New Website @ www.sianpu.info

I would like to announce to my direct and extended network friends that I may not blog much on multiply but at my personal website. I actually have my site in 1999 with www.sianpu.net for free where I registered at NameDeamon. Howevr, it was like 2 years after I changed my site to another free web host at ZDNet.com, they no longer offer web hosting service. The thing I like about my second website is that they offer free CGI scripts with minimal skill to manage, install and update it.

Another TLD I registered is www.sianpu.com and the same thing went with my domain name that I failed to renew this site after about two years and it is no longer available. Hence, I keep on trying to have my personal website beyond the functionality of blogs and other social networking which I have more control and design, I finally choose to register www.sianpu.info.
I'll probably or (I'm sure) keep this site on without any termination of account.

Having website now a day is very easy and it cost very little unlike the first time I have my own site back in Y2K. Well, it is too much introduction about my new site so, let us jump to the new site at www.sianpu.info
Please don't forget to sign my guest book and have your say.
Thanks for your friendship...

Every end is a new beginning :)

Extremely Slow

The internet today is extremely slow and I spend most of my time waiting and waiting Zzzzzz.

A new beginning at MOSA

A new beginning at MOSA:
Myanmar Overseas Seafarer Association.
What is all about this? Why do I attend this training? What for?

Well, this is the common questions asked by my Zomi friends.
They're eager to know about it as they have no clue of what is going on with me at present. Well, I've got have a chance for the interview at CTI for Lewis Cruise Line in Europe last December. Did I say Lwis? Yes, it will be an IT Job, they called it "IT Specialist job" on the ship. About 12 people interview from Myanmar passed for the job and we've in the process of applying for CDI.

Before applying it, we are required to have a certificate from MOSA. This is the brief history of why I go to MOSA. This training will last about one and half to two months from 8:30 to 12:00 Noon. I need to leave home at 7:45 and have lunch somewhere in the town after the training. I continue to work; go to my regular work from 12:30 to 8:30 PM to make it 8-working hours per day.

Do you think I'm happy for that?
Well, Yes. But tiresome since the work is at the right while the training is another thing. Fortunately, I'm totally free on Saturday and Sunday. So, typically Sunday and Saturday is a time for Family.

Do I enjoy at MOSA?
The rules are very strict there. We requested to wear only shirt and longi everyday. No talking during the meeting. We charge fee for late comers- of course for the fund per the instruction of the teachers. We're about 60 people from different background, who are almost ready to go onboard. The teachers and the students voted me to be the class monitor there. Do I have additional task for being a class monitor? Not much a part form recording, organizing and helping the students, teachers for the class

Family Photo

You are my hero Honey!

Ngaihno,

Apart from being my wife, you are my HERO.
-You've helped me discover my value in life.
-You've helped me find my talent and gift.
-You've give me hope and dream.
-You've made my life shine again.
-You've helped me how to let things go and how to uphold what ahead.
-You've helped me to face the world.
-You've helped me find my way.
-You've taught me how to forgive.
...because of you, I got to know who I really am.

You've help me how to cherish the past, celebrate the present and transform the future together with our dear daughter- Ngaihngaih...

I love you and ka tanu so very much.

Definition of Best Friend

An English publication offered a prize for the best definition of a friend and among the thousands of answers received were the following:

"One who multiplies joys, divides grief and sorrow."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume of sympathy bound in cloth and never runs down"

But there is a definition that won the prize:

A best friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out -selected

Does God exist?

If you believe God exists, you gain everything. If you disbelieve, and God exists, you lose everything.

Alternately: It makes more sense to believe in God than to not believe. If you believe and, God exists, you will be rewarded in the afterlife. If you do not believe, and he exists, you will be punished for your disbelief. If He does not exist, you have lost nothing either way.

Quotes

Never take for granted every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you've lost a diamond because you were too busy collecting stones-

Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself- Herb True

Handle with Prayer

Life is filled with many disappointments
Sometimes the load gets too heavy to carry
It's more than you can bear
Give your fragile problem to the Master
Just stand on your knees and handle with Prayer

So many times we tried to solve our problems
We search for the answer in the world
But the answer is not there
JESUS will give the solution
Just bow on your knees and handle with Prayer

Take your problems to the one who calms the storm and water
Take it to the one who really cares
Take it to the one who made the Land
Just bend to walk on your knees again
Handle it with Prayer...

I am an open guestbook

I'm an open guestbook.
Anyone can see who have hurt me.
Anyone can see who have blessed me.
Anyone can see what I have gone through.
Anyone can see who I am now.
Anyone can see who I will become.

Anyone can be a part of my life.
Anyone can be a blessing to me.
Anyone can hurt me.
Anyone can love me.
Anyone can read what my feeling is.
Anyone can see what my philosophy is.

Anyone can sign in my guestbook.
Anyone can write anything in my guestbook.
Anyone can read what others have written.

This is how I become an open guestbook.
I hve no enemy in this world.
Anyone is can be my best friend if she/he chooses to.

If HATE comes, I will welcome him with LOVE.
If LOVE, I will welcome her with a HUGE HUGH.

After all, no one can shake my foundation because I am deeply rooted in he One I Believe.

@ Seven Months

Katanu is now 7-Months old today.

3-Minute Photo Resizing

Have you ever thought of sending e-mail attachment to a place like Myanmar where internet speed is under way to reach the average ADSL/ Broadband connection? According to my previous experiences, I saw people sending large attachments to users in Myanmar which sometimes take more than 30 minutes to download for just 5 MB of photo attachment (equivalent to about 3 full resolution photos directly copied from their digital camera).

It is not a problem to send large attachments as large as 5 or 10 MB per message in other countries where there is a full ADSL speed and broadband-type fast connection. However, if you are to send email attachment photos to your family and friends in Myanmar it is advisable to resize the photos before sending to them. In most cases the recipients do not receive the photos completely or worst to it, the message does not reach if the recipients use local-run POP3 e-mails i.e., net.mm, com.mm etc. with dial-up connection. Even if those mails are capable of receiving attachments it could literally take from 15-30 minutes to download them which is equivalent to 50 cents to 1 dollar per hour. To make life easier and save time and money for the recipients you can take a 1-minute tutorial on how to simply resize images and photos for e-mail attachments. Anyone with any level of computer knowledge can learn this with in a matter of just one minute. Did you ever say that you are extremely busy to make that stuff and have not time for photo editing? If yes, it here it is. To resize a photo should not take more than 30 seconds.

You’re now on your way to learn how to resize your photo proportionally with 8 simple clicks.

1. Right click on your photo and scroll down to “Open with” and select “Microsoft Office Picture Manager” as shown below.

2. Click on the “Edit Picture” tab.

3. You will then see the properties at the right pane.

4. Click on the “Resize” button and select your desired size. You may choose “Web- large” for e-mail attachment then click on “OK.”

5. You will need to click on the “Save” button. After saving it, you will notice that the size has changed to 95% or 100% in the view panel and the Size Setting will also be different from the original size.

You now have a perfect resized photo ready to send as an attachment with a very small size.
This could probably have been changed to about 250-300 KB from the original full resolution size 1.5 or 2 MB.

Isn’t it easy buddy?
Please visit us at www.zocia.org/forum for more online tutorials.
If you would like to request a tutorial on any technical problem, please feel free to e-mail us at zocia@zocia.org

Test post from e-mail

Testing if it works to post to this blog from e-mail.

Laptop Rules

The following are rules to using the laptops. . .

1. Clean hands before using laptops.

2. Carry laptops by holding bottom portion.
(NEVER pick up laptop by the screen)

3. Hands off screen.

4. Food and drinks away from laptops.

5. Pencils/pens and papers off laptop

keyboards.

6. Turn head into shoulders when sneezing

or coughing.

7. Fingers away from mouth and nose.

Technical Support Means...

Technical Support & Repair

In order to provide the best technical support available, a multi-step approach has been developed. These steps include:

Assessment The first step in assessing the problem is listening to the end-user/client. Once the problem is described, the engineer will attempt to replicate the problem so it can be viewed first hand.
DiagnosisThe engineer will, through various test procedures, determine the likely cause of the problem. The client will receive a report as to the nature of the problem and the suggested course of action.
Resolution After receiving approval from the client, the engineer will perform the suggested “fixes” necessary to restore the computer to its’ desired working state.
Recommendations The engineer will make suggestions to help the client avoid similar problems in the future.

Promoted as IT Specialist Moderator at "IT Guru-UK"

I was invided by a colleague (admin) from www.it-guru.co.uk to be a moderator there.
Well, nothing is much special here as I've been a part of discussion and learning envoronment with different international IT Specialist Network.
I accepted it and I am ready to be to contribute my knowledge to the growing tech support network at IT Guru, UK in their online forum. My involvement in this group won't actually be a boredom nor waste of time but rather a fun-and-learning experience of myself in pursuite of competency in international level technical skills. This may mean someting though it may cost part of my precious time. Well, get over it...

10-full days break for Water Festival in Myanmar

Well, I have my whole day break during the Water Festival.
It normally was about 6 days but starting from this year the holiday is for 10 days.
Wow, I could relax and enjoy my vacation starting from tomorrow.
It is a perfect time to spend a quality time with my Tanu and my Ngaihno.
Cool, cool, kwel...

Oh yea, I need to borrow some movies and wath with my family at home while eating Gatam and Vaimim ciim.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A ZOMI WHEN...

-Your parents introduce you to foriegners that you are a "chin"
-You speak a Zomi language when you are in the mission ningh, international night at your school.
-You display Zomi traditional dress at Open-House at your school without knowing much about what those beautifully colored costumes and dresses.
-Your CD case is flooded with Zomi songs, Zomi ngeina but don't really know much about the people and the meaning of the songs.
-You Google the same keyword for more than 5 times a day which is "Zomi."
-You search for the keyword "Zomi, Zogam" in Youtube.
-You don't really like the dry soybean but you have to eat it anyway.
-You are not allowed to call your elders by thier full name.
-You think your parents are not smart enough in speaking English while you were trained to speak in Zomi with little understanding.
-You prefer to read stories and articles written in Zomi rather than English or Burmese, Indian etc.
-You think you are smart enough to cheat your parents but they won't allows this to happen.
-You are advised to call "Pu/ Pi, Pa, Nu, Sia" to a stranger you do not really know much about.
-You need to sit and wait for your guests to go home late at night though you know that you are to wake up early in the morning but hesitant to tell them you are sleepy.
-The first word you are taught to say is "Dam maw?"
-The second word you are taught is to be able to say "anne khin maw."-The third word you learn is "Mang pha, mang fa."
-You are typing very fast but using only two finders when using the computer.
-You are to weak a traditional dress you seldom see people wearing it.
-You sing a Zomi song when you are to present the country of your own in internationa student night.
-You said you like "Gatam" but you don't actually eat much even if you were provided.
-You said you like Be-ik but you don't really want to carry on the plane.
-You said you like "ui sa" but you eat no more.
-The first thing that came to your mind is "ZONET" when you though of reading news.
-You spend quite sometime reading news and have late meals and sleepping time while you can't keep yourself from not writing back to your own people.
-You often times skip your supper or eat your breakfast while driving on your way to work.
-You help one another.
-You can't hold back yourself from not giving when you see a begger near by the street.
-You do a lot of self-talk when alone and people from a distance see you murmering something like "zomi,zomi, zomi."
-You eat meals at the house of your relatives and you are about to finish eating but they put more rice in your plate by force which you can't resist and you ate 'am all anyway though you're full up to your brim.
-You say "mangpha" for more than two times before one leaves.
-You tell your parents to dress up nice while they argue you to dress up properly in turn.
-You are so smart, and smart enough to write and speak in English but need to polish your writing in Zomi because you have not even attended 1st grade in Zolai.
-You think the first name of some peopel is "Taang" or "Lia" while you are not accustomed to use it.
-You concern for the well being of your people though they do not ask you for help.
-The only day you have been waiting for in a year to meet with friends is Zomi Nam Ni (Zomi National Day).
-The family reunion day is a long-awaited-holiday which falls on KHUADO Festival also falls on the same day with American Thanks giving day.

Whew, the list goes on and on...

Tg. Sianpu

Ngaih ngaih...

Ngaihngaih,

You are now five months old today but by the time you are able to read this message, you will be smart enought to comprehend both written and speaking in English, Burmese, Chinese a part from your mother tounge, Zomi. So, you and your brothers and sisters can keep on posting and continue developing this page with your activities and school projects right on this page. I love you and your mom so very much.
Honey, always remember that Okey? You are the most wonderful person in the world! You welcome this world with smile and you entered this family with a very cute gesture in the hospital of CWH in Zangkong on Sunday morning. I praise God for you, and for your mom as well as myself because He is so great for all of us that we can not even count all the blessings he has given to us each and every day.

Zomi lia leh Taang

Hi lim bel Ngaih Anglai acih khu sung a Zomi lia leh Zomi Taang hi. Kingeih siam te hi.

Zomi gam leh Zomi leitang

Ih ngam ahi, Zomi gam leh Zomite leitang i nopcitdan bel hi dan hi paih hi. A nopci zawkna mun tampi tak om a tu mun te ah zong hun ih ngah cing na nu te, na u nau teng in ih vek in ih khualam ah hawh to in vacation bawl to zeel ingh i hang ei maw Ngaih ngaih.

Lo kuan kawm, buk tep kawm hi hang

Ih pu leh pa te hun lai hi ta leh tu hun ciang dong ah a om lai khat in, lo kuan kawm in buk zong tep kawm in, khut tawh pat khau (cotton) hual lai in na hanciam tak in kisem hi. Nung zaang ah seng tawh van a dim pi in ki pua to lai hi. Zomi te in nasep hahkat minam hi a, a kitak mite ahi hi. Leitung ah Zomi te a fa ingh mi tawm veve ingh hi. Buk kiteep kawm lai hi.

Zomi ngeina ah misi a om ciang in ki lam pih hi

Nidang lai ih pu leh pate hun lai in misi khat a om tiang in ki lampih in, ki vak pih hi. Inntual zaang ngei ah ki umcih kawkawi in lampih in, sun leh zan ki om pih hi. Misi luang khat nitampi sung koih uh hi. Hi mahta leh Pasian shu ong tun zawh ciang tu bang ngeina te cidamna leh khangsak nuntak zia tawh kituaklo ci in ki nusia ta hi. Hi bel nidang a eimite ai ci nuntak uh hiam cih laksakna bek hi.

Zomi ngeina lam pawlkhat hi

I-Inntual zaang, lamsaina ci a na sim zeel bel hih dan hi paih hi. Inntual zaang ah lam kisai in, lawm nopna, pawl bawlna leh zu leh sa nekna in kizang hi. Ahih hang zu kham in ki vua, kihau cih bang kuamah lo hi.

Nidang lai ih Zomi te nunzia pawl khat hi

Zomi te ngeina pawl khat hi tak ah ong lak ingh. Tap kici in tu ngei ah mei ki tuah hi. Tu mei umcih in kikhung ngeingai a, shu leh la kikum in zing vai, lovai ki vawihawm hi.

Na nu mante hi

Hi tak ah maw Ngaih,

Na nu mante pawl khat ong koih sak ingh.

Nang ma muh seih nang cihna hi. A ki zaihna bel a nungk lai tih ingh hi.

A photo to remember

This was taken when I was in the Baguio, Philippines.

Phuitong Flower

Phuitong

flower, Zogam ciaptehna pak.

This one is my graduation photo

Here is the photo of my graduation. I'm happy to see that you came along with you Nunu on my graduation day. This one is M.A.

Graduation photo of your mom

Katanu,

Here, you will see some of the photos we took during the graduation of your Nunu.

It is M.Div. Unfortunately, she does not keep her M.A graduation but I'll try to make it possible to have the record of it. I'm regret that I do not even keep the graduation photo of my bachelor degree. This is why I do treasure and keep memoriable photos and eventual pictures like this blog because computers are not reliable all the time and even this blog too.

Computer Training at 5 Months

Ngaih ngaih, do you remember how I wish you to grow intellectually especially in computer.

This is the photo when I teach you with my PC run on a Windows Vista- Ultimate version. By the time you see this post, you may not even aware of the existence of the windows I am using now. See, you are eager to learn and touch the key pads of my computer. I realize how good you will become someday because it has been deepely rooted in your heart. I just laught all the time because you are very interested in computer and you always try to me yourself literate with it. You will soon realize what I am talking about you se...

Some Photos of my activities

These photos are taken when I was the Emcee of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary graduation banquet in Baguio City, Philippines.

Both Denise and myself are the chair persons for the entire service. All I can say is that it was fun with lots of games and delicious foods.

Nunu leh Papa Photos

Here is again the photos of your mom and dad with ih Minam dress.

Photos of your Nunu and Papa

Here is your Nunu and Papa.

Ong Ngai Mamah maw Ngaih Ngaih

"Ong Ngai mamah maw Ngaih Ngaih" will probably be the only thing you hear me say and remember by this time. It is because I love you so much and you are everything to me honey.