To Nay Phone Latt ..

Among bloggers’ friends, he was given a nickname as “Count Nay Phone Latt”. Last year, on this very same day, he gave life to his blog, and called it as “A city that I dropped”. Today marks the one year anniversary for his blog. Most notably, his very first post on his blog was also given a title as “a city that was dropped”. In reality, his blog has shown us many sides of Nay Phone Latt: a talented writer, and a passionate artist, etc. During 365 days, his “city” has produced 122 blog posts with fine quality. His posts provided much insight about different aspects of life for his readers though he, himself, did not notice how much impact he had imprinted upon their minds.

The word “first” in a series of events for Burmese Bloggers’ society seems almost inseparable with him and his blog. His enthusiasm was prominent during the discussions for the very first printed book that Burmese bloggers tried to produce. His regular presence at those discussions was never without a doubt. His involvement during the very first Blog Day Seminar in Rangoon, Burma, was also significant. When a TV channel, MRTV4, and various media in Burma wanted to find out about Burmese bloggers’ society, he was there to explain and to field questions with much professionalism.

Within Burmese Bloggers’ society, there is a beautiful practice of writing special posts and leaving comments for each other on their special days, such as their birthdays, and their blogs’ birthday, etc.

Today, a “city” that Nay Phone Latt built with his heart has turned one year old. If he were here with us today, he would surely have written a post to commemorate the anniversary of his blog. However, where is he now? We are all anxiously waiting to deliver our best wishes to him by writing our comments under his anniversary post. We are all waiting to rekindle his blog with smiles and laughter and we keep on waiting …

For someone who has always wanted unity among Burmese bloggers, who has always hoped for the best for the youths of Burma, who has always put his heart and soul for Burma, we will be praying for his well-being with this post.