Dr Thin Thin Soe donates food to villagers at 4 pm in celebration of the head monk's birthday. Also donated gold paint for the pagoda which has a 'consecration' ceremony.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
2384. Myanmar Travel Stories: Celebrate Head monk's birthday
Dec 12, 2015 Hinthada
Dr Thin Thin Soe donates food to villagers at 4 pm in celebration of the head monk's birthday. Also donated gold paint for the pagoda which has a 'consecration' ceremony.
Dr Thin Thin Soe donates food to villagers at 4 pm in celebration of the head monk's birthday. Also donated gold paint for the pagoda which has a 'consecration' ceremony.
2383. Myanmar travel stories: Hinthada October 2015 donations
Visited Hinthada in October which is a donation month for the Myanmar people. Donations to promote education of the poor village children are welcome. They can be school uniforms, exercise books and pencils, a boat, tiffin carriers and others.
IMAGES FROM OCT 2015 VISIT TO HINTHADA
Shop next to Lucky guesthouse, before the elections in Nov 2015.
IMAGES FROM DEC 2015 VISIT TO HINTHADA
Dec 11, 2015 Farm visit to the Karen farmland
IMAGES FROM OCT 2015 VISIT TO HINTHADA
Shop next to Lucky guesthouse, before the elections in Nov 2015.
IMAGES FROM DEC 2015 VISIT TO HINTHADA
Dec 11, 2015 Farm visit to the Karen farmland
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Myanmar Travel Stories. Visit to a Karen farmland.
Dec 11, 2015
After lunch, a 30-minute drive to a Karen farmland. Deep inside. The car could not move further at a bridge and so we had to take motor-bikes.
1. Toll, 1000 kyats. Silver collection bowl. Receipt given. Saw a big fat black sow tethered.
2. Motorbike escorts.
3. 3 road blocks. Lifted them up and proceeded.
4. Suddenly a pretty church building appeared. I could not see any pagodas in the farmland area. Majority of religious buildings in Myanmar are pagodas and temples.
5. Motorbike used as 3rd road block ended at a very narrow bridge.
6. Red farm house on stilts.
7. Nervous 2-year-old bullock saw me. He could be a pet. Bullock cart under the red house.
8. Few geese, hens and chicks, ducks, hay and rice grains being dried. No black pig. Banana trees, melon fruits and betel leaf type plant on sticks grown separately.
9.Stray dogs.
10. Visited new govt school. Took some pics of group of school administrators and villagers.
After lunch, a 30-minute drive to a Karen farmland. Deep inside. The car could not move further at a bridge and so we had to take motor-bikes.
1. Toll, 1000 kyats. Silver collection bowl. Receipt given. Saw a big fat black sow tethered.
2. Motorbike escorts.
3. 3 road blocks. Lifted them up and proceeded.
4. Suddenly a pretty church building appeared. I could not see any pagodas in the farmland area. Majority of religious buildings in Myanmar are pagodas and temples.
5. Motorbike used as 3rd road block ended at a very narrow bridge.
6. Red farm house on stilts.
7. Nervous 2-year-old bullock saw me. He could be a pet. Bullock cart under the red house.
8. Few geese, hens and chicks, ducks, hay and rice grains being dried. No black pig. Banana trees, melon fruits and betel leaf type plant on sticks grown separately.
9.Stray dogs.
10. Visited new govt school. Took some pics of group of school administrators and villagers.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
2381. Myanmar Travel Stories. Yangon downtown & images
Dec 9, 2015
Spent time downtown. Met a young man to talk about racehorse club in Myanmar. Walked to Bogyoke Aung San Market to look for cat paintings. Only one of a cat in the back pocket of jeans at 18"X24" being sold. Leopard painting, 4 ft x 3 ft, in oil at US$95. Bought a slice of melon at 500 kyats from a lady roadside vendor - dust from cars and flies but the locals do not mind. Vendor had not covered up the melons. A downtown doctor's signboard advertising Vit C drink is packed with patients. A market stall sells lots of dog and cat food (video).
Did a rehearsed real case of how to diagnose a dog disease with Dr Min in the Myanmarese language. The 11-month-old Labrador X was not eating for the past 3 days as the main complaint (video) for lecture to Yezin University Vet students later. I could feel firm 10-mm uterine swelling but there was no abdominal pain. No vaginal discharge. The dog had heat 2 months ago and the vulval area was swollen and had rough brown peri-vulval skin. "Has your dog been licking her private parts for the past 2 weeks," I asked the owner. She said: "Yes."
Then Dr Min was videoed to provide the online case study. There was pus seen. So, the diagnosis was open pyometra.
IMAGES
Spent time downtown. Met a young man to talk about racehorse club in Myanmar. Walked to Bogyoke Aung San Market to look for cat paintings. Only one of a cat in the back pocket of jeans at 18"X24" being sold. Leopard painting, 4 ft x 3 ft, in oil at US$95. Bought a slice of melon at 500 kyats from a lady roadside vendor - dust from cars and flies but the locals do not mind. Vendor had not covered up the melons. A downtown doctor's signboard advertising Vit C drink is packed with patients. A market stall sells lots of dog and cat food (video).
Did a rehearsed real case of how to diagnose a dog disease with Dr Min in the Myanmarese language. The 11-month-old Labrador X was not eating for the past 3 days as the main complaint (video) for lecture to Yezin University Vet students later. I could feel firm 10-mm uterine swelling but there was no abdominal pain. No vaginal discharge. The dog had heat 2 months ago and the vulval area was swollen and had rough brown peri-vulval skin. "Has your dog been licking her private parts for the past 2 weeks," I asked the owner. She said: "Yes."
Then Dr Min was videoed to provide the online case study. There was pus seen. So, the diagnosis was open pyometra.
IMAGES
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
2379. Mynamar Travel Stories Dec 5, 2015
Notorious traffic jams in Yangon now that cars are in large numbers as the people prosper.
The couple brought in this puppy for a medical check up on Dec 2 after purchase. Clients are nowadays more sophisticated than before. It had coronavirus +ve. Now the couple came to visit. Dr Aung repeated the test. It was negative for coronavirus now but positive for canine distemper.
Dec 5- 14, 2015. I visited Myanmar. A hot and humid month but clear skies.
Favourite images are shown in this webpage..
1. I left Singapore by SIA on Dec 5, 2015 for Yangon. I had a good picture of the propeller planes at the airport on arrival, using zooms lens. I had a video of the plane taking off. The sun was bright and sunny, permitting me to capture such good pictures. It is hard to take good pictures of propeller planes as there needs to be time and opportunity.
2. Free Funeral Services (Yangon) was started to provide free funeral services to the destitute by one man and his wife many years ago. I met the wife (right in picture below). Now it provides free education in its own school building to train the poor in food and beverage skills, management, movie production and other course free of charge.
I was much surprised to find that it has a school library filled with many English books donated by others. It distributes many English books to the village schools in Myanmar. Library membership is free. Categories include fiction, health, political, science and maths (see video). I found a sun-faded copy of Lee Kuan Yew's book there too. According to the volunteer, many readers like to read books on politics. A large wall painting of Nelson Mandela is present on the wall of a staircase.
The volunteer shows me two unbelievable events as evident in the photos in the room documenting the work of the FFS. One was a picture of a standing left foot which appeared in the FFS premises. It was a foot of a poor man whose leg was cut off by the train. Another picture showed a facial image of a deceased on the wind screen of the ambulance 9 days after she had died. Donors who wish to donate books to FFS, let me know.
3. Tamwe township night market, Yangon on Dec 6, 2015.
My hosts went for the massage by a Japan-trained masseuse. Not for me.
I had over an hour full of photographic opportunities of the market stalls unlike the regulated night market in Singapore. Only one stall sold water melons in this hot and humid night. Few buyers compared to another stall selling fried pan cakes. A prata shop makes and sells prata in the dark area and he seemed to have fewer customers. Intense competition for food vendors and restaurants. Modern ones like Mr Chef (coffeeshop) attract a younger crowd with spending power but not many were seen on Sunday. Illegal CDs are sold. A newer small air cond mini-mart was crowded.
At Royal Asia Veterinary Surgery, common cases are heartworm diseases, parvo, corona and distemper diseases. The black dog came in as he was lethargic. But his gums were white as snow. "Heart worm disease" diagnosed by test kit. Dr Thein Tun Aung pointed to the oscillating to and fro movements of the eyeball which is unusual for heart worm disease. I saw the hind limb tremors. So, was there canine distemper as well? The test kit showed negative for distemper.
The couple brought in this puppy for a medical check up on Dec 2 after purchase. Clients are nowadays more sophisticated than before. It had coronavirus +ve. Now the couple came to visit. Dr Aung repeated the test. It was negative for coronavirus now but positive for canine distemper.
Dec 5- 14, 2015. I visited Myanmar. A hot and humid month but clear skies.
Favourite images are shown in this webpage..
1. I left Singapore by SIA on Dec 5, 2015 for Yangon. I had a good picture of the propeller planes at the airport on arrival, using zooms lens. I had a video of the plane taking off. The sun was bright and sunny, permitting me to capture such good pictures. It is hard to take good pictures of propeller planes as there needs to be time and opportunity.
2. Free Funeral Services (Yangon) was started to provide free funeral services to the destitute by one man and his wife many years ago. I met the wife (right in picture below). Now it provides free education in its own school building to train the poor in food and beverage skills, management, movie production and other course free of charge.
I was much surprised to find that it has a school library filled with many English books donated by others. It distributes many English books to the village schools in Myanmar. Library membership is free. Categories include fiction, health, political, science and maths (see video). I found a sun-faded copy of Lee Kuan Yew's book there too. According to the volunteer, many readers like to read books on politics. A large wall painting of Nelson Mandela is present on the wall of a staircase.
The volunteer shows me two unbelievable events as evident in the photos in the room documenting the work of the FFS. One was a picture of a standing left foot which appeared in the FFS premises. It was a foot of a poor man whose leg was cut off by the train. Another picture showed a facial image of a deceased on the wind screen of the ambulance 9 days after she had died. Donors who wish to donate books to FFS, let me know.
3. Tamwe township night market, Yangon on Dec 6, 2015.
My hosts went for the massage by a Japan-trained masseuse. Not for me.
I had over an hour full of photographic opportunities of the market stalls unlike the regulated night market in Singapore. Only one stall sold water melons in this hot and humid night. Few buyers compared to another stall selling fried pan cakes. A prata shop makes and sells prata in the dark area and he seemed to have fewer customers. Intense competition for food vendors and restaurants. Modern ones like Mr Chef (coffeeshop) attract a younger crowd with spending power but not many were seen on Sunday. Illegal CDs are sold. A newer small air cond mini-mart was crowded.
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