Reunited with Twee White

Reunited with Twee White

I did not personally know Tuyet (Twee White)  when she was in PFAC Palawan but I remember her as an unaccompanied minor who couldn't get into HTC-PFAC School because she did not meet the age requirement of the school (which was 3 years old to 14.)   Tuyet arrived in the camp when she was barely 15 and immigrated to the United States when she was 19.  In the US she went to the University of California Berkley and earned a degree in Computer Programming. She met her spouse in the same university, got married, and moved to New Jersey.

One day Twee was trying to explain to her spouse and children where she came from and about PFAC Palawan but she couldn't make sense of what she was telling them due to lack of information so she googled (for information) hoping to find some kind of Wikipedia page or something and found the PFAC Palawan Blog instead.  She couldn't stop reading our postings.  She followed one of the links on the blog and found PFAC Palawan Facebook.  

She contacted me and re-introduced herself to me as a child who used to peek through my classroom in PFAC wanting to get into my class but never had the chance to tell me.

Well, here we are after 25 long years, reunited in Guelph, Canada on July 26, 2016. 

Please click on this link to read more about Twee White.
http://pfacasylum.blogspot.com/2010/09/open-letter-from-tuyet.html

An Open Letter from Tuyet

I read through your entire blog. You brought back so many memories. I was in tears, due to both happiness and sadness while reading your blog entries. Unfortunately I was never one of your students, but I remember you as Teacher Andrew. You were so tall and skinny, always happy. I used to peek through the class window while you were teaching and wished I were in your class. I was in Palawan from 1988-1991. I was 15 when I got to the camp, as an unaccompanied minor.

I can't believe you keep in touch with so many people and remember their names so well! I am so sad to have lost contact and forgotten the names of so many friends there. I am not sure why I even write this to you...I guess I am just so grateful that you have this blog. I was googling for "Vietnamese Refugee Camp in Palawan", thinking I would get a Wiki page to send it to my friend, who is interested in knowing which refugee camp I stayed at. Sadly I couldn't find any "official" site describing the history of the refugee camp in Palawan. But I found your blog among with some others. I spent the last 4 hours reading your blog.

Anyhow, thank you for touching so many lives. It seems you were/are so loved, and I can't help but loving you for that :-). Take care and please post more! I will be checking back!

Tuyet

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