Although the proprietor of the workshop was u kyaw than the man who was really running the day to day operation of the workshop was his manger ko tin aye. There were three or four other apprentices senior to me who were about nineteen years of age. I was still thirteen. We did not have much dealings with u kyaw than our training being left in the hands of ko tin aye. Ko tin aye was like a bigbrothre to all of us.