What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the word “YCDC”? To us, we think of an orange-shirt-wearing figure who collects the trash we throw on a dirty garbage truck or grey-colored-uniform-wearing officers who leave utility bills at our doors. Guess what, now we have a chance to elect their … Continue reading Voting is Our Responsibility

Last week, we found out that Refinery29 published a Money-Diaries story about a foreign worker with $4,000 monthly income, working in Myanmar. (Thanks to Baelachaung!)  Money-Diaries is basically a person’s daily journal entry on finances. This girl is a 25-year-old with student loans, working in Yangon as a program coordinator at a nonprofit and her … Continue reading A Week of Non-Expat Living in Yangon

International Women’s Day was observed a week ago and I was thrilled to see a ton of formal and informal discussions about women empowerment, women’s rights and women-related issues in general. Formally, since I work in non-profit, these is no escape from events of all kinds in such kind of days. Informally, much thanks to … Continue reading Men Can Do Anything

We all have worn hand-me-downs at least once in our lives, haven’t we? Growing up, our parents let us wear hand-me-downs from our elder siblings and we had no problem with it (or maybe we didn’t have a chance to complain).  During the socialist party regime, commodities and clothing were not plenty due to the … Continue reading Mohinga Talks: Making Old Clothes Great Again with Isca of Swap Up Yangon

It has been exactly two years since two great men: one who dedicated his life to the betterment of this country, and another who did the right thing in the face of death, got killed under the public eyes. To honour the memory of a renowned lawyer and a previously-unknown taxi driver, let us wear … Continue reading Remembering Two Great Men

Back in 2006, our family took a trip to Mandalay. Just like many other family trips we had over the years, we went around and visited every pagoda in the region. I liked it. It did not necessarily have to be pagodas all the time but I liked being out of the city once in … Continue reading The Day I Could Have Made It Big on Facebook

We are around the New Year period, a time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Of course, this is also a time to be thankful for, and this is exactly how I am feeling. Myanmar people have never been shy to express our gratitude; we are used to showing thank … Continue reading With Abundance Thanks