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Burma StudentS PoSt

Friday May 20,2011 Nupo-Temporary Shelter Issue 2011-Vol:6Umphang District, Tak Province, Thailand.

BSP NewsPaper

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Schools ReopenedAll of the schools in our Nupo camp are re-

opened by now for the people to study so as not to

waste the valuable time of their life. The P.A.B. High

School and others reopen on 10th of this month, and

PAB has been accepting registration since 18th of

April. However, new middle and high school stu-

dents have to take an exam testing their previous

knowledge. There are about 330 students and 12

teachers already in PAB high school. Although all

the classes have started, the building of kindergar-

ten class is under reconstruction without any proper

funding. Moreover, there are some difcult situa-

tions about rebuilding of the school, too. Neverthe-less, people spend their precious time by attending

various schools or doing something valuable.

--by Zayyar Nanda

AmericAn SlAng

Get off my back (Verb)= Stop bothering me

Get over yourself- (verb) stop thinking about

yourelf, stop believing you are so import

-ant;

He needs to get over himself. = Heshould stop thinking he is so wonderful

Have a crush on someone(Verb)- have romantic

feelings about someone. I have a crush on my

teacher.

Sweet- (adjective) good, great. Sweet car. = Re-

ally nice car.

Random- (adjective, of a person) weird or strange.

Hes so random. = Hes so

strange.

*Sometimes random is shortened to rando, and

used as a noun. Some rando came up to me =

A strange person I didnt know came and talked to

me.

Pissed (off)- (adjective) angry (in British and Aus-

tralian English, pissed also means drunk)

--by Erin

BSP Newspaper

News ..................................................Page 1

American Slang .................................Page 2

Editorial .............................................Page 2

Article ................................................Page 2

Poem ..................................................Page 3

Snappy Joke......................................Page 4

English Lesson....................................Page 4

Dear Readers

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and cartoon, you can contact and send to ESC School,

directly.

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EditorialAs heat retreats from our part of the world,

rain comes and schools reopen. School can give

someone knowledge just knowledge, not wis-

dom. One should attend school to gain the vari-

ous kinds of precious knowledge found by some

people of the ancient and modern times. School,

however, cannot give you a sort of knowledge--wisdom that can be applied in daily life. It is true

that universities produce many brilliant students

who become good workers, mostly white collar;

however, take a look and you will see many fa-

mous people in history and the present are those

who graded worst in the school or even did not

get a chance to go to school. Thus, one needs to at-

tend school if he/she can, but if he/she does not get

a chance, knowledge can be gotten everywhere,

not just at school. Indeed, the world the wilder-

ness and the nature itself is the school and the

teacher. That is why cave people learned many

things without any single person called teacher.

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Shining far above in the sky was the sun,

clouds being clear. Dawn came earlier that day, and

birds could be heard singing since the very morn-

ing. Though it was summer, the heat was mild. On

the streets and roads were people splashing water,it being the rst day of Thingyan. We had been at

the prominent Shwe Dagon pagoda before ten in the

morning. Crowded with so many people, the pagoda

stood grandly, and to look at, it was enchanting.

I, not knowing it would be the last time

I would be there, spent a couple of hours and had

lunch in the compound. We worshiped, prayed, and

stepped on the holy ground wishing. Then, we went

to a playground, for my sister insisted she be sent

there. I saw her play happily as a child unconscious

of what is going to happen. Me? Of course, I did not

know, either.

Later that day, we were on a highway bus, but

I could not make out for what reason. When asked,

my father replied nothing but visiting somewhere.

That is how I left my beloved friends, teachersand

the worstmy own mother and sister, and the Soul

Home, the place where my mind, memories, and

soul always lies, behind. Not till the next evening

did I realize I was on the Thai-Burma border and

found myself confused. Without recognizing it wasthe last, my last night in Burma was spent without a

sad moment.

We were on the other side of the border-

ing river by the next morning. Looking back at the

homelandhome country, indeedI saw my Soul

Home yonder the towering buildings of Myawaddy. I

leftmay be, was exiled frommy very own coun-

try without a chance to say Farewell to my beloved

people.

Farewell, my beloved ones.

--by Zayyar Nanda

An Unspoken Farewell

Not Only Luck but Also Effort andKnowledge Are Important

Once there were three men who were best

friends in Savatti, but they did not have the same

thinking. One believed that luck was the best in life.

Another believed effort was the best in life. He be-

lieved that if we tried, we could get whatever we at-tempted. The last one believed that knowledge was

the most important. He believed that if we didnt

have knowledge, we had no hope of achieving our

goals.

So they argued with each other about who

was better in life, but they did not know what was

the best, and so they went to the chief of the village

to ask who was better. The head of the village did not

understand their question, and so he sent them to the

chief of the town, but he did not understand either.Finally, they were taken to the palace to ask

the king their question. When they arrived, the king

asked why they had come. The rst person said, I

believe in luck. There is nothing as important as luck.

If we have luck, we will have everything we need.

The second person said I believe in effort.

If we try, we will overcome any difcult things that

happen to us.

The third person said, I believe in knowl-

edge. If we have knowledge, we will have success.

So we want to know who is the best in life.

When the king heard their problem, he knew

their different ideas. He ordered them to go to the for-

est for a week without taking any food. If they came

back during the week, the king would kill them.

The next day, sitting under a big tree in the forest,

they were very hungry and thirsty. In the night, some

birds came ying in the sky and stayed in the big

tree, with food in their beaks.

The third person said, It could be a donation

given in charity.

--See Page 3

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POEM

AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY

Out o sight out o mind

A good policy youll ever fnd

Too much worry makes one sickIts not healthy it isnt ft

Dont ever ret like a ool

Make no sense so stay cool

Lie is dear you should enjoy

Heed my word start to apply

Find and discover what youve missed

You shall live many a bliss

--Composed by Robert Chan

--from Page 4

Nevertheless, we would advise perfectionists to use irrealis were in remote conditions, especially in writ-

ing and in careful speech,. It simply sounds better. In fact, this is probably the reason why some speakerssometimes use were in cases where was is correct, as we can see in these examples:e)

He asked me if it were (was) too late to change his mind.

Some speakers are under the impression that were is somehow preferable to was in principle, and then

overuse it. This is known as hypercorrection. Finally, let us consider the following example:

f) Were I to be asked, I would certainly accept the nomination.

This is formal ----- or even literary ----- variant of the remote condition if I were to be asked. The condi-

tional relationship is signaled not by if, but by the inversion of subject and verb. Here, there is not col-loquial option of using was instead of irrealis were.

--from Page 2

The second person said, Lets go and see.

The rst person said, I wont come with you. If I have luck I will eat. The other two went where

the food was being donated by the birds. When they saw the birds giving in charity, they ate their ll and

agreed to take food to the rst person. He was lazy, so he didnt deserve it, but since there was enough, they

decided it was better to bring him food-- otherwise, he would be hungry. When they arrived under the big

tree, they gave food to him and said, You were such a lazy boy, but if we didnt take any food for you, you

wouldnt eat.He said, I told you if I had luck, I would eat. Now Im just eating because of my luck.

The kings palace spy saw what had happened to them and reported to the king. When the king

knew all about that he gave them duty to work in the palace. The rst person was given duty as a prince

??? of the palace. The second was given duty as commander-in-chief. And the third person was given duty

as a judge.

One should believe not only in luck, but also effort and knowledge.

--by Eindartakya

What you see depends on what youre looking for.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Friendship is the only cement that will hold the

world together.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in

the ght its the size of the ght in the dog

Nothing will work unless you do.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Be more concerned with your character than your

reputation, because your character is what you really

are, while your reputation is merely what others think

you are.

Thought

--from Spotlight Magazine (March 2010)

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Grammar

The comparisons between format and the native speakers English.WERE VS WAS

The verb in the if-clause of a present (or future) hypothetical condition which also goes by the names

type2, second or remote conditional ___ is in the past simple form, or preterite, as can be seen in theseexample:

a) If I played tennis, Id be happy to join you. (But I dont)

If he had more money, he would invest in property. (But he doesnt)

This same used of the preterite also occurs in similar conditions with as if and as though and in the

complement of would rather, etc.:

b) He acts as if he owned the place. (But he doesnt.)

I wish I had more time to spend with you today. (But I dont.)

There is only one case in which the preterite is not used here: in the rst and third-person singular when the

verb is be. In the second-person and the plural, we also have were, of course, but there it is indeed thePreterite form:

c) If I were the president, I would save the world.

She is acting as if she were the only person in the room.

This were is traditionally referred to as the past subjunctive, but calling it this really makes no sense in

modern English. A modern alternative designation is unreal past or irrealis. The form were in these

examples can be viewed as a historical relic, but it is still generally considered the preferred standard. You

will have noticed, however, that native speakers often use preterite was here. In fact, may speakers would

say only (d) and never (c) :

d) If I was the president, I would save the world.

She is acting as if she was the only person in the room.

--See Page 3

SNAPPY JOKE

G-salt through G-talk

Once there lived a family of ve members: a man, his parents, his sister and his wife in a

small town. All family members knew nothing about computers except but his sister. She

always used the computer and she usually said she was learning everything using G-talk.

No one could complain to her and so, she got special permission to be free from house-work. She shared

in the family the news she got from some of her friends, who lived in big cities. Sometimes her news werevery useful, about the weather, the prices of commodities, some important events about politics and most

of them about the popular movies, the famous singers and the sport news. Her parents were very honest

and so they were proud of their daughter. They could share the news with their neighbors indirectly and

she became very popular among her neighbors and surrounding and played an important role in her family.

Whenever she came from internet shops, she carried some thing new and everything she said began with

G-talk. The word G-talk was always on her lips.

On the other hand the mans wife felt unhappy because she had to do everything at home. She

knew her sister-in-laws trick and taking advantages with the reason of learning by using internet.

One day, at lunch time everybody sat around the dining table and had lunch but they felt something

wrong. The man said Today, the dishes were untasty and something was missing. The house-wife sud-

denly remembered she forgot to use salt while she was cooking. She took a salt-bottle and put into the cur-

ries. The dishes became tasty and everybody praised her.

She said now you see the value of salt. It is great-salt, G-salt.

The next day, when her sister-in-law chatted with her friends, she was talking about G-salt through

G-talk. --By Rainbow