As all good stories start, I was at a friend’s house drinking around the table with good company. As we started to get a good buzz, one of the girls at the table kept talking about this person who kept making her mad at work. She worked for a watch company and a lot of her external contacts were from China. This guy, who I am assuming adopted an American first name, was Dicky Wang. As the night went on, she kept saying “Damn you Dicky Wang!!!!” It became the catch phrase of the evening and for some strange reason it stuck with me. I remember saying to my friends, “I am going to start a clothing line and I am going to be Dicky Wang!” Low and behold, here we are about 3 years later and I am still THAT guy!! It’s funny because a friend of a friend gave one of my “Ethnology” tees (first brand I started) to Wilmer Valderama when MTV’s Yo Mamma was popular, and he thought Dicky Wang was such a cool name to brand! (Just so you know Wilmer wore my shirt during a UFC event!!!) My personality is so wacky and fun, I thought the name fit me perfectly. I am half Thai and half caucasian, so the Dicky is for the good ‘ole boy in me and Wang for the Asian side. Most people think my name has sexual conotations to it, but it was not thought up that way. As long as you remember the name, you can think it means whatever you like! So there you have it, a little piece of my history and until next time I AM DICKY WANG!
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