Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Pride of Burma flower (Amhearstia Nobilis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AmherstiaNobilis2.jpg

There used to be a single tree of this beside the Convocation Hall near Inya Lake on Rangoon University campus. It's the only one I ever saw in Burma or have ever seen, other than the Amhearstia trees in the Singapore botanical gardens. Alas, visited before I had a digital camera.

Convocation means "commencement," as in "commencement exercises," in American English. That is, a graduation ceremony.

Convinced atheist went to Mongolia with late Pope Francis--

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Javier-Cercas%2C-in-Mongolia-with-the-Pope%3A-Missionaries-are-true-fools-of-God-62829.html