I cound't resist

 I saw this when I was going home the other day. For me it is still surprising to see Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's picture everywhere. For many years, even her name was not said out loud, with everyone referring to her as 'The Lady" . So seeing her picture on the back of a car is such a huge step forward.

I debated a whole half minute about whether or not I could /should take my camera and record it. Obviously, I couldn't resist.

hectic

So much for my good intentions.

I knew there were 4 new classrooms being added to the school building during the holidays but I hadn't realised that that would keep me so busy at the beginning of semester 2. There are also some other projects going on at school and around so that I honestly have had NO time at all to really write anything.

If all goes well, that will change after this weekend and next week so hopefully February will be better.

Happy 2013!

I hope this will be a great year for everybody. Enjoy the good times, get through the bad times as fast as possible, and keep in good health.

I've posted much more than I thought I would in 2012. I hope I'll do even better in 2013.

We've just come back from Chaung Tha beach and have a lot of things to do. Posts will come soon.

Holidays

It is the hols at the moment and somehow I put in a lot of work for school but very little on writing anything on this blog. We also don't go to Ocean a lot since we can access email and even facebook with KK's phone. It doesn't work great but well enough to not bother with 'proper' access.

Anyways, a quick hello and more posts in the next year.

Have a fabulous holiday time and I wish everybody a wonderful 2013. 

Alamanda Inn

A few weeks ago I finally made it to this place. We were in the neighbourhood and had wanted to eat at a place not too far away but that place had closed due to lack of business. Then someone in our group mentioned going to the Alamanda Inn for a bite. And iI must say I was pleasantly surprised. Of course we were in good company but the food was great and the ambiance is excellent. We stayed much longer than we had planned and were eventually the last to leave.  

I really like this place and I'm sure we'll be back here sometime soon. The prices are not much more expensive then anywhere else when you have good western food (there are cheaper places but then the food is usually less good as well). 

They have their own website Alamanda Inn and even a facebook page but I found the facebook page remarkably empty and of no help at all. This might change over time though.

 

 As always, my pictures don't do the place justice. I think it might be time for a new camera.

Yeah, Teletubbies!!!

BBC takes Teletubbies, TV news and Doctor Who to Burma

 

The Teletubbies have proved to be hugely popular with pre-schoolers

The Teletubbies, 24-hour news and Doctor Who are being introduced to Burma as the BBC launches three pay-TV channels there next January

Finally some good tv-programmes here.Unfortunately for us, I don't think it is the provider that we have. There are basically 2 choices and they didn't differ much. Now, this might be a reason to switch. That, and the fact that we have paid for all channels that our provider offers (58, most of them rubbish) but we get less than half for real and usually not the channels that we want. 

Great location, ok food

General Aung San's workplace

 Yesterday we had a  birthday party at this place. The food was good, the company better and the location really nice. After dinner, one of the party members suggested we'd have a look upstairs because General Aung San used to work here. So, upstairs we went. Me, I'm just a sucker for old buildings and history so I enjoyed our 10 minutes looking around.

I just like this room

From outside the building is fabulous. Unfortunately my camera doesn't do it justice by any means.

Beautiful colonial building that my camera can not capture

Downstairs

Upstairs

I did and still do find the menu uninspiring. I saw a lot of Thai dishes, some western food a bit of Indian. Almost as if they can't make up their minds. That said, we ordered a couple of Indian dishes and it was nice.



 Adress: 290, U Wisara Road
Kamayit Township
Yangon

Tel: 09501 534 242


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