From: Shit_Happen
EMail: bookwormz_99@yahoo.com
Sorry Ko Dj...
Pls delete my 1st msg if u thought it was alittle out of track from ThinGyan Story.
I just choose my id as "Shit_Happen" as u & me talked about the movie of a stupid guy named "Forrest Gump" last night. Just like things around are "shit happen" to me and I just want to make it a joke out of it, I just created a another id as it is, shit happen.
Back in 1990, the school were closed, some of the students like us were treated as outcast or black sheep in the society, I ran away from home to Mandalay and struck there at the Mandalay BaYarGyi Monestary with some fellow students.
It was a ThinGyan time, u know, every ppl around us were having a good time with friends & families throwing water, watching dances n singing day n night. Bcoz Manadalay was always regarded as the place of ThinGyan city, we are feeling down and under among the having good time Mandalay people.
My only wish at that time was to be like a normal youngster again feeling the festive season of ThinGyan but no bodies welcomed us or invited us in any occasion even in the monestary SaTuDiThar pwe.
Then it was the last day, and it was the last night of ThinGyan. I with my friends returned from the Coffee shop nearby silently under the half lit moon along the small street of small houses. The most desired wish at that time was, you know, we just want to watch the legendary movie of all Burmese ppl favourate in ThinGyan, "ThinGyan Moe". We did not regret as we lost the chance jollying in ThinGyan but we all at that time was thinking for a same wish, only if we could watch the movie, we would feel better of ourseleves no matter what a shit happen life we had been leading.
Then we saw the house with many people sitting at the big kutpyit under the so many light bulbs and infront of them was a 29 inches color tv distanced from us about 3o feet or so. Do u know what a beautiful song we heard, ko dj? ThanMyatSoe's opening song of our beloved movie, ThinGyan Moe!!!! "Myu Mon Nwe Kin..". With our heart full of sorrow & happiness at the same time for longing of the ThinGyan's spirit, we could not help ourselves from hurried down to the TV through the open gate to the house and asking the host of the family (actually begging...) to let us watch the great movie of thingyan legend for a while... To our surprise, (no need to b surprised as we all know the kindness n hospitality of Mandalay Thar Myar), they let us in, let us sit on the bamboo materess together with them, let us watch the movie until the end, let us have the SinMin charoot and warm plain tea and let us be like one of the family of ThinGyan festival for the night....
Until now, I never forget that warmth night of ThinGyan in my life time, and anything of my life 'shit happen', I try to think back of the wonderful experience of it and I carry on. Now I am very far away from home, I am very far away from that beautiful night of Mandaly ThinGyan, I am very far away from the song of "Myu Mon Twe Kin.." but I am still with them deep down inside my heart and I still carry on my life.
Ko Dj...pls accept my real life story as a apology to my first reskless msg. I wish you and all of our RIT club members a happy Thingyan for every year....