Peter Mya Oo - Ganbirama and Gandhariwiza's antidote to old age

"Is this Soe Ma Myo's house?"

Standing at the front door of the house, Soe Ma Ma Myo hurried out to the front door at the sound of a voice from a certain U Pan Sin, wearing a robe, asking questions.

"Please, my disciple, what's the matter?"

U Pyin Sin reached the door and reached into the small bag inside his robe, searching for something. At the entrance stood an old woman and two monks.

“U Pyin Sin and his wife, Da Ka Ma Kyi, have just returned from Sagaing Mountain. They have just arrived in Yangon. They came here first as soon as they arrived.”

"Please, God."

“I met U Pyin Sin U Yanthami at the Vinayaka Monastery in the Sagaing Hills. He said he was the father of the great elder sister, do you know?”

"I know, my God, I heard that the monk is there."

“Aye- That’s why I sent you a letter when I met U Pyin Sin and others on the way. I came because I wanted to give it to the Daka Maggy as soon as I arrived in Yangon. I think it’s important.”

"Please, I don't know what's important."

“Well... U Pyin Sin and I are strangers who have only been to Sagaing for a short time, so we can’t say anything. However, looking at that U Pyin Sin, he doesn’t look well. I can tell you that he is quite unwell due to some illness.”

"Please, come into the house, God. Stand up." -

“I can’t go in anymore, because the monk has to attend to a religious ceremony. Here, Rob, a letter from the old lady’s grandfather. U Pyin Sin and I have left.”

"Thank you, God."

U Pyin Sin handed her an envelope, and Soe Ma Myo accepted it with her hands. U Pyin Sin said goodbye and left with the people waiting at the gate.

Soe Ma Myo went back into the house, sat in the living room, and read the letter that U Pan Sin had given her.

To

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Dear granddaughter,

Come quickly as soon as you get this letter..

Grandfather U Yanshami

Vinayaka Monastery, Sagaing Hills.

Soe Ma Myo stood up and looked at the photo of her grandfather U Tun Shwe under the temple hall and raised her hands. This photo was a picture of her grandfather with a robe that she had hung up more than twenty years ago when her parents were ten years old. At that time, her grandfather was about (55) years old. Now, he is almost (75) years old (80). . My grandfather is my mother's father.

When she was about ten years old, both her parents died in a car accident. Since then, her grandfather has been missing. She has been raised by her father's elder sister. Her grandfather often wrote to the elder. He used to tell her that he was a monk, that he was doing missionary work, and that he would come back to see his granddaughter one day. But to this day, he has never returned.

“Four or five years ago, I heard that my grandfather had joined a religious order in the Sagaing Mountains and became a monk.

One thing surprised me.

It was because he had not had any contact with her in person or by letter for over twenty years, and now he had summoned her urgently.

"Whose letter is this, Ma?" (Gi May, who came out of the room after hearing the sound, asked, looking at the letter in her hand. Soe Ma Myo handed the letter to her. Gi May picked up her glasses from the table and put them on to read. After a moment, Gi May took off her glasses and said.

"Ah... My grandfather, because he is his own blood, doesn't he have a granddaughter? He is getting older and his health is getting worse, so it's like he wants to see his granddaughter one last time before he closes his eyes. Go and see her, my daughter."

The old lady said thoughtfully.

She will go and see. My mother will not be able to go due to her health. As usual, she will have to ask Ko Kyaw Zeya for help. Ko Kyaw Zeya is her friend who studied with her from the tenth grade until she graduated from law school, and a colleague and a lawyer at the Central Court. He often writes love letters to her and asks for her love in return.

The next evening, after the court hearings, we met at the tea shop in front of the courthouse, and I showed Kyaw Zeya the letter from my grandfather.

“Well... Ma’s case seems to be inevitable. It’s all the way to Sagaing Mountain, so it will take at least a week to go there and back. Since we both have to go, I’ve postponed the next court hearings with my students for a week. If it takes too long, I’ll be patient with my clients.” Soe Ma Myo nodded. “It doesn’t seem like it will take more than a week, because I’ve postponed it with Ko Kyaw Zeya and Chamber Aung Myint.”

Ko Kyaw Zeya shook his head indifferently.

"Anyway, we'll have to give them two weeks' notice of the trial to be sure. As for the murder, we'll have to explain the case to the prosecutor and ask the judge for permission to appear. Then we'll have to encourage the defendants in advance so they don't lose heart."

“Okay, Ko Kyaw Zeya, just plan accordingly.”

Soe Ma Myo raised her hand and made a gesture of "I'm going to be patient."

“Oh, well, traveling isn’t something you can set a specific date for. If you don’t do anything wrong, your lawyer’s job is pretty easy. So, I’ve never had any contact with this old man before. I don’t know what’s going on now.”

“I want to know that too, Ma.” “There must be a reason for it to be important, Ma, right?” “It’s just that Grandpa is getting old and his health is not good. Ma doesn’t know what’s important.” “Well.. Ma, you’re just making up riddles that have no answers. Even if you hear about it, it’s just strange. Ma, and the pen name “Gambira Ma” that I haven’t taken up now, it’s a perfect match,” Ko Kyaw Zeya would say.

When we meet, Soe Ma Myo is always more extraordinary than usual. At least, we ask questions to understand. It's hard to keep up with Soe Ma Myo's IQ. This is not new, it was when I first met Ko Kyaw Zeya in the tenth grade.

* * *

"Aren't you a tenth grader?"

'One evening, as they were returning home from school, it unexpectedly started raining heavily on the way. Soe Ma Ma Myo took out her folding umbrella from her bag and asked Ko Kyaw Zeya, while also offering it to her.

"Yes, why?"

Ko Kyaw Zeya asked, answering in a confused manner.

"If you're a tenth grader, you should bring an umbrella."

Ko Kyaw Zayya scratched his head.

"You're right, what does that have to do with a tenth grader? And it's not even raining right now."

Soe Ma Myo showed her lips..

"Hey, you guys are having a hard time with that. It's not like you're looking for rain in the middle of the day, there's such a thing as rain at an untimely time. Haven't you heard of it?"

"Yes, Mama, how could I know that?"

"The weather forecast didn't announce anything."

"I will only know if I study the great laws of nature."

"I don't understand what you're saying. What is nature?"

"I studied that great law of nature, so now you're not getting wet under an umbrella."

"What is the nature of what you studied?"

"I was leaving the house this morning and saw ants moving around the house in their nests and burrows. It's a natural sign that it's going to rain today, right?"

Ko Kyaw Zeya felt like laughing. But he couldn't. Soe Ma Ma Myo's words were not wrong. When ants move their houses, it rains. Animals, as everyone knows, have a natural sense of awareness that is one step ahead of humans, who can foresee the changes in nature. If we are aware and careless, we will not see the cave.

“Soe Ma Ma Myo is someone who can see what others don’t notice. . . That’s not all. One day, while I was in my second year of law school at university, Soe Ma Ma Myo said to me at U Chit Teahouse during a break. “After this time, I won’t be back, Ko Kyaw Zeya. The last time I’ll be teaching evidence law, I won’t be here.” When they got to university, Soe Ma Ma Myo said to Ko Kyaw Zeya, “Don’t say ‘you’ or ‘ I ’. “Ko Kyaw Zeya” was a respectful name. She called herself “Ma Ma.” Ko Kyaw Zeya also changed her name to “I” and “Ma Ma.”

"Why can you say that, Ma'am?"

Soe Ma Myo shook her head.

"I don't know, I just think about it."

At the end of the day, Soe Ma Ma Myo did not show up and went home. Surprisingly, it was a coincidence, but the witness law instructor, who was never absent at the end of the day, did not show up.

In the third year, it happened again.

It was the day that Ko Kyaw Zeya visited Soe Ma Myo's house on a school day. That day coincided with the day the tenth grade exam results were released. Soe Ma Myo sometimes gave fortune-telling lessons, and two students who had passed the tenth grade came from the neighborhood. Before going to see the results, they came to Soe Ma Myo to ask for fortune-telling. Soe Ma Myo closed her eyes and told Ko Kyaw Zeya. "Both of you will pass with an 'A' score, and Myint Myint will be honored."

As Soe Ma Myo said that day, both of them “passed the list, and Myint Myint was honored.”

“Mum, how did you say that? Did you know their situation in advance?” Kyaw Zeya asked, half surprised, half displeased, and half suspicious.

"I don't know anything about them, Ma'am. I'm just making predictions based on what I've seen recently."

"Come on, what kind of sign did you pick?"

“The moment Ko Kyaw Zeya arrived and sat down, these two girls came to ask about Ma. Ko Kyaw Zeya is from Monday (A, B, C, D, E). His name starts with `A', right?

"That's why I'm predicting that the "A" list will win." Kyaw Zeya's eyebrows rose.

"Well, let's just say I'll pass with honors."

"Of those two girls, Myint Myint has red lips, red cheeks, and a unique curly hairdo, doesn't she?"