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| Đốc Ngu tham gia sinh hoạt hướng đạo trên đảo Pulau Tengah (Mã Lai) - 1979. | |
Cám ơn bạn Võ hùng Sơn ở Thúy Sĩ đã gởi tặng tôi lại mầy tấm hình lúc tỵ nạn.
ReplyDeleteKhi làm bài thơ này tôi nghĩ đến Nguyễn thanh Lộc, người bạn cùng lớp vời tôi ở trường St. Exupery, Marie Curie và Bác Ái. Khi tôi ở trại Pulau Tengah thì tôi có được tin tàu của Lộc chìm khi đến đảo Pulau Bidong.
ReplyDeleteNếu các bạn muốn biết về đảo Pulau Tengah hiện thời ra sao, thì xin đọc Returning to Pulau Tengah
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh. I just saw this picture from an email link my younger brother (Vagabundos on your linked post above) sent. He was the one who went back to Pulau Tengah to visit last year.
ReplyDeleteI remember this day well. My older brother and I were both there! We were at "Dong Dao" (East side of the island) and Tioman was offshore. I remember playing "u" and other games on the beach then sit around and sing and ate on this day. I'm the short kid in the yellow t-shirt smack in the middle of the first pix.
I remember the scout troop got a huge boost from one of the Malaysian administrators, who was an ex-scout. I also remember 100-degree days in the white tent that we scouts had on the beach at "Trung Dao," sitting around playing "co tuong" and pondering about the future countries and reminiscing about the country we left. And cursing the tons of canned sardines we have to eat :-) Also remembering the scouts working to maintain the stony steps to "Bac Dao." And of course the extravaganza Scout entertainment night, where one of the older scouts had this idea of lighting the fire by sending a burning bundle down a wire from a nearby tree to the pile of firewood--thus setting off in a spectacular fashion a festive night.
My dad (Buu Nguyen) was elected the main rep for the refugees on the island (not sure what he did--I was ten).
Sorry I had to comment in English...would have been incomprehensible in V. but thanks for the walk down memory lane.
I'm in San Diego and now a lawyer but what a great treat to find this pix.
Thơ của Doc Ngu, gọn mà thấm ...chắc tại tôi có 1 thời gian dài ở trên đảo này ....
ReplyDeleteNhớ lại kỷ niệm những ngày còn trên Bắc đảo ... Lúc tôi đến đảo này thì dân số còn ít (khoảng năm 77-78)... Tàu tôi lên khai phá vùng Bắc Đảo, vô rừng cắt cây, hái lá về cất trại, cất nhà ở ....etc. :)
Chúc Doc Ngu 1 ngày vui vẻ hén ...!!!
Có dịp tôi sẽ ghé dzô :)
Doc Ngu
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to find some one in the same island. I am in VT268 arrive Tengah on May 25, 1979.I am working to create a comprehensive web site which consolidates information about Refugee Camps in SE Asia. The site will be created by and for refugees. We have many stories, and much information, as well as those who want news of family and friends, etc... scattered all over the web and the world. Therefore I want to have 1 web site for all VN refugee info. To do that, I need help from many people.
Please send me (and pass this along to your friends):
boat numbers
Number of people in the boat
Date left VN
Date arrived at refugee camp, name of camp
Whatever pictures you have of the camp and the refugees
Any other details you may have
I've already registered the domain name for this website: www.refugeecamps.net and refugeecamps.info. Both will point to the same place.
I am working on the website, and have begun to visit refugee camp sites. With your help, we will be online soon.
Please join us on face book at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/237414599670326/
Or mail me at vt268tengh@gmail.com
I visit Pulau Yengah 3 times, the last time was 2009. I am ready to make another trip on Feb 24. Please join me to mke one consolidate website easy for our children found out about us. Thanks. Please email me so we can discuss more
Anna Bui