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BLOG: Can fundraising be fun-raising?

BLOG: Can fundraising be fun-raising?

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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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 21 | 5/18-5/240 Comments

BLOG: Jay, you should  change your jokes

BLOG: Jay, you should change your jokes

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.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments

BLOG: The real and the fake Din Tai Fung

BLOG: The real and the fake Din Tai Fung

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, [...]

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments

BLOG: My Wednesday adventures

BLOG: My Wednesday adventures

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 [...]

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 20 | 5/11-5/170 Comments

BLOG: Saying goodbye to an old friend

BLOG: Saying goodbye to an old friend

By Assunta Ng How do you say goodbye to a friend who is dying? You don’t. Or, at least, I don’t.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 19 | 5/4-5/100 Comments

BLOG: “I love you”

BLOG: “I love you”

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.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments

BLOG: The Lockes come home

BLOG: The Lockes come home

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.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments

BLOG: A dinner for Chinese media

BLOG: A dinner for Chinese media

By Assunta Ng What does Washington state mean to Chinese people?

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments

BLOG: Who will be the next Port Commissioner?

BLOG: Who will be the next Port Commissioner?

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?

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 17 | 4/20-4/260 Comments

BLOG: A dinner to remember

BLOG: A dinner to remember

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?  

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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?

BLOG: Should the Asian community support only its own candidates and not white ones?

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 [...]

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 16 | 4/13-4/191 Comment

Behind the scenes at the Owen celebration

Behind the scenes at the Owen celebration

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.” …

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 15 | 4/6-4/120 Comments

BLOG: Mistaken identities

BLOG: Mistaken identities

By Assunta Ng McDermott and McDermott Why did Congressman Jim McDermott, 76, of the 7th District, and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott,

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 14 | 3/30-4/50 Comments

BLOG: Publisher Ng’s favorite foods at Vegfest 2013

BLOG: Publisher Ng’s favorite foods at Vegfest 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 [...]

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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?

BLOG: What can the reality show contestants learn from each other?

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.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 13 | 3/23-3/291 Comment

BLOG: Hara’s mom is 98 and doing well

BLOG: Hara’s mom is 98 and doing well

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.

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Posted in Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 32 No 13 | 3/23-3/290 Comments

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