Gaginang Conference 2011 in Oakland, CA, USA

Check out an awesome event for anyone interested in Teochew-ness: Gaginang's biennial conference, and not just because I co-founded this organization (and am a current staff member), but because its really an awesome event where you get to meet other Teochew nang who are into their Teochew-ness. And to anyone who doesn't happen to live in California: imagine 100+ young Teochews happily learning, talking, and thoroughly enjoying their Teochew heritage. Make the journey - how many conferences do you know like this? eh???? What do you say? "Uabe jing AWESOME" is what I say! Cool speakers, awesome workshops, fun games, and more stuff I don't even know.. =)

Learn more and register OFFICIAL 2011 CONFERENCE

• August 13-14, 2011 (Saturday 9am - 9pm and Sunday 9am - 3pm)
• Oakland, CA, USA
• Register early to get a discounted registration price (c'mon, if you're Teochew you want to save some money, Let's be real!)

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Just in case you thought that this blog would only be about other people's stuff, I thought I would share something that I created for Gaginang. It's a Google Map of Teochew owned businesses, Teochew Associations, and other important Teochew community places - all over the world! Most of the information there is about places in the US, but you can help change that. The one place which would get a bit crowded is in Diosua: We'd have to list every business! So all you have to do is log into your google account then you can go to "collaborate" and start editing. Try to include more information than just the name and location. As with any wiki-type tools, the map is freely editable by anyone, but can also get messed up by spammers, so please help maintain the map as well.

Jọisiạ!