so yea just got finished baking friggin 60 brownies with only one pan.......because rocket team needed them for ouy patty day fundraiser

and i have aci colorguard at 0615 ( for you civies out there that is 6:15 A.M.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

not cool

i still have math to do
but on the flip side our band finally picked some lyrics........
but i'm not going to tell you what they are because i like keeping secrets

and there's people out there too stupid to come up with their own and they would steal them



oh yea
and molly attacked me <({ : o) (i call that face jack............ from the food commercials)

            The immigrants from Indochina have flourished in our country, they are successful business owners and professionals, they succeed in our schools, and seamlessly mingle within our society. Many of these successful people were not always this accomplished, decades earlier they were struggling in third-world countries. Behind their eyes there are hundreds of stories, stories of terror, suffering, and death. During the 1970’s, the Vietnam War shook the lives of millions of the population of the Indochina region, fleeing war, oppression, and torture; the coming of these fiercely independent peoples has changed our foreign policy, our economy, and our culture.

The Indochinese government and culture of these refugees influence the war. During this time the French controlled Indochina as a colony (Tucker 305) Their oppressive laws ignited the communist Revolution (304). Examples of their laws were they were not allowed to have any say in the governmental policies and they were not allowed to attack an officer of the French army despite any harsh treatment (Singfried 37) Many people were growing restless and leaving the country. One of these people was Ho Chi Minh (Tucker 306) He left the country via fishing companies. During the end of World War II Minh was residing in Paris near the negotiations between the Axis and the Allied powers (306). Minh submitted a petition for the freedom of the Indochinese people. However, the council did not appear interested in the freedom of his people and the petition was refused (306).

 

          Minh was desperate for his people’s freedom. Seeing no other way to accomplish his task he joined the French Communist Party (306) who were working to free the Indochinese from the overruling governments (306). Minh became very active in this new faction, quickly gaining the attention of this superiors and respect from his comrades (306). However Minh became impatient and took action of his own; he called a secret meeting in Hong Kong and instated the brotherhood of the Vietnamese Communists or the Viet Minh (Thompson). This organization planned an attack on the French colonists which ignited an eight year struggle for their independence.

 

          During the Vietnamese war many people were displaced and took refuge in other countries. Many homes were commandeered by Vietnamese soldiers so they could appear civilian (Stringly 16). Others were caught in the crossfire. On April 27, 1965 the village of Mai Lai was shaken by the war. American troops invaded the town massacring the villagers indiscriminately, there was no one found that was left alive. Others decided to wave during the fall of the Republic of Vietnam because of their fear from the communist leaders’ vengeance. The first wave of refugees left by helicopter in the American base camps.

 

          The second wave of the refugees was called the Boat People. They received their names from their rickety boats they used to travel across the South China Sea (Tuckier 12) many of these people died at sea. Some died from starvation or thirst, others died of the overexposure and may were murdered or pillaged by pirates (Stringly 18). Less than 2,000 refugees made it while the Vietnamese governments say that 30,000 left the country (Stringly 12). However there are strong indications point to higher numbers Many wonder why these people would face conditions that were so unfavorable to them. It was because they faced worse conditions if they stayed in the country. These people were taken over by a vengeful government who killed many leaders of the Republic and stole their savings, their land, and their homes (Thompson)

 

          The communists were creating a new economy based on Socialism and were moving the southern population into New Economic Zones, grungy cities, or land that was not as fertile. Some were also moved into reeducation camps, where they were forcecd to work and warn the communist doctrines (Valdir 12)

 

          The refugees that were brought to the United States received more help from our government than other refugees because the government had played a larger role in displacing their people (Rheinhardt, 12-15). The Indochinese has also been the most successful of all the refugees in succeeding in our economy. Over 30% of the refugees saw self employment as their best option (12-15). Many of the Indochinese grabbed hold of the beauty industry, quickly obtaining nail salons, barber shops, and sewing machines. The refugee population in many areas took major cities by storm, such as New York and Los Angelos, creating Chinatowns (12-15) where they sell their wares even to this day.

 

          Loy Tam was one such refugee. When he moved to the states he obtained a job at a restaurant and his wife Pai was a seamstress. After a year he took interest in his wifes success (12-15). He soon obtained a garment making machine and began selling his wares. Three years later he had obtained six machines and was grossing over one million dollars (12-15) This kind of success is not precedented in other refugee groups. Loy Tam refers to their advantage as the “Indochinese” mentality. (12-15)

 

          The Fierce tenacity of these people is evident in their success. Now you can buy an Americanized version of their food in almost every city, their cartoons in our television and their salons in our phone books these independent people have most certainly taken our people by storm. They have also changed our government, because without these people we would not have the Refugee Act of 1970. They have changed our economy thorough their businesses caused by their initiative in fulfilling their needs. There is no doubt that these people have changed our country.

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rheinhardt, Tom. Laos and the Almighty Dollar.

<http:/www.tel/gale2/index.com>February 28, 2006.

Singfried, Hon. French Colonial Regimes. Philadelphia. Penguin Press, 1987.

Stringly, Gale. Refugees: Immigrants and Emmigrants. New York: Harper Collins,   1998.

Thompson, Amber. Personal Interview. Sengduane Thompson. Personal. February 26,

 2006.

Tucker, Alice. Vietnam. Los Angelos: Vintage Press, 1996.

Valdir, Jane. Viet Minh. Chicago: Harper Collins, 1997.

so yea working on the research paper for english as you prolly have seen

anyways my computer is being stupid and not letting me e-mail anyone
so i'm using my phuse to act as my email for now

Outline of the Vietnam War Refugees Research Paper

 

During the 1970’s, the Vietnam War shook the lives of millions of the population of the Indochina region, fleeing war, oppression, and torture; the coming of these fiercely independent peoples has changed our foreign policy, our economy, and our culture.

 

I.                   Introduction

II.                 The government of these people influenced the war.

A.     The oppressive French colonists ignited the Communist’s revolution.

i.               Vietnam was a French colony from the mid nineteenth century until the end of World War I.

B.     As a result of their oppressive colonists Ho Chi Minh began a revolution.

1.      Minh is disturbed by the treatment of his people, so during the peace talks at Versailles he submits a petition for the freedom of the Vietnamese people, which is later denied.

2.      Seeing no other way Minh joins the French Communist Party, which was working to free the French colonies at the time.

3.      In 1941 Minh Creates the Viet Minh, or the Vietnamese Communist Party

4.      In 1945 the Viet Minh establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as soon as the French were pushed out of the country due to American involvement.

III.              The First wave of refugees begins.

1.There were many causes for their flight

2.  

Indochinese boat people

Vietnamese refugee in a camp in Malaysia

Events resulting from the Vietnam War led many people in Cambodia, Laos, and especially Vietnam to become refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s, after the fall of Saigon. In Cambodia, the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime murdered millions of people in the "Killing Fields" massacres, and many attempted to escape. In Vietnam, the new communist government sent many people who supported the old government in the South to "re-education camps", and others to "new economic zones." These factors, coupled with poverty, caused millions of Vietnamese to flee the country. In 1979, Vietnam was at war (Sino-Vietnamese War) with the People's Republic of China (PRC), and many ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam, who felt that the government's policies directly targeted them also became "boat people." On the open seas, the boat people had to confront forces of nature, and elude pirates.

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Refugee camps

The plight of the boat people became an international humanitarian crisis. The UNHCR, under the auspices of the United Nations, set up refugee camps in neighboring countries to process the "boat people" and was awarded the 1981 Nobel Peace Prize for its work. The Orderly Departure Program from 1979 until 1994 was one such program that helped to resettle refugees in the United States. The United States and Vietnam signed an agreement on November 15, 2005 which allows those Vietnamese to immigrate who were not able to do so before the humanitarian program ended in 1994. Hong Kong adopted the "port of first asylum policy," and received over 100,000 of them in the city at its peak in late 1980s. Many refugee camps were set up in its territories. Frequent violent clashes between the boat people and security forces caused public outcry and mounting concerns in the early 1990s since many camps are very close to high density residential areas. The countries that accepted most of these refugees are:

• United States - 823,000


• Australia and Canada - 137,000 each


• France - 96,000


• Germany and UK - 19,000 each

By the mid-1990s, the number of refugees fleeing from Vietnam had dwindled. Many refugee camps were closed. The market reform of Vietnam, the imminent return of Hong Kong to China by Britain and the financial incentives for voluntary returning to Vietnam caused many boat people to elect to return to Vietnam during the 1990s. Consequently, most remaining asylees voluntarily or were forcibly repatriated, although a very small number (about 2500) were granted residency by the Hong Kong Government in 2002, marking an end to the Vietnam boat people problem. In 2005, the remaining refugees in the Philippines (around 200) were granted asylum in Canada and the United States.

The boat people of indochina were sent across huge distances and the boats were often overcrouded and most of the people persihed.

words never said never need to be unspoken.............

a life never lived never regrets its mistakes,

and yet it regrets the steps it does not take

to never open your eyes and welcome the sun,

to never touch the moonbeam with your hand,

to never feel the warmth  of a close embrace,

or underneath your feet feel the sand.........

a life unlived is an empty book and nothing else.

so yea.....................
my uncle is in the hospital with pnuemonia(sp?)
anyways so we went to visit him and we were all nice and stayed there for an hour while he watched tv

and the only thing he says to me is that i need to lose weight and im not asian enough because i don't know a language my mother didn't bother teaching me

yea..............................

aren't they so cute?

music is good, life not so good, and other factors are bad but life isn't perfect so yea.................................................................

hmmmmmmmmmmm................

no school on friday. aci is coming up, the freshmen are either going to have to pull a miracle out of their butts or theyr'e going to be.........

interesting

i've been writing poems like crazy this past week and yea......... 

so yea at freshman orientation and im really bored...........

hey thats pretty much the story of my life but oh well

so yea had the first official band meeting, we were the little fairy girls but we're trying to decide if we want to change it to the title you see somewhere up there^.... so i am asking you guys what you think just because..... don't even ask where we got it because if i told you ................ i'm just not going to tell you

so amazing...............

mrs.gregory let us have naptime...................

because everyone is sick

heeheehee

do u remember naptime??

i do and thos is 10x better because i can phusebox

so yes really really bored.............
wer're supposed to be doing a lab in pt but amanda isn't here so yea we don't have any data and its hard to do a lab report without the data so i decided to phuse becaus im bored

did you kno that multivitamins can make you hyper?
they make me hyper but i couldn't take mine today beacuse my alarm went off at 5 but i decided to sleep in til 530 so ..............
no multivitamin for me........
anyways

ran inside today colonel made us run the satirs.........

i hate the stairs.........
they are evil.............
not to mention that i couldnt even feel my feet which made me very prone to almost faceplanting into them.............

but i saved myself from that thank goodness.................

this orienteering thing is taking up my next 3 saturdays........
bummer

this will be two months running without a day to sleep in when this is all over............................. :{
and there is much sadness in that

So yea this  weekend was pretty crazy............

the drill meet was fun...........
had to wake up at 4
and
there werent any marines there,
but it was still amazing
our color guards did pretty well the boys got 280/350
we got 251/350

squads were really good..........upperclassmen i thought were amazing
and the freshmen have really improved from last comp
however didn't bring home any pretty plastic but we scored high in everything we competed in which is an improvement from past comps...


oh yea the red lobster thing..............
colonel said he would take us to din din if we got 1st

so much for that..................

so yea........
woke up at 440 today so i and may color guard could get some extra practice today for the competition tomorrow...............

because as usual the jrotc drama has minimized our practice time.......

but we always do ok in the end
Wish  us luck.........
hopefully we'll bring home some pretty plastic around 830  pm tomorrow.........
and i have to be here (school) @ 5 in the friggin morning........
but i can sleep on the bus.........
and i dont have to wear my uniform there.........

oh yea no uniforms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not much to say

got dsl and......................

just really bored,,,,,,,,,,

and annoyed at my familia at the moment ................

and every moment

of my life

yea havnt updated in a while because of the stupid cable company.............
hopefully we'll get the internet soon b/c a 3 day weekend stuck at my house without cable or the web is hell............

so yeah ...................in the middle of 2nd period and really bored........
couldn't those weirdos who make textbooks actually come up with exciting labs....................???
prbably too much to ask because if you're writing a textbook you're lif isn't too exciting in the first place............. hardly an enviroment to make other peoples lives exciting.........................

So yeah it's still snowing.............how completely amazing is that? especially for these completely retarded tennessee winters................

***hold on***

man it stopped.......................well yea

didn't really expect for it to last forever

we're having school on monday.........theres no way this is going to last throught tomorrow...