Yangon

It’s around 5 months after the coup happening. In these 5 months, so many things happen in our life. Now, Covid-19 is back and lost hope again. I still remember when I back to Yangon, Myanmar at the last 4 years. At that time, there is hope. So many people…

By Robin Hibberd A photo showing a person with both hands up moving away from a uniformed individual holding a raised gun in Myanmar appeared in numerous social media posts on March 4. It circulated on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit with a claim that the photo shows a protester named…

Every night for the last week — the nights have been clear — they come out at precisely 8:00 o’clock to bang the pots and pans, the traditional method for driving out evil spirits. Less traditionally, young women are parading in the streets of Yangon in Disney princess dresses. There…

I haven't seen my girlfriend in 3 weeks, but today we went out! It was a new normal kind of date. We couldn’t go out on a typical date and sit in a restaurant so we just went to get takeaway coffee, went to a bookstore and spent some time…

Holidays are over today in Myanmar, for now at least. I’ve already checked the local calendar and we seriously have so many holidays throughout the year and somehow we keep finding ways to add onto that. Anyways, Happy Independence Day! Remember when I said I’d start reading books and write…

Street dogs are often labelled wild and mangy and the idea of adopting one, completely daunting. In truth the animals are loving and smart, as Laura and Zaid discovered when welcoming street dogs into their homes. Looking down from his balcony Zaid Moosa watched ‘Lady Babous’, the street dog, disappearing…

I was a lost boy, finding Neverland. I had no direction. One day I had one dream, the next I had another. After high school, I committed to being a musician but then gave up on that dream. I told my dad that I wanted to go to college and…

17th August 2020 I had a great boss, wonderful teammates, good pay and I liked the work I was doing. After all that, I still wanted to quit. I had to find myself and chase my passion. Comfort wasn’t what I needed. I needed to find what I loved to do. Like a…