Friday, November 21, 2025
Burma--ever sham and scam--
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-administration-to-reject-myanmar-juntas-sham-election.html
It's always sham and scam..
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No more pirated clips--let's watch the good stuff--Flourished Paeony, ep 1. magical real historical drama--
Listen for lines "Flee to Myanmar" (Mien Tien in Mandarin).
Burmese who believe in "L.A." i e :Liberated Areas,will like this one.
Usual blood and war, and cruelty--but great production values. Child actors are bright and charming, not overly cute--adults look real--not pretentious "acting"like in Burmese movies and Hpin Karr sway--which I HATE.
Art is about TRUTH, not pretense and putting on airs.
https://www.google.com/search?q=C-drama+flourished+peony&sca_esv=170749da7b18780d&sxsrf=AE3TifPaq_7F5fY1Na9NIV-Q87pRNeLOnQ%3A1763703683038&source=hp&ei=g_sfaYMBoqyIsw_w6sO5DQ&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaSAJkxcDQTZKthpD8nOGsTNBsYTstssF&ved=0ahUKEwjDzo6cxIKRAxUiFmIAHXD1MNcQ4dUDCBo&uact=5&oq=C-drama+flourished+peony&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a858b071,vid:D9V_NxqTjyg,st:0
Kyi May Kaung
11-21-2025
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Burmese exile gov--NUG's crypto soars.
I hope it does not crash with the whole crypto/bitcoin thing.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-shadow-governments-crypto-soars-after-mexc-exchange-listing.html
Myanmar junta accuses US of hidden agenda in ref to scam center Strike Force.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-accuses-us-of-hidden-agenda-in-anti-scam-crackdown.html
Spokesperson possibly the ugliest man alive--next to---
Maybe its title (eunuch movie) is Dr. Cutie--at least the actors match.
https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2020/03/13/dr-cutie-eps-11-15-open-thread/
And the male lead is Huang Jiejie--
There are at least 3 other fake eunuch movies or TV series.
I think the wedding scene is the last episode.
I hope they make a sequel.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
From 2012--My Arts CV--
KYI MAY KAUNG (Ph.D.)
Curriculum Vitae
blog -- http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com
Objective: Seeking writing/editing/research, advocacy or teaching position. Available for international conferences, seminars and private consultancy. Book doctoring, fiction and non-fiction. Teaching Creative Writing, Comparative Literature.
• Passionately interested in Burma and democracy/social justice, human rights, women’s and children’s issues.
• Fifteen years of non-profit experience in the Washington, DC area.
• Able to strategize and set up new organizations.
• Able to speak and write persuasively so people listen.
• Excellent oral and written presentations. Convincing, engaging and experienced public speaker. Fluent English and Burmese. Reading knowledge of French. Willing to learn Mandarin.
• Extensive contacts in academia, politics and the arts.
• Strengths: Very fast and efficient researcher – Lexus-Nexus etc. on line.
• Fast and accurate boil down of important issues to easily understandable points.
• Political Economy of Asia: Asean countries, India and China, Burma specialist.
• Able to travel internationally up to 25% of the year.
• Able to formulate strategy and analyze organizational structure and goals.
• Able to formulate and carry out P.R. initiatives.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. City and Regional Planning and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, May 1994.
M.A. City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1987.
M.A. Economics, University of Rangoon, 1967.
B.A. Honors, Economics, University of Rangoon, 1964.
DISSERTATION
"Modernization, Breakdown and Structural Configurations: Retrogression in Burma (1962-1992)."
Chairman: Henry Teune, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Members: Josef Silverstein, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University.
Donald E. Smith, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Seymour Mandelbaum, City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
External Examiner, Josef Silverstein, Rutgers Univ.
HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY:
Patrick Barta of Wall Street Journal – Oct 2012, about Rangoon University before the 1962 coup.
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/11/02/glory-days-at-myanmar-school-clouded/
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203937004578076751448524708-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwMjEwNDIyWj.html?mod=wsj_valetleft_email
Michelle Chen of Asia Pacific Forum interviewed me about change in Burma, is it real. Dec 13th, 2011
http://www.asiapacificforum.org/show-detail.php?show_id=250
October 2011 Kyaw Aung Lwin of VOA interviewed me about poetry reading in front of Burmese embassy DC – 10,000 poets for change.
Kyaw Aung Lwin, VOA on my participation in Poetry Walk of Shame.
White Dove Women’s Journal, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2009 on 2010 election in Burma.
September 2009, interviewed for video of my art show Mostly Burmese Monks, by VOA Burmese section.
RFA Feb. 14, 2009 Kyaw Min Htun – Beacon Art Show in honor of Aung San Suu Kyi, panelist.
Jan 1, 2008 RFA, “Burma’s Economic Prospects in 2008.”
September 2007 Burmese Monks’ Crisis
1. BBC (World) HardTalk --
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7026645.stm
2. KALW San Francisco Radio – Your Call with Rose Aguiler
http://yourcallradio.blogspot.com/
3. CBC – with Suhana Meharchand in Toronto –
Sept. 24th, 2007 – in which I correctly predicted that the clampdown would happen in the next 24 hours.
October 4, 2007 – post-clampdown analysis –
4. Ask Hugh (Williamson) – radio out of Berkeley, CA.
5. CapeTown Voice – Jihad Omar – On Burmese Monks’ Saffron Revolution.
2001- 2007:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; National Public Radio; Voice of America Burmese Service and Talk to America; Pacifica Radio; Radio Free Asia; Asian Fortune (Ying Ju Lai); Dr. Michael Hurd Show; Montgomery County TV, Art Scene Channel 16 Lila Snow, Artist; Gazette Newspaper (Audrey Dutton); Silver Spring MD Impact Awards; Boulder Alternative Radio; Kalamazoo Gazette; Boulder Current; Wild River Review; Anil Mundra; Eliot Pfanstiehl.
CITED IN:
“We are on the rebound with Obama” by Mulindwa Edwards, Foreign Policy in Focus. Web accessed 4-109
http://www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/msg26224.html
LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Member, Round Table on Burma in Transition, Ethnic Conflict & Rohingya Issues.
Low Library, Columbia Univ. NY – A. K. Sen was the keynote speaker.
I suggested and helped invite four roundtable participants.
http://www.columbia.edu/event/burma-transition-minorities-human-rights-and-democratic-process-60705.html
Himal Southasia – 2012, short story Black Belt.
Dec 2011, special Burma issue, Himal Southasia, Potemkin Politics: Are Burmese reforms for real.
http://himalmag.com/component/authors/articles/Kyi-May-Kaung.html
Oct 24, 2011. Poetry reading in front of Burmese embassy DC on PeacexPeace.
Oct 14, 2011 – on Asian Correspondent –
http://asiancorrespondent.com/67276/zarganar-or-pincers-great-burmese-comic-among-few-released/
Mentioned in Sarah Browning’s article on Poetry Walk of Shame in Foreign Policy in Focus.
http://www.fpif.org/articles/poets_stand_up
Oct 12, 2011. Poem War Against Roaches in Foreign Policy in Focus.
http://www.fpif.org/articles/war_on_roaches
Sept 24, 2011. Featured poet – reading in front of Burmese embassy DC etc. Poetry Walk of Shame, sponsored by Institute of Policy Studies and Spilt This Rock.
Interviewed by VOA etc. VOA interview broadcast to Burma.
Sept. 9. 2011 Poem - War on Roaches, in Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/09/jared-carter-and-kyi-may-kaung/
Oct 28, 2010. How the Burmese junta tried to fool the world with sham elections.
Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand, co-presenter with Win Min.
Oct 16, 2010, 7-10 PM, on SULU DC Asian American poets – the Dome at the Artisphere, Rosslyn, VA.
September 2010, Open Salon, book reviews of JoAnne Growney, Red has no Reason, poetry collection,
Mischa Berlinski’s novel Fieldwork, and
William Dalrymple’s The last Mughul, history. Book reviews.
Napalm Health Spa, Summer 2010. My poem Loss.
https://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs10/index.html
Praised by Native American poet Susan Deer Cloud.
Book review of Win Tin, What’s That? A Human Hell, in Foreign Policy in Focus and Truthout, Eurasian Review etc.
http://www.truth-out.org/a-review-u-win-tin-whats-that-a-human-hell-in-burmese58707
http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/review_whats_that_a_human_hell
Summer 2009, short story No Crib for a Bed, in anthology of DC women writers, Gravity Dancers, edited by Richard Peabody –
http://www.amazon.com/Gravity-Dancers-Fiction-Washington-Women/dp/0931181305
The Northern Virginia Review. March 26, 2009. Reception launch of Issue 23, which includes my short story, “53 Red Roses.” David Baldacci, guest speaker.
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma. A Plan for Demoracy and Development - “A Democratic Vision for Burma: How to turn Burma Around.” Dec. 08-March 30, 2009.
Comments in Irrawaddy on line on “Burmese democracy movement has no vision”
http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/opinion_story.php?art_id=15229
Art display – “Burmese Mugs” Portraits and “Memory Rolls.” American University Library/US Campaign for Burma, Washington DC, March 2009.
Short Story – 53 Red Roses, in The Northern Virginia Review, #23, March 2009.
http://www.nvcc.edu/depts/nvreview/nvr-latest.htm
International Art Awareness Drive for Aung San Suu Kyi. Mirca/Beacon Art, panelist, Feb. 14, 2009. Interviewed by RFA.
http://www.mizzima.com/news/world/1689-international-artists-launch-awareness-drive-for-aung-san-suu-kyi.html
Institute of Policy Studies, Panelist – War, Memory and Representation in Art, Georgetown, Washington DC. Dec. 2008. http://www.ips-dc.org/events/1008
Foreign Policy in Focus – “War and Peace” article on Vietnamese artist Huong.
FPIF, Book review of Joseph Stigltiz and Linda Bilmes’ The Three Trillion Dollar War.
Counterpunch – poem “Burma at a Critical Juncture.” Dec. 12, 2008.
http://www.counterpunch.org/poems12262008.html
Panel discussions: Burma and India, 60 years after Independence. April 2, 2008
Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Burma, April 3, 2008 – NEIU, Chicago, 13th Annual Asian American Festival.
“All about Cambodia” A literature survey type discussion on books about Cambodia. Dr. Kaung’s Bookshelf, March 28, 2008, Silver Spring, MD.
Burma: Post Clampdown, What should be done? Presentation at Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand, Feb. 25, 2008.
Burma: Monks and Democracy, Jan. 24, 2008. Woman’s National Democratic Club, Washington DC. (Oral presentation)
War and Peace, an epic mural – The art of Vietnamese arits Huong.
http://www.art2all.net/tranh/huong/huong_peacemural.html
Special three-part program on Economic Prospects for Burma, China and India in 2008. Jan 2008. Interviewed by Khin May Zaw of RFA. (This program was praised by economists inside Burma)
Burma: Post Clampdown – What Should be Done? The American Prospect, on line. October 2007.
Burma: Prospects for Social Activism, Oct. 17, 2007. American University, SIS Lounge. With Steven Hansch and Mike Haack.
United States Senate Hearing of Oct. 2, 2007. New Mandala, a publication of Australian National University.
Also on my blog – http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com
(Oral presentation – International Development Program Student Association, American University – Oct 19, 2007)
In house policy briefs for VAHU Development Institute.
How to Find out the Truth about Burma, paper on primary sources with respect to current crisis. New Mandala ( A Publication of Australian National University), Nov. 2007.
October http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com
Foreign Policy in Focus, Monks vs The Military, Sept. 26, 2007, http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4582
Foreign Policy in Focus, Burma, Growing Darker Daily, 9-11-2007 – on current crisis in Burma.
FPIF, “Out of Burma” (on Burmese literature) July 13, 2007.
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4374
NEIU – Chicago, In Honor of Aung San Suu Kyi, panelist, April 2007.
http://www.afsc.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/54289/pid/16705
Foreign Policy in Focus, Out of Burma- on dissident literature in Burma.
Asian Fortune, Obit of U Kyaw Htun, Washington Times Editor.
Asian Fortune, on Vineeta Gupta, Indian AIDS activist.
Asian Fortune Newspaper. May 2007. Articles on Bob James’ Jazz and Angels of Shanghai,
On Hla Ohn Mae, Burmese dissident. www.asianfortune.com
Foreign Policy in Focus. Debate on Sanctions in Burma. Jan. 2007
Wild River Review Blog, Reflections on a Begging Bowl: Monks Demonstrate in Burma. Sept 26, 2007.
Wild River Review – Burmese Migrant Workers and Shrimp Shelling and Tuna Canning in Mahachai, Thailand – March14, 2007.
Also in Burma Economic Watch, on line.
OpenDemocracy articles. 2006-2007
“Bank Crisis Reeks of a Ponzi Scheme, Feb. 2003, Irrawaddy on line.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=342
The Irrawaddy (Burmese dissident magazine – read by members of Congress)
Sept 2001 “Ms Ma Thanegi’s Rules of Good Political Etiquette” http://216.104.44.206/opinion_story.php?art_id=251&page=1
Launched Nov. 2, 2007 – Dr. Kaung’s Book Shelf – a series of book discussions – at Space 710, Silver Spring, MD. Currently on leave.
Wild River Review- fiction – short story The Lovers
http://www.wildriverreview.com/2/2-shortstories_lovers.html
Co-founded – VAHU Development Institute, a think tank without walls, for Burma, 2005. Over the recent Burma crisis, VAHU analysts were interviewed a total of 120 times. We have trained 60 monks and 90 civilian non-profit workers in batches.
Musica Viva poetry performance – writeup. Oct 23, 2005.
http://www.dcmusicaviva.org/documents/alenier_102305.pdf
Jan. 6th 2003, Chiangmai, Thailand, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration. Forced migration on the Burma-Thai border: Why they are here and the search for humane solutions.
Sept. 2002. Gothenburg, Sweden. Burma Studies.
Diplomacy: the Nature of Dialogue and Reconciliation. Coordinator with David Steinberg. Panelists, Dr Zarni, Zaw Oo, Dr. Chao Tzang Yawngwe, Aung Zaw of Irrawaddy (Steinberg did not allow him on panel), U Thet Tun (statistician and former diplomat, from inside Burma), Morton Pedersen.
Theories, Paradigms or Models in Burma Studies, Asian Survey, 1995.
Excerpt from my allegory, She-Monkey goes West, The Golden Time, in CrossConnect, 1995
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/volume1/issue2/word/fiction.html
AWARDS AND HONORS
April 2012, Northeastern Illinois University, Award for my contributions to Asian-American Festival, Chicago.
Since 2009, contributing member, Free Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma website.
Northeastern Illinois University, Distinguished Service Award, for Outstanding Dedication and Work promoting Peace and Democracy in Burma, April 3, 2008.
IMPACTSilverSpring Award, won by Space 7-10 where my Dr. Kaung’s Salon is located. 2007
Short List – Earth Rights International PR position 2005 based in Chiangmai, Thailand.
Best short story “Black Rice” and best art entry – Painting Mars Ranger – March 2007, The Northern Virginia Review.
William Carlos Williams Award, Academy of American Poets, 1995.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Award, for concept for play FLASHBACK (now titled Shaman.)
Pew Finalist, 1996 and 1994, for play SHAMAN and allegory She-Monkey respectively.
Fulbright Scholar, 1982-89. University of Pennsylvania.
Polish-Burma Exchange Scholar, 1969-70. Central School of Economics and Statistics, Warsaw, Poland. First place winner.
M.A. with distinction, first in class, Rangoon, 1967.
B.A. first division, first place winner, 1964.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Supporter – U.S. Campaign for Burma.
Co-founder, founding board member – VAHU. A think tank without walls for Burma.
Founder/facilitator/presenter: Dr. Kaung’s Salon and Dr. Kaung’s Bookshelf, 963 Bonifant St. Silver Spring, MD.
Dr. Kaung’s Salon from Oct 2005-2009 – some selected topics: Pakistan and the Benazir Bhutto. Monologue as a hysterectomy victim. Book discussion -- Beasts of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala. Robin Hood Ballads by Dr. Stephen Winick, Discussion of Nobel prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk, James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces, book launches by artist Lila Snow, journalist Melissa Robinson, architect Werner Krebs on stage design, Eniko Basa on The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, dancers Martha Wittman and Elizabeth Johnson choreographing immigrant stories, Elizabeth Null folk sing, Christmas Carol Sing, Bijan C. Bayne and Tomiko Anders on “Who am I?” My wearable art show, dancer Gretchen Dunn performing placeDISplace, , Meena Nayak Endless Rain, book launch.
Member, FBB – Friday Brunch Group – networking for writers with Nita Congress, August 2007-
Co-founder, Member, Writing Group, WRITE ON, DC. August 2005 – Sept. 2006
Co-founder, Writing Group, The East-West Group, MD, April 2005 - Oct. 2005
Member, Washington Independent Writers, Travel Writers’ Group, 2006-
Board member, Burma Refugee Project, (medical aid to refugees), Jan 2005- present
Board Member, Burma Economic Watch, An Electronic Magazine, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 2004 to present.
Member, Technical Advisory Network, Burmese Government in Exile, 2000-present.
Art Exhibitions:
Flux - Foundry Gallery, Dupont Circle, DC, 2001
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/23599/henry-callahan-kyi-may-kaung
Mostly Burmese Blotches, Space 7-10, Silver Spring, MD 2005
Yo Franz, Yo Jackson, abstract expressionist paintings, Suvarnabhuni Gallerr, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2006.
http://www.goldentriangleart.com/2007/06/art-exhibitions.html
Mostly Burmese Mugs, Space 7-10, Silver Spring, MD 2007.
http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/032107/bethnew231523_32328.shtml
Mostly Burmese Monks, Ubud, Bali, March 2008.
Human Rights portraits, American University, 2008.
Human Rights Portraits, Hotel Arthur, Helsinki, Finland, 2008.
Abstracts, Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2008.
Mostly Burmese Monks, Space 7-10, MD 2009
http://pinklineproject.com/event/167
Cut and Paste, Collages, Friendship Heights Village Center, 2009.
Cut and Paste, Collages, Suiriya Gallery, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2008.
WORK
International Diplomat, Program Officer, December 2008- May 2009.
Private Consultant – 2004-
2006- VAHU co-founder and Sr. Analyst.
2005- Consultant and Free Lance Writer. Professional artist.
Senior Research Associate. The Burma Fund, Washington DC, Sept 2001-Dec 31, 2004
Senior Research Analyst. Radio Free Asia, Washington DC, May 1998-Sept 2001.
International Radio Broadcaster, RFA Burmese Service, Washington DC, March 1997-April 1998.
1982-1994. Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1978-1988. Assoc. Professor, Economics Department, University of Rangoon, Burma.
RESEARCH INTERESTS/WORK IN PROGRESS
The Rohingya Issue and Race in Burma.
Burma, the sham elections of 2010.
Burma – Transition to Democracy, A Strategic Action Plan, commissioned paper for The Burmese Democratic Government in Exile, Dec.1 2008 - June30, 2009.
China, India, Thailand and Burma and ASEAN, USA.
United States Political Economy
Effects of Global Warming.
Greater Mekong Region, environmental problems.
Yangtze Dams.
Dissertation to Book --- completed August 2004. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, Copenhagen.
Economic Transitions in Burma: Strategies and Scenarios. Book length project, co-authored with Zaw Oo, The Burma Fund, 2002.
• About possible scenarios should there be democratic change and the World Bank and IMF enter Burma. I intensively studied Joseph Stiglitz’ points of criticism.
Migration on Thai-Burma Border, Thai policies and SPDC Roadmap.
SPDC Roadmap and Problems.
2004 – Second Wholesale Sell Off of Natural Resources in Burma.
2004 –2007 Sanctions vs. No Sanctions: United States’ Burma Policy.
• Human rights, especially women's and children's rights.
• Closed vs. open systems.
• Command economies vs. open markets.
• IMF and World Bank packages and shortcomings.
• US policy and Burma, the Burmese democracy movement,
• System change and democratic, market reforms in China and Russia etc.
• Causes and effects of out-migration and search for humane solutions.
• Burma and Asean, community of democracies.
• Alternative models and their application to Burma.
• Problems of transition in Burma, Vietnam, Russia, Poland.
• Chinese Economic Reforms 1978-present, N and S Korea.
• Exploring humane solutions to Thai-Burma refugee problem.
Economic History. J.S. Furnivall and Economic Planning, the Plural Society in Burma during the U Nu (democratic) period in Burma 1948-62.
Novel in Progress, about a Burmese dissident.
Collection of Short Stories.
Play development -- Shaman
Painting – abstracts and iconic figures – 3 one woman shows in greater DC area since 2001, shows in Chiangmai, Thailand, July 2007 and Feb. 2008.
SEMINARS/CONFERENCES, STRATEGIZING SESSIONS 2001 –
Jan. 24, 2008. Strategizing meeting for Burma activism. Woman’s National Demcratic Club, D.C.
Oct 19, 2007. Panelist. Burma- Post Clampdown, What is to be Done? American University, School of International Studies.
April 27, 2007. Panelist on Education and Generational Change. Burma Youth Project, American University, Washington, DC.
April 22, 2007 my arts and craft show at Mayorga Coffee Factory, sponsored by American University, International Rescue Committee.
April 5, 2007, Northeastern Illinois University, Focus on Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi – On the keynote panel.
Dec. 2006, Chiangmai University, Community Development Project. Read course attendees project paper proposals and chose winning team.
November 2006, Refugee Conference – American University – one of invited speakers.
October- Dec., 2006. Refugee art exhibit, one of invited painters. Helped plan the exhibition, Gateway Heliport Gallery, Silver Spring, MD.
July 2006, E-W Center DC sponsored a closed door conference on Conflict Resolution in Burma in Bangkok. I was one of a dozen invited commentators/rapporteurs.
July 2006, Burma Studies Group – Singapore.
2005- Co-founder, founding board member (with Zaw Oo) of VAHU which trains non-profit workers from Burma.
October 2005, The Politics of Voices, House of World Culture, Berlin. Invited with 5 other S.E. Asian writers “who dare to confront.”
October 2004. Panel on Burma, “The Latest Purge in Burma,” Burma Studies Center, DeKalb IL. Keynote Panelist.
September 2004, Bank Information Center, Open Society Institute. Washington DC
• Helped plan seminar on World Bank and IMF, Lessons from Bosnia, suggested Joseph Stiglitz be invited, worked on my mentor Ronald Findlay of Columbia University Economics department being there to introduce Stiglitz, liaised with and introduced three economists from Burma. OSI funding.
March 2004. Closed door strategizing session on Burma, SAIS Johns Hopkins, Washington DC.
March 2004, The Burma Fund, Young Scholars Forum at American University, Washington DC. Paper proposals of Burma scholars in USA and discussions on research methodology
August-September 2003, Research on G.H. Luce and Furnivall Archives.
July 2003, helped formulate interview questions for Migrant Workers Survey on Thai-Burma Border (collaborative project with Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Jan 2003 International Association for Study of Forced Migration, paper on Burmese refugees, Thailand and SPDC “roadmap.”
March 2002 Technical Advisory Network, NCGUB, Bangkok, Thailand. Role of Advisors of Burmese Government in Exile.
Nov. 2002. SAIS, Johns Hopkins, Washington DC. Participant. Strategizing for Burmese democracy movement in exile.
Sept, 2002. Burma Studies Conference, Gottenberg, Sweden, co-chaired panel on Diplomacy and Dialog in Burma.
Jan 2003, Conference on Forced Migration and Burma, Chiengmai, Thailand.
July 2003, Canberra, Australia, Australian National University, Peer Reviewed book on Economic Transitions in Burma. Peers from Burmese Democratic Government in Exile,
July 2003, Sydney, Australia, Australia Burmese Students Conference.
March 2003, Globalization and Human Trafficking, Denver CO.
Aug. 2002, International IDEA Stockholm, Democratic Capacity Building for Burma.
August 2002, Asean People's Assembly, “Globalisation and ASEAN,” Bali, Indonesia.
April 2001 Conference on World Affairs, Boulder CO. “World without Borders.”
References:
I had a 2 person exhibition with Henry Callahan at Foundry Gallery in 2002
Foundry Gallery
Washington, DC / 2002 www.foundrygallery.org
Two Person Exhibition – with Kyi May Kaung, March – April 2002
Irrawaddy Talks: US Strike Force formation and Myanmar scam centers.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/video/what-does-the-creation-of-the-u-s-scam-center-strike-force-mean-for-myanmar.html
"Myanmar junta sees these as their Border Guard Force. US and China see them as criminals."
I think China will win out on this issue--will try them in China.
US probably doing this just for image's sake--and are China and US on same page with this?
It may be bc current US admin is losing support in popularity surveys.
In any case Trump is more focussed on Venezuela and "other matters"--ie his private matters? with Saudis.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Shrimp-shelling and Tuna-canning in Mahachai (Thailand) by Kyi May Kaung.
My article is right at the end of the pdf.
https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs3/BEW-2006-01.pdf
Thanks to Dr. Sean Turnell for running this in his Burma Economic Watch.
kmk
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faux leaded glass window - It All Started With Paint
For faux stained glass, you will use "liquid leading," which is a type of paint that comes in a bottle with a fine tip to simulate lead lines, and stained glass paint to fill in the sections. These products are water-based, non-toxic, and easy to use, but ensure the "liquid leading" is completely dry before applying the colored glass paint.
Materials
Liquid Leading: A paint or "leading" product that simulates the look of real lead, available in bottles with applicator tips. It is a non-toxic, water-based product used for the outlines.
Stained Glass Paint: Translucent, water-based paints in various colors designed for glass, mirrors, and plastic.
Application tools: Some products may require additional tools for application, like a precision tip Q-tip or a stylus for cleanup.
Surface: A clean glass, plastic, or other suitable surface to apply the design to. Steps to create your faux stained glass Prepare your surface: Clean the surface thoroughly before starting to ensure the paint adheres properly. Outline your design: Use the liquid leading to draw your design or pattern on the surface. Let it dry: Allow the liquid leading to dry completely. This may take several hours depending on the product. Apply colored paint: Once the lines are dry, fill in the different sections of your design with the stained glass paint.
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Good "CEO" C-drama--with a very strong woman--but it's not a complete (clip).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97f2W2qHLqk
Usual stupid villains, just like in real life.
The female villain here is named "Xanthe" which sounds like an indigestion medicine.:)
The actress is very gutsy, the man very handsome and very much in love with Yolanda--
Best voice actor--the English-speaking dubbing voice--who sounds old and with broken teeth.
EXCELLENT CASTING, says I.
Monday, November 17, 2025
From Dominick Dunne wiki--
In November 1982, his daughter, Dominique Dunne, best known for her part in the film Poltergeist, was murdered by strangulation. Dominique's ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, was arrested for the crime, and Dominick Dunne attended the subsequent trial. Sweeney was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to six and a half years in prison, but he served only two and a half years of his sentence. Dunne's account of the experience, "Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer", ran in the March 1984 issue of Vanity Fair.[7]
Dunne started writing regularly for Vanity Fair. He based several bestselling novels on real events, including the murders of Alfred Bloomingdale's mistress, Vicki Morgan (An Inconvenient Woman), and banking heir William Woodward, Jr., who was shot by his wife, Ann Woodward (The Two Mrs. Grenvilles). He eventually hosted the TV series Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice on Court TV (later truTV), in which he discussed the justice and injustice of the intersection of celebrity and the judicial system. He covered the famous trials of O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bülow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers. The Library of America selected Dunne's account of the Menendez trial, Nightmare on Elm Drive, for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime writing, published in 2008.
In 2005, former California Congressman Gary Condit won an undisclosed financial settlement and an apology from Dunne,[8] who had earlier implicated him in the disappearance of Condit's intern Chandra Levy in Washington, D.C. Levy was from Condit's Congressional district, and Condit had previously admitted to an extramarital affair with her. As part of the settlement, Dunne issued a brief statement that it was not his intention “to imply that Mr. Condit was complicit in Levy’s disappearance." In November 2006, Condit again sued Dunne for comments Dunne made about him on Larry King Live on CNN.[9] This lawsuit was eventually dismissed.
I read this book--it's good. Dominick Dunne wrote these books bc his daughter's murderer got away with a slap on the wrist.
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The Final O. J. Story for Dominick Dunne - The New York Times
Dominick Dunne wrote the novel Another City, Not My Own, published in 1997, which is a fictionalized account of the O.J. Simpson trial. In this book, Dunne uses real names for the key figures like O.J., Marcia Clark, and Johnnie Cochran, while following his fictional character Gus Bailey, a journalist whose life resembles Dunne's, through the trial and its social events. Dunne was a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and wrote extensively on the trial for the magazine, in addition to his novel.
Another City, Not My Own (1997): A novel that blends fact and fiction, told from the perspective of Gus Bailey, a journalist and Dunne's stand-in. The book interweaves the courtroom drama of the Simpson trial with social scenes in Los Angeles and Bailey's personal struggles, including the murder of his own child.
Vanity Fair articles: Before writing the novel, Dunne covered the trial extensively for Vanity Fair, which is where he first started reporting on the case.
Genre: The book is a work of fiction, but it is often called a "novel in the form of a memoir" because it closely follows Dunne's own experiences and observations during the trial.
Another City, Not My Own: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir
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Another City, Not My Own: Dominick Dunne: Amazon.com: Books
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Dominick Dunne — Charlie Rose
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AP--reversal on Epstein files--by blah blah blah--
By now it must be full of redactions--
https://www.aol.com/articles/many-house-republicans-back-bill-181353912.html
US Strike Force, KK scams, Russia, Myanmar junta: More detail on US strike force + former USIP expert Jason Tower cited--(new organisation)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/after-dkba-sanctions-and-she-zhijiangs-extradition-is-saw-chit-thu-next.html
From Russia with Love--(last week)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/editorial/from-russia-with-love-how-moscow-is-arming-and-enabling-myanmars-junta.html
Locals in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township—a major border trade hub with Thailand—have dismissed the junta’s claim that it demolished dozens of illegal border trade gates and warehouses along the Moei River separating Myanmar and Thailand. They say border trade continues as usual through the illicit crossings, which are controlled by pro-junta armed groups.
Also from last week--junta's clampdown revealed as fake.
The regime announced it began demolishing illegal gates and related structures at the end of October, after regaining control of the area from resistance groups.
The regime has been cracking down on smuggled goods for months in an effort to reclaim profits from ethnic armed groups and anti-regime groups that have long controlled sections of the Karen trade route.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/illegal-border-trade-thrives-as-myanmar-juntas-crackdown-exposed-as-sham.html
Not a bad movie--but time travel element is confusing--the whole concept is confusing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lypqqb9TQh8
Confusing plot--not well thought out.
Compare with The Romance of Tiger and Rose,or Wole Sonyinka's Death and the King's Horseman.
It's the writer's fault.
The actor and actress tried their best.
Maybe by trying to be funny--they missed.
Kaung
11-17-2025
Sunday, November 16, 2025
TV series:
Television series
"Chandragupta Maurya" (2011): A historical drama series that aired from 2011 to 2012.
"Chandragupta Maurya" (2018): Another historical drama series that depicts the life of Chandragupta Maurya.
"Chandra Nandini" (2016): A fictionalized romance saga that is loosely based on the historical story.
"Chanakya" (1991): A television series based on the play Mudrarakshasa, which tells the story of Chanakya and Chandragupta.
Books about Chandragupta Maurya--
Several novels and books explore Chandragupta Maurya, ranging from historical fiction like Jay Penner's "Maurya" and Michael Sandusky's "King: Chandragupta Maurya", to non-fiction historical accounts such as Radha Kumud Mookerji's "Chandragupta Maurya and His Times". There are also children's biographies, like the one by Manish Kumar, and academic works that focus on his reign and the Mauryan Empire.
Historical fiction
"Maurya" by Jay Penner: A historical adventure novel that pits Chandragupta, his advisor Chanakya, and Seleucus against each other in a story of deception and empire-building.
"King: Chandragupta Maurya" by Michael Sandusky: A novel that blends historical elements with a modern-day quest, involving a secret society that wants to bring back Chandragupta Maurya as a king during India's independence. "The Boy Who Built an Empire: Chandragupta Maurya" by Daniel John Roddy: Part of a series called "The Jewel of the Ages," this is a historical fiction novel about his life. Non-fiction and academic works "Chandragupta Maurya and His Times" by Radha Kumud Mookerji: A comprehensive study that draws on historical sources like the Arthasastra to cover Chandragupta's military campaigns, governance, and early life. "Chandragupta Maurya and His Times" by Radha Kumud Mookerji (other editions): Other editions of this work are available in various formats on sites like Amazon and Goodreads. "Chandragupta Maurya: The Creation of a National Hero in India" by Ananya Vajpeyi: This book analyzes how Chandragupta Maurya became a national icon through historical accounts. "Chandragupta Maurya: A gem of Indian history" by Purushottam Lal Bhargava: A detailed account of his life and reign.
Children's books "Chandragupta Maurya: The Legacy of an Empire Builder" by Manish Kumar: Part of a "Famous Biographies for Children" series, this book provides a detailed account of the Mauryan Empire for young readers.
From Gandhara wiki
In 327 BCE, Alexander the Great's military campaign progressed to Arigaum, situated in present-day Nawagai, marking the initial encounter with the Aspasians. Arrian documented their implementation of a scorched earth strategy, evidenced by the city ablaze upon Alexander's arrival, with its inhabitants already fleeing.[71] The Aspasians fiercely contested Alexander's forces, resulting in their eventual defeat. Subsequently, Alexander traversed the River Guraeus in the contemporary Dir District, engaging with the Asvakas, as chronicled in Sanskrit literature.[72] The primary stronghold among the Asvakas, Massaga, characterised as strongly fortified by Quintus Curtius Rufus, became a focal point.[73] Despite an initial standoff which led to Alexander being struck in the leg by an Asvaka arrow,[74] peace terms were negotiated between the Queen of Massaga and Alexander. However, when the defenders had vacated the fort, a fierce battle ensued when Alexander broke the treaty. According to Diodorus Siculus, the Asvakas, including women fighting alongside their husbands, valiantly resisted Alexander's army but were ultimately defeated.[75]
Burma--We were resisting all along--not me personally--since 1957--but people like
Eugene Thaike (Chao Tzang Yawngwe)--and yet, it got worse and worse,1962, 1988--1990s and now since 2021.
On 18th Sept 1988, I heard Judy Swallow say on BBC--the day the clampdown started:
"As for the new generals,they are all the same, only more so."
My friend was so upset at the Baltimore Train Station,she forgot one of her 20 credit cards.
I'm waiting for her today. I have known her about 60 years.
kmk
11-16-2025
From Catherine the Great nakaz wiki:
Eighteen months in the making, the Nakaz was written with the intention of providing an unambiguous description of the existing laws. Though Catherine based her writing heavily on the Enlightenment of Western Europe, she merely utilized some of the broader ideas of the movement, such as equality under the law, to strengthen autocracy.[3] Montesquieu, whose works heavily influenced Catherine, wrote of such things as a divided government (where the power is split between the executive and legislative bodies) and a monarchy made up of three estates.[4] Catherine tactfully ignored these ideas in favor of an absolutist bureaucratic monarchy.[5]
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
This movie--The Eunuch and the Prince is quite long, it seems--maybe a series--here's another clip/part.
What can you learn from these random clips??
Well, the problem I face daily as a writer. Stringing together chapters serially in chronological order, meaningful flashbacks and so on.
Especially if like me, you switch around between projects and write sometimes discontinuous chapters years or decades apart--within the novel/s as well as the time intervals over which you write.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfVD_FYZUI
But that's what a writer friend told me--write happy chapters when you are happy, sad ones when you are sad, and so on.
Kyi May Kaung
11-14-2025
Christo and Jean Claude--wrapping Reischstag--from Internet.
For goodness sakes--this fake eunuch and handsome prince story--found a much better clip
which starts about ONE HOur earlier.:)
Enjoy enjoy.
Also I found a lot of Prince's robes and furniture patterns.
Also the actor and actress have excellent chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Cgo88vKI
And now I am going to eat my famous squash/pumpkin dim sum that I made myself--I ran out of ground meat, so meatless, but it tastes just the same, if not better.
Kyi May Kaung
11-14-2025
A place you should go to--
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Governor's House Cultural Center & Museum ...
The town you're likely thinking of is Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, a living history museum where the reconstructed Governor's Palace was a prominent feature and the original colonial capital. Other locations with a historic Governor's House include St. Augustine, Florida, and Annapolis, Maryland, though they are museums and cultural centers rather than large, preserved towns.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia: This is a large living museum with a reconstructed Governor's Palace, which served as the residence for Virginia's governors.
St. Augustine, Florida: The Governor's House Cultural Center and Museum is a historic site and public museum located in St. Augustine, Florida.
Annapolis, Maryland: This is the official residence of the Governor of Maryland and contains historical artifacts and art.
Colonial Williamsburg - Wikipedia
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
C-drama--This movie is a handsome prince and a girl disguised as his eunuch--
However, I think the discovery is too sudden and the movie should have started much earlier--
and then the transition is too swift also.
It should be maybe like Yentl or Love? in the Military Academy.
Also, eunuchs smell because they no longer have the organ to urinate with and at least in the movies, they develop a servile way of talking and walking.
That's my opinion as a writer--either the pain or the pleasure, the conflicts, should be drawn out and there should be many setbacks and the story or plot should alternate between hope and despair.
She shouldn't suddenly start wearing woman's clothes and become a woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmL93tIa6I
You may believe it or not, but I have worked alongside many difft people--
recovering mental health patients,gays,lesbians,bisexual people--
Some of them are out-patients--most of them are not dangerous, and I only saw them a few hours at a time, sometimes at part-time jobs.
Writers, actors and directors should study human behavior before they write something or attempt a play or movie.
Very few people can produce a masterpiece in one go--but some are "born writers" or "born artists" with very keen perception--but they may not write very much for some reason or the other--
For instance one woman told me her grandfather lied to her when she was a child, and told her the guava was not yet ripe--
she also told me she suspected her friend in London? was having an affair bc she was away from her husband who was in Burma.
This woman was very judgemental--in fact, my sister and my mother and some women friends are like that.
Westerners on the whole are less so,but they get jealous too.
Or they tell me what they saw or did in the 1960s when I was still in Burma--
One woman shocked me by saying she could not remember the number of men she had slept with.
I've been invited to teas and Thanksgiving, where the ex-husband or the current partner sat at the head of the table.
Maybe it's a cultural thing.
Anyway, I just take mental notes.
John Gardner or maybe someone else--suggested eaves-dropping.
Which reminds me--of a free movie I went to see at the Univ Museum at Penn.
I and an elderly couple sitting in the back were the only ones in the dark theater when I arrived.
The man was somewhat deaf so he spoke too loud.
I didn't hear her voice at all--she was maybe crying.
The man was saying, "I don't understand what the problem is, I come in Friday evening, we have dinner together--then breakfast on Saturday--"
Shortly after my female friend from Egypyt arrived and the movie started.
It was Franco Zefferelli's Don Giovani.
Egyptian did not like it at all.
I should have stayed on,but we left.
All I remember was Don Juan unfurling a long script or scroll of his sexual conqests.
There's another story or two witnessed in cafes on Dupont Circle. One the man in the blue shirt.
My ecos. mentor Dr.Findlay and Mrs. Findlay once said,"In future we'd better be careful what we say in front of KM. She's a writer."
Kyi May Kaung
11-13-2025.
My artwork--Kyi May Kaung.
Trying to understand the 43 day govt shutdown.
In a concession to Democrats, the bill reverses Trump's recent layoffs of federal government that he made during the shutdown.
The six Democrats who voted for the bill are:
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Henry Cuellar, D-Texas
https://www.aol.com/articles/6-house-democrats-voted-republicans-023809142.html
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Wow--gem mining on the Mogok Golf Course--in all truth, the junta started it decades ago--
golf course is where the junta v i ps played golf--all the other places were mined out long ago by junta using forced labor, porn flicks shown at night.
A labor activist told me as early as 2004.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mining-frenzy-devastates-mogoke-as-tnla-prepares-to-hand-town-back-to-junta.html
Make sure you read the Introduction--from which this excerpt is taken:
The volume is rich in significant detail, both as regards the master's peculiar powers and his views as expressed in other words. Once again we meet the author's determination to be just to all concerned. Through Dr. Ruiz, for example, a medical enthusiast over tauromachy, we receive what amounts to a lecture upon the evolution of the brutal sport. He looks upon bull-fighting as the historical substitute for the Inquisition, which was in itself a great national festival. He is ready to admit, too, that the bull fight is a barbarous institution, but calls[Pg x] to your attention that it is by no means the only one in the world. In the turning of the people to violent, savage forms of amusement he beholds a universal ailment. And when Dr. Ruiz expresses his disgust at seeing foreigners turn eyes of contempt upon Spain because of the bull-fight, he no doubt speaks for Blasco Ibáñez. The enthusiastic physician points out that horse-racing is more cruel than bull-fighting, and kills many more men; that the spectacle of fox-hunting with trained dogs is hardly a sight for civilized onlookers; that there is more than one modern game out of which the participants emerge with broken legs, fractured skulls, flattened noses and what not; and how about the duel, often fought with only an unhealthy desire for publicity as the genuine cause?
Bullfighting books and movies.
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Novels featuring bullfighting include
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and his non-fiction book Death in the Afternoon, and Tom Lea's novel The Brave Bulls. Movies that feature bullfighting include the classic silent film Blood and Sand (1922), the 1951 film Bullfighter and the Lady, and documentaries like Afternoons of Solitude (2024).
Novels
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway): A novel about the "Lost Generation" in Europe, which features the Pamplona bullfights prominently.
Death in the Afternoon (Ernest Hemingway): A non-fiction work that explores the history, ceremony, and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.
The Brave Bulls (Tom Lea): A 1949 novel about the raising of bulls for bullfighting in Mexico, which includes Lea's own illustrations.
Blood and Sand (Vicente Blasco Ibáñez): The original novel that the classic 1922 film was based on.
Shadow of a Bull (Maia Wojciechowska): A young adult novel about a boy growing up in the shadow of his famous bullfighter father.
Death in the Afternoon - Wikipedia
Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book written by Ernest Hemingway about the history, ceremony and traditions of Spanish bul...
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Category:Bullfighting books - Wikipedia
S * Shadow of a Bull. * The Story of Ferdinand. * The Sun Also Rises.
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Popular Bullfighting Books - Goodreads
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway. The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf. Or the Bull Kills...
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AI answer to Q--is bullfighting still legal in Spain.
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Yes, bullfighting is still legal in Spain, but not nationally
; it is a controversial tradition that is banned in some regions like the Canary Islands and is not practiced in Catalonia, though it remains legal in most of Spain and is considered by supporters to be a cultural heritage. Recent Spanish laws have strengthened animal welfare in other areas, such as banning the recreational use of wild animals in circuses, but explicitly exempted bullfighting.
Legality: Bullfighting is legal in most of Spain, but some regional governments have bans or have opted out.
Regional bans: The Canary Islands have a ban, and while Catalonia banned bullfighting, a higher court later overturned the ban, allowing it to continue, though it is not a major sport there anymore.
Cultural heritage: Supporters view bullfighting as an important cultural and artistic tradition, which is a key reason for its exemption from recent animal welfare laws.
Animal welfare laws: A 2023 Spanish animal welfare law banned the use of animals in recreational activities that cause pain or suffering, but it included an exemption for bullfighting and hunting with dogs, which was later reinstated after initial protests.
Public opinion: Support for bullfighting has declined, with younger generations reportedly viewing it as cruel and old-fashioned, but it remains a divisive issue with strong cultural proponents.
This one is good--the girl from the North and the eunuch. Can't say more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4a7UY3_8rI
There have been Dowager Empresses who fell in love with eunuchs, for e.g
Dowager Empress CiXi (Su zi spelling?) with truly tragic consequences.
Qing Dynasty--not Qin Dynasty.
Read Anchee Min--Empress Orchid+ non fiction--CiXi by Jung Chang.
I saw both these authors at Politics and Prose--guess whose writing I liked better.
Hint: It depends on what I think more important and what I write most often.
K.M.Kaung.
11-11-2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Sonnet 116. My father would often read this out aloud to me--when he was home from work and frustrated with his "education minister."
Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
By William Shakespeare
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom:
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Copyright Credit: William Shakespeare. "Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds" from SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. London: G. Eld for T. T. and sold by William Aspley, 1609.
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