Logjam, Political Emergency of Burma and SOP

This blogger has found out that significant numbers of blog readers click the following old post, which was posted on 18th of March, 2008.

That was few months before Cyclone Nargis struck Burma. Now It is obvious to all of us that Burmese Generals have failed to follow the Standard Operating Procedure in post Disaster management. The results of failure was the death of more than 130,000 people ( Burmese Government Source). Million were homeless. Human suffering due to diseases,lost of loved ones and properties of the people at ground zero would be impossible to convert into words. That is why…

This blogger would like to re post the ” Logjam, Political Emergency of Burma”again. SOP is short form of Standard Operating Procedure.

March 18, 2008

Logjam, Political Emergency of Burma

Filed under: Blogger’s Thought, Burma, Myanmar, Military Junta,, Thailand, burma politics — Sit Mone @ 11:05 am

Blogger’s thought

(This post was written after reading the news of
new Thai PM defending Military Junta of Burma after his successful
visit to Nay Pyi Taw)

Logjam,

That is the situation, which Burmese people are
facing right now. Burmese blogosphere has been quiet for last few days
without any breaking news and events.

Logjam is deadlock, or impasse, or blockage, in simple English.

It is political deadlock, and political emergency for Burma.

This blogger has a friend who is a Captain of
Boeing 747. This blogger asked him what is the most exciting period for
him in every flight? He said “during take off”.

“Because SOP can not be applied successfully after
exceeding certain speed limit”. The pilot could neither abort nor fly
the plane if the plane malfunctions after exceeding certain speed limit
while taking off from a runway.

Brave Pilots of this Concorde Aircraft followed the SOP even though they new that no chance for them to survive! However avoided crash into populated area.

Please read this post

This bolgger would like to recommend Burmese readers to read this post.

ကမၻာမီးေလာင္သားေတာင္ခ်နင္းby Soe Zeya Tun

Sit Mone

Burma Night Train, Song for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Copied from a friend’s blog “Bourgeois Nievete”

Burma Night Train

Take that Burma Night Train
All the way to Mandalay.

Take that Burma Night Train
All the way to Mandalay.

Myanmar junta gang hits Suu Kyi birthday rally

YANGON (Reuters) – Pro-junta thugs broke up a rally by supporters of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, detaining three people among a crowd chanting for her release on her 63rd birthday, a senior opposition member said.

At least six truckloads of Swan-Arr-Shin, or “Masters of Force,” gang members waded into the crowd outside the dilapidated headquarters of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) in the former capital, Yangon, one witness said.

“We saw some of them slapping and beating NLD members,” one witness said. Senior NLD official Win Naing later told Reuters that three people had been taken away.

Read full story at Reuters News

Are we smart or, just some nuts compared to the military Junta of Burma?

Bloggers thought

Are we really as smart as we assume ourselves to be or are we nuts from the perspective of the Military Junta of Burma? There are so many gurus out there giving varieties of ideas( This blogger has to admit that he is one of them).

Cyclone Nargis is over. It has been almost a year since the Saffron Revolution. An ordinary person on the ground in Burma can barely make a mumbling sound due to the heavy burden of political, economic, and social dysfunction and chaotic situation there. Local news reports about people becoming depressed and hopeless.

What do we do for these people? We thought that we are smart people, so we could bring a change. Almost all of us stereotyped the Military Junta as an uneducated group of thugs and nuts. However UN Secretary General has shown his respect to the Senior General by quietly listening to the Junta’s terms on how to solve the Cyclone Nargis disaster. He had rehearsed well before he left for Nay Pyi Taw( Jungle capital of Burma) not to mention Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s name while he was in Burma.

US, UK, and all international aids groups had obeyed Junta’s order. Things happened according to the Military Junta’s dictated plan, not according to international norms and human rights.

My Father, my hero!

This poem was posted several months ago.

This blogger feels like posting this old post, a poem to “My Father” who taught him to cherish the country. He told him that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was an unexpected gift to Burmese Democracy Movement, as she was not in Ne Win’s cunning game plan to trick the Burmese people.

My Father, My Hero

Father…

You said you wanted to see a free Burma

You have left this world without seeing it..

Father…
You taught me English in a very remote town of Burma

You did not buy toys, but books

You did not tell fairytales, but real stories of heroes from Aung San to Lincoln…

Father…
When the first man landed on the moon, you woke me up early in the morning

To listen to the voice:” The Eagle has landed” from VOA

His message was ” When there is a will, there is a way”.

Father…
When I was a teenager, you started telling me about democracy;

Liberty,Freedom, Equality, Freedom of worship…and all the Universal Values

Separation of power in Democracy ..

and you made me aware that ” Burma was under the Tyrannic Rule”

Father…
I remember the day.. you read to me Readers Digest

About a brave man called”Gogi” who survived a plane crash at below zero degree Celcius in the Arctic,

And instilled the knowledge of courage

Father…
Let me recall the day… you gave me the book

‘Papillon’.

Until now I still keep this book with me

For the struggle against wrongful punishment

The theme you wanted me to cherish…

Father…
When I came back during the University Holidays

We sipped cups of tea… with Laphet together

Sometimes we forgot to keep track of time … our talks went far into midnight

What we talked about was … how to change Burma

Father..
During the year 1988…you have shown me courage

That I will never forget

Dedicated to the country that you love with pride..

Father...
The day that you had a heart attack..

You were unconscious..in a ward

When you woke up …the first question you asked was
“Did NLD win in a landslide?”

Father...
You survived for another decade

You were busy listening to the radio when ever I visited Rangoon

However you refused to follow me to the free world

Always optimistic …Daw Suu was the hero

Father
You told me Daw Suu…was an unexpected gift for Burmese Democracy

She was not in Shu Maung’s game plan..

And you believed that the truth will prevail

Father
You encouraged me to migrate early

Nevertheless, always reminding me not to forget my roots

Make sure that all his children will always love Burma

Father…
You are no more around.. in this world

But your dream…The Freedom of Burma is now not impossible

With unity..and help of those who would love Freedom for Burma.

Dedicated to my late father who passed away few years ago, without seeing FREE BURMA

Sit Mone

လြဎ္လဎ္ေသာ ျမန္မာကို မျမင္ လိုက္ရေသာ ေက်းဇူး႐ႇင္ ဖခင္သို႔ ရည္စူး ဎါသညိ။

POEM TO MY FATHER..  POSTED ON FEB1, 2008

Following is the translation to French by Sophie (Bloggers san Frontire)

Bridge among religions formed in the regions of Cyclone Diasater

This blogger has received an interesting comment from San Oo Aung as follows,

Dear Sitmone, please publish this article from Malaysiakini today_
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinions/84352

Because we need to suscribe to read all, I hereby copy and paste the whole in my website.
http://sanooaung.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/nargis-cyclone-aftermath-hope-survives/

Please kindly donate or subscribe Malaysiakini as this web is sympathetic to Burmese opposition and against the military dictatorship as they stand for democracy, Human Rights, equal Rights and against Racial and Religious discriminations.

One story in particular struck home. After stopping at a partially destroyed Hindu temple (Hindus are a minority in the Delta) to make a small donation for its restoration, the Indian community described how the nearby local mosque (Muslims are also a minority in the Delta although larger in number) has provided donations for the community in the first few weeks after the cyclone. Minority groups crossed religious divisions to work together for survival.

There is now a sharing among both communities as donations are distributed to the residents in both villages as aid comes in. Bonds of humanity have crossed different beliefs. Similar ties were forged with the Buddhist monasteries and Christian churches where the ethnic minority Karen live.

Religious organizations have become the lifeblood of civil society in this Delta region, and have served to provide both physical and psychological support after devastating losses. Thanks to vital assistance from outside and sheer fortitude, residents in this area are moving beyond Nargis.

Once upon a time in Burma,..there was a University known as RASU

Once upon a time, Rangoon University was known as RASU (Rangoon Arts and Science University) among all of us. RASU and RC were the famous short forms for the students from RASU as well as those were from other brother and sister Universities of Rangoon.
U Chit tea shop and Judson were always meeting points for the most of students and RC was the place where we used to rub shoulders among each other in crowd for sports, games, activities and live stage shows.
Once you were in the campus one’s mood would be always positive and happy. He would find smiling faces of friends, who respected each other, however never failed to make naughty jokes and lovely disturbances as shown in Burmese Old Movies. Outburst of laughter could be heard from some of the lecture halls as lecturers were good in their subject as well as able to make jokes related to their topics.
There were paper arrows flying in the lecture halls carrying all sorts of massages for the ladies during the breaks. Ladies were busy gossiping, and eating sweets or local Ah Chin and Zee Paung, while males were busy walking at corridors to have a chance to get a glimpse of their sweet hearts. That was the fragmented mosaic of RASU still intact in this blogger’s memory.

RC ( Recreation Center) of RASU after Cyclone Nargis

Time line Satellite Update for Cyclone Volunteers in Burma

Unosat is currently helping volunteers helping cyclone Nargis disaster with compehensive satellite images. This blogger has checked at UNOSAT MAP and found very detailed and impressive time line satellites images of Cylone Nargis destruction in delta area of Burma.

UNOSAT is the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme, implemented in co-operation with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the European Organisation of High Energy Physics (CERN).

UNOSAT is a people-centred programme delivering satellite solutions to relief and development organisations within and outside the UN system to help make a difference in the life of communities exposed to poverty, hazards and risk, or affected by humanitarian and other crises.

UNOSAT goal is to make satellite solutions and geographic information easily accessible to the UN family and to experts worldwide who work at reducing the impact of crises and disasters and plan sustainable development.

UNOSAT.

Another news is from RFA news saying that an Engineering University in Arizona, US is also preparing a time line Satellite Update for Cyclone Volunteers in Burma.

Interview with an eleven years old Cyclone Nargis survivor of Burma

This blogger found the following interview from MM Thinker Blog. MM Thinker put a note that he was crying while posting the following interview. This blogger shared his feeling and decided to translate into English for the international readers.This blogger would like to apologize the original source, the Voice Weekly for unable to get permission due to the situation that we all should understand.

“I heard that there was distribution of Rice, but I did not go there as I have no means (utensils) to cook. However, if there is donation of porridge, we would get it and shared among us.” Aye Aye Soe,11 yrs, Cyclone Nargis Survivor

An interview with a Nargis Cyclone survivor, an eleven years old girl from Pan Nyein Village, of Labutta.

by Mya Hnin Aye

The Voice Weekly, Vol.4/No.31

Following is an excerpt from an interview with Ma Aye Aye Soe, 11 years, who has survived the Cyclone Nargis, together with her younger brother and sister. The rest of her family members and relatives have perished with Cyclone Nargis, which caused hundred thousands death and million homeless in Irrawaddy Delta of Burma.

Original post in Burmese at MM Thinker Blog

Now we are surviving with donation, for food and clothing, I will try my best to protect my brother and sister by all means