The pandemic-born “emo rave”-categorised “Change, Reset ft. PRINCI” portrays how distressed human beings lean on their desire for intimacy and connection on chat apps, without any physical interaction. The personality-training AI chatbot app “Replika” and dating app “Tinder” specifically, became the inspiration for this music video. The First-Person point of view coupled with a “Pokémon GO”-like AR interface fills this journey with sorrow and uncertainty.

The concept of this track was Sonia Calico's observations on how people are dependent on technology during the pandemic. After several online conversations PRINCI, producer and vocalist who sings on this track, layered the lyrics of a one-sided relationship on top of Sonia Calico's sci-fi sob story, and handed the results to Veeeky. While working on the MV storyboard, Veeeky expanded the story into a struggle between humanity and technology. These 3 artists' works closely relate to the struggles and anxieties happening in this moment. However, the scenario that follows the change/update is left to the viewer's imagination.

疫情中誕生，被Sonia 戲稱曲風為 “Emo Rave” 的單曲〈Change, Reset ft. PRINCI〉訴說著壓抑的人類把對親密感和連結的渴望寄託在各種能產生對話卻無法真實觸碰的軟體中。因此真人交友軟體 Tinder 和人格學習的 AI 聊天機器人 Replika 成了 MV 靈感來源，並設定用類似 Pokemon Go 的 AR 實境擴張使用介面將虛擬物件與真實世界的場景連結。

Sonia Calico 把疫情中人類寄情於科技的觀察整理成一縷傷感的未來幻想，把此想法傳達給歌手PRINCI 經過來回的網路討論，PRINCI 有感而發地寫下 “一方要改變、另一方卻只想停留在原地” 的失衡關係，於是將歌名取為 〈Change, Reset〉(改變與重置）。最後由 Veeeky 把概念延伸到 MV 中人性化意念與科技的交戰。三位創作者均圍繞在當下情緒的掙扎與焦躁，而改變（更新）後是什麼光景就留給觀者自行想像。

Music producer: Sonia Calico
Video producer: Veeeky
Singer: PRINCI @shesthatprinci
Music Label: TRAKKIE TRAX http://www.trekkie-trax.com/
Listen the whole EP: https://smarturl.it/Sonia-Calico-CR

Woohoo! We are featured in The Sunday Times today!

The topic is on how to have cosy, creative celebrations amidst the pandemic and how staying home presents an opportunity for families to bond and get closer.

If you follow my stories, you will know that Ariel designed an "Animal Experience Studio" for the family to get together and enjoy. She came up with a series of games, including a classification game using our animal figurines, a tossing game where you try to throw the animals into containers of different sizes, an animal 'hunt' where she hid them around the house, a drawing game where she categorised the animals based on easy/medium/hard level, and a Bingo game where she surprised me by painstakingly drawing every card by hand for each of us.

We played this during the Father's Day weekend recently and it was so much fun for the whole family. She even prepared small prizes from her own stationery and a lovely "Thank You" speech to thank us for participating. Awww. So I think she is very thrilled to see it being mentioned in the papers today and to see a huge photo of all of us playing her game. Yup, even her self-designed poster is featured too. You totally deserve it, my dear!

She said she was inspired by my DIY Halloween party last year and the name was derived from our visit to Changi Experience Studio earlier this year. And you know what? The success of this initiative has propelled her to want to create even more party games and celebrations for us in the future. Yippee!

Big thanks also goes to the hubby and the siblings for joining in wholeheartedly and to the big sister for ensuring that the games flowed smoothly too. It is indeed true that celebrating indoors does not have to be mundane but instead, it can be intimate, creative and fun. I am just so happy and relieved that the kids share my sentiments too.

Thanks to Kamal from The Straits Times for interviewing us and even including my blog link in the article too! What a great way to end off the school holidays, which I wish could last longer so we could have more fun as a family.

Have a happy Sunday, everybody! ❤

#ahappymum #familytime #Creativity521 #stayhomecanbefun

Perlakuan tidak bermoral dan bersifat gangguan seksual terhadap kanak-kanak yang tular di media sosial baru-baru ini amat mendukacitakan.

Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (PPPM) Cawangan Johor tidak bersetuju dan menyelar tindakan lelaki tersebut yang mencium mulut adik angkatnya.

Tindakan lelaki tersebut adalah tidak wajar kerana bahagian mulut dikategorikan sebagai bahagian peribadi dan tidak boleh disentuh sesuka hati oleh orang lain.

Menjadi orang yang dikenali seharusnya memberi contoh dan teladan yang baik untuk masyarakat. Justeru, Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (PPPM) Cawangan Johor menyeru masyarakat terutamanya ibu bapa agar lebih peka dan menyediakan pengetahuan asas kepada kanak-kanak untuk membolehkan mereka melindungi diri.

YAM Che’ Puan Khaleeda, Yang Dipertua Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (PPPM) Cawangan Johor

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An immoral and child sexual harassment incident currently viral on social media is very worrying.

The Johor Girl Guides Association Malaysia (GGAM) do not agree and strongly condemn the action of the man kissing his step-sibling on the mouth.

The man's action is inappropriate because the mouth area is categorised as a personal space and cannot be freely touched by other people.

As a prominent person, he should set a good example and behaviour to the society. Hence, the Johor Girl Guides Association Malaysia (GGAM) urge the society especially parents to be more alert and impart basic knowledge to children so they can protect themselves.

HH Che' Puan Khaleeda, Yang Dipertua of the Johor Girl Guides Association Malaysia (GGAM)

Setting My Life Goals for 2021
Hello everyone! I hope you guys are having a good year so far. This video is all about the goals I've set for myself for the rest of 2021. I've categorised them into personal, health, youtube and investment/ budget goals. I feel like I'm the most aggressive when it comes to my investment/ budget goals. My husband and I are planning to retire in our 40s, so it's definitely slowly creeping up on us. I hope this video motivates you guys to set your goals for 2021. Good luck on your journey and thanks for being a part of ours.

(00:00-00:48) Intro
(00:48-2:40) Personal Goals
(2:40-5:33) Health Goals
(5:33-7:34) Youtube Goals
(7:34-11:09) Investment/ Budget Goals
(11:09-11:31) Outro

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