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Grandma and her short story 'The 13 Carat Diamond'

Posted by Junior Win on May 25, 2022

The sound of rains and thunderstorm outside while I shot this video,

but it sounds good, not disturb me😛.

Here I talked about my grandma, Khin Myo Chit and her short story 'The Thirteen Carat Diamond'.

I introduced a famous painter U Ba Kyi.

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