Thoughts (Apps): Dubmash & My Idol

Hey guys! It's been 2 months since my last post and I apologise for neglecting my blog. I'm hoping to be more consistent now so do be patient :)

First off, I wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who has watched my videos, shared them, gave me a thumbs up, commented on them & of course, subscribed to my channel! I am so grateful for the support everyone has given to me up till now. I'm well aware I am a beginner but thank you for supporting nonetheless. Do visit my channel, tehshaowei, if you haven't already!

Alright! Back to the topic - my thoughts on Dubmash & My Idol! 

Dubmash

Everyone has been uploading their own Dubmash-es online lately and as much as you want to not get into this fad, you can't. Why? Because it's AWESOME. 
To be able to lip sync your favourite movie quote (Mean girls is my favourite), song lyric and more is beyond fun. Pretty sure lip synching is a trend right now. 

I mean look at Spike's Lip Sync Battle hosted by LL cool J (Did you guys say it in that guy's voice too?). Coincidence? I think not.  

Here are some of my attempts. I must warn you. I'm not very good but it sure is a hella fun:

"Nope. You're still ugly."

 

"Stupid Fat Hobbit"

Positives:

Everything I've mentioned up there.

One negative comment:

You have to be on point and you have to learn the words before recording yourself which will take a bit of time. You're also under pressure because you're competing against other animated people who are just born to rule Dubmash.

My Idol

So while studying, I downloaded an app called Huanshi ltd or My Idol (will do anything to distract myself obviously). I wanted to test out the face scanner and see if it really did the trick. I've seen some instagrammers use it, some of them don't look like them at all but some of them do. I needed to try it out myself. I took a picture of myself and scanned it. I turned out to be a boy.. For awhile, I thought the app thought I was a guy and that I couldn't change my gender. But being a banana who cannot read chinese as well, I was actually mistaken. My friend showed me how to change my gender and oh. my. god. it was uncanny. The app did such a great job in capturing my features (tho I do look more beautiful in the app. Thank you, My Idol. You're.. my idol. hurhurhur). You get to play around with your cartoon version too! It's like playing Barbie but the more advance version. I get to dress up and play with new hair colours so I ain't complaining.

Here are some of the pictures/videos I took!:

Look at that! I think I might be the only one who sees the resemblance!:

"Hi I'm Shao Wei 2.0"

Kung Fu Master? No problem.

Opera singer? SURE THING!

Ever wanted to be a pole dancer and get those fantastic abs? Now you can without breaking a sweat!

Positives: 

Everything I've mentioned.

One negative comment: 

It's in Chinese which is not a negative thing. Just that its inconvenient for non-Chinese speakers but I'm Chinese so I shall keep quiet (How did Lady Gaga use this?!). You can't change your body shape! But I wouldn't scan my whole body anyway. 

You can tell that I'm really enjoying myself. Will definitely make more Dubmash and My Idol videos.
Until next time! 

SW.

Challenge 2: Normal Crop Top

Hey guys! Been awhile, hasn't it? I've been so busy these past few days because of Chinese New Year but I'll leave that for another post! So I was challenged to make NORMAL crop tops and to make several outfits with it by Jolie Lee. She specifically asked to match the crop tops with low waisted jeans (which is a challenge itself because most people wear crop tops with high waisted pants/skirt). She is my first commenter and I'm so grateful for this challenge. Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to make a video (CNY + moving house in Melbourne) because I'm trying to accommodate the fact that she wants to get ready for a party tomorrow :) Even though I did this in a short period of time, I hope you enjoy it !

              Method

I managed to find a top I was bored off in my luggage bag. I'm currently in Melbourne so I don't have access to my whole wardrobe!

1. Choose a shirt you're willing to cut!
2. Fold the shirt according to the length you want your crop top to be.
3. Cut accordingly with a scissors.
4. Tug the ends to widen it.
5. TA-DA! Your very own crop top!

It's a pretty easy process to make a normal crop top!

                     Outfits

I apologise for the lighting! It wasn't at its best because I had a meeting to attend so I only could start taking pictures at 7pm (AUS time) today! Even though the pictures didn't turn out well (hella pixelated), I still decided to post the photos to give you guys a glimpse on how the outfit will look like on me. I tried to filter it out as much as I could but filters can only do so much!

LAYER IT
- Lace crop top (Creates abit of umph! to the plain crop top!)
- Pink diamante ear rings (Create a great contrast to the blue!)
- Wedges (Feel free to use your highest pumps if you're going to a party that doesn't require much walking!)

 

TUCK IT
- Tying my blue blouse around my waist (For those who are abit insecure about your tummy fats, this is a perfect way to hide them!)
- Sandals (Just to match the casual look)

BLOCK IT
- Wearing my black and white blouse over it
- Black and silver statement necklace (Just to add to the rocker chick vibe)
- Brown boots (Enough of black! Needs a bit of brown to tone it down!)

FLARE IT
- Wearing the lace crop top underneath (You just turned a boring crop top into something special!)
- Bangles
- Brown Boots ( Feel free to wear flats or heels cause this look matches all of it!)

And that is it! There are millions of ways to mix and match your crop tops so just explore your options! This was all I could concoct in such a short period of time!

On a different note, I'm currently waiting for my apartment lease to start and till then, my friend has been so lovely to let me stay at her place till I settle down. It's my first time filming in her house (living area + kitchen) so I'm getting used to the lighting especially since I'm in Melbourne and I'm not used to the lighting just yet because I've only filmed in Malaysia so far!

If you have any suggestions, do comment below!

If you would like to see the oufits I created with different fringe tops, press the link below:

Challenge 1: Fringe Crop Top 

OR
If you would likes to see my CNY outfits this year, press the link below:

CNY OUTFITS 2015

Talk to you guys soon!

SW.

Video: Challenge 1: Fringe Crop Top

IT IS FINALLY OUT! MY FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO!

It has been out for 3 days now and I've been receiving so much positive feedback. Such a great start to the Youtube life :)!

As you guys know, the whole theme of my Youtube channel is to challenge myself and I've received a total of 4 challenges so far:

 

1. Muhd Iylia - Cook authentic Malay food
2. Jovie Lee Fok Lee - Make normal crop tops + match it w low waist jeans
3. Huang Paik Ling - Cook authentic Indian food
4. Jiyin Low - Do nail art

Thank you everyone for your challenge requests so far! I can't wait to try them out tho I'm pretty unsure of myself for some of the challenges but that's the whole point, right? To overcome it~

If you haven't checked out my video, click on the link below!
Please do support me by subscribing to my channel!

Don't forget to #challengetsw if you have any challenges you want me to do! Thanks for watching!

Challenge 1: Fringe Crop Top

You can obviously see how big of a F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan I am from my tabs.

SW.

Fringe Crop Tops

Yesterday, I decided to pimp up my old tops so I would actually start wearing them again and so I did! I love the end product and I can't wait to experiment more! :) I'm definitely going forth w the YouTube idea so I'm planning to take a video of the process tomorrow and hopefully upload it by this week! I'm so excited 😁! Do support me! 

Here's a glimpse of the tops I've pimped up! 

1. Transformed my Bermuda Eagles top (from the guy's section) to a fringe crop top 😊

I actually bought this top for my OBS (outward bound Singapore) trip 5 years ago!

2. Mum got me this too for CNY 4 years ago. I decided to take it up a notch by adding a few bling from a bracelet I do not wear anymore! 

Going to make a sleeveless crop top tomorrow for the video! Hoping the lighting will be good! Tata~

SW.

Glorious Durian Coffee

This post needs no explanation. 

Weekly Sunday Yoga

It's 858am & I just finished my yoga session w Cas. Every Sunday, my dad, mom, aunt, cousin & I have a yoga session at my house at 7am. 

I've come a long way since I started last December. I'm starting to really love yoga. I just feel so refreshed after the session and makes me feel like I'm starting the day right ☺️! Next week is my last session before I head back to Melbourne so I'm pretty bummed out but I plan to continue yoga at Unimelb. I'm terrified because I'm still a beginner but I'm pretty sure they'll still cater to beginners. Everyone has to start somewhere, right? ✌️

SW.

Youtube Channel

It's 1046pm and I am contemplating whether to create a Youtube channel this week. What brought this up, you ask? Well a few factors:

1. I've always fantasized about creating a Youtube channel
   Have you? I used to always think my hyper and cheerful personality would be perfect for it but I knew that it required a huge commitment just like everything else. 
2. Always wanted to Vlog about my life. Not on a daily basis but just the special occasions because I love sharing my experiences with people. 
3. Instagram was getting boring
   Pictures are fun and all but sometimes you just want to say more than a thousand words (get it?)
4. My best friend is creating her own channel
   She was the one who actually pushed me to do it. She told me about all the exciting stuff we could do together and basically just cheered me on from there.

 What is preventing me from going forward with it? 

1.  Time commitment
   I know it takes a lot of time to edit videos and I'm worried I'll just give up half way because I can't commit to it.
2. Comments
   Youtubers always talk about how their haters and most of them brush them off. It'll be a bumpy ride but it'll make me a stronger person.
3. My camera
   I tried to take a video once with my current camera and the quality was pretty bad. I'm trying to work with what I have right now so we'll see how it goes. 
4. The fear
   Honestly, I think number 1 - 3 are just excuses, I'm just scared. Scared of what? I don't know.. maybe the public. But I'll never get to it if I don't push myself so I will give this a try. I'll never know until I try, right? :)

What kind of Youtube channel am I going to make? 

You know how people say, "Do a new thing everyday"? Well that will be the theme of my Youtube channel, I want to challenge myself to do a new thing. Whether it's on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, it doesn't matter. I'll give myself a year and see how it goes from there. The channel will make me challenge myself more and experience new things. I'm hoping it'll make my year more fruitful &  it's not just narrowed down to this, I might do other random stuff like take part in the Youtube tags. I'm really into OOTDs so maybe I'll do a "Get Ready with Me" video one day as well! Basically, I want my Youtube channel to be open and not restricted to just challenges. I'm getting so excited just thinking about it!

What will happen to this blog? Will I make it public? 

I'm not sure about that right now. But for now, I'm going to keep this blog on a down low. Most of my friends don't even know I've started blogging again. I want to see if I attract people I don't know tho I'm not sure how I'm going to do that! Maybe by chance? Is that a little too hopeful?

SW.