Hm, where to start. I’m honestly really bad at doing these things. Come on, who cares about “who I am” or “my hobbies” or anything? Well, whoever you are, if you’re reading this, you do care so I’ll try not to disappoint. Also, if you’re reading this, you probably only know me through YouTube and are curious to the person behind the horrible (sometimes good) videos.

Let’s start off with the basics. The name’s Chris Ko. I was born on September 14, 1988 at 4:45PM. Many of you ask about my ethnicity: I’m Taiwanese and Caucasian (Polish?). I speak Mandarin and English, of course. I live in Maryland, United States. There’s not much to do here but I love it anyways. I have the best of friends a person could ask for. I’m a BMW enthusiast. Like everyone else in the world, I don’t enjoy immaturity and stupid remarks. I’m pretty friendly, most of the time… Unless, you get on my bad side.

As you can see, I play the piano. I didn’t put my videos on YouTube to try and become popular or anything, my friend just heard my remix of River Flows in You and seriously made me put the video up, kind of random fact. I’ve been playing piano for most of my life. The real question is, do I like it? Yeah, I do, sometimes. Honestly however, I’m a little frustrated with me and piano right now (one of the reasons I don’t post a lot of videos, aside laziness). Why, you ask? Well, I used to be pretty good. I placed first in the state of Maryland for piano when I was like 10 or 11. Unfortunately, my teacher was one of those strict teachers who thought piano should be my life; but, I thought otherwise. He was a real bitch. Cursing at me, disrespectful to me and other students (he’d talk crap about the student before me who was an old lady). I couldn’t take it anymore so I quit, and quit piano along with it. I stopped playing for a year from an age of 12-13. That one year set me back a lot. I was never good at reading music, but it got worse!! How did I get stuck with such a bad teacher? Let me clarify, he was an amazing teacher – one of the top pianist in the nation, if I remember correctly. When I was like 6, I was in a room with a bunch of other students where he’d teach all of us for a week or two, then after that he’d choose only two students to move on to private lessons – me being one of them; it’s kind of sad that I wasn’t up to his motivational standards. I’m trying to get my piano skills back, but now I have so many more things I have passion for that it’s really hard to divide up my time. Other passions? Yeah, I’m more than just a ‘pianist’, if I’m even that? I’m a martial artist, a driver, a BMW enthusiast (as my layout shows), a friend, and whatever else I may be.

Ok, enough about me and that piano. I’m a pretty simple person, but others find that complicating (oxymoron?). I don’t have many friends because I choose quality over quantity, which has proven to work for me. Let’s go back to the oxymoron. Upon further thought, I think that is a good word to describe me – oxymoron. I’m introverted, serious, quiet, shy, etc, etc; however, I’m also open, enjoy meeting new people, some-what outgoing, extroverted, etc, etc. Contradictions, contradictions – I’m probably not the only one, right? I’m sure YOU are like that, too!

In my spare time? … I like to watch anime like a nerd. Naruto and Bleach. I also love Top Gear. For those of you that don’t know what Top Gear is, it’s a car show on BBC which rocks. Obviously I play piano and most of you know I do martial arts (handstand?). Uhm, I love going on drives and planning out car modifications like a typical boy. I also go online, a lot. I’m a facebook addict which isn’t good for my health; MySpace, not so much. I like doing web design, digital art, and that kind of nerd stuff.

In college, my major is Psychology -> Psychiatry. But, if there was a BMW major program, I’d be all in there. I hate school, by the way.

One day, I’m just gonna pack up all my things, everything I own. With all of this, I’m gonna get out of this place and put myself in a new environment – I’m gonna see what I can make of myself with nothing more than determination, passion, and perseverance. Who knows how it’ll turn out, who knows if I’ll find what I’m looking for. If all falls, and I come back not achieving a damn thing, there would be but one thing I have gained at the very least. With that alone, I’ll be content. I just want to be able to grow up, live up, and know that I tried hard.

And with this determination, I will pay back all my dues. My friends for always holding me up even when things get down. My parents for raising me to be an independent and make mistakes on my own – and fix them on my own. All of you guys for your support and for actually liking my music (why do you like it?! it’s not special, you guys are too confusing for me). And most of all, God. I’ll make up all the disappointment I’ve given Him, all the mess up’s and sin’s that I have and will commit. I’ll try my best to carry out Your will. Since, all in all, everything I have… Friends, family, supporters, everything is all because of Him.

“In order to further oneself, a person must take any situation regardless of it being good or bad and learn something positive.”
- Chris Ko