December 2002 Archives

I got back to Rangoon at 1:04 PM on Dec 11. It was very exciting to see my family and very depressing to see the country and how it hasn't changed in 4 years. I have changed in the last 4 years and Burma can't keep up with the rate I have changed. One immigration officer asked me if I brought back some chocolate (meaning he wants some as bribery.) Feeling as if all my dreams and hopes were flushed in the toilet, I went ahead to baggage claim and got my luggage. Feeling like a stranger in my own land, I just watched what the Phoenix airport service guys were doing (they were picking up my luggage which I would normally do myself in the U.S.)

U Than Oo, Auntie Thuzar, Uncle Aung Maung and Auntie Eh took me to the airport (LAX) I left LA at about 11:30 PM and got to Taiwan around 6:00 AM. I waited for my plane to Yangon (Rangoon) in the lounge, thinking about Fort Wayne, people in the U.S. and what's going to happen to me in Burma.

My work place at my Alma Mater in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Winter scene from my work place at my Alma Mater in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Sunset from my work place at my Alma Mater in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Lwin Moe working at the Electrical Engineering Department

Lwin Moe at the server room of the Electrical Engineering Department

Lwin Moe at the Statue of Liberty in New York