A picture is like a poem without words..

I was experimenting to elaborate some of my favorite quotes into some pictures from my recent trip and I was... HOOKED.

I've never been this excited AND inspired looking at my own pictures. Guess I'm gonna go to make a bunch more... teehee!

















For all pictures...
Location: Karimun Jawa islands, Indonesia. 2010.
Camera: Canon DSLR 1000D
Quote source: various mentioned author and unknown author.

So a few days ago I finally hit the quarter milestone of my life.. Yes I'm 25, baby!
I mean, all that soul-searching, quarter life crisis issues aside, I'm actually deeply grateful to God just to acknowledge this mundane fact that I'm still breathing and healthy.

"Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year:  The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again."  ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson

So naturally I was thrilled to have my best girls gathering for a superb birthday dinner. We pick a German restaurant "Die Stube" which has this extensive choice of meat and beer. Puhrrrfect!













the dessert.. apple strudel with vanilla ice cream! ♥


and thanks to Twitter, updating your status has become a constant routine in apparently ANY ocassion.






and kids, smoking is still bad for your health!




even at 25, opening the presents are still as exciting as when I was 5 lol!


Thanks for showing up, ladies!


A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. And I'm looking forward to enjoy the trip this year.

Bon Voyage!

When in need of a good comical laugh I turn to Ryan Higa's channel on Youtube, and so far never fails to make my day :)
Seriously, this guy knows how to crack jokes, its epic.

Watch him sing 'Like a Good Boy", a song parody of Far East Movement's 'Like a G6'
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okc1-yow-Uc

By the by, the original song 'Like a G6'  is such an ear candy. Congratulations to Far East Movement, I heard today they hit the #1 spot on iTunes! *poppin bottles in the ice..*
It's about time!

Here's 12 on Twitter..



and another 27 on Facebook..



Okay now you have identified your type, try not to feel so miserable lol!

Stay cool, people!

I have a story that starts from before the days of when the Internet was starting to become a "necessity" of life. Let's start by condensing my very long life story into a couple sentences. I was forced into playing violin and piano, discovered songwriting/producing at the age of 16, got signed to Warner Chappell Music, then my life made an interesting turn after I posted a video on YouTube.

YouTube (A Love Song) was a song of mine that got featured on the homepage of YouTube back in 2006. From that, the requests for live performances, more videos, and album requests poured in. This is not something I signed up for. I've always wanted to become a songwriter producer working behind the scenes because I was a shy guy who loved writing songs and producing. YouTube definitely changed that for me.

Now this blog post isn't going to be about me, but Asians and YouTube.

To start this off, I think most people in the entertainment industry still believe YouTube to be some sort of child's play. A joke. People who are creating videos on YouTube are all amateurs with horrible content who should get real jobs. I've heard it all, but I'm here to say otherwise.

The reality is, these creators on YouTube are getting far more views and developing enormous fan bases than most "legit" production companies out there. Their websites are easily getting thousands of hits a day and can get their messages across in ways that were impossible before. I credit the successes of YouTube's content creators to their ability to put the "human" back into the creative process. Some companies have realized this growing market and have capitalized on it in big ways. They are smart. They are progressive. They are not dinosaurs thinkers.

Growing up, I never had any Asians to look up to. Most Asians in America can relate to this. We only had Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan representing what we were about. There were no musicians or actors in mainstream media. Everything is different now. The Asian kids growing up now have a place where they can find people that look just like them doing non-Asian things. I don't have to list those non-Asian things.

Look at Wong Fu Productions, Ryan Higa, Kevjumba, Michelle Phan, and many other Asians making waves using the web as their platform. TV didn't give us a voice, but YouTube did. This website changed the world. I believe the biggest push thus far for the Asian Movement has been through YouTube. There are many Asian Americans who have paved the way for the movement before YouTube and much respect goes out to them as well.

To see Ryan Higa, who is Asian, as the #1 most subscribed person is a huge deal. Put aside the content and just think about that. Since writing this, he has over 2.6 MILLION subscribers and over HALF A BILLION video views. That is something to be proud of as a fellow Asian. The subscribers are real people who clicked on the subscribe button. Wow.

KevJumba crossing over to mainstream TV with The Amazing Race, Wong Fu Productions with consistent sold out concerts and a massive fan base, Michelle Phan being Lancome's first video artist EVER - and YouTube is a joke? I think they deserve some credit for how it has helped the Asian movement.

The Asian Movement = Respect.

In a time when TV is losing viewers and YouTube is on the rise, how great are the times we live in as an Asian American. A platform to share, inspire, and to be yourself is there to use for free. It is there for everyone. Support each other and become a part of the wave.

David Choi is a singer/songwriter/producer from Fullerton, California. He creates videos on YouTube and loves Chick Fil A.

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Allow me to add to that power list AnD's artist Arden Cho and Grace Su aka Peachies :)