Prisoner Thein Win - Not for a moment

Chapter (1)

My habit is to travel, just like when I was young. When I was young, when exams were approaching, I would go to the countryside and stay at relatives' houses to study. The green surroundings and the wide open spaces made it easier to study while breathing in the fresh air and keeping my mind clear.

I also like eating forest food. Breathing in the faint scent of rice straw is like a cup of medicine for me. It is very convenient to study freely, without any external problems, just like at home.

There is one thing. It is very time-consuming for the villagers to come and tell the news and talk to each other. They also talk to each other after not seeing each other for a long time. The one who invites the whole village to eat, and there are many people who want to talk over tea in the afternoon.

2) For about 2 days, I couldn't study and I had to talk about the city, the village, and my relatives. I couldn't study for more than 2 days. At night, there was no electricity and I couldn't study. So I got up early and studied when the light came on. At night, my relatives were sleeping, so I had to light a lamp and have dinner and have a conversation.

This is my daily work. After about a week, I got my letters and was ready to go home. At that time, they brought me gifts. Rice, peanuts, glutinous rice, oil cans, and bananas. I brought only shami cakes for the adults and candy for the children, but I couldn’t carry them back. They took me by motorbike from the village to cross the Nga Moe Yeik stream and take me to the bus station called Ok Pon Seik.

This is a once-a-year event for me. They also said that they are expecting me as the exams are approaching. The village headman is my father's younger brother, so I stayed at his house as soon as I arrived in the village. The headman's daughters, Shwe Ei and Shwe Bok, are my cousins, so it is not a place to feel sorry for.

Even though it is a rural area, there are plenty of fruits and vegetables, and the dishes are varied. Among the chicken, pork, fish, fried vegetables, and soups, I like fish dishes the most. I also like sour soup and lentil soup. The fish paste made by grilling fresh catfish and adding crushed green chilies is delicious, without the need for dried shrimp powder.

The sweet and sour yams and the sweet rice bran that grow in the season I visit are very tasty. The Nga Moe Yeik Creek to the west of the house also has a variety of fish, including large fish. I really like the fish stew with chili sauce.

I often get eel and fish sticks, but I don't eat them because they are so soft and look like snakes. I avoid fish sticks because they have ears and make a loud noise. When I was a child, I really liked beef, but when I got to the countryside, I saw how it was indispensable for plowing the fields, and how they struggled to pull carts after being beaten. I stopped eating beef. I realized that it was the meat of the benefactors.

Therefore, as soon as I arrived in the village, I would buy and feed the cows with palm trees. The cows also remembered me, and the two cows and the goats from the old man's house, who came once a year, were also very friendly with me. The wild bulls, Cho Daung and Cho Ka, would also beg for food as soon as they saw me, and they would rub their big bodies and play with me.

I fed them palm leaves and stroked their bodies, asking for their orders, and they calmed down. I rode them. I held their big horns like I was driving a car and played with them. I lowered their strong necks and they played with me. That's why the old man affectionately called me the little man who had been transformed into a cow.

There are two dogs in the old man's house. They are called Kop Kya and Aung Naek. They are very big and have a strong bite. They are also strong in food. They are big, safe dogs. They are very affectionate to me. When they see me, they stand up, climb on my body, and lick my chin with their tongues to greet me. I often feed them palm sugar and sammi candy. When I feed them, I quickly swallow the palm sugar and the candy. That is why they are very affectionate to me.

Their real owner was my cousin, Ko Ngon. He was out hunting in the Mawbi area and fell in love with these two dogs, so he bought them from a local hunter.

Therefore, even in his early life, he was a hunting dog, and he was said to be "good."

Now, the old man has taught his two dogs to swim, and in addition to collecting wood and catching fish from the stream, he also hunts ducks and waterfowl with his two-barrelled shotgun, and the two dogs never let a single one escape. They swim and catch them all. I have also seen them catch fish. They often stand on the bank of the stream and wait in the water like a stone.

They do not catch small fish or fish fry. They only catch large fish such as catfish, catfish, catfish, and catfish with their hooks. They avoid catfish and catfish because they have fins and are poisonous. Although they are animals, they are very unique and clever creatures.

The Kokang Gyi also does not feed the fish and birds they catch raw. They cook them, fry them, or bake them. They are said to be wild and not to be afraid. That is why they are so smart and good dogs. They also go down to the stream every day and swim in it, and many of them are red and shiny.

That's why I love the countryside. I love domestic animals. Since I was a child, I used to go to the fields and forest edges with my friends who had the same hobby, with a bow and arrow, and hunt. When I grew up, I didn't know that I was a hunter when I went out to the countryside due to my work. .

Now that I am older, I am no longer a hunter like I used to be, but I still like to go out and explore. Now that I have free time, I look forward to going out with my friends and family.

It is natural for a writer to want to travel when he has free time to find raw materials. I don't usually travel alone, but as I get older, I want to travel with a group of friends, family, and students.

I usually travel on the Mandalay-Yangon route, but traveling is a great way to gain local knowledge, so I have traveled by train, by car, and many times. This time, I have a SUNNY (Pick Thw) car, a 1990 model (P) and will soon be giving it to the (Kanye Na) for cancellation.

The car is a low-numbered car, but it is a very good car with a good engine. I was looking for a traveling companion, and my friend, U Nay Aung Ba, the forest manager, is retired and old. He is busy with his business and cannot go on long trips.

Forest chiefs Zaw Min and Kyaw Sein Win were also unable to attend due to their family matters.

We have informed the hunter Aung Than and the monkey Tin Thaung from Tharyawaddy, but they have not responded yet, perhaps because of their large trucks or business matters. We have also been unable to contact Ponna Tin Oo, the burglar Kyaw Gyi, and the thief Myint Thein from Mandalay. We cannot say whether they are back in prison or not. Since the Prison Department left, there has been no contact with the prison for a long time.

We are in the (6) week of the prison guard training. We meet with the young people once every (6) months because we have a social gathering. Whether in person or by telephone, we keep in touch. However, they are not independent like me, a writer. Writer Soe Wai, who is a writer who works (6) weeks a week, has to go to Pathein every month, so he is not free. His wife, a teacher, is on duty in Pathein and is old.

Writer Peter Mya Oo is busy writing for magazines, so he has no time. Writer Maung Nyo Mhoing, who works with me in Iyin Thit Sapay, is also unable to travel long distances or stay overnight due to his wife and children.