I wanted to follow-up on my previous post with a good night’s rest behind me (had a great dream of having superpowers). I want to make sure everyone knows I am not trashing his reputation or think badly of him, on the contrary for the most part I am/was filled with jealousy which very rarely feel or show.

Firstly, I think its great that he posted up some clips and is very smart to have done so on the Chinese Youtube, Youku, which caters specifically to the Chinese audience (I have seen previous singers on Youtube, but obviously that caters more to the English speaking audience).

Others will surely trash him and consider what his ulterior motives are behind him posting up on Youku (heck, it could have been a simple bet from a co-worker at HSBC to put up his vids there or something).

Still, I’ve never understood why people like him or my friend Adam who enjoyed singing the Communist National Anthem (which ironically is actually illegal to do in China on TV as my friend Adam found out), but then again I’m not exactly big on any kind of nationalism either so my bias clouds that judgment beyond the obvious marketing ability on catching eyes.

Now, singing 周杰伦 (Jay Chow) I can understand fully and have enjoyed many of hours singing the song, raving to 黎明 (Leon Lai) (wish I had a video of that instead of pictures), lip-syncing to girly 郑秀文 (Sammy Cheng) (guilty pleasure on that one), and even running a college CASA at GWU (yes, that old fable about some white guy on the East Coast running a Chinese club was me).

If that doesn’t help give an understanding of who I am, know that many people I knew back in high school and my friends still today call me a white Asian guy (hence the nickname: whiteaznguy) for my knowledge and interest over Asian topics. Heck, in my group of friends that I often hang out with, there is only one white guy (you know the token white guy?) and it isn’t me as they say I’m really Asian than I am white.

So truly in the end this guy has my respect, my interest in getting to know a fellow cultural 中国通, and a bow to his courage, but not my Shanghainese wife. :)