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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 300926 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: up.
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  Speaker 1: Good next to
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the middle of the week. We're closing into
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  Speaker 1: the end of PSLE season.
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  Speaker 2: It's officially the last day when higher mother tongues celebrate
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  Speaker 2: after this people. Yes, that's right. All the best. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to kick it off here with Miley Cyrus this
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday morning. Stay tuned. Singapore's number one hit music station.
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  Speaker 2: I was saying CCTV and here in Singapore, you can
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  Speaker 2: best assure yourselves that we are being watched everywhere we go.
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  Speaker 2: Whether it's CCTV or someone taking a video of us,
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  Speaker 2: for example, if it could be too loud on the
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  Speaker 2: trains or if they think we are causing a ruckus.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be sure they'll record it and they won't go
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  Speaker 2: to the authorities, no, they'll post it online and more
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  Speaker 2: or less we get shamed for our mischievous behavior. So
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  Speaker 2: unfortunately over at North Shore Plaza, and this is where,
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  Speaker 2: you know how some Singaporeans, it's like we don't deserve
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  Speaker 2: nice things. I remember when the more bikes or old
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  Speaker 2: bikes or the old 4 bikes were a thing. There
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  Speaker 2: were people throwing the old 4 bike off the HDB ledge.
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  Speaker 2: The way down to the ground floor to which they
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  Speaker 2: were rightly investigated, and I think they have to deal
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  Speaker 2: with the law. Unfortunately for this one, a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: youth were caught using the, uh, I think it was
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  Speaker 2: a Hello Ride or an any wheel going up the escalator.
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  Speaker 2: It is not supposed to be done this way or indoors, people,
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  Speaker 2: for nothing. You get a video of yourselves circulated on
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  Speaker 2: social media. So please behave well. Don't be shamed online
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  Speaker 2: like that and treat our en
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  Speaker 2: Wheels or Hello Rides or any other bike rentals with care, people,
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  Speaker 2: especially not just bike rentals, the car rentals as well
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  Speaker 2: with the get go cars or Tribe shares. Make sure
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  Speaker 2: it's in good condition before you even start the engine
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  Speaker 2: and maybe do a short test drive first to make
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  Speaker 2: sure everything is working before you actually drive to wherever
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  Speaker 2: you need to go. Now, for the majority of primary
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  Speaker 2: 6 students, congratulations, it is over.
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  Speaker 2: PSLE done and dusted. I am so happy for you, really.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy all the post-exam activities. You'll be having fun in school.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very sure they got some maybe inter-class tournaments planned
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  Speaker 2: for you or school excursions, but for a handful of
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  Speaker 2: P6 students, today for them will be the official last
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  Speaker 2: day of PSLE because it's the higher Chinese, higher Malay,
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  Speaker 2: higher Tamil, in other words, higher mother tongue. It begins
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  Speaker 2: at 8:15 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: Paper one, and then paper two is at 10:15 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: So sending you all the love and all the best
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  Speaker 2: as you tackle the final hurdle for you when it
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  Speaker 2: comes down to PSLE. And of course, if you want
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  Speaker 2: to give your friends or anybody a shout out who
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  Speaker 2: might be going through the exam period right now, not
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  Speaker 2: just PSLE but any other exam in primary or secondary
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  Speaker 2: school or even JC ITE, poly, or uni.
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  Speaker 2: Phone lines are open in just a bit at 669-119-87.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe say around 6:45. You can call in or you
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  Speaker 2: can WhatsApp us at 90050987. Request for your favorite song
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  Speaker 2: to play and we'll do it for you here on 987. Again,
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  Speaker 2: music has the power to hype you up and change
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  Speaker 2: the mood. Hopefully takes away some of the nerves that
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  Speaker 2: you might have as well. 987, hello, what's your name?
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  Speaker 2: Nicholas. Hello, Nicholas, and what level are you in this year?
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  Speaker 2: Primary 4. Primary 4, from which school?
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  Speaker 2: Tao Nan. Alright, giving Tao Nan Primary School a shout out.
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  Speaker 2: Well done, my friend. And is it exam season for
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  Speaker 2: you as well? Yes. And what paper is it today
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  Speaker 2: or soon?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, my next paper is English. And when is this?
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  Speaker 2: My sister is doing higher Chinese today. Oh, what's your
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  Speaker 2: sister's name?
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  Speaker 2: Rebecca. And anything you wanna say to her?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, good luck. Yes, good luck are two very, very
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  Speaker 2: good words. OK. What song can I get for you
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  Speaker 2: and your sister? Waka waka. You really want to hear
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  Speaker 2: waka waka?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. OK, you know what? For one time only, I'll
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  Speaker 2: play it for you here at 987. Enjoy the song
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  Speaker 2: and make sure you dance in the car, OK? You
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  Speaker 2: take care. Thank you. Bye-bye. So this one going out
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  Speaker 2: to Nicholas and Rebecca, as well as to Alexis of
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  Speaker 2: CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School. All the best for your
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  Speaker 2: higher mother tongue. It's the final day of PSLE and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully your exam season, you will do well for it.
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  Speaker 2: I want to throw you back to two years ago, 2024.
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  Speaker 2: Sometime in the month of June, I believe millennials and
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  Speaker 2: perhaps older Gen Z's and even the Gen X's, they
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  Speaker 2: were really excited when they saw that Linkin Park were
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  Speaker 2: gonna come back together to put out new music. So yes,
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  Speaker 2: rest in peace, Chester Bennington, but I guess the band decided, hey,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, we will carry on his legacy, not
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  Speaker 2: by trying to recreate whatever Chester did, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: just live up to it and also go our own
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  Speaker 2: way now. So they recruited singer Emily Armstrong.
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  Speaker 2: And when they announced 5 locations for a concert, I
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  Speaker 2: think Sao Paulo in Brazil was 1 location, South Korea
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  Speaker 2: was another one, and I got really lucky. Trust me
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  Speaker 2: on this one. When they announced South Korea for a weekend,
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  Speaker 2: I went, OK, I'm just gonna buy a ticket, go
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  Speaker 2: there for the weekend and watch one of my favorite
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  Speaker 2: bands perform and just enjoy whatever's going to happen for
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  Speaker 2: them and how they move forward.
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  Speaker 2: Fast forward to maybe say when I was there in
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  Speaker 2: the month of September for the concert in Korea, and
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  Speaker 2: this is why I say I got very lucky for
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  Speaker 2: myself at 987.
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  Speaker 2: I think somebody from Warner Music got wind that I
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  Speaker 2: was going and they said, hey, Joakim, uh, they actually
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  Speaker 2: need someone to host their Asia press conference and we'll
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  Speaker 2: give you 5 minutes with Linkin Park. How about that?
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  Speaker 2: And I went, sure. It's OK. No amount of money
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  Speaker 2: can buy this experience. So the entire interview is still
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  Speaker 2: available for you on 987's Instagram and on TikTok, and
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  Speaker 2: I think yesterday I got reminded that on 29th of September,
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  Speaker 2: it was the day I posted.
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  Speaker 2: The 20 compilation photos and videos of my experience in
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  Speaker 2: South Korea watching Linkin Park perform again at the Inspire Arena.
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  Speaker 2: So why am I talking about Linkin Park? Because today, worldwide,
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  Speaker 2: if you follow them on social media, you would have
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  Speaker 2: seen that they're announcing and
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  Speaker 2: They have released a live concert film taken in Sao Paulo,
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  Speaker 2: of course, 2 years ago. They call it Unshattered, and
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  Speaker 2: it's basically them in concert just like your Billie Eilish
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  Speaker 2: Hit Me Hard and Soft or your Blackpink live concert
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  Speaker 2: films as well. And you will hear songs like this one,
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  Speaker 2: for example.
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  Speaker 2: That's one of their newer ones called Emptiness Machine, but
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  Speaker 2: they also performed classics like this one.
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  Speaker 2: I can see why musicians and DJs enjoy performing over
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  Speaker 2: in Brazil, whether in Sao Paulo or Brasilia. And there's
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  Speaker 2: one more song as well.
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  Speaker 2: From their 1000 Suns album, this one called Waiting for
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  Speaker 2: the End. So these are just three of the many
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  Speaker 2: songs featured in the concert film. I'm looking at the
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  Speaker 2: website right now. It's available worldwide, but here in Singapore, nothing.
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  Speaker 2: So please, can somebody at least give us a limited
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  Speaker 2: screening of this LinkedIn.
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  Speaker 2: Park Live in concert film from Sao Paulo 2024 and
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  Speaker 2: earlier I did share that come 26th of December 2026,
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  Speaker 2: if you are taking public transport and you're wondering, eh,
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  Speaker 2: how come I'm paying 12 to 13 cents more? Well,
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  Speaker 2: it's because there'll be a
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  Speaker 2: Fare increase for public transport fares. Again, it begins December 26th,
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  Speaker 2: and this is why I say 12 cents or 13 cents.
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  Speaker 2: It will go up to 12 cents if you're paying
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  Speaker 2: by card for trips up to 3.2 km. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're going above 3.2 km, the fares will go up
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  Speaker 2: by 13 cents, and students, senior, and persons with disabilities,
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  Speaker 2: your card fares will go up by 5 cents per trip.
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  Speaker 2: If you're paying cash, it will rise.
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  Speaker 2: Rise by 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for
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  Speaker 2: concession groups. Now, this is a very big example of
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  Speaker 2: how whatever happens very far away from Singapore, somehow we
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  Speaker 2: will still feel the effects and I think if you
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  Speaker 2: watched the press release yesterday and the doorstop interview,
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  Speaker 2: They were saying about how, given the tensions in the
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  Speaker 2: Middle East and all the Strait of Hormuz issues and problems,
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  Speaker 2: this is why energy costs has risen, and for us
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  Speaker 2: here in Singapore, we are definitely feeling the effects, so
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  Speaker 2: this is why they're going to increase the transport fares,
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  Speaker 2: but not to worry because also in the news, the
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  Speaker 2: government will really provide loads of subsidies. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: close to $200 million. So again,
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  Speaker 2: Mark this date down. The full article and the full
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  Speaker 2: press release is available for you on CNN. Make sure
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  Speaker 2: you read it and be informed before you complain for
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  Speaker 2: nothing on TikTok or maybe even Reddit or on Instagram reels. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: how come my transport fare increased? Now, in case you're
• 9:49
  Speaker 2: wondering where is our darling Sonia Chew, unfortunately, her sinus infection.
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: that she shared with us on air yesterday about what
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  Speaker 2: she's going through. It got a little bit bad, so
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  Speaker 2: she's resting up and hopefully back with us tomorrow. She
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  Speaker 2: did text me last night saying, hey, I might not
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  Speaker 2: feel so good, so I might not come in today
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  Speaker 2: in case I pass you anything. So thank you very
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  Speaker 2: much for being responsible and really
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  Speaker 2: Uh, we blame the haze because, uh, actually, you know what,
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  Speaker 2: till this day, I believe people are still a little
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: bit confused on what to refer to, whether it comes
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: to PSI or the p.m. 2.5. So, based on my understanding,
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  Speaker 2: the p.m. 2.5 is actually like a small indicator of
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  Speaker 2: these fine micropollutants in the air. So for example, if
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  Speaker 2: right now you wanna go
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  Speaker 2: Go out and walk your dog or go for a
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  Speaker 2: walk or go for a run, you look at the p.m. 2.5,
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  Speaker 2: the one hour p.m. 2.5 reading, which if I'm not wrong,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna hit refresh now on the website that is hayes.gov.sg. So,
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  Speaker 2: the current one hour PM 2.5 reading, it's at 55, OK? So,
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  Speaker 2: north side 55, West is at 70.
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  Speaker 2: South at 59, east at 68, and central at 63.
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  Speaker 2: So it's roughly in the elevated range. The 24 hour PSI,
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  Speaker 2: that's a combination of all the pollutants, and you want
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  Speaker 2: to use that to plan the next day's activities for
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  Speaker 2: an organization, for a school, and everything else that you
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  Speaker 2: do as a group, or maybe even your run clubs
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 2: So, currently at 7 a.m. the PSI stands at 97
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  Speaker 2: in the north, 119 for both West central, 118 in
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  Speaker 2: the east, and 112 at the south. So, it's in
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  Speaker 2: the unhealthy range. So, use both readings, uh, the correct way.
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  Speaker 2: It can be a little bit confusing, yes, but again,
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  Speaker 2: if you need a guide, I believe, uh, that our
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  Speaker 2: friends over at.
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  Speaker 2: g ov s g They have how to read it
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  Speaker 2: correctly for you on their website. And I'm gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit cheeky today. I'm gonna take a Formula
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  Speaker 2: One example and I'll use it in everyday life because
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  Speaker 2: I'm very sure you know someone in your office, in
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  Speaker 2: your organization, or wherever it is that you work at.
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  Speaker 2: There is always someone like this. I want to talk
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  Speaker 2: about the team, Aston Martin.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're a Formula One fan, if you're chuckling,
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  Speaker 2: then yes, you would know that Aston Martin have become
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  Speaker 2: the butt of all jokes when it comes to Formula
• 12:26
  Speaker 2: One cars and the Formula One itself. And their current
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  Speaker 2: team lineup boasts two-time world champion, and he just resigned
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  Speaker 2: his contract for another year for next year. Fernando Alonso.
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  Speaker 2: We've gotta say congratulations, really.
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  Speaker 2: One of the current living legends of the sport alongside
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  Speaker 2: maybe say Lewis Hamilton, and the 2nd seat, uh, it's
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  Speaker 2: confirmed for next year as well. It's being filled by
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  Speaker 2: Lance Stroll again. And if you were to go by
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  Speaker 2: a performance outcome and how well someone does in an organization,
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  Speaker 2: Lance Stroll should be out of a job.
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  Speaker 2: But here's the thing. Who owns the Aston Martin racing team?
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  Speaker 2: It's Lawrence Stroll, who is Lance Stroll's father. You definitely
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm getting at, and again, I'm gonna be
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  Speaker 2: quite cheeky on this Wednesday morning and if Sonia were here,
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  Speaker 2: She would probably be nice about it and for me,
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  Speaker 2: you know lah, I'm the bad cop. So given how
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  Speaker 2: I'm going solo today, you're hearing the bad cop's opinions. Sonia,
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  Speaker 2: where are you? OK, so if you follow Formula One
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  Speaker 2: or if you don't follow Formula One, it's OK. Let
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  Speaker 2: me try to make it easy for you, OK? Given
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  Speaker 2: how I've really committed to following this season, I, I've
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  Speaker 2: learned a thing or two about a few different teams
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  Speaker 2: and for Aston Martin, OK, that's the team in green, um,
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's become the butt of all jokes between Formula
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  Speaker 2: One fans, and Fernando Alonso is a two-time world champion,
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  Speaker 2: so he has renewed his contract and he's gonna sit
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  Speaker 2: in the driver's seat next year for the 2027 season.
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  Speaker 2: So well done, Fernando Alonso. OK, yes, yeah. All right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he has the resume, over 400 Grand Prix
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  Speaker 2: in his lifetime, 24 seasons. That's, that, that's crazy. Well done, Fernando.
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  Speaker 2: And then we move on to the other driver that
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  Speaker 2: they have, Lance Stroh.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I'm very sure he's a nice guy personally and
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  Speaker 2: all that, but looking at his track record, no pun
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  Speaker 2: intended for this season, yeah, did not finish in Australia,
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  Speaker 2: did not finish in China, did not finish in Japan,
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  Speaker 2: did not finish in Monaco, Barcelona, Austria, did not finish
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  Speaker 2: in Belgium, didn't finish in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and
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  Speaker 2: the recent Azerbaijan. So,
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  Speaker 2: You, you might blame him or you might blame the car. It's,
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  Speaker 2: it's either or not. I think teams like Aston Martin
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  Speaker 2: and maybe even my boys at Cadillac, we, we're still
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  Speaker 2: trying to figure out the car and adapt to the
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  Speaker 2: new rules. So every time they announce changes, but they
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  Speaker 2: still don't do well, you're just wondering what, what, what
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  Speaker 2: changes here. So for Lance Stroll, unfortunately, he is on
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  Speaker 2: the receiving end of comments like, hey, this is Nepo baby,
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  Speaker 2: because his father is the chairman of Aston Martin.
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  Speaker 2: Get the link now. And if you were to be,
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  Speaker 2: maybe say a manager or maybe even HR, right, if
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  Speaker 2: you were to look at Lance Stroll's record, you might go, OK,
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  Speaker 2: this guy is not performing well. Let's get someone else
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  Speaker 2: into the seat and see how well he does for
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  Speaker 2: Aston Martin next year. But given how he's his father's son,
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  Speaker 2: It's a bit tough, and I guess he still has
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  Speaker 2: a seat for next year, so congratulations to Lance Stroll, yay.
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  Speaker 2: Though I'm very sure, maybe say younger drivers in Formula
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  Speaker 2: 2 are going, hey, I, I, I want that seat.
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  Speaker 2: It's very unfair. I feel that I can do a
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  Speaker 2: better job. So we take that example and we go
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  Speaker 2: to everyday life now, in your office, in your organization,
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  Speaker 2: maybe even in your school or or wherever that has
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  Speaker 2: a working community or whatsoever. Here's my question.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm very sure you know of someone like this.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know someone or have a colleague or a
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  Speaker 2: schoolmate with you who is really terrible at what he
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  Speaker 2: or she does, but somehow he or she is still there?
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  Speaker 2: You, you, you've given feedback to your manager or your
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  Speaker 2: HR or whatsoever, but this person is still there by
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  Speaker 2: some miracle. I'm encouraging you to spill the tea on 987, really,
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  Speaker 2: because this is inspired by me being cheeky and bringing
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  Speaker 2: a Formula One example to real life where Fernando Alonso,
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  Speaker 2: two-time world champion, he has renewed his contract with Aston Martin.
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  Speaker 2: Well done for next season. That, that, that's deserving. And
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  Speaker 2: then Lance Stroh.
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  Speaker 2: If you're a manager or an HR professional, if you
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  Speaker 2: look at his current performance, you even wonder how is
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  Speaker 2: this guy still in the team? How does he have
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  Speaker 2: a job? Again, look, nothing personal. I'm very sure he's
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  Speaker 2: a nice guy out there, but because his father is
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  Speaker 2: Lawrence Stroll, the chairman of Aston Martin, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know lah, so my question is,
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  Speaker 2: Do you have anyone in your workplace who is really
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  Speaker 2: bad at what he or she does, but somehow is
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  Speaker 2: still there? I'm gonna keep everybody anonymous today, OK? Anonymous
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  Speaker 2: texter number one says, hey Joakim, I had a colleague
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  Speaker 2: who simply was either lazy or quite incompetent, even with
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  Speaker 2: a simple task with her workout, with with her work,
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  Speaker 2: but because she knows how to look smart,
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  Speaker 2: And knows how to boot lick. She has remained with
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  Speaker 2: the organization for a very long time. Wow, OK, another
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  Speaker 2: one coming in.
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  Speaker 2: From this anonymous texter #2, I was just summarizing your
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  Speaker 2: text in my head. Hey Joakim, there's this there's this
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  Speaker 2: guy in my company who has been in IT for years,
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  Speaker 2: but somehow still doesn't know how to fix basic problems.
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  Speaker 2: Every time something goes wrong, he just restarts the computer
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  Speaker 2: and says, should be OK for now. Somehow he's still employed.
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  Speaker 2: On the topic of, do you know of anyone who's
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  Speaker 2: super bad at his or her job, but by some miracle,
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  Speaker 2: this person is still there.
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  Speaker 2: Long story short, Formula One example, Lance Stroll has a
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  Speaker 2: contract with Aston Martin next year, to which on social media,
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  Speaker 2: people are going, what's, what's happening? It's very obvious what's
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  Speaker 2: going on here because guess who is his dad, the
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  Speaker 2: chairman of Aston Martin again.
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  Speaker 2: This is all tongue in cheek speculation. I'm very sure
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  Speaker 2: he's a nice guy personally, but again, if you were
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: to look at his professional record, you might start asking
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: questions like, how is this guy even still here? Why
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: don't we give a Formula 2 driver a chance? So
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna keep all my texters today anonymous. We do
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: have a call to get to in a bit. Wanna
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: say good morning to anonymous texter number 3. Hey, Joakim.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: I want to share about my incompetent colleagues. I have
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: a colleague who just joined and is scared of everything.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: For context, she's 15 years older than me. I am 22. Basically,
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: I'm tasked to give her some of my tasks for
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: my project. Simple ones from getting vendor quotations, arranging delivery
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: of items and.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: Next, for example, after 2 to 3 months here, she's
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: scared of everything. She doesn't dare send emails to clients
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: or vendors. She's she's afraid of signing quotes, she's afraid
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: of calling them. Basically, she has done almost nothing here,
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: and I do not understand why someone who has been
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: in the workforce for this long can be still scared
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: of everything. There is more to this, but these are
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: some of the funny encounters. Thank you so much for sharing.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: Wanna also say good morning to anonymous texter number 4.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Hey Joakim, I'm the one people spread rumors about saying
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: that I'm horrible at my job and that nobody wants me.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: A friend heard it and encouraged me to leave because
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: all my hard work and overtime clearly was not appreciated.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Funny thing is, when I want to take leave, nobody
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: wants to cover my work. Even when I'm sick, I
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: end up doing a full day's work in
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Half a day before taking MC, so not every rumor
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: you hear about someone at work is true. My long
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: leave was canceled by my line manager because the only
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: colleague familiar enough with my work to cover me is
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: currently on maternity leave. So apparently I'm terrible at my job,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: yet somehow my work is difficult enough that no, that,
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: that there's no one to cover it when I'm away.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: Yikes. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, and
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: I really hope things get better for you in the office.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: If not, please go somewhere else. Go to our phone
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: lines right now, 669-119-87. Anonymous caller, what's your story? OK, uh,
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: so I previously I worked in this, this, uh, this company.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: It's a very small company, so the owner is actually, uh,
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Uh, one of the, uh, staff that, so it's a,
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: it's a daughter actually. So, um, so I didn't know
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: this till I'm, I joined them for more than 3 months.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: So after, so I did ask my managers how come she, her,
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: she always like her task is like lesser than all
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: of us.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: And she always like every time when she comes to work,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: she always like play games and she can just watch YouTube,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: TikTok and everything. So we all of us is like, uh, it's,
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: it's really unfair. Then uh uh and one day my
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: manager told me that, you know that this, this girl
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: is actually the owner's daughter. I was like, oh, OK,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: I didn't know about that.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: So we all of us really comment and told the HR,
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: told the man, the senior manager, but that we got
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: no comments because this is the older daughter. we can't
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: do anything because she likes to complain to the dad
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: if we did something bad to her. This is tough, man.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: This is very tough for all of us. It's like, uh,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: all of us is overloaded at work and we can
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: just look at her. She can just play phone until
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: the end of the day. I was like, wow, that's
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: a good life.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Are you still working for this company or have you
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: left already? Uh, no, no, I already left the company. That's,
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: so we have, there's one day where we actually have
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: a mass resign because we told the managers that this
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: is really unfair that we, we are being like treated like, uh,
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: not like a staff, but actually like a servant. She's
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: over there like doing. Can I ask, do you know
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: whether she's still working for that company?
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: Uh, I guess she do because, uh, what I heard
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: from my manager that she's still there. She's right now
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: is the senior manager. What? Look, I kid you not,
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: our 987 WhatsApps, uh, I feel as if we're becoming
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: a Reddit confessional because people are sharing their stories. Thank
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: you so much. Let me try to get to as
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: many as I can this morning, OK?
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Anonymous texter number 5. Hey Joakim, my colleague is always
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: so pretentious and although her work is average, she always
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: portrays a very hardworking image, only in front of the boss.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: She is a say yes to boss, but actually a
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: lot of work she accepts are undone, are not even done.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: She always tries to pass what she, what she has
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: accepted to other people, then when things go wrong,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: She plays the victim and says, oh, I was given
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: too much of work, but in actual fact, she was
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: the one who took it on and got promoted. Then
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: after a promotion, she officially gave away some of her portfolio.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: In an extreme case, she even blatantly discussed with another
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: colleague who empathized with her, bracket obviously blinded by her lies,
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: to plan to go cry in front of the boss
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: so that she can escape some duties that she disliked. Wow! Really, man?
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: The, the, the corporate world is so different. Wanna say
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: good morning to another texter, anonymous texter number 6. Hey, Joakim,
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: I have a colleague who recently did not do well
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: managing a big project and received feedback from various departments,
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: yet he's still around and he has been working in
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: my company for 8 years because he was brought in
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: by the head of my department. Oh, OK, cannot lose
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: face because it's your hire. You got to make sure.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: This person does well or defend this person so that
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: you won't lose face. Well, this is really complicated. Go
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: to the phone lines 669-119-87. Anonymous caller number two, what's
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: your story? It's actually my husband's workplace, so there's this lady, right, she,
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: she cannot work with anyone. Um, basically everybody that she
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: hired under her has left, come and go, right? And, um.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Whatever her subordinate subordinates, um, do, right, she will actually
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: redo it, so, so nobody can stand her, and she's
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: still there after 17 years and, you know, everybody sees
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: that there's a problem with her, but she's still there. Wait,
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: after 17 years.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Nobody has, well, no one has done anything. Is it
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: because she's someone important? Is she someone's daughter or what?
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: No, not like that. It's, um, yeah, I just don't
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: know why. Another mystery that needs to be solved here
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: in life. Anonymous texter number 7 or 8 now. Morning, Joakim.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: A fellow colleague has been around for 20 years, yet
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: still making the silliest mistakes, asking her fellow colleagues how
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: to solve an issue. These colleagues joined after her, me included,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: so she's definitely had a fair share of seeing these
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: kind of same issues. We are all covering her by
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: clearing her mess and cleaning her mistakes. She has zero
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: guilt and eagerness to learn. Painful as it sounds, she
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: won't leave. It's the other colleagues that are leaving. Oh, OK.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Another anonymous texter, hey, Joakim, there's this managerial level person
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: in the company who is such a smooth slash glib talker,
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: and in a data-driven company where decisions are based on numbers,
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: he always tai chi and delegates work out to his
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: execs or interns, even to churn data for him. And
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: when challenged, he would direct the question back to them.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: He is good with words, but when it comes to
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: data and follow-ups, everyone just wonders how is he still here.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Go to the phone lines at 669-119-87. Anonymous caller number 3,
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: what's your story? Yeah, I know this, uh, particular colleague,
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: very good looking, charming, likable, sweet talker, and you know,
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: nobody actually knows what he does. Now when it comes
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: to real world.
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: You know, the error 404 just pops out. He's nowhere
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: to be found. And you know, when the board of
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: directors appear, you know, he's just online suddenly and the
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: error just disappears and the camera starts rolling. So here's
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: what he has been working on. Um, he's a master
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: of strategic visibility.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: He's really good at taking credit and he's damn good
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: at selling himself 100 out of 100, you know, and, uh,
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: untouchable because, uh, thanks to his premium corporate plot armor
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: and somehow he still got a recent promotion and, uh,
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: now I finally know, you know, KPI means, uh, you know,
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: keep powerful individuals impressed. That's how you excel in the
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: corporate ladder. Has, has anyone ever given feedback to HR
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: or the superiors about the performance of this guy?
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, performing very well in stocking and selling, I
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: think that's probably some of the honest, uh, conversations they have. But, uh,
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: I don't think anybody would dare to go against him
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: because of the, the, the attacks that maybe have a
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: lot of repercussions, right? Thank you so much for all
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: your calls and your texts. I hope I was able
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: to
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: Read every single one of them. Two more just came in.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: Do I have time? OK, maybe I have time for one. OK.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: I want to say good morning to anonymous texter number
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: 8 now. Morning, Joakim, AKA fellow F1 fan, was low-key
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: chuckling to myself on the way to work while I
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: heard what you said about Stroll the Nepo baby.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: And I totally agree with you. Again, tongue in cheek,
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: tongue in cheek. Anyway, my mom has a senior at
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: work who has been at the company for over 2 decades.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: She's been there the longest. She tends to talk loudly
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: and whine and complain when she's having a bad day.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: It's disruptive to the other colleagues who are trying to work.
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: During their peak period, she rallied other admin colleagues to
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: write emails to higher-ups and complain about their workload. She
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: takes it out on their colleagues when she's having
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: When she does not get a raise or a promotion
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: and says things like her title and pay grade is
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: not enough for her to guide others, but she will
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: still nitpick at other people's work. No surprises on why
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: she didn't get promoted. There you go. Thank you so
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: much for all your calls and texts, and let me sing.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: A jingle and deliver it to you. 123, food news.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: Food news. Joking with the good food news. Usually it's Sonia,
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: but today she's on MC. Not to worry, back with
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: us tomorrow. But this one involves our national carrier, Singapore Airlines.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: I mean, majority of us here in Singapore, we are
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: always biased towards Singapore Airlines. You want to see our
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: airlines do well and hopefully, with the, uh, SkyTrek season
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: very soon, they can win the world's best airline. But hey,
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: how about this? They are rolling out more than 100
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: new and refreshed dishes across all cabin classes. So, let's
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: start with.
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: Economy class. OK, so some of the things to look
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: forward to roasted chicken breast and oriental style fish with
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: yellow bean sauce. If you're able to afford it and
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: fly premium economy, you get Irish lamb stew and chicken stroganoff,
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: just two of the many to look forward to as well.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Business class. You have prawn cocktail.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: Sew or roast pork with wonton noodles and roasted cauliflower steak,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: and you also get Singapore style prawn noodle soup and
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: Indonesian dishes like jackfruit or pw with blue pea rice
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: and vegetariannasi padang, and if you can go higher, maybe
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: if you have enough miles or for your honeymoon or what,
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: sweets and first class, you've got poached Maine lobster.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: with champagne sauce and beef short rib sambal perchik with
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: nasi kabo. Hopefully I'm saying that correctly, and other dishes
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: include the likes of suvi chicken thigh roulet. You get
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: lobster royale and citrus marinated lobster. Again, you know me,
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: I'm more of a meaty person, so all the meat,
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: the chicken and the beef and the Irish lamb stew,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: give it to me. I'll take it.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: It's gonna be progressively rolled out and then maybe from
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: November 8th, you can look up for the new drinks
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: and tableware on board Singapore Airlines. Always a great way
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: to fly. Congratulations guys. Now, I'm gonna share something with
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: you and I wish Sonia were here to either calm
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: me down or just call me crazy or maybe even stupid. Um,
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: you know,
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: I'm still one of those people, maybe a handful of
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: people here in Singapore that still uses a bunch of
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: house keys, OK, for my door locks and all that
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: to which I've left it in the studio many times.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: Thank you very much, and Nicole and Sonia for helping
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: me grab it back. And yeah, occasionally I leave it
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: in the tray.
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: Station also Sonia I was like, can you please go
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: and get a digital lock, you know, just put your
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: numbers in your, in your, your, you can enter your
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: house without having to carry your house keys around and
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: you misplace them. And I went, OK, yes, uh, the,
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: the day I get a new place, I'll do it,
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: but I have this fear, this fear is what if,
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: you know, the battery runs out.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: And I'm stuck outside and she goes, Can you stop overthinking,
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: joki Ma? Then they'll give you a signal. It will
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: start beeping to let you know that the battery is
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: going low. And then I read this on Mothership and
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: I sent this article to Sonia and I said, Hey,
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: this could have been me. Two, there are two boys
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: who wanted to go back home to their flat over
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: at Yishun, and they realized the door lock.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: It was low in battery. What did they try to do?
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: The door lock was actually not powered because the battery died.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: In other words, they tried to climb into their flat
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: and they had to get the SCDF to rescue them.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: So yeah, again, it's could have been me, but I
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: would not have been so foolish. I might have called
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: the locksmith. So I sent this article to Sonia and say, hey, look,
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: this could have been me. She replies to me saying,
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: ha ha ha. I would have laughed very hard if
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: that were you.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: But again, I, I, I feel justified that my allegations
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: and fears were not unfounded. Like it can actually happen. So,
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: check your batteries, people. Thank you so much for letting
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: me keep you company solo. Tomorrow. Hopefully, Sonia's back with us.
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: She's taking a day of rest to really calm her
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: sinus infections down. The haze, again, please make sure you
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: check the PSI and the p.m. 2.5 readings before you
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: plan any activities and stay safe.
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: Especially to all the run clubs. If you're still running,
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: I mean, well done to you, but make sure you're
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: keeping your health in check because we are fast approaching
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: the Garmin Half Marathon, and I think the GE run
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: and very soon it's the BYD full marathon, half marathon,
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: 10 km, 5 km on kids's dash. If you haven't
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: done so already, please go for a health checkup. Make
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: sure your heart is in good condition to take the
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: distance of a 5 km, 10 km, half marathon, or
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: full marathon. Don't play.