Diamond Diamond - Son Limmar

Maung Tin Aung (Aung), the only son of Daw Thein Shin, the wife of Yangon's Halpin Road, has been deprived of all of his mother's inheritance from today because he has disobeyed his parents, squandered his wealth, and damaged the family's reputation.

( Picture) Her Majesty Daw Thein Shin

In the upstairs living room of a house on Myay Ni Kone Road, a man in his 50s with a bald head and a chubby face read the advertisement for the inheritance in the newspaper. He nodded slowly and gently, “Maung Sein, wait a minute.” Maung Sein said, “Yes, I’m coming, Uncle,” and quickly came out of the kitchen and stood near Uncle, waiting.

Uncle Pe took off his glasses and placed them on the newspaper. Then he looked at Maung Sein for a moment, thinking. After a while, he nodded gently and said, “Let’s go find Tin Aung. I think “Awein” and I will be at the billiard table right now. If not, let’s go find him. I called you, right? Let’s go. The car is already filled with gas, right?”

“Of course.”

Maung Sein left. He read the newspaper again. He shook his head, thinking for a moment, and then walked back and forth in the living room, holding the newspaper. Every time he heard a car, he stepped out to look at the road. When he was quite tired, he said, “Ma Thaung... try putting a chair in the yard,” and stepped into the room. “Yes, Uncle,” he said, and when he heard the reply, he put the newspaper in his hand on the table, picked up his glasses, and put them on. Then he took the newspaper, put on his dark blue aviator shoes from the top of the stairs, and slowly descended the stairs.

U Lay Pe, also known as U Thein Pe, is the younger brother of Daw Thein Shin, the mother of Tin Aung. His two sons run the company “Pe Thein” owned by them, so he only goes to the company occasionally. U Thein Pe is happy to see that both of his sons are interested in business and are proud of them.

His wife, after the death of their youngest daughter, became restless and gradually lost her mind, eating and sleeping irregularly, and sometimes ran away in public. So, while taking care of his wife, he had to stay at home and leave his two sons at the company.

Her nephew Tin Aung was a role model for his two sons and taught them to be good-natured. He got them a job in the company. However, Tin Aung was not interested in work. He spent his time at the billiard room, hotel, movies, theater, races, and parties. His elder sister was very hurt by his son. “I will never be good-natured,” she once lamented. A mother has suffered the consequences of a bad son.

Tin Aung's father, U Kyaw, the Minister of Education, died during the Japanese occupation. Fortunately, their three houses in Yangon were left intact. With the money that Daw Thein Shin had saved, she and her siblings set up a company and rented out two houses with good salaries, and sent Tin Aung to school. Tin Aung studied hard during his studies. He also studied various other subjects. He was very athletic. Daw Thein Shin was very happy and excited for her son. Aung... My son... Aung and Aung were born together, and they shared their joys and loved Tin Aung with a motherly heart.

The year he entered college, Tin Aung was 21 years old and a bachelor. He had many friends and acquaintances, but he had strayed into the world of pleasure. He did not study hard and spent too much. He often asked his mother for money. He was late for school. Sometimes he would not return home for three or four days.

"Ko Aung... I think you've taken a wrong step, son. It's different from before. Think about it, son... Mom is not happy."

"A friend took me to Bago for a visit. I've been to many pagodas, so I'm really happy, Mom," he replied with a sweet smile. As he looked at his son's face intently, his sadness disappeared, and he comforted him by saying, "Mom said it because she was worried, son..."

“Mom, I took some money, I have something to spend…” he said and left, looking at his son, “He’s also learning to spend money. It’s not like before.” He thought to himself, “Since he’s with friends, he’ll have to spend it in his own way. He’s also become a young man, let him spend it… let him spend it… there’s only one person to spend it with, my son, I don’t have a father…” he said, erasing his mind with his answer, his thoughts, and his compassion and love for his son grew.

Time passed, from day to day, from month to year. Daw Thein Shin had been watching her son for a year. She had not opposed her son's wishes, but had followed them. She could not find satisfaction in her heart. In 1950, three thousand baht was lost. She wrote in her diary that she was more worried about her son's mental decline than the three thousand baht.

"Did you spend the three thousand baht?" I asked my son, and the son's face was sad. Since the money had already been spent, the son would only feel sad. The answer he would give would be a vague yes or no, and even thinking about asking him would make him feel uneasy, my heart would race, so I didn't ask, but just stared at my son.

I know everything about the inside and outside of the house. If I were to spend the money without thinking about it, it would be easy. It's not like that, I just spent the three thousand baht because I didn't want to spend it. Let me spend it, let me spend it... Why did I spend it, how did I take it without my mother knowing, and how did I end up spending the three thousand baht? I'm just so sad because I don't know.

I started to worry about Tin Aung. I went to bed at night and ate with this feeling. I saw my son's future, not knowing how the rice tasted, and I had to get up from the table when I was full. I also failed the exam. I was not sad that I failed, but I was worried about the mental breakdown that I was experiencing. I think my son's mind has gone crazy...

Chapter (2)

This year, my son... my son... I sold the motorcycle that Aung used to go to school and used it again. My mother suffered a minor injury to her liver. What you did was so shameful that people would not even hear about it. Everyone thought you were a very naughty and naughty child. My son, aren't you ashamed of yourself when you think about these things? My mother, I am afraid that bad habits will enter your steadfast heart and ruin it. If you were my father, I would have taught you not to have such thoughts. My mother is a helpless woman, so she can't prevent her son from developing a good spirit, so she has to pour her pure love on her son and change his spirit. My son is so disrespectful, my son... my son.

Daw Thein Shin only had these thoughts to think about. She didn't scold her son.

"Did you sell the motorcycle because the boy didn't want to ride it anymore?"

He asked with a sweet face.

"I don't ride it anymore, Mom... I sold it when I needed it."

After speaking so simply, I felt so bad for him to act like this, and when I saw Tin Aung walking into the room with his head bowed and his face still, I looked back and sighed. The little man