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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 140926 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: It's Sonia and Joakim on the shock circuit. Although I've
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  Speaker 1: been um trying to check on Joakim to find out
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: if he's almost here.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: I've been waiting for him to start the show, but
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: I have a stinking feeling that because of the match
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: last night, he might be um pretty upset and disappointed.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I, I don't typically follow football at all,
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  Speaker 1: as you know me, I'm clueless, but ever since I
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: decided that I was going to support City, this was
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: like what, a month ago when we posted a picture
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  Speaker 1: or maybe slightly less than a month.
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  Speaker 1: And uh we actually won and I think he might
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: be a little upset today. So I don't know where
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  Speaker 1: he is, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna call him right
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  Speaker 1: now to find out is he here? And I have
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  Speaker 1: located Joakim, he is alive.
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  Speaker 2: How am I? How am I awake is what I
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  Speaker 2: want to know.
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  Speaker 1: Are
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  Speaker 1: you, are you feeling OK? Are you feeling upset?
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  Speaker 2: Upset
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  Speaker 2: for sure. I mean, there are so many words I
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  Speaker 2: want to say about whatever happened earlier this morning with
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  Speaker 2: regard to the Manchester derby, but you know what, to
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  Speaker 2: be fair, well done, Manchester City. No, really, that's
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  Speaker 1: right.
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  Speaker 2: Going down to 10 men, Phil Foden getting a red
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  Speaker 2: card for kicking out at Bruno Fernanch, but what happened
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  Speaker 2: was they really galvanized. They got rallied, and Erling Harland,
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  Speaker 2: take a bow, man.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's the man. No,
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  Speaker 2: he definitely is.
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  Speaker 1: He is the reason that you sound, your voice is
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  Speaker 1: like 2 octaves lower this morning from sadness and lack
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  Speaker 1: of
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  Speaker 1: sleep.
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  Speaker 2: Erling Harlan is the perfect example of I like the
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  Speaker 2: guy but not the team that he plays for.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't, it wasn't a hello.
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  Speaker 1: Wasn't, wasn't there like some joke about his hair where
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  Speaker 1: like if he cuts his hair, then he will lose
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  Speaker 1: his mojo or something?
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  Speaker 2: Zlatan Ibrahimovic. It's a joke,
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  Speaker 1: is it? Or he just cut it off to prove
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  Speaker 1: that like it doesn't affect his abilities or what.
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  Speaker 2: back to how he looked like before the entire world
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  Speaker 2: came to know of Erling Harland. So the current Erling
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  Speaker 2: Harland hairstyle, some people are saying that it was him
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  Speaker 2: playing for Borussia Dortmund when he was plying his trade
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  Speaker 2: in Germany.
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  Speaker 1: OK, well, regardless, I'm in a good mood today. I
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  Speaker 1: know you are.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you join me to being in a better
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  Speaker 1: mood in a while. Never mind, it's OK. But anyway,
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: if you're tuning in already, it's close to 8:20, 8:20, 6:20.
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: It's Monday morning things. Um, if you're already up and
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  Speaker 1: ready to get down to school or you're starting to
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  Speaker 1: leave or you're already on the way, we send you
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of love, hugs, you know, to be right
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  Speaker 1: back and we might just open up phone lines for
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: you to get your dedications in.
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  Speaker 2: And I just realized,
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  Speaker 1: yes, PSLE.
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  Speaker 1: Officially, the papers are what, like 2 weeks or less away.
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  Speaker 2: Less than 2 weeks. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: exactly. So we wish you all the best. Hope you
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  Speaker 1: had a great weekend and a fantastic first day back
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  Speaker 1: at school.
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  Speaker 2: Some good news coming your way involving the movie scene
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  Speaker 2: here in Singapore. Not so much our Boys to Firemen,
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  Speaker 2: but Anthony Chen's We Are All Strangers. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: congratulations are in order, man. It's
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  Speaker 2: selected
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  Speaker 2: as Singapore's Oscars entry for the year 2027 and hopefully, hey,
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  Speaker 2: it might win Best.
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  Speaker 2: International feature film at the ninety-ninth Academy Awards happening next year. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Chen and Cho. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: OK, you know what, I, I honestly am very, very
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  Speaker 1: excited to see what happens. I mean, can you imagine
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  Speaker 1: if Singapore finally ends up on the big stage like that?
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  Speaker 1: That'd be so cool. It's
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  Speaker 2: great. Yeah. Now, you know what, I think this film
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  Speaker 2: needs another run in the box office here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 2: another screening so that more people can go and see it.
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  Speaker 1: I've no doubt they're gonna do that. And if you notice, right,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: Cinemas here in Singapore, they're leaning towards replaying some of
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  Speaker 1: like the classics that Singapore used to play or maybe
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  Speaker 1: even like classic Asian films.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Honestly, they brought back army days.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you know, I've never watched that. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: you have to. Yeah, I've never watched that one of
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  Speaker 1: the best classic,
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  Speaker 2: right? Singapore army films there is in our box office screenings.
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  Speaker 2: I actually don't know
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  Speaker 1: why I never watched it. I mean, it just, well,
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  Speaker 1: it never showed in the cinemas in the recent years.
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  Speaker 1: And was it on any streaming platform? I, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know actually. Maybe I just, I wasn't paying attention. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure.
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  Speaker 2: Netflix,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm YouTube right now, it
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  Speaker 1: might be available.
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  Speaker 2: You'll find it. But
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  Speaker 1: I want to see it in proper resolution lah, like on,
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  Speaker 1: on screen. And then
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  Speaker 2: there's one starring Pierre Peng, Chicken Rice War, if you
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  Speaker 2: remember this.
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  Speaker 1: The name sounds so familiar. Was that not a Channel
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  Speaker 1: 8 series? No, no,
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  Speaker 2: OK.
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  Speaker 1: T Fanta, Fanta, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't follow me. You, you're gonna do much better
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  Speaker 1: at PSLE.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I was gonna say Chicken Rice War is
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  Speaker 2: a movie. It's like Romeo and Juliet, but, but the
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  Speaker 2: feuding families owned chicken rice stalls. Yeah. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I see. Oh, how cute. And this is PFO when
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  Speaker 1: he was like really young, I'm assuming. He still looks
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: the same. He looks, he didn't age. He found the
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: fountain of youth. This is a vampire. Yeah. So have
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: you done anything fun over the weekend, Joakim?
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  Speaker 1: I have an announcement to make after you tell me
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  Speaker 1: what you've done. Oh, over the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Is that something that I'm looking forward to when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to your announcement? What? What? Will someone appear in
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  Speaker 2: 6 months or 9 months' time? What are you talking about?
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  Speaker 1: No, sorry.
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  Speaker 1: As in you thought I was having a kid. What
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  Speaker 1: are you talking about? Who has a kid in 6 months?
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  Speaker 1: 3 months? No,
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't be dropping this.
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  Speaker 2: OK,
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  Speaker 1: if my parents find out about this on air like that,
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  Speaker 1: they will literally call me right now.
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  Speaker 1: Dude, I'm talking about things that we did over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: What are you talking about? rubbish, rubbish, this, bro.
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  Speaker 2: I thought my godfather duties came into play already.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, nice assumption.
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  Speaker 2: Well, uh, this, can I just say this on Saturday, right? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I was wearing Baju
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  Speaker 2: kurong.
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I remember you going for the fitting for that,
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  Speaker 1: complete
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  Speaker 2: with the Soko and all that, right? And I had
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  Speaker 2: an event with National Youth Council. Yes, so I was
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  Speaker 2: over at Marina Bay Sands, and I had like 1
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  Speaker 2: hour and 15 minutes to kill.
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  Speaker 2: So I wanted to have my lunch and I thought, hey,
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  Speaker 2: there's Tin Taifeng here, right? So I went in and
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  Speaker 2: I realized, hey, me and a Soko and the Bajukuron,
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  Speaker 2: they might
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  Speaker 1: not want to, I mean Tin Tai
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  Speaker 2: Feng because it's pork.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know it might not look well, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and given the demographic of Marina Bay Sands being mostly tourists, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they see like a guy in a Malay
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  Speaker 1: baju eating Tin Tai Fong. They might take.
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  Speaker 1: Picture.
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  Speaker 2: OK, then I went, Hey, never mind. Go to bread talk. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: pop flo floss
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  Speaker 2: buns. Oh no,
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  Speaker 1: actually, why didn't you just like quickly change and go
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  Speaker 1: in?
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  Speaker 2: I know, but I didn't want to ruin the makeup
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  Speaker 2: and and and the look, you know,
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  Speaker 1: because
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  Speaker 1: it's, it's, you don't have to pull it over your head. What,
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  Speaker 2: it's not like a full
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  Speaker 1: button, it's not a button down, OK.
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  Speaker 1: OK, so tell me what did you end up eating
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  Speaker 1: in the end. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: what did I do?
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  Speaker 1: Tilau also cannot what?
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  Speaker 2: You can't eat anything,
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  Speaker 1: exactly.
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  Speaker 2: So I realized the halal options over at Marina Bay
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  Speaker 2: Sands very little.
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  Speaker 1: So the food court then, yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: went over there.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, come on,
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  Speaker 2: but it's nasi padang is expensive,
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  Speaker 1: man. I know, but it's. You can't expect anything less.
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  Speaker 1: It's different. I went to
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  Speaker 2: the Jason's Deli, OK, and I bought like some bread
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  Speaker 2: buns from Sunshine Bread
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  Speaker 2: and tea.
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  Speaker 1: So basically you went to the supermarket. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: you can
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  Speaker 2: 11987. Let us know how your September holidays went for you. Yeah,
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• 7:47
  Speaker 2: not wrong, I think the primary school kids, a bit
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: of a start day this week. Is it? They're not
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: starting today. So today they're back in school, but then tomorrow.
• 7:56
  Speaker 2: Because the P6s are doing the listening for PSLE, right?
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  Speaker 2: So
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  Speaker 1: some of them may not need to go in. OK. OK, um, well,
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• 8:15
  Speaker 1: Today we're actually getting quite a number of messages this morning.
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  Speaker 2: I think people are.
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  Speaker 2: Sleepy to call in.
• 8:20
  Speaker 1: I'm sleepy because we're both
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: sleepy, you know, after the holidays going back. So I
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• 8:31
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  Speaker 1: OK, your request is anything from Cortis, so we're gonna
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• 8:49
  Speaker 1: so here's the thing, right? Over the weekend, and, and
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  Speaker 1: I was just wondering how to phrase this because I
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  Speaker 1: don't want it to sound like so nasty in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Just call it as it is. But um, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: you would have seen the news making its rounds, especially
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  Speaker 1: around the internet and
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  Speaker 1: Um, while I want to say that the comments are split,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's 80% criticizing the organizers at this point
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  Speaker 1: for allowing this to happen, but I'm sure you would
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  Speaker 1: have seen that an athlete in High Rocks in Beijing
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  Speaker 1: allegedly completed the entire race despite having incontinence, and when
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  Speaker 1: I say incontinence, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: The number 2 type. OK, OK, that's all I'm gonna say.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say
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  Speaker 2: the word once and be done with it, diarrhea. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: no, OK, OK, that's it. I didn't want to say that.
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  Speaker 1: That's just I know it's too early for that. I know.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I wanted to leave that out. But
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  Speaker 2: I'm very surprised. So, OK.
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  Speaker 2: The thing is, I've seen it happen at marathons.
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  Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I've seen it happen and also um for, for ladies,
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  Speaker 2: the lack of better word, your cycles, some it might
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  Speaker 2: actually happens while you're doing the half marathon or full marathon.
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  Speaker 2: I I've never seen anyone get disqualified if the events
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  Speaker 2: is outdoors, outdoors, but I know of the athletes where
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  Speaker 2: they realize it's happening, they will stop and they will
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  Speaker 2: go and relieve themselves and hopefully there's water to wash
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  Speaker 2: it before they carry on finishing the race outdoors.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the thing because if you
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  Speaker 1: Particular about your timing, like you may not want to stop, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I think this is exactly what this, uh, this
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  Speaker 1: female athlete was thinking because she just didn't want to stop.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the difference with the whole high rocks
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  Speaker 1: setup is that you're actually touching and sitting on all
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  Speaker 1: the equipment.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's shared equipment. The carpet is shared, it's indoors
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  Speaker 2: and people around you, they can smell you.
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  Speaker 2: They can see everything. I'm very surprised the organizers did
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  Speaker 2: not disqualify her and say, sorry, ma'am, this is, this
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  Speaker 2: is not the way it should be, or please go
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  Speaker 2: and get yourself checked. And also, the thing is, athlete's ego.
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  Speaker 2: I have it too. Like for example, if I'm sick,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm not bedridden, I'll still go and run, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean? It's total opposite.
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  Speaker 2: I, I, it's athlete's ego, so.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I wanna, I wanna sound kind here, I, but
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  Speaker 2: I feel she should
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  Speaker 1: have called it herself. She should have called it herself. So,
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  Speaker 1: so there was a video that, you know, eventually popped
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  Speaker 1: off because of what happened, but this video was very
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  Speaker 1: tastefully done by like a videographer who edited out all the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the bad parts where it was seen like
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: dripping down her leg and all that, right? So they,
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  Speaker 1: they angled it as like, oh, a story of endurance.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, overcoming challenges to which that video is
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  Speaker 1: getting slammed quite badly now. I think 80% of the
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  Speaker 1: comments are saying like, why are you glorifying this and
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  Speaker 1: like cutting out the bad parts where we all know
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  Speaker 1: what happened, you know, you shouldn't be encouraging this.
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  Speaker 2: But the athlete came in first
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  Speaker 2: place,
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  Speaker 1: which is also quite amazing lah. How did she do that?
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  Speaker 1: I know,
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  Speaker 2: but we have to be very careful how we glorify
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  Speaker 2: it and how we frame it as well. I know. Again,
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  Speaker 2: organizers should have stepped in to disqualify her and
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  Speaker 2: Even though news reports are saying that oh they sanitize
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  Speaker 2: the place immediately and all that,
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  Speaker 1: but you've already been, people already have been exposed.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. It's a biohazard,
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: by the way. I know, yeah, well, while I, while
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  Speaker 1: I empathize with her to some extent because I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: it was really uncomfortable and she must have been not
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  Speaker 1: feeling so great, but at the same time, you got
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  Speaker 1: to know when to call it for yourself, I would say.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, for me, any minor inconvenience, I'm going home.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if I'm on a run, stomachache, I'm going home.
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  Speaker 2: If you're on a run, tired going home, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you won't push on. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: exactly. OK, I won't even start.
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  Speaker 2: No one
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  Speaker 2: needs to worry about you unless it's your ankle and
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  Speaker 2: you're playing paddle again.
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  Speaker 1: I know how to call it.
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: OK,
• 12:57
  Speaker 1: well, especially when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to sports.
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  Speaker 2: Not too sure whether there's a bit of a hidden
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: campaign going on with the BCRS.
• 13:05
  Speaker 2: The bottles and cans return scheme,
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: I just saw a new one, a new piece of news.
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: There is
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: one very cute one that I want to share with
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  Speaker 2: you about. Take a bow. I think he's 7 years
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  Speaker 2: old only to Mr. Saif Shafat. Let me share with
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: you what he did in just a while here on
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  Speaker 2: the shock circuit.
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  Speaker 1: What a
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: cutie pie, honestly, it is wedding season.
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: again, I just attended one over the weekend. It's actually
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  Speaker 1: uh Jeremy's best friend, so congratulations to the happy couple. Oh,
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: that's nice. And they've got a part two this coming
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  Speaker 1: weekend as well. So yeah, it's gonna be back to back.
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  Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure for the end of year, you get
• 13:41
  Speaker 2: plenty of 99, 1010, 1111 and 121212.
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: You're right, you're right, you're right.
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: That and your sales coming through as well.
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  Speaker 2: But speaking of, uh, earlier where the BCRS machine comes
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  Speaker 2: into play, I don't know whether is there like a
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  Speaker 2: hidden message or campaign that's happening to get people to
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: be more aware of it because it's being covered in
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: the news as of late.
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: And all these stories coming in quite heartwarming lah, you know,
• 14:09
  Speaker 2: someone doing it for family, and then I want to
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: bring in the story of 8 year old boy with autism.
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  Speaker 2: His name is Shaif Shafat, if I'm not wrong, and
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: he has collected over 170 bottles. That means $17 in return.
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: And then you can see the videos that I think
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  Speaker 2: his mom posted.
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  Speaker 2: On social media where he goes, Mom, so you can
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  Speaker 2: return here. So cute. So he'll go looking for these
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  Speaker 2: bottles and it gives him a sense of purpose. Well
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  Speaker 2: done to you, young Sharif.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I kind of like that he's channeling his
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: energy into this, right, than just being like stuck on
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: a phone or something. Yeah, so
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: I'm very nice to see, and this guy is smiling
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: widely for the pictures. So I wonder what he's done
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: with the money.
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: He bought himself a new toy. He
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: should be
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: the next phase of the entire campaign, I think.
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: Why not, right?
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: Like some endorsement or
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: something.
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: Why
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: not?
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: So again, when it comes to the BCRS, when you
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: buy your bottled cans and bottled drinks and canned drinks,
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: make sure it has the logo before you go and
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: return it at the machine where it either goes into
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: your EasyLink card or your DBS Pay now.
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: Fantastic way to earn a little bit of pocket money,
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: especially for him. What a cutie pie. So plenty of
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: very interesting news coming through over the weekend that we
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: wanted to address today.
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: This one going out to all the customers and people
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: who used to work there. I think we all read
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: about it, the sudden closure of true fitness and true yoga.
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: Honestly, I was, I was quite shocked because they have
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: been around for a very long time.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: And they're quite a reputable like brand. Like you would
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: see them at almost every major mall, right?
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: Not the first time we encounter a gym like this
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: suddenly closing down and shutting all its stores and outlets, yeah,
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: and it's really sad because these things, right, it makes
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: you wonder because up till maybe say the last day
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: of operations, such places could still be taking payments.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: They could be signs, yeah, yeah,
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: yeah. Where's the money gone?
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: And
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: they had a huge meeting with their liquidators at the
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: main office, and I really hope the staff gets fairly
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: compensated or at least placed at a new gym or
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: a boutique gym here in Singapore for more
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: work.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: So here's my question, right, because the people who are
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: on are the ones selling the packages or you know,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: getting customers. What if they were kept in the dark.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: All this stuff back and it sounded like it
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: because when the press interviewed a few of the staff
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: members after their meeting over at the main branch,
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: they had
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: no idea
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: they
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: said they actually had like a director's meeting a few
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: months ago. They asked, are there any potential closures or what?
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: They said no, no, we are OK, no closures,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: paraphrasing
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: here.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: That's the, that's the scary part because you always look
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: at the brand name first, right? You're like, oh, if
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: this is something I've seen for like what, over 10 years,
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: it's been, I'm not sure how long they've been here,
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: but safe to say they're, they're a reputable brand, you
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: wouldn't really think twice. In fact, you might trust them more.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: That's
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: on the sides, wow.
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: What's going to happen
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: that you might have wasted on your packages which is
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: all gone they
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: able to claim it, I mean there's no such thing
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: as like package insurance.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: I mean, look, anything is possible, but I know there's
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: no such thing. It's just how they're gonna claim their
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: money back? Like what if they just paid 20 for
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: like a fitness package? So
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: maybe the wrong word to use. It's more forfeited. OK.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: So when we come back, I want to find out, Sonia,
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: are you the package kind of person or are you
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: a pay per use
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: la OK, OK, so as you know, um, I think
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: one piece of news that also dominated a lot.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: a lot of, uh, group chats or conversations over the weekends.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: We're all quite shocked that this particular chain shut down
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: very suddenly.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: I'm paying very close attention to the reasons behind it. Yeah.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Hopefully the press will give us more today. Our friends
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: at True Fitness and True Yoga, everything all gone. Yeah,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: and they've been around for so long, right? So they have.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: If I'm not wrong, I did try like a trial.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Back then when I was interested in yoga, um, and
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: before I discovered Pilates, I did try um a class
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: there before years ago.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: So apparently in the press, or rather our friends over
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: at Mothership, they did a report on how there was
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: a dad who paid a lifetime VIP founder membership for
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: himself and two of his daughters, $21,000.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Wow, wow.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: And he barely got to use it, I'm
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: assuming.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: So yeah, and then people are saying that, oh yeah,
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: I joined in 2017. I spent about $10,000 on the
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: lifetime VIP membership in 2020, gone. I mean, makes you
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: wonder where all the money has gone to.
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it also makes me think about how
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: dangerous it is to commit to like what we call
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: a label a lifelong membership.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: And does that apply to like if you go overseas,
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: can you use their outlets overseas as well? Do they
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: have I don't know actually. I think they must have, right?
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Let me check. OK,
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: so while you check, I just want to share that
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: I'm the kind of person that I really, really dislike
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: paying for packages. I, I'd rather buy a pay per
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: use program or
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Maybe sometimes a 5 or a 10 pack package. Nothing
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: beyond that because you never know whether the place might
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: shuttle all of a sudden or the owners might cord
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: with the money and go missing and you don't get
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: the service that you paid for.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, I think they are, they exist in Asia. Asia,
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: I don't know whether other countries.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: might have it in Asia. So
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: I
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: guess the only class that I'm on the pack if
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: you want to call it that. Oh
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: So that you can use it here in Singapore at
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: any outlet or if you go overseas as well, the
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: membership that you have, it gains you entry. Yeah,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: and now that we know the owner, um, not to worry,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: I can just text him. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Uh, but I think that's not so bad because you didn't,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't pressure you to subscribe to like
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: a lifetime membership
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: or something.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they won't make the prices for you. So hello
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Miss Nail package and car wash.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: No, my car was no more already. OK, OK, no more.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: What other packages are you on
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: now?
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Um, my nail package is coming to an end very soon.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: So this is the time where I get extra scared
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: to go there because they will start to plant the
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: idea in your head and you can't say
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: no and I
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: can't say no. OK,
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: let's practice. OK. OK. I'm, I'm your beautician, is it,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: or your nail artist?
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: OK,
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: yes, nail technician tech, OK, there you go. Sonia, you
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: got more.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Wait,
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: hey, but girl, you got 2 more packages left, and now,
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: now got discount. No, the 1010 sales coming very soon
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: toss.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: The moment you say or how much you're in trouble,
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: cannot. No, but I think they found my weakness already.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: So the lady will always say like, ah, you know, um, in,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: in English, OK, but she says it in Mandarin, but
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: she said, you know, so and so this lady that
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: always does your news, she, um, she purposely put this
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: price just for you and me, just for you, it's
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: special for you and me. Then I, you know, so
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: then when I hear that, I'm like, yeah, she's so sweet, how.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Sons, you are somebody I know to be headstrong and
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: very firm.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Yes I am. Yes, yes, but
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: I realize you're very easy.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: No, no, but I just feel bad. I just, I
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: just feel bad for this. I mean this lady trying
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: to sell her. OK,
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: Sonia, I've been your friend.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: 16 years I don't
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: feel bad for you. No, no, no,
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: this is different. How about you give me a package
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: every month, this one is different.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: So you charge for our friendship subscription, is it?
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: It's OK, you know.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: You should pay me for being your friend. Hello.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: Excuse me.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: 669-11987 or you can WhatsApp us at 90050987. By the way,
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: if you do like your answer, what's coming your way? Oh,
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: you're getting a bargain. A nice dining experience, all thanks
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: to Wuhuu Korean Dining Restaurant. Oh
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: yes, a new place.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: Very nice.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: It's worth $100 and that place looks very Instagram or
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: TikTok aesthetics and photos,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: they're quite newly opened in the Robertson Key area as well.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: So something to treat yourself to. Give us a call
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: 669-11987 or drop us a message 90050987.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Um, after, on the back of all this that you've
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: heard about the True Fitness group shutting down and people
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: really just losing out on a lot of packages, right?
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: And money as well that's lost right now, are you
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: the kind that will also buy a package or will
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: you insist on buying a la carte prices? Be it facials,
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: be it, I don't know, your car wash stuff or
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: what else do men do?
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gym membership, fitness related stuff. Yeah, let us
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: know today. On the back of what has happened with
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: True fitness and true yoga.
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: We wanted to ask you, what are your buying habits
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: like when it comes to fitness packages or beauty packages,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: or are you the kind that will insist on buying
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: a la carte? Now, here's the catch, OK. Obviously, when
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: you buy a package, when you divide it by X
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: amount of sessions, it's gonna be way cheaper. That's the problem,
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: you know. So we wanted to find out what your
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: habits are like. Let's kick it off with some messages
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: this morning.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: One coming
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: in from P who says, hey guys.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: I'm definitely 100% a la carte. I could never buy
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: lifelong packages because I always change my mind on which
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: gym I want to go to. This one time I
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: told the gym receptionist, I want to cancel membership, right?
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Then he was like, No, cannot. We are the top
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: #1 gym in Hougang, and he would not let me
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: leave.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's quite scary. I wouldn't know what to do.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: That's the thing. How do you, do you just walk
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: off or just say no? But if
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: you cancel your membership, will you get?
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: A portion of your money back, you have to really
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: read the T and C's. Yeah,
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: sure. OK, let me, let me add on to this story. OK.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: So this is not related to fitness or anything, um,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: but OK, I'm I'm not gonna say what the product
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: is on air because if I do, I think it
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: might be a bit obvious. So I, I felt bad
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: because this lady whom I know approached me to purchase
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: this subscription package, OK.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Subscription and she is not, she wasn't going through the
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: best time of her life lah. So I decided like, OK,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: you know what, I just want to support you for
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: a bit, OK? Um, but of course, she's tied to
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: like a larger company out there. So I, I subscribed
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: to this thing that she was selling, and I just said, OK,
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: to myself, I put a reminder like after, say, the
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: first month or 1st 2 months, if it's not my vibe,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: I'm going to cancel it, OK.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: So true enough, I was like, not my vibe. I
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: decided to cancel it. But they made it so difficult
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: to cancel, Joakim. I'm telling you, like, it's so difficult
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: until to the point where I had to send them
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: like an angry email to show them receipts that I
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: already stated that I don't want to continue. It's
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: easy
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: to get in, but they make it
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: so difficult. Yeah. OK, uh, one message before we, we
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: take a short break here. Say hi and good morning
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: to Amir. Good morning guys. That's the thing, right?
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: The full package price, if you count per session cost,
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: is going to be much cheaper than if you pay
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: just a quarter or half package. I paid for a
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: full PT package before and I did so only because
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: it's so much cheaper per session.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: But I also don't think they're gonna close anytime soon,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: but I hope I'm not being complacent.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: Depending on which gym this is, uh,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: it's
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: a big, but I'm not gonna say which one. If
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: it's
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: the one I'm thinking of where it's everywhere here in Singapore,
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: then yes, you're in good hands for the next maybe
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: 4 or 5
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: years.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: But do you think that's what the people who subscribe
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: to True, oh, we're in good hands because they've been
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: here for so long.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: OK la,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: you know what I mean?
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: It's, it's good to see both sides of the coin.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: It can be quite scary, yeah. OK, we're gonna take
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: a short break. When we come back, more of your stories.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Time for your calls as well. 669-11987. The question is,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: would you rather buy a package or simply go a
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: la carte? Um, lots of your messages coming through right now.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: We're talking about whether or not you opt for buying
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: a package or a la carte.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Want to say good morning to TG on WhatsApp. Hey guys,
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: I'm definitely an a la carte person.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: A few years ago, I almost signed up for a
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: year-long gym package because the monthly rate looked more expensive,
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: but thankfully, I decided to pay month by month. My
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: friend went for the cheaper year-long package and ended up
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: paying hundreds upfront. After a while,
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: He stopped going because of work and family commitments. So
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: not only did he lose motivation, but he also had
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: to deal with the worry of whether he could get
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: his money back. For me, paying a little more each
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: month is worth it. I guess it is good to
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: be cautious nowadays as well, at least if my
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: Gym closes down. I only lose one month's payment instead
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: of an entire year's worth of membership fees. Sometimes the
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: cheapest deal isn't really the best deal.
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: You're so right. Very,
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: very
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: right. Yeah, well. Thank you so much for that, very, uh, that,
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: that
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: breakdown.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: And one more coming in from Carol where I'm very
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: sure this is your weakness as well, Sonia. What? Hey,
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: Sonia and Joakim, the staff, all they have to just
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: say is Xiao Mei, and that's it.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: I'm it.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: Hey, come on, I'm a bit better than that lah, Joe.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: When she gives me the I did this specially for you,
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: that whole speech, then that's it lah for me.
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: Xiao Mei took a
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: package's
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: just for you only for you then I'm like wow.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: I feel so special.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Then I feel so bad. Then I just accept.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: You, you know, this kind of lion and who
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: who does a great job. OK, so here's the thing, I,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: I did learn the hard way with one particular one
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: where I do really like going to this place for facials, OK?
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: And um the thing is I don't go very often.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Like I think I literally go like 2 or 3
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: times a year. I'm very bad with keeping up with
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: all these things.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: So there was once I went and this was like
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: towards the end of the year, OK, and they said, oh,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: we have this very special deal where if you pay for,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: I don't know, like 2 sessions, we comp you one,
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: so you get an additional 1. But the catch is
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: that you have to finish using it, using it within
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: this year. I said, oh, OK, sounds like a good deal,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: you know, get one free, free facial. Guess what?
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: The deadline came and went. I didn't even realize.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: Thank you for your donation and service. Yeah,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: I went back and I thought I could, you know,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: talk them into it. I'm like, Hey, so sorry. I
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: didn't realize. But they say, Oh sorry, expired already. Then
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: I'm like,
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they are not your friends.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: They knew this was going to
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: happen. And for me, nothing to do with packages, right?
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: But whenever I walk past, OK, back when I was
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: in Nafa over at Fortune Center, there's this.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: It's a very nice Muslim, uh, Muslim eatery called Sham Corner. OK,
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: and sometimes I'll tell myself, OK, today no sham corner
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: because the food is very good but very sinful. OK. Alright.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: The moment the machik sees
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: me,
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: say, um, handsome boy, right?
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: No, no, mak day.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: OK, I'm like, OK, lah. OK lah, go in and
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: go and buy food. So you
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: don't
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: need much convincing also, la, in other words, the machi
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: poor thing la,
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: you.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: You see what I mean? So you say Mapo thing, OK,
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: then if I feel bad, then it's not
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: OK. Yeah, because for me it's once in a blue
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: moon for you it's every day.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: No, it's not every day. No, it's not. It's like
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: just several times a year.
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: A very text-heavy one here this morning. People are sending
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: in essays at this point about whether or not you
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: would usually opt to buy the cheaper option, which is
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: sometimes the package, because when you break it down and
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: you know you go math and stuff, and whatever it
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: is that you do nowadays.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Each session is likely to be cheaper than if you
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: purchase it a la carte.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: let's say it's one of those dodgy nail salon parlors
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: or massage or anything
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: You just know something isn't right. They're taking advantage of
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: the gray area. They might close down in 3 or
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: 4 months. OK,
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: but
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: to be fair, like in this case for fitness and yoga,
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: they didn't come across dodgy. Like no one would have
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: expected this.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: So did any other gym that has such a big following,
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: right?
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: I want to say good morning to Chong on WhatsApp.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: Hey guys, I generally don't go for packages. That's because
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: I use it seldomly. That's because I seldom.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: Need a service long term. However, I won't totally boycott
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: it if the price is right. The risk is acceptable,
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: and I need the service. Upon assessing the pros and cons,
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: if it's beneficial, why not? One coming in from Bob,
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: and I think maybe this could be an education for us.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: Morning guys. When you are encouraged to sign a 24
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: month package with interest fee installment with your credit card,
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: upon closing down, you are still liable for your credit
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: card installment.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: 00, because now you owe the credit card company.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like, so it basically becomes
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: a credit card bill. That's what she means, right? scary.
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: This is very scary. I mean, that one, unfortunately we
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: have to take responsibility for it, I guess unless you,
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: I don't know whether the bank can help you with that.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: One more. One more coming in from Cheryl. Morning, so.
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: I would choose a la carte, but usually those beauty
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: parlors wouldn't take no for an answer. I know I've
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: resorted to leaving my credit cards at home. We need
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: A strong heart to enter these places for our beauty treatments,
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: dude. I'm, I'm just gonna put it out here, OK.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: I have tried the, oh, I didn't bring my credit
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: card thing before and like, oh, my Apple Pay isn't working.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: I've tried that, OK.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: They have QR code for you.
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Now I got QR code also, OK. Then what am
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: I going to say? Oh, my phone broke down. Sorry,
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: never, never mind, ma'am. Just scan
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: here. Oh,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: never mind. You just sign first, then you transfer us
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: later lah. Well, Gigi, man, I tell you, honestly, I
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: don't know what to do sometimes. Should I start a
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: course of like how to say no or something?
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: You start
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: a course like a support group. You join.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: Start a course a scam.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: 987. Sonia and Joakim here with you and um thank
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: you so much for all your messages and your calls
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: really making us chuckle this morning and also reflect on
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: our habits and ourselves.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: When you say our,
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: you mean you, right?
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: Because again, I can openly say the only package I
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: have now or at least like a 50 pack or
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: a 20 pack classes bath,
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: yeah, I only have the nails one that's about it.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Are you sure?
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: Can I verify?
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: I don't even know how to verify for myself.
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: Sometimes I'm
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: lost. OK, so next time for your own draws or
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: your reunion draws for Toto, right, OK, if you and
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: your office colleagues or maybe even friends saying, hey, come, come, come,
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: we all pool money, we split if we win. OK,
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: better make sure,
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: OK, can I just check if we win, meaning.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: Like we all paid money for like one ticket or
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: we all bought tickets and if anyone in the group wins,
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: we split.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: It's like how we do it. For example, I say
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: give me two
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: numbers,
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: we contribute the numbers. OK, OK. And then
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: if our ticket wins, we'll split the winnings evenly 55, right?
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: You better make sure you do it with the person
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: who won't run away.
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: Ticket. Oh no, this happened. I want
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: a
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: ticket to Hong Kong right now where a 36-year-old man
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: has been arrested. OK. So him, him and 14 colleagues
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: came together to say, hey, let's buy a lottery ticket,
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: and we split the winnings evenly if our ticket hits.
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: True enough, they won Hong Kong $30 million which is
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: $4.84 million Singapore dollars.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh.
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: He refused to split it.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Is it because he held on to the
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: ticket?
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he said, Hey, by the way, I think I
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: should get the bigger share because I bought the ticket
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: and the tickets in my hands. OK, so there was
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: a back and forth. Hey, what's this? Hello, we split evenly,
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: you know, back and forth. They couldn't come to an agreement.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: The police were called in, arrested him.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Oh
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: my God, and they had it in black and white
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: that they agreed to split.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: Perhaps maybe on a WhatsApp
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: because here's the thing, what if we did it verbally,
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: like we verbally agreed.
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: You know, in person, but we didn't put it on text,
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: then you know, you're in
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: trouble.
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: I mean, if you have multiple witnesses that saw the
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: agreement or you do the agreement, I'm sure that it
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: can stand.
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: I don't know, man. OK, I don't know.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: So apparently police have confirmed that he is, he has
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: been arrested on suspicion of theft.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: So this just means what, like if he agrees to
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: pay them their rightful share, he'll be released, maybe they
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: can drop the charges or what the charges.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: Wow, but this one friendship gone, you know, I know
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: it's gone. I think he has to leave the office
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: or find another job. Like, how do you go to
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: work again with these
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: people?
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: If he made the wrong people angry, he might have
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: to leave Hong Kong. Oh
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: yeah,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: entirely, yeah, yeah. So I want to give a big
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: shout out to our friends over at Dyson.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: Uh, I think both Joakim and I have had experience
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: working with them. Oh, the toothbrush. Yes, yes, the camera jet,
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: the one that can
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: spray the water and show me the insides of my teeth.
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: By the
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: way, it's not water, it's their own formulation. Oh really?
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: So it's like somewhat like a mouthwash, but it's formulated
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: for to keep your dental hygiene on, on point. dentists
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: are king. But yeah, um, actually I, I saw a
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: couple of dentists that were there to come check it
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: out on the.
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: Uh, so, anyway, TLDRI went there and the irony is
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: that while they're launching that and many other amazing products
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: in their next generation of um of Dyson, right? They've
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: got so many new innovations for you to check out
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: and I think you can still go over there at Ion. Um,
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: it's at just outside Muji area, you will see that
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: open space. They've got a whole setup there. But in
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: order to get there, I walked past Cinnabon.
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: Which is the last Cinnabon in Singapore, and they're officially
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: closing very soon, right? I couldn't. I tried to and
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: um we have a mutual friend, Nicole, she wanted to
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: get also. So after we were wrapping up our work, right,
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: she said, OK, I'm gonna go see cinema. I'm gonna
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: go see the queue because when we walked in, the
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: queue was, it was snaking. Yeah, it was snaking. So
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: she said, OK, I'm gonna go now, hopefully it died down.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: She went there, she came back very fast. She said, Oh,
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: sold out already.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: There's nothing left in the shelves. Nothing.
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're not going down without a fight. So
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: congrats to Cindy as well. Thank you for a few
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: years here in Singapore. Hopefully, maybe this isn't goodbye, just
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: a short
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: farewell.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: It
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: could
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: be the case where, you know, some brands have exited
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: and made their return somehow, right? I mean, look at, uh,
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: what was it A&W, they disappeared.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: Long time ago from Singapore, but they made their return. Oh,
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: what's that cake store? Lady Lady.
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: Oh, that one was, yeah, they disappeared for a short
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: while and came back.
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: I was gonna say, are we fast approaching the moment
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: where Dyson themselves invent a Dyson phone?
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: You know, honestly, I'm, I wouldn't be surprised if they
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: patented a lot of things already or copyrighted quite a
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: number of stuff.
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, look, if Dyson invents a television screen.
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: I might check it out, you
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: know. That cools you down at the same time, or
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: what does it do?
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: It's an air purifier out at the same time a
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: TV screen.
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: Well, that one is gonna be $10,000 or something, right?
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: I don't know how much it'll be, but you're not wrong. Yeah, anyway, um,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: lots of love to our friends at Dyson if you
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: want to check out.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: Their latest generation of devices and many other innovations, it's
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: over at Ion. Coming up in just a few minutes. Um,
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: as you know, we've always said this about this particular
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: man here in Singapore who has been very well loved
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: over the years, especially over COVID time.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: The Sheng Siong, CEO, right? You know, you know, he's
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: very well loved and in a time or even in
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: times where people of his position and of his status
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: and who have his kind of wealth often
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: They are met with a lot of like negative comments
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: on social media. I will say for this man, it's
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: almost like 99.9% of people just love him.
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: He doubled down on caring for his staff alongside the
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: Teo Heng chairman as well.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Yes, and even when it was revealed how much he
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: was earning.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: SEO and how, you know, his take-home pay and all that,
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: people weren't even mad about it. They were like, you
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: know what, this guy deserves it. I'm going to share
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: a very personal story um about him and his family
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: in just a little bit, and this just shows how
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: well-loved he is to the point where
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: Uh, members of the public and his staff came together
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: for this. All the details coming up next. Like I
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, if there's one guy that is just so
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: universally well loved by all Singaporeans, it is the CEO
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: of Sheng
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: Siong. Oh, Yusuf.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: I'm so sorry.
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: I'm just kidding.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's still around right now is what I mean. OK. Um,
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: so as you know, like he's built quite a massive
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: community out there, right, and his staff as well love
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: him very much, but on top of that,
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: Um, he's been quite public with his mom, and she's
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: affectionately known as Sheng Siong Ama.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the, the one piece of news about this that
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: really caught me by surprise was apparently his mom was
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: kidnapped before. Yeah,
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: and it wasn't that long ago, you know, I think.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: I think it was like 2014 or something. She was,
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: she was kidnapped. Yeah. Anyway, um, unfortunately, he's had to
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: say goodbye to her and she's, you know, lived to
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: the ripe old age of about 91 years old already
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: and about 500 members of the public.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: And Sheng Siong staff braved the rain for her final
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: send-off for Sheng Siong Ama. Honestly, this was her final
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: journey at the age of 91, and so many hundreds
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: of people lined up to just join the procession and wait,
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: you know.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: In
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: a very bittersweet tongue in cheek context, I'm very sure
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: the love for Sheng's armor is,
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: I
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: know I know I know.
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: They, they really lined up for, I think it stretched
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: for nearly 300 m or more actually, and um, and
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: they carried on the procession all the way. I think
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: an estimated total of about 3000 to 4000 people in
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: total attended the wake, and this includes members of the
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: public as well. So, I believe more than 3000 condolence
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: wreaths were reportedly sent to the wake. Can you imagine that?
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: At this point, right, you can safely guarantee that this
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: man is a beloved leader in the Sheng Seong community.
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: So thank you very much to the good people of
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: Sheng Seong. Yeah,
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: you know, not just that, I think people react like that.
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: So this is a great example. Our condolences to the family.
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: And um it's such a shame because I would have
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: loved to open up phone lines for this.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: Um, but over the weekends, you know, Joakim, you and
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: I have co-hosted many things together, many, many shows together.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: We've also seen each other host before individually. Um, have
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: you ever seen my husband Jeremy host before?
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: Can I just take a moment so I don't think he's,
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: he's definitely not tuning in now because he, uh, is
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: probably at work already.
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: Again, you know, I love that man.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: So I'm gonna say this.
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: Sometimes I feel like the third party. You are.
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: If you gave him your skills and knowledge and trained him,
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: I actually think Jeremy would be a very good host
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: because I, I feel that he's the kind of person
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: where if he's like an invited speaker to give like
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: a financial update or financial overview of Singapore, right, yeah,
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: I'll listen.
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: Actually, you're not wrong because I think that that is
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: part of what he has to do for his job.
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: Like sometimes he has to do presentations or, and, and
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: sometimes he will ask me for tips. So he'd be like, hey,
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: you know, I need to present this rather dry topic.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: How do you
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: I think I can like spice it up. And then
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: he would try and run it through and say, you
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: know what, I don't know anything about the financial terms,
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: but I can try to help you inject some personality.
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: I'm sure most of the time I've seen Jeremy was
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: in a he's a person that aura to him. Right.
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: But also, I
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: just,
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: it was very cute because his best friend, like I
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: told you, um, is getting married during this time, OK.
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: So the solemnization happened just on Saturday, and then there's
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: going to be like part two this coming weekend.
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: So he's been tasked to host both, OK. And um
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: he did the first one solo that day on Saturday,
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: to which I think all of us, like all the
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: friends that were seated, were just collectively like gripping each
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: other's hands and trying not to laugh because he was
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: honestly very cute lah on stage, very cute, but also,
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: he became like prim and proper germ, you know, like.
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: There was a slight hint of like, I don't know,
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: he was speaking to the queen or something while he
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: was on stage. Do you have a video? I don't
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: have a video of him saying that in particular, but
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: there was one line that I always laugh about. Can
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: you please imitate him to the best of your
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: ability?
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: He goes, Welcome everyone to this momentous occasion.
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: And then me and like a few other friends were
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: just like trying not to laugh because it was very cute, honestly.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: And then he looked at us, I gave him a
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: thumbs up. I was like, good job, good job.
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: You know that you're, you're doing great, sweetie.
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: OK. This is honestly very funny because the tables are turned.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: He's watching us,
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: Sonia Sonia doesn't make you a good finance
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: I'm not a
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: good finance person.
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: So different skills.
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: Yes, I already told you I'm not good at.
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: Numbers. I can't math. I can't do that.
• 43:55
  Speaker 2: But you know what, Jeremy time. He
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: can do it. He can do it
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: in the future.
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: I'll report back after this coming weekend. This coming weekend
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: is a longer, longer one. Yeah, that one actually got,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: I think, whole rundown and everything. More momentous occasion occasion.
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: Please give the bride and groom a welcome for their
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: wholesome appearance. Please
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: rise.