HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Ideal rental for small family
THIS one-storey, 1225 square-foot house in Tarmwe township is ideal for a small family. Located a convenient 20 minutes from downtown in Nat Chaung Street, off Kyaikkansan Road, it also has a compound of 4800 square feet, a rare size for the location, and well worth the K200,000 monthly rental. more
Bagan to get the infrared treatment
John McDermott, an American photographer known for his infrared photographs of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat ruins is planning a trip to Myanmar sometime in 2011 to photograph historic ruins here. (Volume 26, No. 514)
Myanmar history book published
THE English language book The Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture, written by U Thaw Kaung has just been published. (Volume 26, No. 514)
Consecrators battle it out
A Myanmar film about two men who bless religious devotees and novice monks will be broadcast on state television channels soon. (Volume 26, No. 514)
Pun Hlaing promotes lawn tennis
Pun Hlaing Country Club held its first Men’s Lawn Tennis Championship over two weekends between February 27 and March 7. (Volume 26, No. 514)
Singing contest
Alliance Francaise will hold the final of its 5th National Contest of Francophone Songs on April 3. The contest is open to amateur singers whose native language is not French and who are not professional singers. (Volume 26, No. 514)
The cupcake has landed
The humble cupcake, long the preserve of home baking and school cooking classes, has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years, spawning trendy shop franchises in cities as diverse as New York and Amman. And now, to the sweet-toothed delight of Yangon’s sugar hungry denizens, the cupcake has landed here too. (Volume 26, No. 514)
