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Memory is oddly selective. Today for no reason I found myself inexplicably transported back to the past. Just about two years ago today, I arranged to meet Emily for lunch at Casa Mia restaurant in Sule Square. It was great to catch up and see her again after a year and a half. After lunch, I met up with Shali and bought a pack of cigarettes before heading to 21st Street for some tea. It was her little secret hideaway in the bustling city of Yangon. On the 21st street, she and I spent hours discussing our forthcoming projects at a teashop until the sun went down. Afterwards, we headed to the

Do you believe in omens/superstitions? I like to believe that I do not. Well, I still want to keep it that way as much as possible. However, sometimes I went off the rails and challenged my beliefs from time to time. Let’s talk about the date, the 31st of January. There seems to be so much hype around this very date, and I can’t shake off the thoughts. Before the military intervention, this date would have been considered nothing more than a mere ordinary day by the general public, myself included

He is a drunk on power tyrant, together with his wicked team cruelly oppressing his people, ignorant of the world, ruling through an incompetent and stone-age court, so oblivious of his people's need for the sort of progress only a civilised government can provide.  A bastard like him should be kept nowhere