Good News: The Arakan International!

"The Arakan International" will be monthly published soon.

The first issue will be published in the end of January, 2011.

The whole issue will be written in Arakanese, which every issue includes the followings:

• Daily news around the world
• Top news stories of each month
• Biography of leaders in world history
• Introduction to the countries of the world (one country per issue, alphabetically)
• Basic English speaking (with pronounciation and translation to Arakanese)
• Higher level English vocabularly with translations to Arakanese
• Remarkable notes from Arakan history
• Many other knowledgable notes.

Arakanese people who are interested in, please contact:
Oo Thein Maung
ootheinmaung2010@hotmail.com
1-630-682-3616 (Home)
1-331-225-7720 (Cell)

Thank you and happy new year 2011!!!

A Race and the Worst Runner ever

Very recently, I have had a race in my dream. Title and main purpose of the race is that – ‘to run together with public.’

In the dream, I was the fastest runner ever in the history of that race. A while after the race has started; I was already miles away from the public. I forgot the rules and principles with some kinds of greed, overly self-beliefs, pride and ignorance, itself. Then, of cause, I crossed the finished line as the first person, while the other guys reached there hours later, after I got there.

The prize that I have received in that race was “The Worst Runner Ever!” You may amaze or may not. I got that prize because of the name and prime goal of that race, which was – “To Run Together With Public.” (I was running by myself! – Shameless!)

Independence Day of Sudan

Today is Independence Day of Sudan!


Pictures:
http://famouswonders.com/category/sudan/
http://www.divestterror.org/?p=74
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/photo_sudan_sudan.html
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/05/16/sudans_underground_conflict/

Independence Day of Haiti

Today is Independence Day of Haiti!


Pictures:
http://www.liquidsector.org/
http://www.theodora.com/maps/haiti_map.html
http://pimpin09.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/haiti/
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2010/12/citiadel-of-haiti.html

Independence Day of Cameroon

Today is Independence Day of Cameroon!


Pictures:
http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/cameroon/camerpol.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
http://yanksview.com/2010/08/about-cameroon/comment-page-1/
http://news.flightsmaster.co.uk/?cat=29

Happy New Year Resolution

My Happy New Year resolution for the year of 2011 will be to read or write or do something about the Buddha’s teaching as my personal favorite subject; something about / for Arakan as my native land; and something about the United States / the World as a citizen, each week.

The action will be one of reading something about those subjects, writing something about those matters, or commenting or sharing or posting something as web-page/s.

Thank you and have a Great 2011 for every one!

Good Goodbye 2010!

Tonight, we all are waving goodbye to 2010.

The year of 2010 is a good and productive year for me.

I accomplished the followings in 2010:

(1) Read (and also take a hand-written notes) more than 500 pages of the Buddha's teachings.

(2) Finished writing alphabatical adverbs those are 1827 words.

(3) Finished translation of 90 Aesop's fables from English to Arakanese.

(4) Finished translations of facts of the countries of the world (192 countries).

(5) As I decided, I did not drink four months (from September to December).

Actually, I still have had one more big (excellent) thing that I accomplished in 2010. Sorry, I cannot tell you. (I'll tell you later.)

Any way, Good Goodbye 2010!

Happy New Year 2011!

For every single citizen of the world, have a Great 2011!!!

With warmest regards,

Oo Thein Maung

December 31st

This is Happy New Year eve, which makes one of the days of each year that almost everyone remember.

Actually, December 31st makes Arakanese to remember in a little different way.

Arakan was / is one of the longest civilisations in the world.

(The above is an ancient sculpture: The Buddha and Maha Sanda Suria, an Arakanese King)

(The Country of Arakan in the World Map of A.D. 1200.)

(A Grand View of the Capital City of Mrauk-U. The picture was drawn by a Dutch artist.)

On December 31, 1784, Arakan was brutally annexed by Burmese Army.

Two hundred and twenty six (226) years later, Arakan is one of the lowest and the most impoverished societies in the world, under inadequate rule of Burmese military.

Moreover, many ancient temples and pagodas in Arakan are being bulldozed by Burmese Authorities! You can obviously see the above pictures.

This morning, my Arakanese brothers in New York take a part of demonstration for Freedom of Arakan. I am very proud of my brothers!

After Burmese authorities destroyed even our religious temples, now, we do not have choice!

We want our Freedom!

We want our Independence!

We want our country back!!!

Flowers, Flowers, Beautiful Flowers!

These are pictures of flowers those I took recently.

Enjoy with the views!

Twilight Zone

Sometimes, I take several pictures for the same view under the same situation. However, since things has been changing all the time, the views also change even in a few minutes.

The following pictures were taken in Door County, WI. I took these pictures during a short time (less than 20 minutes) on August 9, 2009.

Once I wrote a page about the needs to become a professional photographer. You can read it in the following link:
http://thazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-do-you-need-to-become-professional.html

Thank you very much and enjoy with the twilight pictures!