Ve^` vie^.c la^.p leukemia fund va` vie^.c cha'u Phu+o+ng Lie^n

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, DiemQuynh Nguyen wrote:

>  To^i lo*'n le^n o*? nu*o*'c ngoa`i ne^n kho^ng hie^?u v'dd trong 
> nu*o*'c la('m! To^i chi? la`m theo lu*o*ng ta^m cu?a to^i(va` ba'c Ha?i 
> Tri' theo to^i nghi~ cu~ng va^.y)khi nghe mo^.t ngu*o*`i bi. be^.nh 
> hie^?m nguy dde^'n ti'nh ma.ng ke^u cu*'u . Co' the^? to^i bi. vu*o*'ng 
> va`o mo^.t tro` a?o thua^.t cha(ng ? CHuye^.n na`y ca^`n ca'c ba'c si~ 
> VN va` ca'c ba'c na`o lie^n he^. la`m ro~ ra`ng . 
>  Chuye^.n kho^ng ro~ ra`ng na`y la`m to^?n thu*o*ng nie^`m tin cu?a to^i 
> va`o lo*`i no'i cu?a nhu*~ng nha` khoa ho.c Vie^.t Nam, nhu* trong ho?a 
> mu` kho^ng bie^'t dda^u la` du'ng va` dda^u la` sai.
>  Ne^'u kho^ng ro~ ra`ng ddu*o*.c, co' le~ nhu*~ng la^`n to*'i khi to^i 
> ghe ke^u cu*'u thi` to^i pha?i suy nghi~ la.i (Think twice) tru*o*'c khi 
> co' giu'p hay kho^ng? Kho^ng khe'o thi` la.i tham gia va`o vie^.c 
> khuye^'n khi'ch "to^.i pha.m dda.o ddu*'c" nhu* ba'c no'i tre^n .
>  To^i la`m vie^.c na`y kho^ng ham muo^'n gi` cho to^i ca?; ngay ca? te^n 
> Die^~m Quy`nh cu~ng chi? la` Pen name cu?a to^i ma` tho^i! kho^ng ai 
> bie^'t to^i ca? . 
>  Nhu* dda~ no'i, to^i kho^ng mang ho^. chie^'u VN ; To^i tu*`ng giu'p 
> nhie^`u no*i kha'c tre^n the^' gio*'i; so*? di~ to^i nhie^.t ti`nh vo*'i 
> VN vi` bo^' me. to^i la` ngu*o*`i VN, ne^n VN ddo^'i vo*'i to^i ddu*o*.c 
> tra^n tro.ng dda(.c bie^.t trong ti`nh ca?m cu?a to^i.
>  Thu' tha^.t vo*'i ca'c ba'c, su*. vie^.c na`y xa?y ra la`m to^i kho^ng 
> bie^'t pha?i ddo^'i su*? vo*'i su*. vie^.c nhu* the^' na`o nu*~a . 
>  Trong nhu*~ng la^`n la`m vie^.c vo*'i ca'c nu*o*'c kha'c chu*a ba`o 
> gio*` to^i ga(.p ti`nh tra.ng la. ky` nhu* ddo^'i vo*'i nhu*~ng tr'i 
> thu*'c VN .
>  Tru*o*'c kia cha'u Thu`y Linh thi` bi. no'i la` COCC nay thi`....nhu* 
> the^' na`y......Ca'c ba'c thu*? nghi~ ne^'u la` mo^.t ngu*o*`i so^'ng 
> o*? nu*o*'c ngoa`i tu*` nho? hoa(.c ngu*o*`i nu*o*'c ngoa`i khi lie^n 
> he^. dde^'n VN ga(.p nhu*~ng chuye^.n ro^'i nhu* mo*' bo`ng bong nhu* 
> the^' na`y thi` se~ giu'p ddo*~ la`m sao?
>  Vo*'i Ca'c ba'c luo^n no'i chuye^.n co^ng ba(`ng tuye^.t ddo^'i. Va^ng, 
> ly' tu*o*?ng la('m! The^' chuye^.n ca'c ba'c ddu*o*.c ddi ra nu*o*'c 
> ngoa`i ho.c he^'t ba^.c no. ba^.c kia nhu* the^' lie^.u co' co^ng ba(`ng 
> vo*'i ca'c em be' VN o*? no^ng tho^n hay kho^ng? 
> Tri ha`nh co' ho*.p nha^'t o*? dda^y hay kho^ng ? 
> Hay chi? la` nhu*~ng ngo^n tu*` dda.o ddu*'c kho^ng tu*o*?ng ? 
> Mong ca'c ba'c suy nghi~ va` no'i nhu* mo^.t ngu*o*`i tri' thu*'c ta.i 
> mo^.t dda^'t nu*o*'c co`n nhie^`u vie^.c pha?i la`m .
>  Xin cha`o ca'c ba'c, ne^'u co' gi` xu'c pha.m dde^'n ai, cho to^i xin 
> lo^~i vi` to^i he^'t su*'c PHA^~N NO^. tru*o*'c hie^.n tu*o*ng nhu* 
> the^' na`y cu?a mo^.t so^' tri' thu*'c VN.


Ba'c Die^~m Quy`nh va` ca'c ba'c kha'c tha^n me^'n,

Mong ba'c DQ bo+'t gia^.n, va` vo+'i tu+ ca'ch ca' nha^n, cu~ng la` "mo^.t
tri' thu+'c VN", to^i muo^'n ngo? lo+`i xin lo^~i ba'c ne^'u co' gi` ai ddo'
trong gio+'i tri' thu+'c VN vie^'t tre^n VNSA ve^` vie^.c na`y dda~ xu'c
pha.m to+'i ba'c. 

To^i cu~ng xin no'i the^m la` theo to^i nghi~ nhu+~ng y' kie^'n ddu+o+.c
ddu+a ra (tru+` mo^.t pha^`n ra^'t nho?) dde^`u co' ti'nh cha^'t xa^y du+.ng,
the^? hie^.n su+. lo la('ng quan ta^m cu?a anh em ve^` vie^.c la`m tu+`
thie^.n na`y.  Tuy nhie^n, su+.  pha^~n no^. cu?a ba'c cu~ng kho^ng pha?i
kho^ng co' ca(n cu+'. O+? VN, hie^.n tu+o+.ng no'i ma` kho^ng la`m, hoa(.c
"ba`n ngang nhu+ cua" la` mo^.t hie^.n tu+o+.ng pho^? bie^'n.  Nhie^`u khi
qua? tha^.t muo^'n ma` kho^ng la`m ddu+o+.c vi` nhie^`u ly' do kha'ch quan,
ne^n chi? no'i hoa(.c ba`n ngang cho bo~ tu+'c. Mo^.t pha^`n nu+~a, ca'i
mentality tha^`y ddo^` Nho "no'i ma` kho^ng la`m" na`y dda~ a(n va`o ma'u
da^n Vie^.t qua bao the^' ky?, bo? ddu+o+.c cu~ng kho'. DDa'ng tie^'c la`
ca'i mentality na`y cu~ng ddeo theo nhie^`u ngu+o+`i Vie^.t, la(~ng nha(~ng
ddi ra nu+o+'c ngoa`i, ta.o ra nhie^`u ti`nh huo^'ng bi ha`i.
Mentality na`y ma` cha.m mentality "go, go, lets move fast, stop talking,
show me the results" cu?a My~ thi` xa?y ra su+. ddu.ng ddo^. la` ta^'t ye^'u. 

To^i nho+' va`i tha'ng tru+o+'c dda^y co' cuo^.c tha?o lua^.n ve^` tha`nh 
la^.p scholarship fund cu?a VNSA cho ho.c sinh nghe`o o+? VN. Co' ba'c 
gu+?i thu+ rie^ng dde^'n to^i ba?o ba'c ra^'t buo^`n cu+o+`i khi nghe tin 
na`y vi` co' bao nhie^u to^? chu+'c NGO (Non Governmental Organizations)
o+? VN co`n kho^ng la`m ddu+o+.c tro` tro^'ng gi` nu+~a la` va`i ba con 
te'p riu tre^n VNSA. Tuy nhie^n, tha^'y anh em ta tha?o lua^.n ra^'t so^i 
no^?i, to^i cu~ng ddu+'ng ra ke^u go.i mo.i ngu+o+`i ba^`u mo^.t ngu+o+`i
la`m organizer-in-chief, ngu+o+`i na`y se~ tho^'ng soa'i anh em la`m mo.i 
vie^.c lie^n quan to+'i vie^.c la^.p scholarship fund. Nhu+ng sau lo+`i 
ke^u go.i na`y thi` tha^'y vu. scholarship im ha(?n, cu~ng kho^ng tha^'y
ai ti`nh nguye^.n ra la`m organizer-in-chief ca?.

Cu~ng ga^`n va`o tho+`i gian ddo', chu'ng ta la.i ba`n chuye^.n ddo'ng tie^`n
dde^? mua tin tu+'c tu+` VN. Chi phi' ti'nh ra ga^`n $600/tha'ng. Nhie^`u
ba'c ta'n tha`nh, nhu+ng la.i co' ba'c xo^ng ra no'i "tie^`n na`y to^i dde^`
nghi. da`nh la`m scholarship fund" cho ho.c sinh VN thi` hay ho+n. Ba'c na`y
no'i tha^.t chi' ly'. DDa'ng tie^'c la` ho^`i la`m scholarship fund cho ho.c
sinh VN thi` cha(?ng tha^'y ba'c na`y dda^u ca?. Kho^? the^'. (Ngoa`i le^`:
Ve^` sau ca'i vu. mua tin tu+'c na`y ban admins ba~i vi` co' the^? lie^n he^.
dde^? la^'y tin kho^ng ma^'t tie^`n.)

Gio+` la.i nghe co' ba'c nha^n vu. na`y ddu+a y' tu+o+?ng scholarship 
fund ra.

Cuo^'i cu`ng ke^'t qua? la` "ba`n to+'i ba`n lui ba`n ngang ba`n do.c"  ve^`
vu. scholarship fund nhu+ng cuo^'i cu`ng cha? ai la`m ddu+o+.c gi`
ca?. Nhu+ng cu+' he^~ la`m gi` kha'c la` y nhu+ ra(`ng la.i tha^'y co' ba'c
ne^u ra y' kie^'n scholarship fund. To^i ma` nhu+ ba'c DQ thi` to^i cu~ng
pha?i ddie^n tie^'t :-). 

DDie^n tie^'t mo^.t ca'ch ho+.p ly' vi` trong khi anh em ba`n ddi ba`n la.i
nhu+ the^' ba'c DQ va` ca'c ba'c kha'c dda~ la(.ng le~ la^.p ddu+o+.c mo^.t
scholarship fund cho HS nghe`o o+? VN, dda~ hoa.t ddo^.ng kha' to^'t, va`
mo^~i na(m dda~ trao scholarship ddu+o+.c cho va`i tra(m em. 

To^i quen mo^.t DHS o+? My~. Ba'c na`y hay co' vie^.c ve^` no^ng tho^n VN.
Khi quay la.i My~ ba'c ddi die^~n thuye^'t nhie^`u no+i, dde^`u ra^'t xu'c
ddo^.ng ke^? ve^` cuo^.c so^'ng co+ cu+.c o+? no^ng tho^n, dda(.c bie^.t la`
tre? em VN thie^'u a(n thie^'u ho.c. Ba'c ngo? y' muo^'n la^.p mo^.t
scholarship fund cho ho.c sinh nghe`o va` ke^u go.i mo.i ngu+o+`i hu+o+?ng
u+'ng. Tha^.t la` buo^`n ngu? ga(.p chie^'u manh. To^i bie^'t ba'c DQ ddang
ga(.p kho' kha(n trong vie^.c mo+? ro^.ng scholarship fund cu?a ba'c ra
mie^`n Ba('c vi` thie^'u contacts o+? ddo'. To^i be`n ddu+a chuye^.n ba'c DQ
ke^? la.i cho anh na`y va` ba?o anh contact ba'c DQ. Anh na`y a^.m o+` ho^`i
la^u ro^`i ba('t dda^`u lie^.t ke^ he^'t kho' kha(n na`y dde^'n kho' kha(n
kha'c trong vie^.c la^.p mo^.t scholarship fund nhu+ the^' na`y. Cuo^'i cu`ng
anh ba?o anh se~ nghi~ the^m ve^` vie^.c na`y. Tu+` ddo' dde^'n ba^y gio+`
dda~ 4 tha'ng. Ba'c DHS na`y dda~ ve^` VN, ca'i vu. scholarship fund kia
kho^ng tha^'y dda? ddo^.ng gi` dde^'n nu+~a. 

To'm la.i bao gio+` cu~ng the^'. No'i bao gio+` cu~ng de^~ ho+n la`m. Nhu+ng
dda~ dde~o ca`y giu+~a ddu+o+`ng la` y nhu+ ra(`ng co' la('m ngu+o+`i pha'n.
Ma` thie^n ha. thi` tra(m ngu+o+`i mu+o+`i y'. Ba'c na`o no'i cu~ng hay va`
ho+.p ly' ca?. Nhu+ng ngo^`i nghe ca'c ba'c no'i he^'t thi` dde^'n he^'t 
vu. cu~ng cha(?ng dde~o ddu+o+.c ca'i ca`y na`o. Ma` co' dde~o ddu+o+.c
thi` cu~ng cha(?ng ra ca`y.

To^i thie^'t nghi~ no'i cu~ng ca^`n ma` la`m cu~ng ca^`n. Ba'c na`o la`m 
thi` cu+' la`m tho^i, tra^n tro.ng la('ng nghe y' kie^'n anh chi. em, 
nhu+ng ca'i gi` ma` mi`nh tha^'y ddu'ng thi` cu+' la`m, pha?i co' ba?n 
li~nh bo? ngoa`i tai nhu+~ng gi` mi`nh cho la` kho^ng ddu'ng. Co`n ba'c 
na`o no'i thi` cu+' no'i, nhu+ng mong ca'c ba'c co' tra'ch nhie^.m ho+n 
nu+~a vo+'i lo+`i no'i cu?a mi`nh. No'i thi` de^~, nhu+ng lo+`i no'i no+i
co^ng co^.ng co' tro.ng lu+o+.ng rie^ng cu?a no'. Mong ca'c ba'c nghi~ 
cho chi'n y' ro^`i ha~y no'i.

Tha^n, Ha?i.