Who comes to mind if I ask you to name the most iconic human being to ever enter the public consciousness of martial arts? Hands down, Bruce Lee. It humbles me to know that Bruce was born in the Bay Area, one of the most extremely diverse places on the planet! He was raised in Hong Kong, but emigrated back to the United States as a short and skinny 18-year-old kid who declared himself to be within the realms of American legends John Wayne and James Dean. He is the kick butt redeemer for all the American stereotypes against Chinese people: meek house servants,…
Author: Milyene Huynh
Ever recorded yourself and posted it on YouTube?! What are the chances out of millions of videos that are uploaded each month that your video will become an instant viral video? Dig through the millions of videos uploaded monthly to the most popular video sharing website ever and you’re bound to come across the most subscribed YouTube channel of all time: Nigahiga’s Channel. Check out Ryan Higa’s YouTube story here featuring his mom saying Ryan is pretty quiet and reserved and started in the summer of 2004 with his VHS camcorder and few neighborhood friends. Ryan couldn’t drive at the time and had…
Charice Pempengco undoubtedly is a vocal powerhouse and a legend in the making. This young Filipino recording artist was dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the most talented girl in the world. Why? Simply because Charice is the only talented singer I’ve personally seen in my lifetime who has the voice to match Whitney’s emotion, power, and conviction in her music. Many singers dream of reaching the soaring notes behind Whitney Houston’s music, but only a few will be successful at it. Although Whitney Houston has recently passed this life, her music and her inspiration to singers all over the world will live on forever.…
Jeremy Lin has the brains, the skills, and the sense of humor to make everyone laugh. Check out this hilarious old blog post from 2004 of Jeremy Lin imitating NBA players with his headband: Thursday, May 06, 2004 ok, alex and i rule in doubles and we dominate everyone. we are playing in frosh soph tomorrow from 10-5 . I get to skip school! ok, so yesterday, i slept from 7 pm to 10 pm and by the time midnight came around, i had way too much energy, so i did something stupid…i played around with a headband i found…
They say it’s not polite to ask a woman her age, no matter how young she may look. Regardless of what your intent may be, an older woman will rarely share her real age. In light of that, a 43-year-old Japanese housewife and mother of two (the oldest being 20) has disregarded this notion to her own advantage. Meet Masako Mizutani, an internationally recognized Japanese fashion magazine model who looks like she’s 18! She’s become an idol to middle aged women all over the world. No, she never had plastic surgery. She became an instant celebrity in 2009 after a…
If you didn’t catch Jason Wu’s limited edition line for Target’s commercial in between this year’s Superbowl game, you missed out on being one of the 100 plus million viewers who got in one of the biggest fashion news so far this year! Super bowl Sunday was a big day for football fans, but  if you’re a fashion-minded shopper who loves discount couture – Sunday was defintiely a huge day for you!  At the crack of dawn Sunday morning, people were lining up “Black Friday” style in front of Target stores across the nation hoping to grab a piece of the causally cool and flirty dresses and accessory…
Glee is starting to bolster up focus on the singing abilities of Harry Shum Jr. who plays “Mike Chang” on the popular American musical comedy-drama television series. Harry is a multi-talented dancer, actor, and choreographer and is considered to be New Direction’s (The “Glee” club) best male dancer. It wasn’t until Season 3 that Mike Chang was upgraded to be a series regular. Glee started to focus on his life and giving him more room for character development and showcasing his talents outside of just dancing. Fox recently aired a tribute episode to the king of pop, Michael Jackson, who was a…
Keep your eyes on Kazuhiro Kokubo (Kazu), a 23 year-old Japanese pro snowboarder making a name for himself on and off the powder. It takes creativity, speed, and fearless balls to stand out in the current crowd of pro snowboarders and their jaw-dropping antics and powdery terrain nuances. Starting young (he began riding with his dad at the young age of 4) and being from Hokkaido, a norther Japanese island famous for it’s fresh supply of powder and ski resorts, Kokubo was fortunate to practice boarding in a  freerider’s paradise. In 2003, Kokubo was the youngest competitor and first Japanese rider to ever grace the U.S.…
Ever walk by a street musician that caught your attention?! Well, this guy definitely caught mines! This guy provided every party of his rendition of One Republic’s “Secrets” using his violin and looping pedal – astonishing the crowd around him. Hope this guy made some major tips because his talent totally deserves a standing ovation and much more!!! Check him out: Who is he? Have any idea?! Let us know in the comments below!
Tokyo, Japan undoubtedly serves as one of the fashion capitols of the world by notoriously setting fashion trends that gravitates and attracts the global audience. The ever evolving fashion consciousness plays an important influence in lifestyle trends that evidently dominate the lifestyles of many young Japanese people, particularly teenage girls of urban settings such as Tokyo. In a growing media culture praising the motto of “appearance is everything,” the light-skin look is valued more highly over dark-skinned individuals in Japanese culture. In experimentation with fashion trends, Japanese women are beginning to adopt this new lifestyle trend that has definitely…
If you happened to stick around after the Niner/Giants championship game a few days ago, you probably caught a glimpse of the new season of American Idol. The episode featured San Diego’s own Ashley Robles went into her first American Idol audition singing a song that she knew she had to kill it in order to make it to Hollywood. This mother of an adorable little girl once worked five jobs just to make ends meet. Now she has a chance to make her singing career come true on this season’s contest. Check out her powerful voice singing Whitney…
I bet that on December 31st, you confidently proclaimed that starting “tomorrow” (the new year): You will start spending more time with family, shed those pounds, study more, or drink  less. Whatever the resolution, you made it on the brink of a fresh new year. Looking at where you are today, how many of you have kept to your resolutions? Typically, new years resolutions have a lousy track record. To entertain the truth of what happens within the first few weeks following those resolutions, check out this cameo filled new short “Two Weeks Later: Resolution Fails” written and directed by…
Some of you might recognize Mike Song who appeared on America’s Best Dance Crew (Season 1) as one of the 6 dance group members who originated from Irvine, California to represent Kaba Modern. He was busy last year (2011) performing alongside ABDC’s worldly recognized winners Jabbawockeez in Las Vegas and just finished working as an Assistant Choreographer on the set for Step Up 4 in Miami. Check out this first part choreographed / last part free-styled (starting at 1:38) clip of Mike doing what he does best! Dubstep includes a variety of unexpected rhythms that deviate from the strict succession of beats in a meter, which makes…
Earlier this month, 6-foot-10 Chinese center/forward Yi Jianlian made his debut with the Dallas Mavericks and helped the reigning NBA champions with their first road victory of the season. The sell out crowd at the American Airlines Center went nuts every time he touched the ball! Regrettably, he actually made a foul in his season debut, but rebounded back (no pun intended) with scoring his first 29 points as a Maverick in that game. This will be his fourth NBA team, having played for the Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and Washington Wizards in the past. In his first NBA…
Mike Chun, better known as VERSEATILE, is a Korean American rapper, singer, songwriter, and funny man that has shared the honor of be amongst the 50 finalists across the U.S. for Missy Elliot’s Road to Stardom television show on UPN back in 2003. Fast forward to last year, he was one of the 10 finalists from L.A. to compete in a Korean reality show, Superstar K by MNET. Most recently, Chun is starting off 2012 by doing things bigger and better! Earlier this week, he dropped “by far proudest video†he’s been involved in: “Dreamchaserâ€. A…