WHAT MIKE SAW

Celebrating The Month Of Nopvember

Growing up in WALNUT, I was surrounded by all types of Asians and ORIENTALS.  I had a Chinese, Indian, and Paki within my group of skater friends alone.  Most of my high school classmates were Chinese and Korean.  If I were in more AP classes, they would all be Asian.  One of my dad’s best friends was Vietnamese and another from Indonesia. I was part of the Halo Halo club, which is a Filipino-American club run by students.  I had also danced in countless DEBUTS.  My favorite restaurants in the city were a Thai place and a Japanese place.  And maybe a Chinese place too if you count Panda Express.

But despite immersing myself into various Asian cultures, I never knew anyone with a Laotian background.  The only thing I knew about Laos was the Laotian family from KING OF THE HILL.  That was until NOP came into my life.  It was a couple years ago while hanging out at my friend CODY’S housewarming party.  Cody introduced me to him saying, “Dude!  You’ve got to meet this guy.  You two would get along so swell!”

Two years later, I’ve got  the equivalent of a doctorate on Laotian culture.  But I can attribute most of that to Nop’s best friend Vinh (also from VA).  Vinh tends to find obscure ARTICLES on the internet about Laos and forwards them to his friends.

Celebrating your birthday is a special time.  Since it comes only once a year, all the focus and attention is on you.  So what better way to celebrate your birth than than by dedicating the entire month to you.  Don’t mind if anyone else has a birthday in the same month.  They can just come along for the ride.  That’s what Nopvember is all about and so is the video below.

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http://www.vimeo.com/8461385

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