By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I met the parents of former governor Gary Locke, the late Jimmy and Julie, when he was a Washington State Representative. Julie died peacefully last week at her home. She was 90. Most community members remember Jimmy more because he’s sociable and often cooked for Locke’s campaigns. Few realize […]
BLOG: #WhatAssuntaAte — Searching for good eats during travel
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Do you live to eat or eat to live? My aunt often grumbles when she eats a bad meal at a restaurant. My husband laughs at me and says I am getting more and more like my aunt. I don’t get annoyed with tasteless food. But I recognize incompetent […]
BLOG: Travel inspires you to be wise
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Running a media operation is stressful. To recharge myself, I took a trip recently to California and Mexico. It’s not just all the good food to eat and wonderful places to see, I learn something new in every journey. Travel is a test of wisdom and resourcefulness. You have […]
A white CEO’s leadership role in diversity — Ken Colling’s examples to emulate
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A CEO has immense power to create change. But few have a good track record on diversity, especially white men. Tabor 100, a group of Black leaders, recognized former Goodwill CEO Ken Colling at the Rainier Club last year. He is special among hundreds of white CEOs because […]
BLOG: How to manage a Trump press conference
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY President Donald Trump declared the media as “enemy of the American people” after his first press conference last week. Honestly, I felt sorry for the media, being a part of it myself. Trump was like King Kong, with mighty power and size, but its brain was minutely smaller compared […]
BLOG: Six lessons learned from my mother’s Alzheimer’s
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Can you fight the dreadful Alzheimer’s disease? My mind has been wrestling with that question lately. If you have someone in your family who has Alzheimer’s like I do, please take note: Alzheimer’s is hereditary. You are more likely to develop the disease if you have a parent, sibling, […]
BLOG: What makes Hong Kong food so satisfying?
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I grew up in Hong Kong and was fed with yummy food often. This kid was rich, you’d think. If my family was rich, we wouldn’t have had to move seven times before I graduated from high school. My mother always looked for an apartment with cheaper rent. She […]
Asian Weekly, 35 going on 36, and still publishing
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On Jan. 20, the day of the Presidential Inauguration, was also the Northwest Asian Weekly’s 35th birthday. “Wow! How did you do it?” People ask me that question a lot. How did an independent pan-Asian weekly survive that long? Sacrifices, miracles, dedication, and extreme resilience are the key. The […]
Is there anything good out of Trump’s presidency?
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY If you assumed like me that Hillary Clinton would win, and voted for her last November, we were so wrong and blind. Like me, you put too much faith in the polls and the mainstream media. Last February, I wrote about “President Trump, No No No!” Now, I have […]
BLOG: Fighting bad luck? — Lunar New Year tips
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly China has 5,000 years of history. That doesn’t mean the Chinese culture is flawless. Being a Chinese immigrant, I grew up with cultural practices that induced fear, self-doubt, disgust, and worry if I did or didn’t do certain things, especially during Lunar New Year (LNY). My culture is supposed […]
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