I read a news article from Khit Myanmar Weekly journal. On page 2 of the issue dated September 16, 2005, the article talked about the fines imposed on the vehicles pretending to be owned by army officers by putting the army caps on the dashboard. If you think one step further, you can see that 'some' of the army officers are above the law :-)
The news implicitly said that the army officers were 'revered' for their power.
Burma or Myanmar?
Someone commented on this forum about the usage of my domain name "friendsofburma".
'....this site doesn't use the today's usage "Myanmar"'
http://forum.flashband.net/viewtopic.html?t=289
I want to make it clear that I don't want to make a fuss over the name. I don't care about the name as long as the communication gets across. For example, some people call me 'Lwin Moe', some 'Tha Tha', and some 'Ko Gyi.' We are all talking about the same person. It's exactly the same here. Most people outside of Burma, especially in the US, still use the name Burma. That's the reason why I picked 'Burma' over 'Myanmar.' We are talking about the same country.
In addition, I don't care who rules our country as long as they do good for the people. I only care about the people of Burma. I am neither pro- nor anti-government. I do community development with my own money and my own beliefs. Burma is a beautiful country and it's a very nice place to live. I want it to be a better place than now.
The sad truth, though, is the current government is managing the country badly. As a consequence, people are suffering, to be brutally honest. All we need at this moment is 'freedom of speech' so we can point out what is going wrong.
The map of Myanmar (Burma) :-)
Giordano?
I went to Junction 8 shopping mall guarded by some soldiers since it was bombed last time. I bought a pair of pants from Giordano. Guess how much it cost? 19,900 kyats (US$20). It's equal to my monthly income from MIT. This will be the first and last pair of pants I will ever buy in Burma. It's too expensive for me. :-)
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