Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Nine-day celebration held in Phuket, Thailand, honours the 'Nine Emperor Gods' Those involved shun all animal products while they offer bodies to deities Swords, axes and umbrella handles were yesterday pushed through the cheeks of Taoist devotees in a series of unusual piercings as part of Thailand's Vegetarian Festival which returned from a two-year pandemic hiatus. The nine-day Vegetarian Festival celebration, which takes place every year, honours the 'Nine Emperor Gods'. Those involved shun all animal products while they offer their bodies to deities who they believe will banish bad luck. Graphic images show the piercings being done at the event in Phuket, which previously drew...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
[Unicode] နေစရာအိမ်နဲ့ ပတ်သက်လို့ ခက်ခဲတဲ့ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်တွေလည်း ရှိပါတယ်။ ဘုန်းကြီးရဲ့ ဒကာတစ်ယောက်မှာ အိမ်နဲ့ပတ်သက်ပြီး အခက်အခဲဖြစ်နေတော့ ဘုန်းကြီးက စဉ်းစားပေးတယ်။ တစ်ဖက်သားကို နေစရာချမ်းသာပေးရမယ်၊ သူ့မှာကလည်း သူများအိမ်ငှားနေရတာဆိုတော့ ပေးစရာက...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
Symptoms of burnout can vary from person to person, but if you notice any of the following signs in yourself, it may be time to take a step back and slow down. 1. You’re restless One big sign that you may be taking on too much is never feeling well-rested. Maybe you aren’t taking enough breaks at work or frantically hopping from one project to the next without slowing down. When you finally do attempt to relax, you have a hard time sitting still or quieting your mind. This can make it hard to recharge when you need it most. 2. You’re awake at all hours of the night Sleep is one of the first things to suffer when you get stressed or overwhelmed. Take...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
When life has got you in a slump, turn to these inspirational short stories. Not only is reading them like getting an internet hug for the soul, but they just may spark an idea or a change in you for the better. 1. Everyone Has a Story in Life A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted…“Dad, look the trees are going behind!” Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed… “Dad, look the clouds are running with us!” The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man… “Why don’t you take your son to a...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
Songkran comes from the Sanskrit word sankranti, which roughly translates as “astrological transition”. The Buddhist festival, which is celebrated from April 13 to 15, marks the Thai New Year. It’s a time for personal cleansing, making merit and keeping cool amid searing heat. It’s also an opportunity for families to get together and enjoy specially prepared meals. In readiness for the holiday, Thais deep-clean their homes and public places, including offices and schools. Parks and pavements are also spruced up. People wake up early and visit temples to pray and present monks with offerings of food, robes and donations. At home, young family members pour rose...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
[Unicode] ဖုန်းရွှေဆိုတာက ဘာလဲ? ဖုန်းရွှေပညာရပ်ဟာ တရုတ်ဘူမိဗေဒပညာရပ်တစ်ခုဖြစ်ပြီး ရှေးခေတ်တရုတ်နိုင်ငံမှ ဆင်းသက်လာခဲ့ပါတယ်။ လူတစ်ဦးချင်းစီ၊ အဆောက်အဦး၊ မြေနေရာတို့ ကောင်းမွန်ဖို့ရာ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်နဲ့ လိုက်လျောညီထွေး ဖြစ်စေဖို့ရာ စွမ်းအားများကို...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
[Unicode] မြို့ပြနှင့် အိမ်ရာဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဦးစီးဌာနမှ အစိုးရဝန်ထမ်းများနှင့် ဝင်ငွေနည်းသည့် ပြည်သူတွေများ အိမ်ပိုင်ဆိုင်မှု ရရှိရန်အတွက် တန်ဖိုးနည်းအိမ်ရာများကို ဆောက်လုပ် ရောင်းချပေးခြင်းများ ရှိပါသည်။ ဆောက်လုပ်ရေး၊ အိမ်ရာနှင့် အခြေခံ...
Knowledge | Posted by Si Thu Aung
[Unicode] မိမိအမည်ပေါက်ဖြင့် ပိုင်ဆိုင်မှုခိုင်မာသည့် မြေကွက်ပေါ်တွင် အဆောက်အအုံဆောက်လုပ်ရန် ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ရှိကာ ဘဏ်ချေးငွေလျှောက်ထားရယူလိုပါက တစ်ဦးချင်း အိမ်ရာချေးငွေ အမျိုးအစားဖြင့်သည့် Home Construction Loan ဆောက်လုပ်ရေး အိမ်ရာချေးငွေအား...
Knowledge | Posted by Si Thu Aung
[Unicode] လယ်ယာမြေလုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ပြုလက်မှတ်ဆိုသည်မှာ လယ်ယာမြေဥပဒေအရ လယ်ယာမြေလုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အတွက် အသိအမှတ်ပြု လက်မှတ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ လယ်ယာမြေဥပဒေပုဒ်မ-(၁၇)အရ ပုံစံ(၁)ဖြင့် အောက်ပါအတိုင်း အရည်အချင်း ပြည့်မှီသူများသည် လယ်ယာမြေလုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်လက်မှတ်...
Knowledge | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Coconut water serves as an excellent option for cooling off on hot days, offering both rejuvenation and energy to the body. A single 240-milliliter serving of coconut water is predominantly composed of water (228g), and includes 600 mg of potassium, fulfilling 12% of the daily requirement for the body, along with 252 mg of sodium, 57.6 mg of calcium, and 60 mg of magnesium, which together meet 10% of the daily needs for calcium and magnesium in the body. As such, coconut water stands out as a drink rich in electrolytes. With roughly 46 calories, 10 grams of natural sugars, little protein, and devoid of fat, it presents itself as a healthier hydration choice compared to...