Essays
Hard Work is Always
Rewarded
You have to make an
effort if you want to get anything for yourself. You have to work for it. You
have to earn it.
It can be true to say
that a student who wants to pass the examination must work hard enough to
achieve success. He must attend his classes regularly and attend to everything
that the teacher says in the classroom. He must be punctual in attending his
classes and doing his homework. He must study his lessons without fail from day
to day. He must work for the success he desires to have.
In fact, it is clear
that we seek fortune in the second period of our life. We have to work for our
living. We have to feed and clothe our family. We have to support our parents
and look after our relatives. We have to give away some part of our earnings in
charity. We cannot do all these things without working hard. We have to take
pains if we want to make a success of our life.
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The
Role of Engineers in Myanmar
Different students
have different aims in life. As for me, I have been interested in engineering
since I was a secondary student.
The three basic needs of human
beings are food, clothing and housing. Everyone needs not only food and
clothing but also house to live in. It means that houses are as important to
human beings as food or clothing. The ancestors of man had lived in trees, but
they needed roofs above their heads as soon as they got down from the trees.
Therefore, the role of engineers is just as important as that of the
food-growers and the cloth-weavers.
Peasants and cultivators give us
our food. Weavers and factory-workes give us our clothing, and builders,
architects and engineers give us our houses, buildings, roads and bridges. Now
that science is developed, our houses and buildings become taller and more
magnificent. Bridges span larger rivers and better roads make communication
easier in the country. All this makes for better understanding and greater
unity among the various people of the Union of Myanmar.
Hence, I am trying my best in
learning engineering courses to become a qualified engineer.
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The Musical Concert I Went
The musical concert that I went to
see last Monday is Brazilian percussion band called Hot Jive. I hadn’t intended
to go but my neighbour offered me a spare ticket for this Brazilian band. As I
had nothing planned for the evening, I agreed to go.
As a spectacle, the whole evening
was amazing. The player wore the most beautiful, brightly-coloured clothes and
the scenery changed as the evening progressed from sunrise, at the start, to
sunset at the end of the show. In term of the music, the most memorable part was
a fifteen-minute number called Jungle Rhythms, as the name suggests,
incorporated lots of animal sounds that were made using drums and many other
weird and wonderful instruments.
All in all, since it was a very
enjoyable occasion, everyone had a really wonderful time and most people were
so relaxed.
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Virtue
Has Its Own Reward
Virtue
is a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of goodness in
people. We can be of service to other people by making ourselves useful to
them. We service their wishes by doing all we can to help them.
First
and foremost, there must be the will to help. If you are willing to help a
person, you will be able to help him. For, where there is a will, there is a
way. And if you are able to help him, you will be ready to do so.
The
world would be a much happier place to live in if everyone had the spirit of
service salesgirls; in people’s shops would be willing, able and ready to serve
the needs of their customers. Doctors, engineers, lawyers and all officials,
high and low, who have anything to do with the public, would be so helpful and
obliging that doing business with bureaucrats and government servants would be
a pleasure and a source of happiness.
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Do
Good, Have Good
If
you love somebody with a pure and selfless love, you are bound to get his or
her love in return. Your love will most surely be returned. But remember the
words “pure and selfless”. Your love must be sincere and you must have not
thought of “self” in it. It must not be selfish love which is nothing but
“desire”.
Loving a pretty face is not love
but desire. You only think of what you can get, but not what you can give. If
you love someone with an unselfish love, you only think of giving and giving of
yourself without end. Such is the love of your parents for you.
If a human relationship is to be
happy and perfect, there must be a balance of give and take between the two
parties: parents and children, husband and wife, friend and friend. If the love
of one party for the other is sincere and undemanding, it will beget love that
is equally sincere and undemanding.
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Experience
Is The Best Teacher
Experience
is the process of getting knowledge from doing, seeing or feeling things. In
fact, Knowledge is the general awareness or possession of information, facts,
ideas, truths, or principles. Similarly, it is a skill that separates us from
other animals, and it is considered in the modern world as an essential tool
for everyone.
Experience
is a very important and powerful thing in our daily routines. If you want to
drive a car, you must have adequate or enough knowledge and experience to do so
without running the risk of killing yourself, or other people at any moment. If
you want to heal the sick as a medicine man, you must have a sufficient
knowledge and experience of human ailments and their cures.
It
is therefore clear that experience is the best teacher in our life. If you have
only a little knowledge and experience, you will endanger the lives of other
people, and you will be a danger to society.
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Punctuality Is The Soul Of Business
Our
day is divided into twenty-four hours. The day starts when the sun rises and
ends when the sun sets. Then the night comes and goes as regularly as the sun
sets and rises. Within this pattern of day and night, there is a time for work
or play, a time for food or drink, a time for rest or sleep, a time for fun or
recreation.
We
have to respect the time we set for each of these activities. If we could order
our life punctually each day, time would have no need whatever to wait for us
on any occasion. In that case we should have a perfectly regulated and
well-balanced happy life.
Procrastination
is one of the commonest causes of failure of punctuality. You have to do some
work to be finished by Monday. You can do it on Saturday and Sunday. You can
start working on it on Friday evening when you get back home from work. But do
you do it? No, you don’t; you say to yourself, “I’ll do it tomorrow, on
Saturday.” You put it off till Saturday for the simple reason that you are too
lazy to do it. Such a thing is called procrastination. If you put your work off
for one day, then you lose one day out of your time for nothing. If you put it
off for one week, then you lose one week. Who has taken it away or stolen it?
No one but procrastination.
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Character Is Power
Character
is a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of goodness in
people. We can be of service to other people by making ourselves useful to
them. We service their wishes by doing all we can to help them.
First and foremost, there
must be the will to help. If you are willing to help a person, you will be able
to help him. For, where there is a will, there is a way. And if you are able to
help him, you will be ready to do so.
The world would be a much
happier place to live in if everyone had the spirit of service salesgirls; in
people’s shops would be willing, able and ready to serve the needs of their
customers. Doctors, engineers, lawyers and all officials, high and low, who
have anything to do with the public, would be so helpful and obliging that
doing business with bureaucrats and government servants would be a pleasure and
a source of happiness.
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Where
There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Since different people have
different desires in life, the dream of youngsters may vary from one another.
Actually, I was very enthusiastic in painting.
I had been interested in pictures
and colours until the time when I passed the matriculation exam. I spent most
of my leisure time by looking at pictures or copying them from books.
Fortunately, my parents encouraged me to draw pictures and bought for me some
drawing papers, colour pencils and crayons, so I went on drawing. I learned
many different kinds of painting and all of them were very interesting. But I
was more interested in ‘portrait’. Moreover, I collected a lot of painting
tools such as brushes, paints, palettes, easels and canvases. Many years later,
when I passed the matriculation exam, I asked myself a question: what should I
do?
Eventually,
I made the decision to study engineering as my profession and joined Pyay
Technological University. I strongly believe that engineers play a crucial role
in building modern developed nation. Therefore, I am determined to be a
skillful and qualified engineer. Although there may encounter some
difficulties, I will try my best for my country.
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Rome
Was Not Built In a Day
Nearly 3000 years ago, shepherds first built
huts on the hills beside the Tiber River in central Italy. These encampments
gradually grew and merged to form the city of Rome. Rome became the world’s
first city of more than one million people around 100 AD.
People still talk about the glory of Rome. Such a great and
glorious city could not be built in one day. It took, not days or months, but
many years to build a city, or in fact, to do anything that is really worth
doing. This proverb teaches an impatient man to be patient. When we strongly
desire to achieve success, we always tend to be impatient we think that success
is too slow in coming. At such times we should say to ourselves, “Rome was not
built in a day”. We must remember that patience is one of the qualities that we
need in anything we do.
Another quality that is equally important is perseverance.
We need to work hard and long to do a good job. It is so easy to lose heart and
give up before the task is done, we may think that we has done hard enough and
long enough. We fell that we cannot go on. Then we must remind ourselves that
“Rome was not built in a day”. No success can ever be achieved without patience
and perseverance. You cannot become a millionaire overnight.
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No Pains, No Gains
This proverb means that if you take no pains, you will make
no gains. This saying is so fair and true. It is fair and just because if you
take no pains, you have no right to get any gains. You have to make an effort
if you want to get anything for yourself. You have to work for it. You have to
earn it.
It can be true to say that a student who wants to pass the
examination must work hard enough to achieve success. He must attend his
classes regularly and attend to everything that the teacher says in the
classroom. He must be punctual in attending his classes and doing his homework.
He must study his lessons without fail from day to day. He must work for the
success he desires to have.
In fact, it is clear that we seek fortune in the second
period of our life. We have to work for our living. We have to feed and clothe
our family. We have to support our parents and look after our relatives. We
have to give away some part of our earnings in charity. We cannot do all these
things without working hard. We have to take pains if we want to make a success
of our life.
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Knowledge is Power
Knowledge is the general awareness
or possession of information, facts, ideas, truths, or principles. In fact, it
is a skill that separates us from other animals, and it is considered in the
modern world as an essential tool for everyone.
If you want to drive a car, you must
have adequate or enough knowledge to do so without running the risk of killing
yourself, or other people at any moment. If you want to heal the sick as a
medicine man, you must have a sufficient knowledge of human ailments and their
cures. It is therefore clear that knowledge is a very important and powerful
thing in our daily routines. If you have only a little knowledge, you will
endanger the lives of other people, and you will be a danger to society.
Learners of English daily run the
risk of misquoting the lines they have learnt simply because of their
carelessness and inattention of small, but very important details. For example,
it will be wrong to say ‘’little knowledge is dangerous thing’’ instead of
saying ‘’A little knowledge is a dangerous thing’’. If you notice the two ways
of quoting this proverb correctly, you may reasonably hope to be safe from the
danger of having no more than a little knowledge.
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Youngsters are Responsible for
Preserving Cultural Heritage
In the world of today, many
youngsters from different countries are trying to keep abreast of the times.
Since they would seriously pay attention to the physical developments, it is
possible that the youngsters may neglect to preserve their cultural heritages,
or they may totally forget about it. In fact, preserving cultural heritage is a
very positive aspect of a country.
From my point of view, the
preservation of cultural heritage is equally as important as the
industrialization, and so it is one of the most important responsibilities for
all citizens, especially for youngsters.
Undoubtedly, it is a good time to
preserve the heritage of Myanmar culture handed down from generation to
generation. In order to achieve this, youngsters are completely responsible in
many ways.
To sum up, it is true to say that if
we lose the culture, the tribe will be disappeared. And if the tribe is
disappeared, the country will be surrendered. It is therefore clear that
without preservation culture and heritage, there is no perpetuation of national
sovereignty.
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National Unity, Key to Overcoming
Difficulties
National unity, which is one of the
most important solutions to overcome various difficulties, is truly based on
the union spirit.
Union spirit is the spirit that
enables any national people from any state or division or race to regard
themselves as Myanmar citizen in the Union of Myanmar. Only when people are
patriotic, a modern developed democracy nation can be created. Therefore it is
very important for everyone of the nation regardless of the place he lives to
have strong union spirit. If the union spirit is strong, disintegration of the union
will not come out easily. In evidence of this, historian Stephen Ambrose once
suggested that American soldiers proved themselves against Hitler's Nazi troops
in World War II precisely because they were nurtured in a democratic society.
They had initiative because they grew up believing in the worth and weight of
their opinions. They were self-reliant and decisive because they grew up making
choices, not taking orders.
In fact, what all Myanmar citizens
want is to get peace, stability and development of the nation. Nowadays, the
government is working hard to materialize the democratization process in
compliance with the desire of the entire people. In order to achieve this
objective, every citizen throughout Myanmar should try to contribute.
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Preservation and Safeguarding of
Cultural Heritage and National Character
In the world of today, many countries are trying to
keep abreast of the times. Since they would seriously pay attention to the
physical developments, it is possible that the nations may neglect to preserve
their cultural heritages. As far as I am concerned, the preservation of
cultural heritage and national character is equally as important as the
industrialization.
Some
countries realize that they must try to keep individuality. For example, in
Paris it is forbidden to build very tall buildings in the downtown area, as
this would ruin the overall appearance of the skyline. However, other countries
do not pay attention enough to the preservation of their cultural inheritance.
In evidence of this, although Nepal has one of the greatest cultural heritages,
its conservation of cultures seems to be poor. It is therefore clear that
without preservation culture and heritage, there is no perpetuation of national
sovereignty.
Undoubtedly,
it is a good time to preserve the heritage of Myanmar culture handed down from
generation to generation. Now, the government is working hard to preserve our
cultural heritage sites such as Bagan. What is more, in order to safeguard the
cultural heritage and national character, arts competitions and traditional
music competitions are being held. New generations of artists will work for
uplift of national prestige, preservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage
and national character. Traditional cultural performing arts competitions play
an important role in preserving national character.
To
sum up, it is true to say that if we lose the culture, the tribe will be
disappeared. And if the tribe is disappeared, the country will be surrendered.
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Uplift of Dynamism of Patriotic Spirit
Patriotism teaches people
to believe that your country and it is very important for people to feel pride
in their nation. Besides, the union spirit which is needed for making a
developed country is thoroughly based on patriotism.
Union spirit is the spirit
that enables any national people from any state or division or race to regard themselves
as Myanmar citizen in the Union of Myanmar. Only when people are patriotic, a
modern developed democracy nation can be created. Therefore it is very
important for everyone of the nation regardless of the place he lives to have
strong union spirit. If the union spirit is strong, disintegration of the union
will not come out easily. In evidence of this, many people from all over the
world have noted the importance of patriotism since 1965, Vietnam War. So it is
clear that if national solidarity disintegrates, the Union will disintegrate.
Even though the British could occupy and enslave Myanmar, they could not
destroy the union spirit and the spirit of national solidarity of the Myanmar
people. Taking back the independence from the hand of British, our country is
improving day by day in all fields.
In fact, what all Myanmar
citizens want is to get peace, stability and development of the nation. Nowadays,
the government is working hard to materialize the democratization process in
compliance with the desire of the entire people. In order to achieve this
objective, every citizen throughout Myanmar should try to contribute and all
have to work with true patriotic spirit and try to get greater progress
tomorrow than today.
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Uplift of Health, Fitness and
Education Standards of the Entire Nation
What
would we be if our education and health care levels are anchored at a lower
point, and we have no attempt to uplift the levels? Undoubtedly, if we neglect
to uplift our education and health care levels, we will definitely face various
terrible problems in future.
In
fact, only when citizens are healthy and literate, a modern developed nation
can be created. Today in our country, the authorities are seriously trying to
uplift health care and education standards. For uplifting of health, the
Ministry of Health is actively cooperating with the World Health Organization.
They have been trying to open more hospitals, health care centres and
specialist hospitals with sufficient modern medical equipments. As regards
fitness, Ministry of Sport is giving training to compete athletes until to
enter into the competition of Asian level, in addition, the professional
football league called Myanmar National League has recently been introduced.
In order to provide a high
level of health care, it is essential to bear the qualified medical students.
Therefore it is clear that education plays an important role. In the world of
today, many countries are elevating education level in order to withstand
social change in the long run. Higher education helps us greatly in deciding
what is right and what is wrong, what is true and what is false. The degree of
radicalism caused by a high level of education can only serve to make the
country more adaptable. In education sector, it has opened more colleges and
universities for youth. For development of human resources, the latest
technology ICT is being used in the sector.
Hence, it can be safely
argued that uplifting of health, fitness and education standards of the entire
nation is consequential.
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Integration of National Solidarity and
Perpetuation of Sovereignty
Integration of National
Solidarity and Perpetuation of Sovereignty are truly based on the union spirit.
Union spirit is the spirit
that enables any national people from any state or division or race to regard
themselves as Myanmar citizen in the Union of Myanmar. Only when people are
patriotic, a modern developed democracy nation can be created. Therefore it is
very important for everyone of the nation regardless of the place he lives to
have strong union spirit. If the union spirit is strong, disintegration of the union
will not come out easily.
In fact, what all Myanmar
citizens want is to get peace, stability and development of the nation. Nowadays,
the government is working hard to materialize the democratization process in
compliance with the desire of the entire people. In order to achieve this
objective, every citizen throughout Myanmar should try to contribute. Therefore
I would like to contribute to build a modern developed nation as far as I can.
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The development of a country depends
on its human resources
Many
people believe that the development of a country truly depends on its human
resources. However, some people may think that education gives people
unrealistic ambitions; the law of the market place decrees that not everyone
can be a managing director.
What
is more, education is expensive. Therefore over-education is a waste of time
and money. Another argument against education would be that students tend to be
a disruptive influence on society.
On
the other hand, in spite of the problems of over-education, most countries need
a high standard of human resources in order to compete in the world market.
Constantly changing technology means that the work-force has to be flexible and
receptive to new ideas in order to be of value to employers. It may be true
that a greater level of education tends to make people more radical. However,
if society is not going to become static, it must be prepared to accept new
ideas. Therefore the degree of radicalism caused by a high level of education
can only serve to make the country more adaptable and better able to withstand
social change in the long run.
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Energy resources of Myanmar
Myanmar
is regarded internationally as one of the most abundant countries in natural
resources. Many authors around the world have described the beauty of nature in
their writings.
Myanmar
is the sole country that holds a great deal of energy resources. We have plenty
of petroleum and natural gas for energy. In evidence of this, Australian
scientists once observed here and confirmed that the country is very rich in
natural resources. Foreign companies were especially attracted by petroleum.
After that, they offered to co-operate with our government and eventually they
got agreements and started working in certain parts of our land, particularly
in Phaung Pyin, Moan Ywar. In Phaung Pyin Project, the two famous companies
were CGG and Yu Kong; the former is Australian and the latter is Korean.
Another well-known company is TOTAL which is still running in off-shore in
Tanintharye division.
Nowadays,
we are exporting natural gas to neighbouring countries as we have plenty of it.
In comparison with our neighbouring countries, we have plenty of energy
resources such as petroleum, natural gas and hydro power plants. The two famous
hydro power plants in our country are Law Pe Ta and Ye` Ywar. Undoubtedly,
Myanmar is the most splendid nation in the world.
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Energy conservation is more important
than electricity generation
Some
people believe that energy conservation is more important than electricity
generation. I totally agree with this concept.
By 1980 many people had
come to recognize that increased energy efficiency could help the world energy
balance in the short and middle term, and that productive conservation should
be considered as no less an energy alternative than the energy sources
themselves. Substantial additional energy savings from conservation measures
appear possible without dramatically affecting the way people live.
A number of obstacles
stand in the way, however. One major roadblock to productive conservation is
its highly fragmented and unglamorous character; it requires hundreds of
millions of people to do mundane things such as turning off lights and keeping
tires properly inflated.
Consumers of electricity
can save money and help protect the environment by eliminating unnecessary use
of electricity, such as turning off lights when leaving a room. Other
conservation methods include buying and using energy-efficient appliances and
light bulbs, and using appliances, such as washing machines and dryers, at
off-peak production hours when rates are lower.
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What I expect to do in this job
As an electrical engineer,
what I expect to do in this job is electrical management in many ways. In fact,
it is the largest and most diverse field of engineering. It is concerned with
the development and design, application, and manufacture of systems and devices.
The field of electric
power is concerned with the design and operation of systems for generating,
transmitting, and distributing electric power. Engineers in this field have
brought about several important developments since the late 1970s. One of these
is the ability to transmit power at extremely high voltages in both the direct
current (DC) and alternating current (AC) modes, reducing power losses
proportionately. Another is the real-time control of power generation,
transmission, and distribution, using computers to analyze the data fed back
from the power system to a central station and thereby optimizing the
efficiency of the system while it is in operation.
Myanmar has
a great potential for producing hydroelectricity; in 2003 some 37 percent of
its electricity (2.7 billion kilowatt-hours) was from hydroelectric plants. The
remainder of Myanmar’s electricity is produced by thermal plants using natural
gas, diesel fuel, or coal.
Now I am prepared to do in
this job. I am also prepared to go where I am sent and do my best in the
service of my own country. I shall discharge my duties to the best of my
ability.
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It is good to have a big family
I certainly agree that it
is good to have a big family. In fact, family is basic social group united
through bonds of kinship or marriage, present in all societies. Ideally, the
family provides its members with protection, companionship, security, and socialization.
The structure of the family and the needs that the family fulfills vary from
society to society. The nuclear family—two adults and their children—is the
main unit in some societies. In others, it is a subordinate part of an extended
family, or a big family, which also consists of grandparents and other
relatives. A third family unit is the single-parent family, in which children
live with an unmarried, divorced, or widowed mother or father.
In prehistoric hunting and
gathering societies, two or three nuclear families, usually linked through
bonds of kinship, banded together for part of the year but dispersed into
separate nuclear units in those seasons when food was scarce. The family was an
economic unit; men hunted, while women gathered and prepared food and tended
children.
Historical studies have
shown that family structure has been less changed by urbanization and
industrialization than was once supposed. The nuclear family was the most
prevalent preindustrial unit and is still the basic unit of social
organization. The modern family differs from earlier traditional forms,
however, in its functions, composition, and life cycle and in the roles of
husbands and wives.
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Electricity plays a more important
role than fossil fuels
Some people may think that electricity is one of the
most influential necessities in our daily life and it plays a more important
role than fossil fuels. As far as I am concerned, it is an overgeneralization.
Electricity is an
extremely versatile form of energy. It can be generated in many ways and from
many different sources. It can be sent almost instantaneously over long
distances. Electricity can also be converted efficiently into other forms of
energy, and it can be stored. Because of this versatility, electricity plays a
part in nearly every aspect of modern technology. Electricity provides light,
heat, and mechanical power. It makes telephones, computers, televisions, and
countless other necessities and luxuries possible. Therefore, it is clear that
electricity plays an important role in our modern life. However, is it more
important than fossil fuels?
The majority of fossil
fuels are used in the transportation, manufacturing, residential heating, and
electric-power generation industries. Crude petroleum is refined into gasoline,
diesel fuel, and jet fuel, which power the world’s transportation system. Coal
is the fuel most commonly burned to generate electric power, and natural gas is
used primarily in commercial and residential buildings for heating water and
air, for air conditioning, and as fuel for stoves and other heating appliances.
To sum up, it can be
safely argued that fossil fuels are equally as important as electricity and
both of them are the two necessities of today.
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What I will do after this examination
I have a plan for
travelling after this examination. I am going to Pyin Oo Lwin with my family.
Pyin Oo Lwin is a hill
station and it is 42 miles from Mandalay. The sight of the blue mountains and
green valleys along the way is pleasant. It is a quiet town with beautiful
gardens. The streets are clean and less crowded. The main attraction of Pyin Oo
Lwin is the famous National Kandawgyi Garden. There, we can see real natural
beauty and different varieties of the most beautiful and colourful flowers in
Myanmar. The Pwe Kauk Water Fall is the place where families have their meals
enjoying the attractive views. We can go on to visit the Maha Arnthtoo Kantha
Pagoda and pay homage to the Buddha image. Many visitors take photographs at
the Peit Chin Hmyaung Cave which is the pride and wonder of the town.
The cool breeze and the
beautiful landscape attract many holiday-makers. That is why Pyin Oo Lwin is
the place I enjoy visiting.
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