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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 290726 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Shock circuit with Sonya and Joakim.
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  Speaker 1: 7. Thank you. Though I sound pretty husky today. No,
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  Speaker 1: it's OK. There's a voice I've not heard in 6 days,
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  Speaker 1: including the weekend. Oh yeah, you know what, when I
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: stepped in, sorry, we, we, we were catching up off
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  Speaker 1: air and, uh, just, just laughing and stuff because when
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: we came in today, Joy was like.
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  Speaker 1: Mock crying, but he was like, Don't leave me again.
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  Speaker 1: It was so boring. I want to die. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: You are Mr. Dramatic. You are my only work bestie,
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  Speaker 1: and the show is much better when both of us
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: do it together. I agree. I agree because there were
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: so many things I wish you were here. I know
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: where we could banter and because, you know, good cop,
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: bad cop, and I'm always the bad cop. The good
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  Speaker 1: cop must be here to balance my views out. Can
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  Speaker 1: I ask you how many times did you say, I
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  Speaker 1: wish Sonia was here for this?
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  Speaker 1: Actually quite a number of times, quite a number of times,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm very glad today you got plenty to talk
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  Speaker 1: about involving the housing situation here in Singapore. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what's going on. I missed out on all the
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  Speaker 1: local news, but I have so much to tell you
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  Speaker 1: about Tomorrowland. I don't even know where to start. OK,
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: maybe we won't start so early. I'll I'll touch on
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  Speaker 1: it a little later on, but every hour you can
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  Speaker 1: ask me a question. Yes, but can I say one
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  Speaker 1: thing first? Yes. Thank you for not being performative. OK.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. It's too early to shade anyone, OK. The
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  Speaker 1: pink makeup and all that I told you I don't
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  Speaker 1: have any of the pink pang makeup, bro. OK. My
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  Speaker 1: fits were actually cute. I won't say. I won't say
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  Speaker 1: my friends as well. I'm so sorry. I'm a little
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  Speaker 1: bit hoarse today. It was from all the screaming over
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  Speaker 1: the weekend. Don't worry about it. I'm surprised you're not
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: jet lagged. I, I, I am a little bit. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: yesterday when I got back, I flew back, right? I
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: whole drama about my flight, by the way.
• 1:50
  Speaker 1: I haven't told you about it. Maybe I'll tell you
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  Speaker 1: later after 7. Now it's a little too early. No,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't, I didn't. Um, but my luggage isn't here. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: and neither, well, I would say almost the entire plane's
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  Speaker 1: luggage didn't make it to Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: Did you buy insurance? Yes, well done. No, of course,
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  Speaker 1: we have to buy travel insurance for sure. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going for an international festival. I definitely need insurance.
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  Speaker 1: But what I did not expect was the luggage situation,
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  Speaker 1: but it's no fault of Singapore Airlines. It's Brussels Airport.
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  Speaker 1: It was a disaster, Joakim. I need to tell you
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  Speaker 1: more later. It's a little bit too early to go
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  Speaker 1: into the whole story, but this sounds like it could
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  Speaker 1: be a topic as well. It was an absolute, it was,
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  Speaker 1: it was, it was chaos. Yeah. So aside from Sonia's
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  Speaker 1: luggage issue, all I can say is I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I struck gold on this Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: you'll be joined by a lovely lady who's a dear
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  Speaker 1: friend of mine, Estelle Fly. So not one but two
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  Speaker 1: beautiful people.
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  Speaker 1: In the morning, you and her, is it you and I'm,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just here for the vibes, OK. I'm just here
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  Speaker 1: to surround myself with beautifully talented ladies. There we go. OK, yeah, um,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see her, and I think she
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  Speaker 1: begins or embarks on a new chapter of music as well. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So this is going to be such a big year
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  Speaker 1: for her. And here's giving you a heads up today's
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  Speaker 1: NDP ticket giveaway because we have Esther Fly coming in
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  Speaker 1: at 9.
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  Speaker 1: Do it at just past 7. Yeah. I know that
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: you mentioned I missed out a lot in Singapore over
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: the past 5 days or so. Um, did, did one
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  Speaker 1: of the incidents happen to be this strange, um, pyramid,
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  Speaker 1: pyramid performance in the flyer? No, it's not that happened yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: That happened yesterday. When I saw this, I was like, OK,
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  Speaker 1: did Joakim already talk about this or should we talk
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  Speaker 1: about this? No, no, no, but rest assured.
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  Speaker 1: if it did happen the last few days you weren't here,
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  Speaker 1: I would have been on it. You would have made
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  Speaker 1: jokes about it. I would have classified it Bodo crime,
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: but I don't know whether is it a crime. I
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: don't know. It could be just a safety issue, but anyway, TLDR, um,
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  Speaker 1: about 10 people were seen forming human a human pyramid
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  Speaker 1: inside a Singapore flyer cabin, which I think sparked off
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  Speaker 1: some major safety concerns, um, but it was posted on IG.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and I, their faces are quite obvious. It's quite clear,
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  Speaker 1: to be honest. So I think they'll be found in
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  Speaker 1: no time. I don't know whether they'll be fined or
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  Speaker 1: anything or just given a warning, but it's a huge
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  Speaker 1: safety risk. It is, it is, it is. I'm thankful
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  Speaker 1: it was just a human pyramid, not a human tombstone. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: what's a human tombstone? No, I mean just saying if
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  Speaker 1: anything were to have happened, you know what I mean?
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: I thought, you know, you know, boys, sometimes you got
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  Speaker 1: all these terms like ok or like.
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  Speaker 1: Don't know what other stuff you guys do. Taok is
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  Speaker 1: commonly used in national service or maybe even your OGLs
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  Speaker 1: or whatsoever, OGs. Yeah, yeah. I feel like you boys,
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: especially in army and camp, have your own lingo that
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand. Hello, I've seen the ladies do it too, yeah. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I've never been in the, oh, well, maybe, maybe, but
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  Speaker 1: not so rough.
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  Speaker 1: Not so long. It wasn't so it was more like
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  Speaker 1: a ta. No, but you're getting warmer. I'll tell you
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: what it is in just a while., good morning. You know,
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  Speaker 1: whenever I hear this song, and this one millennials will enjoy,
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: you know, Monica from Friends, Courtney Cox Arquette, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she's taking drumming lessons now. She actually posted a video
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  Speaker 1: of herself doing the drums to Men I needed, and
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  Speaker 1: it went viral. Love it, and people went, Monica.
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: Monica, speaking of Monica being back, back, I mean, figuratively, um,
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: did you realize that Friends has come back to Netflix? They,
• 5:31
  Speaker 1: they exited, you know, they made a whole big deal
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  Speaker 1: out of it. The Netflix Singapore. Yes, Netflix Singapore. So
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: months ago, Netflix Singapore, um, removed Friends, and they, they
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  Speaker 1: actually made an announcement that's 30 days left for you
• 5:44
  Speaker 1: to catch Friends before it leaves, right?
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: It left. A lot of people were quite sad because
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: it's those kind of, I know it's a very old show, sitcom,
• 5:52
  Speaker 1: but it's the kind of show that has 10 seasons.
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  Speaker 1: You just let it play in the background while you're
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  Speaker 1: doing your things. It's funny. It's, it makes you laugh,
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  Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, some of the jokes now will not
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: pass for sure. It's very cancelable. Honestly, I think that
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  Speaker 1: show would have been canceled if it was out in this.
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  Speaker 1: age, um, I can name you two other 5 other
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  Speaker 1: shows that will be canceled if it was produced now.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm happy it's under the nostalgic factor. But also
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: thank you Netflix Singapore for bringing back The Office. Yes,
• 6:18
  Speaker 1: they brought back The Office on Netflix Singapore. So that's
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: the show that I'm playing in the background where I
• 6:22
  Speaker 1: do my own housework. So yeah, we both have our
• 6:24
  Speaker 1: selections when we come back here on the circuit.
• 6:26
  Speaker 1: They're gonna open phone lines over at 669-119-87. Give your
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: school a shout out. It could be your teachers or what.
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: If you're a teacher as well, give your students a
• 6:34
  Speaker 1: shout out. And for this morning all the way till Friday,
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: whoever gets you the phone lines, you are automatically walking
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: away with tickets to Alex Warren's concert here in Singapore. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: We want you to enjoy solid live music. If you've
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: never attended a live concert before, maybe because you're still
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: in school. Why not? This could be a chance.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning. Hello 97. My name is Evander.
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  Speaker 2: Hello.
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  Speaker 1: Which school are you from?
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  Speaker 2: Marisella High School Primary.
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  Speaker 1: Marist. Alright, big shout out. So is Maristella High School
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  Speaker 1: and the secondary school next to each other at the
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  Speaker 1: Barley area? You mean the primary and sec,
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  Speaker 2: Maricela, it's both secondary and primary at the same level.
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  Speaker 1: So it's kind of like my school, like they're next
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  Speaker 1: to each other, I believe, yeah. So Marella is going
• 7:22
  Speaker 1: to be coed school very soon,
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  Speaker 2: right? Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 2: it's in fact, it's being demolished next year.
• 7:27
  Speaker 1: Oh wow. So what happens to you then?
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: Well, then for next year we're gonna be, so we're
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  Speaker 2: moving to a holding site for like about 3 years-ish maybe. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: Evander, you know, you sound super mature for your age.
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  Speaker 1: How old are you this year?
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  Speaker 2: 11.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wait, so you went for the NDP show as well? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: just went for
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  Speaker 1: it
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  Speaker 2: like a couple, a couple of weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: Did you have
• 7:49
  Speaker 2: a
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  Speaker 1: good time? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: very fun.
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  Speaker 1: Love it. Well, you know what, because we love your
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  Speaker 1: energy and
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  Speaker 1: The way that you're having this conversation with us, we've
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  Speaker 1: absolutely enjoyed it. We want you to be there for
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  Speaker 1: Alex Warra.
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  Speaker 1: It's happening August 18th over at the Star Theater. You
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  Speaker 1: have a pair of tickets. Bring your mom or dad
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  Speaker 1: with you, OK?
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  Speaker 2: Okey
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  Speaker 2: dokey.
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  Speaker 1: So yes, just yesterday, um, Joakim has a lot of
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  Speaker 1: questions for me. I mean, on Thursday, Friday, Monday, and
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday whenever I gave updates about where you were, I
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  Speaker 1: said you and I had this small agreement that we
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  Speaker 1: will combine both our friend groups and go for one
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  Speaker 1: Tomorrowland together, and I said, you know what, I really
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  Speaker 1: hope this experience he's having right now won't be as
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  Speaker 1: kick ass as what it could be in the future.
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  Speaker 1: And then I realized the picture of you and Martin Garrix.
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  Speaker 1: How are you going to top future Tomorrowland experiences? OK, look, um,
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  Speaker 1: I will say yeah, that was one part of it,
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  Speaker 1: but that wasn't the be all and end all. Like
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't the only good thing of the entire Tomorrowland weekend.
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  Speaker 1: He's he.
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  Speaker 1: He is such an awesome guy. Like he's super friendly. Um,
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  Speaker 1: he gave all of us a hug, you know, gave us, OK,
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  Speaker 1: he had very limited time because it was moments before
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  Speaker 1: he went out on stage. So I think he really
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  Speaker 1: wants to lock in. And he did the closing set
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  Speaker 1: for the whole festival. So, so it's a big deal.
• 9:13
  Speaker 1: So he, we were warned actually to not take up
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  Speaker 1: too much of his time. Like if you just want
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: to say hi and introduce yourself and then take the photo,
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  Speaker 1: you have to go. It was just quite sad because
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: I had this video idea I wanted to do with him,
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  Speaker 1: but
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  Speaker 1: Um, time didn't permit, and you know, I heard the
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: managers are quite strict, and we don't want to get
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: blacklisted for trying, attempting and trying something that we're already
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: told not to do. Can I ask a question about
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  Speaker 1: Martin Garrix? Given how he played the closing set, was
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: his last song No Sleep and the fireworks went off? Um,
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: you know, I have to.
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  Speaker 1: I have to tell you something. I wasn't at the
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  Speaker 1: main stage for the last song. Wow. So I went, OK,
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: let me explain why. Let me explain why. OK. So
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  Speaker 1: we went to the main stage while Steve Aoki was
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  Speaker 1: still playing, which was the set before, very good set
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  Speaker 1: he did. It was an amazing set. We hit. Honestly, I.
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  Speaker 1: I was actually pleasantly surprised that it was he, he
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  Speaker 1: did a super solid set. Tomorrowland is like the World
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  Speaker 1: Cup for DJs. You have to be at your best
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  Speaker 1: to play the best set. So, so then we then
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  Speaker 1: stayed for Martin Garrix, um, because before he took the stage,
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  Speaker 1: it's not just one DJ handover to the next.
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  Speaker 1: There's a performance. There's a whole light show, fireworks. It's
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  Speaker 1: an entire production, and then they introduced the, the finale act, right?
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  Speaker 1: So that was beautiful. I stayed for that, and I
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: was wearing my Ray-Ban Meta glasses the whole time, so
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: I didn't have to use my phone. Um, played, we stayed,
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  Speaker 1: we stayed for like half a set, and then we
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: decided to leave because
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: We wanted to go to another stage for the finale.
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  Speaker 1: There were other DJs, so many other DJs that were
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  Speaker 1: doing great closing sets. So I would say the only problem,
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: opening inverted commas, happy problem.
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  Speaker 1: It is because of the fact that there's like, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know how many hundreds of sets there were DJs playing,
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: you have to really pick and choose which one you
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: want to go for. Chances are you are not going
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  Speaker 1: to stay for like one DJ's whole set, because you
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: want to finish up watching some other DJs, you know
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: what I mean? So you have to be strategic about it.
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: And we were discussing in a group like, what should
• 11:15
  Speaker 1: we do, what should we do, what should we do?
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: We say, you know what, in order to avoid
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: Um, squeezing with thousands, I think there was like 400,000
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: people at Tomorrowland, by the way, and the main stage
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: area is the most crowded. We decided to go to
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: a smaller stage so we didn't have to hustle out
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: of the crazy, uh, crowd from the main stage. So
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  Speaker 1: that was a strategy. No regrets because I don't know
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: what DJ I caught at the end. It was so good.
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: Like we were screaming, we were euphoric. We were crying, laughing.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: It's so many emotions. Now, if you're tuned in and
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: you have experiences with festivals here in Singapore like your
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: zoos or your ultras, right, you know zoo outs have
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: different stages as well. It's not as close to each
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  Speaker 1: other as it is for and compared to Tomorrowland. You
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  Speaker 1: can walk for half an hour to the next stage.
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  Speaker 1: The other stage of Tomorrowland could be 2.5 km away. So, OK,
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: some are clustered.
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: Around a similar area, so it's not so bad, um,
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: but some are further out because maybe more complex or
• 12:11
  Speaker 1: you know, the experience is a bit different and all that.
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  Speaker 1: So you have to really strategize and download the Tomorrowland app.
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: There's somewhat of a map in there as well that
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  Speaker 1: you can follow and strategize. Can I ask one final question?
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  Speaker 1: And this is more of a technical standpoint, OK. How
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: was the organization like? Was it top-notch?
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: It was very comfortable. The organizers knew what they were doing.
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: Everyone was well informed to give you more info. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: So there are plenty of people standing around there. They
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: know where to point you out. Like you just ask them, Oh,
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: where is this? They know how to point you out
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: immediately because I think they've been doing this for long enough.
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: The only thing that us Singaporeans, I think, are not
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: going to be prepared for.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: Is the walking, the walking in and out of the location. OK. No,
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  Speaker 1: you're OK, but after a whole day of partying and
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: you do it repeatedly 3 times in a row, right,
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: you want to give up, you know, your feet. My
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: feet were breaking. I thought my toenail was falling off,
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: I swear. This reminds me of my days after walked
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: home to Bishan.
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: I'm sure, I'm sure. See, so you're well trained for this. No, um,
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: and I would say you have to do recovery. It's
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: like a marathon, so you have to really do. I
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: did like I soaked in a hot bath. I put
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: like bath salts, you know, um, stretch. It's really like
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: a marathon. That's what we were advised to do because
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: just when you think like, ah yeah, I can, I
• 13:31
  Speaker 1: can tahan, no, it's not, it's not the same.
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: If you're thinking about your local festivals here, it is
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: that times 50. OK, not even 10 times 50. Wow,
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: I have so many questions. OK, last one, last one,
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: last one, yeah, yeah, yeah. The drinks, you're like, OK,
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: let's not get too wasted on day one, day two.
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: Let's go all out on day three. Was that, was
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: that the plan? I mean, not say wasted, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: like enjoy the.
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: Drinks and whatever they, I didn't really strategize when it
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: came to that. I just enjoyed myself like whenever, but
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: make sure you hydrate. It's very, very hot. So yeah,
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: electrolytes if you have liver of a 19 year old. Shockingly, yeah, oh,
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: the McDonald's there in Belgium, um, they had this Philly
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: cheesesteak burger. It was.
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: So good. The best recovery meal on earth. OK. You
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: will love it, I think. Anyway, I think it's too
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: much for me to cover on air in one single
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: talk set. Um, it's, you know, a lot of footage
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: and stories I want to share. I will do it
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: on my own platform over the next few days, which
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: I've seen the updates. It looks good lah. It's, you
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: gotta go I gotta go. I wanna cry thinking about
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: it again.
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: Kula right here on 987. She's embarked on new music
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: as well. Check it out if you please. We definitely
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: will have it on 987. So with Jenny dropping a
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: brand new single, I'm pretty sure Rose, Jissu, and Lisa
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: will follow suit very soon. I'm sure, I'm sure they're
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: all cooking. OK, so we go from K-pop to what's
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: happening here in Singapore on 9th.
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: August, in case you didn't know, it's National Day. It's
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: so soon, by the way, like time is flying by.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: Can you believe it? We're counting down the last few
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: days of July already. I know, insane. We are into
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: the 3rd, no, the 4th quarter of the year very
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: soon if I'm not wrong. No, no, not yet. We're
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: in the 2nd half, 3rd quarter.
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: Third quarter. OK, yes. Hey, if it's Q4 now, I'm panicking, man.
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: Like how can it be Q4 will approach there very soon. Q3, Q3, sorry,
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: my math is out the window, but what I do
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: know is we got a pair of NDP tickets for you. Yes,
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: we do. Actual day, yeah. So I do have a
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: set of questions ready.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: We cannot help you. It's actual day tickets. Everybody wants it,
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: but very few can have it. So be on standby
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: over at 669-119-87. Once you give it a cue to call,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: you call us immediately.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: And here's one more thing. If you think, OK, the
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: phone lines can be quite difficult, today at 12 p.m.
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: be on standby on 987's Instagram. So that's the thing,
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: we want to give you all kinds of opportunities. We're
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: thinking about it, OK, because I know some people can't
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: even use their phones now or have access to call
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: during this time if you're rushing. So there are options,
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: but ideally.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: We'd love to hear from you in just a bit
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: with a really, really important experience for you. You cannot
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: miss it. National Day Parade, actual day, 9th of August.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: We want you there at the National Stadium to be
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: among 42,000 people cheering and singing the songs and OK, again,
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: you would know this. Yeah. Preview one and two.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Very big difference in terms of the energy, but, but it's,
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: it's normal because you're coming from your shows, yeah, and
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: they're screaming at anything. So to the adults, we say
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: no need to scream at anything but be enthusiastic lah.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: Bring the energy that you want to receive. I mean,
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: you ballot for the tickets. You want to be there,
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: enjoy the show and be a part of it because
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: you are. So what I have now are 3 questions.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: You must get all 3 answers.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: right. You cannot get two right, one wrong. No, all
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: three must be right. We cannot help you, but this
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: is pertaining to this year's NDP and a bit of
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: Singapore trivia. OK, so it's a mixture of everything, and you,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: if you're hoping for some hints, it's not going to happen.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: Because of the stakes are too high at this point. Yeah,
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: and I don't want people complaining saying, Son, you help them. No, no, no,
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: not at all, not at all. We play fair. So
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: give us a call right now. Sonny and Joakim here
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: with you this morning. A very exciting week of NDP tickets.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: I cannot believe we are counting down to August already.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: So quick. It's 29th of July. It's been one month
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: and 2 days since we started rehearsals at the National Stadium.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: And I think in a very rare, in a very
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: rare twist of events, we have preview two on the
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: 1st of August and then National Day itself on the
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: 9th of August. So two shows in August. Oh, is
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: that usually Usually we end it in the last week
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: of July and then there's a bit of a break
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: and then National Day happens. Is it because it started,
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: the rehearsal start a bit later a little bit.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: OK, I figured, I figured. Anyway, regardless, we want you
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: there because we've given away things like preview 2 tickets.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: Now we have the actual day tickets as well. We
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: want you there. Yeah, so we are going to head
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: to the phone lines now. Hello. Hi, this is Lim.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Good morning. Good morning, Linn. Hopefully you win it and
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: you'll be there August 9th at National Stadium. Are you
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: ready for your NDP quiz? I'm ready. All right, here
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: we go. Lim, you're very.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: First question. Name us the singers of the song Sparkle
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: from this year's NDP. Is it A, Benjamin King and Cesaire,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: or B, Gareth Hernandez and Drew Chen? 5, B. B
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: is correct. Your next question, what does fu de jois
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: mean in English? Is it A, fire of joy, or B,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: rounds of joy?
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: A is correct. One more question. In 1984, Singapore had
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: our first local blockbuster drama series. What was it called?
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Is it A, Price of Peace or B, The Awakening? 5.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: The Awakening. The Awakening is correct. Well done. Congratulations.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: wow, with no fear at all. He was shot on
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: point all the way joking. Who, The Awakening starring Huan
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Wen Yong and Yin. Dude, I have to admit I
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: didn't even know what that was from 1984. I had
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: no idea that was the first one. And apparently everywhere
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: in Singapore, when the show started, you can hear all
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: the TVs playing the theme songs at the exact same time.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I love that. I love that. OK, well, congratulations and
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: please enjoy yourself on the 9th of August. Woohoo.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: And now remember, gentle reminder, every morning this week, we
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: have Alex Warren tickets coming your way. Yes, and not
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: forgetting National Day tickets as well. And Sonia was just
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: catching up with me about her Tomorrowland experience and I
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: just went to YouTube and I Googled Heartwell Tomorrowland 2026. Yeah,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: the set is up closing set is up and I
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: paused it at the fireworks moments. I'm so jealous you
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: get to experience all this. No, but hey, don't, don't
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: even worry, this happens every year.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: And there are like multiple different versions of Tomorrowland. So
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: maybe you hit up one at least each time, at
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: least once. I mean, I pray I get a campaign
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: just like yours and, you know what, if not, even
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: regardless of that, you should just do it anyway. It's
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: the kind of thing where you should do it for yourself.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: And if the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Swedish
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: House Mafia, Awell in Grosso and Steve Angelo, if they're spinning,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: I have to be there.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: For sure, it's uh it's it's amazing. But what was
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: not so amazing.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: Was getting out of Belgium altogether. No, no, no, no, no, no,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: it wasn't just about. No, it wasn't just me. The
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: entire airport experienced the same thing, OK, which I haven't
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: even filled in my family much about it. I gave
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: them a TLDR summary, um, while I was there because
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: I was actually lowkey very worried that I might miss
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: my flight, and you know, because of the time difference
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: and everything, and there's not, uh, not every day do
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: flights come out of Belgium directly to Singapore. It's not
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: a daily thing.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna fill you in in just a bit and
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: open up the phone lines, OK? Don't worry, I didn't
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: do anything. Like it's not the kind of thing where
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: like I showed up late or whatever. I didn't I
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: can only imagine what 400,000 people trying to leave Belgium
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: at the same time. But I'm guessing not everyone was
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: as crazy as me to leave the day after the
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: morning after, right? But you'd be surprised actually. I think
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: half the people there were trying to do that. All
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: the details next, um, wanted to catch you up on
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: what you missed.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: Aside from Joakim being quite lonely over the past few days,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: he's been complaining to me. The moment I came back,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, not in a clingy sense, but you know, the,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: the show, I know there were so many controversial things
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: that happened in Singapore the last few days that you
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: weren't around. You wish you could have shared, because at
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: this point, people know me as the bad cop and
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: you're the good cop. You're the nice one. I'm the
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: more straightforward and you know, I'll say what I think
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: kind of guy.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: So now that you're back, this is not controversial at all.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: It's just about, you know, how everyone always talks about
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: how much fun we have at festivals like Tomorrowland, which
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: is epic, epic. You have to experience it at least
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: once in your life, especially if you love music. I
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: highly recommend it. But be prepared for the journey out
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: of Tomorrowland. For example, some of my friends, um, big
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: shout out to, you know, friends like Eddo, Saffron, and
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: I Sing, 4 of us hung out a lot.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Through work, we met and you know, we really clicked,
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: so we, we, we just want to spend a lot
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: of time together now. Yeah, they carried on their journey
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: to Amsterdam because one of them was celebrating their birthday. So, um,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I think they stayed another 2 more days and then, yeah,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: you carry on your travels because you're in Europe, it's
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: very easy to get around the train and all that, right?
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: But because I have to be back for work, um,
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: I had no choice but to select the flight that
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: was the day after.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: And um I didn't know this, but despite Brussels being
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: quite a happening city, there's only, there was only one
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: option on Singapore Airlines to fly out on that day,
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: and they don't fly out every day if I'm not wrong.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: So no choice. I had to take the 11:45 flight out,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: 11:45 a.m. flight out on Monday.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: And as you know, with with Tomorrowland final day, there's
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: going to be after parties, you know, I have to
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: rush to pack and all that. So I slept one
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: hour and then I went to the airport.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Here's why. Here's why, because I, I already know that
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: um overseas, you cannot expect the same level of efficiency
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: as Singapore. You already know this, right? On top of that,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: it is big festival weekend. They're expecting, I don't know,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: millions of travelers in and out of Brussels. So I
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: got there about 3.5 hours earlier, which is already earlier
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: than my typical timing.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: And even so, Joakim, I would say that might not
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: have been enough because of what I experienced. OK. So
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: what happened was I went to the counter. Singapore Airlines
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: counter wasn't too bad actually, um, although other airlines look
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: quite packed, not too bad. I went up there, everything
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: check-in was smooth. I think I was one of the
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: earlier ones actually that checked in.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Then they, the guy at the counter said, hey, ma'am,
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: we're so sorry, but our baggage belt has broken down.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: And it's not just the Singapore Airlines baggage belt in Brussels,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: it's across the entire airport.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Have you ever heard of this happening? I'm guessing. There
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: was a glitch or something technical glitch and the belts
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: weren't working. So basically they couldn't transport the baggage and
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: sieve it into the various airlines, right? So he said,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: so sorry about this, but you're gonna have to bring
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: your luggage to counter 12 and drop it there.
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: But the way he said it was so casual, like
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: this happens all the time, right? So I thought, how
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: bad could it be? I'm just, OK, I'll go to
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: counter 12, no worries. Oh my God, dude, the queue,
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: it was like literally all the airlines and doesn't matter
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: whether you're on economy, premium economy, business, or first class,
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: you go queue up in the same line, in the
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: same line, you know.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: So I looked at my watch and I was like, OK,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: I still have some time. Although I was starving, I
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: was dehydrated from the night before the whole weekend. I
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: was just hoping to get to some food like or
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: the lounge or something, get some water and food, um,
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: queued up. There was an American guy behind me that
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: was also going to be boarding Singapore Airlines. I think
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: he saw me in the concert, so he asked me like,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: is this for all the airlines? I was like, yeah,
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I think no choice, you know.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: Things started getting heated after a while because people started
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: cutting queues, um, started just joining the line in the,
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: like they're not going to the back of the line
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: to queue up. They were just cutting us, they were
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: just cutting us because they didn't want to queue up anymore.
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: And you know me, I'm this small Asian solo traveler,
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: small Asian girl, OK. Of course, people are going to
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: be like trying to push me over, right?
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: My, um, fierce Sonia came out. Yes, yes, OK, OK.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: Angry Sonia came out, not angry, but I was very stern.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Sonia and because it doesn't help that I'm physically so
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: small and like the Europeans are so big, but you
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: are big on personality. Come on. So I, I, I
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: wasn't having it anymore because a lot of them were
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: just trying to cut us, right? And even the American
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: guy behind me, he was so done. Like he was, um,
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: he was also snapping and like telling them, go move behind,
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: you're not allowed to, you shouldn't be doing this like.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: And twice did I, I didn't lose it, but I
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: was very stern about it. The first time.
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: It was um a couple that tried to cut me.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: Like they just acted like, like nothing happening, no. They
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: just acted stood stood in front of me. I said,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: excuse me, and they're like one head taller than me. No, no, no, no.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: I was, excuse me, can you please be good people
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: and go behind? Just go behind, be good, be good people,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: go behind. We've waited for so long already go behind,
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: and they like, they really went behind. And the next
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: time around it was a family. I think they were,
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: doesn't matter where they're from, but I think European, their
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: English wasn't so good.
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: They tried to just literally like in a local sense
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: bo bodo, you know, you know what your parents will
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: say your grandma say bo bodo right act stupid, just
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: stand there. I was like, hey guys, this is not
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: very nice of you like please move back now you're not,
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: you can stand behind me go behind. OK, stand behind
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: the American guy. He's very nice.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: So basically you have been so proud of me, Joe.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: Basically you can cut anyone else's queue, not mine. Don't go.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: Don't cut us and my friend behind me, this guy
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: I just made friends with. Go behind.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: In that moment, right, I was thinking how proud Joe
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: would be of me standing up for myself. The only
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: thing I'm worried about, I obviously won't, is different. The
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: situation was very different there. I don't think I would
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: act like that in Singapore, but over there, I think
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: you've really got to fend for yourself. If not, you're
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: gonna get pushed over. It was a crazy situation, chaotic,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: and people were screaming at each other. Even immigration was bad.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: It was people were having meltdowns. So, uh, long story short,
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: is the luggage back? No, I didn't get my luggage.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Long story short, I want to give a big shout
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: out to SQ I think 303. I think 80% of
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: the luggage didn't make it back. I'm hoping mine will
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: make it back very soon.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Um, but I wanted to open up phone lines right now, OK? 669-11987.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: I know that for us as Asians, we may be
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: a bit more meek and we don't want to stand
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: up for ourselves. I disagree. No, I know, but I
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: think it's been ingrained in us that we're a little
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: bit more meek, usually, usually, OK.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: Um, what would you have done in my situation, because
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: I'm only giving you the, the little, uh, chip of
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: the block, OK. There's more, there's more that happened, but
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: I don't want to get too much into it. It's
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: too long of a story. This is where I want
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: to bring my entitled Singaporeans, entitled Singaporeans to go and fight. Yeah, yeah,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: entitled you are. I have to fight my own battles,
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: especially when you're traveling alone. So give us a call 669-11987.
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: Would you be able to stand up and fend for
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: yourself in these situations, or do you feel like you
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: are someone who may just be, might be pushed over?
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: If there is a story that you experience as well,
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: let us know. Let us know. In exchange, you've got
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: a lovely Korean dining experience coming your way.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: Thanks to our friends over at Dream Gold. It's an
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: experience worth over $100. Lovely. Um, please give us a
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: call right now, 669-11987. Now, with all the hype and
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: the euphoria of Tomorrowland and everything that Joakim was grilling
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: me about this morning.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: Also comes a bit of anxiety when it comes to
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: uh the traveling back home. Yeah, like I was sharing earlier,
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: the airport was absolute chaos. Uh, there was also, there
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: was also DJs still spinning there and everything. The party continued.
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: And at the same time, baggage belt broke down, um,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: immigration lines were so long, a lot of people in
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: the line missed their flights. People were screaming, shouting, having meltdowns.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: I was just there like, what can I do? This
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: is beyond my control.
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: I had to stand up for myself. People were trying
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: to cut my queue and and everything and just being rude.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: So my question today after sharing my story earlier on was,
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: as Asians, I think sometimes we're a bit more meek
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: and we don't stand up for ourselves enough, but in
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: these
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: Situations, I feel like it is important that we don't
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: get pushed over because you don't want to miss your flight.
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: You know why I disagree with Asians being meek and
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: not standing up for ourselves? Can I name you one
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: place where loads of drama happen? You ready? Woodlands Checkpoint.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: OK, but it, it, it is slightly different though, I feel. OK,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: here is Thomas's text. OK. Hey, Sonia and Joakim, there
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: was once I was at the queue at Woodlands Customs,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: and it was a crazy crowd. Same thing. People were
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: cutting queues here and there. Then there was this gangster
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: type guy who cut queue in front of me, so
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: I told him.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: And he shouted back, people behind you never make noise.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: You make so much noise for what? So I turned
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: to the person behind me and asked, Are you OK
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: with this? And the person just, don't know, don't know,
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: you see, yeah, you see, because majority of people, especially Asians,
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: I'm not typecasting, but majority of people don't dare to
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: speak up. Sorry, why do I feel as if I'm
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: Thomas and the person behind me is you?
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but because I was alone, I got no choice.
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: I have, I have to take on the, I have
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: to take on the role. OK, one more coming in
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: from Rosalie. Rosali says, morning, Sonia and Joakim. Sonia, your
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: story reminds me of what happened to me in Jakarta
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: last year. We were at the security check and there
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: was this Australian lady who went to me and said
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: her flight was going off soon and whether she can
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: go in front. I said, no, mine is leaving soon too,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: 45 minutes to go. In the end, guess what? We're
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: on the same flight.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: That must have been awkward, quite awkward. Yeah next to
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: each other. Pear is on the line right now. What happened?
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so back when I was traveling, I think last
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: year or 2 years ago I went to Tibet, and
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: so Tibet is like mountainous high altitude area. So we,
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: we went to one of these mountain, uh, 4000 m
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: above sea level and then we were all queuing up for.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: This one photo spot and so, uh, within the country itself,
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: I mean many of the Chinese people, they will actually
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: do like local travels themselves and then this one uncle
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: that was old enough to be my grandfather decided to
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: cut the queue and just started taking photos for him
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: and his partner there. And then I was so mad
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: that I just like raised my voice at him and
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: I started scolding him.
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and the thing was I'm guessing that he was.
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: nice about it. Like he didn't ask or say anything. Yeah,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: and like he, he started talking back to me and
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: all that. Then I was just like, what kind of
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: example are you setting as like an older generation like
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: these younger generations over here. Like everyone is just like
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: lining up over here, like
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: what are you doing?
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: I think if the situation was slightly different if he
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: had asked you nicely, you might not have reacted the
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: same way.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: You might have let him go because he's also a
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: lot older, right?
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and like he had the audacity to be like, no,
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: I was queuing here a while. I was just like, no,
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: I've been here for the past like 5 minutes and
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: I didn't even see you in the queue. You just
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: cut to the front. The
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: audacity, but you know what? I'm so sad that it
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: happened in Tibet of all places the Dalai Lama shaking
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: his head right now. He's shaking his head.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: That's the thing, sometimes the place that you go to
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: or the places that you visit can be so peaceful
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: and beautiful, but the people make it ugly, you know.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for sharing your story and
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you are fiery and feisty and
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: you stood up for yourself. You're my inspiration. Take care.
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: Come on, great song. He reminds, he's giving me a
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: bit of like Bruno Mars. You know what, on TikTok
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: right now, are people calling him Singapore Bruno Mars? This
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Gareth Fernandez, one song, 70,000.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: Videos going out on TikTok and Instagram. He's so proud
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: of it. I love it. And the PIAs are calling him, yes,
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: Singapore Bruno Mars. Yeah, he really comes across as him. Yeah,
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: so well done to Gareth and Drew. Anyway, um, back
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: to our topic of the day, and we're going back
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: to more messages. Are you able to stand up for
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: yourself in situations that require you to be a bit
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: more fierce, because I personally experienced that at the.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Very, very hectic, chaotic Brussels Airport right after Tomorrowland. I
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: literally slept one hour. I went to the airport. I
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: big mistake. I'm so happy you did. I'm so happy
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: got a taste of angry Sonia. OK, it's about time
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: you left some chili markings, they got all versions of me, man,
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: and you know the theme of Tomorrowland this year is
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: all about feelings.
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: And all the different facets of emotions and feelings. So
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: I delivered. What do you make it sound like inside out? Anyway,
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: I wanna say good morning to Afa. Morning, both of you.
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: My family and I were going on a cruise a
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: few years back. We were at the Marina Cruise Center
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: when it just opened. The queue systems were all not
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: sorted yet, so the crowd was crazy. My sister-in-law was
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: carrying her.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Two year old child and this huge man just shoved
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: it into both me and my sister-in-law trying to cut
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: the queue. I just exploded and went, Excuse me, you blind.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Is it people carrying child, also you want to push.
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: Got no patience to wait. Ah. Everyone was waiting, right?
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: The guy was about to shout back but chose not to,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: and he saw my brother standing behind me staring back
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: at him.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: Scared, right? I wonder how her brother looks like. Is
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: her brother like really, I don't know. I mean, not brothers.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: So it can be quite intimidating, you know what I mean? See,
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: this is the time where I wish I had brothers, yeah,
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: but like.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Brothers to the, you know, my actual blood brothers to
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: fight my battles, you know, I mean, here you got me,
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: got Avery. How many people I can fight my own battles, OK.
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: You got muttons.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: I think forget it. Like, I better stand up for myself.
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: In fact, I think y'all, all of you collectively will
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: just stand there and watch me see and see how
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: I fight my battles. Actually, you are right. I'll it
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: down for you. So I'm like, hello, where's the defending here? Like, yeah, yeah, yeah,
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: that may go viral. That's the kind of support I need, right?
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: We've got Tammy on the line. Tammy, do you feel
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: like you're the kind of person that will stand up
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: for yourself? I think definitely I would stand up for
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: myself because I'm the confrontational kind. I'm not really the
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: kind to care so much about like
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: Um, what the other person feels, I think like not
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: standing up for yourself is too underrated these days. I
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: think sometimes we care too much about what other people think. Yeah,
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: you think we care too much about what other people
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: think we're conscious of ourselves. No, no, no, I think
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: I worry about that when I'm in Singapore. OK, because,
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: because of our jobs and the secondary things that it
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: comes along with it. But honestly, even here in Singapore, right,
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: there is a way I'll say, bro, come on lah.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: I've been here for so long, lah. But I think
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: in 10.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: Situations like that, um, there's no way around it. I
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: have to stand up for myself. I wasn't, I wasn't vulgar.
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: I wasn't, you know, like unreasonable. I was just merely
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: looking out for myself. So if you're tuned in to us,
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: what I'm gonna say is this, if you ever see
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: a video of me or Sonia blowing up at the queue,
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: you know what happened, OK? We are standing up for
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: ourselves because someone cut our line and it's probably not
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: in Singapore. I don't think I've ever, I've ever found
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: myself in that situation here. OK, good. Yeah, I'll just
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: keep quiet.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: Fair enough. OK Singapore. Formula One is happening very soon.
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. Yeah, especially the drinks queue. No,
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: but what I will say is that it gave me
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: a lot of gratitude for what we have in Singapore. Truly, truly.
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: With our last few messages of the morning, talking about
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: standing up for yourself in certain situations, I was just
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: sharing about my chaotic experience at Brussels Airport post Tomorrowland,
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: which by the way, if you're ever intending to go,
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: I suggest you.
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: Give yourself at least 4 hours. Go there 4 hours early.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: I know it sounds crazy, but 4 hours might be
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: the perfect timing to get to the airport, to get
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: to the airport, yeah, because you don't know what's going
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: to happen, and it's a chock full of people trying
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: to get out of there. Or most people would take
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: the train from Belgium to Paris and they'll fly back
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: from Charles de Gaulle Airport, but it's more expensive, yeah,
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: a little bit, so you just, you gotta wait it out.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: Want to say good morning to Eric. Good morning, Sonia
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: and Joakim. Actually, when Sonia told the guy to move back.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: She should have sung out loud, Stand up for Singapore.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Do the best you can. This reminds me of Awkwafina's
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: character in Shang-Chi where she sings Hotel California. True, true, true.
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: I mean, I only saw like maybe 2 or 3
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: other Singaporeans in the line though.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: They were very quiet. They didn't confront anyone. I mean,
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: maybe no one cut their cue lah. Yeah. I want
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: to say good morning to DY. Morning, S and J.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: My wife is the one who will voice and stand
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: up to such misbehavior. Let's go. But sometimes I have
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: to tell her to pipe down or hold it in
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: if it's a guy I can't take on.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not a big guy, but I think I can
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: hold my own. I'm also not itching or looking for
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: a fight, but I assess the situation and think if
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: this is escalated, can I take control of it, then
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: I just live with it long. Yeah, yeah, that's, that's
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: a good point.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: If it's a guy I can't take on, got me, man.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: I mean, you got to pick your battles lah. It's true.
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, I wasn't gonna, I wasn't gonna get into
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: a physical fight, that's for sure. I mean, my younger
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: days at zoo, right, sometimes you bump into a guy
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: by accident, you turn, you see a muscular dude. Hey bro, sorry, sorry, sorry,
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: but you see someone my size, hey, hey, hey, I
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: know you. I know you and foolish. Why do I
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: feel like I might have seen that?
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so many times you have. Thanks for joining the studio.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: I can see that. I can see that. Love the album,
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: by the way. Hey, you know what, um, the whole
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: of today we had great conversations, and we, we find
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: it always really difficult to pick our winner. But for today,
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: thank you for your call earlier telling us about Tibet. Perlin, congratulations.
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: And congratulations, this one's yours. Um, in case you missed
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: out on the whole convo over the past what, hour almost,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: it was about me setting up for myself at Brussels Airport.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: I'm so proud of you in a super chaotic situation
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: where everyone was having a meltdown trying to get their
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: baggage in because the baggage belt broke down, immigration queue
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: was so long.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Um, and you know, I think there is a certain
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: stereotype almost my friends say in Europe, you've got to
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: give yourself more time when you go there. I was
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: 3.5 hours, it's true. I was 3.5 hours early. I
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: would recommend 4 hours if you are coming out of
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: a big weekend like Tomorrowland, for example, yeah. Having traveled
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: to places like Scotland, England, Germany, and all that, yes,
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: give yourselves more time. 100%. And I'm also very happy
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: that Brussels now has a taste of angry Sonnia.
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: Yes, girl. That's me. Left my mark behind for sure. Perlin,
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: what's coming your way? It's a very nice dining experience
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: to dream gold. So there's Dream and there's Dream gold
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: over at We at Sentosa. So please go and enjoy
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: some exclusive cuts of meat done Korean style for you.
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: I'm jealous. Yeah, we walked past it. I walked past it,
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: I think like last week. It's super fancy. Like even
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: the exterior looks really luxurious, really fancy, and they're all
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: ready to serve you. I think very.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: Legit delicious food also. I was at Weave recently and
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: I saw loads of very nice fairy lights, could make
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: a nice photoshoot as well. And it's right next to
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: Universal Studios Singapore and the oceanarium. Yeah. So to catch
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: up with all the best conversations and stories about standing
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: up for yourself or maybe not standing up for yourself,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: especially in high tense, very tense situations, log on to
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: me Listen and Spotify after the show. It's 7, but
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: Martin Garrix actually just dropped a fresh track with you too,
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: of all people.
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: Over the weekend and debuted it during Tomorrowland, so you'll
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: hear it very soon on our show. So are you
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: and Martin Garrix on DM you? No, no, we literally
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: met for like one minute. Can DM him asking to
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: come back to Singapore. I love animals. OK, anyway, um,
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: in the world of AI and fake videos and all that,
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: you know how sometimes, and this is me being all conspiracy, OK.
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: Some countries have organizations that disrupt other nations sometimes in
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: crucial points like elections or they try to destabilize a country, right,
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: but this is a theory. It's a theory or sometimes
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: it's proven that it has happened, OK.
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, I feel Singapore is not the target of such
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: actions and events for real, where maybe people from overseas
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: or other countries, they are trying to destabilize our harmony.
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: They're trying to spread false info about Singapore and because
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: people are consuming so much of social media videos and
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: all that, it's hard to clarify what's true and what's not. Yeah,
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: and they can't tell what's real and fake to which
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: have a point. So apparently recently it was discovered that
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: there were 260 videos of Jack.
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: Ma talking about Singapore, but it's all lies and negative
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: information and false information such as any examples of like
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: I mean it's all unfortunately it's all in Mandarin, I
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: don't understand, but it's things about how Singapore is biased
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: towards one race or that kind of thing false information
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: I feel. So apparently the image of Jack Ma is
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: not Jack Ma himself. It's all AI generated and if
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: you were to search these videos, sometimes it might still
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: appear in your.
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: Google searches. So I think the powers that be here
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: in Singapore are working hard to really suppress the video spread.
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: I mean here in Singapore. They have a whole organization.
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: They have a whole unit to do this, right? And
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: that's what we've been preparing for for many years. Not
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: just Jack Ma, but on TikTok, you have all these
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: pretty looking newscasters, but they are actually AI. I see,
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: I see those all spreading false info about Singapore as well.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: So again, now is the time. I don't want to
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: sound like the National Day host, but uh, we really
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: must stand united.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: And protect ourselves from online harm like that. I don't
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that it's happening to our 1st birthday.
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: You are right as well. You are right. Yeah, not surprised.
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: But just be careful what you consume and um when
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: in doubt, don't it. Yeah, so if you see your
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: parents or grandparents watching Jack Ma on YouTube, chances are
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: it's not him, yeah, because I know Jack Ma to
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: be quite a very quiet and private.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: Person, he wouldn't just come out and do, I don't
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: think so. No, yeah, it's very good to be back.
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: I'm in fact very happy to be sinking my teeth
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: in local food again. I'm that girl. Yes, OK. 4
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: days in Brussels and I cannot han. I need 4
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: days la. You make 4 days sound like 4 months.
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: I literally, I need local food. You don't understand. You
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: really don't understand. Can I ask what did you eat
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: in Belgium?
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: Um, OK, so to be fair, the festival food at
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: Tomorrowland is actually very good. No, no, no, there's so many,
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: there's pasta, there's Indian food, there's roast chicken. It's really, it's,
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: it's like a food festival also. The only problem is
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: you have to find time to go and eat, you see.
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: So that's the issue. Chances are you won't be spending
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: too much time having like sitting down having really nice
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: meals all the time.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: It was, uh, it was OK. Yeah, some, some of
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: the prices could be a bit steep, but actually it
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: wasn't too bad for the quality. For what it was,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: I think it was OK. A bottle of Tomorrowland. Oh,
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: that one I just don't even ask. Just close your eyes.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: It's a can, by the way, it's not a bottle. No,
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: because they are very big on recycling, so they don't
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: do plastic stuff at all. No plastic bottles. It's only
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: canned drinks.
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: But are there water coolers around? Um, you can fill
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: up your water and apparently like the tap water is safe,
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: although I'm not sure about that. I didn't drink the
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: tap water on vegetables. Um, you can bring an empty
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: bottle to fill it up, but it has to be
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: those like collapsible types. It can't be a plastic bottle. Yeah.
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: So what I appreciate is that they're big on biodegradable materials,
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: even their plates, everything's all biodegradable. Good, good for them.