I’m Proud of You

Dr Maung Maung Nyo


(Col. Ko Ko Gyi M.B.,B.S. (Rgn.), M.D. (Penn.), DPM.,
American Board Certified Internist and Psychiatrist, First Dean
and Rector of IM 2,Yangon)

I’m a fortunate man
Having met many friends
Who always welcome me
To help whatever I like to be.

(Cover of Saya Ouza Magazine IM2, 2008)

Tun Hla Pru visited me in Shan State
Asked me what I was doing on that date
Informed me of a possible further study
Thus I was selected for a London Ph.D.

(Dr Maung Maung Nyo with Ph.D. Gown of
the University of London)

Dean Colonel Ko Ko Gyi sent me to London University
Without material or money as a gift or bribe from me
To study full time with the best possible financial support
I was able to reside, research and write a Ph.D. thesis report.

(Professor Maung Maung Nyo with Staff and Students
of Anatomy,2nd MBBS Class, 1970)

He asked me how many anatomists I have trained
When we met after thirty years in Yangon again
About twenty to thirty anatomist scientists I claimed
He was very happy and said Burma has really gained.

(Institute of Medicne I, now University, Lanmadaw, Yangon)

Indeed, it was Burma has gained
No one in Burma has ever trained
That much before I returned from UK
I devoted my life to it up to this day.

(The Yangon General Hospital, Yangon)

What else have I done?
Primary FRCS and Part 1 MRCP MRCOG I have run
Besides teaching Basic Science Course for clinical Masters
From the first M. Med. Sc. Course in 1970 to recent parkers
Famed physician Khin Maung Win to surgeon kindly Khin Maung Aye
It includes many physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, O-Gs of today.

(Professor MMN at the IM 1 Convocation, 1985)

I thank Colonel Hla Han for appointing me professor
At a young age just over thirty without predecessor
So that I worked day and night for the success of my mission
To uplift the standard of medical education as guiding vision.

(Logo of the Myanmar Medical Association)

I contributed in the review of medical curriculum
Took part in the renewal of its doldrums
I examined the students with impartiality and discipline
I made the 2^nd MB examination free from speculation.

(Dr Ba Than, GOM of Burmese Medicine)

I contributed to the postgraduate medical education
By teaching and designing with set rules and regulations
Under the supervision, consent and cooperation of Dr Ba Than
He was the Grand Old Man of Medicine then without comparison.

(Professor Ruth Bowden and Dr Maung Maung Nyo, London)

I initiated the master programme in anatomy
That has course and research fit sequentially
Professors Bowden and Keswani advised me
It’s the prototype copied by many a university.

(Nan Ommar B.Sc. Anatomy,1973)

An intercalated B.Sc. anatomy course was instituted
For the bright studious students to be initiated
In methodology and merits of medical research
So they would embark on research and academic path.

(Burmese Doctors in Kuching)

I sent abroad some of my postgraduates for Ph.D.
To see the latest labs and learn the latest technology
So far only six have been successful with Ph.D.
The rest masters with the rank of chair in pedagogy.

(L to R; Drs Soe lwin, Saw Aung Hla Win and Lucy Kyaw Mya)

Now all Burmese anatomy professors are my students
Assisted by able anatomists trained by me with diligence
No shortage of anatomists I’m told confidently
Burmese students learn anatomy consequently.

(Drs Lucy Kyaw Mya, Khin Lay Yi, Nan Ommar)

Drs Aye Cho and Myint Myint San belonged to the first batch
When some anatomy teachers were ambivalent to catch
On the anatomical career that is not paying by any means
But later many found it satisfying with a venue for job wins.

(L to R; Mrs MM Ohn, Dr Nan Ommar, Dr Khin Lay Yi,
Dr Tin Moe Nwe, Dr Lucy kyaw Mya, Dr Min Min Win)

Khin Win, Aung Thu, Khin Than Yi and Mary Hmwe
They attended the second batch without delay
Followed by Kyaw Nyunt, Soe Lwin, Hla Tun and Nilar Shwe
Aung Kyi, Myint Lwin , Khin Thant Zin and Kyu Kyu Htay
Khin Lay Yi, Soe Soe Paing, Myo Than and Than Than Win followed
Si Si Than,Tin Tin Oo, Yi Yi Myint, Myint San Nwe furnish the galore.

(Burmese Doctors of All Specialties, Kuching)

Saw Eik Yong, Khin Myo Thu and Lucy Kyaw Mya
San San Thwin, Maureen, Nan Ommar and Khin Ma Ma
They all are trail blazers in the anatomist profession of Burma
They are now teaching in the various universities of Malaysia
Thidar Khin, Khin Thidar, Thet Hnin Nwe, Aye Aye San,Wai Wai Kyi
Tin Moe Nwe and Htar Htar Aung got Ph.D. from Japan gracefully.

(Burmese Doctors Giving Dinner to MMN)

Looking back on my career from 1964 to date
I find it satisfying and successful if not so great
I have taught both undergraduates and postgraduates
In both medical and dental institutes for late
I was part of the faculty that produced MBBS and BDS
Also B.Sc. anatomy, M.Sc. anatomy ahead
Of Ph.D. in Burma, UK and Japan
I take pride being a Ph.D. London.

( l to R: Drs Soe Lwin, Tin Moe Nwe, lucy Kyaw Mya,
Saw Aung Hla Win, MMN, NOM)

So I’m grateful to all those connected with these adventures
Successful only with cooperation and endeavors of others
Notably the names mentioned above with affection
Some of them with my ardent admiration
Thank you all for making my life so sweet
I’m proud of you as my life is almost complete.

With malice towards none, but charity for all!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
30.7.2010 (Original)

On My 71st Birthday

Dr Maung Maung Nyo

My wife congratulates me today
“Happy Birthday, Dear,” she says
“Oh! Thank you Sweetheart,” I reply
It is my 71^st Birthday that is on time.

(Dr MMN and Dr Nan Ommar or NOM)

Then I hear a message tone on my mobile
Comes clanging as expected as it chimes
From Ei Sabai Nyo living in Sydney home
Yupar Nyo has already called me by phone.

(Yupar Nyo and Ei Sabai Nyo, Our Two Daughters in Sydney)

The doorbell rings loudly a little later most
While taking breakfast with coffee and toast
Lucy and Saw Aung Hla Win greet me fast
They give me a bright birthday gift with a card.

(L to R: Drs Saw Moo K'Baw, MMN, NOM, Saw Aung Hla Win
and Lucy Kyaw Mya)

Then more doorbell rings and visitors
Drs Tin Moe Nwe and Soe Lwin appear
Saying sincere best wishes for greeting
That makes my life happy and pleasing.

(L to R: Drs Tin Moe Nwe or TMN, Soe Lwin, Khine Myat Min,
Saw Moo K'Baw or SMKB)

I then invite all of them to come at Lee's
With friends on Saturday in a posh eatery
For a selected special seafood pleasure
We’ll celebrate birthday lunch in leisure.

(I to R: Drs SMKB, MMN, NOM,SAHW, LKM)

The dinner is held at Kim Hock Lin’s place
A Chinese restaurant renowned for taste
Sea cucumber soup, fried butter prawn, roasted duck
Kuching special Tofu stew, stir fried fresh broccoli plus
Mixed veggies and steamed fish to eat with relish
Sweet Chinese tea and delicious dessert we finish.

(Dr Nan Ommar,NOM, in front of the Kim Hock Lin
Restaurant, Heusing, Kuching, Sarawak)

Dr Soe Lwin takes photos with passion
He shoots us in group in different session
His wife smiles with coy every time he clicks
Wai Wai Shein and Htwe Htwe Sein also flick

(Standing L to R: Drs TMN, Wai Wai Shein, Htwe Htwe Sein)

Drs Saw Mu Ka Paw and Khine complement his
It’s a merry mix of many races representing Myanmar
Shan, Karen, Rakhine, Bamar and Chinese like drama.

We eat we speak, we joke and we laugh
We exchange greetings and say words of love
They wish me, a happy birthday and a long life
They are enjoying the dinner with all their might.

On scrutinizing my 71 years in this world
I find it satisfying as well as saddening saga
Glad to have contributed in medical education
Sad for failing to raise people’s living condition.

(L to R: Wai Wai Shein, Lucy, Htwe Htwe Sein, TMN, Khine
Myat Min, Soe Lwin, SMKB, MMN, NOM)

I remember Dr Ba Than asking Professor Bowden
How many scientist professors she has trained then
She replied fifteen to twenty in about 20 years
I have trained almost the same in about 30 years.

(Kuching City with Landmark Golden Mosque)

So, I have not lived my life in vain
It’s full of fun, fight, failure and gain
I’m a fortunate man that lives with a fulfilled aim
Saluting five Anandaw-Anata for giving me a name
I thank you all, my friends and family, all the same
I wish and pray, in Samsara we all will meet again!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
24.07.2010 (Original for My Birthday on 21.7.2010)

Note: The owner of Kim Hock Lin Restaurant is known as Lee.

The Sun in My Sky

(Dr Maung Maung Nyo)

There is a sun in my sky
Always high in my mind
Since I was a curious child
It fails to fade even with time.

(U Aung San as the National Leader and Vice-Chairman
of the Governor's Executive Council, Burma)

It enlightens my mind
It encourages me to try
Whatever interests me
With hard work and honesty
To serve solely for the country
As the best born of Burma to be!

(U Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi with Their Children)

It shines not only on me brightly
Its rays reach most men mightily
Born before or after the Martyrs’ Day
That’s Bogyoke Aung San, needless to say.

(General Aung San during the Anti-Japanese Struggle)

Oh! He had died 63 years ago
But I still think it was yesterday or so
Time flies quickly and changes follow
Only our country remains static in sorrow!

(Father and Daughter)

Who killed Bogyoke with such cruel enmity?
Don’t talk of U Saw that visible mindless entity
There were others who planned it from behind
They wanted to fit Burma in their grand design.

(U Aung San's Corpse at the Jubilee Hall)

Two Britons were involved by selling arms to U Saw
Another Briton Bingley vanished without a call
The British classified certain documents till to date
Socialists and General Ne Win benefited in the wake.

(Galon U Saw, the Assassin of Bogyoke)

I do not know what a conspiracy is
But the events of Aung San Assassination fit
By not looking at what the Court finds
Just look at the facts and profited fellows of the time!

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
18.7.2010 (Original)
Composed in Honor of the Martyrs’ Day, 19^th July 2010

A Rainbow in My Heart

Dr Maung Maung Nyo


(The Buddha Statue in Dukkhara Sariya,
Taxila, Today Pakistan)

My heart leaps up with joy
When I see a rainbow in the sky
It was so when I was a child
It’s still so when I’m old with time!

(The Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya, India)

(The Mahabodhi Pipal Tree, Bodhgaya, India)

Today I have a rainbow in my heart
We’re going to Bodh Gaya I heard
My sister is arranging the trip as such
From Rangoon we’re going to start.

(Buddha's First Sermon to Five Preceptors at Deer Park,
Sarnath, Varanasi,India)

(The Dhamekha Stupa and Ruins of Buddhist Pagodas at Sarnath)

There are four places we need to worship
If we like to wish worthy of being Buddhist
“Buddha’s places of birth, enlightenment wisdom,
Sites of the first sermon and dying dictum”.

(The Golden Pagoda at Lumbini, Nepal, Buddha's Birth Place)

(The Lumbini Garden with a Pond in Nepal)

My wife is working to accomplish this
She’s busy buying the air tickets for the trip
With her earned money to get more merit
She’s footing the bills with high spirit.

(Buddha's Mahaparinibbana at Kusinara, India)

I’m a fortunate man indeed
Realizing a life long dream with
My wife, brother in law and my sister his wife
It also includes their darling daughter duly wise.

Dr Maung Maung Nyo
16.7.2010 (Original)