Modern Burma? welcome!

It is reassuring that Burmese people inside and outside the country have been increasingly becoming open minded with the fading of Ne Win's influence, getting more familiar with western culture, despite the fact that the US and EU countries keep claiming there is no human right in that ASEAN nation. I know that there is a tough restriction of speech and activities, and the state controlled puppet judges give the Guinness recordable long prison sentences to the political opponents.

On the other hand, I believe that Burmese society has been updating itself, going westernisation gradually. During this Burmese new year season, there are loads of ordinary Myanmar nationals going holidays abroad, which was a sought-after opportunity only for high ranking officers in 1980s. It is nothing new to say. We can learn easily those changes from the people came back from Burma and on the Internet. Moreover, a sharp rise of blogging and using community net woks means we can check the recent development of the society easily although it would not cover the whole Burmese people.

The situation I like most is people have got more opportunity to write what they think, what they believe and what they experience on their blogs and social networks. This made, in turn, them more and more frank and open-minded while learning what is going on in the world. I noticed that some Myanmar girls are happy to show off their pics with short skirt and tight jeans on the net which was unacceptable manner in last 10 years of this ancient community. ( I know this is the happy time for comment guru like Strike :) .. )

Of course, we don't have a negative impact on them in this era when even gay marriage has been recognising in some parts of the world . It should be a part of the human right issue, isn't it? The more interesting development is even some Myanmar men have also been revealing their interest and desire on the net. We can not criticise someone else's personal choice, can we? But I must say bisexuality is too much for a Burmese, I believe.


As her video clip was posted on KMO's blog lately, I had a chance to watch her singing and dancing style. I must say this girl with Afro-Caribbean hair style, had a great effort in her performance but unfortunately not so artistic. In fact she is popular among Burmese audience.