S15: Mah-Jing Wong

[yeswedo]

28, from Philadelphia, PA

[Monty]

I was wondering about his background, so I went to his website.

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While in his senior year in college Mah-Jing begin interning for one of top fashion designers "Zac Posen".

That's interesting!

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Haha, do you mean that's "interesting"?

Since I know people will ask about his name, I found the answer:

The Unusual Story Behind His Name

An interesting thing about me is that Mah-Jing Wong is my real name. My grandfather is Chinese and that is why my name so unusual a for black man. I feel that my name is good attention grabber, which is why I choose to stick with it as my brand name.

[mansonlamps]

I wanted to like him until he grabbed the flowers out of that other designer's hands.  I hate rudeness and entitlement and he showed both with that move.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

That really rubbed me the wrong way too. If you didn't get to them first, you shouldn't be rude (bordering on violent) and try taking them out of someone else's hands. That definitely crossed the line in my book. 

[swankie]

Oops!  Didn't know this thread already existed.  Anyway, when I first saw Mah-Jing, I thought he was Lil Mo's ex-husband Phillip Bryant.  Lol!

Edited September 30, 2016 by swankie

[Jobiska]

A weather team for a local Philly news program had all the meteorologists touting how they predicted the weather in various spots, e.g. the Jersey Shore, in the city, etc., and then said something about giving the weather in the most important neighborhood, with 3 "regular citizens" then happily proclaiming "Mine!" "Mine!" Mine!"

The first "Mine"-er was Mah-Jing!  (I rewound to check, and it gave his name below!)  He was not crying, heh.