Recent travel to Hpyi Maw

                      Online nlu ai shara de hkawm taw ai majaw post nnan nlu mara ai mung grai na mat sai.  Update nlu galaw da ai blog de sa chyai na nhtang wa ra mat ai manang ni yawng hpe.. mung..  grai tawng ban ai. Laga Post nnan nlu ka shi ai majaw hkrun lam kaw dem wa ai sumla ni hpe sha naw mara dat ai.

@ Hpyi Maw mare hte Miwa mung ga jarit gate re.

  @ Kawng ntsa na dem da ai Hpyi Maw mare sumla re.

  @ N-dai  Miwa mung de dut shalai hkyen ai hpun ni re ai.

          

  @ N-dai gaw  Jinghpaw mungdaw kaw lawm ai lamu ga nkau mi hpe Miwa hpe dut jaw kau ai hpang bai masat ai lamu ga jarit shadaw re.

Securely delete files with Delete on Click

               Deleting files from a Windows can be a lot of work.First you click delete and the file doesn't really go away, it just winds up in your recycle bin. Then once you empty the trash, the file is still on your hard drive until some application comes along and writes over it. That's how if your computer is stolen, experts are able to fine that naughty bits in your hard disk. 

                DeleteOnClick is a freeware file that adds a "securely delete" option to your right-click context menu. If you select securely delete,  your file doesn't go to the recycle bin. In other words if you securely delete a file , there's no way to recover it.

Click here for download DeleteOn Click.

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 #  Bum ntsa kaw na dem da ai Pang Wah mare  hte lahta tsang jawng sumla re.

Gin Jaw Hkrum Ra Zuphpawng De Tang Madun ai Laika

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Ginjaw Komiti

15 lang na ginjaw komiti hkumra zuphpawng

KIO/ KIA

                                    KIO/KIA DU KABA HPANG DE TANG DA AI LAIKA

1. NC hta KIO/KIA hku nna tang shawn na matu la sa ai proposal hpe SPDC wa tsep kawp n jahta ya ai sha n-ga myit mung n-myit ya ai hta KIO/KIA gaw SPDC aq [constitution]referendum hpe madi shadaw dat ai gaw mau n-ma re nga ai. Matut nna myen ni woi awn ai tinggyeng akyu tam ai mungmasa lam yan aq hpang hkan ai gaw Chyurum W.P sha ni shada dumbri dumbra byin shangun ai akyu ara sha pru wa nga ai. Teng man ai amyusha lawt lu lamgaloi mung lu wa na n re nna WP myusha ni hpe hpyen wa aq lata de ap kau ya ai hku she lachyum pru wa ai. Dai hku byin wa taw nga ai hpe tsep kawp n ra sharawng ai hku re.

2. KIO/KIA nnan gaw sharawt wa yang jahkrat da ai yawshada lam ni hta WP Myusha ni hkratsumtaw nga ai ahkaw ahkang ni lu la na matu, Myen Myukaba mayu ai hpe kasat na matu re ai hta, ya lam lapran e myusha ni lawt lu ai lam majing n-lu shi yang myen hte kanen nna nga

mat ai gaw shanglawt kaja lu sai majaw kun? Myusha ni aq yaw shada ai lam ni hpring zup mat

sai majaw kun? Matut nna myen ni dipsha ai hpe n ra nna rawt malan ai wa ya gaw myen ni dip

sha ai hpe tara shang hkap la ai lachyum pru mat sai hku re, hpu-shawng hpu-hpuba ni sung

sung myit yu na hpe ra sharawng ai.

3. 1994 ning hta lahkawng maga de gap hkat jahkring ai lam galaw ai raitim anhte ni hpang maga de sha gaphkat jahkring da ai rai nna Myengumshen ni maga de gaw kasat ai lam njahkring ai hpe mu lu ai. Katsi majan re nga ai kani majan hte anhte WP myusha ni kasat shamyit hkrum katut nga nna hpawt ni na ningbaw re nga ai anhte aq ramma kaji kaba ni

yawng gaw dai katsi majan kata hta si hkrum ra ai hte shani shana hkrat sum taw nga ai. Dai kani aq majaw kanu kawa kashu kasha ni yawng rim adup zingri hkrum nga ai hte yawnhkyen myiprwi pru ra nga sai, n-dai lam hpe hpu-shawng hpuba ni laja lana myityu na hpe ra sharawng ai.

4. Hpushawng hpuba share shagan ni dakring dalang shakut lai wa ai lagaw-hkang ni hpe mung n-shaprai nna, mungchying sha kaji kaba yawng, matsan jahkrai gaidaw gaida ni yawng kaw-si hpang gara nga ai ten hta kahpu-ba ni gaw anhte aq hkrap-ngu hkrap-ngoi ai n sen ni hpe na ya nna kam gring ai gawng malai tai tsap ya na hpe kam ga ai. Matut n-na n-pawt nhpang kawn yaw shada ai bandung hpe mung n-tat ai sha anhte hkamsha shoichyum nga ai tsinyam kata na lawt lu wa ai ladat ni hte woiawn na hpe rasharawng ga ai.

5. Myen hpyen gumshem asuya woi awn ai mungmasa gaw shi a asak galu na matu share majaw shanhte aq hpang hkan ai lam hpe KIO/KIA ni gaw jahkring kau nna kaja wa teng man ai mungmasa de lu sa na matu mungshawa hte lata gindun nna teng man ai maga hta WP Myusha ni aq gawng malai tai let ngang ngang tsap ya na hpe ra sharawng ga ai.

Chyurum WP myusha ni hte Ramma ni

USA, India, Denmark, Czech Republic, Laos, U-Ma Ga, Thailand, Hong Kong

Windows logo key shortcuts

              These can be very handy for quickly accessing system control panels or to search for files. The Windows logo key is usually on the left side of the keyboard on the bottom row.

Windows: Display the Start menu

Windows Logo + D: Minimize windows or restore all windows

Windows Logo + E: Brings up My Computer (Windows Explorer)

Windows Logo + F: Displays the in-built Search dialog

Windows Logo + Ctrl + F: Displays the Search for computer

Windows Logo + F1: Brings up the Help and Support Center

Windows Logo + R: Opens the Run dialog box

Windows Logo + break: Brings up the System Properties dialog box

Windows Logo + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows

Windows Logo + L: Locks the workstation

Windows Logo + U: Open Utility Manager (Accessibility options)

Windows Logo + Q: Quick switching of users (Powertoys only)

Windows Logo + Q: Hold Windows Key, then tap Q to scroll thru the different users on your PC

These keyboard shortcuts will work on any computer running Windows.

Some Ways to Run A Computer Faster

             There are many ways to make your computer run faster. Here are some methods I use to boost my PC's performance.

 

1. Free Up Disk Space

             A great way to make computer run faster is to free up some disk space. You can use Disk Clean up tool that comes with Windows to free up your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete without messing anything up, and then you can choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.

             How to use disk cleanup tool.

    * Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you need to specify which drive you want to clean.

  

   * In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.

   * Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.

   * When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click OK. 

  2. Use Defrag Tool 

           When you add a file or a new program to a new computer, the hard drive is relatively empty so new data is saved to the hard drive in one whole block. When you need to use that information, the computer can quickly access it because it is all in one place. Defragging your system is definitely a way to make a computer run faster. 

How to use defrag tool.

* From the start menu point to "all programs"
* Point to "Accessories"
* Point to "System Tools"
* Click on "Disk Defragmenter"
* The disk defragmenter will display the hard drives on your computer. Just select and click Defragment.

 3. Get rid of spyware

     Definition

          Spyware is software with malicious intent - by design; it does something bad to your computer.  It sometimes takes advantage of the fact that most people click "I Agree" to software licenses without reading them. 

          The only way to get rid of spyware is to have some kind of scanner, sort of like an anti-virus. In order to make a computer run faster and keep it safer you don't need an anti-spyware program. This is tricky, a lot of the spyware programs out there are malicious and will actually add viruses and spyware to your computer by using the "spyware scanner and blocker". So please remember to be very careful when choosing your anti-spyware program. 

4. Find and repair disk errors

    Detect and Repair Disk Errors

        You can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.

       How to run the error checking utility.

* Click Start, and then click My Computer.
* In the My Computer window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click Properties.
* In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab.
* Click the Check Now button.
* In the Check Disk dialog box, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.
* If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them.

Tip: Only select the Automatically fix file system errors check box if you think that your disk contains bad sectors.
   

     5. Get an external hard drive (using portable hard disk)

          Adding an External Hard Drive to your computer will allow you to clear out a lot of the things(eg. your music or pictures)  you don't need to be storing on your normal hard drive. 

         All those songs and pictures storing on your computer make  it go slower. You will see a decline in your computer's performance as soon as you use over half of your hard drive space. 

          Moving all your songs or pictures to your external hard drive will free up a lot of space on your main hard drive. You can even move applications such as photoshop or games. 

       

     ps: If you have better techniques, plz share to me.

The Only Game in Town

1. It was a sad day, that morning at the United Nations, when the ASEAN Foreign Ministers confronted the Myanmar Foreign Minister over the brutal crackdown of demonstrators in Yangon. We had just received reports of automatic weapons being used. The Thai Foreign Minister said to me with great sadness that the killing of Buddhist monks was particularly opprobrius.

2. ASEAN issued a strong statement expressing our horror and our anger. We had been reluctant to do so because Myanmar is a member of the ASEAN family. For some time now, we had stopped trying to defend Myanmar internationally because it became no longer credible. But we refrained from publicly castigating its government. This time, we had no choice. The honour of the family was at stake and the people of Myanmar would not forgive us if we kept silent.

3. When Western countries cheered us for speaking out, it worried us. Strident calls to bring down the regime showed a lack of understanding of the problem. It cannot be assumed that out of the ashes, a new resplendent Myanmar will automatically rise. That the old way persisted in by the military government since 1988 cannot work is clear. But the way forward is not so clear.

4. Like in Indonesia, the Myanmar army played a major role in the founding of the state. It was Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Aung San, who founded that army. He remains a national icon and part of his prestige has passed on to his daughter. Ironically, the institution which her father established became her tormentor.

5. This emotional entanglement is part of the complexity in the Myanmar situation today. After he stepped down, the old leader Ne Win, often suspected of being still a power behind the scenes, would occasionally visit Singapore for medical treatment. Sometimes, he would meet former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong. Whenever they discussed Aung San Suu Kyi, Ne Win always referred to her as 'my leader's daughter', never in a pejorative way, despite her being an implacable opponent of the military government'€™s policies. The military leaders know she retains a certain moral authority because of her father and her landslide victory in the 1990 elections. They have to accord her a certain respect. She in turn knows that national reconciliation must involve the military.

6. Achieving national conciliation will not be easy. The military government has been trying to marginalise her and the National League for Democracy without success. The recent demonstrations, especially the large scale involvement of Buddhist monks, have strengthened her hand. Attempts by the government to intimidate the population can only succeed in the short term. However, if either side takes brinksmanship too far, the result will be a great tragedy for the people of Myanmar.

7. The role of United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari is crucial. A gifted Nigerian diplomat, he has somehow managed to earn the trust of both sides. That the military leaders allowed him access to Aung San Suu Kyi on two occasions in the past was a sign that they wanted to negotiate, albeit on their terms. That she asked him to continue playing that role showed that she too is prepared to negotiate provided the military leaders are serious. The negotiation will be tough and protracted but it is our best hope for the country. If Gambari fails, the future will be bleak. There are some observers who believe that the issue must be forced now. That point may yet come but we should give peaceful negotiation our best shot. If the Chileans had tried to force the issue with Pinochet, their transition to democracy would have been bathed in blood.

8. The alternative cannot but be violent. Many ethnic groups in Myanmar resent majority Burman rule. While their peace agreement with the Yangon government still holds, a number of these groups are still armed and can easily return to insurgency. The border regions remain largely unpacified. The fact is that without the army playing a major role in any future solution, Myanmar cannot hold together. Historian Thant Myint-U, the grandson of the third UN Secretary General U Thant and no apologist of the regime, warned recently that sudden change in Myanmar can lead to Iraq-type anarchy. It is precisely to win over the minorities that the military government changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar some years ago. It is however a change that western countries refused to accept in order not to confer legitimacy on the government.

9. Myanmar is a buffer state between China and India. If the country dissolves into civil war, both these giant neighbours will be dragged in willynilly. For this reason, keeping Myanmar in the ASEAN family is in everyone'€™s best interest including the West’s. When Gambari was dispatched by the UN Secretary General to Myanmar last week with the full authority of the Security Council, we in ASEAN gave him our full support. He is our best bet and the only game in town. China played a helpful role in helping secure the meetings he had. Japan has decided to cut aid but is keeping close to the ASEAN position. The US and Europe are stepping up sanctions against Myanmar. Skilfully done, concerted international action can strengthen Gambari's hand and help bring about a happy outcome.

 By George Yeo

Kraw Hpaw N-sen

          2007/Oct 6 ya shani Mai Ja Yang mare e magam bungli hte wa du nga ai Buga shara shagu na ramma ni hkrum zup let NC hpe madi shadaw ai lamang hta KIO a shang lawm madi shadaw ai lam hpe ninghkap ai lamang galaw lai wa sai lam chye lu ai. N-dai ramma hkrum zup hpawng hta ramma 180 jan myit hkrum madi shadaw ai hte, Mai Ja Yang nga Wunpawng Ramma ni a Kraw Hpaw N-sen nga nna...

  An hte gaw...

1. Tengman ai Munghpawm Mungdan byin wa na hpe awng sharawng ai ni rai nga ga ai. Awng Dawm shang lawt lu na hpe mung myit mada nga ai ni rai nga ga ai.

2. Wunpawng Myu sha, K- wuhpung ni yawng lawan myit hkrum kahkyin gumdin na lam hpe ra sharawng ga ai.

3. Myen hpyen Asuya (SPDC) a NC hte Constitution hpe hkaptau madi shadaw ai lam hpe ninghkap ga ai. Shanglawm madi shadaw lawm ai wuhpung ni yawng a shang lawm madi shadaw ai lam hpe mung nra sharawng ga ai.

4. Tinang KIO hku nna Myen Hpyen Asuya (SPDC) a NC hte Constitution hpe hkap tau madi shadaw lawm ai a majaw Mung kan a man e mung Mung shawa a man e mung myi man sum, hkrat sum mat ai sari hpe tsi la lu na hte Mung shawa ni a myit makam bai lu la hkra galaw na aten rai nga ai. Dai majaw tinang KIO ninggawn mung masa grin nga lu na matu hte KIO dap shawa yawng Jinghpaw wunpawng amyu sha ni a hkrat sum mat wa ai sari hpe bai sharawt la lu na matu tinang KIO ginjaw komiti kaw nna lawan dik ai hku sanglang dan na hte shawng lam bungli masing hkrang shapraw sa wa na hpe aja awa ra sharawng ga ai.

5. Myen hpyen Asuya (SPDC) hpe UN kaw nna lawan ahkyak la ya na matu ra sharawng ga ai.

6. Myen Mung  mung masa a majaw sharen da hkrum ai mung masa ningbaw ni hte mung masha, jawng ma, hpung kyi ni yawng hpe lawan dat ya na matu ra sharawng ga ai.

7. Myen mung hte Mungkan shara shagu hta nga nga ai mung shawa ni yawng  Myen hpyen Asuya hpe ja ja wa ninghkap sa wa ga ngu ga saw dat ga ai.

  ngu ai N-dau N-sen hpe shapraw dat sai lam chye lu ai.

10 AMAZINGLY SIMPLE TRICKS TO TURN YOUR BRAIN INTO A POWERFUL THINKING MACHINE

        There are two basic principles to keep your brain healthy and sharp as you age: variety and curiosity. When anything you do becomes second nature, you need to make a change. If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to a new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain. Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help attain your quest for mental fitness.

1. Read a Book

          Pick a book on an entirely new subject. Read a novel set in Egypt. Learn about economics. There are many excellent popular non-fiction books that do a great job entertaining you while teaching about a subject. Become an expert in something new each week. Branch out from familiar reading topics. If you usually read history books, try a contemporary novel. Read foreign authors, the classics and random books. Not only will your brain get a workout by imagining different time periods, cultures and peoples, you will also have interesting stories to tell about your reading, what it makes you think of and the connections you draw between modem life and the words.

2. Play Games

         Games are a wonderful way to tease and challenge your brain. Suduko, crosswords and electronic games can all improve your brain’s speed and memory. These games rely on logic, word skills, math and more. These games are also fun. You’ll get benefit more by doing these games a little bit every day-spend 15 minutes or so, not hours.

3. Use Your Opposite Hand

          Spend the day doing things with your non-dominant hand. If you are left-handed, open doors with your right hand. If you are right-handed, try using your keys with your left. This simple task will cause your brain to lay down some new pathways and rethink daily tasks. Wear your watch on the opposite hand to remind you to switch.

4. Learn Phone Numbers

         Our modem phones remember every number that calls them. No one memorizes phone numbers anymore, but it is a great memory Skill. Learn a new phone number everyday.

5. Eat for Your Brain

         Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats. Focus on fish oils from wild salmon, nuts such as walnuts, seeds such as flax seed and olive oil. Eat more of these foods and less saturated fats. Eliminate transfats completely from your diet.

6. Break the Routine

         We love our routines. We have hobbies and pastimes that we could do for hours on end. But the more something is second nature, the less our brains have to work to do it. To really help your brain stay young, challenge it. Change routes to the grocery store, use your opposite hand to open doors and eat dessert first. All this will force your brain to wake up from habits and pay attention again.

7. Go a Different way

          Drive or walk a different way to wherever you go. This little change in routine helps the brain practice special memory and directions. Try different side streets go through stores in a different order anything to change your route.

8. Learn a New Skill

        Learning a new skill works multiple areas of the brain. Your memory comes into play, you learn new movements and you associate things differently. Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an airplane out of tooth picks all will challenge your brain and give you something to think about.

9. Make Lists

          Lists are wonderful. Making lists helps us to associate items with one another. Make a list of all the places you have traveled. Make a list of the tastiest foods you have eaten. Make a list of the best presents you have been given. Make one list every day to jog your memory and make new connections. But don’t become too reliant on them. Make your grocery list, but then try to shop without it. Use the list once you have put every item you can think of in your cart. Do the same with your “to do” lists.

10. Choose a new skill

           Find something that captivates you that you can do easily in your home and doesn'€™t cost too much. Photography with a digital camera, learning to draw, learning a musical instrument learning new cooking styles, or writing are all great choices.

 PS: copy from here!

My album

  *  Highlanders' traditional house.

 * Changyinghku valley 

Scientists Invent 30 year Continuous Power Laptop Battery

              What a great news! In the future we will be able to use laptops for along time without need to recharge. ( But now I am disappointed my laptop battery. Even full-charged , it lasts just two hours. :P )

               Future laptop could have a continious power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the US Air Force Laboratory. The breakthroung betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.                Although betavoltaic batteries sound Nuclear, they are not, they are neither use fission/fusion or chemical processes to produce energy and so do not produce any radioactive or hazardous waste. Betavoltaics generate power when an electron strikes a particular interface between two layers of material. The process uses beta electron emissions that occur when a neutron decays into a proton which causes a forward bias in the semiconductor. This make the betavoltaic cell a forward bias diode of sorts, similar in some respects to a photovoltaic ( solar) cell. Electrons scatter out of their normal orbits in the semiconductor and into the circuit. 

                  The profile of the batteries can be quite small and thin, a porous silicon material is used to collect the hydrogen isotope tritium which is generated in the process. The reaction is non-thermal which means laptops and other small devices like mobile phones will run much cooler than with  traditionhal lithium-ion power batteries. The reason the battery lasts so long is that neutron beta-decay into protons is the world's most concentrated source of electricity, truly demonstrating Einstein's theory E=MC2.

                  The best part about these cells are when they eventually run out of power they are totally non-toxic, so environmentalists need not fear these high tech scientific wonder batteries. If all goes well plans are for these cells to reach store shelves in about 2 to 3 years.

            

 Source: Next Energy News

Blog ngu ai hpa rai ta?

           Ya ten anhte mungdan hta byin taw  ai demonstration  hte SPDC  a matse labye sat lawat hpe mungkan masha yawng chye hkra shakut ai blogs ni hpe mu hti na ndai post hpe ka na myit lu ai. CNN hte Aljazeera zawn rai mying kaba ai shiga dap ni pyi blog kaw na shiga ni hpe bai shapoi ya ai. (CNN refrence galaw ai gaw Ko Htike na blog re.)

            Blog ngu ai hpe Wikipedia kaw gaw ndai hku tsun da ai. " A blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. " Blog can aslo be used as verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog".  Tsun ga nga yang blog ngu ai gaw website sha re. Raitim ndai website kata kaw lawm ai ( chronological order) hku mara da ai laika, sumla ni hpe laga mying nnan langai hte bai mara dat ai hpe tsun ai re.

            Blog byin wa ai labau hpe yu ga nga yang 1994 hta Swarthmore Colledge hta hpaji sharin hkam la nga ai Justin Hall gaw ' Justin's Links from the Underground" ngu mying jaw da ai personal blog www.links.net hpe galaw ai kaw na hpang ai re. Dai majaw 2004 , December hta Newyork Time magazine kaw Justin Hall hpe " the founding father of personal blogging" hku masat sai re.

          1995 hpang chronological order hte galaw ai website ni pru wa na " logging the word" ngu ai ga si(word) popular byin wa ai. Weblog ngu ai ga si byin na matu web hte log hpe shawng pawng na lang ai gaw John Barger re ai. Ndai weblog ngu ai ga si hpe 1997 hta personal blog rai nga ai www.robotwisdom.com hta shawng ning nan lang hpang ai re. Weblog ngu ai word hpe

verb langai hku na Oxford Dictionary kaw 2003 , March shata kaw she lang hpang ai.

           Dai hpang Peter Merholz gaw weblog hpe " We Blog" ngu ga si lahkawng hku bai garan lang ai kaw na ''Blog" ngu ai ga si byin tai wa ai re.  

            Dai ni na ten hta blog ni gaw mung kan masha yawng hpe shiga grai lawan jaw lu ai media hku byin tai wa sai. Website langai galaw na matu gaw ja gumhpraw hte hpaji grai rang ra ai. Blog galaw na matu gaw website galaw ai hta grau loi ai. Ga shadawn- www.blogger.com kaw tinang na personal blog galaw na nga yang step 3 sha galaw ra ai. Blogger.com hpe hpaw na tinang na google account hte sign in mai galaw ai. Law malawng gaw blog galaw na matu blogger.com hte wordpress hpe lang ma ai. Website ni hta blog ni grau popular byin wa ai gaw blog kaw gaw blog ka ai wa hte blog hti ai ni interactive lu ai majaw re. 

 

            

Dao Lang ( An Ascetic for Music)

         Even though I do not understand chinese well, I like chinese music. Most chinese songs have lovely melody and splendid music arrangements . Dao Lang is one of my favourite chinese singer and composer.  Click here for download his greatest hit " the first snow of the year 2002"  and lyric in pinyin with english translation.

          Dao Lang's popularity came from out of the blue, without any packaging or promotion. As for his origins, people only know that he hails from Sichuan in south-western China and is Han in ethnicity. His real name is Lou Lin. His hometown is Luoquan township in Zizhong County, Sichuan Province. When he was sixteen years and just had graduated from secondary school he went to the Neijiang to learn to play keyboard instruments. Two years later he toured Chengdu ( the capital of Sichuan Province) , Xian and Tibet for more than two years as a bar- hopping musician. He did not spend a single day in  university.

           When he arrived in Xinjiang, the music from Xinjiang inspired him so much that he decided to do something. Then he published a disc of sundry pop music in 2001. But a little copies were sold. Because of this failure he buried most of his time in library. Then he traveled to Gobi desert to meet Uygur people and study their music.

           He published another disc " songs from western region in 2002." His voice is unique because of combining the bold and rough Uygur music with the high pitch Sichuan opera. The result is he had  created something different. "Songs from western region" became hit instantly including " the first snow of the year 2002."

The Da Vinci Code and The Priory of Sion

          Yesterday, I bought some DVDs from local chinese run store. One of DVDs is "The Da Vinci Code"  and the star is Tom Hanks. After watching this movie, I became actually interested about the Priory of Sion and Holy grail and  so I started googling about these. The following is the article about the Priory of sion from CBS news.

The Priory Of SionIs The "Secret Organization" Fact Or Fiction? 

               Since it was published three years ago, Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" has become one of the most popular novels of all time, with more than 30 million copies in print worldwide. With a major movie based on the book due out soon, the book seems assured of a place on the bestseller lists for a considerable time to come. What has attracted readers to "The Da Vinci Code" is its central theme, which Dan Brown claims is not fiction but fact — that a mysterious European society, known as the Priory of Sion, has for centuries guarded a momentous secret. That secret, which is the theory at the heart of the novel, is that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and today their descendants are living in France. It's not surprising that this has incurred the wrath of many Christians, including the Vatican, while others have wondered if there might not be some truth to all of this.

Well, wonder no more. Correspondent Ed Bradley reports on the real secret of the Priory of Sion.

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To follow the trail of the Priory of Sion, you first need to go to a small, remote village in the foothills of the French Pyrenees called Rennes le Chateau and to go back in time more than 100 years. It was here that the Priory was said to have had a mysterious influence on the village priest, Berenger Sauniere, who spent money on a scale that was way beyond his means.

After lavishly redecorating the interior of the church, Sauniere built a grand estate for himself, with a promenade that stretched along the edge of the village. At one end he constructed a tower, where he entertained guests and housed his extensive library. Saunière died in 1917, but the mystery of his wealth lived on. In the 1950's, newspaper reports suggested that Sauniere had discovered a fabulous treasure and soon Rennes Le Chateau began to be invaded by treasure hunters from all over the world.

One of those treasure hunters who now gives tours of Rennes Le Chateau and has become a major player in this story is Henry Lincoln, a British scriptwriter. Lincoln says his interest was first aroused when he came across a book containing reproductions of two parchments. These had supposedly been found by Sauniere behind the altar in his church and had led him to that treasure. Each contained a passage from the Gospels, written in an ancient script, and was said to contain a secret message.

"Ah, I thought, I've got the makings of a film here. Don't forget that was my career. I was a writer for television and I thought 'this is a damn good subject for a documentary,'" says Lincoln.

But in the three documentary films that Lincoln made for the BBC, no treasure was ever found. He suggested that Sauniere, the priest of Rennes Le Chateau, had acquired his mysterious wealth through his association with a shadowy organization, and the clues were in those parchments.

"My researches have thrown up several times the name Priory of Sion. Could this be the meaning of 'PS?'" Lincoln wondered.

Lincoln decided that it was, and he went on to suggest the secret Sauniere took to his grave was that the Priory of Sion's role was to protect none other than the descendants of Christ.

"There's Mary Magdalene to whom the church is dedicated, holding the cross. She's supposed to have brought it to France, the cross and the grail," says Lincoln.

Lincoln's theory was that Mary Magdalene had married Jesus and the Holy Grail that she allegedly brought to France was not the cup from the Last Supper but the child that she and Jesus had together.


This was the theme of a book he co-authored in the 1980s called "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" which was an international bestseller and on which Dan Brown acknowledges he drew for "The Da Vinci Code." Just how many dozens of other books it also inspired can be seen in the bookshop at Rennes Le Chateau. So does Lincoln still believe in that story today?

"I can't say that it's a fact because it isn't. It's an idea. But it fits the facts that we have, very few though they be," Lincoln says.

One of those alleged facts is featured prominently at the beginning of "The Da Vinci Code." On a page headed "Fact," Dan Brown says that the Priory of Sion, which is central to the secret at the heart of his book, is a real organization. He says that at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris — the French National Library — you can find proof that it was founded in Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades. That proof is in some documents known as the Dossiers Secrets or Secret Files.

So 60 Minutes decided to check out those Secret Files. The Bibliothèque Nationale made exact copies for the 60 Minutes team to look at because they said the originals were too fragile to handle.

We soon found what we were looking for. One document gives the history of the Priory of Sion dating back to the 12th Century, and there's a list of Grand Masters that includes such illustrious names as Sir Isaac Newton and Leonardo Da Vinci. This information would be astounding — except for one thing.

"I do know what was going on in Jerusalem in the 12th Century, I do know. I spent 40 years working on it and what these people say — did not happen," says Jonathan Riley-Smith, the former professor of ecclesiastical history at Cambridge University and a leading authority on the Crusades.

French researchers have also questioned the authenticity of these secret files ever since they were deposited in the Bibliotheque Nationale in the 1960's. Their attention came to focus on a man named Pierre Plantard, who claimed to be the current Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. But evidence at the police headquarters in Paris tells a different story. Historian Claude Charlot, who is director of police archives, says there’s a file on Plantard, who died in 2000, showing that during World War II he was investigated by the secret services. So what was their conclusion?

"The investigation said, 'He is a young man whose mind — as we say in French €” is cloudy. He is a fantasist; he is not a serious person,'" Charlot said, with the help of a translator.

One of Plantard's fantasies was to set up right-wing, anti-Semitic organizations, similar in style to medieval orders of chivalry. But in reality these organizations existed only on paper.

"I noticed that in one of the police reports it was noted that his organization 'French National Renewal' was described as a ‘phantom group.' That he claimed it had 3,000 members and the police found it had only four," Bradley remarked.

Charlot says it was a pure invention.


After the war, Plantard moved to the small French town of Annemasse. In 1953 he was given a six-month sentence for fraud — but three years later, he was again setting up a new organization. Under French law, it’s necessary to deposit the statutes of every new association with the authorities. That’s how a government official there was able to give us information about it. It was called "The Priory of Sion," named not for 12th-century Jerusalem, but for the local mountain close to where he lived. Ten years later and now back in Paris, Plantard gave the Priory of Sion a fictitious pedigree by drawing up that list of Grand Masters and depositing it in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Charlot says that apart from that list, no historian has found any evidence that the Priory of Sion existed before Plantard set up his version in 1956.

"In other words, all that Plantard tells us, or what other people tell us about the Priory of Sion — that the Grand Master was Victor Hugo or Leonardo Da Vinci — is sheer invention," says Charlot.

The Priory of Sion, says Charlot, was just another figment of Plantard's imagination.

But if the Priory of Sion was just a figment of Pierre Plantard's imagination, what about those parchments that mentioned Sion and were supposedly found by the priest in his church at Rennes Le Chateau? Bill Putnam and John Edwin Wood who have written a book about the mystery say the text in one of the parchments precludes them from being genuine.

"This one uses a Latin version of the Bible, the Vulgate. There are a number of known versions of this at various times in history and by looking exactly at which words are used and which words are not used you can tell which version it is," Putnam explains.

Putnam says this is the version of the Bible used. The only trouble is, it wasn't published until 1889, and Sauniere was supposed to have found these centuries-old parchments well before that date.

"So it could not possibly have been around had these parchments really been discovered by Sauniere prior to that date," says Putnam.

Putnam says it was all just an elaborate hoax.

Putnam and Wood say once again it was Plantard who was responsible for that hoax. Hearing of the story of Rennes Le Chateau, he decided to use it for his own ends and turned to a friend named Philippe de Cherisey for help in creating those parchments.

"Philippe de Cherisey was a different character altogether. He was something of a joker. He’d actually been an actor and had played parts in French television and he was fond of puzzles. And he invented the parchments because he liked puzzles," says John Edwin Wood.

Like Plantard, de Cherisey is now dead. So where are those parchments today? French writer Jean-Luc Chaumeil, who knew both men well and inherited many of their papers, says he has them.


Chaumeil says he got the parchments from de Cherisey and had them analyzed by two experts, who found that they are maybe 40 years old.

Chaumeil also has a document, handwritten and signed by de Cherisey in which he describes how he created the parchments to produce what he calls "a good hoax."

"But if the parchments are a hoax, if the parchments are forged, what does that do to the story of Rennes Le Chateau and the story of the Priory of Sion?" Bradley asked.

"If the parchments are wrong, no, the story is finished," Chaumeil replied.

None of this evidence has deterred Lincoln or his supporters, who refuse to accept that the story is finished.

"I am not a naïve innocent who was hoaxed by Monsieur Plantard and Cherisey. No, I am a very, very careful researcher," says Lincoln.

As for Brown, he declined 60 Minutes request for an interview. But on his official Web site, there's a page entitled "Bizarre True Facts from The Da Vinci Code," where he continues to claim that the Priory of Sion is a European secret society that since 1099 has been guarding "a shocking historical secret."

Asked where they would place this hoax in the list of hoaxes that have been perpetrated throughout history, Putnam and John Edwin Wood both say "at the top."

"This is undoubtedly the most magnificent — we take our hats off in admiration to the achievement. It's really quite extraordinary," says Putnam.

But one mystery still remains, and it's the one that began this story: Where did the priest of Rennes Le Chateau, Brenger Saunire, get the money to build his estate? In 1910 he was summoned to appear before the bishop's court in the local, medieval-walled city of Carcasonne. 

In Carcasonne, Sauniere was tried and found guilty of trafficking in masses. Priests are allowed to accept money for saying up to three masses a day. But what Saunire had done was to solicit and receive money for thousands of masses, which he couldn't possibly have said. In fact, he didn't even try. So the source of the wealth of the priest of Rennes le Chateau was not some ancient, mysterious treasure €” but good old-fashioned fraud.

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A new Catholic Church building from Pang Wah.

What Is DSL?

     DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. It is a service that makes the use of existing copper telephone wires for delivering data services at extremely fast speed rates. It does not hamper the existing telephone line. You can surf the Internet and talk on the phone, simultaneously.

DSL offers speeds that are around 5 to 25 times higher than a typical 56Kb dial-up connection. It is an always-on type of connection. This implies that websites would load quickly, downloads would be faster, buffering of videos would be fast and smooth and the domain of Online games would be illimitable.

Based on the types of service, DSL can be can be categorized in three divisions which are ASDL, IDSL and SDSL.

ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. It offers download speed of 1.5 Mbps and upload speed of 384 K. In order to acquire a ADSL connection, your location has to be within 3 miles of your local telephone office. Also, a DSL router is needed for this type of connection.

IDSL is a ISDN Digital Subscriber Line service which requires an ISDN router. It provides a connection speed of 144 K. in this type of connection distance is not a component to be considered.

SDSL means Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The speeds available under this type of DSL connection depends on the distance between your location and your local telephone office. The speed of downloads and uploads can go up to 1.1 Mbps.

Advantages of DSL

No installation of new wires is required. DSL uses the present telephone line to connect to the Internet. It provides extremely fast connection. Depending on the offer, you would not even have to pay for the DSL modem installation charges, since it is provided free by some of the companies on selection of the appropriate plan. The download rate is much higher in DSL connections. Many business organizations have gained the benefits of DSL. A DSL connection is very secure.

Disadvantages of DSL

The quality of your DSL connection depends on the distance between the DSL providers office and your location. Nearer you are, the better quality connection would you get. So, consumers located far from the local DSL office may face some trouble. DSL provide high speeds for downloading stuff but upload speeds are not that good.

DSL vs Cable Modems

The services provided through a cable modem can sometimes slow down or get hanged. It depends on the number of users accessing that particular service. But, in a DSL connection there is no such problem. The speed of DSL is consistent and high. This does not allow any kind of conjunction on the network. It provides more security than the cable modem connections. The popularity of DSL has risen to new heights which has resulted in disconnections and up gradations of the cable modem connections.

Grau ai lamu ga!

             Jinghpaw wunpawng sha ni hpe karai jaw da ai WP mung dan kade ram tsawm htap ai, kade ram manu dan ai ngu ai gaw tsun ndang hkra rai nga ai. N-dai zawn manu dan tsawm htap ai anhte a buga ginra hpe makawp maga na gaw.. nang ngai wunpawng baw-sang yawng a lit rai nga ai. N-dai laman hkawm ai shaloi hkam sha myit dum ai sara Hkindu Zau Ja na "Grau ai lamu ga! nga ai mahkawn ga si hpe bai post galaw dat ai.

                                              "GRAU AI LAMU GA"

     

             * Tsawm ai w-p ginra hta anhte an-nau chyu rum... w-p sha ni nga pra

                 kajai gum hkawng hpu reng grau manu dan ai..an nau ni a Mungdan

                tsawm htap shing ra tsawm htap maka... Nam si Nam pan hkum ai

                Hpraw tsawm hkyen bum shagu jan shing kang hte rau gabrim htoi...

             * Dam pa layang U-dat shara hta.. An-hte sut gan.. yam nga u num ji ni pyaw

                Lwi yawng hka shi hka wang hte asak hka nu w-p ginra hta lwi...

                Ga sau hpring tsup ai dai daw ga.. chye ju hpring jaw bum nga shing grup

                Ninglaw bum tsaw anhte mungdan a bunghku re..

                             * Ngai hpe woi rit nga myit masin sum mwi jawn let...  

                                tsawm ai hkawn sek mungdan grup yin chyam hkra woi rit

                                An-hte a sari hpring mungdan hkawn tsawm hpe.. tsaw myit hte

                                maga ga.. shagrau sharawt na chye ga ngu.. a myu jet ni........

P.S: N-dai mahkawn mp3 lu ai ni chyeju hte mediafire kaw upload galaw na share galaw ya myit ngu garum hpyi mayu ai.

                

Above this creek, we have found some kinds of metal and other under ground resources. The altitude of this place is 10051 ft.

This is Kachin traditional house near IKYAPU village. I shot this photo from  away because it is situated at the other side of the steep valley.

#Most of people from this region still use slash and burning method for growing corn and other crops on hill sides.

A risky trip to Mt.APALO (1)

A beautiful water-fall beside mountain road.
Passing the barrier ...... (damaged road cause of landslide)
Before starting an amazing trip.....( near Lisu village).
This is my essential tool for navigation. Garmin GPS (global positioning system) is very useful for marking position and navigating in desne forest and mountain ranges.
        

A small village from highland.

Jawng grai tsan ai majaw jawng nlu lung ai ma ni

                              Waiting for mom and dad.

                  

Fishing for dinner!

Changyinghku valley from Kachin Special Region (1)

                 Mare kaba kaw hpaji sharin hkam la taw nga ai manang ni hte maigan kaw du taw nga ai manang ni yawng jinghpaw buga de myit dum ai shaloi yu na matu ngu dem da ai sumla ni re.

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 Samwi wanleng jawn ai zawn nga hkam sha ai tsaw dik ai bum ntsa kaw re.

Majan Shang Zinlum ladat hte Wireless matut mahkai wunkat yu poi (NDAK)

               August shata 27 ya shani 1:00pm  hta NDAK ginjaw rai nga ai Pangwa kaw na (Pa Htai Ho) training center kaw majan shang zinlum ladat hte wireless matut mahkai hpaji wunkat jawng yu poi hpe galaw ai lam chye lu ai. Ndai jawng yu poi lamang hta NDAK ning baw kaba rai nga ai Zahkung Ting Ying hte ginjaw council masha kaba ni shang lawm ai lam chye lu ai.

Letters Reveal Mother Teresa's Secret

       CBS news kaw hti hkrup ai mau na zawn nga ai Mother Teresa na lam hpe share galaw dat ai.

        

 In life, Mother Teresa was an icon — for believers  of God's work on Earth. Her ministry to the poor of Calcutta was a world-renowned symbol of religious compassion. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 

In a rare interview in 1986, Mother Teresa told CBS News she had a calling, based on unquestioned faith.

         "They are all children of God, loved and created by the same heart of God," she said.But now, it has emerged that Mother Teresa was so doubtful of her own faith that she feared being a hypocrite, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips.In a new book that compiles letters she wrote to friends, superiors and confessors, her doubts are obvious. 

            Shortly after beginning work in Calcutta's slums, the spirit left Mother Teresa. 

"Where is my faith?" she wrote. "Even deep down… there is nothing but emptiness and darkness... If there be God — please forgive me."

           Eight years later, she was still looking to reclaim her lost faith.

"Such deep longing for God… Repulsed, empty, no faith, no love, no zeal," she said.

As her fame increased, her faith refused to return. Her smile, she said, was a mask.

"What do I labor for?" she asked in one letter. "If there be no God, there can be no soul. If there be no soul then, Jesus, You also are not true."

 "            These are letters that were kept in the archbishop's house," the Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk told Phillips.

The letters were gathered by Rev. Kolodiejchuk, the priest who's making the case to the Vatican for Mother Teresa's proposed sainthood. He said her obvious spiritual torment actually helps her case.

"Now we have this new understanding, this new window into her interior life, and for me this seems to be the most heroic," said Rev. Kolodiejchuk.

According to her letters, Mother Teresa died with her doubts. She had even stopped praying, she once said. 

The church decided to keep her letters, even though one of her dying wishes was that they be destroyed. Perhaps now we know.

                                                                                                     source: CBS news

A Trip to North-eastern Region

      Hi, manang ni yawng hkam kaja nga ma ai kun? N-dai laman online access nlu ai bum ga de du taw na online manang ni hte nlu hkrum ai mung grai na mat sai zawn she nga mat sai. Hpyi Maw,

kaw na mile 50 jan tsan ai bum ga de.. bungli hte hkawm sa taw ai majaw Blog kaw ma post ning nan update nlu galaw ai bat lahkawng ram rai mat sai. Lam kaw dem da ai sumla nkau mi hpe post galaw dat ai. Phone camera hte sha dem da ai rai na sumla gaw nau n kaja ai yaw.

 N-dai gaw Tsi galaw na matu hte Sculptures galaw na matu lang ai grai manu dan ai (Hung Htu Sha) hpun re.

 Hpyi Maw mare kawn Miwa mung hkran de sa ai lam re.

Hpyi Maw mare hpe ndai hku mu yang.

Altitude 8000 ft jan ai Bum lam kaw Mile 5  ram gawt yang hka kalang bang ra ai.... manu mana hkrak ai ndai Mawdaw hte manang ni gwi hkan na kun?

No.7 lamu ga jarit shadaw makau na Lagwi Hka re.

Ding-dung de na lwi hkrat wa ai Ngou Chang Hka re.

N-dai gaw Changmaw hkung na hkau na re.

A RETROSPECT ON MISSION AMONG KACHINS

PROLOGUE

              Kachins and Mission, two different words came to meet by the intended plan of

God over 120 years ago – a small kairos1 happened in Kachin History. That was,

actually, the Light in the Jungle – mountain-dwellers, Kachins had chance to see the

light from and within the darkness of uncivilized society. It was also one of the rapid

vertical interventions of God into the horizontal history of time line. Along with this

revelation of God, the interaction responded by Kachins, through laughter and pain,

could be found until today – to carry out the missio dei.2 Being a lesson for the future

mission of Kachin, at the same time, there are still some renovations which will be

found out in the following presentation – need to replenish and think from the corner of

modern mission perspectives retrospectively.

MISSION STARTED

               Factually, there was no word, Kachin or Mission among them until and shortly

after 1830 A.D. Only after January 27, 1837 on which the American Missionary,

Eugenio Kincaid arrived in Bhamo and shortly after, about Kachins first turned up in

his Journal. It is said that:

... in the distant highlands are multitudes of Kakhyens [Kachins], a people who

from time immemorial have resisted idolatry. What a field this is for the

evangelist! What man, who feels for his fellowman, would not like to gird on the

armor of God, and labor for the establishment of Christ's kingdom here?

(February 9, 1837, in Baptist Missionary Magazine 1838:246).3

This was a very hopeful point for Kachins and, at the same time, something

very mournful as well. This is both the first step of a ladder to get gospel and the first

step to abandon the precious traditions that had been created and given to Kachin from

the prehistoric time. Actually, the first mission among Kachins was started by Albert J.

Lyon who arrived in Bhamo on February 13, 1878. Unfortunately, he had to lay down

in Bhamo soil after a few months later of his arrival.4 With undaunted effort, another

missionary was sent by God: who was William H. Roberts arrived in January 12, 1879

one year after the death of Lyon. On an on, just before the end of 1890, Ola Hanson

reached Bhamo, and in two years after the arrival of him, 1892, George J. Geis arrived

in Bhamo.5 With best regards, their committed lives were beautiful in the sight of God

due to their committed lives, undaunted efforts, sweats, pains, sufferings, and other

barriers that had been overcome in the initiative of their mission. In that way, the seed

of Gospel rooted in the soil of Kachin Land – in either right way or wrong way – and yielded fruits.

FRUITS OF MISSION

                           The Gospel is the most obvious fruit of mission received by Kachins. In

addition, the lives of new Kachin Christians were changed in every walk of life –

especially in economic, agricultural, educational and health aspects. According to the

presentation of Herman G. Tegenfeldt, the missionaries told new Kachin believers to

move down to the plain where they can get more money by doing plantation. In that

way, new Christian villages began to emerge. Moreover, also in agriculture, fruits trees

like peeches, oranges, pomeloes, guavas, and custard apples became the popular

planted fruit trees given by the missionaries. In this rural uplift, Schools opened by the

missionaries became the most effective means of evangelism since the schools became

the fellowship doors for the children and their parents for good relationship. Next,

medical outreach by the missionaries also made the lives of the Kachins saved. In such

ways, the new Christian community was formed gradually and surely and the churches

already became self-supported churches. In 1965, no foreign missionary totally left in

Burma, however, the Kachin Baptist Church still carried on her own.6 Even after the

return of foreign missionaries, the fruit of the mission could be found – in 1977,

Centennial Jubilee was successfully celebrated at which 200,000 pilgrims attended.

The most prominent fruit was the 3/300 Mission of Kachin Baptist Convention

accomplished by Kachins themselves.7 Today, Kachins are doing mission among Hills

regions, China frontiers, "Wa"s, Rahkaings, and other regions they can outreach. No

matter how much they have been transmitting Gospel through history, the traditions

they have been using is less alternative so as from the first time use. Since the world is

ever changeable in every aspect, those traditions received and applied through history

are necessarily needed to be changed.

TRADITIONS RECEIVED

                   Preaching the Gospel, Evangelizing, Casting way Evil Spirits, Destroying Nat

Symbols, and Witnessing were, perhaps, the crucial traditions received from the foreign

missionaries. Bertil Lintner said that the Kachins may well have been fierce warriors,

and they still considered themselves servants of the ji nat – the Evil One – and believed

themselves to be living in a state of ignorance.8 More or less, it was true that the

Kachins were under the control of the Spirits. When the Gospel came to them, then,

what encountered was Casting evil spirits and destroying the symbols of Nat

Worshipping. After having demolished all the nat-related things, what injected into the

blood of Kachins were the so-called prayer, sermon, western hymns, western music,

and all ritual things related with western traditions.

Under the banner of sowing gospel, unwittingly done was plugging out the

precious cultural heritages. As soon as a person becomes a Christian, s/he is no longer concerned with all the things done by the Nat Worshippers.9 Actually, Manau Dance,

Htawng Ka (Long Drum Dance), Kabung Dum (Funeral Dance), and others like such

dances are less influenced by the Nats. However, as the foreign missionaries claimed,

the dances were more or less affiliated with Nats but not absolutely. This is the culture

of the Kachins, the identities of the Kachins. If all these cultural things extinct, what,

then, be the identity and nationality of Kachin. In that way, some cultural values might

have been extricated from the history of Kachins. There had been a long period in

which no Kachin folk tune was allowed to conduct in the church. Only after

advocating and lobbying for some extent of time – several decades, Kachin folk tunes

and other festival like Manau Dance were allowed to be held by the Kachin Christians.

It was so close that the precious cultural traditions were nearly buried along with the

process of converting. On this view, J. Andrew Kirk also reminds that, more or less,

missionary work is often seen as involving the destruction of indigenous cultures and

the implantation of foreign ones.10

Next, not only in Kachin Mission but in contemporary mission trend also, the

word evangelizing played a crucial role in doing Mission. John Stott said that whether

they have heard gospel or not, whether even they have been baptized or not, people

must be evangelized.11 In this sense, in the concept of missionaries, when it comes to

Mission, only evangelizing is the first prompt. Therefore, the fruit of the mission, even

3/300 Mission of Kachin Baptist Convention also only emphasized on Evangelizing,

converting and casting Nats even though they called their work as mission.12 This

trend of mission has persisted for several decades and in the concept of Kachin, such

steps of evangelizing first, casting Nats second, and converting third were minted

miserably. In openness, there are quite relevant approaches which could have been

really effective in mission among Kachins for the foreign missionaries. There is a

saying goes "First know what kind of soil before you sow" likewise "First know what

the truth of the Kachins is before you implant the Gospel". In the following topic, the

real nature of Kachins is presented for the sake of God's will upon the precious culture and tradition of the Kachins which could be the basis for the further mission done in the

present and to be done in near future by Kachins.

and tradition of the Kachins which could be the basis for the further mission done in the

present and to be done in near future by Kachins.

BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW

                  Today, not only Kachins but all other nationalities also are under the influence

of the third wave – information technology. In every aspect of life, new ones come in

and old ones go out.14 Even though the western traditions have been protested for a

long period, anyone cannot avoid this event. Jeans become global; Rock Music

becomes unifying music, and Burger and J-Donuts become world wide food, Fancy

things can be seen on every finger of ladies and men. At the same time, there are still

many poor people in the hill regions who are finding their fortunes by applying every

kind of job no matter what. They do not know what the consumerism is. They do not

care what is happening around them. What they care is to fill their stomach. Also

among Kachin Communities, these two kinds of layers can be seen. The elites group is

getting well-to-do more and more, on the other hand, the poor group is getting poorer

than ever. The balance between these two groups is not proportionate. This is what the

problem for the Missionaries today. Should they still use the traditions received from

the missionaries from the past century? Moreover, there are still many tomorrow that

will be carrying new more things. The gap between the have and have not is widening

day by day; it obviously spotlights that the missionaries under the third wave should be

fully flexible, adaptable and very serious in finding out what the truth of the

community, society is. So far, how the mission took place among Kachins has been

revealed. The enthusiastic efforts, perseverance, and committed lives are the corner

stones for the new missionaries who are going to fulfill missio dei to make prominent

kairos, at the same time, new methodologies, and approaches by finding the truth of the

target communities, societies must be searched out as well.15

EPILOGUE

                        "  Ethnic and Cultural distinctiveness thus reflects the rich diversity of

human life and allows people a sense of security in being able to identify with a

group of people with its own history, customs and traditions. The loss of such

association (rootlessness) can lead to a crisis of selfhood and eventually to

personality disorders."

                           Even under the influence of the information technology age, important claim

from self-instinct of a person is his/her identity. Therefore, whether in the wealthy

community or poor society, trying to find the truth of that community is the main task

for today missionaries. The binding force of that society must be surely searched. Only

after the key point has been found, approaches and methodologies can be drawn out. At

the same time, missionaries today must find out the most necessary things for the target

groups – if poor group, encouraging message is needed. In this way of finding first the

truth – binding factors – of the focused group and then searching secondly the most

necessary thing in their lives would be true catalyst in making some more little kairos

in the history of time line in the light of re-disclosure of Mission among the Kachins.

                                                                                                                         By: Kevinson 2007

PS: special thanks to Maji Mung San for sending this article to me.