Myanmar - yes you can visit, see the Gems Museum

I met this gentleman at Vinexpo in Singapore. He is from Myanmar. I thought the country was at war and tourists could not visit it. He tells a different and hopeful story, especially for potential tourists to the country.

Yes, you can still visit it. The capital and country are 70 per cent is safe, and anyway you won't be allowed to visit the army areas. So says Nya.n, That is his first name, they don't have family names. 

He is the sommelier, wine expert, at Seeds, in the capital, Yangon. You  might recall that, once upon a time, Yangon was called Rangoon.

What does this sommelier advise on ordering drinks in his restaurant? When there, you can order a sparkling cocktail.  Local drinks to go with your meal are made from international grapes, planted locally. 

The food will contain local ingredients are lemon grass, p a n d a n  (my spell checker wants to change this to pendant) and Burmese coriander which is different. In your dessert an ingredient might be palm sugar, jaggery. 

Coffee is grown locally, in Shan, state, that is a mountain dry area.  

The national dish is the soup eaten for breakfast.

The dessert 

The dessert contains coconut milk. Pandan and jaggery.

Seeds restaurants based on the idea of the seed pattern, on jewellery which they sell. The atmosphere is tranquil and with Michelin star chef and extra tastes (French word amuse gueles) thrown in for free this is a luxury restaurant with European and international dishes, top service and prices which make it suitable for special occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays, date nights.

After eating breakfast, before eating lunch and dinner, you could visit a pagoda, a Buddha, a gem museum, a synagogue museum a green WW1 and WW2 cemetery..

 

Useful Websites

https://www.seedsyangon.com/gallery/branded-items

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g294191-Activities-Yangon_Rangoon_Yangon_Region.html

Burma or Myanmar - What Armchair Travellers Need to Know and See

 I have a Burmese or Myanmar national in a Toastmasters club. I began wondering which national holidays she might be celebrating, so that I could include them in a calendar of events for 2022 and meeting themes.

Burma is the old name for the country, now called Myanmar, but Burma is still used. Here is the flag.

It has yellow, green and red horizontal stripes, very colourful and  jolly. The colours are made more pronounced by the contrasting five-pointed white star in the centre.

The yellow symbolizes solidarity. Green means peace and lush greenery. Red represents determination. The white star stands for unity.

I had to rename the flag with both of the country's names, Burma and Myanmar, because I could not find it saved on my computer.

The country is large, huge. 

Cities, Sights and Landmarks

Golden Rock, Burma/Myanmar

Myanmar/Burma, Mount Popa

The language looks very pretty, all curves, but very difficult.

Numbers[edit]

Burmese numbers follow the Arabic system of numerals.

0 

၀ (thoun-nya)သုည

1 

၁ (tit)တစ်

2 

၂ (hni)နှစ်

3 

၃ (thoun)သုံး

4 

၄ (lei)လေး

5 

၅ (nga)ငါး

6 

၆ (chao)ခြောက်

7 

၇ (kun hni)ခုနှစ်

8 

၈ (shit)ရှစ်

9 

၉ (koe)ကိုး

10 

၁၀ (se)ဆယ်

11 

၁၁ (seh-tit)ဆယ့်တစ်

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_respelling_of_the_English_alphabet

The numbers one to ten are easier to recognize and learn, in this website:

https://wikitravel.org/en/Burmese_phrasebook

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Myanmar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Myanmar

About the author

(About the Author of this blog, Author Angela Lansbury)

BIOGRAPHY

Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5 
The Author of several books, including  Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.

Blogs travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President

Join BHA 1st Wednesday 7pm and 3rd Saturday 2 pm Singapore time 

Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;

Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;

Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.

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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.

Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.

Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.

Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.

Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.

Language and speech workshops in Singapore.

Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.

Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.

Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.

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