By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly After serving over 4,000 patients and providing just over $3.7 million in dental, vision, and medical care in 2017, the Seattle/King County Clinic hosted at the Seattle Center aimed to continue serving the most vulnerable and underserved communities from Sept. 20 – 23. The Clinic, now in its fourth […]
Double Ten Day
Taiwan will celebrate its 107th National Day on Oct. 10. Double Ten Day, as its known, commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of Oct. 10, 1911 (10-10 or double ten). The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Seattle in conjunction with Philharmonia Northwest will launch a Taiwanese music performance: “Ilha Formosa (Music of […]
Our Taiwan pre-wedding photoshoot adventure
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Tracy and I had always been jealous of our friends’ pre-wedding photos taken in Taiwan, Vietnam, or China. Asian countries have entire streets dedicated to just photography studios and cost about a quarter of what photo studios here charge. We came up with multiple reasons to visit Taiwan again […]
Local photographer aims to build life’s mementos for his customers
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly One photo that Alex Shiu took on a Florida cruise landed him in Turks and Caicos for another wedding photo shoot. Shiu — who has been working in photography for 18 years — has traveled to exotic places like Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, and Japan to capture couples and families […]
Cherry Chau brings out brides’ inner beauty
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From serving customers in the air as a flight attendant in Hong Kong, to staring at a computer screen all day as a graphic designer in Seattle, Cherry Chau decided she needed a new career that she would be passionate about: helping people look beautiful. Because she missed working […]
Top 7 wedding surprises
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Surprise! I’m married! I know most readers are still in shock. Actually I have been married for over a month now. There were a number of surprises during our wedding planning. Here are my top 7 wedding surprises: 1. Ceremony, reception, reception, oh my! Tracy and I used two […]
LETTER: Keiro NW board expresses full confidence
Dear Editor, As the Board of Directors, serving as volunteers and members of the Asian Pacific Islander community, we are proud to be associated with and representing Keiro Northwest (KNW). Publically, we want the record to show that we support Bridgette Takeuchi, CEO, and her amazing team at Keiro Northwest 100 percent. These hard working […]
BLOG: The dos and don’ts for a fun wedding
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY After the recent wedding of my son, John, I now declare myself a “wedding expert,” sort of. I have learned a few things and earned some laughs that we could have done better. So here are some tips if you are planning a wedding. Don’ts 1. Decorations or none […]
EDITORIAL: Trump roadblock to green card
Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an upcoming proposed policy that threatens to deny green cards or permanent legal residency to immigrants who use public benefits, such as housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — commonly known as “food stamps” — and many more. According to […]
Advocates to immigrants: Don’t panic — Proposed new rules could hurt immigrant families
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “This is going to be a disaster for all.” King County Public Health Director Patty Hayes calls a proposal, from the Trump administration to tighten the existing rules for legal immigrants who use medical or food assistance, “inhumane.” Hayes spoke at a Sept. 25 news conference in a packed […]