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MY Yangon... It’s a Monsoon! For many people the rainy season is a big bad bummer; terrible traffic, constantly soggy clothes, gray skies and the occasional piles of floating monstrosity bearing down on unsuspecting ankles. There is the infrequent smugness of being tucked up indoors as the elements play the wrecking ball outside. However, more often than not the rainy season is remembered by the one moment you somehow forgot your umbrella, you are stranded knee-deep in run-off, in a part of Yangon you have never been before, and every passing taxi just steams past with a splashing cackle - ‘Your wet keister in my nice dry taxi you must be drinking drain water mate!’ Adolescent analogies aside, the meteorological forces that conjure up this annual event deserve respect and should be mocked with caution. In no way was this more clearly illustrated than in 2008 when cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with such devastating effect. Even without the cataclysmic, the rainy season brings a spike in health issues, damage to infrastructure and often a slump in local trade. It’s a tough time of year.
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Your guide to surviving the rainy season in Yangon. Find out where to shop how to get around and more...
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The Sketch of Umbrella
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06 Street Style
26 Property
08 Plot Ahead
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10 We Love Township
38 Health & Beauty
12 Daily Life
40 Shopping
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42 Art
18 Kids
45 Dining
20 Trends
52 Night Life
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This year, however, just might be the hint of a turning point in Yangon; YCDC have started implementing new drainage plans, since last year’s rainy season communication infrastructure has leapt forward and plans are abound for future development. This might just be the last of the ‘rainy seasons’ as we know them. The change is rolling in just as surely as the monsoon storm clouds.
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from Japan, said, “50% of our clients are Japanese, 45% are other foreigners and the remaining 5% are local Myanmar people. There are so many foreigners living near our clinic, so they come for a massage. Most of them are European and Singaporean. We make their minds and bodies relaxed. A Reflexology and Physical Massage is strongly recommended for those suffering from stiff shoulders and back pains from long hours in front of a computer, walking on unconventional sidewalks and exhaustion from unfamiliar daily practices!”
Capital Supermarket North Dagon
水 葵 Mizu Aoi This brand new reflexology and finger pressure massage follows exactly the techniques of Hikari Reflexology, their main clinic in Tokyo. Their therapeutic reflexology procedures are designed to ease tension and inject energy into a customer’s body and mind in a rhythmic manner. As is widely recognized, the professional stimulation of acupunctural points effectively works on organs which helps blood circulation. With a smoother metabolism, the inherent healing power of our body can be strengthened. Mizu Aoi says “By each treatment, an individual therapist communicates with the customer’s body to unwind respective stiffness, stress and worries. After a professional therapy on all acupunctural points over the body, customers are sure to be relieved from ailments such as strong stiff shoulders, eye strains, dizziness, headaches, back pains, sciatic nerves, edemas, and stress”.
CHARM clothing No.9/10, Construction Compound. Yankin Road 6
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Japanese style massages effectively work from a medical point of view when therapists are properly trained by taking anatomy classes. The owner Ms. Mika Eoka, who is originally
The clinic offers a range of fantastic massages including a 30 minute foot massage for 7,500 kyat and they are currently offering a special discount on some of their treatments for their opening period. Treatment starts with pressing the acupunctural points in the soles of the feet, providing a massage around the knees and finishing with applying steamed towels to stir the blood circulation. Their Oil Lymph massages are also an effective way of drawing wasteful substances out of your body. The 45 minutes “neck shoulder and arm” massage is particularly soothing (11,500 Kyats) and, for the ladies, by detoxifying the wastes out of your neck and shoulders, your face will be sure to have a more shaped line and decreased skin draggings. Reservation 01-251344, 09-250197626 09-258454372 Open 11:00 – 23:00 Myanmar Therapeutic Room Mizu Aoi No.14, Ground Floor, 19A Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Township Yangon
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Real Estate Show Myanmar 2015 (29 june to 1 july) Tamadaw Hall, U Wizara Road
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2 Urban and City Planning Conference (june 30 to july 2) Myanmar Event Park, Shin Saw Pu Road, Sanchaung Township
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3 Nightly Live Music 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Kokine Bar & Restautrant No 32, Kokine Swimming Club Lane, Off Sayar San Road, Bahan
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Yangon University, Kamaryut Township
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5 Capoeira Class 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Institut Francais de Birmanie, Pyay Road
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Informed by the past, looking to the future conference (10 july to 12 july) Yangon University, Kamaryut Township
Salsa Night 9:00 pm Union Bar and Grill No.42,Strand Road, Botataung Township
Cocktail Night 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm B2O Bar and Bistro No.98, 20th Street, Latha Township
Japanese Food & 90s Music Classics 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm Gekko,No.535,Merchant Road, Kyauktada Township
Education & Career Exhibition (5th July to 8th July) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm MCC, Mindama Road, Mayangone Township
Salsa 8:00 pm I Salud Salsa Club (Latin Restaurant) No.7C, Wingabar Road, Bahan Township
Myanmar Phar-Med Expo 2015 (9 july to 11 july) 9:00am to 5:00 pm MCC, Mindama Road, Mayangone Township
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Public Holiday (Martyrs’Day) Try out Sunday Brunch at Inya Lake Hotel 11:30 am to 2:30 pm 37, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road 01 9662866, 9662857
Fight Camp Yangon Physical Fitness (Eating Healthy) No.103, Corner of University Avenue Road & Thanlwin Street, Bahan Township
Myanmar Echoes : Inside Heritage Homes (12 July to 9 August) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Myanmar Deitta, No. 49, 3rd Floor, 44th Street, Botatung Township
Lady’s Night, Exceptionally Red 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm B2O Bar and Bistro No.98, 20th Street, Latha Township
Food and Music Night Union Bar and Grill No.42,Strand Road, Botataung Township
Port Autonomy Friday Happy Hour 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm Port Autonomy, 22 A, Kabar Aye Pagoda
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Tuesday with movie 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Connect Institute 3A, Pansodan Business Tower ,Corner of Pansodan Rd & Mahar Bandoola Rd, Kyauktada Township
Auto Expo Myanmar 2015 (Myanmar International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition) (22 july to 25 july)
BBQ Night 7:30 pm The Rendez-Vous 340, Pyay Road,Sanchang Township
All you can eat Dim Sum Lunch 11:30 am Royal Pavilion Restaurant,No459,Pyay Road, Kamayut Township, Novotel Hotel Max
Miss Myanmar, Han Thi releases her mini music album on her 18th Birthday.
Austrade Education Exhibition 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Sule Shangri-La, No, 223, Sule Pagoda Road, Pabaedan Township
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Bando Kick Boxing Class 6:00pm Fitness Wharf Studio Ocean Center, Pyay Road, 9 Miles, Mayangone Township
Film deadline for & Proud film festival. A film festival that celebrates LGBT lives in Asia
Happy Hour at Novotel Hotel 4:00 pm Studio Bar, No459, Pyay Road, Kamayut Township, Novotel Hotel Max
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Mayangone Tucked away above Inya Lake is the sprawling township of Mayangone, an intriguing mix of lake-side restaurants and road side shopping malls – this is Yangon’s suburbia. Although far removed from the mania of downtown and more sprawling than its midtown counterparts, Mayangone still holds many secret spots for those intrepid enough to find them.
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Parami Pizza Pizza cooked from the heart - really fantastic. No. 11/C, Corner of Malikha St. and Parami Road 01 667449
L’Opera Italian Restaurant and Bar Beautifully set on Inya Lake, L’Opera offers French fine dining. The outside tables are the most picturesque, however in the monsoon season they are often off limits. That said the indoor tables are still nice and the food is expensive but good. 62 D, U HtunNyein Street, 01 660 976
L’Alchemiste (French Restaurant)
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Junction 8 Shopping Centre Yangon’s first and foremost Shopping Centre that contains a considerable number of shops including a super market, fashion shops, restaurants, and beauty salons. Throughout the year, sales festivals, stage shows, promotion events, charity events and lucky draw programs are often held in and around the centre. Myaing Hay Wun Condominium, Kyeik Wine Pagoda Road, Tel : 01-652909, 651092 , 651093 . Opening Hour : 9:00 AM ~ 9:00 PM
Hotel Yangon
Myanmar Gems Museum This austere looking museum contains various showrooms that exhibit traditional Myanmar artwork, paintings, stone and bronze images and other artifacts from Myanmar history. Opening Hours- 9:30 am to 5:00 pm daily, except Mondays and gazette holidays. Admission FeesUS$ 5 per person, 66.Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. Tel: 95 -1 - 660365. 650487
DJ Bar A popular local nightspot located in the grounds of Inya Lake Hotel. Inya Lake Hotel, 09 511 6767, Opening Hrs: 9:00 pm - 3:00 am
Located close to Junction 8 shopping mall, the Hotel Yangon is one of the most recognisable landmarks as you drive into the city from the airport. Rooms cost approximately 100USD per night. 91/93, Corner of Pyay Road & Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, 8th Mile Junction
Avenue 64 Avenue 64 Hotel is a new clean boutique hotel whose unique perks include a hot tub, fitness center and sauna. Rooms cost approximately 120USD per night. No. 64-G, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road 01-656192, 09-8631392, 01-656912~9 To Find Out More and Search Local Business Visit The Yangon Directory Website @ www. yangondirectory.com
Kabar Aye Pagoda
A lovely place with an outside terrace and great variety of Thai foods. No.11(A), Kan Yeik Thar Road, 01-661 572~9, 09-502 1322, Opening Hrs: Open Daily - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
A quick tasty BBQ that serves a variety of barbequed seafood, meats and vegetables. No 48 (A), Corner of Kanyeikthar Street and
With a lakeside views, a pool, and large grounds, Inya Lake Hotel is one of Yangon’s most luxury hotels. The main entrance and dining room is a bit echoey, and the food and board is expensive. However, they offer a great Sunday Brunch, have the full range of hotel services and have plenty to offer on the hotel grounds including a nightclub. 37, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road 01 9662866, 9662857
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Chew Q (BAR & RESTAURANT)
Yunan BBQ (Thai Restaurant)
Inya Lake Hotel
Very much a local restaurant and certainly not glamorous, however the Rakine Seafood is some of the best you can find in Yangon and very reasonably priced. One for the adventurous. 16 Parami Road, near West Maykha Road and AD Junction, 01-656941, 09-73036990, 09-73112984
A busy shopping centre that contains many shops, such as cosmetics, electronics and clothing targeting local shoppers. No.108/B, Kabar Aye, Yae Ku Ywa Ma Street, 01-653 644 ~ 60, 09-420284945, Opening Hrs: 9:00am - 9:00pm
A social enterprise restaurant that trains up a group of young Myanmar people in cooking and hospitality. The food is excellent and they regularly have guest chefs from Europe exhibiting special menus. Sadly closed over monsoon. 20 Malikha Road 01 661 983
Places to stay
Min Lan Rakhine Seafood Restaurant
GamonePwint Shopping Centre
Shwe Sa Bwe
Great French food and good service with a magnificent view of Inya Lake. No. 5, U Tun Nyein Street, 01-660 612, Opeining Hrs: Open Daily – 11:00 am to 11:00 pm
Myaing Hay Wun Park, 8 Mile, Pyay Road 01 661 779, 09-8617477, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 11:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, 01 664496, 01 665 398, Opening Hrs: Open Daily - 10:00 am to 10 pm
YKKO A famous Yangon chain that serves BBQ and Kyay Oh. 57 (Rm. G/A), Ground Flr., Kyaik Waing Pagoda Rd., Danathiri Tower, 01 656 097, 09-421095475, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 10:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Golden Crab This shop is one of the best in town. Serving spicey crab and salted eggs. 8 mile junction, Pyay Road, 09 731 52892, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 9:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Kabar Aye (World Peace) Pagoda was built in 1952 and is dedicated towards the realisation of global peace. North of the Pagoda, there is a huge manmade cave called the Mahapasanna Cave, meaning "Great Cave of Stone". The cave is made in the shape of the Sattapani Grotto in India where the first Buddhist Synod was held shortly after the Buddha went through Parinivarna (the Decease). The cave was built one year after the pagoda and hosted the inauguration of the Sixth Buddhist Synod in the year 2498 of the Buddhist Era (1954 CE). At the inauguration, 2500 venerable monks convened to recite and verify the words of the Buddha, the entire Tipitaka, in Pali.
Inya Lake Golden Duck Shwe Bae A Chinese restaurant that specializes in roasted duck, prawn mayonnaise, and fish head soup.
A well-known park that is a popular dating area. The park also includes a swimming pool, a sailing club and a rowing club.
Enjoy some golf at
Oakkala Golf Course
Facilities include a fitness room, billiards, a chipping green for short game practice, and a large putting green. There is a 280 yard driving range. Ball Rates are 50 balls for 1300 Kyats, 100 balls for 2,500 Kyats, 150 balls for 3700 Kyats and 200 balls for 5000 Kyats. Gandamar Rd., Corner of Waizayandar Rd; Ward (9), Mayangone Township , Yangn, Open Daily: 6:00 am to 7:00 pm Phone: 01- 572036, 572302, 570942, 09-250 622479
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Hla Phone Aung 1. Radio The weather report is announced at the end of the news announcement at 8pm every day. If there is an emergency, they declare the special weather report on occasion.
2.Television You can hear weather reports at 7 am, 12 noon, and 8 pm everyday at MRTV News Channel in brief. You can hear the river level and condition at 8:45 pm on Myawaddy Channel.
4.Newspapers/ Journals There is a weather report in the Myawaddy newspaper on page 6 every day. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper has a brief weather report on page 13.
3.Online Daily weather reports are on the Manladay Directory Facebook page. You can see monthly weather reports on the “Average Weather in month for Yangon� on www. weather.com website online. This site shows temperature, precipitation, sun condition, cloud condition, snow condition, wind condition, and humidity in detail.
5.Government Meteorology Department Occasionally the Government Meteorology Department declares the weather report and news on TV and radio.
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Getting there.
Local buses head from Mandalay to Hsipaw twice a day (6am and 2.30pm) expect to pay about 6,000Kyat for the six hours journey. Shared minibuses cost more than double that, and take about an hour less.
Cliff Lonsdale The success of Hsipaw as a tourist destination has been surprisingly rapid, especially as it has always been talked of as a well-kept secret. However, it is still managing to retain it’s charm as a riverside market town despite the throngs of independent travellers.
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time where the town was in danger of becoming the setting of a children’s book with invented antonyms such as Ma BoatBoat, Mr Book, Mrs Popcorn, Mr Shake and Mr Bike. Thankfully recently opened establishments have steered clear of this naming trend, and we can only hope that a Mrs Twentyfourhourdisco isn’t currently putting together her business plan.
Hsipaw is a small town on the road to Lashio, 200km north of Mandalay. Once a quiet dreamy place in the foothills of tea plantations it has reinvented itself somewhat as a trekking destination and fast became a mecca for independent travellers looking to get off the normal tourist trail and escape the bus loads of day trekkers hitting the Kalaw trails. Though not a regular stopping off point on the more traditional tourist routes, some travel companies are now including it in their itinerary, and in high season your accommodation options may be limited. That said if, you plan ahead, you
could still pick up a bedroom with shared toilet for as little as $7 - a rarity in Myanmar.
Shake and his wife (Mrs Shake I assume) and a taste of their potent and pleasurably cheap mojito’s.
If you want the best fruit-shake in the country then you’d be hard pressed to find a better one than the one produced by the fabulous Mr Shake. He started his operation in a humble shop with just a basket of fruit and a blender and has now expanded his offering into a decent sized restaurant, which is currently ranked on TripAdvisor as the number one place in the town to eat. No trip to Hsipaw is complete with stopping by for a chat with Mr
Mr Charles has always been the man to see about anything tourist related, and his ever-expanding backpacker orientated empire provides a level of accommodation to suit all sizes of purse. Even if you are not staying there it is a useful focal point to get information or meet people. He has recently opened a more upmarket river lodge just outside of town.
The best way to travel to Hsipaw, if you have the time, is by train. The Lashio train leaves Mandalay at 4am and takes a steady 11 hours to get to Hsipaw at a cost of 4,000Kyat. It’s all uphill, so it’s not a particularly fast journey, but this gives you plenty of time to relax and watch the stunning scenery of the Shan hills pass by. The train crosses the incredible viaduct over Gokteik Gorge at walking pace, and is worth the long journey, it really is something special.
Things to do
Trekking is the thing to do in Hsipaw, and the reason most people head this way; some of the trails are more challenging and perhaps less populated than ones from Kalaw. It is possible to do some simple trails around Hsipaw without a guide, but it is a lot more pleasurable to take someone along who can translate and introduce you to villagers and arrange food. There are areas around Hsipaw that are out of bounds for tourists, so ask about them before heading off. Longer overnight treks of two or three nights can be arranged but a guide is required for these. You can’t walk down the road without bumping into someone who’ll be able to arrange a day or overnight trek at a moments notice. Be aware that not all ‘guides’ are as experienced as others, and few are officially registered with the local Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. If you take the time to look around and speak to people, you’ll be able to find an excellent guide who is knowledgeable about the area and speaks good English. Try to get to know your guide before committing yourself to spending the next 24-48 hours together, and discuss your expectations and the difficulty of walk you’d like to take. Expect to pay about $20 per person per day for overnight trekking, if you have a large party you may be able to negotiate down a little, but be mindful that this price not only includes the guide, but also the food and accommodation you will receive when staying in the local villages. An extra dollar or two goes go a long way there. If you book through a guesthouse or hotel expect to pay a small commission on the price.
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Hsipaw is the location of the palace of the last Shan Prince Sao KyaHseng, it’s not really an official place to visit, nor an actual palace, more of a fancy run down house. But, if the gates are unlocked, you’ll be welcomed in by relatives of the former Prince and allowed to look around and listen to stories about his life. You can pick up a copy of ‘Twilight Over Burma’ (which is soon to be released as a film) written by Inge Sargent, the Austrian wife of the former Prince, at Mr Books in town. Nam Hu Nwe Waterfall is a few hours walk away with a small deep clean refreshing pool at the bottom for cooling off in. The Hot Springs are closer to town but they are used locally as a bathing and washing place so not always the cleanest. There’s a rough and ready 9-hole golf course, a few kilometres out of town on the Namtu road to whack a few balls about, or if you prefer something more relaxing, then a boat trip up the Dokhtawaddy river makes for a restful couple of hours (See Ma BoatBoat!). The early morning market is a nice place to wander around, but you have to be up early, it’s all over and done with by 9am. At the other end of the day you can hire a bike and cycle a couple of kilometres out of town to either Five Buddha Hill or Nine Buddha Hill to watch the sunset.
To Find Out More including Where To Eat read the full article on the The Yangon Directory Website @ www. yangondirectory.com
Where to stay
Options from Budget to Luxury are available and range in price from less than $10 to over $60.
Budget: Mr. Kid Guest House is on the noisy Bogyoke Road and has budget accommodation for less than $10. Nam Khae Mao Guest House is near the clock tower also overlooking Bogyoke Road and has rooms starting at less than $10. Yee Shin Guest House, (My personal favourite) on Namtu road has a good central location and a variety of rooms available from less than $10 for a single with shared bathroom, up to over $30 for an air-conditioned room with a proper bath!
Mid range: Mr Charles Guest House is on Auba Street near the football field, and expect to pay from $20 up to $60, though some cheaper rooms are sometimes available. Lily Guest House (now known as Lily the Home) is on Hin Street towards the river and rooms are available from $10 to $40
Luxury: Hsipaw Resort is a little out of town overlooking the river, and they provide a free boat service to bring to the town. Expect to pay over $60 per night.
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MY Yangon writer Myat Ko Naing investigates the current state of Yangon's drainage system, what the plans are for the future and how this will change how the people of Yangon experience monsoon season.
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Kids
Monsoon Activities For
Face the rainy season with a beautiful “Rainbow in a jar” Are you bored of all this rain? Why not build your own rainbow at home? Easy peasy to make and a lot of fun to try.
Materials
How does it work?
• 50-100 mL tap water (dye it with food dye if you can find it in Yangon)
liquids that weigh more (have a higher density) sink below the liquids that
• 50-100 mL vegetable oil • 50-100 mL dish soap • 50-100 mL milk
• 50-100 mL honey
• Transparent and tall container (for example you can recycle an empty little plastic bottle, just cut out the top part)
Experiment
The “Rainbow in a jar” is made with liquids with different densities. The
weigh less (have a lower density). Lighter liquids (like water) are less dense
than heavy liquids (like honey) and so float on top of the more dense layers. Density = Mass divided by Volume. Based on this, if the weight (or mass)
of something increases but the volume stays the same, the density has to go up. Likewise, if the mass decreases but the volume stays the same, the density has to go down.
1) Start by pouring a layer of honey
2) Pour each liquid slowly slowly into the center of the container (without touching the sides of the container while you are pouring), in the
following order: honey, milk, dish soap, water, vegetable oil. Do not
worry if the liquids mix a little as you are pouring, the layers will even themselves out
3) After the liquid layers have settled down, you notice that they remain
in the same order you poured them. And voila': the “Rainbow in a jar” is done!
4) Try to drop a popcorn kernel, a soda cap and a little cherry tomato to your “Rainbow in a jar”. Will it sink completely or float? Try it out and impress your friends!
5) Test another “Rainbow in a jar” with different liquids (like: jaggery, syrup, lamp oil). Which liquids mix? Which liquids separate from each other?
PING PONG BALL LAMP OIL RUBBING ALCOHOL VEGETABLE OIL
SODA CAP BEADS
WATER CHERRY TOMATO DISH SOAP MILK DICE 100 % MAPLE SYRUP
POPCORN KERNEL
CORN SYRUP
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thesketchofumbrella Writer Myat Ko Naing walks us through the history of the umbrella in Myanmar and shares with us his personal experience, underneath the Nylon fortress. aumif;uifrS aiGjr§m;wHrsm; urÇmajrjyifxufqDokdY t&Sed jf yif;jyif;usqif;onfh 0óefumvrk;d OD;uscsed o f Ydk a&mufvmNy/D rk;d &moDEiS hf yeH&onfu xD;jzpfonf/ rkd;ESifhxD;qkdwmu cGJxm;vkdY r&yg/ q&mjroef;wifh a&;cJo h nfh ]xD;acgufEiS afh cgufx;D taMumif;} aqmif;yg;ukd &GmrSmaepOfu zwfcJhzl;onf/ q&mu rkd;a&xJrSm vrf;ravQmufwwfaMumif;? vrf;avQmufvQif ykq;kd ukd &TUH AGuaf wGpifaMumif;? xD;ESihf tom;rusaMumif;? ig;yd &nfusKrd pm;wwfaMumif;? xD;aumufwpfacsmif;ESihf um; ay:rSm 'kua© &muf&aMumif;ukd a&;jyxm;onf/ xkt d csed u f uReaf wmf &efuek u f dk ra&mufb;l ao; ojzifh tnmom; wpfa,muf\&efuek af &mufp'kuu © dk oabm raygufchJ yg/ uk, d w f idk f &efuek af &mufrS em;vnfawmhonf/ wu,fawmh &efukefNrdKUrSm xD;tokH;u rk;d wGi;f wif ruyg/ &moDra&G; jzpfonf/ tnmrSm awmh xD;u r&Srd jzpftok;H taqmif r[kwyf g/ wpftrd af xmif xD;wpfvufqkdvQif vkHavmufNyD; rkd;wGif;rSmom tok;H jyKMuonf/ tnmrSm rk;d wGi;f qkad omfvnf; rk;d wGi;f ryDoojzifx h ;D tok;H jyKrI rwGiu f s,w f m jzpfEidk yf gonf/ &efukefrSmawmh xD;udk b,foGm;oGm;? b,fvmvm aqmif&onf/ xD;u rk;d 'Pf? ae'Pf umuG,½f t Hk jyif wjcm;ae&mawGrmS vnf; tok;H 0ifonf/ cspo f pl w Hk aGJ wG twGuf w'*Fyek ;f ck&d mae&mtjzpf zefw;D ay;Ekid o f nf/ &efjzpfvQif ½kdufvkdY&onf/ awmifa0S;vnf; jzpfEkdif onf/ acG;awGUygu ½kdufNyD;armif;xkwfvkdY&onf/ &efuek üf xD;wpfvuftok;H u us,jf yefv Y eG ;f ygonf/ (2) uReaf wmf yxrqk;H ukid cf zhJ ;l onfx h ;D uawmh tbd;k \xD;aumufjzpfonf/ wHqyd u f adk wmh rrSwrf d 20
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Sithu Lin Let I remember Nargis every 2nd of May. Not only me but every person in our region has a feeling deep in our hearts when we hear a radio announcement of a storm in the Bay of Bengal. We talk to each other, ‘Nargis comes again?’ Heavy, rude rain drops are strongly beating my back. I see white lace curtains everywhere, all over the surrounding fields. I had never seen rain this heavy. I had grown up in this field from a young child to a university student. But today is the first day I had felt such heavy rude rain drops. Po Lay, Aung Ye Kyaw, Myauk Kyee and I went along the road which was across the field to Pya Maut village to fish and bathe in the rain. First, the rain drops are not so strong. But they were strong and heavy when we reached the halfway point. So we came back to our village. That was 4 o’clock in the afternoon 2nd May 2008. Actually, many people had already been killed on Higyee Island by Nargis at that time. Kaut Mhu, our village is 20 miles from Yangon city and 100 miles from Higyee Island and knows nothing about Nargis. In the next few hours, Nargis will come to us directly. We heard that a storm is coming but whoever takes notice of just that?
We see light at 9 am. We see our surroundings hazily in the continuous rain. There was a gigantic old tamarind tree that two people could easily hug in front of our house, which has fallen across the road. All of our neighbours’ houses have no roofs.
After such a terrible natural disaster, we have learnt so much. Over the last seven years we have been rebuilding our region, together with the government, NGOs, and our people. The experiences that we learnt from Nargis now can be used to help protect us from cyclones in the future.
Storm ceased at noon. Our village is like an island in the sea, I couldn’t have imagined how much it has changed. Some houses are gone and big trees are fallen across the road. The surrounding fields have become endless water. Later I heard that three girls were lost in the storm. Some girls in neighbouring villages were also lost. Totally 130,000 people died in Nargis according to the news. Many houses were destroyed.
I wake up at about 10 pm. First I don’t know why our house is shaking. The wind howls. I ask my father what is happening. My father replies to me that it’s a strong wind because of a storm. Actually, we are in Nargis. A little later, the sound becomes louder. At that time heavy rain drops fall on us. Then I see, our roof being blown away bit by bit. But fortunately, our shed-roofed annex remains. My father, my cat and I stay in there. Our house shakes all through the night. We can’t see our neighbours' houses. We are in hell all through the night.
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ကေတာ့ ဥေရာပစာေတြပါ ရရိွႏိုင္ၿပီး တျခားတ႐ုတ္အစား အစာေတြအျပင္ အီတလီစပါဂတီတို႔ရရိွႏိုင္ကာ ေစ်းႏႈန္း ကေတာ့ က်ပ္ ၅,၀၀၀ ဝန္းက်င္ခန္႔သာ က်သင့္မွာျဖစ္ ပါတယ္။ ေကာ္ဖီအမ်ဳိးအစားစံုလင္စြာရႏိုင္ၿပီး အျခား ေဖ်ာ္ရည္ေတြ ရရိွႏိုင္ကာ ေအးေအးေဆးစားလိုသူေတြ
The Heart of Cooking Pizza
အတြက္ သင့္ေတာ္တဲ့ေနရာတစ္ခုပါပဲ။ မနက္ကိုးနာရီ ကေန ညကိုးနာရီအထိ ဗိုလ္ျမတ္ထြန္းလမ္း၊ မဟာ ဗႏၶဳလလမ္းနဲ႔ အေနာ္ရထာလမ္းၾကားမွာ ဖြင့္လွစ္ထားတဲ့ Mickey Café ကို လာေရာက္ႏိုင္ပါတယ္။
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နား မဟာဗႏၶဳလလမ္းေပၚက ေၾကးမံုကေဖးကို သတိ ထားမိခ်င္မွ သတိထားမိပါလိမ့္မယ္။ ဆက္သြယ္ေရး႐ံုး ေဘးဖြင့္ထားၿပီး ဆိုင္ေနရာ ခပ္က်ဥ္းက်ဥ္းဆိုေပမယ့္ အဲဒီဆိုင္မွာ အထူးရႏိုင္တာကေတာ့ အာလူးပူတီပါပဲ။ တစ္ျခားဆိုင္ေတြနဲ႔ မတူဘဲ ျမန္မာဆိုင္မွာပဲ အရသာရိွရိွ၊ ပဲဟင္းနဲ႔ ဟင္းအႏွစ္ေတြကို ပူတီႏွစ္ခ်ပ္နဲ႔ စတီးလင္ဗန္း မွာ ျပင္ဆင္ခ်ထားေပးတာပါ။ က်ပ္တစ္ေထာင္ဝန္းက်င္နဲ႔ အိႏၵိယအစားအစာကို လက္ဖက္ရည္၊
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ေကာ္ဖီ၊
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ႏြားႏို႔အျပင္
ပဲပလာတာနဲ႔
ပဲနံျပားကို ညေနခင္းဖက္မွာလည္း ရႏိုင္ပါေသးတယ္။ မနက္ကေန ည ကိုးနာရီေလာက္အထိ ဖြင့္လွစ္ထားတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။
ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ရဲ႕ မိုးေအးေအးမွာ အစားအေသာက္
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ေစ်းသက္သက္သာသာနဲ႔ ၫႊန္းခ်င္တဲ့ေနရာ
ေကာင္းႏွစ္သက္သူေတြအတြက္ ဆိုင္တစ္ခ်ဳိ႕နဲ႔
ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္ေအာင္ဆန္းလမ္းေပၚက နန္းထိုက္
တစ္ခုကေတာ့ ကန္ေတာ္ႀကီး၊ ကရဝိတ္ဥယ်ာဥ္ကမာၻ
မိတ္ဆက္ေပးခ်င္ပါတယ္။ အရသာလည္းရိွ၊
ကေတာ့ သိသူေတြမ်ားပါတယ္။ အဲဒီဆိုင္မွာ ရွမ္းအစား
ထဲက Rich Coffee ဆိုတဲ့ ဆိုင္ပါပဲ။ ကရ၀ိတ္နန္းေတာ္
ေစ်းႏႈန္းလည္း သိပ္မမ်ားတဲ့ ဆိုင္ေလးေတြ
အစာေတြအျပင္ ငါးကင္၊ ငါးသံပုရာေပါင္း၊ ရွမ္းဟင္းထုပ္
အဝင္ဝ လမ္းေထာင့္နားမွာရိွၿပီး ေကာ္ဖီအမ်ဳိးအစားစံုစြာ
ျဖစ္သလို တစ္ခ်ဳိ႕ေတြက သိၾကေပမယ့္
နဲ႔ တစ္ျခားစားစရာေတြရႏိုင္ၿပီး ျမန္မာဘီယာနဲ႔ တြဲဖက္
ရႏိုင္ကာ အျခားအစားအေသာက္ေတြလည္း ရရိွႏိုင္ပါ
တစ္ခ်ဳိ႕ေတြကလည္း မသိၾကပါဘူး။ စားေကာင္းၿပီး
သံုးေဆာင္ႏိုင္တာပါပဲ။ မိသားစုလိုက္၊ သူငယ္ခ်င္းအဖြဲ႕
တယ္။ ဒီထက္ပိုအဆင္ေျပတာကေတာ့ အဲဒီေနရာနား
အရသာရိွသလို ေစ်းႏႈန္းသင့္တင့္မွ်တတဲ့
လိုက္ လာေရာက္သံုးေဆာင္ႏိုင္တဲ့ေနရာ တစ္ခုျဖစ္ၿပီး
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ဗိုလ္တစ္ေထာင္ ၿမိဳ႕နယ္ပတ္ဝန္းက်င္
လူက်တဲ့အခ်ိန္မ်ဳိးဆိုရင္ ဆိုင္မွာေနရာရဖို႔ေတာင္ ခက္ခဲ
ပါပဲ။ မိုးေရေတြထဲ ကန္ေတာ္ႀကီးရဲ႕ စိမ္းလန္းတဲ့အေငြ႕
တစ္ဝိုက္က ဆိုင္ေတြနဲ႔ ကန္ေတာ္ႀကီးထဲက
တတ္ပါတယ္။ ေစ်းႏႈန္းကေတာ့ အလယ္အလတ္ျဖစ္ၿပီး
အသက္ေတြ ခံစားရင္း အင္တာနက္ သံုးရတာျဖစ္လို႔
ေကာ္ဖီဆိုင္တစ္ဆိုင္ကိုပါ ၫႊန္းေပးခ်င္ပါ တယ္။
မနက္ကေန ည ၁၀ နာရီေလာက္အထိ ဖြင့္လွစ္ထားကာ
ေက်နပ္စရာပဲေပါ့။ ေစ်းႏႈန္းတြကေတာ့ ရာဂဏန္းမွစၿပီး
ညပိုင္းေတြမွာ ပိုစည္ကားတတ္ပါတယ္။
အစားစားရိွကာ ေစ်းႏႈန္းသင့္တင့္တယ္လို႔ ေျပာလို႔ရပါ
Pizza is a globally recognized dish and is loved craved and devoured by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and humans alike. Here too in Myanmar Pizza is often the top choice for a favourite western food and there is a large range of new pizza joints popping up to choose from. However amongst all the new choice, what makes a truly excellent pizza and why do people love it? Is it the dough, the sauce, the cheese, the toppings? MY Yangon talks to Parami Pizza's Franseco Costa on what it takes to make great pizza. "I learnt to cook from my grandfather, they are all his recipes. I only cook homemade real Italian food. At Parami Pizza you will get real homemade Italian pizza, also at Parami 2 where we cook cicchetti as well (chicchetti is Italian tapas)." Making great pizza takes quality ingredients and time explains Francesco. "I take 6 hrs to make my pizza dough. Use quality flour sourced in Myanmar, water, eggs and my own yeast. I buy nothing pre-prepared. It is all prepared here onsite in the kitchen." For the sauce, he uses real tomatoes, olive oil and basil. They only ingredients he regularly has to look outside Myanmar for are the cheese and the toppings, which he sources directly from Italy. "You can taste the difference when food is homemade, it is really cooking, it is food made from the heart"
တယ္။
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He is passing on his skill to a new generation of local chefs in Myanmar, which for Francesco has been a pleasure, "it takes patience, you must
be patient, but now my sous chef is excellent. He knows what to do, he is ready to learn and he always wants to work hard. This is what you need to cook Italian food, you need that heart." As with the rest of the world, in Myanmar, the popularity of pizza shows no sign of waning and with more new pizza outlets opening and the Parami chain itself expanding, Yangon can expect more and more pizza options in the future. Asking Francesco, what is the difference between his pizzas and other pizzas in Yangon he says confidently; "I love my customers and know what they like - they like quality homemade Italian cooking. That's the difference, you cannot taste it anywhere else"
Our Food Critic, Siosana Tora's review They have a nice range of small and large plates, the latter perfect for sharing. The marinara sauce was rich and tangy and definitely the highlight. The pizzas are proper Italian style, served piping hot and bubbling with melted cheese. The ravioli, although delicious, was just a little too aldente for my taste and the meatballs a little chewy, overall it was an enjoyable meal. I highly recommend the baked Panini and next time I will leave a little room for dessert as they sound scrumptious like the pastry and blueberry composto. The small plates range in price from $3-$10, the large plates $8-$22, Panini’s $6-$8, the pizzas from $8-$16 and desserts from $3-$7. I do recommend Parami and next time I will try the pizza with the salami.
Parami Pizza
Parami 2
Corner of Malikha Street and Parami Road, 7th Quarter, Mayangone Township, Yangon - 01 667449
A/001 Ground Floor, Shwe Gone Plaza, Shwe Gone Daing Road, Ngar Htat Kyi West, Bahan Tsp – 01 559 548, 09 262 625 862
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bUSINESS
Business
UMBRELLA REPAIRMAN U MG HLA For umbrella repairman U Mg Hla the rainy season can't come fast enough. Unsurprisingly, during the long dry season the umbrella sales and repairs business is a tough one to be in! But, with the coming of the rains business is booming. With five children to feed at home, U Mg Hla works from 8am to 9pm every day during rainy season; repairing, making and selling umbrellas. MY Yangon writer, Hla Phone Aung, talks to U Mg Hla about his life and learns a little more about one of Yangon's few tradespeople who look forward to the rain.
xD;jyiform; OD;armifvS ဤေနရာတြင္ ထီးျပင္လာသည္မွာ ၁၅ ႏွစ္ခန္႔ရွိၿပီျဖစ္ေသာ ကိုေမာင္လွသည္ သားသမီး ၅ ေယာက္ရွိၿပီး သူကိုယ္တိုင္က ေမြးခ်င္း ၁၂ ေယာက္ရွိသူတစ္ဦးျဖစ္သည္။ သားသမီးအႀကီးဆံုးသည္ ၉ တန္းျဖစ္ၿပီး အငယ္ဆံုးသည္ကား ၂ ႏွစ္သာရွိေသးသည္။ ဇနီးျဖစ္သူမွာ အိမ္ေထာင္ရွင္မအလုပ္ကိုသာ လုပ္ကိုင္သူျဖစ္သျဖင့္ ေႏြႏွင့္မိုးတြင္ေတာ့ သိပ္မသိသာလွေသာ္လည္း ေဆာင္းရာသီအလုပ္ပါးသည့္ ကာလတြင္ ကိုေမာင္လွ တစ္ေယာက္ မိဘထံမွ ေငြေၾကးေလးမ်ားျပန္ဆြဲကာ ႀကံရည္ႀကိတ္ ရျပန္ပါသည္။ ေလးတန္း
ေက်ာင္းသားတစ္ဦးႏွင့္
ကိုးတန္းေက်ာင္းသားတစ္ဦးရွိသည့္အတြက္
ေက်ာင္းဖြင့္ရင္ နည္းနည္း ကသီတယ္ ဟုဆိုပါသည္။
မိုးတြင္းကာလတြင္မူ
မိုးနည္းပါက
မနက္ပိုင္း
၈
နာရီေရာက္ၿပီး
မိုးနည္းပါက မနက္ ၉ နာရီခန္႔တြင္ အလုပ္စ၀င္ ေလ့ရွိသည္။ အလုပ္သိမ္းခ်ိန္မွာ ည ၉ နာရီပံုမွန္ျဖစ္ၿပီး ဆိုင္ႏွင့္အိမ္မနီးမေ၀းျဖစ္သျဖင့္ ထီးျပင္သူမ်ားလာအပ္သည့္ ပစၥည္းမ်ားကိုသာ သိမ္းဆည္းေလ့ရွိၿပီး မိမိကိုယ္ပိုင္ပစၥည္းမ်ားကိုမူ ဤအတိုင္းထားပ စ္ခဲ့ေလ့ရွိသည္ဟုဆိုသည္။ မည္သည့္ပစၥည္းမွ် ေပ်ာက္ေလ့ ေပ်ာက္ထမရွိဟုဆိုသည္။ တစ္ေန႔၀င္ေငြမွာ
ရီဗစ္ျပဳတ္၊
တစ္ခ်က္ခ်ဳပ္၊
ႏွစ္ခ်က္ခ်ဳပ္
စသည္တုိ႔ျပင္ခ်က္အတြက္ အနည္းဆံုး ၁၀၀ က်ပ္မွ အရြက္လဲအမ်ားဆံုး ၁၅၀၀ က်ပ္အထိ ရေလ့ရွိသည္။ တစ္ေန႔ပ်မ္းမွ် ၀င္ေငြသည္ ၇၀၀၀ က်ပ္မွ ၈၀၀၀ က်ပ္အထိ ရွိသည္ဟုဆုိသည္။ ခ်ာလီထီးႏွင့္ တ႐ုတ္ေခါက္ထီးတို႔ အပ်က္မ်ားေလ့ရွိသည္ဟု ဆိုသည္။ ထီးျပင္ရာတြင္ အသံုးျပဳေသာ ပစၥည္းအေသးအမႊားမ်ားကို ေရႊဘံုသာလမ္းရွိ ထီးဆိုင္ႏွင့္ ထီးျပင္ဆိုင္ႀကီးမ်ားမွ ၀ယ္ယူရေလ့ရွိသည္။ ကိုေမာင္လွႏွင့္ေတြ႕ဆံုေမးျမန္းေနခိုက္
ထီးလာ၀ယ္ေနသူတစ္ဦးေရာက္ရွိလာၿပီး
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ထီးျပင္သည့္အလုပ္မရွိေတာ့ဘဲ ကိုေမာင္လွက
တစ္ခါသံုး
ထီးမ်ားထုတ္လုပ္မႈမ်ားလာသည့္အခါ ထီးမ်ားကိုသာ
စိုးရိမ္ေၾကာင္းလည္းေျပာျပသည္။
အသံုးျပဳၾကမည္ကို
ယခုလက္ရွိတြင္မူ
မိသားစု၀င္
ငါးေယာက္အား မိုးမစိုေစရန္ မိုးစိုေနသူမ်ား၏ထီးမ်ားကို ျပဳျပင္ဖာေထးရင္း အသက္ေ မြး၀မ္းေၾကာင္းျပဳေနရရွာသည္။
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Property
Property
03 House for rent Agent - Angel Location - Pyayroad
Protect your home from flooding + Listings
Price - 55 lakhs per month
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ဆိုင္ကလုန္းေလမုန္တိုင္းေၾကာင့္ အပ်က္အစီးအစအနေပါင္းမ်ားစြာ ရွိႏိုင္သည္။ အိမ္ၿခံဝင္းအတြင္း အေႏွာင့္အယွက္ျဖစ္ေစမည့္အရာမ်ား ၾကိဳတင္ဖယ္ရွားထားပါ။
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အပင္ႀကီးမ်ားကို အကိုင္းအခက္မ်ား ခ်ဳိးပစ္ထားပါ။
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House for rent
အိမ္ၿခံအနီးဝန္းက်င္တြင္ အႏၲရာယ္ျဖစ္ေစမည့္၊ ေရာဂါျဖစ္ေစမည့္အပင္မ်ား ရွာေဖြစစ္ ေဆးထားပါ။
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Agent - Chaw Su Thet Location - AyeYeikMon housing,Hlaing
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မုန္တိုင္းအမ်ားစုႏွင့္အတူ ေရလႊမ္းမိုးမႈမ်ား ပါဝင္လာတတ္ပါသည္။
Price - 35 lakhs per month
သင့္အိမ္တြင္းသို႔ ၀င္လာႏိုင္သည့္ ေရလမ္းေၾကာင္းမ်ား စစ္ေဆးထားပါ။
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မုန္တိုင္းအတြင္း ေရစီးဆင္းမႈ အတားအဆီးျဖစ္ေစမည့္အရာမ်ား ရွင္းလင္းထားပါ။
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ဆိုင္ကလုန္းေလမုန္တိုင္းတိုက္ခတ္ေနစဥ္အတြင္း အိမ္အမိုးအပ်က္အစီး ၉၅ရာခိုင္ႏႈန္း ရွိႏိုင္သည္။
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Price - 55 lakhs per month
Price - 7500 USD per month
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တာရွည္ခံသစ္သီးသစ္ဥႏွင့္ အစားအစာမ်ား
တစ္ပတ္စာ ေသာက္ေရသန္႔ဘူးမ်ား
ေငြေၾကးမ်ား
House for rent Agent - Estate Myanmar Location - University Avenue st, Bahan Price - 50 lakhs per month
ဆဲလ္ဖုန္းႏွင့္ အားသြင္းဓာတ္ခဲမ်ား
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ေရွး ဦး သူ နာျပဳၾကက္ေျခနီေ သတၱာ မ်ား
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ပူးတြဲေဖာ္ျပပါ အခ်က္မ်ားသည္ မုန္တိုင္းအတြက္ မရွိမျဖစ္ လိုအပ္ခ်က္မ်ားျဖစ္သည္။
ေစာင္မ်ား၊အိပ္ယာလိပ္မ်ား အဝတ္ အစားမ်ား
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House for rent Agent - Perfect World Location - May Kha housing, Thingangyun
Agent - Myanmar Property Marketplace Location - GoldenValey, Bahan
အိမ္ေခါင္မိုးအုတ္ႂကြပ္ျပား၊ သြပ္ျပားမ်ားကို ဘိလပ္ေျမႏွင့္မံထားပါ။
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Meet
Meteorologist
Dr. U Tun Lwin
Sithu Phyo & Hla Phone Aung
First, I would like to ask you SayaGyi Dr. U Tun Lwin, can you get a Bachelor of Meteorology in our country? Yes, sure. You can get a Bachelor of Meteorology from the Physics Department in Yangon University. A student, who has passed the second year of Physics, can attend an honours class in Meteorology as a major. After two years he gets a Bachelor of Meteorology (Honours). We have offered this since 1997.
I read your biography on the internet; you got a Bachelor of Meteorology from Florida University in USA. I would like to ask you how many people have also received a B.Sc Meteorology from a foreign university in Myanmar. 32
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Actually, I got two Meteorology degrees from Florida University. The first degree was a B.Sc and the second degree was a M.Sc. Two people in the country have received a B.Sc in Meteorology from a foreign university. One is my teacher Saya Gyi U Htay Aung and another one is me. My teacher got it in 1950, much earlier than me. I got my B.Sc (Meteorology) in 1973-75 and my M.Sc (Meteorology) in 1987-1989.
I think people in our country are interested in weather after Nargis in 2008. What do you think about that Sir? Sure, in 2008 after Nargis; most of the people are interested in Meteorology and weather reports. And the importance of weather news was noticed. Nargis caused a greater public awareness about
weather reports.
We have seen your weather reports on TV screens since October 1980, So please tell me what distinguishing events or strange experiences have you had in that period? Exactly, I worked in Myanmar Radio and Television Broadcasting from 30th October in 1980 to March 2008, before Nargis, as a monthly tele-weather caster. 28 years in total. I don’t care if people are interested in or like me. I do my work only on the rules and regulations of weather reports. I always used a weather summary in my report because I telecasted monthly. In my reports I reviewed weather from the last month. After that I reported the weather forecast and the third
Dr.TunLwinisMyanmar's foremostmeteorologist.He hasworkedinMyanmar's DepartmentofMeteorologyand Hydrologysincehewas17years old.Heretiredin2009and nowoperatesafree,non-profit onlineservicecalledMyanmar ClimateChangeWatch(MCCW) onwhichhepostsregular weatherupdatesandreports. Hehasalsowrittennumerous successfulbooksabout weatherinMyanmar. portion was weather commentary. That was my performance. It took half an hour. So TV watchers could get bored. But I didn’t change my performance. That is my stand on my work. I am not an actor or a singer. History decides on my work. I notice another fact is that our weather report comes after the TV news. When I was reporting the TV news took a long time so people didn’t stay to watch the weather report. And at that time Nagis hadn’t happened, so people weren’t interested in weather reports. Another reason is weather reports were mentioned in the government newspapers. So there was no need to take time watching the report on screen. But subsequently weather reports become less mentioned in newspapers. Actually, across the world weather reports are usually treated as breaking news. But in Myanmar we give them less air time (on Myanmar Broadcasting Services).
I use Facebook. I have only 5000 friends but 160,000 followers. This shows people recognise that weather reports are important.
How many books have you written and published? Yes, the first one was “The girl named Laninya and Natural Disaster”. The second one was “Ngae Chit” (The First Lover), which was about My Mother. The third one was “Rainy Season”. The fourth one was “Thu Ei Kaung kin” (His Sky), which was a collaboration with writer Than Myint Aung. And the fifth one is “Nargis and Me”.
We have a lot of estimated methods for weather prediction in traditional culture. Are these true? Yes, dead sure: I have written a book about weather forecasting by traditional methods. It’s strange and true. For example: you know that we have a traditional saying “moe sanay lay yarhu”, which means rain comes from south-west and wind comes from north-west. It’s perfect; we have south-west rain and north-west wind in modern Meteorology.
Are astronomy and meteorology related? Yes, very good question: Really, astronomy has a major role in meteorology - no one can dare to deny that.
fallen into rainy season. Yangon is on the delta and near the Mutaban Gulf. So Yangon never has had drought or missed a rainy season in its History. But, the raining pattern has changed a little this year in Yangon. It is raining with loud explosive noise and thunder claps. We call it thunder rain. This rain contains a lot of water. Most of the delta area and everywhere in Yangon is submerged in water, but I don’t mean floods. The monsoon should stop at the end of September. At least 3 or 4 storms may come in beyond rainy season, (November, and December). Also it may rain in that period. The temperature is normal in Yangon. No onshore cyclone alarms.
Will a cyclone like Nargis come again? The Yangon Region and Ayarwaddy Region are not used to suffering cyclones. But I don’t dare to say either way as weather can be abnormal. Abnormal weather has a lot of facts and reasons. We found two facts having observed Nargis. The first one is that the temperature of the Bay of Bengal was high. The highest temperature was in an area called the “Preparic Island”. We have a book about “Storms” written by Saya Gyi U Thu Ta and U San Kyaw. We learned a specific fact in those books that storms that begin near the “Preparic Island” in May come into Myanmar. That’s notable. When Nargis came in 2008 the storm began in that area.
Please forecast the weather news for July for “MY Yangon” Magazine.
Thank you very much Sir.
Monsoon entered very late this year, but we have
You’re welcome.
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Feature
Eating
Bugs
Cliff Lonsdale
W
In many parts of the word
They are deep-fried, often in front
Probably, so we’ll take that bit
been a recognised important
and much loved source of food.
in one go. It helps not to make eye
ould it be too clichéd to
start an article about eating
insects with a ‘Waiter, waiter’ joke? as read. But eating insects isn’t a
funny business, and according to
a 2013 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) it
is something we should be paying serious attention to in the future. In the Western word, eating
insects has often been seen as a
insect species on Earth, and if
you are interested in partaking
in this alternative cuisine, you’re fortunate that a large menu of
options are available in Myanmar.
connoisseurs were swearing
My recommendation, if you are
programs forced celebrities to
the first time is to start small, and
about the same time as coffee
by civet-poo coffee. Television consume insects as a form of
entertainment to those so inclined as to enjoy the suffering of
others, and intrepid backpackers whispered tales through their beads and about deep fried
Tarantulas on sticks being thrust
through their open bus windows in Cambodia.
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are over two thousand edible
lollipops becoming popular at
covered ants and novelty scorpion
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According to the FAO there
But where to begin?
bit of a gimmick, with chocolate
of you, and should be consumed
however, insects have always
venturing into Entomophagy for carefully work your way up. The most common insect you’ll find to eat in Yangon is the cricket,
known locally as Payit. You’ll see them at markets in large plastic bags, the biggest juiciest and
most expensive are available after the monsoon season, the best
ones coming from the Mandalay
''Most people remove the wings, and some take off the legs, which others say is the best bit''
contact with the cricket, though
the large bulbous eyes that peer up at you are difficult to ignore.
Most people remove the wings,
and some take off the legs, which others say is the best bit, but
watch out for the spiky bit on the back legs that could catch in the throat.
The crickets are crispy on the
outside with a little bit of body
inside to facilitate a good chew before swallowing. The closest description I can give to the
texture is a bit like a cross between a shrimp and a pork scratching.
There isn’t a great deal of flavour, maybe a hint of nuttiness, but
they are actually quite nice if you
can get over the squeamishness of it all, and great with beer. You can normally pick up a small bag of
deep-fried crickets on 19th street for a few thousand Kyat.
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So far so good? Ready to move onto the main course? How about some worms? You can quite often find bags of
In my extensive research for this
Whether you are trying them for
requires very little initial outlay to
markets, especially in the rural
the large white grubs that I had
a beer or considering drastically
minerals and vitamins, are a vital
bamboo worms for sale in the areas of Myanmar. These little
worms are deep fried and then often tossed in salt and chilli.
They’re so small you should really take a handful and pop them
in. Again they haven’t really got
much flavour, perhaps a touch of smoky bacon crisps about them, but also great with a beer.
If you are in Shan State, you might be lucky enough to see ants
for sale, these yellow coloured insects are sour, and taste not
unlike bitter lemons, you can ask
around, but they are seasonal, so
article I failed miserably to source seen for sale at the market on
19th street one drunken evening. I think they were Sago worms,
and I’m disappointed now that I
didn’t take the opportunity to try
the fun of it, as a quick snack with changing your diet, the eating
of insects is a very healthy and
environmentally friendly approach to food.
establish. Insects are packed with
source of amino acids, and are set to be an important ingredient in
meeting the dietary needs of the world's growing population.
them then at the time. As long
Although 100g of crickets contains
If the thought of eating insects is
were thrown wriggling into a
of the same amount of beef
a look at the ingredients on the
as a finger, and a bit thicker, they pan and fried alive for a minute,
before being served. My drinking companion explained that once
you had bitten through the crispy outer shell, the inside was gooey and tasty. Definitely one to look out for in the future.
you might be disappointed. At
about half the calories and protein or chicken, they require about twelve times less food input,
thousands of times less water, and a fraction of the space to produce. The farming of insects is less of a burden on the environment,
cheaper and more sustainable than animal agriculture, and
really too much for you, just have packets of food you are putting in your basket at the supermarket.
If you see the words cochineal or carmine, then it’s too late; you’re already an a bug eater! Bon appétit.
this time of year though you can
often pick up a bag of flying ants
called Palu. They are the ones that appear in the thousands out of
holes in trees in the early evening just after a rainfall and then die shortly after. They are good eating, I’m told.
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Health & Beauty
Beauty Box
Magic House | (Rm 1/B), Bldg 16,
Ariyta Maggin St., Ward (14), Yankin Tsp | 09 515 209 1
Spa Paragon | 51 (Rm 106), Shwe
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What do you think? At first thought, a Spa is normally the treatment of body and face. There
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is one Spa that is giving priority to health over beauty, and will be launching a ‘door to door’
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service in July 2015. The Spa’s name is “Beauty Box ” . The spa opened in November 2014. Daw Phyu Phyu Soe, the owner of the spa says “The different services we have are; an IPL laser machine for face treatment and whitening, a diamond peeling machine to remove dead cells from the face and fill the skin with vitamins (for skin that has been withered by the sun), and the treatment of acne by a dermabation wave machine. Another treatment to reduce body weight is the use of machines from New Skin. New Skin is a global beauty trademark that includes V shape face treatment and oil massage products”.
“The body weight reduction technique will yield results. I researched about face and skincare myself, by reading about spas on the internet. One of the New Skin machines can cause change within five years. I tested this treatment on my skin. It really changed me to look younger. I use this machine for body and face as part of my shop’s services” said Daw Phyu Phyu Soe.
Apart from these exceptional treatments the spa offers hair treatment, slimming sessions, nail art and make up. You can also get Mesp white, meso fat, botox, filler and lift treatment. In October, the wedding season of Myanmar, they will be announcing a wedding service. They already do a make-up service for women customers.
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Muguet Japon Spa | 1 F, New World
813 Hello I |59 & 63 Ground Floor,
As there are so many companies close to Beauty Box spa in Tamwe Township, she will be launching a new ‘door-to-door’ service. It will start on the first of July, for men and women. The focus is mainly on health and secondly beauty. The Spa can accept the 30 people on one course. They are trained how to eat and live a healthy life style. During this course you control what you do and eat the whole day. The clients pay for the food, drink, lunch box and diet.
South Oakkalar Tsp| 850 001 7,
Road, Sayar San Quarter, Bahan Tsp
Tamwe Tsp. | 01 50 070,
So, if you are interested the spa it is easy to find, because it is located in Tamwe Township - a main region of Yangon. Be beautiful.
061 156
Central Hotel | 6th Floor, 335-337
California Skin Spa | 32. B Inya
Tsp | 01 241 007 Ext. 533
Beauty Box Spa is located No.14, Thamainbayan Road,Tamwe Township, Infront of Orange Center. 09 5035556, 09 254228982.
1A/42, U Zana St, Myathidar Housing, 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
Myaing Road | 01 535 097
Inya Day Spa | 16/2 Inya Road,
Kamaryut | 01 537 907 / 01 503 375
Building 126 Kabar Aye Pagoda 09 732 29 205
Hello II | 28 Maharsocial Street,
Shangri-La Spa | Taw Win Centre |
Iris | 570/A, Kaba Aye Pagoda
Saw Pu Road | 094 211 65 929
09 315 51844
Hledan, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 539 813
Rd.,Ward (8)| 01 664918, 09 421 066 911
Bogyoke Aung San Road Pabedan
Genky Physiotherapy Clinic | 285
Bo Aung Kyaw Road (middle block), Kyauktada Tsp. | 098 615 036
Health & Beauty Center of Hlaing
Tsp | 09 25925 6686
Floor, Block 19A, Boyar Nyunt
La Source Beauty Spa | 80-A Inya
097 308 1713
Nacha Spa | Near City Mart, Shin
D Spa | 682 Thitsar Road (Ponnami Bus Stop) Ward 6 South Okkalapa
Seikta-thuka Street, Kyaukkmyaung,
Htet Veda Co.,Ltd. | No.14, Ground Street, Dagon. Tsp
Road | 01 512 380
Lemon Day Spa | No. 96 F, Inya
Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 514 848 / 09 732 08 476
London Bliss Spa | Taw Win Centre | 01 860 011
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sHOPPING & eNTERTAINMENT
Shop
RAISING THE HEMLINE Below the knee is a no-no as you’ll be wading through some heavy swirls of murky rainwater and unidentified objects. There’s not an inch on your leg that a muddy puddle is going to miss. Ditch the long trousers and the difficult to dry denims; it’s all about the shorts, skirts and the threequarter lengths. If you can’t avoid wearing longer lengths, make sure you fold them up before you step out.
TANKS AND TEES Light-weight tank tops and loose t-shirts give us another excuse to experiment with print and colour. Women should also eye up men’s selections for tanks and tees, no need to minimise your options. Menswear often has a far more interesting selection of T-shirts and vest tops.
BAGS We’re at the mercy of the monsoon season’s full throttled torrential downpours. July and August bring their promise of the heaviest of the incessant cloud bursting rainstorms. Indeed the initial ecstasy and relief we felt at the sudden occasional drop in temperature may have passed, and the childlike dives of jubilation into the rain have probably been replaced with some of us attempting to enter a state of solid hibernation. Dogged efforts to remain indoors at all costs aren’t realistic or possible for most of us. Life goes on and aside from a good few weekends of gorging on that TV series you never got round to watching, you will be exiting your homes. But for outdoor ventures, you will have already discovered that you have to rein in your fashion choices to avoid soppy, dirty clothes and ruined shoes. You might be ready to sacrifice your style, we use ‘might’ lightly for the fashionistas, but staying as dry as possible while wading through knee-deep rainwater under another day’s onslaught will be your daily mission. For the rookies and the pros, we’ve put together a list of must-haves for sheltering your bodies and becoming riders on the storm, until the arrival of the poncho-free dry season.
UMBRELLAS The umbrella is more than a mere necessity; it’s an accessory to be experimented with. No excuse to stick to basic black to match the heavy skyline. Be as adventurous as your tastes take you because now isn’t the season to be investing in colourful clothes only for them to be stained. Clash it with your PVC raincoat. Buy a couple in your favourite colours or prints because you’ll probably be misplacing a few.
RAINCOATS Jackets worn for the warmth factor is unnecessary. But for keeping your layers dry and save you walking around a soaking mess, you’ll probably want to invest in one of those waterproof ponchos you’re used to mocking tourists for wearing. PVC raincoats are also another member of the allied crew. But they needn’t be boring as they come in splashes of colour so be brave to be bright and bold to beat the gloomy blues.
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There could be the fear that even under the protection of your umbrellas, your smartphones, iPads, MP3 players and whatever else you keep in your bags, could become soggy victims of the monsoon. Invest in a waterproof handbag and purchase a plastic case for your phone and wallet – something you may have left over from the Thingyan dousing.
SHOES Rain water and suede are enemies. Leather and fabric shoes don’t fare well against the downpours either, so it’s time to give these materials a rest. Rubber sandals and jellies are easy to keep dry and clean so these are a must-have. Thonged sandals will be no stranger to us, but you may want to find a pair with a buckle or sling back that can’t be swept off with the roadside currents. You may want to invest in closed water-proof shoes to keep your feet clean. They’ve become a fashion victim fail in some corners of the globe but seem to top the popularity charts during the monsoon season in South East Asia. Their practicality properties can’t be knocked.
To Find Out More visit the Yangon Directory Website @ www.yangondirectory.com/myyangon
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Avoid light colors which are prone to becoming stained.
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Pack a set of extra clothes to slip into in case the measures you’ve taken not to be rinsed, catastrophically failed.
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sHOPPING & eNTERTAINMENT
Art Que:
ဆရာရဲ႕ ကိုယ္ပိုင္ပန္းခ်ီအယူအဆ
ျဖစ္ေပၚလာပံုကို သိခ်င္ပါတယ္။
Ans:
၁၉၉၃ ခုႏွစ္ မတိုင္ခင္အထိ ရဟန္း
သံဃာပံုေတြကို ႀကိဳၾကား၊ ႀကိဳၾကားဆိုသလိုဆြဲခဲ့ ပါတယ္။ ၁၉၉၃ ခုႏွစ္ ေရာက္ေတာ့ အေမရိကန္ ႏိုင္ငံကို International University Program အရ ဆရာ ဗိႆႏိုးဦးတင္ဝင္း၊ ပန္းပုဆရာ ဆန္နီညိမ္းတို႔ႏွင့္အတူ သူတုိ႔ဆီက ပန္းခ်ီ၊ ပန္းပု ပညာကို တစ္လၾကာသြားေရာက္ ေလ့လာခြင့္ရ ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အဲဒီမွာ ပန္းခ်ီျပခန္းေတြ၊ ျပတိုက္ေတြ၊ တကၠသိုလ္ေတြ၊ ပန္းခ်ီစတူဒီယိုေတြကို ေလ့လာ ခြင့္ရခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ၁၉၉၄ ခုႏွစ္၊ ဂ်ပန္ႏိုင္ငံ၊ ဖူကိုအိုကာၿမိဳ႕မွာ Art Museum Workshop ကို တက္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အဲဒီမွာလည္း အာရွတစ္ႏိုင္ငံ တစ္ေယာက္တက္ခဲ့ၾကလုိ႔ ႏိုင္ငံစံုပန္းခ်ီဆရာေတြနဲ႔ ရင္းႏွီးခြင့္၊ အေတြ႕အႀကံဳဖလွယ္ခြင့္ ရခဲ့ၾကတယ္။ ဒါနဲ႔ ျပန္လာၿပီးမွ အရင္က လိုင္းစံုခဲ့တာကို တစ္ခုခုကိုပဲ Focus လုပ္ဖုိ႔ အသိရခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ဒါနဲ႔
New Treasure Gallery
ရဟန္းသံဃာပံု ေတြကို တစိုက္မတ္မတ္ဆြဲခဲ့တာပါ။
Show ေတြ လုပ္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ရန္ကုန္မွာေတာ့ ႏွစ္စဥ္
ဘက္ဂေရာင္းမပါဘဲ ေနာက္ေက်ာဘက္က ျမင္ကြင္း
ေလးလတစ္ႀကိမ္ ျပပြဲကို ဒီျပခန္းမွာပဲ ျပဳလုပ္ပါတယ္။
ပံုေတြ ဆြဲခဲ့တာပါ။
Member ေတြ ပါ၀င္တဲ့ ဆရာႀကီးဦးသုခအထိမ္းအမွတ္ ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲကိုေတာ့ ႏွစ္စဥ္ ႏို၀င္ဘာမွ က်င္းပပါတယ္။
Que:
အျခားလိုင္းေျပာင္းၿပီးေရးတာေရာ။
Ans:
ရွိပါတယ္။ ႐ႈခင္းပံုေတြ၊ လူေတြ
ပံုေတြကိုလည္း ဆြဲပါတယ္။
ေနာက္ေက်ာပံုေတြ၊ ေတာက္ပတဲ့အေရာင္ေတြနဲ႔ သူ႔ရဲ႕ေရးဟန္ကို လူသိမ်ားပါတယ္။ မင္းေ၀ေအာင္ရယ္လို႔ သီးသန္႔ရပ္တည္ႏိုင္တဲ့အထိ ပန္းခ်ီေရးဟန္ေတြက လူသိမ်ားတာျဖစ္လို႔ ပန္းခ်ီဆရာနဲ႔ ေတြ႔ဆံုခဲ့ပါတယ္။
ဆရာရဲ႕ပန္းခ်ီကားအေရာင္ေတြက Bright
လြန္ခဲ့တဲ့ ငါးႏွစ္ေက်ာ္ကို ျပန္ၾကည့္ရင္
ပန္းခ်ီေလာက ေျပာင္းလဲလာတယ္လို႔ ယူဆပါသလား။ Ans:
Que:
ဆရာမင္းေဝေအာင္ရဲ႕ ပန္းခ်ီကားေတြကို ေက်ာေနာက္ဖက္က အေနအထားေတြ၊ရဟန္းသံဃာေတြရဲ႕
Que:
ေျပာင္းလဲလာပါတယ္။
ပန္းခ်ီျပခန္းေတြလည္း မ်ားလာတယ္။ ၁၉၈၇ ခုႏွစ္
Color လို အပူေရာင္သံုးတာမ်ားမ်ားေတြ႕ရတယ္။
အထိ သံတမန္နဲ႔ ႏိုင္ငံျခားသားေတြပဲ ၀ယ္ေလ့ရွိတယ္။
ဒီလို ကာလာကို ဘာေၾကာင့္ ႀကိဳက္ပါသလဲ။
အခုေတာ့ ႏိုင္ငံျခားသားပါမကဘူး။ ျပည္တြင္းက
သံုးျဖစ္တာပါလဲ။
ခ်မ္းသာၾကြယ္၀သူေတြပါ ၀ယ္ေလ့ရွိလာပါၿပီ။
Ans:
အခ်ဳိ႕ျပည္တြင္း၀ယ္လက္ေတြက ဟိုတယ္ႏွင့္
ဒီႏိုင္ငံက အပူပိုင္းေဒသပါ ။
ဘယ္ေနရာၾကည့္ၾကည့္ သူမ်ားႏိုင္ငံလို အံု႔မိႈင္းမေနဘဲ
အိမ္အလွဆင္တဲ့ေနရာမွာ မပါမျဖစ္ ၀ယ္လာၾကတယ္။
လင္းထင္းၿပီး အေရာင္ေတြ စို၀င္းေနပါတယ္။
ဒါေၾကာင့္ ေစ်းကြက္ပါ ေျပာင္းလဲလာပါတယ္။
Que:
ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲေတြကို ဘယ္လုိစီစဥ္ခဲ့ပါသလဲ။
Que:
ဆရာတို႔ ေဖာင္ေဒးရွင္း အေၾကာင္းေလး
Ans:
One Man Show တစ္ကိုယ္ေတာ္ျပပြဲဆိုရင္
လည္း ေျပာျပပါဦး။ ဆရာႀကီး ဦးသုခ (၁၉၈၉-၂၀၀၇)
Que:
New Treasure Art Gallery ကို ဆရာ့အေနနဲ႔ ဘယ္္ခုႏွစ္မွာ စတင္တည္ေထာင္ခဲ့ပါသလဲ။
ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ေတြနဲ႔ ရက္ညိႇရပါတယ္။
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၁၉၈၇ ခုႏွစ္မွာ ျပည္လမ္း ၅ မိုင္ခြဲ၊ တံတားျဖဴမွာရွိတဲ့ ခရမ္းျပာလက္ဖက္ရည္ဆိုင္ရဲ႕ အေနာက္ဘက္မွာ Treasure အမည္နဲ႔
ပ်မ္းမွ် တစ္ႏွစ္ေလာက္ အခ်ိန္ယူရပါတယ္။
ဟာ၂၀၁၈ ခုႏွစ္ဆိုရင္ ႏွစ္တစ္ရာျပည့္ပါၿပီ။
စတင္ဖြင့္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။
ကိုယ္ဆြဲတဲ့ပံုေတြက Realism ထဲမွာပါေနေတာ့
အဲဒီႏွစ္မွာ ရာျပည့္ပြဲႀကီးလုပ္ဖုိ႔ စီစဥ္ေနပါတယ္။
ပန္းခ်ီဆရာ ၁၂ ေယာက္၊ ၁၃ ေယာက္ စုေပါင္းၿပီး ဖြင့္ခဲ့တာပါ။ ၆ လ ေလာက္ၾကာမွ တစ္ဦးတည္း New Treasure အမည္နဲ႔
ဓာတ္ပံု၊ ဗီဒီယို၊ စတူဒီယိုေတြကို အကိုးအကားလုပ္ကို
ဦးသုခေဖာင္ေဒးရွင္းဆိုၿပီး ႏွစ္စဥ္ ႏိုဝင္ဘာလမွာ
ဆက္လက္ဖြင့္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။
လုပ္ရပါတယ္။ ဥပမာ သံဃာေတာ္သကၤန္း႐ံုတာကအစ
ပန္းခ်ီအေရာင္းျပပြဲလုပ္ပါတယ္။ ပန္းခ်ီကား
အမွားအယြင္း မရွိေအာင္ေပါ့။
ေရာင္းလို႔ရတဲ့ေငြေၾကးကို လက္ရွိပန္းခ်ီဆရာေတြႏွင့္ မိသားစုအတြက္ သာေရး၊ နာေရးႏွင့္ ပညာေရးအတြက္
Que:
ဆရာရဲ႕ ငယ္ဘဝနဲ႔ ပန္းခ်ီပညာလက္ဦးဆရာေတြကို သိလိုပါတယ္။
Ans:
ဧရာဝတီတုိင္း၊ ဓႏုျဖဴၿမိဳ႕မွာ ေမြးဖြားခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အဘိုးအဘြားအိမ္ကလည္း ဘုန္းႀကီးေက်ာင္းနဲ႔ နီးနီးေလး၊ ဦးေလးကလည္း ဘုန္းႀကီး၊
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ငယ္စဥ္ဘဝမွာ အေနနီးခဲ့ရလို႔ အေငြ႕အသက္ေတြရခဲ့တယ္လို႔ ဆိုရပါမယ္။ ဓႏုျဖဴၿမိဳ႕မွာ ဦးဂြန္း၊ ဦးဟန္ေအးႏွင့္ ဆရာႀကီး ဒဂုန္သန္း၊
ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲတစ္ခုကို သိခ်င္ပါတယ္။
ရန္ကုန္ေရာက္ေတာ့ ပန္းခ်ီပန္းပုေက်ာင္းက ဆရာေတြက လက္ဦးဆရာေပါ့။
Ans:
Que:
ရန္ကုန္မွာ ပညာသင္ခဲ့တာကေရာ သိပါရေစ။
Ans:
ပန္းခ်ီပန္းပုေက်ာင္းကို (၁၉၇၉-၁၉၈၂) မွာ တက္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ဆရာေတြျဖစ္တဲ့ ဦးသုခ၊ ဦးျမေအးႏွင့္ ဦးေက်ာ္လိႈင္ (ဘိုကေလး) တုိ႔ဆီမွာ
သင္ခဲ့ရတာပါ။
Que:
ေက်ာင္းၿပီးေတာ့ ဦးMတင္ေအး၊ ရန္ကုန္ဘေဆြ၊ ဦးဘရင္ကေလး၊ ဦးဘရင္ႀကီးဆိုတဲ့ ဆရာေတြဆီမွာ ပညာသင္ခြင့္ရခဲ့တာပါ။
ျပပြဲအေတြ႕အၾကံဳေတြကို ေျပာျပေပးပါဦး။
ပူးေပါင္းၿပီး လုပ္ေနဆဲ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အေမရိကန္၊
Ans:
1994 Fourth Asian Art Show Exhibition
တ႐ုတ္၊ စင္ကာပူ စတဲ့ႏိုင္ငံေတြက ပန္းခ်ီဆရာေတြကို
(Japan) ႏွင့္ စင္ကာပူ၊ ေဟာင္ေကာင္၊ အဂၤလန္တို႔က
ဖိတ္ၾကားၿပီး ေဟာေျပာပြဲေတြလုပ္ဖို႔ စီစဥ္ထားပါတယ္။
ျပသခဲ့တဲ့ပြဲေတြထဲက မေမ့ႏိုင္တဲ့
ေထာက္ပံ့ပါတယ္။ ရန္ကုန္ႏွင့္ မႏၲေလးပန္းခ်ီပန္းပု ေက်ာင္းကိုလည္း ေထာက္ပံ့ပါတယ္။
အဂၤလန္က King Road Art Gallery
မွာ ျပခဲ့တဲ့ပဲြပါ။ ရန္ကုန္မွာ အမ်ဳိးသားျပတိုက္မွာ
Que:
အရင္ျပခဲ့ၿပီးမွ သြားျပခဲ့တာပါ။
အနာဂတ္အစီအစဥ္ကိုလည္း သိခ်င္ပါတယ္။ Ans:
ျပည္တြင္းျပည္ပမွာ ျပဳလုပ္ခဲ့တဲ့
Born in Danubyu in 1960, Min Wae Aung studied traditional landscape and portrait painting at the State School of Fine Arts in Yangon. His works often represent Buddhist monks or nuns painted plain shimmering golden backgrounds. The faces are rarely shown, which symbolizes the Buddhist ideal of turning from worldly temptations, and finding serenity and inner peace. New Treasure Art Gallery No. 84/A, Thanlwin St, Golden Hill Avenue, Golden Valley Ward, Bahan Tsp, University P.O, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 95-1-526776, 95-1-503712
ပန္းခ်ီျပပြဲနဲ႔ ပတ္သက္တဲ့ Art Exchange ျပပြဲေတြ၊ Workshop ေတြ၊
Outdoor အတူထြက္ၾကတာေတြကို ႏိုင္ငံတကာႏွင့္
To Find Out More visit the Yangon Directory Website @ w w w. ya n g o n d i re c to r y. co m / myyangon
ပန္းခ်ီျပခန္းေတြနဲ႔ Agent ေတြ ၾကီးမႈးက်င္းပခဲ့တဲ့ Art
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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
Café KSS | Café | 470-472,
Gallery Bar & Restaurant | Café/Bar
Junior Duck | Chinese | Nanthidar
Street | 01 253 126, 09 431 67288
ext. 6430 or 6431
Strand Road, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 249
Mahabandoola Road, Cor. Bo Sun Pat
| 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828
H Cherry Man | Myanmar/Indian |
H Gekko | Japanese/Bar | 535
374 891, 01 389 705
902 32
78/80 Latha Street, Lower block | 01
Merchant Road | 01 386 986, 09 431
Thamada Hotel, Ahlanpya Pagoda
H Coffee Club | Café | 232, Sule
H Green Gallery | Thai | No. 58, 52nd
639-41 ext. 32
shop), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)
09 313 151 31
Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 243 047, 01 243
999 Shan Noodle Shop | Shan | 130 B, 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
Pagoda Road (Inside E-city phone
Coka Suki Restaurant | Thai/Hotpot
Harley’s | Fastfood | 285, Ground
Road, Ahlone Tsp | 01 229 904 ext.
Ya Htar Road, (2) Ward, Lanmadaw
| 104/108, Kyee Myin Daing Strand 229 905
Floor, The Corner of 6th Street & Anaw Tsp | 09 250 086 204
H Easy Café & Restaurant | Asian |
Harley’s@Pansodan | Fastfood | 380
722, 01 246 755
01 376 745
30A/C1, Bo Yar Nyunt Road | 01 220
Maha Bandula Road, Kyaukada Tsp |
Fat Man Steak | Western | Bo Yar
Heaven Pizza | Pizza | 38~40, Bo Yar
666
1383
Nyunt Rd, Dagon Tsp | 09 420 305
| Indian | No. 37th Street, Corner of
Feel | Myanmar | 124, Pyihtaungsu
Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)
08 132
Mahabandoola Road (Middle block),
Street (lower block), Botahtaung Tsp |
Avenue Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 732
Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 855
N
Heiwa | Japanese | 207,32 Street
(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp | 01 375931
Jetty Compound, Pan Soe Tan Saikkan 421
Kanpai | Japanese | 207 Bo Aung
Kyaw Street, Botataung Tsp | 09 421 739 599
Kinsakura Restaurant | Japanese
| BAK, Olympic Tower, 1st Floor, Bo
Aung Kyaw Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09 514 7840
H Kosan Café | Bar | Branch 2-Café/ Bar-108, 19th Street (Upper Block), Latha Tsp | 01 503 232
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 | 01 230 3097 N
Bar Boon | Café/Western | Just
H Frozee Gelatto Creamery | Ice
Road | 09 420 321 058
Dagon Tsp | 01 1233 874
Mahabandoola Road, Botahtaung Tsp
Bharat Indian Restaurant | Indian |
Fu-Rin Japanese Restaurant |
Ingyin Restaurant | Indian |
Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 382 253
Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 211 702
number)
356 Mahabandoola Road, Seikkantha
Issue 11 | MY Yangon |
India Kitchen | Indian | 297
Cream | No. 23 Nawaday Street,
outside FMI Center, 380 Bo Gyoke
44
N
Japanese | No. 210, Anawrahta Road,
| 01 389 367
Anawratha Road (30th St) | (no
Lotteria@Central Tower |
Fastfood | 79/81, Room (001/002), between 39th and 40th Street,
Kyauktada Tsp | 09 258 521 385 N
Marry Brown | Fastfood | 180-182,
Mahabandoola Garden Street (Middle Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 384 780
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Thai 47 | Thai | No (153),
Cornar of 47th Street &
Anawyahta Road, Botahtaung Tsp | 095169215 N
The Blind Tiger | Western/Tapas
| United Condominium, Nawaday Street | 01 388 488
Pabedan Tsp | 09 402 552 245, 09 731
Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6456 or
Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388
| 01 250 388
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 |
Phoenix Court (Si Chaun Dou hua) |
Chinese | Park Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388
Japanese /Thai | No. 387/397,
Rangoon Teahouse | Myanmar | 1st
Road, Pabedan Tsp | 01 378 166
| 09 517 832 9
Room K1, Upper Shwe Bon Thar
Flr, 77 Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp
H Monsoon | Asian | No. 85-87,
Oishii Branch 1 | Japanese | 98,
Santino Café |zzCoffee Shop | 18/A-1,
Botataung Tsp | 01 295 224
Tsp | 01 708 685, 09 312 870 53
387 880
Theinbyu Road (lower block),
My Garden | Asian | Ahlone Road | 01 372 822
Nam Kham Shan Restaurant | Shan |
37th Street, Corner of Mahabandoola Road (middle block), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)
Nan Yu | Indian/Cantonese | 81
Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 252 702
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Latha Street(Middle Block), Latha
Olive Garden | Mediterranean| 170/176 Bo Aung Kyaw Street | 09260171411
H Pa Pa Pizza | Pizza Delivery |
Yaw Min Gyi Street | 09 421 124 373
Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 01
33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp
H Sprouts | Salad Bar/Café | 68A
The Strand Café | Fine dining/
421 102 223
377~92
Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Tsp | 09
Sukiya Japanese Resturant |
Japanese | 42/B, Yaw Min Gyi
Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 311 350 26
H Sule Shangri -La Café | Bakery/
Café | Shangri La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6421, 6422
Western | 92 Strand Road | 01 243
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
| 01 539 598
544 930
| 4th Floor, Junction Square,
Kyun Taw Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09
West Shwegondine, Bahan Tsp | 01
Cafe Napoli | Italian | No,287, East
H Yhet’s | Japanese | 57, 37 Street
09 254 345 381
554 957, 09 420 207 233
(Lower Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 377
Floor, No(76/80)(B), Banyardala Road |
Bangkok Kitchen | Thai | Kandawgyi
Café Terrace 320 | Café/Thai | Corner
YKKO@Seikkantha Street- Also
Tsp | 01 556 901
430 919 59
various branches | Chinese/Thai | 286, Seikkantha Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 379 754
Midtown
Adamas | Seafood | No.14 , Kanbawza Road | 09-254 006 636
Natural Park,Nat Mauk Road,Tamwe
N
Bar Boon | Dutch Deli | No. 10K,
Shwe Taung Kyar Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 431 851 44
Barista Lavazza | Café/Coffee shop
| 16 Kyaik Ka San Road, Tamwe Tsp | 018 604 415
Barwachi | Indian | 37, Ground
After Work Bistro and Bar | Café/Bar |
Floor 1, La Pyayt Wun Plaza, Alan Pya
Road | 01 242 828 ext: 6428, 6429
302 583 77, 09 312 854 39
Tsp | 09 250 400 753
00002
Sule Shangri La, 223 Sule Pagoda
Shiki-Tei | Japanese | Park Royal Hotel,
Sushi Itchi | Japanese | No. 105,
Toba Restaurant Café | Indonesian
H Agnes | French/Fine Dining |
BBQ Chicken Restaurant | Fastfood |
| 01 250 388
218 282
254 095 451
Tha Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp,
Tsp | 09 250 613 329
33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp
Phone Gyi Street, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01
| 15 Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | 09
H Sydney’s | Western Bakery (Order
Tokyo Doughnut | Bakery |
Garden Street (Lower Block),
Corner of Anawrahta Road & Lanthit
Dagon Pagoda Road, MWEA Tower |
st Street & Bo Sun Pat Street | 09 731
Pot | 306, Level 3, Junction Maw Tin,
Road, Lanmadaw Tsp | 09 731 120 46
only) | 288/290 (Rm 106), 1st Flr, Shwe 01 381 607
Shwe Gon Dine Road, Bahan Tsp | 01
212
Titu’s Indian Banana Leaf | Indian
| 235, Ground floor, 32nd Street | 09
Pagoda Road, Yankin Tsp | 095 114
H AV's | Indian | Room A, Ground
H Shiawase | Sushi | 38/40 A1 Bo Yar Nyunt Street | 09 492 591 84
University Ave Road, Bahan Tsp | 01
312 854 39
H Summer Palace | Chinese |
Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | Chinese/Hot
Kyauktada Tsp | 01 242 650
Café Bellagio | Western | 81 New
and Nar Nat Taw Street, Kamaryut Tsp
N
Parisian Cake & Coffee | Coffee Shop/Café | 46 Mahabandoola
224 810
Western | Corner of Kyun Taw Road
932, 09 599 6143
Block), Lanmadaw Tsp | 011 221 568,
H Miyoshi Ramen | Japanese | 42/E,
Taung Tan Street, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01
395 052
525 194
The Lobby Bar | Bar | Park Royal Hotel
6434
Ureshii Kitchen | Japanese | 111 Shwe
Asagiri Sausage & Restaurant |
Corner of Narnattaw Road and
Spice Brasserie | Asian Fusion | Park
423 86, 09 517 5640
International Hotel, Dagon Tsp | 01
Botahtaung Tsp | 09 420 101 854
330 Ahlone Road, In front of Yangon
Road, Ground Floor M.M.G. Tower,
Peacock Lounge | Café | Sule-
09 420 308 350
Mart, Dhamazedi Road
Café Dibar | Italian | No.9, Kabaraye
H Nepali Food House | Nepalese |
Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road,
the Myanmar Red Cross Building,
Aung Thuka | Myanmar | 17(A),
Maru Grill Restaurant | Japanese |
Shangri-La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda
Black Canyon Coffee | Coffee shop |
Coffee shop | Market Place by City
Ya Kun Kaya Toast | Singaporean
41st - 42nd Street | 01 375 064
63, Bon Sun Pet Street, Lower Block,
Ananda Coffee and Cocoa | Café/
| 42 Strand Road, Left corner of
The Manhattan Fish Market |
Seafood/Western | 44/56 Kannar
134 Shwe Taung Tan Street (Upper
Union Bar & Grill | Western/Bar
31, A1, Shan Gone Street, Sanchaung
Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Kan Yeik Yangon | 01 382 919, 01 382 912
Mahabandoola Road, Between 31
** Alamanda Inn Restaurant | French
88772
Valley | 01 534 513
| 60B/Shwe Taun Gyar Road, Golden
Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 092535
44, Ground Floor, Pyay Road, Dagon
Billion Gold Restaurant | Fine
of Pyay Road and Ahlone Road | 09
Chatime (various branches) | Café | 29 B-002 Shwe Pyi Aye Yeik Mon
Housing, Bargayar Road, Sanchaung Tsp | www.chatime.com.mm
Chokdee | Dim sum | Yangon
International Hotel Compound
(Ahlone Road), Dagon Tsp | 09 732 271 77
Cocoon Bar | Asian/bar | 22/24
Shinsawpu Road and corner of Baho Road | 01 500 863
Coffee Circles | Café | 107(A)
Dhammazedi Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 525 157
Dining | Yangon International Hotel
Cousins Grill | Western | No. 28(A),
001
Sayarsan Rd, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 633
Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216
Kokkaing Swimming Pool St.,
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Dining Jing Hpaw Myay | Kachin | 2B Kyun Taw
Dagon Tsp | 09 492 702 71
Park & People’s Square, U Wisara
Dining Fukurou Japanese
Resturant | Japanese | No.81 (C),
New University Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 542 871
Doremi Café | Asian/Western | No.
33, Nigyawda Street, Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe Tsp | 01 546 850
Dynasty Bistro at Marketplace
Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 323 160 61
861 9486
N
Freshness Burger (Nawaday
Road) | Fastfood/burger | No. 18/D Nawaday Road, Dagon Tsp.
H Fuji Coffee House | Japanese
| No.116, University Avenue Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 371 ext. 512561
| Chinese | 430/A, City Mart
H Furusato | Japanese | 137 Shwe
Bahan Tsp | 01 523 840
265
Marketplace, Dhamazeddi Road,
N
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
EK Enjoy Kitchen | Fast Food |
68-B, Daw Thein Road & Bandar Gone Street, Kandawkalay. 09 310 41 915
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
Gon Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 556
H Golden City Chetty Restaurant
| Indian | Padonmar Street,
Sanchaung Tsp | 01 518 248, 095 414 526
H Golden Duck Restaurant |
Chinese | Kan Taw Mingalar Garden Compound, Shwedagon Pagoda Road | 01 240 216
Golden View Japanese Teppanaki Restaurant | Japanese | 23 Golden
Street, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01
Green Elephant Restaurant |
Myanmar | No. 37, University Avenue, Bahan Tsp | 01 536 498
Gusto Café | Coffee Shop/Italian | 150 Dhamazedi Road, Next to Monument Bookstore | 09 362 145 23
Happy Café & Noodles | Myanmar/
Asian | 104(B), Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 536 985
Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 421 149 721
Horn | Japanese Beef Steak | 36(A),
Golden Valley Street, Bahan Tsp | 01 513 404, 09 420 003 996
H House of Memories | Myanmar | 290 U Wisara Road | 01534 242
Ice Berry | Western | 230 Bargayar Road,
opposite Dagon Centre | 01 516 506, 01
Kohaku | Japanese | Chatrium Hotel No 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500
Ko Piteria | Café | No.23, A-1, Hledan Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09 730 503 61
H Le Bistrot | French | Savoy Hotel, 129, Dhammazedi Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 526 289, 01 526 298
Legacy Thai Restaurant | Thai | Yawmingyi, Dagon Tsp
Le Planteur | Fine Dining/French |
80, University Avenue, Kamayut Tsp | 01 541 230 N
Lotteria @ Junction Square |
Fastfood | Junction Square, Between Kyun Taw Road and Pyay Road, Kamayut Tsp | 012 305 798
Lotteria @ Ocean | Fastfood | Ocean
Super Centre, Tamwe Tsp | 01 525 947 N
Lucky | Singaporean | The Best
H Ichiban-Kan | Japanese | G17-18,
09 513 775 3, 09 250 648 820
entrance) | 018 619 194, 095 080
(North Wing), Mingalar Taung Nyunt
466
Kandawgyi Nature Park, Bahan Tsp |
H Manpuku | Japanese BBQ | No. 30,
Tsp | 01 394 824
Sagawar Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 214 284
FC Box & Food Desserts | Fastfood |
H Golden Kitchen Tori | Asian fusion
Jaspar House | Western | No. 54,
Marry Brown | Fastfood | 220, Shwe
(Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001
Hotel | 01 511 418
2589, 012 302 011
603 215
Yangon International Hotel Compound
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| 135 Inya Road, opposite of Savoy
Ahlone Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 517
Mr. Sushi | Japanese | No. 330
Banyadala Street, Tamwe Tsp | 09 240 047 373
503 380
Street, Mingalar Taungnyunt
Gyo Phyu Street, Aung San Stadium
Lay Daungkan Road (in front of Super
095 411 253, 09 421 060 505
Music Pub, Near Utopia Tower,
Tsp (opposite of Karaweik Park
Inya Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 511 418
H Muses | Asian/Western | No.
Lane, off Saya San Road, Bahan Tsp |
700 680 - Various branches.
View Tower (A), G3, U Aung Myat
H Mojo | Asian Fusion/Tapas | 135
Western | 32, Kokkine Swimming Club
N
Haru | Japanese | 81 Kabar Aye Pagoda
01 544 500 ext. 6294
One), Tamwe Tsp | 01 545 871
Kokine Bar & Restaurant | Asian/
Esperado, Top Floor, 23 U Aung Myat
09 731 817 58 | www.swensens-
Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 459 222 222
Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 072
Valley) | Fastfood/burger | People’s
Park | 01 241 103
Mom’s Kitchen | Asian/Singaporean |
Kobe-Ya | Japanese | 615/B Marlar Street.
International Hotel, Ahlone Road,
hospital | 01 510 285, 09 431 251
Karaweik Palace | Western/Asian
| Kandawgyi Compound, Mingalar
Goya Restaurant | Western | Hotel
H Tiger Hill | Chinese | Chatrium
52
09 421 167 008
N
Swensen’s | Ice Cream | Myay Ni
H Kachin Agape Restaurant |
Street (Closed Sundays) | 01 518 239,
Freshness Burger (Myanmar Culture
Potato Break | Fastfood | Myanmar
| 45 Baho Road, near Asia Royal
Kachin | Shwe Pyi Aye, just off Bagayar
Daruma | Japanese | Yangon
H Min Lann | Seafood/Rakhine
Street | 01 524 525, 09 420 247 034
Gon Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 018
485(B) Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01
H Nacha Thai | Thai | 86 Shin Saw
Pu Road, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 510 731
Culture Valley, U Wisara Road, People's
Putao Resturant | Kachin | 30 Ground Floor Dammayone Street, Myay Ni
Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 257 171 464 Radio Café | Sandwiches/Western
Stadium, North Stand, Upper
Hotel, 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp |
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
Nyunt Tsp | 09 252 451 353.
H Vino di Zanotti | Italian | 61
01 546 202
Thai Kitchen | Thai | 126 (A-1),
01 525 935, 01 505 247
Sai’s Tacos | Mexican | 32A Inya
Corner, Bahan Tsp | 09 730 377 99, 098
Road, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Central Forest Zone, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 923,
Myaing Road | 01 514 950
Dhamazedi Street & Inya Traffic 613 400
University Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp |
H Water Library | Fine Dining/
European | Corner of Pyay Road and
Manawharri Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 221
Salud Restaurant | Mexican/Latin
Thai Pot | Thai/Hotpot | 250 East Myin
Wingabar Road Bahan (Its next to
610 393, 095 007 997
Western Park Restaurant | Chinese
H The Coriander Leaf | Indian
Maha Myaing Kyun, Kandawgyi
American | 7(C) Ground Floor, Clover Hotel) | 09 731 136 01
Ground Floor, Wingabar Street, Bahan
N
Leaf Hotel, S27, U Chit Maung Road,
Tsp | 01 704 067
Pansodan Road, Mingalar Taung
Tsp | 09 730 818 71, 095 123 240
New Kham Wai | Fastfood | Green
University Ave Road, Kokkine, Bahan
Royal Garden | Chinese | Natmauk
Nature Park, Mingalar Taung Nyunt
N
Swe Thai Restaurant | Thai | 34 New
The Taj | Indian | B-9, Aung San
Samuri Sushi | Japanese | 4E/F
Tsp | 01 541 188
myanmar.com
| 30 Ma hlwa gone Street, Tamwe Tsp |
Nervin Café and Bistro | Café |
Karaweik Oo-Yin Kabar, Kandawgyi
Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 504 932,
Secret Recipe | Cafe |
Shwe Gon Daing Ocean Supercenter, 2nd Floor | 018604618
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, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500
721, 01 214 361
| Newar Bahan 3rd Street Bus Stop,
Nature Park, Bahan Tsp | 01 554 266, 01 553 931, 09 730 064 91
White Rice Restaurant | Chinese |
Nat Mauk Road, Kandawgyi Lake | 01 556 837
ext. 6253
Win Star | BBQ/bar | No (27/30),
117 Dhamazedi Road | 01 524 677, 01
The Fingers Food Garden | Myanmar
Padonmar Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01
095 416 437
H Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | Hot Pot/
H The Garden Bistro Signature
Oriental House Restaurant | Chinese/
Road, Shwe Gon Dine, Bahan Tsp | 01
Corner of Kan Yeikthar Street,
Bahan Tsp | 01 860 3851
Off the Beaten Track | Café/Bar |
Kandawgyi Natural Park, Karaweik OoYin Kabar, Mingla Taung Nyunt Tsp |
Dim Sum | No. 126(A), Myo Ma
Kyaung Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 371
H Sharky’s | Western/Ice Cream | 373 009
Chinese | No. 18, Ko Min Ko Chin 559 339
471
H Shwe Li BBQ | BBQ | 485 Corner
Pandomar | Asian | 105/107, Kha-Yae-
Kamayut Tsp | 01 535 394
Bin Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 538 895 Pepperoni Pizza | Italian | Union
Business Center (UBC) Annex B, Nat Mauk Road, Bo Cho Quarter Bahan
of Pyay Road & Narnattaw Road.
Singapore Kitchen | Singaporean | Yangon International Hotel
Compound, Ahlone Road | 01 216 001
Tsp | 09 302 583 99
Singapore Restaurant | Chinese |
Peppers | Western | University
Compound, Dagon Tsp | 09 730 167
Avenue Road | 01 548 046 N
Port Autonomy | Gastro Pub | 22A,
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 253 710 651
330 Ahlone Road, International Hotel 88, 09 492 718 66
Sport Bar | Bar | Yangon International Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001
| 55 Shan Kone Street | 01535350
Corner of Sanchaung Street & 505 467
H Xie Yang Yang (Xiao Long Bao)
Restaurant | Western/Asian |
| Dim Sum | On corner of Nyaung
Bahan Street, Near U Htaung Bo
502 582
Roundabout, Bahan Tsp | 01 546
Tong (No. 4) and Baho Road | 01
488
Yamagoya Ramen Restaurant |
H The Lab | Tapas | 70a
Quater, Bahan Tsp | 01 556 774
Shwegondaing Rd | 09 250 537 979 The Pizza Company (various
chains) | Italian | Dagon Centre 1 Shopping Mall, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 534 036, 09 730 697 24 | www.facebook.com/
thepizzacompanymyanmar The Serenity Restaurant | Myanmar
| No. 114/ B, Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 524 890
Japanese | 520 Uyin Street, Sayasan
H Yangon Bakehouse | Bakery/Café | Pearl Condo, Block C, Ground Floor,
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road | 09 450 055 924, 09 250 178 879, 01 557 448, ext. 818
Zeal | Western/Café | No. 99, Myay Nu Street | 09 731 272 80
Zephyr Coffee & Restaurant | Asian
| Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | (no phone number)
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H Phai Lin | Thai/Chinese | 69,
Pyay Road, 61/2 Mile | 01 525 403 Ryukyu | Japanese | 76 Saya San Road | 01 554 748
H Sabai@DMZ | Thai | Inside Mya Kyun Tha Park (Opposite Sedona
Hotel), Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | 018 605 178
Scoop premium Italian Ice Cream | Ice Cream | Junction Square
Shopping Centre, Kyun Taw Road | 09 732 183 21
Shake Bubble Tea | Cafe |
Uptown
Agora Café & Restaurant | Mexican | 84, Kanbae Road (Opposite Yankin Childrens Hospital) Yankin Tsp | 09
Fook Mun Lau | Chinese | 102,
Nawaday Cinema Garden, Corner Of Kabaraye Pagoda Road & Oak Pone Seik Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 661 839, 01 663 743
301 989 68
Frolick | Frozen Yoghurt | Kyun Taw
H Acacia Tea Salon | Fine Dining/
527 242
Bakery | 52 Saya San Road | 01 554 739 N
Always Café | Café | Ground Floor,
Ga Mone Pwint Shopping Mall, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 653 644, 01 653 660
Andaman II @ Yankin | Thai/Street
Street, Junction Square, 3rd Floor | 01
Township | 01 664 204
H L’Opera Restaurant | Italian | 62D,
U Htun Nyein Street, Mayangone Tsp |
Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 650 689
Myanmar | Parami Road | 01 667 449,
31452829
Ward 34 | 01 663636, 0943155647, 09
Indian Tadka | Indian | 7(A), Pyay Road, 6 ½ Miles, Hlaing Tsp | 09 420 187 010
Condo A, Corner of Kabar Aye Pagoda
Little Tokyo | Japanese | 10D,
Tsp | 09 431 688 08, 095 037 764
Kabaung Road, Hlaing Tsp | 09 731
The Seoul Korean Restaurant |
Lotteria @ Junction 8 | Fastfood |
88, 09 421 177 524
G21- G24, Junction 8 Shopping Mall, Kyik Wine Pagoda Road, Myangone Tsp | 01 650 771
H Min Lan | Rakhine/Seafood | No.
Mayangone Tsp | 01 651 774
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503 232
48095051658, 0973184568
and Kabar Aye Pagoda Road,
019 662 866
18, U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan | 01
488/490 Shwe Thapyay St, Ward
099 926 959
Kone Myin Thar | Myanmar | 69 (A)
Café 47 | Western | 47 A, Pyay Road,
Vietnam House
Yunan BBQ | BBQ/Chinese | 48
Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 656 941,
Orchid Café | Café | Inya Lake Hotel,
Kosan Café-Bar Branch 1 | Bar/Café |
Korean | 142 Parami Road | 09 492 848
16, Parami Road & West of Maykha
and Kyout Kone street, Yankin Tsp
01-8011102, 8011100, 8011102-4
Thukhawaddy St., 6th Ward, Yankin
851 68, 09 731 789 46
180 670
Pyay St, 71/2 Mile, Mayangone Tsp |
217 17
The Myths | Western Cuisine | 18
Innlay Ahmataya | Shan | 8 Kyout
Kone street, Corner of Thitisar Road
of May Kha Road and Parami Road,
ext. 858
Coner of Parami Road and Myint
Dining | 20 Malikha Road | 01 661 983
Road & Sayarsan Road | 01 557 448
Aux Saisons | European/Fine Dining
21/22 A, Pinlon Rd, Ward 29|
H Shwe Sa Bwe | French/Fine
Gangam Restaurant | Korean |
Her’s |Korean Food| 879, Pinlon Rd,
Bo Bo Min Tea Garden
North Okkalapa Tsp | 09 421 006 237
Mayangone Tsp | 01 660 792, 09 732
72
Zu Street, Yankin Tsp | 09 421
| level 3, corner of Ngwe Ni 13 Street,
H La Tartine | French Bakery | Pearl
092 006 777
BB Cake & Coffee | Café | 48,
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone
Shwe Pyi Moe | Myanmar Tea Shop
09 515 147 76
Fuji | Japanese | Hanthawaddy Road |
Arirang Restaurant | Korean | Thiri
125
La Maison 20 | Fine Dining | 20,
095007202
Taing Yin Tar | Myanmar | 5A, Corner
Gourmet Corner Restaurant |
| 31/A Kan Yeik Tha Road | 01 661
Street, Mayangone Tsp | 01 660 612
No:1201 ,Pin Lon Rd |093023595,
09 730 307 55
Bar | Yankin Road
Mingalar Street, Hledan | 09 493 351
L’Alchimiste | French | 5 U Tun Nyein
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp |
(A), corner of Kanyethethar Street Mayangone Tsp | 01 665 398 | 01 664 496
H Parami Pizza | Italian | No (11/8), Corner of Malikha Road and Parami
Road, 7th Quarter, Myangone Tsp | 09 250 292 074
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Bars &
Clubs
Nightlife Bars
Yangon has an expanding nightlife
Friendship Bar: No(135)corner of
2: No.108, 19th Stree (Upper
Off the Beaten Track: Kandawgyi
Cheap and cheerful
Popular with tourists, expats and
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. Captain’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 |
Block), Latha Tsp | 01 503 232 |
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
The Lab: 70A Shwegondaing
180 214 | Famous for their Moscow
Club Rizzoli: Chatrium Hotel 42,
The Music Club: Park Royal Hotel,
Penguin: 12 Hlwa Gone Street,
250 537 979 | A new and busy bar/
Yangon’s Bartenders competition.
ext. 6243/6244 | Private party
Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388 |
Tamwe Tsp | Local hangout with good, cheap cocktails
Pool Bar: Yangon International
Hotel, 330 Ahlone Road, Dagon
Tsp | Lively bar with pool tables-
Road, Bahan | 09- 250 018 200, 09-
restaurant with excellent cocktails The Phayre: 292 Upper Pansodan
Road | 01 246 968 | A new, no-frills downtown bar
The Strand Bar: 92 Strand Rd | 01 243
Lanmadaw Tsp | 01- 122 156
Sapphire Lounge & Bar: Alfa
excellent free happy hour snacks
interesting wine bar
Tsp | Discreet outside rooftop bar
Taung Tan Street (Upper Block), 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
open late
Maru Wine Bar: 130, Shwe
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
377 ext. 92 | Historical spot with some
The Water Library: Pyay Road/
Manawharri Road intersection | A
swanky spot for high-end cocktails The Yangon Sailing Club: 132
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
Union Bar & Grill: 42 Strand Rd, Left
restaurant
Building, Botahtaung Tsp | 09-420
U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan,
Kamayut Tsp | 01 503 232; Branch
| A karaoke bar with individual booths and dance-floor
321 61 | Popular outdoor bar/
including guest DJ nights Vista Bar: 168, Corner of
members on Fridays
corner of the Myanmar Red Cross
Natmauk Rd, Tamwe | 01544 500 paradise with Cuban cigars,
karaoke, live percussion band and in-house DJ
Shwegonedaing Road and Old Yay
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-
Music Box: Yangon International
Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel, Shwe Taung
Runs a good variety of events,
Inya Rd | Beautiful lake-views with
a lively in-house band
Hotel Complex, No.330, Ahlone
Mule cocktails and winner of
Café Liberal: Nat Mauk Street,
| Loud music and a good up-town
GTR: 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | Popular with a young and hip crowd
Enjoy the occasional live band and themed nights; as well as regular nights with the in-house DJ
Please check out "Plot Ahead" for Nightlife events happening around Yangon.
JJ: Mingalar Mon Market, 4th
Flr, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | Well-sized dance floor. Club
is spread out over four floors.
Entry fee (3000 kyats) includes a free drink
Next to Chatrium Hotel | 01 551
Pioneer: Yangon International
standing!
crowd with pop/club music
774, 09 642 093 0 | For the last one
Basement One, 33 Alan Pha Phaya
Hotel, No.330, Ahlone Road | Fun
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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