Doo Jen Ng

On June 10, 2022, Doo Jen Ng passed away at Swedish Hospital due to an unexpected cardiovascular event. His family was present during his last moments ensuring he did not leave this world alone. His legacy is survived by his wife, three children, and a granddaughter. He has a supportive network of family and friends across America and China.

Doo was born on August 8, 1953, in the small village of Sijiu in Taishan, Guangdong, China. This was a turbulent time in China’s history of poverty and famine. Shortly after his birth, his parents left the village to seek better opportunities in Hong Kong. He was raised as a single child by his grandparents in a rural fashion. He enjoyed his childhood and adolescents by swimming in rivers, fishing, catching wildlife, overseeing draft animals, and playing volleyball with his cousins and friends. He grew up not having owned much material goods or even having a full day’s meal at times. Despite growing up in a minimalist lifestyle the value of village life would remain instilled in him. His parents later left Hong Kong by immigrating to the United States in 1972. This opened a window of opportunity for him to leave the village life and join his family in 1979.

He arrived in Seattle and was reunited with his parents and his four younger siblings: Johnny, Jackson, Jan, and Linda. He arrived with just his suitcase and a $100.00 bill in his wallet. He spoke and read zero English and immediately went to work in typical immigrant custom, as a cook in a Chinese restaurant. As a restaurant cook, he befriended many Chinatown locals of various characters over the years.

He met and married his wife, Xue, in 1981 and had their first daughter, Tiffany in 1984. They had a second child in 1986, a son whom they named Robert. Through years of hard work and saving, he bought his family their first home in 1989 on Beacon Hill. Whenever he was not working, he would take his children to places of enjoyment. This included numerous trips to the zoo and aquarium, Seattle Center, Ballard locks, and the old Midway drive-in. He particularly enjoyed taking his family to Vancouver, BC to enjoy the exotic fruits and delicacies unavailable to the US at the time. One fond hobby of his was raising animals in the backyard of his home. He would routinely take his children to the Enumclaw Sales Pavilion to partake in farm auctions. His backyard would be filled with various breeds of free-roaming chickens, ducks, geese, and other small farm animals.

Since Doo immigrated to America, he was always seeking opportunities to obtain success. Despite the lack of proper education, he knew that working menial jobs would not provide financial stability for his family. By the late 1990s after toiling for years in back-breaking labor he utilized his savings and usage of bank loans to purchase a second property as a rental. In 2000 he and his wife had their third child, Lorena. Over the next decade, he and his wife would eventually purchase multiple rental homes in the Seattle area. He was keen on searching for investment opportunities.

His mentality was that success was key to living a comfortable life and providing a foundation for his children to build upon. He did not want his children to experience the hardships he faced growing up. He grew up in poverty and had nothing except memories of life in the village. He retired at the age of 62 and enjoyed his life with daily dim sum and casinos with his friends, he was an avid player of baccarat. He was also a seafood connoisseur and would often enjoy fresh lobster, shrimp, and crab on a regular basis. He also particularly loved quality cuts of steak such as prime ribeye. Having a gathering with family and friends with good food meant much to him. Despite retiring he was still constantly analyzing the real estate market and would not hesitate to make an offer on a potential investment. In his 60s he began to travel more with his family and especially loved visiting family and friends in California, Chicago, and New York but particularly loved visiting his old village in Taishan - which he always called home. His last visit to Taishan was in 2019. During the pandemic, he kept saying he will visit home when he could safely travel again.

Doo Jen Ng lived life as he intended. His saying was “Life is about enjoyment; we will all die one day so might as well as enjoy everything and as much of it before we go. You cannot bring your fortune to the grave.” He truly lived up to what he meant. He had obtained everything he wanted in his 68 years on earth. He put all three of his children through the University of Washington. Assisted his children with their first homes, and provided much more that cannot be said. His Granddaughter Camille only shared a short period of time with him but she will know of his sacrifices and achievements as she grows older. As his family, we will strive to live up to his legacy and provide for the future the generations to come. His spirit lives on in the Ng household and is imparted to all of us.

伍子正先生很不幸的在2022年6月10号离开了我们。他的家人都在他的身边陪伴他走过了人生最后的时光，他留下了他的妻子，三个孩子以及一个外孙女。

子正出生于1953年8月8号在广东省台山四九下坪长隆厂。他的成长历史可谓跌宕起伏又传奇一生。出生在乡下的他经历了贫穷与饥荒，他的父母在生下他不久后便移居香港寻求更好的生活，留下他与爷爷奶奶一起生活，他成了留守儿童。子正度过了很开心的童年生活，他去家附近的河里游泳，与伙伴们一起钓鱼，与小动物玩耍，他还非常喜欢与家人朋友们一起打排球。他的童年青年时期在乡下过着简单又幸福的日子，直到1979年他的爸爸妈妈申请他来美国一起生活。

子正之后来到了西雅图与父母兄弟姐妹团聚。他初来美国时身上只带了100港币，不会说英文他直接被安排到去唐人街餐厅的后厨工作。

子正在1981年与雪婵结婚，1984年他们迎来了他们的第一个孩子，女儿Tiffany，然后在1986年他们又迎来了他们的第二个孩子，儿子Robert。经过多年的努力工作，他们在1989年买了人生中的第一个房子，在Beacon Hill。空闲的时候，他会带着孩子们去公园，水族馆，西雅图的许多名胜古迹。他很喜欢与家人们一起去加拿大温哥华，那里有他喜欢的进口热带水果，食物。子正的其中一个爱好是在自家后院养家禽，他很喜欢带自己的孩子去动物市场的拍卖会。他的后院有很多动物：鸡，鸭，鹅，还有去拍卖会带回来的小动物。

子正一直都在追寻他的美国梦，找寻成功的机会。他虽然没读过很多书，但是他知道做打工仔不能给家庭带来富裕的支持。在90年代末的时候，他终于用他多年劳动积攒来的钱，凑足了首付，买了他的第二个房子也是他们当时投资房子用来出租。2000年，他们迎来了第三个孩子，女儿Lorena。2000年后他和他的妻子在房地产领域做了小小投资。

子正所谓的成功是想过着舒适的生活，让家人们也过上舒适的生活。他不希望他的孩子们经历他所经历的。他的乡下生活快乐但也过的穷苦。

子正在他62岁的那一年正式退休，之后他便享受着他所谓的快乐生活，他最喜欢的就是与朋友们吃早茶与去赌场。他最爱的游戏是百家乐，他同时也非常喜欢美食，他最爱的海鲜，龙虾，游水虾，螃蟹也是他餐桌的常客。他也很钟爱优质的肋眼牛排，与家人们在一起享受美食也是他最开心的事情。虽然他退休了，但是他还是非常积极的在地产生意中忙碌。 他也在退休后有了很多的时间去探亲身处他乡的家人与朋友，加州，芝加哥，纽约，当然他最喜欢去的地方还是他生长的地方-台山，他还是会亲切的称呼那为他的家。最后一次回去台山是2019年的清明，在新冠期间，他最常常说的就是等疫情好了我想去台山。

子正的人生名言是：”人生如果有物质条件，就是用来享受的，我们都有离开这个世界的那一天，在我们离开之前一定要享受这一切，因为我们什么也带不走。” 他的确活的像他的人生名言。在这说长不长说短不短的68年里，他做了所有他想做的事情。他赡养了他的家人，支持了孩子们读大学，资助孩子们买了房子，还有更多不能用语言表达的。他的第一个外孙女与他有短暂回忆，给他的生活带来了许多快乐；等她长大后我们会让她知道外公的牺牲奉献与成就。 做为他的家人，我们会延续他的精神，并且一直传承下去。