The Man Behind the Mustache

Okay. Recently a lot of attention have been around this guy lately.



Meet Muhammad Azwan Mohd Nor aka Wak Doyok.
I have no idea why he uses the name Wak Doyok as his noms de guerre. You have have to ask him that. But there's something about him that makes me want to get to know him more. Yeah. I know that he's the co-founder of an online store called the Garment. Okay, the name of the store sounds vague. It only tells you that they sell clothes (duh!) but it makes me want to check it out and makes me wonder about stuff like what do they sell, is it available for girls, do they have attractive price range, do they have a membership program or something.

My sources (yeah, right) tell me that this 33-year-old fashion designer and entrepreneur is actually an engineering graduate from Germany (I like). He's been interested in fashion ever a boutique called Ben Sherman opened in Malaysia.

Personally, I think this guy is a freaking socialite. I mean, look at his Instagram profile! There are hundreds of photos of him in different events. There are photos of him everywhere! Makes me think, who the hell help him take his selfies. I need that person to help me take selfies (despite me not being a selfie taker). I wanna look good in photos too.

Anyway, jokes aside. I really want to get to know this guy. His rise to fame (?) is so sudden (or chambering life totally sucked my social life dry) that I find him enigmatic. I don't really just want to know Wak Doyok. I want to know the man behind Wak Doyok. The man behind the mustache. I want to get to know him as in personally. I don't want to know about how he came about being in the fashion industry. I can basically read it up on the net. I want to know what makes him choose fashion despite being an engineering grad. I want to know what drives him and what people around him said when he first started out. I want to get to know Muhammad Azwan bin Mohd Nor. And, I bet you guys want to get to know him too.

PS #1: He looks quite cute in that mustache and beard of his. It makes me want to speak English in a British accent and dress up like a 19th century British lady.

PS #2: I don't have a crush on him, okay. I still have Linsanity bug in me.

PS #3: Wang Lee Hom is married T-T Congrats, man!

PS #4: DO you think he can give me some fashion tips?

[Spotlight] Lindsey Stirling

Meet Lindsey Stirling everybody!




Or Hip Hop Violinist as they call her on America's Got Talent!!!!

I'm so excited for this Spotlight entry now. Why? Because this is the first spotlight entry ever that features a girl I realized that I've always write spotlights on dudes. Not that I don't like it, it's just I feel that it's about time I feature a girl

Well, on to Lindsey then.

She is a violinist, composer, performance artist, dancer and musician from Utah. She was born in Orange County, California but stayed in Utah. She was first interested in classical music records played by her father when she was 5 years old. Due to that, she requested the opportunity to learn and play the violin.

She was classically trained through private lessons for 16 years. She joined a rock band called Stomp on Melvin with four friends. As part of her experience with Stomp on Melvin, she wrote a solo violin song. Her performance helped her to win both title of Arizona's Jr. Miss in 2005 and the talent category of the National Jr. Miss Pageant.

Shortly after her performance in America's Got in 2010 (which she was a quarter finalist), cinematographer Devin Graham contacted her through Facebook to make a music video together. She replied a few months later and they scheduled to shoot her first music video for her song, Spontaneous Me. The video gave a major boost to Lindsey's popularity and she began to make music videos for her Youtube channel. Both Lindsey and Devin began dating after the release of her second music video, Transcendence. They've been together ever since and frequently collaborated with each other in making Youtube videos.

She always experimented in combining violin with hip-hop, dubstep and shuffling. She also has collaborated with other Youtubers such as Peter Hollens, Megan Nicole, Eppic, Jake Bruene and Frank Sacramone.

If you guys are into classical music with a modern twist, Lindsey Stirling is for you. And, if you like cute quirky girls doing what they do best, then she is definitely for you as well. I was interested in her when she collaborated with Megan Nicole to cover Starships by Nicki Minaj and I was hooked on her ever since. I just couldn't get enough of her talent and quirkiness (and the hair). She's not like those boring type of classical musicians who would just stand or sit down while playing their instruments. She actually dances and experiments in different genres to keep people entertained.

Here are some of her videos:



Spontaneous Me



Electric Daisy Violin



Dubstep Violin - Crystallize



River Flows in You by Yiruma



Transcedence

More Lindsey:
Lindsey's Youtube
Lindsey's Official Website
Lindsey's Facebook
Lindsey's Twitter

Credits:
Lindsey Stirling on Wikipedia
Lindsey Stirling on Last FM

[Spotlight] Jeremy Lin

There has been a lot attention towards this one basketball player by the name of Jeremy Lin.



This 24-year-old New York Knicks player was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in San Francisco Bay Area in the city of Palo Alto. After receiving no athletic scholarship out of high school and being undrafted out of college, he received a partially guaranteed deal with Golden State Warriors. Jeremy Lin joined the New York Knicks in the early 2011-12 season.

Jeremy Lin is now recognized worldwide since his debut in New York Knicks.



People have always known him as a basketballer. But, here are some "footages" on what he does when he's not playing basketball.

:: evil grin ::



With KevJumba



With Nigahiga



With Nigahiga on "How to Get into Harvard"



Jeremy Lin in action

So there you have it, kids: Jeremy Lin.

I've caught the case of Linsanity hence the post :p

Credits to: USA Today: Five Things You Don't Know About Jeremy Lin and Jeremy Lin - Wikipedia

More Jeremy Lin:
Jeremy Lin's Official Website
Jeremy Lin on Facebook
Jeremy Lin's Youtube Channel
Jeremy Lin on Twitter

PS: I think he's pretty cute ;)

[Spotlight] George Watsky

Oh hai
It's that guy
Built so fly in a silk bow tie
Don't know why
He built so fly
But he is no lie
Oh my

Witness this video that went viral:





How did he do that? Practice or just plain natural?

George Watsky is a poet and rapper from San Francisco, California. This guy who now base himself in Los Angeles was featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. He was the 2006 Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, 2006 Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion, and performed in a record six consecutive Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals. The last three of those audiences, all topping out at over 3,000, were the largest ever for poetry slams anywhere in the world. In 2009 Watsky was one of three poets who performed live on FOX at the NAACP Image Awards in honor of Russell Simmons’ lifetime achievement award, and in 2011 he performed live as a guest on the Ellen Degeneres Show on two separate occasions.

George Watsky performs slam poetry which is a very competitive art of performance poetry, emphasizing on writing and performance. Basically, in order for you to win in poetry slam, you have to have an edge in your poem and how you recite it. Learn more about it here.

Other than performing in poetry slam, George Watsky is also a rapper and uploads his performance on Youtube. He collaborated with various Youtubers and musicians such as Kush Mody, Dumbfoundead, Mieka Pauley and Nice Peter.

Here are some of his videos:




Watsky and Mody: Man of Constant Sorrow featuring Dylan Saunders




Watsky and Mody: Ghost Party featuring Mieka Pauley




Watsky ft. Intuition & Dumbfoundead: A New Kind of Sexy



Watsky: Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco mini-mix)



Epic Rap Battles of History: Dr Seuss vs William Shakespeare
George Watsky as William Shakespeare
Mickey Meyer as Dr Seuss
Nice Peter as Cat in the Hat
EpicLloyd as Thing 1 and Thing 2




Nice Peter and Dante Monday Zombie Blues featuring George Watsky

Credits:
George Watsky.Com
George Watsky on Wikipedia
Poetry Slam, Inc,

More George Watsky:
George Watsky's Channel
George Watsky's 2nd Channel
George Watsky on Bandcamp
George Watsky on Twitter
George Watsky on Facebook

[Spotlight] Victor Kim/King

I think this is going to be the shortest Spotlight entry in the history of Doo Joon-I-Tis and Chobits Chii. Basically, Spotlight is a section of my blog where I introduce you guys (or re-introduce) to musicians, dancers and media personalities.

Today, the lucky personality is....

::drumroll::





Victor Kim aka Victor King!!!! Woot woot!!!!

Victor was born in Sacramento, California. He is a graduate from University of California Irvine holding a Bachelors of Arts in Economics. Victor is most commonly known as one of the dancers in the group which won MTV America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) season 3, Quest Crew.

Not only he's a dancer. He's also a musician and artist. He also had some collaborations with popular names like Nigahiga, Kevjumba, Cathy Nguyen and Chester See.


So, here are some videos:



This happens to be his latest video with Andy Lange performing Adele's Someone Like You



This clip was featured in Nigahiga's Best Dance Crew video




This was his entry to Just Dance Game contest. I really like this video and find it really cute despite him wearing crazy shorts and crazy wig.'



This is the first video of him that I've watched featuring Cathy Nguyen performing Kina Grannis' Valentine.

So there you have it. Victor Kim aka Victor King.

More Victor:

Official Website
Facebook
Youtube
Twitter

Image by Victor's Facebook Page

[Spotlight] Alex Goot

Things, especially music has always being rated like this:

*Bad
**Fair
***Good
****Better
*****Best

Now, it's rated like this:

*Bad
**Fair
***Good
****Better
*****Best
******GOOT!!!!



Meet Alex Goot everybody. Image by Alex Goot Facebook Page

Alex is a one man band from Poughkeepsie, New York. Alex began messing around on the piano at age 5 when his parents bought a piano. He started to get serious about piano by the age of 12. Alex performed his first gig when he was only 15 years old. He began recording music in 2004 at the age of 16. Alex soon gained quite a following after posting his songs on his MySpace website. In early 2010, Alex began posting videos of his covers of popular modern pop songs, and occasionally videos of his original songs . His popularity has continued to soar each time he posts a new video. Today, his videos have been watched over 30 million times, and is now considered one of the top cover artists on YouTube.

Courtesy of #1 Alex Goot Fan Website

Here are some videos of him:









More Alex Goot:
Official site
Facebook
Youtube
Twitter
#1 Alex Goot Fan Website