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.

Pre-roommate Experience

OMG I'm so excited right now! I woke up at 7am (Malaysian time) because my friend in Melbourne was inspecting a place at 10am (Australian time). It was all down to this. If this place didn't work out then we promised that we will all go our separate ways (what I mean by that is that we will live separately). I'm so happy that the place turned out much better than we expected and that we actually have a chance in getting it. It's a good location, good level & have good facilities too! I'm just so ecstatic I get to move in w my two friends. I've never gone through the whole roommate experience even though I've been living overseas for 5 years now so I'm excited!!!!!!! Evidently from the number of exclamation marks I'm using. I know it'll be a thrill ride having roommates. Will definitely have our ups and our downs. Just praying it's more ups than downs but I'm sure we will work things out. Gonna set ground rules with them as soon as our application gets accepted :)! Will defo update on the ground rules! I'm going to go back to sleep now. I've been having morbid dreams lately but I'll leave that for another post.

SW.

Comments

Ever clicked on a video and told yourself not to scroll down to see the comments because it'll just sway your thoughts on the video itself? Well I have. Honestly, comments have really taught me how to become judgmental and negative. People can be really mean and it's just shocking to see how much hatred comes out from these people.

For example, I watch itsjudyslife on a monthly basis and I've seen people torment poor Benji in almost every video. He could've done the sweetest thing any guy could've done for his girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband and still get criticized for it. I mean I'm well aware noone is perfect and these people are vlogging everyday and I really mean.. EVERYday. You can't expect them to be in tip top shape every single day. I mean we all have our moody weeks and we aren't perfect human beings but yet these commenters expect Benji and Judy to become this perfect couple that doesn't even exist in the real world. They are already such a great couple and such a loving family but there are still commenters who find the tiniest things to criticize them about. I stopped looking at Youtube comments every since then because it just clouds my judgement and doesn't really give me space to have my own thoughts about it.

But on a brighter note, there are many other comments that are supportive and loving which of course, I adore. Comments have also taught me how to criticize but not to the point of being mean about it. It's always good to find a balance.

SW.

Superwoman & Superman.

Today is a special day because it's my mother's birthday! We never really celebrate my parents' birthday because they always tell us it's not a big deal and as I grow older, I get what they mean but I also learn how much we have to treasure our time with them. I know it's my mother's birthday but I wanted to take this time to talk about both my parents. I love them so much. And as I get to spend more time with them, I ask them questions about their life and what they've done for us. It has made me really appreciate my parents even more than before. My parents never boast about what they've done for us which is very admirable. During my internship, I learned how great my mom is because some of my colleagues actually know her through her reputation. My mom has done so many great things and she never once boasted about it to her children when she could easily have done so. I asked her one night, "Why don't you show off your success?" and she told me she didn't feel like she had to.

As a kid, teenager and now a young adult, I've always liked attention. I'm not naive and ignorant so I know when I've gone overboard and trust me, I have. Sometimes, it's really shameless and embarrassing that I just tell myself to stop and think about what I'm doing. I look up to my parents and not just how much they've done for us but also, their qualities as a human being. I don't want to have this urge to show off or seek attention. It's a pretty common thing in my generation and I can't deny that. With all these social media websites/apps, it's so easy to want to seek attention from strangers or friends. You always find this need to satisfy people just to get more "likes". & don't be fooled, what I'm saying is true. I know people who plan out when to upload their Instagram photos to get more "likes" and at first, I thought it was ridiculous but soon I got sucked into it as well. Now, I don't care when or what I post. I'm not saying that people who do this are wrong because their photos are truly amazing and maybe it is a smart thing to do because more people will get to see your photo during a certain hour and you're just taking advantage of that.

Continuing with my topic, so why superwoman and superman? Because those words really describe my parents. I'm a pretty emotional person and whenever I find out what they've done for us secretly, I always get teary eyed. I don't know how they manage to love us so much but I'm so grateful that they do. I've seen so many of my friends parents getting divorce and leaving their children and I can never imagine being in that position. All the hardships they had to go through for us and all the things they couldn't have because they had to raise us is just a small part of what they had to endure in their life. I will be forever be grateful to them. I'm sure most people feel this way about their parents :). It's hard to express how much I love them because it's unexplainable. I'm just glad I got to live this life with them.

Ahh on a less emotional note, I baked cookies today! Perfecting my chewy chocolate chips & cornflakes cookies! I'm pretty proud of them~

SW.

Hello, again?

Wow. It's been a month since my last post. I swear I've been meaning to write but I just never got to it (what's new?). Well I've finally finished my internship. It was such a sweet ride. I'm so grateful I got the opportunity to sit beside these talented people and caught a glimpse of their train of thought.

It's finally the last month of my summer break and I gotta enjoy every inch of it before I go back to Melbourne at the end of the month (back to uni woohoo). This summer break, I challenged myself to bake every weekend and to not eat rice during dinner. So far, it has been going well! I'm even quite surprised I've lasted this long but proud nonetheless! I'm thinking about challenging myself some more (as always! My friend actually pointed out to me that I like to challenge myself. Took it as a compliment, of course ;)). I've been thinking about creating a Youtube channel. I just want to commit myself for a year (at least) and see how it goes from there. The theme of the channel would be me challenging myself. Not on a daily basis but whenever I can. I'm still thinking about it because I'm afraid I lack the dexterity and discipline but I think it'll be pretty fun, eh? :) My best friend is actually starting her own Youtube channel soon and I know she will be amazing in it. She has all the qualities of a star! Super stoked for her! As of now, I won't promote anything because I'm trying to keep this blog on a down low. It's not that hard, I mean who searches for blogs nowadays anyway? People normally click on links when you promote your stuff.

Anyway, I'm going to be blogging more often now! Well, until university starts anyway.

Really random but that's what this blog is about.. these are the songs I've been hooked to recently:

1. Freak - Steve Aoki, Diplo, & Deorro (ft. Steve Bays)
2. Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Audio) ft. Bruno Mars
3. FUTURE - MOVE THAT DOPE (DJ REEZEY REMIX)

SW.

Increase Saturation.

Day 1 of the internship over and I survived! People were super nice but I won't be talking about my internship publicly but just know, all went well :)

Kuala Lumpur was jampacked today (as always) and all I could think about was "Thank God I have a driver." I cannot imagine driving 2 hours straight stuck in a traffic jam let alone let my mother drive me. It really is a true definition of a city hustle and bustle but I've never been to a Metropolitan City before so what do I know?

Nothing much happened today but I just felt the need (how many times have I used those 3 words?) to write. Today, I wanted to post a selfie on Instagram to commemorate the first day of my internship and I did. As I took the photo, posing at the perfect angle and even drawing up the blinds of the car to get a bit more light exposure, a thought came across.. "Do I look like this in real life?" I didn't photoshop my photo nor did I cover any blemishes. I just did the normal increase exposure, increase saturation and maybe increase contrast shebang but I always feel like I'm faking all of it. Whenever I meet people, I wonder if they think, "Whoah she looks so much better in photos!" Am I digging my own grave? I'm well aware that the angles I pose in are not angles I'm positioned at when I'm talking to someone. I remember meeting someone called James when I was younger (met through MSN) and he said I look "better than the pictures." Granted, he might have just said those words just to flatter me but I really took it to heart. And now as I get better at taking photos and filtering photos, I feel like the pictures are so much better and the real me is downgrading. I don't want to mislead people. However, I talked to a friend about it and I know it's all in my head. "You didn't photoshop your face, your features are all there. That's you." Maybe the lady in the photo is me. Maybe I'm not so bad after all. All these thoughts, they may or may not be true but how I feel about it is what matters. I need to continue building confidence in myself and start being "true to myself." Those 3 words are really strong and I am trying to live by it.

My whole life, I've been taught how to love other people but not much on how to love myself. I guess it was a given because we would naturally tend to our needs but I guess I was paying too much attention on loving people that I forgot to build a love for myself. Not to say I don't pamper myself or what not. I do the normal stuff but my foundation isn't strong enough to make me feel "true to myself." This has nothing to do with my upbringing by the way. It's more of a negative light that was shone on me by myself because of all this overthinking. I have been blessed with a great family and great friends. I've never truly been bullied (just the occasional mean comments by boys when I was younger but boys will be boys. I don't hold a grudge.) so I know that all these negative thoughts are created by me and I have no reason to put this upon myself.

That's why on a daily basis, I tell myself to be confident and to be true to myself. It's not a lot but it's a start.

SW.

Decisions decisions.

Morning :) 

After watching Gone girl, which was a pretty damn good movie I must say, it was already 4am. I normally have yoga at 7am every sunday so I was thinking of skipping it because 3 hours of sleep is ridiculous. So when it was 650am and my alarm was ringing, I was lying on my bed contemplating whether I should skip the session and these thoughts were in my mind:

a. It's yoga and it'll be a good way to start the day.
b. I'm tired, I probably wouldn't hold up well.
c. I'm trying to create excuses to skip the yoga session when I know I shouldn't.
d. Why do I need to create excuses? Can't I just choose not to go to yoga rather than think about reasons why I CAN'T do it when I know I can do anything if I wanted to. 
e. You're going to regret this.

So I chose not to go to yoga in the end and slept in. Tho it was a good sleep, I do regret it. Thinking how good I would be feeling about my body right now if I had went for the session but I didn't. This is one of the bad habits I have. I need to learn to stick with my decisions whether good or bad. I need to learn from them, that goes without saying but I do not need to beat myself up every time I make a bad one and should continue looking forward~

SW.

Internship + Cookies?

Well hello there.

3rd day of this year and I've done absolutely nothing productive. Well, I mean I did start my work out regime and it's going well so far. I'm trying to increase the number of exercises as I go along. I'm obsessed with leg and ass exercises that I tend to neglect my upper body. Mostly my arms. I think part of the reason why I do that is because I can never envision myself with nice toned arms so I don't really have a goal but now, I've changed that mentality and have been doing full body exercises.

My days have been spent with me exercising, eating, sleeping and just lying around in bed. I haven't done anything special but a part of me is just trying to utilise my time before my internship starts. I'm pretty nervous yet excited for my internship. Nervous because of the impression I might make tho that is entirely up to me. I'm a pretty curious person so I'm sure I won't be uninterested but I received a comment at my last internship that I wasn't too interested but that was from one of the bosses. The other boss said otherwise so I was pretty confused by then. Of course the boss that said that I seem like I was uninterested did not observe me throughout the whole internship but the other one did. However, no matter who it is or whether they observe me once or throughout the whole internship, I don't want to EVER leave an impression that I am uninterested because one, I know I am because I am a genuinely curious person who loves to learn. Two, I know these people are taking their time off just to teach me when they could be doing their own things and I'm extremely grateful for that. Three, it's a learning process: I could think I'm showing interest when someone else could think otherwise so it's always good to have feedback. I know to the boss that commented that to me, it might not seem like a big deal to him. I am confident he doesn't even think about it because he has better things to do but even though, I was hurt by that comment, I am glad he made it so I can better myself. A part of me felt frustrated because it seemed like I didn't "perfect" the internship experience (being the perfectionist that I am) but I know it isn't about getting it right the first time, or even the second time but always improving oneself whenever I can. I was nervous writing this out because they always say to never publish about your work on the internet but since this is a past experience, I just wanted to rant a bit.

On a brighter note, I baked cookies yesterday! I've been trying to bake the perfect chewy cookies that Subway makes (Funny since Subway is known for its sandwiches and not its cookies). I came closer to it today! I'm really happy about how it turned out! I'm not someone who loves to follow recipes. I'm more of a "agak" - kinda person. More than often because I don't have all the ingredients. Here are some pictures I took:

I used Martha Stewart's recipe (How can you go wrong with Martha Stewart, right?)! But like I said, I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I added cornflakes to mine to give it that crunch and chewiness too! I don't know if this was a fluke so one day, I'm going to try again but maybe with brown sugar this time!

I'm definitely going to be trying out new recipes since I have an oven at home! Not just sweet treats but savoury ones as well!

Time to watch Gone Girl with the boy :)

Good night!

PS I don't proof-read my posts so I apologise for any grammatical mistakes.

SW.

Blackheads.

A post on blackheads?

Yes. Blackheads are a big part of my life. They actually make up 95% of my nose. I remember the first blackhead I got. I squeezed it out (itchy hands) with a tip of a small scissors. Well anyway, why talk about blackheads? Because since young, my parents have told me to stop pressing out my blackheads telling me I will leave scars on my beautiful face and surprisingly enough (not), they were right. Some days, when I look at myself in the mirror, I think about the possibility of me having a flawless face if I didn't press that blackhead that day and continue pressing it on and on again after that day. Would I have been more beautiful then and now? I know I ruined my complexion because of my itchy hands. To me, it seems like there's nothing I can do about it now because my pores are open and dirt will eventually clog it up again even after a facial treatment so it seems like I've no chances of gaining a flawless complexion but does it matter, really? Is it worth beating myself up? I know this won't be the last time I think about it but I can stop now even though it's a habit (I just pressed out 3 blackheads out like 5 minutes ago hence, the post). It's what you can do now compared to what you could've done then, right?

I need to fill myself with more positive notes rather than be negative and complain about something that cannot be changed. More like whining actually. Sometimes I just whine and whine about all my flaws, just to seek out compliments and most of us are guilty of this whether we admit it or not. However, since last year, I've learned not to seek out compliments anymore. I need to be true to myself and stop ignoring the inner demon in me. Rather than capturing the demon by building a cage of pride over it, I should fight it one on one because sooner or later, no matter how indestructable the cage is, the demon will find a way to come out. Wow, what a metaphor but it really does describe how I feel about the situation. I need to learn that millions of blackheads doesn't matter. It's how I see myself as a person and what I see in the mirror. They say "no one is perfect" but I think "perfect" has no standard definition and it is a free word that can be given any meaning to.

SW.

Summer Workout.

Today I finally got that bolt of energy to start working out again. I'm someone who loves working out regularly but sometimes my schedule is overcome by laziness. I know myself enough to know that I will workout sooner or later and when I do want to work out, I will do it right. Because I know I'm that type of person, I let myself go when I need to. For example, it's been about a month since I last worked out (not including the occasional dance in the morning or leg exercises). But now, I have the determination to start working out again and I prefer this determination to come naturally rather than forcing myself to. Of course, it would be preferable to always work out regularly and keep pushing myself which I will slowly learn to do. I'm just aware that there are some days I really don't have the motivation to do anything and will do my work out halfheartedly which isn't good because I tend to manipulate myself that I've worked out enough so I can rest even more or even eat even more.

So right now, I am going to start working out and keep doing it diligently. I call it my "Summer Workout." I need push myself slowly on a daily basis and keep moving on from there. It's easy to start but not easy to maintain a workout routine so I need to teach myself to make it a habit. I find this is a good way to teach myself to learn to make things a habit so that in the future, I can easily adapt to changes. I never really had a goal such as gaining abs or gaining triceps etc. I just want to keep myself healthy and whatever comes with it will be a bonus. Keeping healthy will be my top priority because even though having abs will be a sweet thing to have, I know it isn't realistic for me to maintain and if I don't maintain it and my abs disappear, I will beat myself up for it so I don't want to put that kind of pressure on myself. I know in the future, whether it's because of work or because my body changes due to pregnancy or for whatever reason, I will have to succumb to the change so keeping healthy seems like the best goal for now.

Right now, I'm looking at:

1. Walking the dog 3 days a week.
2. No rice during dinner (or at least one meal a day)
3. Circuit training on alternate days (the circuit training will vary)

I don't know how long I'll keep this up but it's a start :)! I'll try to update you guys but I won't be posting any pictures of my body because this blog will be public and I won't feel comfortable posting it.

SW.

Beginning of 2015.

Happy New Year! 

I thought today's instagram post would be appropriate to start off this blogpost. 

"Happy New Year 2014 has personally been a different one for me. Started off w an 8 month break: Travelling w my closest friends to Bali, visiting Melbourne for the first time (thought I was gonna reject Unimelb at the time), getting to enjoy Sydney's nightlife, short trips to Singapore (of course) & most importantly, rebonding w my family especially my dad (since I moved back to Malaysia after 4 years). The memories I made w my dad this year, I will treasure forever along with the other memories I made of course.
Had achieved something I never thought was possible: Got to participate in the Singapore Affordable Art Fair, sold about 8 pieces of my work.
Well those are some of the wonderful things that have happened. But enough about me. Many things have happened to Malaysia this year: 3 unfortunate flights & massive floods in 3 states (number 3 not looking so good right now). I guess these situations have taught us to be grateful for who we have with us right now. That's the best thing we can take from 2014 to the rest of the years to come. Its funny because so many unfortunate things happen every year to other people (war, poverty, sex slavery) but we only really learn to feel and do something about it when things happen closer to home. I will never know what the families of the passengers in those 3 flights or families who have suffered from the floods truly feel but I take it as a sign to really cherish the ones you love and to let go of ones who don't love you. This Instagram post can go on forever so I will stop here!
Happy New Year to all! May 2015 be a joyful year !" 

I wonder how many people have started a blog today. Blogspot must be receiving massive numbers of participants today. Hell! I thought I would start writing again last year and I did but I gave up after 6 months which isn't too bad compared to giving up after one blog post. 

For now, this will be my summer diary because unfortunately, I left my real diary in Australia and for some reason, whenever I come back to Malaysia, I feel the need to write again. It's probably because I have more personal time to reflect on my life which I love by the way. Instead of living my life in this fast pace world, I get to stop and think about what I've done and what I should be doing instead of continuously keeping myself busy everyday. Do forgive me for any grammatical mistakes I might make now and in the future. My English has deteriorated ever since I moved from Malaysia because of the lack of writing and I'm trying to improve it slowly. On the same note, forgive me if I drift off to a new topic all of the sudden. Sometimes I tend to think of other things and I just feel the need to write it down but hey, who's reading this, right? I'm writing this for myself and not for others (tho I welcome any positive or constructive feedback). 

I might write several posts in one day or none at all. It's really just a blog filled with my thoughts. I have no intention of gaining viewership (tho that would be nice) because I think this world is already filled with many social media outlets that make us feel the need to get many "likes" and I'm guilty of that so I'm trying to teach myself that that isn't important and I should post what I want to post, not what I think my viewers would like to see. 

SW.