From Myanmar Now--bumbling SAC propagandist-- SACK!--+ don't trust Hunterbrook Media--

Myanmar’s military regime is not renowned for its sophisticated propaganda machine. Much of what passes for strategic messaging from the ruling State Administration Council (SAC) is a sinister stew of old-time junta sloganeering, flat denials of clearly evident events, and blame-shifting to their opponents.

One of the arch peddlers of alternative facts for Min Aung Hlaing and his regime is the Myanmar businessman and purported head of the Myanmar Press Council, Aye Chan. A regular drivel scribbler for The Global New Light of Myanmar and his own pamphlet, Myanmar Insider, Aye Chan (or “UAC,” to use his propaganda nom de plume) is an unoriginal, bumbling, gormless gadfly. But the question is, has he been effective in reaching certain audiences with the alternative, “SAC-positive” reality that he presents?

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/give-credit-where-its-due-an-open-letter-to-hunterbrook-media/ kquote> end 4-25-2024

Warning --graphic--mass graves Gaza--BBC--

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68891216

NYT--Columbia University protests against Gaza occupation--

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/columbia-protests-encampment.html

Columbia is an Ivy League institution.

Dr Cynthia Maung's clinic in Mae Sot--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AocYQfuq4

USIP warns of scam centers on Burma-Thai border + KNU blames "allies" BGF for loss of Myawaddy (police station)--

KNU blames Border Guard Force for loss of Myawaddy (police station) to junta forces--

2 consecutive articles in Irrawaddy. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/us-think-tank-sounds-alarm-as-scam-centers-mushroom-on-myanmar-thai-border.html

end

4-24-2024

myanmar junta says it has retaken Myawaddy police outpost--stay tuned.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-says-troops-back-in-border-trade-hub-myawaddy.html

La Boheme--the young Pavarotti--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkHGUaB1Bs8

Anne Hathaway on casting love scenes--It's a matter of power--(more May-Dec stories)

https://www.aol.com/entertainment/anne-hathaway-says-gross-chemistry-202037521.html

Irrawaddy--Fighting near Ngapali Beach Resort, closer bear hug, more defeats.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/aa-battles-myanmar-junta-forces-near-rakhine-tourist-hotspot.html

Famous hostage Terry Anderson--former AP reporter--held hostage inLebanon--dies at age 76

https://www.aol.com/news/terry-anderson-ap-reporter-held-211444551.html

Countries like Burma--Rwanda--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda

The Week-good wrap--Burma situation.

https://theweek.com/politics/myanmar-the-spring-revolution-and-the-downfall-of-the-generals

From Buddhist Door Global--

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/in-the-wake-of-cyclone-mocha-burmese-bangladeshi-cooperation-and-friendship/

Medicins sans Frontiere's Buthidaung pharmacy burned down by junta forces--

https://eng.mizzima.com/2024/04/21/9195

Quote from Ven Ariyawuntha-Biwuntha fromMyanmar Now.

In my opinion, this is not the time to worry about religion. If you’re going to exploit the people in the name of religion, you’ve got to be one hell of a lousy politician. There have already been some bad things done in the name of religion by previous politicians. We have to focus on the future of the country first. Religion only comes next.

There are multiple occasions where the Buddha said, “only give donations and meditate if the country is peaceful.’ It is really ridiculous to focus on religion while the country is on fire. What they said about religion is not true, in my opinion. MN: Many believe that the religion will be tarnished if the dictatorship is long-lasting. What do you think about this? U Ariyawuntha: This corrupt political system—‘dictatorship’ as you call it—will ruin everything. There’s a Burmese saying: ‘When the sky falls, nobody survives.’ You can’t have strong economics, education, livelihoods or religion as long as the political system is corrupt. Everything will be in ruins. I don’t think those things, let alone religion or the country itself, would survive under such a corrupt system. It really pains me to see that some are destroying the political culture in the name of something sacred.

Daing Khin Khin--Thibaw's concubine--executed by Supayalat--with her accomplices--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daing_Khin_Khin

Pakhangyi Supaya--elder sister of last king Thibaw--married HsipawSawbwa after 1886.

Rare--Bogyoke Aung San at Thanbyuzayat--River Kwai--cemetery--1946--opening. Rest In Protest.

At the Myanmar Thai Border--images--sorry--could not post--see links

Warning--violence, sex--BBC--inside myanmar cyber scam center --Mae Sot--warn your people--victims from everywhere--

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw076g5wnr3o

CNN--House Aid Package--copied and pasted

It's a $95 billion package

The bills provide nearly $61 billion for Ukraine, more than $26 billion for Israel and more than $8 billion for Indo-Pacific security.

The package could lead to a TikTok ban

The fourth bill in the package would place sanctions on the seizure of frozen Russian sovereign assets and a measure that could lead to a nationwide ban of TikTok. If passed, the bill would give the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, nine months to sell the social media company or it would be banned from US app stores. How the House voted on each measure

end copy and paste

Unlikely Churchill--Ukraine aid--Maybe some "detering China" can go to Burma--

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/politics/mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-russia-zelensky-putin/index.html

NYT--Hannah Beech--Ragtag army sees tide turning--they should not show faces nor use real names--

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-war-rebels.html

write letters to NYT and other major outlets.

4-21-2024

Hobson-Jobson--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson-Jobson

Genghis Khan family tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_and_descendants_of_Genghis_Khan

Jochi--son of Genghis--read Conn Iggulden's Mongol Series. Yes, it's Jochi's tomb in Kazakhstan.

From Jochi wiki Genetic paternity evidence In 2019, researchers uncovered genetic evidence supporting the claim that Jochi was Genghis Khan's first true-born son. Scientists found that the Lu clan of Northwestern China, which claimed descent from the sixth son of Genghis Khan Toghan, largely belonged to a Y-chromosomal haplogroup (C2b1a1b1-F1756) closely related to one frequently found in the Tore clan from Kazakhstan which claimed descent from Jochi with the time of divergence ~1000 years ago. This result could however, also arise by different avenues of shared paternity or by Y-chromosomal sharing between Chilger Bökh and Genghis Khan.[6] Legacy

Mongols--not sure now whose tomb it is --Jochi's? Timur's?

Fiber Spider Manda-Leaf Shawl--I stopped this project. Emperor of All Maladies paid an uninvited visit--Re-starting--once I've queried the next literary agent.

https://www.google.com/search?q=fiber+spider+crochet+shawls+mandala&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=85596a7ea76cb4a1&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn0-iREH3mQY3L-v-NfurvLpfvCS2Og%3A1713624267141&ei=y9QjZtPkB_Gp5NoPwpqVoAc&oq=fiber+spider+crochet+shawls+manda&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIWZpYmVyIHNwaWRlciBjcm9jaGV0IHNoYXdscyBtYW5kYSoCCAAyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABSK0wUNUOWJIgcAF4AZABAJgBnwGgAYUGqgEDMC42uAEByAEA-AEBmAIHoALEBsICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAg0QABiABBiwAxhDGIoFwgIFEAAYgATCAgYQABgWGB7CAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICBxAhGKABGArCAgQQIRgVmAMAiAYBkAYKkgcDMS42oAeHIA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4f936580,vid:8246YYyQ05w,st:0

Fighting resumes near Myawaddy, ASEAN-- etc AFP

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/clashes-resume-on-thai-myanmar-border.html

David Matthiessen says"A long way to go for SAC to fall."

Very nice--a writer meets an actress in a cafe and they fall in love--

https://www.aol.com/news/valerie-bertinelli-boyfriend-reveals-identity-031332062.html

Yuan Dynasty and death of Kublai Khan--from wiki

The Yuan dynasty created the "Han Army" (漢軍) out of defected Jin troops and an army of defected Song troops called the "Newly Submitted Army" (新附軍).[84]

Kublai's government faced financial difficulties after 1279. Wars and construction projects had drained the Mongol treasury.[85] Efforts to raise and collect tax revenues were plagued by corruption and political scandals.[86] Mishandled military expeditions followed the financial problems.[85] Kublai's second invasion of Japan in 1281 failed because of an inauspicious typhoon.[75] Kublai botched his campaigns against Annam, Champa, and Java,[87] but won a Pyrrhic victory against Burma.[88] The expeditions were hampered by disease, an inhospitable climate, and a tropical terrain unsuitable for the mounted warfare of the Mongols.[87][75] The Trần dynasty which ruled Annam (Đại Việt) defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288). Annam, Burma, and Champa recognized Mongol hegemony and established tributary relations with the Yuan dynasty.[89]

Internal strife threatened Kublai within his empire. Kublai Khan suppressed rebellions challenging his rule in Tibet and the northeast.[90] His favorite wife died in 1281 and so did his chosen heir in 1285. Kublai grew despondent and retreated from his duties as emperor. He fell ill in 1293, and died on 18 February 1294.[91]

sarus cranes mating dance

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=sarus+cranes+matingdance+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a00453af,vid:AFGdK4OxSAY,st:0

Nuremberg in ruins--

My translation into Burmese of Faiz Ahmed Faiz--If you look at the city from here

Using auto-translate https://lingvanex.com/translation/english-to-burmese partially.

ဒီကနေ မြို့ကိုကြည့်ရင်

KMKaung:

Dee ka ne myo pya gyi ko

hlann kyii like-yin

htaun chay yar myay pone ah taing be.

bahoe sett waing ah htut htut.

Sett waing taing myo yoe woon yan hlyet.

l

an taing har ah kyin thamarr tway ah twett

khway pyay lan kyaung tway

hmat taing me

oo tee chett ma shii

htwet pauk me.

ta yauk yauk ka

khutt myan myan lay

shwaii yin

“yutt” lo thu ko bar kyaunt

aw hit pyee ma tar lair lo

tway mii te.

ta yauk yauk ka

thu let maung ko

mhyauk like yin

than kyoe ta klut klut

myee than ko

kyarr laint-me.

(သံကြိုးများ တုန်ခါသံကို ကြားရမည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်ပါသည်) --

Faiz Ahmed Faiz as translated by Naomi Lazard.

If you look at the city from here.

If you look at the city from here

you see it is laid out in concentric circles

e

ach circle surrounded by a wall

exactly like a prison.

Each street a dog-run for prisoners,

no milestones, no destination, no way out.

If anyone moves too quickly you wonder

why hasn’t he been stopped by a shout.

If someone raises his arm

you expect to hear the jangling of chains. *

Haiti--without a government--

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245048299/haiti-haitians-cap-haitien?ft=nprml&f=1004

USA--organ removal of dead prisoners without consent--

In Burma/Myanmar Pol prisoners are tortured to death first.

Open yr eyes--just don't sit there "meditating on impermanence."

Do something-- https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/organs-removed-deceased-alabama-inmates/index.html

4-18-2024

Make sure you read Irrawaddy today and every day--I have a writing deadline--you're adults--Inform yourself, then do something.

It was the usual ploy--here are true numbers--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/new-year-old-tactic-myanmar-juntas-amnesty-skips-political-prisoners.html

Special post--Mita Kapur--TED talks Calcutta--what a literary agent does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVu5Jg3LCQ

Very impressive--

km

4-18-2024

BBC's Jonathan Head reporting from Mae Sot

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68823500

Al Jazeera Myanmar--Myanmar junta on the ropes

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/2024/4/17/myanmar-army-on-the-ropes

Kachin minister released--David Scott Mathiesson comments on Julie Bishop Appointment-

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/bishops-opening-for-a-new-un-approach-to-myanmar.html

Irrawaddy on Daw Suu's move to "house arrest"--article from AFP + m a h's speech--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/jailed-myanmar-leader-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-moved-to-house-arrest-source.html

fall of Bagan--pretty fun family--Thihathu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thihathu_of_Prome

Fall of Bagan Kingdom--wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pagan

Stay up to date about your country of origin--don't be an ostrich with your head in the sand. Don't meditate when you are sick or in times of war (The Buddha said)

Yuan Dynasty Yam Rider.

Yuan Dynasty was set up by Genghis Khan's grandson, Kubilai Khan.

Muslim general from Yunnan defeated Bagan at Boachan--Nga Saung Gyan.

Read Maurice Collis' She was a Queen.

Peoples Defense Force--Burma--wiki--last edited 9 April, 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Defence_Force_(Myanmar)

National Unity Government --wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Unity_Government_of_Myanmar

Michael Aung Thwin--wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Aung-Thwin

USIP_-Burma--

https://www.usip.org/regions/asia/burma

US Institute of Peace--War in Ukraine--

https://www.usip.org/current-situation-ukraine

Google search results--How likely is US to help Burma??

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=How+likely+is+USA+tohelpMyanmar+Burma#ip=1

Fr Feb 14th--Wapo--A decent future is within reach, if US acts now

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/23/myanman-junta-weakening-collapse/

Al Jazeera--Myanmar forces Rohingya into army--

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/4/16/human-shields-on-the-battlefield-myanmar-forces-rohingya-into-military

Al Jazeera--recent footage--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INTaKAgXWEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FNtZApRNs4

Daw Suu moved due to "heat."

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/suu-kyi-moved-04162024171703.html

They

must be worried the Resistance might try to rescue her.

k

m

4-17-2024

Poem--one line hybrid--On the Democracy Circuit

ho thwar dee thwar yinn

bama pye ah kyaung pyaw yin

Helsinki yauk thwar te

Going here and there

talking about democracy in Burma

I arrived in Helsinki.

Kyi May Kaung

4-16-2024

caramel colored Burmese python from Wikipedia

Pro Publica--Internal migration USA due to climate change

https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-migration-louisiana-slidell-flooding

Sharon Olds--Day of Demonstrations

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/159808/day-of-demonstrations

Poetry post--Terrance Hayes--American Sonnet for myPast and Future Assassin--

American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [“I… | Poetry Magazine

You can also listen to the poet reading his poem himself. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/143917/american-sonnet-for-my-past-and-future-assassin-598dc83c976f1

Last crochet pattern for today--major challenge--Expressions Fiber Arts--Elegant Sweet Pea Shawl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j204aPPBfM

Sandy only shows a sample swatch.

Therefore you have to increase it up by multiples of the swatch, to get your desired size.

Naturally, the larger or wider your shawl,the more yarn you need--buy enough, more is better than falling short.

You can practice with her Red Velvet Rose pattern--of which I have already made FOUR versions in 3 colors--the first 2 in "burned sugar"

the largest--the 1st one I gave to my friend from HS who is facing health issues.

For shawls of this size and complexity the going rate is over $100 + shipping and handling.

I don't give them away for free unless you've been a good friend for over 50 years.

They are just too difficult to make.

Like I told that Miss Yappy fr the radio station to review the novel herself.

I'm not a billionaire, I'm not a non-profit and I don't run a charity.

Pickup a hook and make it yourself if you can.

If you can't buy it on Etsy.

I'm really tired of B--ppl.

kmk

4-16-2024

Rose + leaf--more 3 D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLoyUFoei0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMwJyatGMI

How to cover a wreath form:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+crochet+a+rose&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=1a57d827cf09faae&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn09QROYmq8jXBJclDtKcR40qpTkkuw%3A1713293324294&ei=DMgeZonJEY-j5NoPs6el4AE&ved=0ahUKEwiJ__X_sseFAxWPEVkFHbNTCRwQ4dUDCA8&oq=how+to+crochet+a+rose&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFWhvdyB0byBjcm9jaGV0IGEgcm9zZTILEAAYgAQYigUYkQIyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyCxAAGIAEGIoFGJECMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAESNFKUJ4NWN0vcAF4AZABAJgBjAGgAdcHqgEDNC42uAEMyAEA-AEBmAILoALECMICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgQQIxgnwgIKEAAYgAQYigUYQ5gDAOIDBRIBMSBAiAYBkAYIkgcDNS42oAeBTA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4780b6c6,vid:TvG7wO-y85I,st:0

Highly recommended-- how to crochet a rose--with 2 ways to coil it--

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+crochet+a+rose&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=1a57d827cf09faae&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn09QROYmq8jXBJclDtKcR40qpTkkuw%3A1713293324294&ei=DMgeZonJEY-j5NoPs6el4AE&ved=0ahUKEwiJ__X_sseFAxWPEVkFHbNTCRwQ4dUDCA8&oq=how+to+crochet+a+rose&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFWhvdyB0byBjcm9jaGV0IGEgcm9zZTILEAAYgAQYigUYkQIyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyCxAAGIAEGIoFGJECMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAESNFKUJ4NWN0vcAF4AZABAJgBjAGgAdcHqgEDNC42uAEMyAEA-AEBmAILoALECMICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgQQIxgnwgIKEAAYgAQYigUYQ5gDAOIDBRIBMSBAiAYBkAYIkgcDNS42oAeBTA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4780b6c6,vid:TvG7wO-y85I,st:0

How to crochet leaves on a stem--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=how+to+croceht+a+leaf+and+stem+you+tube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:50452bde,vid:NR1rCBACS50,st:0

Gentleman's crochet scarf--women's version would need tobe wider--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAeBk3wriGI

Olga Poltava--simple scarf with ruffled edge--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdcdAc-540&list=PLcOhHR3vsCGGPWMKFQuMJLsChctqJb1NY&index=20

In Memorium--for all those who died and are dying that Burma may be Free--American native magnolia

From my archive--Kenji Nagai

KNLA says it has repeatedly repelled junta column trying to cross Dawna Mountains--+ navy ship pounds Thandwe/Sandoway.

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/knla-and-allies-repel-myanmar-junta-troops-trying-to-reach-myawaddy/

Crochet Crowd--pinwheel tutorial--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hv5BqOaNfk

More detail rocket attack --from rfa

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-missile-attack-04152024041935.html

AFP--Rocket attack on Mandalay--Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo)

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-rocket-attack-kills-four-wounds-military-cadets.html

Sorry--link does not work.

Advanced--knitting--Shetland Islands

https://www.google.com/search?q=traditionak+snowflake+pattern+faire+isle+vest+youtube+free&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=725efba4277893af&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn0_0jfJb4mtAbB1wkiWDwSi7wa6lmQ%3A1713213055749&ei=f44dZsmeLffs5NoPy96ayAs&oq=traditionak+snowflake+pattern+faire+isle+vest+youtube&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiNXRyYWRpdGlvbmFrIHNub3dmbGFrZSBwYXR0ZXJuIGZhaXJlIGlzbGUgdmVzdCB5b3V0dWJlKgIIADIKECEYChigARjDBDIKECEYChigARjDBDIKECEYChigARjDBEjmdlDYF1jCXnABeAGQAQCYAcQBoAHVFqoBBDUuMjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAhSgAocSwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA5gDAOIDBRIBMSBAiAYBkAYIkgcGNC4xNS4xoAfrnQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:1e45bedd,vid:5uMMM4LhkFI,st:0

2 color knitting--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=2+color+knitting+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:fea94298,vid:q1OdRfNvTyo,st:0

Knitting--German short rows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_F8A5Lyz88

BBC--Sir Salman Rushdie talks about his wounds--

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68739586

Myanmar Now-explosions Mandalay and Maymyo--etc

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/mandalay-pyin-oo-lwin-hit-by-explosions-as-myanmar-junta-marks-thingyan-holiday/

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/no-mans-land-bootleggers-open-as-usual-despite-myanmar-clashes/

“Every day we’ve been open,” he told AFP.

Racier fare was to be had further along the raised concrete walkway.

One small box contained pleasure-enhancing “Sex Drops” made with “USA technology”, which were to be mixed with coffee, juice or wine 15 minutes before bed.

A disclaimer on the back read: “It is a herb product, it may not work for everyone.”

Another box of tablets promised to restore a man’s “prestige in a short time”.

Included in its ingredients list were Tibetan donkey kidneys and yak testicles. Also on offer was “Myanmar Beer”, which has attained illicit status in many parts of Myanmar since the military’s 2021 coup because it is brewed by a military-owned company.

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/sierra-leone-invites-myanmar-regime-officials-to-autonomous-weapons-conference/

Autonomous weapons means robots and AI.

end post

4-15-2024

General Huo Qubing portrayed in C-drama Sound of the Desert--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huo_Qubing

In reality he died in battle at age 23 but writer Tong Hua extended his life.

He was male lover or favorite of the Wu Emperor but Tong Hua made him heterosexual--she also added a wolf girl.

I recommend this TV series highly--and still remember it. Usually they are so formulaic I don't remember a thing.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Kyi May Kaung

4-15-2024

Chinese movie--Curse of Turandot--but like Anna and the King of Siam--we miss the MUSIC.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8sj3xc

Complete opera Turandot

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=turandot+complet+opera#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4010a450,vid:GYAN3tesH5g,st:0

Another "None Shall Sleep."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ETca71nu8

Nessun Dorma--from Puccini's Turandot-- Three Asian Tenors

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0

America only superpower--Lord Dannon--

https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-just-reminded-us-only-180000196.html

Iran attack on Israel--

https://www.aol.com/news/why-iran-attacked-israel-comes-152300622.html

How to sow padauk seeds --

https://www.forestdepartment.gov.mm/sites/default/files/Research%20Books%20file/1%2879-80%29.pdf

Orphanages in Burma--I am just doing research for a novel--so if you wish to donate--ask around with locals--I don't know any of them--In the past one friend donated to Save the Children

https://asianchildrensmission.org/causes/orphan-care/

From 2014--working in a Sri Lanka orphanage

https://globalgap.unc.edu/2014/12/08/working-in-a-sri-lankan-orphanage-is-bittersweet/

Feather and Fan different colorways--I was just thinking of greys and aqua--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=54f9445f3c681e70&sca_upv=1&cs=0&sxsrf=ACQVn08Au7K1WbthdlpMj00OpQKs1FGpJA:1713134443078&q=Feather+and+Fan+Scarf&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv5LGP48KFAxWMNlkFHd8oCjkQ6rYHegQIFhAD&biw=800&bih=405&dpr=2.4#ip=1

The first one I made was cream for myself and I sold a pink one to my favored client who now has 4 wearable art pieces made by me-

Bali wrap, River Kwai coat, brown and gold brocade and this Feather and Fan in gradated salmon pinks, and she liked it so much she bought it on the hottest day of summer.

Thanks A.

You enable me to buy more yarn and make more wearable art.

I have no photos, sorry.

And I have no website right now.

And I can anly sell to US-based customers.

And I'm not a seamstress.

I'm a writer and poet who sometimes makes wearable art and 2D and 3D art.

Message me with your real name and email--it will be list price + shipping and handling.

And also I don't handle real wool bc the colors look dim to me, plus I wish to make a lot of acrylic items at reasonable prices.

So there you have it.

I taught myself crochet through watching Youtube videos,especially Fiber Spider during the Covid crisis and cancer chemo, and our Fiber Group cheered me along.

Mucho Thanks--I think the right word is gracias. Kyi May 4-14-2024

Feather and Fan--a fantastic-looking, traditonal but EASY pattern--knit and crochet versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lWl6bhW224https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=feather+and+fan+fiber+spider#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4f8040c6,vid:8vuTMlgbHUE,st:0

K.M.Kaung--The Rider of Crocodiles.

https://www.amazon.com/Rider-Crocodiles-Based-Stories-Novellas/dp/1497498368

Paul Laurance Dunbar--The Sport of the Gods--

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298659/the-sport-of-the-gods-by-paul-laurence-dunbar/

K.M.Kaung--The Lovers

https://www.amazon.com/Lovers-story-America-Novellas-K-M-Kaung/dp/1499193726

Myanmar--Google search results--Australian + UK travel advisory--+ Julie Bishop--Special UN Rapporteur fot Burma.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Myanmar+AustralianGov+advisory#ip=1

Prosthetic arms and hands printed with 3 D printer.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Innovative-prostheses-offer-hope-on-Thai-Myanmar-border

Appom/Appam recipe in cups

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=appam+with+rice+flour+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8472cac9,vid:3RNnwRqpduY,st:0

Kaung--Rohingya Genocide 2012-2017--Activists' Handy Handbook --

https://www.amazon.com/Rohingya-Genocide-Burma-2012-2017-Actvists/dp/1981805028/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Sw3MnZd_HU7cHVhfWz8e6VILvArc2EJBbpGDPzN8MJxBGFPzg9iJcrfdC1qNps9JqaWzD08Eh7AUdtgOGwA1BTqOIOC7SFCqAIbwrck4tbGUqfzfZwrb3zHC5kOqOu73.5A_JgemrxM2DpVFWNJ2gxwxm9C05W1-RF5AvLy0YzcM&dib_tag=se&qid=1713056729&refinements=p_27%3AKyi+May+Kaung&s=books&sr=1-3

Books I have published --

https://www.amazon.com/Books-Kyi-May-Kaung/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AKyi+May+Kaung

Villains Gallery--inaugural post--Comrade Duch--photo when he stood trial--Cambodian Court--A convicted war criminal--completely mediocre--

ABBA--Fernando--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgurEYKYHdo

My List--out in Australia, among all those sheep, a Catholic priest falls in love--The Thorn Birds--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds

Chinese romantic C-dramas--list--not a very good list--

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/entertainment/chinese-romantic-tv-series/

7 legendary couples including 2 gay couples--

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/7-couples-who-changed-the-world/NwLCt7AVvem6KQ

Said to be the happiest marriage in opera The Marriage of Figaro--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Complateopera+themarraige+offigaro#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:22488da5,vid:oknX-Gi6f5k,st:0

Apparently happy marriages--

https://es-la.facebook.com/JuanDiegoFlorezOfficial/photos/happy-birthday-to-my-beautiful-wife-julia-/10153201227125446/

Joanne Woodward--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Woodward

Light side--and now divorce rings--which you won't need if you marry a millionaire--I mean a billionaire.

https://www.aol.com/ve-heard-engagement-rings-divorce-142708127.html

Myanmar--Myawaddy--many links--

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/world/asia/myanmar-rebels-myawaddy.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/10/fears-of-mass-migration-from-myanmar-as-military-plans-to-draft-thousands

KNU says it will set up its one adminsitration in Myawaddy--Man conscripted via lottery in Toungoo kills himself.

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/man-selected-for-conscription-into-myanmar-military-kills-himself/

Cyndi Lauper--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper

Bonnie Tyler--Total Eclipse of the Heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

Cyndi Lauper--Time after Time --

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=CyndiLauper+Timeafter+time#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:85c76245,vid:8mVbIdKmj3g,st:0

Cyndi Lauper--All through the Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Sr03eIr_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONKoKIQ9RY

Tracy Chapman--Fast Car--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Fast+Car+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f3232253,vid:AIOAlaACuv4,st:0

Burmese scenes--places where current Civil War--ie, Un-civil war taking place--from wiki

Ludu Daw Amar

From Gaza--Baby Unknown--

https://www.aol.com/news/found-tree-her-gaza-home-120006914.html

Read Irrawaddy daily on your own--things moving fast--

Al Jazeera podcast--South Asians fighting for Russia in Ukaraine--

https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2024/3/5/the-take-from-india-to-ukraine-the-south-asians-fighting-in-russias-war

AFP--Myawaddy--Battalion 275--

https://www.barrons.com/news/myanmar-troops-withdraw-from-border-town-following-clashes-f9627a5c?refsec=topics_afp-news

Al Jazeera--targetting of Haniyeh children and grandchildren (Hamas) cannot have been accidental--analyst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNQY12sP3c

Sci fi--how Dune influenced Ecology, Octavia Butler etc--

https://theconversation.com/how-dune-became-a-beacon-for-the-fledgling-environmental-movement-and-a-rallying-cry-for-the-new-science-of-ecology-225156

Drone strike on junta NPT etc

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/resistance-drones-strike-myanmar-militarys-se-command-during-junta-no-2s-visit.html

Previously, few days ago,apparently Soe Win affiliated young monk Pauk Taw, "tor" "royal"--not Pauk Tawe rhymes with "awe" which means "Wood to pee in"

s

taged a demo. to oust m a h.

Myawaddy on verge of falling--pl scroll down.

Conscription ramped up.

Looks like death throes. km

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4-10-2024

Latest--from Irrawaddy--Myawaddy, Thailand, Burma labor shortages--who would have guessed?

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/thailand-says-prepared-to-receive-100000-people-fleeing-myanmar.html

People have been fleeing since 1962, not just since 1988.

Myawaddy is Myanmar’s third-busiest land crossing to Thailand, according to the junta’s Commerce Ministry, with some US$1.1 billion in goods passing through it over the last 12 months.

Periodic surges in fighting along the long Thai-Myanmar border send scores of people temporarily fleeing to the kingdom, before returning. T

h

ai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said on Tuesday morning that Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was concerned that the situation would worsen, referring to earlier clashes in the area.

On Tuesday, Thailand said it is prepared to accept 100,000 people fleeing Myanmar. Karen Ethnic Army Launches Final Push to Capture Myawaddy on Thai Border

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-labor-shortages-reported-as-residents-flee-junta-conscription.html

for rest scroll down.

kmk

4-9-2024

eclipse photos--

https://www.aol.com/americans-shared-powerful-moment-during-023029063.html

Flash mob--Ravel's Bolero--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qHClLZVc6k

Un aura amorosa--Juan Deigo Florez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKA99dO7-W4

Cat Stevens--My Lady D'arbanville--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZjw-lVpYY

Cat Stevens--Morning has Broken

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Morning+has+broken#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:3d1893df,vid:qARB7XPfYjo,st:0

Johnny Cash The Long Black Veil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXUPlsn31o

Rene Pape wthin these sacred halls--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=within+these+sacredhalls+rene+pape#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ce590aba,vid:E8IbYFJAb8Y,st:0

Elton JOhn--Abide with Me--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Elton+Jphn+Abide+with+me#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:b570d075,vid:g4Nl4rEceaU,st:0

The Prayer--Josh Groban and Celine Dion

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=APrayer+CelineDion+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:96ace166,vid:4fjcI15i_XM,st:0

Music--what FriarAlessandro looked like 10 years ago--In Memory of Mrs Gandasari Win and Daw Mar Mar Aye--

https://www.youtube.com/

Unfortunately, I can't understand what they are saying

but I understand the music.

kmk 4-8-2024

Lunar and solar eclipse explainer--

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/world/2024-total-solar-eclipse-path-scn/index.html

Britain Burma Society--50th anniversary of Aung San Assassination--BBC--1997--pdf

https://www.networkmyanmar.org/ESW/Files/stonor.pdf

Stage play of screenplay--Guess who's coming to dinner?

https://broadwaylicensing.com/wp-content/uploads/guesswhoscoming6kf_BLperusal-1.pdf

Good news--my essay collection--Let it Fly--received the most blog hits this cycle.

‘Monkey Man’ review: Patel impresses in front of, behind camera with revenge-fueled film

I saw Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Richard Gere) in a cinema--now the whole complex has been torn down and new construction already at 2nd floor.

I miss the immersive experience of movie cinemas.

R-rating for Monkey Man--Patel said he was inspired by Korean action films.

So I'm not the only Overseas Asian watching Asian movies--

I watch mostly Chinese and Indian TV series--Not such a fan of (S) Korean-- https://inkfishmag.com/wasteland-dragon/

I hope your weekend shapes up creatively and nicely.

I'm glad Asians are increasingly making their mark.

A

s for Burmese, we struggle. We survive.

Kyi May Kaung

4-6-2024

K.M. Kaung--The Rider of Crocodiles--

https://www.amazon.com/Rider-Crocodiles-Based-Stories-Novellas/dp/1497498368

Top Israeli Spy Chief exposes his true identity--The Guardian--

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/top-israeli-spy-chief-exposes-his-true-identity-in-online-security-lapse

GalleLiterary Fest and controversies--from Himal Southasia Magazine.

https://www.himalmag.com/culture/galle-literary-festival-marata-arts-culture-geopolitics-ranil-wickremesinghe-economic-crisis-sri-lanka?utm_source=NewsletterSubscribers&utm_campaign=97a5379801-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_23_2023_13_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_949b3d6c7a-97a5379801-521020180

Documentary film maker Dan Reed and his next target--he exposed Michael Jackson as a pedophile and a child-rapist.

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/why-director-exposed-michael-jackson-120000531.html

Puccini's Madama Butterly--complete opera--un film de Frederic Mitterand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stgof-xyN0

Russia -Myanmar bear hug--from Irrawaddy--read rest too including CDF-Mindat resuming fight against junta--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/russia-to-shower-more-support-on-generals-during-myanmar-new-year.html

Kyi May Kaung--Let it Fly with the Flowers--Essays about the Institute of Economics, Rangoon,Burma.

https://www.amazon.com/Let-Fly-Flowers-Institute-Economics/dp/1514616378

Foodie video--Golden Temple, Amritsar + Mrs.Gandasari Win--

I am posting this in memory of Mrs. Gandasari Win who passed away in January.

Long time Burma activists and dissidents, they traveled widely informing an international audience about the Burmese plight.

Also strong supporters and personal friends of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, they went to see her even though U Kyaw Win's visa was denied several times in 8 year blocks.

Though Christians themselves they respected other religions.

U Kyaw Win said they visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

I will write a fuller Tribute in a few days.

For now--please read U Kyaw Win's memoir--My Conscience: An Exile's Memoir of Burma.

Kyi May Kaung

4-3-2024 https://www.google.com/search?q=amritsar+sonny+mass+cooking+youtube+video&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=82662e44566a7af0&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn08ivfbPQnHX2wi_IIYmt8Ajp692BA%3A1712179404462&ei=zMgNZojXG8fi5NoPyZGziAk&oq=Amritsar+Sonny+mass+cooking+you&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:14168207,vid:qdoJroKUwu0,st:0

Food aid--240 metric tons of it--returned to Cyprus after deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza

https://www.aol.com/undelivered-gaza-aid-returns-cyprus-165004681.html

Part II--From Irrawaddy Investigative unit--contracts emerge KNU involved in Shwe Ko Ko scam crime center

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/investigation/contracts-reveal-knu-involvement-in-notorious-myanmar-scam-center.html

From Jesus Christ Superstar--lyrics by Sir Tim Rice

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Heaven+on+your+mind+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:09851287,vid:pqoeM18vCaU,st:0

Crown of thorns barbed wire by Allan Swart--

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-crown-of-thorns-barbed-wire-allan-swart.html

Paul Gauguin--Yellow Christ

Hornbills--Kachin Manua (Manaw) festivals

Health--Kegel (pelvic floor) exercises

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/lifestyle/what-are-pelvic-floor-exercises/#:~:text=To%20strengthen%20your%20pelvic%20floor,each%20squeeze%20for%20one%20second.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/14611-kegel-exercises

end

Found story--A Chinese Sword Story--copied and pasted fromChinese Sword wiki

Gan Jiang and Mo Ye

According to the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue, Ou Yezi was also the teacher of Gan Jiang, who was married to Mo Ye. King Helü of Wu ordered Gan Jiang and Mo Ye to forge a pair of swords for him in three months. However, the blast furnace failed to melt the metal. Mo Ye suggested that there was insufficient human qi in the stove, so the couple cut their hair and nails and cast them into the furnace, while 300 children helped to blow air into the bellows. In another account, Mo Ye sacrificed herself to increase human qi by throwing herself into the furnace. The desired result was achieved after three years, and the two swords were named after the couple. Gan Jiang kept the male sword, Ganjiang, for himself and presented the pair's female sword, Moye, to the King. The King, already upset that Gan Jiang had failed to supply the blades in three months but three years, became enraged when he discovered the smith had kept the male sword and thus had Gan Jiang killed. G

an Jiang had already predicted the King's reaction, so he left behind a message for Mo Ye and their unborn son, telling them where he had hidden the Ganjiang Sword. Several months later, Mo Ye gave birth to Gan Jiang's son, Chi (赤), and years later, she told him his father's story. Chi was eager to avenge his father, and he sought the Ganjiang Sword. At the same time, the King dreamed of a youth who desired to kill him and placed a bounty on the youth's head. Chi was indignant and filled with anguish. He started crying on his way to enact his vengeance. An assassin found Chi, who told the killer his story. The assassin then suggested that Chi surrender his head and sword, and the assassin himself will avenge Ganjiang in Chi's place. He did as told and committed suicide. The killer was moved and decided to help Chi fulfil his quest.

The assassin severed Chi's head and brought it, along with the Ganjiang sword, to the overjoyed King. The king was, however, uncomfortable with Chi's head staring at him. The assassin asked the King to have Chi's head boiled, but Chi's head was still staring at the King even after 40 days without any sign of decomposition; thus, the assassin told the king that he needed to take a closer look and stare back for the head to decompose under the power of the King. The King bent over the cauldron, and the assassin seized the opportunity to decapitate him, his head falling into the pot alongside Chi's. The killer then cut off his own head, which also fell into the boiling water. The flesh on the heads was boiled away such that none of the guards could recognize which head belonged to whom. The guards and vassals decided that all three should be honoured as kings due to Chi and the assassin's bravery and loyalty. The three heads were eventually buried together at Yichun County, Runan, Henan, and the grave is called "Tomb of Three Kings".[16] end post

The Hornbill is a Chin emblem--disambiguation--not Chinese

https://sialki.wordpress.com/the-stories-of-zomi/the-hornbill-emblem/

Christa--The Female Christ

https://praytellblog.com/index.php/2016/10/05/christa-the-female-christ-on-the-cross-is-back/

Different kinds of Manau/Manaw Festivals--Kachins of Burma

https://www.kachinlandnews.com/?p=29023

Modern life style

dream marriages

2nd

b

lended families

4-3-2024 https://www.aol.com/news/single-mom-hung-her-kid-221433926.html

As early as 1997, a Burmese friend (female) told me she had formed a blended family. This interracial couple is still together.

Mrs. Inge Sargent and Tad Sargent were another shining example--though I think Tad was single at the time he met or was introduced to Inge--widow of Hsipaw Sawbwa Sao Kya Seng who was killed/tortured in prison by Ne Win minions.

Tad adopted Inge's daughters. He famously said in one documentary, "I'm not a prince."

Inge said, "Can you imagine, with 2nd husband and writing about the first?"

Being happy is the best revenge.

I agree--men and women should take the initiative.

But shld look in a logical manner and not for "bottom feeders" in personal ads. though my spiritual/Christian advisor BD found her partner that way.

Fr

om my dorm room I saw B hit the fire-hydrant at the bus stop with her hand bag. She said she left her marriage in the Mid-West bc "she was not allowed to be a chaplain, only to be a wife," she got "one gravy boat" out of a dinner set--

she had a photo of her handsome African-American adopted son-- and she had in her office room a small sculpture of a crucified Christa, naked with breasts. M

aybe I should paint that, like Gauguin's Yellow Christ.

I

t does not really matter if no one understands my paintings.

I do.

"Someday my prince will come."

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=some+day+my+prince+will+come+youtube#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8aaa304f,vid:Qg73_Yt_F2I,st:0

Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle--lyrics by Tim Rice: A Whole New World.

https://www.google.com/search?q=a+whole+new+world+uoitube+timerice+pebobryson&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=2a499fe3eecb2ac0&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn08uOGroEyea1QlPaVoTBZ5iNCewmg%3A1712136423616&ei=5yANZu2eJeeu5NoPqb-62Ak&ved=0ahUKEwitrtia3aWFAxVnF1kFHamfDpsQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=a+whole+new+world+uoitube+timerice+pebobryson&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiLWEgd2hvbGUgbmV3IHdvcmxkIHVvaXR1YmUgdGltZXJpY2UgcGVib2JyeXNvbjIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIEECEYCkiJRFCQCViRQHAEeACQAQCYAZkBoAGLDKoBBDEuMTK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhCgApYNmAMA4gMFEgExIECIBgGSBwQzLjEzoAfKWw&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2acc3c02,vid:PmvT7B3u7II,st:0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Rice

https://www.google.com/search?q=Jesus+youtube++Jesus+Christ+Superstar&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=2a499fe3eecb2ac0&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn0_V_6_bRIzQdeEWxYUJoiYT8Qqo7A%3A1712137168249&ei=0CMNZrXrDomg5NoPra-HqAY&ved=0ahUKEwi1k-H936WFAxUJEFkFHa3XAWUQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=Jesus+youtube++Jesus+Christ+Superstar&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJUplc3VzIHlvdXR1YmUgIEplc3VzIENocmlzdCBTdXBlcnN0YXIyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHkiESVCQB1ilRXABeAGQAQCYAbYBoAHVEqoBBDE2Lji4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhmgAr0UwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICDRAAGIAEGIoFGEMYsAPCAhMQLhiABBiKBRhDGMcBGNEDGLADwgIFEAAYgATCAgsQABiABBiKBRiGA8ICBRAhGKABwgIFECEYnwWYAwCIBgGQBgqSBwUxMS4xNKAH_ZcB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:77ffe52c,vid:URWa0rbB1Kw,st:0

end post

4-3-2024

World Central Kitchen hit--Gaza--Biden rebukes Israel--WH Iftar cancelled--

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/why-bidens-white-house-iftar-unravelled-amid-gaza-war

In past Burmese-Muslim Wai Wai Nu attended WH Iftar during so-called transition period in Burma.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/02/muslim-arab-americans-iftar-white-house-decline/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/3/biden-rebukes-israeli-says-hes-outraged-over-deaths-of-gaza-aid-workers end

Dr. (Daw/Ms) Aung San Suu Kyi--Burmese Democracy Leader, Nobel Peace Laureate.

Horrible—heart-breaking --Chef Andres’ World Central Kitchen hit by Israel—“ by accident.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/02/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news

Andres is based in Bethesda, MD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Andr%C3%A9s

I used to go to Jaleo "Ha--lay oh"

quite a bit with other writers.

M

y favorite was rabbit with prunes--but they took it off the menu.

Sometimes I make chicken with prunes.

I think Spanish Diner is now at that location.

I like tapas--small eats.

"Emily" the British-accented woman on GPS, pronounced Jaleo as Jar lay oh--

but then Brits still say JoonTa.

It does not matter so long as you love Jaleo

and hate joonta. Today after 10 years checking my eyes and 2 cataract operations, my glaucoma specialist asks

"How do you pronounce your first name?"

I always say C H I--as in Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurant.

As

Jack Healey, who pioneered celeb concerts while head of Amnesty International said, at one Free Burma event,

"We'd better all learn how to pronounce Aung San Suu Kyi's name correctly."

George Bush the younger said "Aung Suu San Kyi." One of my dissident friends complained about another Burmese dissident-- "

S

o many years and he's still spelling Suu as 'Su.'"

L

et's not forget her--

joonta means to kill her by neglect.

Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/St-Hughs-Magazine-2012.pdf

kmkaung

4-2-2024

China--PLA exercises--near Burma border--USIP map of gas pipeline etc.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/china-holds-military-drills-along-myanmars-border.html

China's investments --scroll down.

Map from USIP.

this is the sound of the other boot dropping. "

Peace" is war--think Orwell said that.

kmk

4-2-2024

Russian defector pilot killed in Spain 13 Feb.--probably by Russian FSB--very sad-