New York! A Tattoos Shop and Remembrance A Girl with Tattoos

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip at NYC and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

At famous Manhattan of New York, I saw this tattoos shop. Name of the shop was ‘Birthmark.’ While I was looking around the pictures, prices, etc, my memory flied to a girl whom I met at a beach, with a beautiful tattoos mark. I smiled by myself and my little daughter was in my backpack.

Once, I met a girl at a beach in Thailand. She was a very beautiful girl.
Actually, I was walking and talking telephone around the beach. Sometimes, I drank a can of beer and sometimes, I smoked.
While I was buying a beer can from an icy beer seller, that girl was also coming to buy a beer can, too. She was wearing sunglasses with the swimming suit. I noticed about that she owned beautiful and smooth skin. I smiled at her and she smiled at me, too.
After I bought a beer can, I began to walk and that girl was walking to the same direction with me. She was at back of me. I walked a little slowly as I wished to walk together with that beautiful girl. About two minutes later, she caught me. As soon as we were walking side by side, I tried to have conversation with her.
I said, ‘How are you?’
‘Fine, and you?’ she asked.
‘I am fine, too. It is a hot day,’ I remarked.
She said, ‘Oh, yes, it is hot but it is good to swim.’
I sucked my beer and she did too.
I said, ‘You have very beautiful skin!’
She said, ‘Really? Thanks. You are handsome, too.’
We laughed together.
While we were laughing, I looked at her closely. Oh, she had a tattoos, a remarkable tattoos, which was at her belly bottom. It was a colorful butterfly.
‘Wow!’ I unexpectedly exclaimed.
She laughed at me and said, “I think you see my butterfly. Right? Do you want to catch it?”
With surprise, before I could not be available to say anything back, she run away to join with the girls’ group as the girls were yelling at her. I guessed it was her group. She just said, ‘See you.’ And waved bye-bye. I waved bye-bye back to her and her group.

You know what? On that day, the whole day, I was thinking about her and seeing her tattoos.
I am smiling right now, too!

New York! New York! New York! (The Empire State)

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

This is the Empire State building (with needle, right to the sunshine), which is the tallest building in New York City and second tallest building in North America. The Empire State building was opened in May 1st 1931 and it is also currently World’s 9th tallest building in the world. When it is totally finished its construction in (est.) 2009, the Burj Dubai Tower of Dubai, UAE will become world’s tallest building with its height, 818 m; 2,313 feet. Then, the Empire State building of NYC will be in the last number of top ten tallest buildings in the world.

Current Top Ten Tallest Buildings in the World

1) Taipei 101 (Taipei, Taiwan; 509 m; 1,671 ft; 101 floors)
2) Petronas Tower 1 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 452 m; 1,483 ft; 88 floors)
3) Petronas Tower 2 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 452 m; 1,483 ft; 88 floors)
4) Sears Tower (Chicago, USA; 442 m; 1,451 ft; 108 floors)
5) Jim Mao Tower (Shanghai, China; 421 m; 1,380 ft; 88 floors)
6) Two International Finance (Hong Kong; 415 m; 1,362 ft; 88 floors)
7) CITIC Plaza (Guangzhou, China; 391 m; 1,283 ft; 80 floors)
8) Shun Hing Square (Shenzhen, China; 384 m; 1,260 ft; 69 floors)
9) Empire State Building (New York, USA; 381 m; 1,250 ft; 102 floors)
10) Central Plaza (Hong Kong; 374 m; 1,227 ft; 78 floors)


Sources:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985
The New York Times Almanac 2007
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html

New York! New York! New York! (Bell of Hope)

(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, during our trip and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)

We also visited at St. Paul church where is just right across from WTO towers and this is the ‘Bell of Hope,’ which was situated at the entrance of the church.

Accompanied by an honor guard of British Police Officers, the ‘Bell of Hope’ was presented to the people of New York by the Lord Mayor of London and the Archbishop of the Canterbury on September 11, 2002.