Stressed

Hi.

No song cover/picture/reviews today.

I just need to rant cos I'm soooo tired. :(

The cortisol (stress hormones) level has been increasing exponentially as the weeks pass by. I won't attribute it to the amount of things on my to-do-list. I'd blame my lousy time management instead.

Shouldn't have done the covers on impulse. The techniques were all messy. :( Wasted quite a few hours just to play with my new condenser mic. It's a baby step nonetheless la. At least i got things started. #justselfconsoling

I really thank you guys for all the encouragement and constructive feedback you nice people have given me! I'll try to improve definitely. Planning to give it a short break for serious study business at the moment though.

There are seriously sooooo many things pending on my to-do-list even though I'm only taking 4 modules! Emerge is like a 5th + 6th + 7th modules lah! Faints. Glad the dance is about 99% done! Need to work on the 1% of fine-tuning and synchronizing of dance moves with my damn hot partner and dancers! Anyway, just some updates, I'll be doing a second item as a backup dancer to help my friend out. Another smoking sexy dance item as well. SO PLEASE DO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT. Refer to details here! Thanks.

I need to catch up with those readings this weekend so badly! Feeling super insecure lagging behind in readings for 2 of my modules! Time to CHIONG ARH tmr!!!

Next week is a busy week. Will be doing recording, meeting up with dancers an extra day other than Friday the official CCA day, spending another full day (4-11pm) dancing for Express, learning another dance for G's item, headache about item and photoshoot outfit and train up the voice for Express's versus and chorus + practise dancing and screaming singing IN HEELS. :/

Not to forget, readings and animal behavior project.

The only thing I'm looking forward to next week is probably Valentine's Day. <3

Time to stop ranting and go back to recording of lecture that i missed. (Thanks Shiya :))

Hearts.

P/s: The next song I'll be working on is gonna be a Bruno Mars work. Guess! :D

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Express (Burlesque) Intro - Ziwei's version

Hey friends!

Please come and support Kelly and I for our last concert with

NUS CAC Voices, Emerge 2012.

We'll be doing the ENTIRE MTV DANCE with FULL SEXY OUTFIT, with 3 HAWT backup dancers.

Click play button to listen to my personal version!

If it's still decent, imagine the joint GIRLS POWER Kelly and I (and all the leggy dancers) will be presenting to all of you that day.

[audio http://uploads3.mp3songurls.com/1267612.mp3]

Details: 

Venue - St James Powerhouse

Date - 10th March 2012

Day - Saturday night

Time - About 6.30-10pm

Ticket price - 20$

(with 1 complimentary alcoholic drink and free entry for after-party at Powerhouse!)

Contact me through any of these means to reserve your tickets! <3

Hearts.

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Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri (Ziwei's cover)

Hey guys!

This is my first attempt on a personal song recording.

Reason being, I wanna start my own humble collection of covers by myself on this blog.

The purpose behind is to improve my singing techniques and skills, slowly but surely.

Not gonna touch video recording first. So, just click the play button below and enjoy! :)

Jar of Hearts (Ziwei's cover)

[audio http://uploads3.mp3songurls.com/1266538.mp3]

Really love this song, range abit low for me though. Hope it doesn't sound too bad.

Please leave your feedback and comments under this entry! I'd greatly appreciate it! :D

Hearts.

P/s: It's definitely imperfect, I'll improve! Please support ok! <3

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Movie review in Psych perspective: Chronicle

Hope i don't become a spoiler reviewing this movie.

As a Psychology student, it's inevitable that i link up things i'm exposed to in my daily life to stuff i learnt in school. So instead of doing a cliché review of narrating and promoting the movie, i'll see what i can come up with. :3

It was the first time i watched a movie purely through the lens of video cameras. The effects were much better and cooler than expected as it didn't make me feel dizzy any bit throughout the movie.

The movie started with the depiction of an abused teenager Andrew. The avoidant attachment style he had adopted towards his father since young made him develop inferiority, low agreeableness and high neuroticism. Despite those trauma he faced at home, he discovered his possession of a hidden talent in superpower manipulation after coming across a crystalline meteor with 2 other playful mates.

I'd highly suspect that Andrew had developed schizoid personality disorder as patients with schizoid PD lack interest in social relationships and prefer to engage in solitary activities. Andrew simply turned away the concern and care from his fellow buddies after mastering the use of his superpowers and subsequently indulged in philosophical readings on Darwin's theories. The problem with SPD demonstrated in the movie would be Andrew immersing himself in his internal fantasy world when he realised fiction had come to life in his attainment of the superpower. Obsession in his belief of Darwin's natural selection theory pushed him to explore his newly-attained abilities to the extent of exploiting them. On the other hand, i didn't think Andrew's one hardcore hopeless SPD case as he still sought for love and recognition from his cousin of which he got an ambiguous reply in return. The misinterpretation that he didn't mean anything to his best buddy/cousin resulted in all the tragedies that followed. Lesson here: Please say "I love you too" to your important ones, be it brother, sister, cousin, buddy, boyfriend, girlfriend when they pop "do you love me?" k! <3

It's quite saddening to witness the uncontrollable deterioration of the mental health in an untreated student with PD. A supposed superhero with anti-social personality disorder. How scary is it if this fictional character actually exists around us?! Anti-social personality disorder is defined by the US National Library of Medicine as "a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others." Criminals act ruthlessly because they feel no empathy, sympathy, compassion and remorse towards any others affected by their actions. This deficiency in these functional emotions in someone who possesses superpowers will unquestionably bring about chaos all around.

I couldn't help but to come up with some of these associations between the movie content and what i study in school everyday.

I won't say it's as good as Black Swan as a psych thriller but its combination with the dramatic actions makes it worth watching with your date this weekend. <3

Hearts.

P/s: Please support my first try on movie review by commenting. Thanks in advance.

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22nd! (Part 1)

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So. I'm 22. Getting used to this age. Somehow I'm looking forward more to adulthood, adult working life.

Pictures in the above slideshow only consists of 3 outings/celebrations:

• First out-of-school dinner with my PowerPsych Girls M and Q at Ramen Champion at Bugis Iluma, then Ice cream man for dessert. I'm really thankful to have known these girls in my uni life. They helped me in my Psych modules and shared so much joy and woes mugging tgt. Jiayou girls!!

• Dinner at Ma Maison Restaurant at Central with Bee, BBFL (Best Bros for life) Jon and Seb + CK, chillax drinking session at Beer Market with BBFL CK, Ervin, Nadya and Seb and mild clubbing at Attica with Chao and the rest. We definitely need more of this kinda just-chill gatherings every now and then but probably not back to Attica again? The crowd was quite pathetic that night. Or maybe i'm too old for clubs alr. 22 alrd!! :(

• Heartwarming dinner date at Medzs at Orchard Central with Bee, best girlfriend Lianne and her bf, Jo. Really happy to see my favourite girlfriend for the longest time again after 4 months of her enjoying shopping and beautiful scenery in Canada for SEP. Thanks sooooo much for the Too-faced Smokey Eye makeup palette! Love it mega lots!

I'm gonna blog about the 3 surprise bday celebs for the next entry cos i realised i don't have the pics in my lappy-for-school now. They're definitely blog-worthy! <3<3

Short review on some places i visited:

Ramen Champion - the seasoned eggs are supposed to be the highlight of the trip since i hadn't tried it before. But i have no idea why I didn't like the taste! So disappointed with myself. About 5-6 ramen stalls within Ramen Champion, like the concept of Marché and Medzs, you order with a card and pay before you leave the place. My recommendation would be the 2nd last stall from inside, named Bario. If you're on diet/have a small appetite, take the half-ramen which is about half the price of the normal sized bowl which gives a damn huge serving. Thanks ah Qian for the recommendation! :D Spent less than 10$! (Y)

Ma Maison Restaurant - loved the Escargot!!!! Served in pretty shells unlike those at Saizeriya which are served on hot plates. There shouldn't be a huge difference in taste though. Had steak for dinner. Not bad. Spent about 30$, price a lil steep but my birthday celebration ok, birthday girl is allowed to enjoy good food! :3

Beer Market - thank you nadya for the recommendation. The place is damn cool even though it may not be economical. The prices of different beer fluctuate like the stock market figures depending on the drinkers' demand for different beers. If you're looking at finger food, order the honey fried chicken wings! Damn damn tasty!!

Medzs - I won't especially promote this place to my friends due to its limited variety of food, stingy portions and expensive prices. The payment system works like that of Marché. The ambiance would be slightly better than Marché ito having lower noise level and a more classy setting.

Apologies on the no-substance entry. I have so much deep deep thoughts that i want to pen down here! But it'll be totally irrelevant to the birthday entry. Shall save it till I actually take some actions so they don't become "empty thoughts.

Look out for the next few entries. Really.

Hearts.

P/s: Bee, i'll support you in your goals and plans. Keep your promises! <3

P/p/s: Friends, would greatly appreciate it if you guys help to click on the title of the post and like/rate the post to let me have an idea whether my effort in doing some reviews of food places for you guys' reference is useful. :) I'd be slowly but steadily updating this corner. Will be doing an advert/product review soon! Maybe you can spend a little bit of time to leave a comment to suggest what i can include too. Thanks! <3

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