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  1. This early 1980s #Burmese pop song by #KhineHtoo was a No. 1 hit in the country, during my college year in #Burma. The title, "သိလား", means "Do you realise?".

    youtu.be/x7LakjAo79o?si=T-kXbF

    When I was a child a decade prior, he was a college student at #RASU, the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universi

    The university offered summer swimming classes at its Olympic-sized pool. This man was one of the top collegiate swimmers in the nation, and he was a star instructor on this swimming programme. He could swim, under water, the length of the pool, and his forte was butterfly. The elegance, the fluidity—his style was a sight to behold. He taught me how to swim.

    I reminisce about those days, some fifty years later.