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ငါးမမီသော မောင်တော နေ့ရက်များ

I do not recall whose idea it was, but a fishing trip to the reservoir was confirmed. Earlier that day, we met for breakfast at Toe Chan teashop, our weekly hangout place in Maungdaw.  At noon, we met again and purchased hooks and weights from the market. Ko Zaw Myint borrowed a fishing rod from Ko Aung Kyaw Than. We were – Ko Zaw Myint, Ko Tin Tun Khine, Nyi Nyi @Shwe Maung Thein, and myself. We set out without baits. It was still early in the day, and we could not get the shrimp. The sun blazed hot as we travelled to the

ကျနော်နှင့် မောင်တော ဆာမိုဆာ

I would not consider myself a foodie. Though, there are times when I do enjoy certain food. I enjoy pickled tea leave salad. I remembered asking Dada to bring some for me when I was in the UK. Aside from that, this became a newfound craving of mine. About a month after I arrived in Maungdaw, an uncontrollable craving for samosas hit me. Usually, I do not prefer oily foods, but it was so strong and I wanted to indulge in samosas.  I could not conceal this desire of mine that one day I asked Ko Tin Tun Khine if he knew of any teashop

မိုးလေးဖွဲတုံး သတိရတယ်

This dates back to san chaung days of 2021, between late March and early April. Not long after we got defeated and lost our ground on kyun taw road, we moved to establish our new base in the lower part of san chaung. We stationed and made theyat taw st as our meet-up point to carry out daily activities. On one specific day, lily and I took on a scout role on za lun st. This turned out to be the day, we met and befriended our two sisters, Ma Cho & Ma Yu, as we would later address them.  Following the successful event, we got invited to lunch at