Superstitious

May 10th 2008

Today is my wedding Anniversary! 16 Years with only one man and one married ! That's all it is enough for me. We did only simple thing, we went to the flower shop and donate flowers to the church for tomorrow which is also mother day. My flower representing my thank you to my God. We are not superstitious so we did not do nothing but will go to the church for sure.

See the following article...Burmese people believe lots of things! Like... If you do this you will be good, if you do that you will be bad!! I understand different kinds of believing but I would like to ask one question. I know the answer of this question but I still want to ask everyone anyway.... The question is.....

"How far the superstitious will save your life"?? ( Am I putting the right English??? I do not know!!)....As the following article said Elephant Hair will bring you good Luck!! Very OK for me what others are thinking. Thinking is free of charge right?? You can think as much as you want...... so....Here my "Thinking" is........"We all are going to die one day..say timely or untimely, young or old, beautiful or ugly, doctor or patient, superstitious or not superstitious, good one or bad one, we all are going to die. Mean if you die you are in bad luck???? " The dead comes because you do not do what you suppose to do??

I am not superstitious! That's do not mean that I am wiser than other. This is what I believe...

"Rejoice with them what do rejoice and weep with them that weep" Romans 12:16

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By En-Lai Yeoh

May 9 (Bloomberg)

Leaders around the world are trying totell Myanmar's military ruler, Than Shwe, how to respond toCyclone Nargis. He may be more likely to listen to a soothsayer,according to scholars who study his regime. A fortuneteller's warning that blood would spill in the cityof Yangon prompted the general in 2005 to shift the country'scapital from there to Naypyidaw, a jungle outpost 300 kilometers(186 miles) inland, said Irrawaddy News, a weekly that coversMyanmar from Thailand. The military rulers who will decide how much internationalcyclone relief Myanmar will accept and where it will go arereclusive and repressive by the reckoning of international groupsand western governments. The junta leaders also are believers inthe magical powers of good and bad luck. ``The amount of superstitious beliefs, the following ofsoothsayers make it difficult to understand why they act in acertain way,'' said Christopher Roberts, a post-doctoral fellowat Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies whospecializes in Myanmar politics. The May 3 cyclone may have killed 100,000 and left a millionhomeless. The military, which has controlled Myanmar since 1962,delayed allowing in relief workers and supplies, prompting anoutcry from the United Nations, the U.S., other countries and aidgroups. Before responding to the pressure, junta rulers ``wouldbe looking for guidance'' from fortunetellers, Roberts said. Than Shwe, who is in his 70s, and his underlings are similarto their countrymen in this regard, said U Thaung Yee, avolunteer worker at the Marist Mission in Ranong, Thailand, whicheducates orphans from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Elephant Hairs

Among beliefs that are common in Myanmar, he said: Shoesshouldn't be left upside down. Elephant hairs bring good luck.Shampooing after a funeral may bring bad luck. And childrenshouldn't be exposed to dark places. ``Myanmar people are very superstitious; we cannot livewithout it,'' he said. ``Everyone talks to fortunetellers, eventhe generals, as we believe they will tell us our future.'' Former dictator Ne Win, who ruled for 26 years until 1988,ordered a switch from driving on the left side of the road to theright after his personal clairvoyant told him the left sidebrought bad luck, Roberts said. Cars switched sides the next day,Roberts added. A meeting last year between Than Shwe and Ibrahim Gambari, aUnited Nations special envoy, was delayed for days while thegeneral waited for an auspicious time, said Mizzima News, anonline service run by exiled Myanmar journalists in India andThailand.

Surprise Move

The decision to move the capital to Naypyidaw surprisedChina, Myanmar's neighbor, and fellow members of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations. The relocation took place at a timeand date chosen by Than Shwe's soothsayer, Irrawaddy News said. Naypyidaw is a cluster of buildings with no internationalairport that's a 10-hour rail journey from Yangon, Myanmar'slargest city. It has underground bunkers and anti-missiledefenses, according to Irrawaddy News. Photographs show mansions,parade grounds and pagodas for the junta's top brass. ``It is outrageously spread out and outrageous for a country this poor,'' said David Steinberg, director of Asian studies atGeorgetown University and author of ``Turmoil in Burma: ContestedLegitimacies in Myanmar.'' Than Shwe ``is being treated as though he's a monarch. No one can raise anything until he raisesit first.''