FACES OF MYANMAR
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Transit
The great Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos said
almost 26 centuries ago “A thought is an idea in transit.”
True enough; the symbol of modern
industrialization has been the steam machine, where it moves the world a lot
faster, more efficiently. Such
symbol still carries its significance today as the efficiency of trains; the
wait between transits sort of translating to each country operates her own
system.
In February, 20111 I spent a good 10 days in
Myanmar, good part of 2 of those days spent in the Yangon train station, and
you see a lot.
Here in Myanmar, life is slow for most, not
that time does not matter, it does, it just matters less. And you see that in
trains, in transits. You see a
small life developing inside a train station, a small world there, and one may
say that is beautiful because there is nothing to rush. It is not wrong, but then the countries
that move fast and efficiently are not wrong either, they spent the time they save
in transits for something else.
Yangon, Myanmar, 2011
Friday, June 8, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Vesākha
Vesākha (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha,
Devanagari: वैशाख, Sinhala: වෙසක් පෝය) or sometimes
referred to as Vesak is a holy day observed in greater South and South
East Asia. It was normally
celebrated as “Buddha’s Birthday” while it actually encompasses birth,
enlightenment and passing away of Gautama Buddha.
In Thailand, it is called the Wisakha Bucha and it is today,
a national holiday and national tree day, a day when most Thais go to temple; a
day of political bodies hustling the rivals, a day eventually can be pivotal to
Thai future.
Picture was taken in a bronze foundry in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Mandalay, Myanmar, 2011
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Myanmar at the age of change
Abraham Lincoln said it well; “Labor is prior
to, and independent of, capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if
labor has not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves
much the higher consideration.”
This was an image took in 2011, before Myanmar
finally and reasonably opened for outside in 2012, wondered how long the scene
such as this will last.
It is not to ask Myanmar not to develop, they
of course should. But will the harmonious state be kept? It is something to wait and see.
Mandalay, Myanmar, 2011
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