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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 161026 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: Alarm you need the shock circuit with Sonya and Joakim.
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  Speaker 2: 987. Unfortunately for our darling Sonia Chew, another day of MC.
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  Speaker 2: She's really taking her time to recover after what the
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  Speaker 2: haze has caused, not just her, but I'm very sure
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  Speaker 2: loads of others here in Singapore, but we say this
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  Speaker 2: and then I look at whatever's happening over at Kalimantan.
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  Speaker 2: Again, we want to send our friends over at Indonesia
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  Speaker 2: all the love. This is not their doing, just again,
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  Speaker 2: a few people being irresponsible, setting the forests on fire
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  Speaker 2: and the smoke is blowing over to the region, not
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  Speaker 2: just in Singapore, but our friends in Malaysia, Brunei, maybe
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  Speaker 2: even the Philippines as well. I think yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: I saw a post compiling all the different regions affected
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  Speaker 2: by the haze, but that's it. On the topic of
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  Speaker 2: Bruno Mars, don't forget he'll be here for 4 nights
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  Speaker 2: in Singapore, the National Stadium, featuring Anderson Paak as DJ
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  Speaker 2: Pee Wee. So, I'm very sure there'll be a segment
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  Speaker 2: where Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars, and Anderson Paak take the
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  Speaker 2: stage and sing us their favorite songs to perform for us.
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  Speaker 2: Live at the National Stadium, 13th, 14th, 17th, and 18th
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  Speaker 2: of April. Now, one might wonder, given how he's spending
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  Speaker 2: so many nights here in Singapore, will he be filming
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  Speaker 2: a music video or like an STB sponsored ad? I wonder. Now,
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  Speaker 2: given how it's Friday, 16th of October, congratulations to our
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: friends over at Street Fighter. The movie is out.
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  Speaker 2: If you have no plans over the weekend, you might
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  Speaker 2: wanna go catch that one or if you want to
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  Speaker 2: do support our local films, and of course, Sandbox the
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  Speaker 2: movie available for you in cinemas as well if you
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  Speaker 2: wanna go watch and enjoy some locally made films. But
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  Speaker 2: when we come back, we are about maybe say 2
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  Speaker 2: months plus away from Avengers Doomsday. Very excited. Cannot wait
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  Speaker 2: to see.
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  Speaker 2: See what happens and how they tie in all the storylines,
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  Speaker 2: not just with the films, with some of the series
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  Speaker 2: as well. I think the vision is available for you
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  Speaker 2: on Disney Plus, but when we come back, some test
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  Speaker 2: screening results for Avengers Doomsday, and they are out on
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  Speaker 2: all your favorite gossip columns. I'll summarize some reports for
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  Speaker 2: you in just a bit here on the shock circuit,
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  Speaker 2: just to give you what you can.
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  Speaker 2: Look forward to when it comes to Avengers Doomsday, December
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  Speaker 2: 17th 18th, Singapore time. And speaking of the word leak,
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  Speaker 2: hopefully no leaks will come out for Avengers Doomsday, whether
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  Speaker 2: on social media or on your favorite gossip column websites
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  Speaker 2: because some test screenings have been conducted already. And let
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  Speaker 2: me just read to you one review, OK?
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  Speaker 2: According to this account called Marvel Movies, it's nothing affiliated
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  Speaker 2: to Marvel, maybe like a fan-made account that has since
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  Speaker 2: gone viral and lots of following, lots of people started
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  Speaker 2: following this because it's seen as a legitimate legitimate source, right?
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  Speaker 2: It says, Disney is reportedly panicking over Avengers Doomsday test screenings.
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  Speaker 2: Early viewers describe it as a completely humorless, harrowing bloodbath
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  Speaker 2: with a massive superhero death toll. One insider claims it
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  Speaker 2: feels like a mass execution of the franchise.
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  Speaker 2: To our friends over at Disney, I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: you're panicking about because this means it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: good movie.
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  Speaker 2: I'm, I'm cheering for this because about time we had
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  Speaker 2: something like this. So, I, I, I really hope this
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  Speaker 2: review doesn't send Disney into a panic. I hope it
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  Speaker 2: gives them the encouragement that yes, they are on the
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  Speaker 2: right path because I really wanna see how dark they
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  Speaker 2: go with Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Junior, but again,
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  Speaker 2: a huge rumor that Cillian Murphy could be the actual.
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  Speaker 2: Cast member playing Doctor Doom. We will only find out
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  Speaker 2: December 17th, December 18th, Singapore time when it's out in cinemas.
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  Speaker 2: I cannot wait. And yesterday, Georgina and I actually had
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  Speaker 2: the chance to go on down all the way to
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  Speaker 2: Anchorvale to Anchor Green Primary School to the P6s. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you so much for your kind attention and I really
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  Speaker 2: hope you enjoyed your assembly on a Thursday afternoon. Well
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  Speaker 2: done to you.
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  Speaker 2: Some amazing students that I met in person wanna say
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  Speaker 2: hello to Sanjana, the likes of Nathan as well, your
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  Speaker 2: head prefect, very well spoken, brought some of the P6s
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  Speaker 2: up on stage to do a short 987 DJ script,
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  Speaker 2: and they delivered. They were really amazing. And I remember
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  Speaker 2: asking them, uh, who do you listen to? What are
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  Speaker 2: some of your favorite songs, and they
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  Speaker 2: Sang some Bruno Mars, if I'm not wrong. Some told
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  Speaker 2: me they listen to K-pop artists and all. So it's
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  Speaker 2: very good to get all these info from the core
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  Speaker 2: demographic on what makes 987, and I'm really happy to
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  Speaker 2: always meet you at your school invasions. On to the
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  Speaker 2: next one. I don't know when I'll be going to
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  Speaker 2: another school again. I think my colleagues at the back
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  Speaker 2: end will tell me, and hopefully it's either me and
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  Speaker 2: Sonia or
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  Speaker 2: Me and your other favorite 987 DJ, we'll be there
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  Speaker 2: to give you an assembly of a lifetime and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: just before school closes for the end of year holidays.
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  Speaker 2: And OK, I'm, I'm all for kampong spirit. I'm all
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  Speaker 2: for being nice to your neighbors, but we need to
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  Speaker 2: draw the line, OK? There needs to be a great
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  Speaker 2: boundary here, a good boundary.
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  Speaker 2: When it comes to, for example, if my house is
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  Speaker 2: going through renovations, if you're my neighbor and you want
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  Speaker 2: a capo, at least wait for me to be there
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  Speaker 2: and ask me first before you go into my house
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  Speaker 2: because we're seeing a rise of such cases, especially for
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  Speaker 2: the year 2026. And even if you follow Class 95,
• 6:07
  Speaker 2: you know Mutton's producer K-pop Gin, uh, she has a
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  Speaker 2: viral video of herself.
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  Speaker 2: Doing a video at home and suddenly she hears someone
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  Speaker 2: tampering with the door. Someone was trying to go into
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  Speaker 2: a house to go and capo the renovations and all that,
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  Speaker 2: and she confronted the person without showing his or her face,
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  Speaker 2: and that video has since gone viral. In the comments section,
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  Speaker 2: people were saying, Oh my God, I strongly relate to
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  Speaker 2: this because people were entering my home during renovations. I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna give you two examples, yeah. One happened.
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  Speaker 2: Over at Tengga, and if I'm not wrong, the other
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  Speaker 2: one could have happened over at Chua Chu Kang. So
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  Speaker 2: the one over at Tengga was during renovations. Strangers were
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  Speaker 2: entering this person's home, and they were asking questions to
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  Speaker 2: the contractors and the workers, saying, Oh, this one, what
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  Speaker 2: tiles are? Oh, what kind of paint using for the
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  Speaker 2: walls and all that. And thankfully everything was caught on
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  Speaker 2: handphone camera and CCTV as well. And for the incident
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  Speaker 2: over at Chua Chu Kang.
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  Speaker 2: This one, OK, if Sonia were here, she would be
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  Speaker 2: saying things like, Hey, joking, but maybe this could have
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  Speaker 2: really been an emergency. Maybe this lady really needed to
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  Speaker 2: use the restroom. So there was a house that was
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  Speaker 2: undergoing renovations over at Chu Chu Kang, and a random
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  Speaker 2: lady enters the home, and thankfully the homeowner was there. OK,
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  Speaker 2: Random lady enters the home and uses the restroom.
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  Speaker 2: And the homeowner went, eh, somebody's in the restroom. Who's, who's,
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  Speaker 2: who's in there? And out comes a lady that nobody knows.
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  Speaker 2: And then she goes, um, hello, you're not supposed to
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  Speaker 2: be doing this. And then the person who used the
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  Speaker 2: toilet said, Oh, but I asked this contractor they can
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  Speaker 2: use no such thing.
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  Speaker 2: So please, uh, if you're gonna go do your renovation
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  Speaker 2: works and all that, I think the first important thing
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  Speaker 2: you need to get is CCTV and maybe have a
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  Speaker 2: chat with your ID and your workers to allow only
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  Speaker 2: a select few people in, like it could be you,
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  Speaker 2: your family member, or a trusted friend to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that ren works are going well because again,
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  Speaker 2: I'm all for kampong spirit, but there needs to be
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  Speaker 2: a clear boundary here, right? When we go from American
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  Speaker 2: girls to Singaporean buses, what a jump. Um, taking place
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  Speaker 2: at the area of Yishun. Again, what came first, the
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  Speaker 2: happenings or the stereotype, right? And I'm glad firstly that
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  Speaker 2: I'm able to share this with you live on air
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  Speaker 2: because nobody was seriously injured, so thank goodness for that.
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  Speaker 2: But this is a once in a blue moon kind
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  Speaker 2: of accident that involves 3 buses, and the numbers are
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  Speaker 2: in descending order. So the people that reported this accident
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  Speaker 2: on the press outlets as well, they knew exactly what
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  Speaker 2: they were doing. All they did was give us the
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  Speaker 2: details and they ended the article right there. So, it
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  Speaker 2: took place at Block 790, Yishun Avenue 2, about 3:05 p.m. yesterday, OK?
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  Speaker 2: Bus number 853 rear-ended bus number 852, which then caused
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  Speaker 2: a chain collision with bus number 851.
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  Speaker 2: I kid you not, it really happened. It's available for
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  Speaker 2: you online. And with the prevailing haze conditions here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just gonna give you a very quick 24 hour
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  Speaker 2: PSI update. It ranges from 146 to 224. So, to
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  Speaker 2: give you more detail, 146 in the north, 195 for
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  Speaker 2: both the west and the eastern side in Singapore, 180
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  Speaker 2: in the south side of Singapore, and 200.
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  Speaker 2: And 24 entering the very unhealthy range in the central
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  Speaker 2: region of Singapore. That's as of 7 a.m. and the
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  Speaker 2: 1 hour p.m. 2.5 readings ranges from 93 to 149. So, if, again,
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  Speaker 2: by some miracle, you are thinking of running in outdoors
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  Speaker 2: in the central or the eastern area of Singapore, I
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  Speaker 2: think
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  Speaker 2: It's the hardest hit when it comes to the PSR
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  Speaker 2: and the p.m. 2.5 readings, and that's why our friends
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  Speaker 2: over at Active SG, they have temporarily closed outdoor and
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: non-air conditioned facilities at Active SG sports facilities in the
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  Speaker 2: east and central regions first. So areas like maybe say
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  Speaker 2: Bishan swimming complex, Jalan Besar Stadium, Bishan Stadium, Bishan Clubhouse.
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  Speaker 2: Active SG sport Park at Tey Gi swimming Complex. It's
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  Speaker 2: all been temporarily closed because of the haze. So, if
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  Speaker 2: you want full details and where it's open and where
• 10:44
  Speaker 2: it's closed, you might want to log on to active
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  Speaker 2: SG circle.gov.sg. They have the full list on which areas
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  Speaker 2: are open or closed due to the prevailing haze conditions
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  Speaker 2: and maybe even the upgrading works as well. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And unfortunately, from what it looks like, the haze is
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: here to stay a while more. Very soon, it's the
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  Speaker 2: Garmin Half Marathon happening 25th of October. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: whether it be canceled or not because the organizers themselves
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  Speaker 2: have released statements that they'll monitor the PSI and the p.m. 2.5.
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  Speaker 2: Conditions 24 hours before and they'll make a decision whether
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  Speaker 2: to reduce the 21 km to a 10 km route
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  Speaker 2: or cancel the event entirely. And also, if you're a
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: big fan of Big Bang, please make sure you pay
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: close attention to the Hayes advisories. Apparently, if it crosses
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: over 300.
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  Speaker 2: There might be some postponements or cancellations as well. Again,
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  Speaker 2: stay very close to our friends at the Kallang or
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  Speaker 2: AG AEG Live. There you go. How's your Friday going?
• 11:49
  Speaker 2: Hope you're doing OK and hope you're not too triggered
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  Speaker 2: by the haze here in Singapore. But what I was
• 11:56
  Speaker 2: kinda low key triggered about yesterday was the topic that
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  Speaker 2: we did. It's a thread now that's kind of gone
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  Speaker 2: viral on Reddit.
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  Speaker 2: And people have been reading it and some local press
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  Speaker 2: outlets even covered it on their sites as well, where
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: a man actually was open inverted commas, forced to pay
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  Speaker 2: $741 for a first date meal over at Imperial Treasure
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  Speaker 2: at Ion Orchard, and I asked the question yesterday about
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  Speaker 2: how much are you willing to part with when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to a first date. Again, perhaps it's relative to
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  Speaker 2: how much you earn.
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  Speaker 2: And really, if you want to impress someone on the
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  Speaker 2: first date, right? So, I gave my personal view that
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  Speaker 2: maybe for me, a budget of within, within $100 to
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  Speaker 2: $150 I think I'll be OK with that and if
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  Speaker 2: the restaurant allows, maybe a small glass of wine. So,
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  Speaker 2: I want to branch out from that and again, maybe
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  Speaker 2: help anyone who might be planning a first date or
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: a second date with some potential partner of yours.
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  Speaker 2: What is your preferred cuisine when it comes to a
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  Speaker 2: first date? I'm a bit capo here because, um, I, I,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why, but I feel as if when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to Singaporeans, the popular choice for a cuisine
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to your first date, Japanese.
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  Speaker 2: It, it doesn't have to be Oakase or whatsoever, just
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  Speaker 2: a simple Japanese restaurant or shabu shabu, but Japanese, they, they,
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  Speaker 2: they find it easy to eat and easy to consume,
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  Speaker 2: and it's not too filling if you order the correct portions.
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  Speaker 2: For yours truly though, I, I might go with Italian, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: like some pasta and pizza and maybe a small glass
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  Speaker 2: of wine. That, that to me is a nice first date,
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  Speaker 2: but
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel like I belong in the
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  Speaker 2: minority when it comes to cuisine choices here for a
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  Speaker 2: first date in Singapore. So, you know what? I want
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  Speaker 2: to open up the phone lines, 669-119-87 or maybe even WhatsApp, 90050987.
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  Speaker 2: Cuisine choices, when it comes to a first date here
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  Speaker 2: in Singapore.
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  Speaker 2: Not to turn this into a whole romance column, but
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  Speaker 2: I feel like news about going on dates, public service officers,
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: having the first date app as well. Maybe your answers
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  Speaker 2: could help them. You never know. On the topic of
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  Speaker 2: your preferred first date cuisine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Preferred cuisine for your first date. There you go.
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  Speaker 2: And if you like Japanese food, I guess you get
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  Speaker 2: the most common answer here in Singapore because I wanna
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: say good morning to Benjamin. I also wanna say good
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: morning to Cindy who says, hey, Joakim, yes, you're absolutely right.
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  Speaker 2: First choice cuisine for me will be Japanese food. I
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  Speaker 2: wanna say good morning to Lily. Lily with a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a different answer. Hey, Joakim, I want to know
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  Speaker 2: if my
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  Speaker 2: Date can handle my kind of food, so I often
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  Speaker 2: suggest Korean barbecue or mala. I want to see if
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  Speaker 2: they're adventurous. If we are sweating, laughing, and trying to
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  Speaker 2: figure out how spicy the food is, at least we
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  Speaker 2: have something to talk about. I don't want a date
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  Speaker 2: that feels like a job interview. I want to know
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  Speaker 2: if we can have fun together. OK. I, I, I,
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  Speaker 2: I see where you're going with this, Lily, but here's
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  Speaker 2: the thing. When it comes to Korean barbecue, at least,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you have sangkoksal.
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  Speaker 2: They will serve you with some garlic and well and
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  Speaker 2: all that. So if you have the garlic, right, and
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: the first date's going really well, there's chemistry, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't mind kissing on the first date, you hold
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  Speaker 2: each other's hands after and you're going in for that kiss.
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  Speaker 2: Both of you with garlic breath. Hey, if you're down
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  Speaker 2: and he's down, why not? Who's complaining? Keep the calls
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  Speaker 2: coming in over at 669-011-987 or you can WhatsApp.
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  Speaker 2: at 90050987. Your preferred choice of food when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to a first date here in Singapore. Let us know.
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  Speaker 2: We're right here on 987, your number one hit music station.
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  Speaker 2: Joakim Gomez is here with you on the topic of
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  Speaker 2: your preferred choice of food or cuisine, when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to the first date with a potential partner.
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  Speaker 2: Of yours in the future. Wanna go to WhatsApp and
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: say hello to a few people. Firstly, to Stella. Stella
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  Speaker 2: says this, casual cafe or bar with live bands like Wheeler,
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  Speaker 2: Estate or Timber, if it gets awkward, there'll be no
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  Speaker 2: painful silences. If it doesn't, still a nice atmosphere and
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  Speaker 2: can talk between the sets. Yes, Stella, I agree, but
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  Speaker 2: here's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: And this happened a few years ago. I was on
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  Speaker 2: a fantastic first date. Fantastic. It was going well. The
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  Speaker 2: convo was good. Then the band started playing and we
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  Speaker 2: had to talk a little bit louder, but then we realized, OK,
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  Speaker 2: there's no point in competing with the band. Let's just
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  Speaker 2: enjoy the music. So after the 45 minute set, and
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  Speaker 2: we went back to
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  Speaker 2: The convo. Both of us said the same thing. So
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  Speaker 2: what were we talking about? And we burst out laughing.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it was a great first day, but if
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  Speaker 2: you want to have like an intimate 1 to 1
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  Speaker 2: convo and it's really going well, maybe, yeah, wait for
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  Speaker 2: the band to finish and, then start the convo before
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  Speaker 2: they play, they play the next set. Wanna also say
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  Speaker 2: good morning to Wayne. Wayne on WhatsApp saying, hey, Joakim,
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  Speaker 2: I would choose Italian cuisine.
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  Speaker 2: Because a first date should be like a good pasta,
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  Speaker 2: full of chemistry, a little saucy and impossible to forget.
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  Speaker 2: Imagine sharing a strand of spaghetti, each of us biting
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  Speaker 2: on the end and slowly using our tongue to get
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  Speaker 2: closer till we kiss.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Isn't this that movie? The Lady and the Tramp, the
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: cartoon movie of the two dogs? Again, thank you so
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: much for your texts and one coming in from Ali. Hey, Joakim,
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  Speaker 2: I think going with her choice would be the best option.
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  Speaker 2: Get to know her favorite cuisines and make that your first.
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  Speaker 2: First date, 99% she'll like it. Missing the 1% because
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  Speaker 2: you're the one for her. Hey, why? What a smooth talker, man, Ali.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: On the topic of your preferred cuisine when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to your first date here in Singapore, just branching out
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  Speaker 2: from yesterday's topic about how a man was made to
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  Speaker 2: pay $741 for his first date with a lady.
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  Speaker 2: Over at the Imperial Teochew Cuisine at Ion. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 2: a one Michelin star restaurant, but perhaps maybe it could
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  Speaker 2: also be relative to how much you earn. But when
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: it comes to first date choices here in Singapore, I
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: think the most common answer we're getting so far is
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  Speaker 2: Japanese cuisine. Easy to eat, you might not overorder as well,
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  Speaker 2: but one coming in from, let me just get your
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  Speaker 2: name correct. Satish. Hello Satish.
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  Speaker 2: Satish to say, I think about this way too much.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: No crabs, no burgers that are too big, no mala
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: because I'll be perspiring.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: What about your spice Satish and definitely no hot pot
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: because my hair will smell afterwards. I might choose Italian,
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: order pasta, and then spend the whole dinner worrying about
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: sauce on my face. Honestly, dating is exhausting.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Ayo Satish, you sound so jaded. I want to give
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: you a hug. Also, go to the phone lines over
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: at 669-119-87. Wen Yi, what's your story? Well,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: my first, my preferred cuisine will be fast food, a
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: bit different from what I've been hearing. Oh really?
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: Yes, specifically KFC, like chicken. I want to devour the
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: pieces in my hands and then see if it turns
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: my partner off. And then, um, well, I did that
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: when I was 19. That was quite long ago. And
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: then the guy is my husband now. Hey,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: wow. OK, so can you tell me your best memory
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: of that first date with him then over at KFC?
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Which outlet was this?
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: It was at Plaza thing, but the best memory hasn't
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: got anything to do with food. So our first, our,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: on our first date, he actually fell down. He actually
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: slipped and fell in the rain holding like a drink,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: I think from KFC.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so that
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: was quite funny.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: So what was the order for you? Like a two-piece
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: chicken meal or a zinger burger?
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Oh wow.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: I wanted to eat the bones and glamorous as possible.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: OK. If you can't take me unglamorous, you don't deserve me.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: I glamorous? That's right I'm guessing.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Yes, there you
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: go. Thank you so much for your call, and I
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: feel like KFC should sponsor your 10th anniversary or something.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Take care. Bye-bye. Right. On the topic of your preferred
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: first date cuisine.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: And let's just say if it's Japanese, congrats. We all
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: joined the common answer here in Singapore. Want to say
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: hello to a few people on WhatsApp. Chien Pang, hello.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Also want to say hello to Satish. I read your
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: text earlier as well. Kumaran, hello. All saying, yeah, Japanese
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: cuisine is the safest to go for because you won't order,
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: you won't over-order, and it could be the neatest cuisine
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: to have.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Unless, of course, you tell me you accidentally dropped your
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: piece in the soy sauce and it splashes on your shirt,
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: so all the best to you if it happens like that.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: But I do want to say hello to Kin. Kin says,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: I once went to the outdoor movie screening at Fort Canning,
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: and my date got one Summersby each for each of us.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: My date does not drink much, and then he one
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: shots the whole bottle after the movie. We went to
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: Marsha at Somerset. The funny part is my dad was
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: drunk so much that he could not eat his food
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: and he fell asleep until the shop closed. We ended
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: up going.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: back by Grab and we found out later on that
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: he couldn't take any alcohol. Oh no, Ken, I really
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: hope this guy is still with you or something like that.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Let us know the updates, OK? We're going to the
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: phone lines at 669-119-87. Jay, what's your
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: story? It's definitely Thai food, so beforehand, I'll always ask
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: them like, uh, how's your spice tolerance? Then they'll say, oh, alright.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Then I'm like, OK, let's go, let's go for Thai
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: food as my usual days, um.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Thai restaurant at um city gate. So, um, when we
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: order the food, I would like go for normal spice
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: because they they say that their spice level is OK,
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: but that's where like, because I can take spice very well,
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: and then when you see them start drinking a lot
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: of water and then if not they'll be perspiring, wiping
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: themselves up, so I thought it's.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: It's quite fun.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Why do I feel this is like an audition date?
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: So for example, if you and I go on a
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: date and you ask me how's my spice tolerance and
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: I say, oh, I'm very bad at spice, does it
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: mean the date is off or we go somewhere else?
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: I will still meet up. Then I will ask them like,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: do you want to like still go for Thai food with, uh, um,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: less spice, or we can just go for other cuisine that, um,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: if you have any preference kind of thing, yeah.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: I'm going to be a little bit careful here, Jay.
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: I ask you, OK. Have any of your dates texted
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: you the next morning saying, wow, my stomach cannot take it? Yes.
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: As expected, as expected. By the way, out of curiosity, which, uh,
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: Thai restaurant is this over at City Gate? Tell me,
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: so I can go and check it out one day
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: as well.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: It's Beer Thai House. So they have two branches, one at, uh,
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: Kitchener Road and the other one at City Gate itself.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: It was from Golden Mile
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Complex.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Alright, OK. Beer Thai House restaurant over at the Kampung
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: Glam City Gate area. Thank you so much for your call, Jay.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: Take care, OK? Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye. We are broadcasting
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: live on 987's TikTok as well. And yes, my guest
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: at this point in time, I would not be surprised
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: if they call him the legend of Lorong Lilian.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: And baller doesn't just apply to footballers, it also applies
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: to basketballers. Don't forget that. Please say hello to Branson
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: Tan live in the studio. Hello, Branson.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: He is here. If I had an air horn, I'll
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: give it for you like.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Branson, congratulations, by the way, newfound virality, all thanks to
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: that game against MK. But both of us know and
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: we understand his content enough to know that he will
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: never post a lost video against you. You did it
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: on your account, to which we'll touch it. We'll touch
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: on it later on, but I want to find out
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: more about Branson Tan first, the basketballer here in Singapore,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: and apparently when I Google your name, you're in Team
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Singapore's lineup, but you still have hair here.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: And when I Google your name as well, I see
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: the name Botak. So I thought, hey, would it be
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: rude to call you Botak, but apparently you embrace it.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: It's in your nickname. So why go from this to Botak?
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Why?
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think many people ask me, but I think
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: hair is just a disturbance to my game. Oh really? Yeah,
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: I feel like it's so troublesome to take care of
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: your hair, to shampoo your hair, so why not just
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: shave
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: it.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: OK lah. I mean we can just ask Michael Jordan
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: how he feels about it as well, right? But Branson, OK,
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: let's go back to the history of Branson Tan before
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: even Team Singapore, before anything else. Where did this love
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: for basketball start for you?
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Oh, actually, when I was about 12 years old, I
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: was helping with my father in my chicken rice store
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: in Toa Payoh, so I was dishwashing his plates for him, lah.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: Then one of his worker, he asked me to play basketball.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Then he brought me out to play. Well, that's how
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: I fell in love with basketball, but I think the
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: most beautiful thing about basketball is that it brings everyone
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: together regardless of their race, language, or religion, their socioeconomic status.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: When you're off the, when you're on the court, none
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: of that really matters. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: beauty of it. And most sport that can keep fit also, lah.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: How, how young were you then?
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: 12 years old.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: So did that become your CCA in secondary school, which
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: I hear it was pure
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: secondary.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: So what was the audition or the trials like for
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Per Secondary's basketball team, or do you just join and say, Hey,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: you're very tall. Come.
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: No, I have to go for a trial. So every
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: class will go for a trial, then the CCA teacher
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: and the coach will pick you. So I did one
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: left-hand layup. They were like, Wow, this guy is so good.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: No secondary school can do a left-hand layup.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: So I just did that. Then they just picked me up.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: They put a star.
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: Were you already very tall back in secondary school? I
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: was about 7. What? Already in secondary school you were 17.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: Is that tall? I think to me it is. It's
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: a growth spurt. Hello. And then, and then, so you,
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: I'm guessing you're one of the tallest
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: in
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: school.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I was one of the tallest.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: And how much time and effort do you give basketball
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: and do you give?
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Your studies the same amount of effort and time as well,
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: it's a good question. In secondary school, ball is life,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: but after secondary school, I tend to shift my focus
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: to studies, la. OK, yeah, but secondary school I bowling
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: every morning, every night, every afternoon, yeah.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: Where, where were your usual courts or hangouts? Toa Payoh,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Toa Payoh or Bishan?
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, OK,
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: Bishan, yeah, the shelter court, ah.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: Ah, OK. The one at the, the near the CC, yeah, OK,
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: I know which one. Yes, OK. And so explain your
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: journey as a secondary school team basketballer, and then what happened?
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: Do you go poly
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: poly? OK, yeah, so I started playing secondary school. I
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: love creating history though. I created many histories of peers. Well, yeah.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: So
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: is
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: your name on the board?
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Uh, everyone knows me there.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: I have a picture of myself there also, really, yeah, yeah.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: So I participated in the ASEAN school game. It's where
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: they select the best player in each secondary school. They
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: represent Singapore to play against other school in country, other country.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: So I got selected for best sports boy award. I
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: don't know how I got it. Also, so I move
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: on to poly, but poly, it was quite sad because
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: COVID hit. Yeah, yeah, so many opportunities didn't come. Which,
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: which poly polyly,
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: OK,
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: yeah. Then after Neam Poly, I went to NS. I
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: represented SCDF though to play basketball.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: OK, yeah. Then after, now here I am in SIT University.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: How did you join Team Singapore? How did that happen
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: for
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: you?
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: How? I think it's just basically showcasing your skills. Then
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: you get scouted. Then just word of mouth, and you
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: call you out to the team. So
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: for your, for your version of basketball, is it 5v5
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: or is it 33 or what what's the, what's the
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: sport like football, you got 11 against 11, 7 against 755.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, at first I, when I represented Singapore for Games,
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: it was on a 3 on 3.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's a really different ball game. Back then
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: I was training like almost 9 times in a row,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: 9 days in a row. Yeah, it was quite tiring,
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: but it's worth it though. Yeah, but now I'm transitioning
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: it to 5 on 5. Yeah, yeah.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: What would you say about the basketball scene here in Singapore?
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Is it growing? I feel it's very underrated. I know
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: a few creators like Thomas Copekivich, for example, who I worked.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: Very closely with Norbin as well. They do feature basketball stuff.
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: So do you think the scene is slowly rising or
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: the scene has always been there, just needs more spotlight
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: on it?
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: I think back then basketball has never really won a
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: competition or match. Then during a 3 on 3 game,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: my team won against a historic win against Chinese Taipei.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: That's where all the crowd, all the fame.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: The traffic comes in. So after that, I think 3
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: on 3 is now on the rise. Yeah, but 5
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: on 5 is still there. I'll go with 202029C Games,
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: which will take place in Singapore. Yeah, yeah,
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: which is
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: your preferred 1, 313 or 55?
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: I prefer both though. Both are like two different things,
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: different mindset, yeah.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: And what is your preferred position on the court?
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Uh, 5 on 5.
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: I love small forward shooting guard. Shooting guard. I hate
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: being a point guard. I can't bring the ball up.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: OK, um, a shooting guard in a slam dunk context.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: The anime, who plays shooting guard? Is it Riota or
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: is it, uh, Mitsi or
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: I'm not really sure
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: or Rukawa? OK, never mind. I'm
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: so
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: sorry. It's OK.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: Again, my, my best knowledge of basketball, I'm, I'm using
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: is Slam Dunk the enemy, which I really follow, and
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: I joked to him saying how 1 3-point shot from
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: Mitzi is a 4-episode series on slam dunk. And if
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: you just joined us, we are broadcasting live on TikTok
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: as well. It is Branson Tan in the studio.
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: Baller.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: Representing Team Singapore and very soon in the 2029 SEA
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: Games in a staged in Singapore, right? So Branson, let,
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: let's get to why you are here this morning. Everyone
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: saw that clip that you took on MK when he
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: was here in Singapore. Our friends over at Mothership posted it.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: Loads of people who were there filmed it and put
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: it up on TikTok, and the cheers that you got
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: when you sinked in the last point gave me goosebumps.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: I went, whoa.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: OK, and to be honest with you, uh, Sonny and
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: I tried getting MK in the studio, but I think
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: his manager told us that they're on a very tight schedule.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: So I think too last minute. So maybe the next
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: time he's back we can get him in the studio
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: as well, but at least we got you, so I'm very,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: very happy about that.
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: Before we even get to the game, did you even
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: know who MK was that you follow his content?
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: Not
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: really. I don't really follow his content, but sometimes it
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: appears on my FIP. So I was like, Oh, this
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: guy is trash talking like crazy. I was thinking that
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: I would love to play against him one day. Yeah, yeah.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: And when you found out he was here in Singapore,
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: did you even know? Or did your friends say, Hey, Brenton,
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: this guy is in Singapore.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Go, go. Oh, I didn't even know until when he
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: arrived in Singapore.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Like, Oh, he's in Singapore. So at first he was
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: in a Chinatown stop. Yeah, I was like, Nah, I'm
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: not gonna go. But second stop, he posted in Lorong Yang.
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: I was like, wait, that's like one bus stop away
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: from my house. So it's so convenient. So I just
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: might not just go there and experience. How is it like?
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I didn't expect myself to play though.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, so walk us through how did that happen
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: and how did MK end up picking you?
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Oh, actually I was when I arrived at the court.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: My hopes of playing against him is zero because there
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: was a lot of crowd.
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: It's crazy. So I just moved to the spectator seat.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: I was like at the top of the seat. Then
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: when MK comes, all the crowd just crowd around here
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: on the court. I was thinking, oh my God, how
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: am I gonna play against him.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: Then I say, Should I just try to go down
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: and join the crowd, but then it would be weird though,
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: as a 24 year old Botak uncle going down.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: You're not uncle. I'm but
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: it looks weird lah.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: No, but did you show up in your gear like
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: your
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: yeah I did though. I was
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: like ready to play against him. Then I was like, OK,
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: why not? I only live once. This, this type of
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: opportunity doesn't come and doesn't come right. So I just
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: went down. Then I joined the crowd. Then I was
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: strategizing how to go in front of the crowd. So
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: you know how everyone is just squeezing in.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: So I was saying if everyone squeeze in and then
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: when the security guard asked them to push back I
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: will move forward, yeah, so that's how I appeared in front.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: Then after when NK was picking up the picking up
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: one on one.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: He said, Who here can beat me? I need a
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: more better person to beat me. I just shouted, I'm
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: a national player. I'm a national player. I represented Singapore.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Then I caught his unpassionate. Then the whole crowd was like,
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: Oh my God, that's Branson. Benson, go, go! Then they
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: pulled me in to play against MK.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: So
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: the crowd recognized who
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: you are.
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: Well done to the crowd. Yeah, exactly. W crowd. So.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: Talk us through the trash talking and the first game.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: That's the one you beat him and people cheer for him.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: So talk us through the trash talking and how did
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: you mentally block it out because this guy, I've seen
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: his videos, he can be throwing the ball at you.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: He could try to slap you, pull your shirt. I
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: mean you have no hair, so you might try to beat.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: that you never know, right?
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, actually, when before I play against, I have a
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: friend Joshua. He's just like him. I always play one
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: on one with him, trash talking, throw the ball at me,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: hit my head, everything, so I kind of get used
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: to it. You were well trained. Yeah, I was well
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: trained by Joshua, honestly. So when I come in to
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: play with him, I was locked in though. I didn't
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: even hear the trash talk, but I only hear something like,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: how are you even a national player? If I'm a national,
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: if I'm in Singapore, I can be the best player
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: in Singapore. They just get in my head. I was like, Oh, OK.
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: I was just trying to win him.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I was locked in.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: What was the game plan you had against MK and
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: how did you, how did you finally beat him? Tell us,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: the
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: game plan was defense. Defense is my number one philosophy
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: in basketball. So I had to defend so hard. He
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: was tired. I was tired, but I have to make
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: him more tired. Yeah. So I just keep defending him,
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: but the crowd was.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: Crazy though, the crowd was saying like, let's go Botta
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Bota Botak. Then there's one point they were saying like,
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: Who's your barber? Who's your
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: barber?
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: And when you sunk in the last point to win it,
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: walk us through that feeling.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah,
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: that
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: was, oh my God. I was like, finally. Then the
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: whole crowd just comes in. Then I just point to MK,
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: you loser.
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: Of course we will not see that video on MK's channel.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: We only see it on Branson's channel or whichever person
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: was there or at Lorong Lilian, but you took him
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: on again because he offered a rematch. He wants a rematch,
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: yeah, because
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: he wants to defend his pride. Both of you all
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: were so tired, but that one unfortunately you lost,
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: yeah, I think because, um, not, not any excuses, lah.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: I was leading 4-3. Then he need, he needed one
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: more 3-point shot to win. Then the police came. The
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: town council came. They told him to cancel this.
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: Match, I think, I don't know why. Oh no, yeah,
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: so the police came. Then, um, MK told me, uh,
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: let's end it faster. I said, OK, you end it,
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: you shoot it. So he saw it. He was actually scored.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: I was like, OK,
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: you gave it to him.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: OK, that this is the
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: true
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: story,
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: guys. You can clip this and post it up on
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: social media if MK trash talks Branson on his social
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: media accounts. But anyway, uh, what do you want to
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: say to the people who were there cheering for you
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: and even to MK himself because I'm very sure.
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: Again, I say this, I feel that his persona on
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: social media, it's a character.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: He
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: looks like actually a very nice guy.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: He
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: is actually, I think to MK, right, he's actually a
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: very nice person. When I come to the court, right,
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: he was just so nice to me. He was asking me,
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: Do you need a warm up? Did he offered me
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: water to drink. He's generally such a
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: nice person.
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: Before the cameras are rolling.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Uh, I think, the cameras rolling, but he just didn't
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: post that. I
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: see, I see.
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: What about to the fans who were there supporting not
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: just MK but
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: You as well,
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: I think to the
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: fans, thank you so much for supporting me. I love
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: the chess talk. I love the vibe. I love the hype.
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: I love the vibe. Love you guys,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: man.
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and let's just say if you want to check
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: you out playing basketball, do you play for any clubs
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: here in Singapore?
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I used to. I play. I'm still playing for
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: Singhua in Division One. And
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: where's the home court to watch you do your action
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: or whatsoever?
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: There isn't. There isn't. There isn't a home court. I see.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: How can we follow you and keep up to date
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: with your basketball happenings?
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: Follow my IG. Follow my TikTok. I just changed my
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: username to Botak Branson.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: Embracing the new name.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: You know what? It's a brand. Copyright it and put
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: it on a t-shirt. There you go. Botak Branson, thank
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: you so much for your time. This was fun having
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: you on
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: 987. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I,
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: I wish we could take on each other one on one,
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: but you will thrash me 180, you better not. It's OK.
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: Keep it here on 987. In the meantime, it's Branson
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: Tan once again here live on 987's TikTok as well.
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: And OK, today being October 16th, you might be feeling
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: the big bang fever already. OK, I think.
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: fever was a poor choice of word to use because
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: the haze could be giving you some fever as well.
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: But yeah, it's concert time. Hopefully, no postponements or no cancellations,
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: so please stay very close to our friends over at
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: the Kallang SG as well as AEG Presents. They'll be
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: the ones giving you all the updates you need because
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: they have issued a haze advisory, I think as of yesterday.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: But of course, tonight over at the Marina Bay Sands
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: area at 7 p.m.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: It will turn yellow. Art Science Museum and Marina Bay
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: Sands in the iconic Big Bang, yellow, and at 8:00 p.m.,
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: 9:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m., it's almost as if like
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: what they did for Lady Gaga last year when she
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: was here, they customized a spectral water show to the
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: songs of Lady Gaga. So I'm very sure they're doing
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: the same for Big Bang, 8:00 p.m., 9 p.m., and
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: 10:00 p.m. I hope you get to enjoy it and
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: I hope the PSI kind of clears up. So yes,
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: just praying for some miracles.