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MY Yangon... The elections are here! Myanmar citizens will be heading to the ballot boxes this month to vote! A historic event in the country and it is a privilege to be here at this time. Aside from the elections this month contains Tazaungdaing, another of Myanmar’s light festivals. In Yangon the highlight will be the robe weaving competitions at Shwedagon Pagoda. However, the most captivating celebrations occur in Taunggyi where they hold a magnificent fire balloon festival. This issue accidentally contains a lot of interviews! And while it is a shame to lose some of the long prose of previous issues, it is nice to hear about Yangon directly from the people who live here. Indeed, this

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Election Special

Your guide to Yangon. Get ready for Myanmar's election, discover how to vote, how to prepare and more...

Mandy M. Thompson

06 Street Style

Property

Plot Ahead

Meet

We Love Township

38 Health & Beauty

40 Shopping

Daily Life: Nat Kadaw

Escape to

Art

Kids

Dining

Trends

Night Life

Tazaungdaing Festival

Best of

Business

17 MVoter

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Fire Balloon Festival

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Plot AHEAD November 2015 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Hope you enjoyed the Thadingyut issue last month. This month look forward too...

2 Enchantment Myanmar Cultural Show 6:30pm – 8:30pm Utopia Tower

Tuesday Snippets 7pm – 10pm Pansodan Gallery, Pansodan Street

Girls Night Out Mojo Bar, Inya Road

Open House for International Studies Program 10 am – 2 pm CONNECT Institute, 3A Pansodan Business Tower

Myanmar Fair For Hardware & Building Material (05-08 Nov 2015) Myanmar Event Park, Shin Saw Pu Road, Sanchaung Township

Dim sum Lunch a La Carte Buffet (Daily) Chatrium Hotel, 40, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township

Piano Night 9pm Thiri pyitsayar Sky Bistro, 20th floor, Sakura Tower

Diwali Day

Martini time! 7pm Mojo Bar, Inya Road, Bahan Township

Myanmar International Food-tech Industry Exhibition (Myanmar-Foodtech) Myanmar Event Park, Shin Saw Pu Road

Communicate Myanmar Myanmar Convention Center, Mindamma Road, Mayangone Township

Happy Hour 4pm - 7pm Rangoon Tea House

AAPG Myanmar Geosciences Conference Tatmadaw Hall, U Wisara Rd, Dagon Township

Nightly Live Music (Every Friday) 6pm - 11pm Kokie Bar & Restaurant, Bahan Township

Monday Blue Night 9:30pm Mojo bar, Inya Road, Bahan Township

Wine Tuesdays 5pm Mojo Bar, Inya road, Bahan Township

Robe Weaving Contest Shwedagon, Botahtaung Pagoda

26 Tazaungdaing lighting festival Through-out the Country Candle Light Event Koe-Htat-Gyi Pagoda

Wine Charcuterie Night 5pm The Strand Bar

27 Foodtec Myanmar '15 Myanmar Event Park, Ms. Aye Tel: +95-1- 254765 Email: aye@ambexpo.com Website: www.foodtecasia.com

30 Buffet Dinner 6pm - 9pm Karaweik Palace, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township

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Saturday

Sunday

Week

1 Enterprise India Show (29 Oct-01 Nov 2015) Tatmadaw Exhibition Hall

Yangon Hash House Harriers Saturday Run 2:45pm – 8pm Yangon University, Kamaryut Township

Election Day

Unplugged Music Night 8pm – 10pm B2O Bar and Bistro, No.98, 20 Street, Latha Township

Sunday Branch 11:30am - 2:30pm Inya Lake Hotel, Orchid Resturant

Saturday Night Live (Every Saturday) 7pm Novotel Yangon Max- 459 Pyay Road, Kamayut Township

Sunday Brunch Acacia Tea Saloon, Sayar San Road

8th Offshore Technology Asia 2015 (OTA) 26-27 Nov 2015 Summit Parkview Hotel, Ahlon Rd, Ahlone Township

Sunday Brunch 12pm - 3pm The Square Restaurant Novotel Hotel Max

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We Love

Thingangyun Win Win Htwe

Thingangyun Township is located on the eastern side of Yangon and is cirlcled on its eastern edge by Panzundaung Creek. It is a middle class township with many government staff living within it and lots of apartment blocks, education centres and schools. It is also Yangon’s most sporty township with the huge Thuwana football stadium and grounds being the training ground for many of Myanmar’s sports federations as well as a recreational playground for sport lovers. Eat Yin Fong Seafood One of the best Chinese style fresh seafood restaurants in Yangon, the best dishes are red snapper and king prawns. The location is spacious with lake view tables at the back of the restaurant. The buffet breakfast costs 3000 Kyats and lunch costs 6000 Kyats. 7:00 am - 10:00 pm No. 53/54, Lay Daungkan Road, Near AKK Shopping Mall, 01 706021 Mr. Chief Mr. Chief is a popular and well-liked restaurant with many branches. The Thingangyun location is their 4th branch in Yangon and is well decorated. They serve Korean, Hot Pot, Chinese and snacks. AKK Shopping Mall (basement), Lay Daungkan Road. 01 566080 (Ext. 156)

DIY Hot Pot & BBQ A favourite Myanmar celebrity hangout which is a cool place to drop by and see if you can spot one of Myanmar’s famous people. No (95/F), Waizayatar Street (3) quarter, ThinganGyun, 09 258 200 088 YKKO The Thingangyun branch of YKKO is one of the chains most frequented restaurants. They serve all the YKKO classics such as kyay-oh, BBQ, seafood and ice cream. 10:00 am to 10 pm No.A-1-001, Zawtika Housing, Lay Daungkan Road, Junction Zawana. 01 573 505 Ext: 216, 09 865 085 0 El Dorado Bakehouse The flagship store of this bakehouse chain, El

Dorado, is a grab and go style bakery that offers specially made birthday cakes. No.4, Wai Za Yan Dar Road, 01 573 852, 01 573 818, 01 573 838 Food Talk This restaurant serves a funky mix of Chinese, Japanese and Western style dishes. A little bit schizophrenic but, if you’re up for a culinary whirlwind of choices and flavours, this is the place! AKK shopping mall, Basement, Lay Daungkan Road 09 254 441 26, 09 420 065 788, 09 421 131 182 Rangon Grill & Chill Barbecue Restaurant This shop offers delicious grilled and barbecued food. It is an awesome place for BBQ and has a variety of seafood, chicken, pork, beef and vegetables as well as a choice of desserts including

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Neighbourhood ice cream. The best things for the customer are the service, including car parking, and the good quality of food. Every Thursday, they add crab as a special item on their buffet menu. 2/25, Lay Daungkan Street, Thu Mingalar Housing (near Zawana) 09 252 538 352, 09 252 653 011 Shop Junction Zawana Shopping Centre Housed in a large three storey building, it has a small area for car parking in front of the Supermarket. As the place is neat and tidy, it’s comfortable for customers to look around the place slowly and steadily. Their City Mart on the ground floor has frozen meat, fruits and vegetables that are hygienic and good for health. Lay Daungkan Road, Zawana Tower 01 573 929,01 573 930, 01 573 931, 01 573 932 AKK Shopping Centre This is a newly opened shopping mall in Thingangyun located close to Junction Zawana Shopping Centre. This shopping centre includes a City Mart, fashion shops, restaurants and beauty salons. Every Thadingyut festival and Tazaungdaing festival there are special promotions on specific products. Lay Daungkan Road, Zawana Tower 01 855 148 3

but highly entertaining go kart track. Wai Za Yan Dar Road, Top Ruby Land Car Racing Compound, Arkar Street F, 09 421 064 776 Kyaikkasan Pagoda Kyaikkasan Pagoda is the main attraction in Thingangyun Township. Reputed to have been built by Sihadipa, the King of Tha Ton, this gilded pagoda is an interesting religious site because it enshrines 16 hairs and 32 bone relics of the Buddha. Kyaikkasan Pagoda Road BARS & CLUBS Café liberal-new Entertainment Studio A popular coffee house with a bar and club. One for night owls. Wai Za Yan Dar Road, Top Ruby Land Car Racing Compound, Arkar Street F

Stay Royal Ruby Hotel Royal Ruby Hotel offers numerous on-site facilities to satisfy even the most discerning guest and the hotel can suggest host of recreational activities to ensure you have plenty to do during your stay. No. 12, Khaymarthi Street, Michaungkan Block 3 01 573 264, 01 573 309 Hotel Captain 3 min walk from Wai Za Yan Dar Shopping Mall. No112 , Yeik Thar 4th Street , Wai Za Yan Dar Garden, Mikyaungkan 1, 01 221 572 Goal Hotel Located Near Thuwana Football Stadium. National Football Training Center, Wai Za Yan Dar Road

Do St. Joseph’s Church A land mark of Thingangyun Township, St. Joseph’s Church was built in 1934 when the growing Roman Catholic community in Thingangyun felt that they needed a small church and elementary school. The new church, St. Joseph’s, was built on the land of the old St. Anthony’s Church. Daily Masses 6am (Myan.& Eng. alternative), 5pm(Myan. only Wed. 1st Fri.) Sunday Masses 6:30am (Eng.), 8:30am(Myan.), 4:30pm (Tamil) No. 1-3, Thiri Marlar Street, B-Block Dagum Movie Theater You can release your stress and tension by watching movies at Dagum Theater. Maha Myaing Street, 01 565 800

Thuwana Stadium

Galaxy Go Kart Track/ Ruby Land Car Racing Commonly referred to with its old name of Galaxy Go Kart Track, Ruby Land Car Racing, is a small

the country's primary venue for indoor sports.

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Thuwunna Stadium is home to many of Myanmar’s youth sports training programmes. It is also the venue for many of the Myanmar men’s international football games. The stadium's eight-lane track is the first in Myanmar that meets the international (IAAF) standards. Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium, located next to the outdoor stadium, is

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Interview with a

Nat Kadaw (A Myanmar Spirit Medium) Hla Phone Aung Myanmar has a long tradition in the belief of nats (spirits). There are 37 Great Nats who were human beings who died a shocking or violent death, as well as a host of lesser nats who inhabit trees, lakes, villages, the home and even a personal guardian spirit called a Kosaungnat. Each home and village often has a shrine to their particular nat or one of the 37 Great Nats, which is decorated with offerings of food and coconuts. At specific times during the year ceremonies are performed called ‘Nat pwe’ in which a Nat Kadaw (spirit medium) will channel the nat spirits and invoke them to bestow blessings or messages. Ceremonies are often performed by several Nat Kadaws and some are sponsored privately; in order to bestow good fortune on the individual. Ceremonies start by paying homage to the spirits with an offering of a bowl containing a green

coconut complete with stem, and three hands of bananas. The rituals which follow are somewhat similar to folk theatre, with wild music and dancing, frantic drinking and smoking, and multiple costume changes. They also often include the acting out of tragic love stories. One of the most striking features for an outside observer is that when the Nat Kadaws invoke nat spirits they will act and dress according to that spirit - even if the nat spirit is a different sex.

Interview with a

Nat Kadaw . . . How many years have you been a spirit medium? I joined the world of spirit mediums in 1961. Is this professional or amateur? Oh! Professional, I worked in government service in the Ministry of Construction. I retired, and now I work professionally as a spirit medium. I am also fond of this job. Because the life of a spirit medium is very interesting to me and I earn more money than government staff. How often do you go to TaungPyone spirit festival? I go every year, because they have a list of attendance and if you are absent once, you are dismissed from being spirit medium.

How many days do you celebrate one spirit ceremony? At least 3 days per spirit ceremony. It’s held each day from morning 6am to evening 6pm. How much money do you earn for one spirit ceremony? I earn 2,500,000 Kyats per ceremony, but net I get 500,000 Kyats, because I have to give 150,000 Kyats to the orchestra per day, pay for preparation of the ceremony area and as well as other costs. How many kinds of spirit medium are there? There are many kinds of spirit medium. Some are eager to dance, some are eager to sing, and some are eager to recite spirit songs. And each medium is under a different teacher. So principals and disciplines are a little different.

How often do you celebrate a spirit ceremony? It’s held by condition. When some people pass an exam, earn a lot of money, or get a good job they hold a spirit celebration. What do you think about worshiping spirits? We are not worshiping, we offer oblations to propitiate them. We respect them and we keep up the traditional habit. Actually, we are the representatives of spirits. So we are called spirit mediums.

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Floating on the Ayeyawaddy on the RV KINDAT PANDAW Hla Phone Aung & Sithu Phyo

Everyone Myanmar loves Ayeyawaddy. The Ayeyawaddy is Myanmar‘s mother and has born a lot of cities, social life, periods, and history along its run. “Everyone in Myanmar knows the Ayeyawaddy. When we talk about Myanmar we always mention the Ayeyawaddy and the old cities along its bank . I think the Ayeyawaddy is a very faithful River. It never goes outside Myanmar. Although it's a long river, it never betrays Myanmar." Retired American professor Dr.Kenneth of Woodbury University, who is very interested in Myanmar, is sitting in the cane chair at the ship’s bow. “That’s why you chose to sail on the Ayeyawaddy River Sir” “Absolutely right, I have been in Myanmar twice; I have seen the Ayeyawaddy from banks of Bagan, Mandalay etc. Later I read about the Ayeyawaddy and I became more interested in it. So I chose to take this journey.”

Our cabin number is 206, and a double bed room. We opened a teak collapsible door, we saw another glass door. We opened it, and saw the beds covered with clean white bed sheets in a neat and tidy room. “We have sightseeing in Bagan tomorrow morning, 8:30, Sir” informed Ko Myint Naing.

And our vessel, the RV KINDAT PANDAW, goes well with Ayeyawaddy River. Our two editors departed from Yangon to Bagan, and then traveled from Bagan to Mandalay upstream along the Ayeyawaddy on board the RV KINDAT PANDAW. The RV KINDAT PANDAW, a mahogany coloured colonial style teak ship, was moored on the Bagan-Ayeya bank, not so far from Bu Phaya.

“Today, two journalists, U Hla Phone Aung & Ko Si Thu Phyo, from MY Yangon joining us on our trip” declared Tour Operation Manager, Ko Thiha Aung, on the Sightseeing Limousine Bus. All the passengers clapped their hands. Most of them were aged between 60 and 85. They were sociable and very kind.

“Your cabin is upstairs, Sir”, guided Ko Myint Naing, who was part of the housekeeping staff.

Our Limousine Bus drove slowly into old Bagan which Ko Thiha Aung explained thoroughly to his tourists. We then reached Myin Kabar village known for its high quality lacquer ware products. Close by is Gubyaukgyi Temple, which was built to enshrine a golden image, it is a fine temple in the Early Style, square, with a vestibule in the east. It is also noted for the paintings, which cover the walls of the vestibule, the corridor and the sanctum. These paintings are among the earliest now existing in Bagan.

We went upstairs stairs via the middle of the ship and first we saw a magnificent dining room. Over the coming days, we had breakfast, lunch and dinner in this open air room, getting fresh air from the river.

We visited the famous pagodas of Bagan such as Ananda, Dhammayangyi, ShweSandaw, Thatbyinnyu, Myinkaba and we were pleased to see the amazement on the tourists faces.

On the gangplank we were greeted by the food & beverages manager, Ko Bo Bo Kyaw. We checked in on board and all of crew warmly welcomed us.

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Next day at 6 o’clock in the morning, we departed Bagan Port and headed to Pakhuku. Pakokku is a town about 30 km northwest of Bagan on the Ayeyawaddy River. That night we had an unfamiliar European style meal but after dinner we were entertained by a Myanmar Marionette show. All passengers were delighted as puppets danced beautifully and rhythmically with music. They also clapped along to seven kinds of Myanmar Traditional Dances and a romantic dance by male & female dancer puppets.

“When did you prepare this breakfast?” I asked the steward Morris. “We have been preparing since 5am” Morris replied with a smile. “All employees on board are hospitable, so aged people feel as if they are being treated by their own children. That’s how I feel” said my colleague U Hla Phone Aung.

Fresh air, the wide Ayeyawaddy River and a delicious breakfast are very compatible. Our morning is very pleasant.

“I’m very interested in puppets. This is really art because of the many strings that are played by puppeteer” said that Dr. Kenneth.

In Pakukko, a three wheeled cars, called Toke Tokes are waiting for us.

The rain stopped and above the pagodas on Tant Kyi Hill, was a twinkle of lightening.

Sagiang and, according to our agenda tomorrow morning, we will be at the ancient city of Innwa, and tomorrow evening we will visit Amarapura and Taung Ta Man Lake. At Taung Ta Man my colleague and I will have to wave good bye to the ship. Tonight the ship will anchor in a village near Innwa.

“You don’t want to go back home U Phone?” I joked.

That night the Ayeyawaddy River surface was rolled out like a mat and the moon shone indistinctly among the clouds creating dreamy beauty.

Some rain drops started to slowly fall. After finishing the puppet show, Dr. Kenneth wanted to talk about Myanmar, so he joined us.

great escapes

“First we will visit a wholesale onion market and then a Thanatkha plant market (Myanmar traditional make-up). And then we will visit a world famous sculpture pagoda and cheroot making factory” said Ko Thiha Aung.

The next morning the sun streams in as I open the cabin door and our ship was steaming up the Ayeyawaddy River.

Next morning, our ship arrived at Yanapo Village. It is famous for an Anglo-Myanmar peace treaty that was signed in 1826. It is also a well-known place for making pots by hand. At the village we learnt the lifestyle of the villagers.

After taking a bath, I had my breakfast. As usual, breakfast is European style. Jam, marmalade, coffee, yogurt, bread & butter is on the table. Tourists love breakfast.

We returned to the ship and we sailed the whole afternoon up the river. In the evening looking at the shore we saw a big golden pagoda called Kaung Hmu Daw. That means we are approaching

Pandaw will continue to Sagaing Hill and Mingune Hill over the next three days. At dinner time Dr. Kenndrick sat with us. This night was very memorable. After finishing dinner we talked for such a long time. Then, to our happy suprise, the ships staff started playing guitar. They sang a famous song called Phay Taint Lite, that night all of us were very happy. In the morning we arrived at Innwa and went sightseeing around this ancient city of the Myanmar Kings by horse and cart. Passing through the moat we saw only rough ground and small houses, it is hard to imagine it was once a mighty city. Children selling trinkets followed us by bicycle the whole way. We visited a big monastery called Malnu Oak Kyaung, the old city watchtower and an old wooden monastery. Afterwards we returned to the ship. As usual the staff of the ship were waiting at the entrance and gave us cold drinks. At noon we had lunch as the boat passed under Sagaing Bridge. From Sagaing we will continue to the Mahamuni Buddha image and then Taung Ta Man Lake. When I turned to my right I could see Mandalay Hill, over the top of the ship, signaling our journeys end. That night the guests on the ship will experience a traditional dance. But sadly, the dance, the Pandaw, room No.206, the friendly staff and the Ayeyawaddy we will miss tonight.

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Myanmar Cosplay Model

Mandy M.Thompson Who is Mandy M. Thompson?

I would say she is an opportunist and entertainer. I was born in Myanmar but grow up in Norway. I went to performance-art school and was a dancer until I damaged my back and had multiple operations. Then I took a bachelor in Business. I started working as a freelance model/ promoter in Norway & Singapore. But since 2013 I have focused my work on Cosplay/Model. You can follow my work/projects on twitter & facebook ´MandyCandyWorld´.

mom, and when I became a model I started doing theme-shoots with my own costumes-design. But it wasn't until 2013 I started making my own props/cosplay and going to the conventions.

Do you think it can be harmful

There are many to choose from, I admire people that are strong & ambitious. Feks. YaYa Han is a very first self-made international cosplaycelebrity and I wish to follow her foot steps.

For you how does cosplay fit into modern culture?

Cosplay is a way to bring fictional characters to life. Modern culture is filled with different forms of entertaining, and when cosplay is making costume and acting out the character (sing/dance), it become more than just a hobby. It could lead to a carreer opportunity. Plus it´s a good way to be a part of a fun and creative community no matter the age.

involved

cosplay?

Since I was little I have always enjoyed making costumes with my

blur

the

lines

between

fiction and reality?

It could raise issues with the expectation of what beauty should be, but I believe we all should understand that there is a difference between fantasy and reality. If someone gave you 10,000 USD what would you do?

Since I believe in earning money, I would use the money to take on projects that would expand the cosplay culture in Myanmar. I really want to be apart of the cosplaycommunity in my home-country. What are your plans for the future?

Is there a cosplay culture in you

I can’t decide between AnimeFestival-Asia (AFA) in Singapore and London Comic-Con (MCM-expo). But I had fun posing, performing and making new friends.

admire and why?

Cosplay is "costume and play", it came from japanese pop-culture where someone dresses-up and acts like the character. The characters are from books, movies, comics, games & animation. You can travel to conventions to compete for the championshiptitle but there are strict-rules for self-made costume/props and performance on the stage. Cosplay is about the accuracy. got

attended?

Which person do you most

What is cosplay?

What

What is the best event you have

Myanmar?

I believe there is, I think the 6th annual Myanmar Cosplay & Otaku Festival is this month. Though I know little of the cosplay culture here, I wish to experience it in the future. Maybe I could be there next year ;)

That I could move back to Myanmar and continue on working in showbiz. I do plan on coming back in Jan. 2016 to do some modelling & cosplay work.

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MVoter

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Two Weeks Filled With Sweat and Happiness Aung Kyaw Paing

Photo: Aung Win Htut Left to Right : Myat Min Soe, Phyo Min Thu, Aung Kyaw Paing, Ye Min Htut, Kaung Myat Lwin

Mae Pay Soh Hack Challenge was a competition designed and hosted by Phandeeyar which challenged teams to find IT solutions to promote a smooth and fair election. I participated in Mae Pay Soh Hack Challenge which was held over the last two weeks. My friend, Phyo Min Thu, contacted me a week before the event started and asked me to join his team. It was hard for me to decide whether I should participate or not since I had a final exam coming up at university. I actually aim to get a scholarship next year and the grades mean a lot. I got bad grades last year and I don’t want to end up being a “loser” again. I finally went YOLO and decided to participate in the event.

Htut and me as Android Devs. We were the only team with university students from ages 17 to 20. We spent the first week deciding about UI/UX. It has to be usable for everyone, so I guess that’s the most important part in the whole project. We started coding around the 19th of September. We used BitBucket to collaborate. Prototypes were made with Sketch. Selecting Third-Party Libraries for development was a little tricky as we had to carefully check their minimum SDK, so that we can make sure it runs okay on low-end handsets with Gingerbread Version software. Sometimes we

The trouble I faced was managing my time. Like I said before, the event clashed with the exams and I had to make sure I could give time for both. Almost everyday after exams, I went to Ye Min Htut’s place, which was our work space for the whole event (thanks for literally turning your room into our little office). I worked there until 6 or 7 P.M and used the rest of the night to study for the next subjects. I didn’t want to be the guy who takes no responsibility but takes credit for the work. It was kinda hard for me to juggle between coding and studying. The event was exciting. Unlike other Hackathons that have happened before, this time, the topic is the Election and voters’ education. So it felt like you were not working just for this particular Hackathon, but for everyone in the country. I, myself got to learn about the election processes during the development. We tried our best developing the app and I believe users will learn many things from it. We didn’t actually think we were going to get the first prize. We were already talking about publishing and promoting it ourselves. Before the prize announcement, we were humming Linkin Park’s ‘In The End’. It was an amazing moment. Anyway, the prize is not the most important reason most of the time. I believe what matters is doing what you love and are fond of, then it’s worth doing. Our app has been released. You can start following the activities at MVoter Page. We can’t wait to get feedback from our users around the country. So LIKE the page, and stay tuned! facebook link https://www.facebook.com/MaePaySoh

Our Team Name is PopStack. Stack is a term used in data collection in Computer Science. And “Pop” means “Removing”. Together, it means “Solving from a stack of problems”. The team consists of 5 developers, Phyo Min Thu, iOS Developer and our UX Engineer (Hats off btw), Kaung Myat Lwin, our web Developer and Myat Min Soe, Ye Min To Find Out More visit the Yangon Directory Website @ www.yangondirectory.com/myyangon @ MYYangon

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Win Win Htwe

During a holiday, children like to play in the park. But, why not take your children to play at Happy Zone, it is a park with a difference. For children there are many kinds of fascinating games to play at Happy Zone, as well as the opportunity to play in the surrounding public squares and public gardens. It is worthwhile to take your child there on a Saturday or Sunday because on a public holiday, many people go, so it is often very crowded.

However, on holidays they have special programmes and events, such as present giving, performances by magicians, dancing elephants and dancers. Happy Zone is a branch of Happy World located in People’s Park. Happy Zone is also a place where you can watch 5D movies in their interactive cinema. The interactive movies include Ghost City, Roller Coaster, Jungle, Mommy, War Snow Mountain, and Space War – all of which are guaranteed to leave you feeling exhilarated! Happy Zone entrance fees is free (provided you have paid to enter People’s park), however, you will need some money for attractions and gifts. The cost is about 500 Kyats per activity. There are also some more adult rides such as a Ghost House, a FUNNY House, and even an

Alcohol House which simulates the feeling of being an alcoholic! The Dinosaur Park and ghost train are likewise targeted at an older audience. So come one and all on Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays and visit Happy Zone, People’s Park. Damazaydi Road, in front of Yuzana Tower, near traffic Myaynigone, Dagon Township

Happy World Amusement Park

The parent of Happy Zone, Happy world is located in the nearby U Wizara Park. It is a good place to escape from busy life. The best part of the park itself is a beautiful lake on which you can sail both pedal boats or rowboats. The amusement park has a similar range of rides as Happy Zone - fun houses, bumper cars, and so on. Extra attractions are a pavilion selling souvenirs and the Golden Duck Restaurant. U Wizara Park, Near Shwedagon Padoga

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jynfaxmifpk a&G;aumufyGJ aumfr&Sif 2015 ckESpf taxGaxGa&G;aumufyGJ vTwfawmfukd,fpm;vS,f a&G;aumufwifajr§mufjcif; ၂၀၁၅ ခုႏွစ္တြင္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံသားမ်ားသည္ လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္မ်ားအား ေရြးေကာက္တင္ေျမွာက္ရန္အတြက္ ဆႏၵမဲေပးရေတာ့မည္ျဖစ္သည္။ ၂ဝဝ၈ ခုႏွစ္ ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံဥပေဒ ပုဒ္မ ၁၂(က) အရ လႊတ္ေတာ္အသီးသီးတြင္ ဥပေဒျပဳရန္ တာ၀န္ရွိပါသည္။ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္၏ အမ်ဳိးသားစီမံကိန္း၊ ႏွစ္စဥ္ ရ/သံုး မွန္းေျခ ေငြစာရင္းႏွင့္ အခြနအ ္ ေကာက္ဆင ို ရ ္ ာ ဥပေဒၾကမ္းမ်ားအား ျပည္ေထာင္စု အစိုးရကသာ ျပည္ေထာင္စုလႊတ္ေတာ္သို႔ တင္သြင္းရပါသည္ (ပုဒ္မ ၁ဝ၀)။

jynfaxmifpkvTwfawmf ဖြ႕ဲ စည္းပံအ ု ေျခခံဥပေဒ ပုဒမ ္ ၁၂ အရ ျပည္ေထာင္စလ ု တ ႊ ္ေတာ္ႏင ွ ့္ တိင ု ္းေဒသႀကီး သို႔မဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္လႊတ္ေတာ္မ်ားအၾကားတြင္ ဥပေဒျပဳေရးအာဏာကို ခြဲေ၀ က်င့္သံုးထားပါသည္။ ျပည္ေထာင္စုလႊတ္ေတာ္အား ေအာက္ပါလႊတ္ေတာ္ႏွစ္ခု ျဖင့္ ဖြဲ႕စည္းထားပါသည္။ ၁။ အမ်ဳိးသားလႊတ္ေတာ္ႏွင့္ ၂။ ျပည္သူ႔လႊတ္ေတာ္

Sithu Phyo

jynfolUvTwfawmf ၄၄၀ ဦး (လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္) ေရြးေကာက္တင္ေျမွာက္ေသာ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ေနရာ ၃၃၀ အပါအဝင္ လႊတ္ေတာ္ ကုိယ္စားလွယ္ဦးေရ အမ်ားဆံုး ၄၄ဝ ဦးျဖင့္ ဖြဲ႕စည္းထားပါသည္။ ၿမိဳ႕နယ္ကို အေျခခံ၍ လူဦးေရကို အေျခခံ၍ လည္းေကာင္း၊ ၿမိဳ႕နယ္အသစ္တစ္ခု ထပ္မံ ဖြ႕ဲ စည္းလွ်င္ နီးစပ္ရာ ၿမိဳ႕နယ္တစ္ခႏ ု င ွ ့္ ေပါင္း၍လည္းေကာင္း၊ မဲဆႏၵနယ္တစ္ခအ ု ား သတ္မွတ္ပါသည္။ တပ္မေတာ္ကာကြယ္ေရးဦးစီးခ်ဳပ္က တပ္မေတာ္သားကိယ ု စ ္ ားလွယ္ ၁၁ဝ ဦး အား အမည္စာရင္း တင္သင ြ း္ ပါသည္။ (ျပည္သလ ႔ူ တ ႊ ေ ္ တာ္ ေရြးေကာက္ပဥ ဲြ ပေဒ၊ ပုဒမ ္ ၃)

အဆိပ ု ါလႊတ္ေတာ္တစ္ရပ္စအ ီ တြက္ ဥကၠ႒တစ္ဦးစီအား ေရြးေကာက္တင္ေျမွာက္ ၿပီး ဥကၠ႒ႏွစ္ဦးသည္ ျပည္ေထာင္စုလႊတ္ေတာ္ နာယကအျဖစ္ လေပါင္း ၃ဝ စီ အလွည့္က် တာ၀န္ထမ္းေဆာင္ရပါသည္။

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trsdK;om;vTwfawmf ၂၂၄ ဦး (လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္) ကို ယ္ ပို င္ အု ပ္ ခ ်ဳပ္ ခ ြ င့္ ရ တို င္း သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ ကို ယ္ ပို င္ အုပခ ္ ်ဳပ္ခြငရ ့္ ေဒသတစ္ခစ ု မ ီ ွ ကိယ ု စ ္ ားလွယ္ တစ္ဦးစီ အပါအ၀င္ တုိ င္းေဒသႀကီး သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ ျပည္ န ယ္ တစ္ခုစီလွ်င္ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ၁၂ ဦးက်စီ တူညီစြာျဖင့္ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ၁၆၈ ဦး မွာ ေရြး ေကာက္တင္ေျမွာက္ ခံရသူမ်ားျဖစ္သည္။ တပ္ မေတာ္ ကာကြ ယ္ေ ရးဦး စီး ခ်ဳပ္ က တပ္ မေတာ္ သားကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ၅၆ ဦးကို အမည္စာရင္း တင္ သ ြား သ ည့္ အ တ ြ က္ တုိ င္းေ ဒ သ ႀ ကီး သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ ျပည္နယ္တစ္ခုစီလွ်င္ တပ္မေတာ္သား အမ်ဳိးသား လႊတ္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ၄ ဦး က်စီ ပါ၀င္ပါသည္။ (အမ်ဳိးသားလႊတ္ေတာ္ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲ ဥပေဒ၊ပုဒမ ္ ၃)

wkid ;f a'oBuD; okrYd [kwf jynfe,fvw T af wmf 14 &yf တုိ င္းေဒသႀကီး သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ ျပည္ န ယ္ လ ႊ တ္ေ တာ္ အ သီး သီး အား တ စ္ ၿ မိ ဳ ႕ န ယ္ လ ွ ် င္ ကို ယ္ စားလွ ယ္ ၂ ဦး က်စီ ျ ဖင့္ ဖြဲ ႕ စည္း ထားသည္ ။ ထု ႔ိေ ၾကာင့္ ၎လႊ တ္ေ တာ္ အ သီး သီး ရွိ ကို ယ္ စား

လွ ယ္ ဦးေရသည္ သက္ ဆို င္ ရာ တို င္းေ ဒသႀကီး သို႔မဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္ရွိ ၿမိဳ႕နယ္ အေရအတြက္ေပၚ တြင္ မူတည္ပါသည္။

ဖြဲ ႕ စည္း ထားသည့္ သမၼ တ ေရြး ခ်ယ္ တ င္ေ ျမွာ က္ ေရးအဖြဲ ႕ မွ ေရြး ခ်ယ္ တ င္ေ ျမွာ က္ ျ ခင္း ျဖစ္ သ ည္ ။ (ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံဥပေဒ၊ ပုဒ္မ ၆၀)

ေရြးေကာက္ တ င္ေ ျမွာ က္ေ သာ ကုိ ယ္ စားလွ ယ္ မ ်ား အျပင္ တုင ိ ္းေဒသႀကီး သုမ ႔ိ ဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္ အသီးသီး တြင္ လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ စုစုေပါင္း၏ ၃ ပံု ၁ ပံု မွာ တပ္မေတာ္သား ကိုယ္စားလွယ္မ်ား ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ သက္ဆိုင္ရာ တုိင္းေဒသႀကီး သို႔မဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္ အျဖစ္ သတ္ မ ွ တ္ ျ ခင္း ခံ ရ ၿပီး သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ အဆို ပ ါ တုိင္းေဒသႀကီး သို႔မဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္အတြင္းမွာပင္ ကိုယ္ပိုင္အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ခြင့္ရ စီရင္စု ရရွိၿပီးေသာ တုိင္းရင္း သား လူမ်ဳိးမ်ားမွအပ က်န္တုိင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ဳိးမ်ား အနက္ ႏို င္ ငံေ တာ္ ရ ွိ လူ ဦးေရ စု စုေ ပါင္း ၏ ၀.၁ ရာခို င္ ႏ ႈ န္း ႏွ င့္ အထက္ ရ ွိေ ၾကာင္း ေရြးေကာက္ ပ ြဲ ေကာ္မရွင္က သတ္မွတ္ေသာ တိုင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ဳိး အသီး သီး က လူ မ ်ဳိး တစ္ မ ်ဳိး လွ ် င္ တို င္းေဒသႀကီး သို႔မဟုတ္ ျပည္နယ္လႊတ္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ၁ ဦးက်စီ ေရြးေကာက္တင္ေျမွာက္ပါသည္။

ဥပေဒျပဳလႊ တ္ေ တာ္ မ ်ား၏ သက္ တ မ္း မွာ ၅ ႏွ စ္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ ထုိ႔ေၾကာင့္ အေထြေထြေရြးေကာက္ပြဲ မ်ားအား ၅ ႏွစ္တစ္ႀကိမ္ က်င္းပရျခင္း ျဖစ္သည္။

wd k i f ; a'oBuD ; ok d Y r [k w f jynf e ,f v T w f a wmf a&G;aumufyJG Oya'?yk'r3) ျပည္ေ ထာင္ စု ျမန္ မာႏို င္ ငံေ တာ္ ၏ သမၼ တ အား ျပည္ေ ထာင္ စု လ ႊ တ္ေ တာ္ ကို ယ္ စားလွ ယ္ မ ်ားျဖင့္

rJqE¼&iS rf sm;\ wm0efEiS hf tcGit hf a&;rsm; ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲမတိုင္မီ မဲဆႏၵရွင္စာရင္းကို ကပ္ထား ေၾကညာသည့္ အခ်ိန္တြင္ ထိုမဲဆႏၵရွင္စာရင္း၌ မိမိ အမည္ ပါ၊ မပါ သြားေရာက္စစ္ေဆးၾကည့္႐ႈရမည္။ အသက္ ၁၈ ႏွစ္ျပည့္ၿပီး မဲဆႏၵရွင္တိုင္းသည္ ဆႏၵမဲ ေပးခြင့္ ရွိသည္။ “ႏို င္ ငံ သားတို င္း သည္ ဖြဲ ႕ စည္း ပံု အေျခခံ ဥ ပေဒ၊ သက္ ဆို င္ ရာ ဥ ပေ ဒ မ ်ားႏ ွ င့္ မ ဆန္ ႕က်င္ လွ ်င္ ျ ပ ည္ သူ ႔ လ ႊ တ္ေ တာ္ ၊ အ မ ် ဳိး သား လ ႊ တ္ေ တာ္ ၊ တုိ င္းေဒသႀကီး လႊ တ္ေ တာ္ သို ႔ မ ဟု တ္ ျပည္ န ယ္ လ ႊ တ္ေ တာ္ တ စ္ ရ ပ္ ရ ပ္ တ ြ င္ ေ ရ ြးေ ကာ က္ တင္ေ ျမွာ က္ ခ ြ င့္ ႏ ွ င့္ ေရြးေကာက္ တ င္ေ ျမွာ က္ ခံ ပို င္ ခြင့္ရွိသည္။ [ ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံဥပေဒ၊ ပုဒ္မ ၃၆၉ (က)” ]

MYANMAR ELECTION 2015 8th NOVEMBER @ MYYangon

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Restaurants

Aye Chan Khaing

Pwel Taw Oak by Karaweik Palace (Myanmar) When you vist Yangon, you will certainly visit Karaweik Oo Yin Kabar (Karaweik Gardens). Within Karaweike Oo Yin Kabar you will find Karaweik Palace, and within the palace a splendid lunch menu. Karaweik Palace has three lunch options, Pwel Taw Oak (Myanmar set menu for four), Daung Lan (Myanmar set menu for two) and International dishes. The set menu for four is 35,000 Kyats which is very good value for Yangon. This set menu, Pwel Taw Oak, contains 13 side dishes on two big circular trays on a stand and four meat dishes. There is also complementary Shan Yoe Yar (Shan) Myanmar’s very first Shan-style fine dining restaurant, Shan Yoe Yar, is in an attractively redecorated centuryold teak mansion.

rice and soup. The side dishes include Mawlamyaing bean curd salad, deep fried fish, fried vegetables, brinjal, bean, fried roselle, and pawn with gourd. Whilst you eat you can enjoy a traditional puppet show and traditional singing. So, you can come with family, friends and foreign guests as an introduction to tasty Myanmar food and traditional performing.

also come to the dinner which has a special cultural show”. You can order the Daung Lan (the set menu for two people) or an Individual lunch which will cost 9,000 Kyats per person. Both options

contain a meat main dish and side dishes. With the great food and better prices even more and more locals are coming for lunch. Pwel Taw Oak - four persons 35,000 Kyats Open Daily – 11am to 3pm

This idea is backed up by Ma Su Nandar Win (the Sales & Reservation Manager), she says, “This is Myanmar, so we serve tasty Myanmar food. Many foreigners come for the Myanmar lunch. They

vegetables in banana leaf). Personally I like the steamed fish, however the Kyaing Tong Meeshay (Shan-style

noodles with pickled mustard, dried soybean powder soup) is generally considered the top dish.

6am to 10pm, Wa Dan Street, Lanmadaw Township, 01 221524

Shan Yoe Yar only offers authentic Shan food. The menu includes almost all the traditional Shan dishes like eggplant soup, potato croquettes, and crispy fried leek roots which are served with rice. There is also Sa Kon (a traditional beef salad), Sa Ta Lu (Shan-style pork salad), Mine Tauk (an eggplant curry) and Inle Hinn Htoke (steamed chicken and Shan

The House of Memories (Myanmar) The House of Memories contains the office of the late Myanamar national hero, General Aung San. Meetings of the Burmese Independence Army (BIA) were held there and the original furniture and other items have been kept.

The House of Memories serves a variety of Myanmar traditional food, including Nan Pya, an Indian style flat bread, which was the favourite food of General Aung San. Chinese Cuisine and Western

dishes are also available. Every day from 6 pm to 8 pm, there is a happy hour where drinks are 50% off.

01 525 195, 01 534 242, 09 731 914 98, 09 528 3327 houseofmemories9@gmail.com 11am to 11pm

No. 290, U Wizara Road, Kamaryut Township

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Yomma Annawar Rakhine Shop (Min Lan Group) (Rakhine) Opened in August, this shop is different from other Rakhine restaurants in that they sell products from the Yomma Forest (Near the Bago division) and their seafood is specially cooked. Their special dishes are spicy fish soup, fisherman’s curry, and spicy crab, as well as wild boar curry and deer curry. A curry of wild boar or deer with rice is 2,500 kyats and pawn curry with rice is 7,000 kyats, so why not pick both and you can choose your favorite.

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This shop predominantly sells curry with rice; however, there are a few side dishes such as mushroom curry soup, Rakhine brinjal soup, and Ngapi sauce with the vegetables. Open Daily- 10am to 4pm No.24, Corner of Bo Sein Mahn Street and Nga Mauk Street, Kyikekasan Quarter, Bahan Tsp 09 263 52 6300, 09 78 996 3700

Fudodo Shan Restaurant (Shan) This restaurant is clean and relaxing. You can find it easily on Hledan Main Road, near the school. The

owner comes from Northern Shan state, Muse city; she makes Shan traditional foods by herself.

After you eat their catfish hot pot, it will be your favorite. This spicy Hot Pot, called the Malar Hot Pot, is very cheap (1,500 Kyats). They also serve Shan noodles, salad, soup, Malar curry, fried noodles, fried rice, chicken feet salad, Yunan pork head salad and much more. Another top dish is the Malar potato salad, which is a Chinese dish. These salad potatoes are served with peanut, soy bean, sesame and green chili. The

restaurant can sit about 40 people. 8am to 9pm Hledan Road, (in front of B.E.H.S No.5), Kamayut Tsp, 09 517 467

No 105/107, Khayaybin Road, Dagon Township 01 122 0616, 09 730 299 73,

09 7310 8608, 09 540 9469, 09 732 424 10

A range of drinks are on offer including traditional liquor, jelly lime juice, ice coffee, J- Cup Shake, and Peal Milk Shake. Drinks cost about 1,000 Kyats apart from the traditional liquor which is 2,500 kyats.

Open Daily 1pm to 8pm No. 58, Shan Khone Street, Myanigone, Sanchaung Tsp, 09 240 0808

Padonmar Restaurant (Myanmar) Padonmar (Lotus Flower) is a grand looking restaurant which offers Myanmar fine dining. The commitment is to promote Myanmar Cuisine as a fine dining option and not just as ‘street side’ food. The restau-

rant has a lot of seating both inside and out and hosts many tour groups during the tourist season. Padonmar serves both Myanmar and Thai Cuisines. Two of their most famous dishes are Thai style Tom Yam Koong and Talapaw – a traditional Karen soup made with fish. The menu includes several Myanmar cuisines including curries which they deliberately use less oil in to make them healthier and more suited to international tastes.

Chin Ngan Satt (Food & Drink) (Kachin) This Kachin restaurant has recently opened on Shan Khone Street near to the Balzon building. People know that a cousin of Myanmar singer star, Ar-T, opened this shop. Chin Ngan Satt, means sour, salty and spicy. Like most of the Kachin restaurants in Yangon the tastes are different in the extreme. @ MYYangon

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On the menu is pounded papaya, spicy egg salad, Kachin steamed fish, and spicy flat noodles salad. Overall there are 20 items to choose from. A personal favourite are the fried pan rolls with vegetables, pawns, potatoes, fish or glutinous rice. The rolls have a fresh flavour to fit any palate and will cost between 1,500 - 2,500 Kyats.

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Ko Bo San

(Bo Bo Entertainment) Aye Chan Khaing

Ko Bo San has worked in the Myanmar entertainment market for 15 years, he is the main person behind Bo Bo Entertainment, Bo Bo Music Production, Bo Bo Film Production and also Advertising. He has been involved in the Myanmar music scene since 1998. His friends lead Myanmar Hip Hop, for example Acid; the pioneer Myanmar Hip Hop Singer group, and Sai Sai Kham Leng; the famous Myanmar singer/star. We talked about art, and the development of Myanmar’s entertainment industry. “My hobby is music and I was a friend of Yan Yan Chan (a Myanmar Hip Hop Singer), we were classmates. We started holding an event called the ‘Tea Party’ in the afternoons. This

was the start of Bo Bo Entertainment. The Tea Party hosted DJs and contemporary dancers (who were very scarce in those days). Sai Sai Kham Leng, Annaga (the 1st generation of Myanmar hip hop singers) and Myo Kyawt Myaing (singer/composer) came to the Tea Party events in 1998. Acid (the Pioneer Hip Hop singer group) had not yet released a music album, they were underground and new. At that time the most famous celebrity party group were makeup artists, for example Taw Win Thu May Oo Maung and December Hnin. We waited for a date when they were all free and arranged a party”, said Ko Bo San.

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Because entertainment was rare at that time and there were only a few singers, people were excited to see the show. Access to performances have changed since then “Now, almost all singers go to the shopping centers for promotions. So, people go to the shopping centers.” By 2004 he was both arranging music shows and producing music under Bo Bo Music Production. One of the first albums was “Yee Sar (Boyfriend)” released by Shwe Htike and Khin Bone. Another famous album was “Examplez Live Show”; a live show album by the boy band Examplez. It was the first live show album for Bo Bo Music Production and was very well received. In 2004, he started film production with director Nyi Nyi Htun Lwin. But it was not professional and only a test production. Now, he has decided to produce films as a producer. Right now he is making a film with Phway Phway (actress) and another movie with the singer stars Hlwan Paing and Yair Yint Aung. He produces a video movie per month and four films per year. Ko Bo San says the reason he chooses singers as actors is, “The audience will get a one-off taste. If these movies are good or not, we will know after distribution. But, I believe the audience will like these movies. The entertainment market is down; so I am not producing too much. Because the audience buys only if they actually like it. Everybody likes love songs right now. But, if you want success in the entertainment business it will take time. Currently there is a large amount of copy songs and illegal recordings; if this problem is stopped business will improve. Some singers are selling online but it is not too easy in Myanmar at this time. Some websites give free links and not everybody can use a credit card in Myanmar. So, we need to wait for online selling.” After over 15 years in this field, he has had to develop and change himself to keep up. Overall he believes for this market in Myanmar to be properly developed, it will need better copyright laws. He also feels that to work in this field you must be actually interested in and love entertainment, because it takes a long time for success. The Tea Party was held on Sundays every week. “We certainly celebrated!” Ko Bo San continued, “Clubs and entertainment places were rare in 1998. Everybody went to Bogyoke market when they had free time.” In 2000 he organized his first music show. “I organized the Iron Cross show in Mya Yeike Nyo hotel, Bahan Township. The show’s title was New Century (Yar Su Thit) and included fashion modeled by Lay Phyu, Ah Nge and MyoGyi. We partnered with Ko John Lwin (Star model agency) for the event. I remember that date, Valentine’s Day Eve, February 13. We received unexpected encouragement.”

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Now he is producing the film, “The Storm Kiss Me (Ngar Ko Nan Tae Mhone Tie) ” which will be released on the 15 year Anniversary of Bo Bo Entertainment and Music Production. Bo Bo Music Production are always looking for new talent and if you are interested in music or want to release a music album please get in touch. NO (34), (101) Street, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp 01 201 150 , 09 550 0400 boboentertainment.ygn@gmail.com bobo.music.production@gmail.com

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Zaw Min Lay ယခုဆိုရင္ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ႀကီးမွာ လူဦးေရ ခုႏွစ္သန္းေက်ာ္လာၿပီျဖစ္လို႔ တစ္ႏွစ္မွာ အိပခ ္ န္းလိအ ု ပ္ခ်က္က အိမခ ္ န္းေပါင္း သံုးေသာင္းျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အခုဆရ ို င္ တစ္ႏစ ွ ္ ကို အိမ္ခန္းေပါင္း တစ္ေသာင္းေလာက္ပဲ ျဖည့္ဆည္းႏိုင္လို႔ အလ်ဥ္မမီပါဘူး။ ေျမေစ်းႀကီးျမင္မ ့ က ႈ လည္း အံမ ့ ခန္းေအာင္ ျမင္တ ့ က္ေနပါတယ္။ အိမျ္ ခံေျမ ေစ်းဟာ အိမ္နီးခ်င္း ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံထက္ ႏွစ္ဆခန္႔ ျမင့္တက္ေနရာက ယခုဆိုရင္ ေဒသတြင္း ႏိင ု င ္ မ ံ ်ားထက္ အဆ ၂ဝေက်ာ္၊ အေမရိကန္ နယူးေယာက္ၿမိဳ႕ရဲ႕ ေျမေစ်းနဲ႔ နင္လား၊ ငါလား၊ ေျပာလို႔ရေအာင္ ႀကီးျမင့္ေနပါၿပီ။ ဒါဟာလည္း ေနရာအကြက္အကြင္း၊ လမ္းပန္းဆက္သြယ္ေရးနဲ႔ စီမံကိန္းအလားအလာေတြေပၚ မူတည္ၿပီးေစ်းႏႈန္းေတြ ေခါင္ခက ို တ ္ ာပါ။ ဒါေၾကာင့္ ရန္ကန ု ၿ္ မိဳ႕ရဲ႕ သြငျ္ ပင္လကၡဏာမေပ်ာက္ေစဘဲ အစိမ္း ေရာင္နယ္ေျမနဲ႔ ဆိတၿ္ ငိမရ ္ ပ္ကက ြ ္ေတြ ကန္သ ႔ တ္ထားၿပီး ဒလ၊ သန္လ်င္၊ ေမွာဘ ္ ၊ီ လွည္းကူးအပါအ၀င္ ၿမိဳ႕သစ္တည္ဖ႔ုိ ၿမိဳ႕ျပစီမက ံ န ိ ္းေတြ ေရးဆြတ ဲ ာကို သိရပါတယ္။ ဒါဟာလည္း အနာဂတ္မွာ Mega City ျဖစ္လာမယ့္ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္အတြက္ ၿမိဳ႕သစ္တိုးခ်ဲ႕တဲ၊့ ဦးစားေပးခုႏစ ွ ခ ္ ျု ဖစ္တဲ့ အေရွ႕ေျမာက္ပင ို ္း၊ အေနာက္ေတာင္ပင ို ္း၊ ဒလၿမိဳ႕နယ္၊ သန္လ်င္ၿမိဳ႕နယ္၊ ထန္းတပင္ၿမိဳ႕နယ္၊ ေမွာ္ဘီၿမိဳ႕နယ္နဲ႔ လွည္းကူး ၿမိဳ႕နယ္တက ႔ို ို ဆိလ ု တ ို ာပါ။ ၿပီးေတာ့ ၂ဝ၃ဝ-၃၁ ဘ႑ာေရးႏွစအ ္ ၿပီး အိမရ ္ ာက႑ႏွစ္ (၂ဝ) ႏွ စ္ ရ ွ ည္ ဖ ြံ ႕ ၿဖိ ဳးေရး စီ မံ ကိ န္း လည္း ရွိေ နပါတယ္ ။ ဥပမာဆို ရ လွ ် င္ အစုိး ရ ဝန္ ထ မ္း မ်ားကို ဦး စားေပးေရာင္း ခ်ေပးမယ့္ ဒဂံု ၿ မိ ဳ ႕သစ္ ဆိ ပ္ က မ္း ျမိ ဳ ႕နယ္ က ဧရာဝဏ္နဲ႔ ရတနာအထပ္ျမင့္ အိမ္ရာစီမံကိန္းဟာဆိုရင္ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ရဲ႕ ပထမဆံုး ႏိင ု င ္ တ ံ ကာအဆင္မ ့ ီ အထပ္ ၁၈ ထပ္ အထပ္ျမင့္ အိမရ ္ ာေတြပါပဲ။ စင္ကာပူကမ ု ဏ ၸ ီ က ပံုစံထုတ္ေပးတာပါ။ ဒီလိုတန္ဖိုးသင့္၊တန္ဖိုးမွ်တအိမ္ရာအျပင္ တန္ဖိုးနည္းနဲ႔ လစဥ္ေပး အငွားခ်အိမ္ရာစီမံကိန္းေတြလည္း ရွိပါေသးတယ္။ ေလာေလာဆယ္ဝယ္ယူႏိုင္ဖုိ႔ကေတာ့ လက္ရွိေပါက္ေစ်းနဲ႔ အတုအပ အလိမအ ္ ညာမရွဘ ိ ဲ လက္ေရာက္ရယူဖပ ႔ို ါပဲ။ စီးပြားေရးသမားအခ်ဳိ႕က ေျမအေရာင္း အဝယ္မွာ ေစ်းကစားၾကတာေၾကာင့္ ေျမေစ်းဟာ ႀကီးျမင္ဆ ့ ျဲ ဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ ဒီႏွစ္မွာ ရန္ကုန္တုိင္းေဒသႀကီး ျပည္တြင္းအခြန္မ်ားဦးစီးဌာနက ထပ္မံတိုးျမွင့္ လိက ု တ ္ ဲ့ေျမခြနစ ္ ႏ ံ န ႈ ္းေၾကာင့္ အခြန္ေဆာင္ဖ႔ုိ ဝန္ေလးလာတာကလည္း ေျမေစ်းကို ေအးစက္ သ ြားေစပါတယ္ ။ ကန္ ထ ႐ို က္ တို က္ ခ န္းေစ်းေတြ က လည္း ဒီ လို ပ ါပဲ ။ ကန္ထ႐ိုက္ေတြမွာ ကုန္ၾကမ္းစရိတ္တိုးျမင့္သြားတာရယ္ အခြန္တိုးျမွင့္ေကာက္ ခံတာေတြေၾကာင့္ ေျမရွင္နဲ႔ပဲျဖစ္ျဖစ္၊ ဝယ္သူနဲ႔ အရစ္က်ႀကိဳပြိဳင့္စနစ္ပဲျဖစ္ျဖစ္ စာခ်ဳပ္ပါအတုင ိ ္း ကတိမတည္တာရွလ ိ ာခဲရ ့ င္ ယံၾု ကည္မပ ႈ ်က္ျပားသြားေစပါတယ္။ ဒါေၾကာင့္ အိမ္ ျခံ ေျမ ဝယ္မယ္ဆိုရင္

ပိုင္ဆိုင္မႈ အ႐ႈပ္အရွင္းကိစၥကို အရင္စဥ္းစားပါ။ ေျမအမ်ဳိးအစားဟာ ဘာလဲ၊ ေရာင္းမယ့္ဟာ အေမြဆိုင္လား၊ တစ္ဦးတည္းပိုင္လား၊ အေပါင္အႏွံ အ႐ႈပ္ အရွင္းရွိသလားဆိုတာ စစ္ေဆးရပါမယ္။ အရပ္စာခ်ဳပ္နဲ႔ အေရာင္းအဝယ္လုပ္ထားတဲ့ ရြာေျမနဲ႔ စိုက္ပ်ဳိးေျမေတြဟာ ျပႆနာျဖစ္ေစတတ္ပါတယ္။ ဒါေၾကာင့္ ဝယ္ယမ ူ မ ႈ န ွ သ ္ မွ် စာခ်ဳပ္စာတမ္းမွတပ ္ တ ံု င္႐ံုးမွာ တရားဝင္မတ ွ ပ ္ တ ံု င္ ဖုိ႔ အေရးႀကီးပါတယ္။ ၿပီးေတာ့ ပိုင္ဆိုင္မႈဆိုင္ရာ စာရြက္စာတမ္းအတုမ်ားကိုလည္း သတိထားရ ပါတယ္။ ေငြေခ်ေတာ့မယ္ဆုိရင္ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္စည္ပင္႐ံုးမွာ ေျမပိုင္ဆိုင္မႈမွန္မမွန္ သြားေရာက္စစ္ေဆးသင့္ပါတယ္။ စလစ္၊ ေျမငွားစာခ်ဳပ္ (ဂရန္)၊ ေျမခ်ပါမစ္ေတြနဲ႔ အေရာင္းအဝယ္လုပ္ရင္ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္စည္ပင္၊ ၿမိဳ႕ျပႏွင့္ အိမ္ရာဖြံ႕ၿဖိဳးေရးဌာနနဲ႔ ေျမရာဌာနမွာ တစ္ပတ္ ေလာက္ အခ်ိန္ယူေစာင့္ဆိုင္းၿပီး စိစစ္ဝယ္ယူသင့္ပါတယ္။ ေျမခ်ပါမစ္ဆိုတာဟာ အိုးအိမ္ဦးစီးဌာနက ၿမိဳ႕ကြက္အသစ္ေဖာ္တဲ့ေနရာမွာ မိသားစုဓာတ္ပံုနဲ႔ ေျမေနရာခ်ေပးတာပါ။ တရားဝင္ျပန္လည္ေရာင္းခ်ခြင့္မရွိ၊ ေနအိမ္အေဆာက္အအံုေဆာက္လုပ္ဖို႔ အေထာက္အထားတစ္ခုသာ ျဖစ္ပါ တယ္။ ေျမကြက္ (သိ)႔ု တိက ု ခ ္ န္းကို မသမာေသာနည္းနဲ႔ တစ္ၿပိဳင္နက္ တစ္ဦးထက္ပၿို ပီး ေရာင္းခ်တာေၾကာင့္ တရား႐ံုးမွာ ပိုင္ဆိုင္အတြက္ အမႈအခင္းျဖစ္ႏိုင္ပါတယ္။ ဒါေၾကာင့္ ပိင ု ဆ ္ င ို မ ္ ႈ မွနမ ္ မွန္ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္စည္ပင္သက္ဆင ို ရ ္ ာဌာနနဲ႔ ဆက္သယ ြ ၍ ္ သတင္းစာတြင္ အေရာင္းအဝယ္ အတြက္ ကန္႔ကြက္ရန္ ရွိမရွိ ေၾကညာသင့္ ပါတယ္။ တတ္ကၽြမ္းနားလည္ေသာေရွ႕ေနျဖင့္ အေရာင္းအဝယ္ျပဳလုပလ ္ ်ွ င္ အေကာင္း ဆံုးပါပဲ။

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Location - 27 Street Condo, Pabadan Township

Location - Near Juction Zawana, Lay Daung Kan Road, Thingangyun Township

Price - 7 LkS Agency- Shunn Lae Yaung Chy

Price - 22 lks Agency- Malikhuu

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Location - 3rd Floor, U Chit Maung St, Bahan Township

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KAUNG MYAT (Managing Director) 777 Lux Group Co., Ltd.

Aye Chan Khaing

How did you start your business?

What are the difficulties?

I was a singer from 2000 to 2009 in Yangon. After 2009, I started to step into the real estate business. I established 777 Lux Group Company in 2012. This company is a property development advisory and real estate business.

Every start up business has difficulties. We had so many difficulties when we started. But I could solve them with my business partners. We passed through the challenges successfully.

You started as a singer and then you changed to a business person. These two are very different paths. So, what are the challenges for you?

Let me know about of 777 Lux?

Yes, this is a different path. But art is the hobby I am passionate about and real estate is the most interesting subject in my life. Because real estate is something I am interested in, I can solve the difficulties and challenges. I do not look at it as a disappointment; I see just what I can learn and experience.

I have three partners Mr. Darrit Cho, Mr. Joseph Khoo and Mr. Stephen Lee. They have so much international real estate business experience. We all work extremely hard to be successful and we are similar in nature. The main business is property development advisory and real estate. Our purpose is to reveal good opportunities and chances, and also build

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international standard condominiums, serviced apartments, hotels, office towers, hospitals and schools.

How do you lead your staff? In my company, we have the best staff. I always say, we need to have experts who are loyal, not lazy, make an effort and think about other people. This gives a family mind set and breeds teamwork.

How did you balance your personal life and business?

is not enough to only have the personal life. More things are important. These things are basically money, success, life partner, family, health, education, current job, and friends; all these things need to be in balance for life. I mean, life needs to be passed like an exam, these are the subjects. You should be qualified in all of them. We live an unbalanced life if each of these is different. You can manage the time you spend on each by planning. It is the best way to manage life. If you can manage the time you spend on each important thing, you will not waste the time you have.

Are you living your dream? When I was a child, I had three dreams. First was to be a singer, second was to be an engineer, and third was to be a pilot. I really wanted my dreams to come true. At 18 years old; I chose to be a singer and I became a singer. My second dream didn’t fully come true but now I work together with engineers for construction and development projects. The final one is to be a pilot; I don’t know when it will come true. One day, I will be flying a plane and my dreams will be complete.

What is your business goal? My business is property development and real estate, so I want to become a successful developer and investor in the future.

What advise would you give young people about business? Be careful what business you choose. If it is related to your hobby that is best. So, you won’t do it grudgingly. If it is not related to your hobby, you will bare a grudge, lose interest, your motivation will drop and you will become depressed. Of course, you should carefully choose your carreer. And then, focus on how to achieve it and become an expert in the skills you need - that is very important. On your way you will need to work and study hard. It is all down to willpower. Your success will be dependent on that – the flame is possible, small or big. If you have great willpower; everything will be easy. So, I advise young people, “choose your best path and start on it with great willpower today.”

In life these should be equal and it is very important to balance them. Of course, we want to be successful in business, but at the same time it

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Each year, on the auspicious full moon of Tazaungmone (November), the eighth month of the traditional Myanmar calendar, Tazaungdaing Festival is held. Also known as the Festival of Lights, marking the end of the rainy season, it is a time of fireworks, lanterns and hot-air balloons.

Hla Phone Aung Photo: Kyaw Zaw Lay & Than Htwe Zaw Many houses and places of business display colored lanterns, open air lamps and candles to add more light to the festival. Many more lights are added to the pagodas. There is also a practice of eating Mezali leaf salads with the belief that it is medicinal if taken at this special time (at midnight) on the full-moon day of Tazaungmon . During the festival a carnival-like atmosphere comes alive with amusement rides, food stalls, concerts, and happy crowds. It is also a time when people offer robes and gifts to monks.

Celebrations Mathothingan A robe weaving competition between Myanmarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ten top weavers is held in front of Lord Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image at ShweDagon Pagoda. These robe-weaving competitions, called Mathothingan, to weave special red monk robes are also held throughout the country. During these competitions, held for two consecutive nights (the night preceding and the night of the full moon), contestants work nonstop from dusk until dawn.

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Kahtain Ceremony The offering of special red robes to Buddhist monks. It is held communally. In connection with the offerings of typical monk's robes, the donation of a kathina robe at this particular time is regarded as the most meritorious. Hot Air Balloon Festival Elaborate hot air balloons lit with candles are released to celebrate the full moon day, similar to Yi Peng celebrations in Northern Thailand. The tradition originated in Taunggyi, but in recent years, these traditions have also been transported to other parts of the country, including Naypyidaw, which holds an annual government-sponsored event. Prize money is awarded for the best decorated and highest flying balloons.

Satuditha feasts Satuditha feasts, which are open banquets, are hosted during this festival. On top of this alms giving, charity, paying homage to elders (gadaw) and visiting pagodas are also common. These activities are both religious and secular. Many concerts and other festivities, such as live performances of traditional dramas like the Yama Zatdaw, are also held between Thadingyut (the end of the Buddhist lent) and Tazaungdaing. Kyimano Pwel On full moon night, young men celebrate a custom called "kyimano Pwel", whereby they cause mischief by stealing or playing tricks on their neighbours. A common jest is to change the signboard of a restaurant with the sign-board of toilet.

Remember, remember the 21st to 26th of November. by Cliff Lonsdale In the UK each November we celebrate a firework festival. This generally involves a bonfire and a lot of waiting around in a draughty back garden, watching (from a safe distance) as someone’s dad struggles to ignite a succession of damp fireworks. After the disappointing whizz-bang-pops have finished we chew on sugar coated apples and discuss how much bigger, more dangerous and exciting fireworks used to be when we were younger. n fact it wasn’t until I witnessed the orgy of light and noise that is the New Year celebrations at Sydney harbour in Australia, that I realised I’d never seen real fireworks before. But even that spectacle fades into insignificance when compared with the phantasmagorical fire balloon festival that is Tazaungdaing. It’s a shame that Taunggyi isn’t on the itinerary of many tourists visiting Myanmar, as the capital of Shan State is blessed with one of the most pleasant climates in the country and has a wonderful laid back vibe. However most people bypass “The Big Hill” in favour of Nyaung Shwe at Inle Lake or the trekking regions of Kalaw and Pindaya. That all changes for one week in November each year when thousands flock to Taunggyi transforming the city into a riotous festival of noise, colour, explosions, and partying as Tazaudaing ’the festival of lights’ also known locally as ‘The fire Balloon Festival’ is celebrated. During the hours of daylight hundreds of gigantic hot air balloons (Ayoke) built in the shape of animals, birds, fish and even Pagodas are launched into the sky. Flaming torches are held underneath the paper and bamboo balloons until sufficient hot air is contained within and then with the balloons straining at their ropes they are delicately released to serenely soar soundlessly into the sky followed by the cheers and good wishes of the crowd left behind. As the sun sets, the alcohol begins to flow more freely, the music is turned up and the launching ground begins to buzz with anticipation. Things are about to get a lot more exciting, and a lot more dangerous. Under the cover of darkness people jostle to help light and attach hundreds of candles and lanterns to the side of ‘Sein Na Pan’ balloons before they are released. Hundreds of little flames dance in the wind around the balloons as they lazily spin and slowly ascend into the night sky, it really is magical, like something from a fairy tale. The ‘Nya Mee Gyi’ balloons, are the real draw of the festival however, and the main reason that many people have travelled to be here. These amazingly complicated contraptions are made up of a normal fire balloon, but have an added framework undercarriage packed with thousands of fireworks. As the balloon is released from the ground the fuses of the fireworks are lit and (if all goes to plan) a breathtaking display of fireworks is presented from below the balloon that builds in intensity the higher the balloon rises.

If the balloon successfully ascends and the fireworks go off at the right time then the crowd goes wild, and the pyro-technicians congratulate themselves on a job well done, this is a competition after all, with prize money in the many millions of kyat. However more importantly there are reputations to be upheld. The ‘fire-masters’ or ‘meesaya’ spend months designing and building their balloons and perfecting their fireworks displays and each year they get more and more elaborate. Unfortunately every year there are incidents when everything doesn’t go to plan, and sometimes balloons don’t behave as they should. Casualties and sometimes fatalities occur as revelers are packed in close together in the balloon launching ground and cannot escape if a balloon were to fail. There is a special viewing platform a good distance away from the launching ground that offers great but safe views, and authorities are working hard to make the festival a safer place. The best option to stay safe is to keep far enough away from the balloons and beyond the reach of the fireworks. Long after the last balloon has sailed over the hills to the east the dance music stages and bars remain open and the party continues into the early hours of the morning when the sun attempts to break through the thick smog of post firework smoke that blankets Taunggyi. The temperature can drop quite dramatically at night at this altitude so dress accordingly, also the launching ground does get quite boggy so decent footwear is advisable. Accommodation in Taunggyi is booked up long in advance for the festival, and the prices of rooms are temporarily inflated. So book well in advance, or just stay in Nyaung Shwe and commute to the festival.

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May Barani Thaw Miss Universe 2015 will be celebrated in December this year, in Las Vegas, Nevada,

USA. Myanmar will

be competing for the third time again since a 50 year absence. My Yangon meets May Barani Thaw to listen her excitement about the competition in the USA. Why did you enter Miss Universe Myanmar 2015? Miss Universe Myanmar has been running since 2013. I was a model at this time, so I did not enter. But I have always been impressed with the Miss Universe Myanamr competition since my childhood. This year I was given a chance and decided to enter the competition for Miss Universe Myanmar 2015. How did you feel, when you won the title? I felt very happy. And also felt sad. My first Miss competition was Miss People in 2013 (Miss People is organized by Myanmar People Magazine) and then I competed in Miss International Myanmar 2014. In these two competitions I won the second title (1st Runner Up). No matter how I tried, I always got second place. Now I feel better. Everybody wants to get the first. How will you prepare for the Final of Miss Universe 2015? My organization, Hallo Madam, has a plan for a camp in Thailand starting 1st of November with Miss Universe Myanmar 2016, Htet Htet Htun. I have less time for preparation. I have two months before the final. Because the Final competition of Miss Universe 2015 is in December. So, I will be trying my best for the competition. What clothes have you prepared? What do you think about National Costumes? It will be arranged by my organisation. So many designers want to support me. So, we will discuss it with organisation. The National Costume part of the Myanamr competition was won by Han Lay (Miss Universe Myanmar- Mandalay). They told to me I can use her dress if I want. But, if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want too I can ask the dress designer for a new one.

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How do you study for the question section of the competition? Can you say one as an example? I study about Myanmar in detail. Last Year in Tokyo, they knew about Myanmar but they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where it was located. I explained where it was to them. When I go to the USA, I will try to explain the ethnic diversity in Myanmar. And then update them about the Myanmar election. When a competition finishes there is so much criticism. What do you want to say about this? If it was last year, I would cry all the time. I was always sad and felt pressure. Now, I am not like this. When I took the place of Khin Wai Phyo Han (Miss International Myanmar 2014), some people said, I took her title by force. I was very sad at this time but this experience made me stronger. This year there was criticism as normal. In 2015, the organisation chose both the Miss 2015 and 2016 winners from Yangon division. This drew criticism about Miss Universe Myanmar 2015 final results. Whatever, I improved which is the best thing. When on Facebook, I never read the comments under my posts, I only look at the LIKE button. What beauty advice do you want to give your women audience? The main things are health and happiness. Try to live healthily and be at peace in your mind. In competition, I think only about happiness and focus to do my best. When we go on stage, we hear the news - who wins or not. I only focus on the best of the competition. Health and happiness can change into beauty. To Find Out More visit the Yangon Directory Website @ www.yangondirectory.com/myyangon

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Health & Beauty

Hello II | 28 Maharsocial Street,

Hledan, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 539 813 Iris | 570/A, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd.,Ward (8)| 01 664918, 09 421 066 911

Magic House | (Rm 1/B), Bldg 16,

Ariyta Maggin St., Ward (14), Yankin Tsp | 09 515 209 1

Spa Paragon | 51 (Rm 106), Shwe

Hin Thar Tower (B), Pyay Rd., Ward

(11) Hlaing Tsp| 01 507 344 Ext.112

Spa Listings

Central Hotel | 6th Floor, 335-337

Bogyoke Aung San Road Pabedan Tsp | 01 241 007 Ext. 533

1st Lady Beauty Salon | 1A/42, U

Beauty Box Spa | 14, Tamainbayan

Genky Physiotherapy Clinic | 285

Oakkalar Tsp| 850 001 7,

09 254 228982

Kyauktada Tsp. | 098 615 036

Zana St, Myathidar Housing, South 850 023 4, 09 506 662 2

Beauty Concepts | Unit-G11, No.231 Pyay Road, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 508 468, 01 508 469, 01 508 470

Beauty Choice | 65 Yae Kyaw Road,

Pazundaung Tsp| 01 200 720, 09 450 061 156

California Skin Spa | 32. B Inya Myaing Road | 01 535 097

Inya Day Spa | 16/2 Inya Road,

Road | 09 503 5556,

Mizu Aoi Health & Beauty Center

Road, Sayar San Quarter, Bahan Tsp

Boyar Nyunt Street, Dagon. Tsp

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Nacha Spa | Near City Mart, Shin Saw Pu Road | 094 211 65 929

Yangon Sanctuary Spa (Taw Win

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For the vast majority of the year it is best to dress light and airy in Myanmarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warm, humid climate. However, in the cool season, from mid-October to mid-February, it can get surprisingly chilly at night especially in the more mountainous regions, such as Inle Lake or Kyaik Hti Yo. The milder temperatures, also incidentally make shopping a much more pleasant experience. So whether you are off to the Shan Highlands and need a jacket or want a shawl to show off at an evening dinner, take a sneak peak at MY Yangonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to cool season shopping.

Jackets

Not appropriate for the heat of Yangon even on the coolest evenings but a must have if you are heading out to the hills where temperatures can approach freezing early in the year. Yangon has a surprising amount of retail outlets stocking and selling jackets so you are sure to find a size and style you like. Ko Tin Kyi Jerkin Shop No. 496 East B Bogyoke Aung San Market Prices: 9,000 to 25,000 Kyats Nugent Asia Co. Ltd. 01 665 929

MM Fashion L-10,2nd floor, Add; D2A, Thazin Street, 9 Quatar, Yuzana Plaza, Mingala Taung Nyunt Tsp Gold Yacht Co. Ltd. No.82, Twin Thin Tai Wun U Tun Nyo Street 01 684 126 Tell International Co. Ltd. Add: No. 113, Ananda Thuriya Street, 10mile, Saw Bwar Gyi Gone Ward, Insein Tsp 01 647 546

Sweaters

Similarly to jackets, a sweater is very rarely needed in Yangon but essential if you are heading up country in December or January.

Stuff Collection Add-1/2/3, 2nd fl, Yuzana Plaza, Mingala Taung Nyunt Tsp 01 860 0111 Ext: 2073

Ma Aye Khine Sweater Shop No. 697, East B Bogyoke Aung San Market Prices: 9,000 to 25,000 Kyats

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Long Sleeve Shirts and Trousers

Long sleeves and full length trousers are not only a warmer in the cooler evenings; they are also the first line of defense against those pesky biting insects. So even if it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that cold, if you are going to be near stagnant water then covering up is often a wise idea. Long sleeve shirts and trousers can be bought in almost all clothes shops

Shopping

Gloves and Hats Gloves are only really needed if you are heading far up into the hills, however, you do see then being worn to protect against arctic air conditioning on long bus journeys. Hats are likewise seldom needed to fend off the cold. However, they are often used to fend off the sun! Bote Sone (Daw) Rm 71, 1st Flr, Iron Market, Latha Tsp 01 212 066 Ext.335, 09 730 31938 Green Laurel Pharmaceutical Trading 189/195, Rm 4/B, 4th Flr, Pansodan Street, Pansoedan Office Tower, Kyauktada Tsp 01 391 569, 01 251 516, 01 391 120, 09 500 8329 Kant Kaw Pwint Rm 75, 1st Flr, Iron Market, Latha Tsp 01 212066 Ext.284, 01 202447, 09 73202447, 09 5077131, 09 5121736

Mee Pya Tite 12, 138th Street, Tarmwe Tsp 09 43073837, 09 5016768

Shawls and Scarves Probably the most suitable accessories as the temperature gets a little cooler, are shawls and scarves, especially as they can be made out of light Myanmar cotton and decorated with wonderful traditional patterns. They are also very versatile and can be worn both as an item of practicality or fashion. Ma Aye Khine Sweater Shop No. 697, East B Bogyoke Aung San Market Prices: 9,000 to 25,000 Kyats

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Zaw Min Lay ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ခန္းမနဲ႔နီးတဲ့ ၃၅ လမ္း (အလယ္) က ပန္းခ်ီျပခန္းကို ေရာက္ခဲ့ျခင္းျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ဝင္ေပါက္မွာ ဓနိ အမိုးေလးနဲ႔၊ မွန္တံခါးကိုေတာ့ သစ္သားျဖစ္တဲ့ မဒမတိုင္ သံုးၿပီး တည္ေဆာက္ထားသလို မ်က္ႏွာၾကက္က မီးေခ်ာင္းေတြကို ဝါးပိုးဝါးနဲ႔ ျပင္ဆင္ထားတာေတြ႕ရတယ္။ အခန္းဖြဲ႕ပံုစံအတိုင္း ပန္းခ်ီကားေတြကို ခ်ိတ္ဆြဲထားၿပီး အေပၚထပ္မွာလည္း ျပသထားတာျဖစ္လုိ႔ ႏွစ္ထပ္ျပခန္းလို႔ ေျပာလို႔ရပါတယ္။ အဲဒီ ပန္းခ်ီျပခန္းမွာပဲ ျပခန္းတည္ေထာင္သူေတြက တစ္ဦးျဖစ္သူ ဦးေနမင္းလတ္ကို ေမးျမန္းခြင့္ရခဲ့ပါတယ္။

ဧရာဝတီဆိုတဲ့ နာမည္ရယ္၊ အျပင္အဆင္ဆန္းတာ ေတြ႔ရလုိ႔ ေျပာျပပါဦး။

ဘယ္ အ ခ်ိ န္ေ လာက္ က စဖြ င့္ ၿ ပီး ဘယ္ လို ဖ ြ င့္ ျ ဖစ္ ခဲ့ တယ္ဆိုတာ သိခ်င္ပါတယ္။

ဟုတ္တယ္ဗ်ာ။ တကယ္ေတာ့ ကိုယ့္ႏိုင္ငံရဲ႕ အေငြ႕ အသက္နဲ႔ သဘာဝကို ခ်စ္ျမတ္ႏိုးတာကို ေဖာ္ျပခ်င္ တာပါ။ ႐ိုးရာကို မေမ့တဲ့ သေဘာေပါ့ဗ်ာ။

၂၀၁၄ ခုႏွစ္၊ ဧၿပီလက စဖြင့္ခဲ့တာပါ။ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ရယ္၊ မခင္ ခ က္ ခ က္ ခို င္ ရ ယ္ ၊ ကို မ င္း ႏို င္ ရ ယ္ သူ င ယ္ ခ ်င္း သံုးေ ယာ က္ေ ပ ါ င္း ၿ ပီး တ ည္ေ ထာ င္ ခဲ့ ၾ က တာ ပ ါ ။

အရင္က ျမန္မာ့႐ိုးရာလက္ရက္ကန္းထြက္၊ လက္မႈ အထည္စစ္ေတြ၊ အမွတ္တရပစၥည္းေတြ ေရာင္းတဲ့ လုပင ္ န္းႀကီး ရွခ ိ ပ ဲ့ ါတယ္။ အခုေတာ့ အႏုပညာပစၥည္း၊ အႏုပညာျပပြဲမွန္သမွ်ကို အသားေပးေပးတဲ့ ျပခန္း အငွားလုပင ္ န္းမွာ ကိယ ု တ ္ င ို လ ္ ည္း ပါဝင္ခၾဲ့ ကပါတယ္။

MYyangon _ issue 15

Art

ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲကို ဘယ္လိုစီစဥ္ၿပီး ျပခဲ့ရသလဲ။ ပန္း ခ်ီ ဆ ရာစံု ၊ အမ်ဳိး အစားစံု ပံု စံ ပ ါပဲ ဗ ်ာ။ ရန္ ကု န္ ၊ မႏၲေလး၊ ေတာင္ငန ူ ႔ဲ နယ္ေပါင္းစံက ု ပန္းခ်ီဆရာေတြရ႕ဲ ပန္းခ်ီကားေတြကို စုစည္းၿပီး ျပပြဲ လုပ္ေပးခဲရ ့ တာေတြ ရွိပါတယ္။ လူငယ္ပန္းခ်ီဆရာနဲ႔ ဆရာႀကီးေတြလည္း ပါဝင္ခၾဲ့ ကပါတယ္။ ဆရာႀကီး ဦး၀င္းေဖရဲ႕ Solo Show နဲ႔ ဆရာႀကီး ဦးလြန္းၾကြယရ ္ ဲ႕ ပန္းခ်ီကားအခ်ဳိ႕ေတာင္ တင္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အမွတ္တရပြဲေတြေရာ ျပခဲ့တာေရာ ေျပာျပေပးပါဦး။ ေတာင္ ႀ ကီး ျမိ ဳ ႕က ပန္း ခ်ီ ဆ ရာ ကို စို င္း မ်ဳိး ျမတ္ ရဲ ႕ ပန္းခ်ီကား ၆၀ ေက်ာ္ပါတဲ့ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ အသက္ ၆၉ ႏွ စ္ေ ျမာက္ ေမြးေန႔ အ ထိ မ္း အမွ တ္ ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲ၊ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးေန႔ ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲ၊ ကြယ္လြန္သူ မဂၢ ဇ င္း သ႐ု ပ္ေ ဖာ္ ပန္း ခ်ီ ဆ ရာႀကီးေတြ ျဖစ္ တဲ့ ဆရာဝသု န္ ၊ ဆရာစံ တိုး ၊ ဆရာေမာင္ေ မာင္ သို က္ ၊ ဆရာတင္ေ မာင္ ျ မင့္ တို ႔ ရဲ ႕ ျမႇားနတ္ေ မာင္ မဂၢ ဇ င္း သ႐ုပ္ေဖာ္ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲ။ ျပခန္း တစ္ႏွစ္ျပည့္ ႏွစ္ပတ္ လည္ ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲေတြ ရွိခဲ့ပါတယ္။ မၾကာေသးခင္ က ျမန္ မာႏို င္ ငံ ရဲ ႕ ေရေဘးအတြ က္ ပရဟိတလုပ္ငန္း ပါဝင္ခဲ့တယ္ဆိုတာ သိရပါတယ္။ ဟု တ္ ပ ါတယ္ ။ ခင္ မ င္ ရာခင္ မ င္ေ ၾကာင္း ၊ နီး စပ္ ရာ နီးစပ္ေၾကာင္း ပူးေပါင္းၿပီး ပန္းခ်ီစာနယ္ဇင္း သ႐ုပ္ ေဖာ္အဖြဲ႕လု႔ိ ေျပာရမယ္ပ ့ န္းခ်ီဆရာေတြနဲ႔ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ တုိ႔ ေရေဘးအလွဴပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲ ျပဳလုပ္ခဲ့ၾကပါ တယ္။ ဆရာႀကီး ဦးလြန္းၾကြယ္နဲ႔ ဆရာဝင္းေဖျမင့္တုိ႔ အပါ အဝင္ ပန္းခ်ီဆရာ အေတာ္မ်ားမ်ား ေစတနာထက္သန္ စြာ ပန္း ခ်ီ ကားေတြ တင္ေ ပးၾကပါတယ္ ။ က်ပ္ ၇ သိန္းေလာက္တန္တဲ့ ပန္းခ်ီကားေတာင္ ၁ သိန္းနဲ႔ ေရာင္းခ်ေပးပါတယ္။ ပန္းခ်ီကား ၂ဝဝ ေက်ာ္ပါတယ္။ အဲဒမ ီ ွာ က်ပ္ေငြ သိန္း ၂ဝဝ နီးပါးေလာက္ရၿပီး နာေရး ကူညမ ီ အ ႈ သင္းကို လႊဲေပးခဲပ ့ ါတယ္။ ဆရာမ ေဒၚသန္း ျမင့္ေအာင္ ကိယ ု တ ္ င ို ္ လာေရာက္လက္ခံေပးပါတယ္။ တစ္ျခားအႏုပညာပြဲေတြ စီစဥ္ျဖစ္ခဲ့ေသးလား။ အႏု ပ ညာနဲ ႔ ပ တ္ သ က္ သ မွ ် စီ စ ဥ္ေ ပးဖုိ ႔ ဝ န္ မေလးပါ ဘူး။ ပန္းခ်ီပန္းပု၊ ႐ိုးရာလက္မပ ႈ ညာ မကဘူး၊ ဓာတ္ပံု ျပပြဲ၊ ဂီတပြဲ၊ အႏုပညာေက်ာင္းဆင္း Solo Show၊ အႏုပညာသင္တန္းဖြင့္တာတို႔ စီစဥ္ ေပးခဲ့ပါတယ္။ မႏွစက ္ ဂ်ာမနီက ဂီတပညာရွင္ သံုးေယာက္နဲ႔ ျမန္မာ ႏိုင္ငံ၊ ယဥ္ေက်းမႈေက်ာင္းက ေက်ာင္းသားေလးေတြ ေပါင္းၿပီး ဂီတပြဲလုပ္ခဲ့တာ သတိရမိတယ္။

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MYyangon _ issue 15

Restaurant

Guide

Dining Guide

The best restaurants, cafes and gastro food for casual and smart dining

H Star for critic's choice N New Opening

Downtown

50th Street Bar and Restaurant | Western/Bar | 9-13 50th Street, Botataung Tsp | 01 397 060

365 Café | Café/Western | No.5

Thamada Hotel, Ahlanpya Pagoda

Café KSS | Café | 470-472,

Gallery Bar & Restaurant | Café/Bar

Kanpai | Japanese | 207 Bo Aung

Street | 01 253 126, 09 431 67288

ext. 6430 or 6431

739 599

Mahabandoola Road, Cor. Bo Sun Pat

H Cherry Man | Myanmar/Indian |

78/80 Latha Street, Lower block | 01 374 891, 01 389 705

H Coffee Club | Café | 232, Sule

| 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828

H Gekko | Japanese/Bar | 535

KFC | Fastfood | No. 375 Bogyoke

902 32

Yangon.

Merchant Road | 01 386 986, 09 431

Kinsakura Restaurant | Japanese

09 313 151 31

Aung Kyaw Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09

Pagoda Road (Inside E-city phone

Street (lower block), Botahtaung Tsp |

999 Shan Noodle Shop | Shan | 130 B,

Coka Suki Restaurant | Thai/Hotpot

Harley’s | Fastfood | 285, Ground

Road, Ahlone Tsp | 01 229 904 ext.

Ya Htar Road, (2) Ward, Lanmadaw

34th Street | 01 389 363, 01 384 779

H APK | Thai | 392-396 Shwebonthar

Street, Pabedan Tsp | 01 250 437

H Aung Mingalar Shan Noodle

Restaurant | Shan | No. 34 Bo Yar

Nyunt Street & Corner of Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | (no phone number)

H Aung Pyae Phyo Indian Foods

shop), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

| 104/108, Kyee Myin Daing Strand 229 905

514 7840

H Kosan Café | Bar | Branch 2-Café/

Tsp | 09 250 086 204

Latha Tsp | 01 503 232

Heaven Pizza | Pizza | 38~40, Bo Yar

722, 01 246 755

1383

Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 855

Fat Man Steak | Western | Bo Yar

Heiwa | Japanese | 207,32 Street

666

375931

Nyunt Rd, Dagon Tsp | 09 420 305

| BAK, Olympic Tower, 1st Floor, Bo

Floor, The Corner of 6th Street & Anaw

H Easy Café & Restaurant | Asian |

30A/C1, Bo Yar Nyunt Road | 01 220

Aung San Road, Pabedan Township,

H Green Gallery | Thai | No. 58, 52nd

Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 243 047, 01 243 639-41 ext. 32

Kyaw Street, Botataung Tsp | 09 421

(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp | 01

Bar-108, 19th Street (Upper Block),

H Linkage Restaurant | Myanmar/

Asian | 221, 1st Flr, Mahar Bandoola

Garden Street | 09 495 836 18, 09 430 529 16

Lotteria@China Town | Fastfood |

No 827, Corner of Hledan Street and

Mahabandola Road, Lanmadaw Tsp |

| Indian | No. 37th Street, Corner of

Feel | Myanmar | 124, Pyihtaungsu

India Kitchen | Indian | 297

Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

08 132

| 01 389 367

Lotteria@Central Tower | Fastfood |

H Frozee Gelatto Creamery | Ice

Ingyin Restaurant | Indian |

and 40th Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09

Dagon Tsp | 01 1233 874

number)

Mahabandoola Road (Middle block),

Bar Boon | Café/Western | Just

Avenue Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 732

Mahabandoola Road, Botahtaung Tsp

outside FMI Center, 380 Bo Gyoke

Cream | No. 23 Nawaday Street,

Bharat Indian Restaurant | Indian |

Fu-Rin Japanese Restaurant |

Junior Duck | Chinese | Nanthidar

Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 382 253

Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 211 702

Strand Road, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 249 421

Road | 09 420 321 058

356 Mahabandoola Road, Seikkantha @ MYYangon

Japanese | No. 210, Anawrahta Road,

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Anawratha Road (30th St) | (no

Jetty Compound, Pan Soe Tan Saikkan

01 230 3097

79/81, Room (001/002), between 39th 258 521 385

Marry Brown | Fastfood | 180-182, Mahabandoola Garden Street

(Middle Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 384 780

Dining

Maru Grill Restaurant | Japanese |

H Nepali Food House | Nepalese |

Peacock Lounge | Café | Sule-

Shiki-Tei | Japanese | Park Royal Hotel,

Pabedan Tsp | 09 402 552 245, 09 731

Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6456 or

| 01 250 388

134 Shwe Taung Tan Street (Upper

63, Bon Sun Pet Street, Lower Block,

09 420 308 350

423 86, 09 517 5640

Block), Lanmadaw Tsp | 011 221 568,

H Miyoshi Ramen | Japanese | 42/E,

Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 420 098 866

H Mondo | Japanese | 26 (B) Yaw

Min Gyi Street | 01 252 261, 09 450 066 782

Nilar Biryani | Indian | 216, Anawratha Road, Pabedan Tsp

Nooch Restaurant & Bar |

Shangri-La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda 6434

Phoenix Court (Si Chaun Dou hua) |

Chinese | Park Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

| 09 517 832 9

Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

Tsp | 01 708 685, 09 312 870 53

| 09 250 956 019

37th Street, Corner of Mahabandoola Road (middle block), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

Nan Yu | Indian/Cantonese | 81

Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 252 702

Road, Lanmadaw Tsp | 09 731 120 46

Road, Pabedan Tsp | 01 378 166

Botataung Tsp | 01 295 224

Nam Kham Shan Restaurant | Shan |

Corner of Anawrahta Road & Lanthit

Spice Brasserie | Asian Fusion | Park

Flr, 77 Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp

Saigon Baguette & Café | Coffee

372 822

Pot | 306, Level 3, Junction Maw Tin,

Rangoon Teahouse | Myanmar | 1st

Room K1, Upper Shwe Bon Thar

Oishii Branch 1 | Japanese | 98,

My Garden | Asian | Ahlone Road | 01

Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | Chinese/Hot

Japanese /Thai | No. 387/397,

H Monsoon | Asian | No. 85-87,

Theinbyu Road (lower block),

33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp

Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road,

H Sprouts | Salad Bar/Café | 68A

Shop | 11 Nawaday street , Dagon Tsp

Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Tsp | 09

Olive Garden | Mediterranean|

Santino Café |Coffee Shop | 18/A-1,

Sukiya Japanese Resturant |

09260171411

387 880

Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 311 350 26

Latha Street(Middle Block), Latha

170/176 Bo Aung Kyaw Street |

H Pa Pa Pizza | Pizza Delivery |

Yaw Min Gyi Street | 09 421 124 373 Parisian Cake & Coffee | Coffee Shop/Café | 46 Mahabandoola Garden Street (Lower Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 242 650

Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 01

Sharky’s Pansodan | Western/

Fine Dining | 81, Pansodan, (Lower Middle Block) Kyauktada Tsp | 09

264 589 615, 01 252 702, 01 370 971

H Shiawase | Sushi | 38/40 A1 Bo

Yar Nyunt Street | 09 492 591 84

421 102 223

Japanese | 42/B, Yaw Min Gyi

H Sule Shangri -La Café | Bakery/

Café | Shangri La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6421, 6422

H Summer Palace | Chinese |

Sule Shangri La, 223 Sule Pagoda

Road | 01 242 828 ext: 6428, 6429

MYyangon _ issue 15

Sushi Itchi | Japanese | No. 105,

Tin Tin | Bar | No. 116 - 118,

After Work Bistro and Bar |

Barista Lavazza | Café/Coffee shop

Tsp | 01 218 282

Botahtaug Tsp.| 01 559 548

Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 250

018 604 415

Phone Gyi Street, Lanmadaw

Bogalazay street (Middle),

H Sydney’s | Western Bakery

Toba Restaurant Café |

1st Flr, Shwe Dagon Pagoda Road,

Dagon Tsp | 09 254 095 451

(Order only) | 288/290 (Rm 106), MWEA Tower | 01 381 607

Indonesian | 15 Nawaday Street,

Tomo Sushi & Japanese

Thai 47 | Thai | No (153), Cornar

Restaurant | Japanese | 702,

Botahtaung Tsp | 095169215

Café/Bar | 31, A1, Shan Gone 400 753

| 16 Kyaik Ka San Road, Tamwe Tsp |

Barwachi | Indian | 37, Ground

H Agnes | French/Fine Dining |

Floor 1, La Pyayt Wun Plaza, Alan

Tha Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt

092535 00002

Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Kan Yeik Tsp, Yangon | 01 382 919, 01 382

Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp |

912

BBQ Chicken Restaurant |

09 511 6183, 01 251 302

** Alamanda Inn Restaurant | French

Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 250 613 329

The Blind Tiger | Western/Tapas

Union Bar & Grill | Western/Bar

Valley | 01 534 513

Billion Gold Restaurant | Fine Dining

Street | 01 388 488

the Myanmar Red Cross Building,

Ananda Coffee and Cocoa | Café/

pound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001

of 47th Street & Anawyahta Road,

| United Condominium, Nawaday

The Manhattan Fish Market |

Maharbandoola Road, Latha Tsp |

| 42 Strand Road, Left corner of

Botahtaung Tsp | 09 420 101 854

Seafood/Western | 44/56 Kannar

Ureshii Kitchen | Japanese |

41st - 42nd Street | 01 375 064

Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 224 810

Road, Ground Floor M.M.G. Tower,

111 Shwe Taung Tan Street,

| 60B/Shwe Taun Gyar Road, Golden

Coffee shop | Market Place by City

Fastfood | 44, Ground Floor, Pyay

| Yangon International Hotel Com-

Mart, Dhamazedi Road

Black Canyon Coffee | Coffee shop |

Asagiri Sausage & Restaurant |

International Hotel, Dagon Tsp | 01

Western | Corner of Kyun Taw Road

and Nar Nat Taw Street, Kamaryut Tsp

330 Ahlone Road, In front of Yangon 395 052

The Lobby Bar | Bar | Park Royal

Ya Kun Kaya Toast | Singaporean

Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

Corner of Narnattaw Road and

Astons Specialities | Steak House

312 854 39

Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp.

Café Bellagio | Western | 81 New

Aung Thuka | Myanmar | 17(A), West

544 930

Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road,

The Strand Café | Fine dining/

Western | 92 Strand Road | 01 243 377~92

The Strand Grill | Western | 92 Strand Road | 01 243 377

The Thiripyitsaya Sky Bistro |

Asian/Western | 20th Floor, Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung San

Road, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 255 277 Titu’s Indian Banana Leaf | Indian | 235, Ground floor, 32nd Street | 09 302 583 77, 09 312 854 39 @ MYYangon

MY Yangon Magazine

| 4th Floor, Junction Square,

Kyun Taw Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09

H Yhet’s | Japanese | 57, 37

Street (Lower Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 377 212

YKKO@Seikkantha Street- Also various branches | Chinese/

Thai | 286, Seikkantha Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 379 754

Midtown

Adamas | Seafood | No.14 ,

Kanbawza Road | 09-254 006 636

| 01 539 598

| Myanmar Plaza (HAGL), 3rd Floor,

Shwegondine, Bahan Tsp | 01 525 194

H AV's | Indian | Room A, Ground

Floor, No(76/80)(B), Banyardala Road | 09 254 345 381

Bangkok Kitchen | Thai | Kandawgyi Natural Park,Nat Mauk Road,Tamwe Tsp | 01 556 901 N

Bar Boon | Dutch Deli | No. 10K,

Shwe Taung Kyar Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 431 851 44

Brasserie International Restaurant

Level 1, Sedona Hote Ph 09 516 669 00 Ext :7714,7503

University Ave Road, Bahan Tsp | 01

Café Dibar | Italian | No.9, Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Yankin Tsp | 095 114 932, 09 599 6143

Cafe Napoli | Italian | No,287, East

Shwe Gon Dine Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 554 957, 09 420 207 233

Café Terrace 320 | Café/Thai | Corner of Pyay Road and Ahlone Road | 09 430 919 59

Dining

H House of Memories | Myanmar |

290 U Wisara Road | 01534 242

Ice Berry | Western | 230 Bargayar Road,

opposite Dagon Centre | 01 516 506, 01 700 680 - Various branches.

H Ichiban-Kan | Japanese | G17-18,

Gyo Phyu Street, Aung San Stadium

(North Wing), Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01 394 824

Jaspar House | Western | No. 54,

Ahlone Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 517 2589, 012 302 011

Jing Hpaw Myay | Kachin | 2B Kyun Taw Chatime (various branches) | Café | 29 B-002 Shwe Pyi Aye Yeik Mon

Housing, Bargayar Road, Sanchaung Tsp | www.chatime.com.mm

Cocoon Bar | Asian/bar | 22/24

Shinsawpu Road and corner of

Easy Café | Café | 24D Nar Nat Taw St, Kamayut Tsp | 09 250 141 098.

H Edo Zushi | Japanese | No.290-B, U

Wisara Road, 10 Ward Kamaryut Tsp | 09 259 040 853

Baho Road | 01 500 863

EK Enjoy Kitchen | Fast Food | 68-

Coffee Circles | Café | 107(A) Dham-

Street, Kandawkalay. 09 310 41 915

mazedi Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 525 157 N

Daren Bread | Bakery/Café |

No.57, Yawmingyi Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 253 522 048

B, Daw Thein Road & Bandar Gone

H Family Sushi | Japanese | A-27,

Rm# 104, U Chit Maung Housing, U

Chit Maung Street, Bahan Tsp | 09 731 194 56, 095 077 223

H Golden Duck Restaurant | Chinese

| Kan Taw Mingalar Garden Compound,

Street | 01 524 525, 09 420 247 034

H Kachin Agape Restaurant |

Shwedagon Pagoda Road | 01 240 216

Kachin | Shwe Pyi Aye, just off Bagayar

Golden View Japanese Teppanaki

09 421 167 008

Restaurant | Japanese | 23 Golden

Street (Closed Sundays) | 01 518 239,

View Tower (A), G3, U Aung Myat Street,

Karaweik Palace | Western/Asian

Karaweik Park entrance) | 018 619 194, 095

Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 459 222 222

Mingalar Taungnyunt Tsp (opposite of 080 466

H Golden Kitchen Tori | Asian fusion

| 135 Inya Road, opposite of Savoy Hotel | 01 511 418 N

Goya Restaurant | Western |

| Kandawgyi Compound, Mingalar

Kobe-Ya | Japanese | 615/B Marlar Street. Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 072 Kokine Bar & Restaurant | Asian/

Western | 32, Kokkine Swimming Club Lane, off Saya San Road, Bahan Tsp |

Daruma | Japanese | Yangon

FC Box & Food Desserts | Fastfood |

Hotel Esperado, Top Floor, 23 U

Dagon Tsp | 09 492 702 71

(Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001

Nyunt Tsp | 01 861 9486

Kohaku | Japanese | Chatrium Hotel 01 544 500

International Hotel, Ahlone Road,

Yangon International Hotel Compound

Aung Myat Street, Mingalar Taung

Dining Fukurou Japanese Resturant

Freshness Burger (Myanmar Culture

Green Elephant Restaurant |

Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 542 871

Park & People’s Square, U Wisara

Bahan Tsp | 01 536 498

| Japanese | No.81 (C), New University

H DiVINO | Italian | 61 University

Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 525 935, 01 505 247

Doremi Café | Asian/Western |No. 33, Nigyawda Street, Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe Tsp | 01 546 850

Du Fu Restaurant | Chinese | Level 2 |

Valley) | Fastfood/burger | People’s Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 323 160 61

Freshness Burger (Nawaday Road) |

Fastfood/burger | No. 18/D Nawaday Road, Dagon Tsp.

Myanmar | No. 37, University Avenue,

Gusto Café | Coffee Shop/Italian

095 411 253, 09 421 060 505

No 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp |

Ko Piteria | Café | No.23, A-1, Hledan Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09 730 503 61

| 150 Dhamazedi Road, Next to

H Le Bistrot | French | Savoy Hotel,

145 23

Tsp | 01 526 289, 01 526 298

Monument Bookstore | 09 362

129, Dhammazedi Road, Kamaryut

H Fuji Coffee House | Japanese

Happy Café & Noodles |

LE CELLIER | Wine Bar & Restaurant

Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 371 ext. 512561

Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 536 985

Pyay Road, Kamayut Tsp

| No.116, University Avenue Road,

Myanmar/Asian | 104(B), Inya

Rooftop, Novotel Yangon Max 459

H Furusato | Japanese | 137 Shwe

Haru | Japanese | 81 Kabar Aye Pagoda

Legacy Thai Restaurant | Thai |

| Chinese | 430/A, City Mart

H Golden City Chetty Restaurant |

Horn | Japanese Beef Steak | 36(A),

Le Planteur | Fine Dining/French | 80,

Bahan Tsp | 01 523 840

Tsp | 01 518 248, 095 414 526

01 513 404, 09 420 003 996

541 230

Sedona Hotel | 01 666900

Dynasty Bistro at Marketplace Marketplace, Dhamazeddi Road,

Gon Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 556 265

Indian | Padonmar Street, Sanchaung

Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 421 149 721

Golden Valley Street, Bahan Tsp |

Yawmingyi, Dagon Tsp

University Avenue, Kamayut Tsp | 01

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Lotteria @ Junction Square |

Oriental House Restaurant | Chinese/

H Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | Hot Pot/

H The Garden Bistro Signature

Kyun Taw Road and Pyay Road,

Kyaung Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 371 471

Road, Shwe Gon Dine, Bahan Tsp |

Corner of Kan Yeikthar Street,

Fastfood | Junction Square, Between Kamayut Tsp | 012 305 798

Lotteria @ Ocean | Fastfood | Ocean

Super Centre, Tamwe Tsp | 01 525 947 N

Lucky | Singaporean | The Best

Music Pub, Near Utopia Tower,

Kandawgyi Nature Park, Bahan Tsp | 09 513 775 3, 09 250 648 820

Manana | Mexican | Pearl Condo

C, Ga- 05, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 976150646

H Manpuku | Japanese BBQ | No. 30,

Dim Sum | No. 126(A), Myo Ma

Orzo Italian Restaurant Pool level |

Sedona Hotel | 01 666 900, 01 666 911 Pandomar | Asian | 105/107, Kha-YaeBin Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 538 895

Pepperoni Pizza | Italian | Union Business

Center (UBC) Annex B, Nat Mauk Road, Bo Cho Quarter Bahan Tsp | 09 302 583 99 Peppers | Western | University Avenue Road | 01 548 046

Port Autonomy | Gastro Pub | 22A,

Chinese | No. 18, Ko Min Ko Chin 01 559 339

H Shwe Li BBQ | BBQ | 485 Corner

of Pyay Road & Narnattaw Road. Kamayut Tsp | 01 535 394

Singapore Kitchen | Singaporean

Restaurant | Western/Asian |

Bahan Street, Near U Htaung Bo

Roundabout, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 488

H The Lab | Tapas | 70a

Shwegondaing Rd | 09 250 537 979

| Yangon International Hotel

The Pizza Company (various

001

1 Shopping Mall, Sanchaung

Compound, Ahlone Road | 01 216

Singapore Restaurant | Chinese |

330 Ahlone Road, International Hotel Compound, Dagon Tsp | 09 730 167

chains) | Italian | Dagon Centre Tsp | 01 534 036, 09 730 697 24 | www.facebook.com/

thepizzacompanymyanmar

88, 09 492 718 66

The Serenity Restaurant | Myanmar

09 253 710 651

Sport Bar | Bar | Yangon International

| 01 524 890

Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 018 603 215

Potato Break | Fastfood | Myanmar

216 001

H Tiger Hill | Chinese | Chatrium

H Min Lann | Seafood/Rakhine

Park | 01 241 103

Swensen’s | Ice Cream | Myay Ni

Tsp | 01 544 500 ext. 6294

hospital | 01 510 285, 09 431 251 52

Putao Resturant | Kachin | 30

09 731 817 58 | www.swensens-

H Mojo | Asian Fusion/Tapas | 135

Myay Ni Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 09

Sagawar Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 214 284 Marry Brown | Fastfood | 220, Shwe Gon

| 45 Baho Road, near Asia Royal

Inya Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 511 418

Mom’s Kitchen | Asian/Singaporean | Lay Daungkan Road (in front of Super One), Tamwe Tsp | 01 545 871

Mr. Sushi | Japanese | No. 330 Banyadala Street, Tamwe Tsp | 09 240 047 373

H Muses | Asian/Western | No.

485(B) Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 503 380

H Nacha Thai | Thai | 86 Shin Saw

Pu Road, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 510 731 Nervin Café and Bistro | Café | Karaweik Oo Yin Kabar,

Kandawgyi Nature Park, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01 541 188 N

New Kham Wai | Fastfood | Green

Leaf Hotel, S27, U Chit Maung

Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 860 3851 Off the Beaten Track | Café/Bar |

Kandawgyi Natural Park, Karaweik OoYin Kabar, Mingla Taung Nyunt Tsp | 095 416 437

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Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp |

Culture Valley, U Wisara Road, People's

Ground Floor Dammayone Street,

Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01

Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 504 932, myanmar.com

257 171 464

Swe Thai Restaurant | Thai | 34 New

Radio Café | Sandwiches/Western

Tsp | 01 704 067

| 30 Ma hlwa gone Street, Tamwe Tsp | Royal Garden | Chinese | Natmauk

Road, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Central Forest Zone, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 923, 01 546 202

Sai’s Tacos | Mexican | 32A Inya Myaing Road | 01 514 950

Salud Restaurant | Mexican/Latin

University Ave Road, Kokkine, Bahan

The Taj | Indian | B-9, Aung San

| No. 114/ B, Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp

Hotel, 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe

Tony Roma's | Steak House | No. 42-1, Sayar San Road (in front of Cafe SS), Bahan Tsp | 01 860 3907.

H Vietnam Kitchen | Vietnamese |

1A Phone Sein Road, Tamwe Tsp | 09 431 839 89

Stadium, North Stand, Upper

H Water Library | Fine Dining/

Nyunt Tsp | 09 252 451 353.

Manawharri Road, Dagon Tsp | 01

Pansodan Road, Mingalar Taung

Thai Kitchen | Thai | 126 (A-1),

European | Corner of Pyay Road and 221 721, 01 214 361

Dhamazedi Street & Inya Traffic

Western Park Restaurant | Chinese

613 400

Maha Myaing Kyun, Kandawgyi

Corner, Bahan Tsp | 09 730 377 99, 098

| Newar Bahan 3rd Street Bus Stop,

Nature Park, Bahan Tsp | 01 554 266,

American | 7(C) Ground Floor,

Thai Pot | Thai/Hotpot | 250 East Myin

Clover Hotel) | 09 731 136 01

610 393, 095 007 997

White Rice Restaurant | Chinese |

H The Coriander Leaf | Indian

01 556 837

Wingabar Road Bahan (Its next to

Samuri Sushi | Japanese | 4E/F

Ground Floor, Wingabar Street, Bahan Tsp | 09 730 818 71, 095 123 240 N

Secret Recipe | Cafe |

Shwe Gon Daing Ocean

Supercenter, 2nd Floor | 018604618

H Sharky’s | Western/Ice Cream |

117 Dhamazedi Road | 01 524 677, 01 373 009

Pyine Kwin Road, Tamwe Tsp | 098

| 12 Yangon International Hotel

Compound, Alone Road | 01 293 006, 09 431 850 08

The Emporia | Western/Asian |

Chatrium Hotel, 40 Natmauk Road,

01 553 931, 09 730 064 91

Nat Mauk Road, Kandawgyi Lake |

Win Star | BBQ/bar | No (27/30), Corner of Sanchaung Street &

Padon-mar Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 505 467

Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500 ext. 6253

H Xie Yang Yang (Xiao Long Bao)

The Fingers Food Garden | Myanmar

Tong (No. 4) and Baho Road | 01

| 55 Shan Kone Street | 01535350

| Dim Sum | On corner of Nyaung 502 582

Dining Lotteria @ Junction 8 | Fastfood

| G21- G24, Junction 8 Shopping Mall, Kyik Wine Pagoda Road, Myangone Tsp | 01 650 771

H Min Lan | Rakhine/Seafood

| No. 16, Parami Road & West of

Maykha Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 656 941, 099 926 959

Orchid Café | Café | Inya Lake

Hotel, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 019 662 866

H Parami Pizza | Italian | No

(11/8), Corner of Malikha Road and Parami Road, 7th Quarter,

Myangone Tsp | 09 250 292 074

Yamagoya Ramen Restaurant |

Aux Saisons | European/Fine

Her’s |Korean Food| 879, Pinlon Rd,

Quater, Bahan Tsp | 01 556 774

01 661 125

31452829

Pyay Road, 61/2 Mile | 01 525 403

Indian Tadka | Indian | 7(A), Pyay Road,

Ryukyu | Japanese | 76 Saya San

Japanese | 520 Uyin Street, Sayasan

Dining | 31/A Kan Yeik Tha Road |

H Yangon Bakehouse | Bakery/

BB Cake & Coffee | Café | 48,

Ground Floor, Kabar Aye Pagoda

Street, Yankin Tsp | 09 421 180 670

Café | Pearl Condo, Block C,

Road | 09 450 055 924, 09 250 178

Coner of Parami Road and Myint Zu

879, 01 557 448, ext. 818

Bo Bo Min Tea Garden

Zeal | Western/Café | No. 99, Myay Nu

01-8011102, 8011100, 8011102-4

Street | 09 731 272 80

Zephyr Coffee & Restaurant | Asian

| Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | (no phone number)

Café 47 | Western | 47 A, Pyay Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 651 774

Agora Café & Restaurant |

Mexican | 84, Kanbae Road

(Opposite Yankin Childrens

Hospital) Yankin Tsp | 09 301 989 68

H Acacia Tea Salon | Fine Dining/

Bakery | 52 Saya San Road | 01 554 739 Always Café | Café | Ground Floor,

Ga Mone Pwint Shopping Mall, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp |

6 ½ Miles, Hlaing Tsp | 09 420 187 010

Innlay Ahmataya | Shan | 8 Kyout Kone street, Corner of Thitisar Road

and Kyout Kone street, Yankin Tsp Kone Myin Thar | Myanmar | 69 (A) Pyay St, 71/2 Mile, Mayangone Tsp |

Epic Bar & Restaurant | Western

Kosan Café-Bar Branch 1 | Bar/Café |

Road | 09 518 6539, 095042916

01 503 232

Corner of Parami Road and Hninsi

Uptown

21/22 A, Pinlon Rd, Ward 29|

Ward 34 | 01 663636, 0943155647, 09

18, U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan |

Fook Mun Lau | Chinese | 102,

L’Alchimiste | French | 5 U Tun

Kabaraye Pagoda Road & Oak Pone

660 612

Nawaday Cinema Garden, Corner Of Seik Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 661

Nyein Street, Mayangone Tsp | 01

H Phai Lin | Thai/Chinese | 69,

Road | 01 554 748

H Sabai@DMZ | Thai | Inside Mya

Kyun Tha Park (Opposite Sedona Hotel), Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | 018 605 178

No:1201 ,Pin Lon Rd |093023595, 095007202

Shwe Pyi Moe | Myanmar Tea Shop

| level 3, corner of Ngwe Ni 13 Street, North Okkalapa Tsp | 09 421 006 237

839, 01 663 743

La Maison 20 | Fine Dining |

Frolick | Frozen Yoghurt | Kyun Taw

Mayangone Township | 01 664 204

Dining | 20 Malikha Road | 01 661 983

H L’Opera Restaurant | Italian

Taing Yin Tar | Myanmar | 5A,

Mayangone Tsp | 09 730 307 55

Parami Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01

Street, Junction Square, 3rd Floor | 01 527 242

Fuji | Japanese | Hanthawaddy Road | 09 515 147 76

20, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road,

| 62D, U Htun Nyein Street,

H La Tartine | French Bakery |

H Shwe Sa Bwe | French/Fine

Corner of May Kha Road and 660 792, 09 732 217 17

01 653 644, 01 653 660

Gangam Restaurant | Korean |

Pearl Condo A, Corner of Kabar

The Myths | Western Cuisine | 18

Andaman II @ Yankin | Thai/Street

Tsp | 01 650 689

| 01 557 448 ext. 858

Tsp | 09 431 688 08, 095 037 764

Bar | Yankin Road

Arirang Restaurant | Korean | Thiri

Mingalar Street, Hledan | 09 493 351 72

Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Mayangone

Aye Pagoda Road & Sayarsan Road

Thukhawaddy St., 6th Ward, Yankin

Gourmet Corner Restaurant |

Little Tokyo | Japanese | 10D,

The Seoul Korean Restaurant |

092 006 777

731 851 68, 09 731 789 46

848 88, 09 421 177 524

Myanmar | Parami Road | 01 667 449,

Kabaung Road, Hlaing Tsp | 09

Korean | 142 Parami Road | 09 492

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Bars &

Clubs

Nightlife Bars

Yangon has an expanding nightlife

Friendship Bar: No(135)corner of

Branch 2: No.108, 19th Stree

Off the Beaten Track: Kandawgyi

Cheap and cheerful

232 | Popular with tourists, expats

Mingla Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 541

Dhamazedi Road & Inya Road |

scene. No longer limited to hotel

Gallery Bar: Shangri-La Hotel,

now an emerging variety of places

01-242 828 ext. 6433 | Excellent

bars and beer stations, there is to party and socialise.

50th Street: 9/13 50th Street |

Popular with the Sports crowd After-Work Bistro and Bar: 31, A1,

Shan Gone Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 250 400 753, 09 420 239 822 | A

Level 2, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | Happy Hour with cosy corners Gekko: 535 Merchant Street, Kyauktada Tsp, 4th Quarter |

Stylish and discreet with excellent yet unusual Japanese inspired cocktails

new Sanchaung bar

Ginki Kids: 18 Kambawza Road,

Blind Tiger: | United condominium,

Relaxed atmosphere with cold

Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 388

488 | Open Monday - Saturday 5 pm till late open for lunch soon. Hidden speakeasy with cocktails and tapas. Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar: Savoy Hotel, 129,

Dhammazedi Rd Yangon | 01-526 289, 01-526 298, 01-526 305 | Casual yet classic

Cask 81: No 81, Kabar Aye Pagoda

Bahan Township, Yangon |

(Upper Block), Latha Tsp | 01 503 and locals for their cheap and tasty mojitos

Lobby Lounge: Chatrium Hotel,

Ground Level, 40 Natmauk Road,

Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500, ext. 6277 | A relaxed hotel lobby bar with garden views

Maru Wine Bar: 130, Shwe

Taung Tan Street (Upper Block),

Penguin: 12 Hlwa Gone Street,

Tamwe Tsp | Local hangout with good, cheap cocktails

Pool Bar: Yangon International

Hotel, 330 Ahlone Road, Dagon

Tsp | Lively bar with pool tablesopen late

Sapphire Lounge & Bar: Alfa

interesting wine bar

Tsp | Discreet outside rooftop bar

8 , 09 420 308 350 | Small and

Mojo: No.135, Corner of Innya

Ice Bar: Sedona Hotel, 1 Kabar Aye

418 | Popular spot with good

but getting there with dry ice and

6437 | A place to meet other travelers

Lanmadaw Tsp | 01- 122 156

beers

Pagoda Road | Not quite frozen

Natural Park, Karaweik Oo-Yin Kabar,

Hotel, 41 Nawaday Street, Dagon with great views

and Dhammazedi Road | 01-511

Space Bar: No.126 , Kabar Aye

events

and indoor rooftop setting

Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | Outdoor

a lively in-house band

Music Box: Yangon International

Sports Bar: 20 Pearl Street, Mya

Kosan Bar-Branch 1: No.18, 1-A

Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 730 364 33

Gyar Ward (2), Bahan Tsp | 09 731

U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan, Kamayut Tsp | 01 503 232;

Hotel Complex, No.330, Ahlone | A karaoke bar with individual booths and dance-floor

Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel, Shwe Taung 321 61 | Popular outdoor bar/ restaurant

Rd, Bahan Tsp | 09 254 083 981 | For whisky fanatics

Cocoon Bar: 22/24 Shinsawpu

Road and corner of Baho Road | 01 500 863 | Great views

Club Rizzoli: Chatrium Hotel 42, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01

544 500 ext. 6243/6244 | Private

party paradise with Cuban cigars,

karaoke and well-stocked sake bar Escape Gastro Bar: 31D Kan Yeik Thar Street, Mayangone Tsp | 01-660 737 | A Myanmar celebrity hang-out

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The Lab: 70A Shwegondaing

09-420 180 214 | Famous for

Club Rizzoli: Chatrium Hotel 42,

The Music Club: Park Royal Hotel,

winner of Yangonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bartenders

ext. 6243/6244 | Private party

Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388 |

Road, Bahan | 09- 250 018 200, 09-

their Moscow Mule cocktails and

restaurant with excellent cocktails

competition. Runs a good variety of

250 537 979 | A new and busy bar/

The Phayre: 292 Upper Pansodan

Road | 01 246 968 | A new, no-frills downtown bar

The Strand Bar: 92 Strand Rd | 01 243

377 ext. 92 | Historical spot with some excellent free happy hour snacks The Water Library: Pyay Road/

Manawharri Road intersection | A

swanky spot for high-end cocktails The Yangon Sailing Club: 132

events, including guest DJ nights Vista Bar: 168, Corner of

corner of the Myanmar Red Cross Building, Botahtaung Tsp |

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karaoke, live percussion band and in-house DJ

DJ Bar: U Htun Nyein Street, Yangon

bar with amazing views of Shwe

option

Tar Shay Street | Open-air rooftop Dagon Pagoda

Win Star Pub: 27/30, Corner of

Sanchaung Street & Padonmar

Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 505 467 | A Local and popular beer station with frosted beer glasses

Clubs

live music. Only open to non-

Union Bar & Grill: 42 Strand Rd, Left

paradise with Cuban cigars,

Shwegonedaing Road and Old Yay

Inya Rd | Beautiful lake-views with members on Fridays

Natmauk Rd, Tamwe | 01544 500

CafĂŠ Liberal: Nat Mauk Street,

| Loud music and a good up-town

GTR: 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | Popular with a young and hip crowd

themed nights; as well as regular nights with the in-house DJ

Please check out "Plot Ahead" for Nightlife events happening around Yangon.

Flr, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | Well-sized dance floor. Club

is spread out over four floors.

Entry fee (3000 kyats) includes a free drink

Pioneer: Yangon International

standing!

crowd with pop/club music

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Enjoy the occasional live band and

JJ: Mingalar Mon Market, 4th

Next to Chatrium Hotel | 01 551

774, 09 642 093 0 | For the last one

Basement One, 33 Alan Pha Phaya

Hotel, No.330, Ahlone Road | Fun

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