Sai Sai Kham Leng

Sai Sai Kham Leng
စိုင်းစိုင်းခမ်းလှိုင်
Sai Sai at the Myanmar music concert in Singapore in 2011.
Background information
Born (1979-04-10) 10 April 1979[1]
Taunggyi, Shan State, Burma (now Myanmar)
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, rapper, actor
Instruments Guitar, Piano, Flute, Violin, Vocal
Years active 1999–present
Website saisaionline.com

Sai Sai Kham Leng (Burmese: စိုင်းစိုင်းခမ်းလှိုင်; pronounced [sáiɴ sáiɴ kʰáɴ l̥àiɴ]; also Sai Sai Kham Hlaing; born 10 April 1979) is a well-known Burmese singer-songwriter, model, novelist, and actor of ethnic Shan descent. He is known for his hip hop music.

Early life and education

Sai Sai Kham Leng was born on 10 April 1979 in Taunggyi, Shan state to Cho Cho San Tun and Kham Leng of an ethnic Shan aristocratic family. His great-grandfather Sao San Tun, Saopha of Mongpawn, was a signatory to the 1947 Panglong Agreement and one of nine senior government officials assassinated on 19 July 1947.[2]

Leng is the eldest son and has two younger sisters and a younger brother. Soon after he was born, his parents moved to nearby Aungban for two years before moving back to Taunggyi. He went to B.E.H.S (1) Taunggyi.[3] His parents divorced when he was in the 4th standard (4th grade). He was living in two homes soon after divorce but ended up with his father. He did not see his mother for another six years.[4] Leng became a judo player in the eighth standard. He won district level competitions in high school, and even participated in national youth competitions in Yangon.[4]

Leng moved to Yangon and enrolled in the English major program in Dagon University. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Dagon University and a graduate diploma in English from the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon.

Career

Sai Sai Kham Leng's album release performance in Yangon, 2012

In 2000, Leng launched his debut album Chocolate Yaung Yayge Einmet (Chocolate-Colored Ice Dreams). The follow-up album Thangegyin Myar Swar (Graduation: Friends Forever) was released in 2001.[4] In his 2012 album Date Date Kyal, he included a song named "ပြီးခဲ့သောဇာတ်လမ်းအကျဉ်း" (Summary of the story till now) about his life. He celebrates his birthday shows in April eachyear, gaining thousands of ticket sales which is a large number in Myanmar.

Personal life

Leng is single and lives in Yangon. In an interview with People Magazine Myanmar in May 2009, he expressed that he was unsure about marriage as he comes from a "broken family".[5] His relationship with actress Wut Hmone Shwe Yee was one of the most controversial relationships.[6][7] They never made their relationship public and they broke up after some years.

Leng is a Theravada Buddhist.[5]

Humanitarian work

In 2015, Leng was involved in the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) Cover Your Cough Campaign,[8] which aimed to increase knowledge about how tuberculosis spreads. In 2016, he continued his advocacy in this area with the Myanmar Unite to End TB Mass Media Programme with the NTP, supported by The 3MDG Fund.[9][9]

Discography

Studio Albums

  • "ချောကလက်ရောင် ရေခဲအိပ်မက်" Chocolate Yaung Yayge Einmet (Chocolate-coloured Icy Dream) (2000)
  • "သူငယ်ချင်း များစွာ" Thangegyin Mya Zwa (Many Friends) (2001)
  • "ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ မှတ်တမ်း" February Mhattan [10] (February Diary) (2003)
  • Sai Sai Live in Yangon (2004)
  • "စိုင်းစိုင်း ဟု ခေါ်သည်" Sai Sai Hu Khaw Thi (It is Called Sai Sai) (2005)
  • Happy Sai Sai Birthday [11] (2007)
  • "အမြဲတမ်း ဂေါ်လီ" Ever Golli (Always Dwifter) [12] (2009)
  • "ဒိတ်ဒိတ်ကြဲ" Date Date Kye (Topnotch) [13] (2012)
  • "စိုင်းစိုင်းကစိုင်းစိုင်း" "Sai Sai is Sai Sai" (2018 April)

Collaborative albums

  • "ပြန်ပြောပြဖို့ တော်တော်ခက်လိမ့်မယ်" Pyan Pyaw Pya Bo Tawtaw Khet Leit Me (Would Be Quite Difficult to tell) (2002)
  • "မိန်းမ" Meinma (Woman) (2002)
  • "အချစ်များစွာအတွက်" A-Chit Mya Zwa A Twet (For All My Love) (2002)
  • "ဘဝ ဘဝ" Bawa Bawa (Life Life) (2003)
  • City FM 2nd Anniversary (2003)
  • "နတ်သမီးပုံပြင်" Natthami Ponbyin (Fairy tale) (2004)
  • Rock & Rap Live Show (2006)
  • "အလွမ်းရဲ့ ည" A-Lwan Ye Nya (Night of Missing) (2006)
  • "အရင်လို စိတ်မချလို့ပါ ရှင်ရယ်" A Yin Lo Seit Ma Cha Lo Ba Shin (Because I Can't Trust Anymore Like Before) (2006)
  • Angel (2006)
  • "၁၀ စက္ကန့်" 10 Seconds [14] (2007)
  • City FM 6th Anniversary (2007)
  • City FM 7th Anniversary (2008)
  • City FM 10th Anniversary (2011)[15]

Filmography

  • Mingalabar (2006)
  • Gonshane Pyintat Chitchin Thatekhar (2007)
  • Yin Khon Hninsi (2008)
  • "အာဒမ်ရယ်၊ ဧဝရယ်၊ ဒဿရယ်" Adam, Eve and Datsa (2011)
  • "Salves of Cupid" (2015)
  • Angel of Eden (2016)
  • From Bangkok To Mandalay (2016)[16]
  • Jone Jone Jett Jett (2017) [15]

Novels

  • "စက္ကူငှက်" Sekk-ku Nget (Paper Crane)
  • "ကံကိုဆွဲ၍ မှုန်းသီချယ် မင်ရည်ကျဲ၏ မကျဲ၏" Kan Ko Swel Ywe Hmone Thi Chel..Min Yay Kywl Ei Ma Kyal Ei (We Draw Life By Fortune .. May be Bold or not)

References

  1. ↑ "Official website". www.saisaionline.com. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  2. ↑ Tin Naing Toe (18 July 2010). "Brief Biographies of the Martyrs". Bi-Weekly Eleven (in Burmese). Weekly Eleven Publishing Group.
  3. ↑ Myanmar Celebrity (2013-10-25). "A moment with Sai Sai Kham Leng". Myanmar Celebrity (in Burmese). Myanmar Celebrity Youtube Channel.
  4. 1 2 3 Thida Win (2010-03-05). "Sai Sai Kham Leng's Youth". Bi-Weekly Eleven Journal (in Burmese). Weekly Eleven Media: 34.
  5. 1 2 Hnin Ei Ei Aung (May 2009). "25 Random Facts about Sai Sai". People Magazine Myanmar (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2009-06-08.
  6. ↑ "Did Than Shwe's Grandson Kidnap Model?". .irrawaddy.org. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  7. ↑ "Wutt Hmone and Pyae Phyo Tayza's Couple Photos Leak Out - Myanmar Celebrity: Gossip, News, Video, Photo, Fashion, Entertainment". Myanmar Celebrity. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Cover Your Cough Campaign, Myanmar | CAP-TB". www.cap-tb.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  9. 1 2 "Uniting to End TB in Myanmar". 3mdg.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  10. ↑ "ေဖေဖာ္ဝါရီမွတ္တမ္း | Sai Sai Kham Hlaing". Myanmar Music Store. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  11. ↑ "Happy Sai Sai Birthday | Sai Sai Kham Hlaing". Myanmar Music Store. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  12. ↑ "အၿမဲတမ္းေဂၚလီ | Sai Sai Kham Hlaing". Myanmar Music Store. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  13. ↑ "ဒိတ္ဒိတ္ႀကဲ | Sai Sai Kham Hlaing". Myanmar Music Store. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  14. ↑ "၁၀ စကၠန္႔ Volume (2)". Myanmar Music Store. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  15. 1 2 "BIO - Sai Sai Kham Leng".
  16. ↑ "Love Story: Film On "From Bangkok To Mandalay". Myanmar International TV. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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