Grateful Students and Satay Dinner

Dr Maung Maung Nyo

Students invited me to a BBQ Satay
To join them in celebrating their heyday
After passing their Phase 1 exam wholly
Tonight is the D-Day to make it holy.

The rain fall cats and dogs the whole day
The Kuching sky was heavily cast all grey
We thought BBQ party might have to fray
Luckily it clears a few hours before we stray.

Lucy, Nan and I are the first to arrive at
The BBQ Party site on the patio flat
Students warmly greet us left and right
They want their party a success tonight.

Staff and guests trickle in with time
All look ardent and enthusiastic with smile
Some couples bring in their cute children
It’s Malay culture to enjoy the feast with them.

Melodious music is played for the guests
There is no tedious talk or tempo in effect
Staff and students mix freely to enjoy
The company of each other with smile

Teachers commending student’s success
Students thank the teachers guiding them best
They congratulated me for our book
"Essentials of Integrated Anatomy" as good.

Students barbecue the chicken with zest
They are trying it to make them best
For their teachers, friends and their guests
Food is plenty to feed every body fullest.

Chicken wings, Satay beef and fish
Tomato rice, sweet and sour salad dish
“Whole class passed with three D”, they relish
I say,” You all are great to the finish.”

I remember I once passed the whole class at IM 2
Teachers from other institute scolded me a fool
They said it’s unnatural to pass without failures
I replied them with good teaching can assure.

The UNIMAS students are progressing year by year
They succeed not only better in the Phases clear
They pass in the MRCP and MRCS exams easier
We’re proud of them as their primary teachers

They acknowledge their debts to us wherever they go
It’s a gratification for all of us growing old or dying so!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
24.4.2010 (original)

Note: Satay = A barbecued meat on a skewer
UNIMAS = Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
This poem was written on the occasion of Phase 1 M.D. students
celebrating the pass of all 86 students at Phase Exam held in April 2010.

Sad Burmese Thingyan 2010

Dr Maung Maung Nyo

Burmese New Year is here
We’re celebrating dear
Throwing water to all near
It’s the custom we adhere.

Damsels dance delicately
To the tune of high pitch intimately
Boys and boisterous lads sing clapping
They augment the Dobat din matching.

Some are boiling Burmese Dimsun near
White rice balls with sweet interior
People enjoy it to refresh their vitality
Only the unlucky eat the spicy variety!

Suddenly there is a din in the crowd
It overwhelms the sound of Dobat aloud
People run helter-skelter
There is blood everywhere.

It’s a bomb thrown at the crowd
That’s why it’s so loud
Unheard of in any Thingyan
It’s an act of terror maximum.

Who did it?
Why he did?
It does not matter
It just shatters
The spirit of good will
Happiness and equality
Its impact is morose
It’s death almost!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
19.4.2010 (original)

N.B.: Burmese Dimsun = Snack rice ball with sweet interior;
Some put chili inside the rice ball to make it spicy for unlucky person
Dobat = Loud Folk music with Quick Bests for Dancing
Thingyan = Burmese Water Festival

Speak to be Human!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo

Why don't you want to hear?
Who asks you not see either
And why not to speak clear?
What has happened to you, dear?

We are humans different from monkey
We can speak and write sundries
We have culture, state and society
That differentiates us from ape category.

I heard in Burma not long ago
"Ma Pyaw, Ma Lote, Ma Pyote" motto
As though it would save them in toto
But they also sank with others in present inferno.

So please be human always
Think and act as human every day
Your duty is to see, hear and say
Of course use your intelligence to pay.

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
6.4.2010 (Original)

Note: Ma Pyaw = Not speaking
Ma Lote = Not working at job
Ma Pyote = No Dismissal from job