By Assunta Ng How do you measure the success of an organization’s fundraising event? By the amount of money it raises? By the number of attendees or the quality of the program?
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BLOG: Can fundraising be fun-raising?
Posted on 16 May 2013.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 21 | 5/18-5/240 Comments
BLOG: Jay, you should change your jokes
Posted on 09 May 2013.
By Assunta Ng Gov. Jay Inslee attended a Cinco de Mayo reception last Friday at the Columbia Tower Club, and he opened his speech with a joke. Everyone laughed.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments
BLOG: The real and the fake Din Tai Fung
Posted on 09 May 2013.
By Assunta Ng There’s a fake Din Tai Fung? According to Din Tai Fung owner David Wasielewski, a Taiwanese immigrant, Toronto’s Ding Tai Fung is not a part of the Taiwanese chain, although the restaurant’s name has the same Chinese characters. The only difference is the English translation — the “fake” one is spelled Ding, [...]
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments
BLOG: My Wednesday adventures
Posted on 09 May 2013.
By Assunta Ng Albert Shen or May Day? For decades, every Wednesday night has been thrilling, agonizing, exhausting, and — sometimes — even hysterical and nightmarish. But if you check my calendar, you would be surprised — very few events are ever listed on Wednesdays. On Wednesdays, I have a date with my newspapers, and [...]
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments
BLOG: Saying goodbye to an old friend
Posted on 02 May 2013.
By Assunta Ng How do you say goodbye to a friend who is dying? You don’t. Or, at least, I don’t.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 19 | 5/4-5/100 Comments
BLOG: “I love you”
Posted on 25 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng Outsiders knew the late Cheryl Chow as intense, tough, and intimidating. One former student, now a successful entrepreneur, told me that he was scared of her when she was a principal with the Seattle Public Schools.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments
BLOG: The Lockes come home
Posted on 25 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his wife Mona returned to Seattle last weekend for the memorials of Cheryl Chow and Blair Butterworth. Chow’s was on April 20 and Butterworth’s was the following day — coincidentally at the same place, Town Hall.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments
BLOG: A dinner for Chinese media
Posted on 25 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng What does Washington state mean to Chinese people?
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments
BLOG: Who will be the next Port Commissioner?
Posted on 18 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng Will the next Port Commissioner be a male or female? Maybe a person of color? A labor advocate or community college trustee? Will it be someone from Seattle? Auburn?
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 17 | 4/20-4/260 Comments
BLOG: A dinner to remember
Posted on 18 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng What’s the most appropriate gift for a Japan expert’s retirement party? Sixty haikus and to let him pick your pocket?
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 17 | 4/20-4/261 Comment
BLOG: Should the Asian community support only its own candidates and not white ones?
Posted on 12 April 2013.
By Assunta Ng Earlier this year, several Asian Americans stood with Rod Dembowski instead of Rep. Cindy Ryu, a Korean American, in a contested King County Council race. Dembowski, who is white and won by a council vote of five to eight, is now a council member, finishing the remainder of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s [...]
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 16 | 4/13-4/191 Comment
Behind the scenes at the Owen celebration
Posted on 05 April 2013.
Many in the audience at the NW Asian Weekly’s event knew that Owen could play the saxophone well, but no one knew that he had been secretly practicing a Chinese song for the occasion. After the saxophone performance, he sang a rendition of Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart.” …
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 15 | 4/6-4/120 Comments
BLOG: Mistaken identities
Posted on 29 March 2013.
By Assunta Ng McDermott and McDermott Why did Congressman Jim McDermott, 76, of the 7th District, and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott,
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 14 | 3/30-4/50 Comments
BLOG: Publisher Ng’s favorite foods at Vegfest 2013
Posted on 29 March 2013.
By Assunta Ng Zero calories, no fat, no sugar, low sodium, all natural, and meatless are the key words in many of the food labels at Veggie Fest, which took place last Sunday, March 24 at the Seattle Center. I munched and munched so much at the fest that I must have sampled at least [...]
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 14 | 3/30-4/50 Comments
BLOG: What can the reality show contestants learn from each other?
Posted on 22 March 2013.
By Assunta Ng Seattle has been on the map recently. Local Filipino girl Catherine Giudici, who attended Roosevelt High School, won ABC’s reality show “The Bachelor” and is planning to wed Sean Lowe.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 13 | 3/23-3/291 Comment
BLOG: Hara’s mom is 98 and doing well
Posted on 22 March 2013.
By Assunta Ng Former Seattleite Shuko Hara, mother of King County Assessor Lloyd Hara, is 98 and now living in Delaware to be close to her daughter.
Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 13 | 3/23-3/290 Comments
