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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 130426 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Joakim's gonna be with us in a second, but, uh,
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: what a weekend it has been. Welcome you to a
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: brand new week here. I cannot believe it's middle of
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  Speaker 1: April already. Like time is seriously flying by. Where has
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: all the time gone? Um, we got tons happening this weekend,
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: by the way. So if you are from Singapore, Pauline.
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  Speaker 1: And if you are from MGS, we will see you, uh,
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  Speaker 1: more details in just a bit, but it's all within
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: this week. Lots of stuff going on. Um, there's a
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  Speaker 1: car launch going on this week as well, many events.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what it is about the mid of April, but, um,
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  Speaker 1: things are ramping up right now. So, if you have
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  Speaker 1: us on your schedule for a school visit, we cannot
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  Speaker 1: wait to see you, especially because Joakim and I, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we usually, we usually go for the school visits that
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: are like after your school's out.
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: In the past, we used to sometimes come like before
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: your school starts, so it's the morning, early morning assembly, right?
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: And I know sometimes it's really difficult for anyone to
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  Speaker 1: give us energy or life. So since then, I think
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  Speaker 1: most schools now opt for like after school assemblies, which
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  Speaker 1: makes so much more sense. So we cannot wait to
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  Speaker 1: see you, MGS and SP two separate things, but we
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  Speaker 1: shall be there in your school this week. Look,
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  Speaker 2: there's so much to go through with you this month.
• 1:15
  Speaker 2: morning, we're talking Coachella weekend one.
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  Speaker 1: I just need to, yeah, I have my thoughts about
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  Speaker 1: that too.
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  Speaker 2: All that's happening here in Singapore and also some celebrity
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  Speaker 2: news from worldwide.
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  Speaker 1: So one of my close friends is actually in attending
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  Speaker 1: Coachella right now, um, as a normal person, like not
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  Speaker 1: as a celebrity or influencer or anything. He's just a
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  Speaker 1: normal dude, OK. He seems to be having a lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun, but that being said,
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  Speaker 1: Need to fill you in on the cost of things
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  Speaker 1: at Coachella. And he, he lives in the US, by
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: the way, so he's already used the US dollars. But
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  Speaker 1: what I'm seeing right now and the, the, the information
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting not just from him, but on social media.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna break your bank to go for Coachella nowadays.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you're seeing people like Cat's Eye, Sabrina Carpenter,
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  Speaker 2: of all people, Justin Bieber pulling up YouTube. I wonder
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  Speaker 2: what Wi Fi service he was using. Very strong. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I really wonder how much the ticket cost.
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  Speaker 1: Not just the tickets, but even the drinks, the food, the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the, the lodging, even to get a charger
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  Speaker 1: for your phone, like they call this like a charging
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  Speaker 1: locker or something. Apparently it's upwards of like $80 USD
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  Speaker 1: to book a locker, you know, contemplating the cost of
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  Speaker 1: going to Coachella at this point in time.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look, Coachella of the 2010s and maybe even
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  Speaker 2: late or early 2020 before after COVID and all that.
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  Speaker 2: It was one of the festivals to go to, but
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  Speaker 2: for some strange reason, it's now becoming a festival that
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  Speaker 2: people might want to avoid.
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  Speaker 2: Because it's become influencer Olympics over there, but still, the musicians,
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  Speaker 2: they boast for every year's lineup. It's amazing. And this
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  Speaker 2: is where musicians really go times 1,000% for their set design,
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: their performances, and then you get the occasional Justin Bieber
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  Speaker 2: where his set was just a table, YouTube, and he
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  Speaker 2: actually used the
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  Speaker 2: Oxchord to stream live.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't need anything. Honestly, he's Justin Bieber and he
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  Speaker 1: hasn't performed like that for a very, very long time.
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  Speaker 2: And loads of people were actually breaking down the meaning,
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  Speaker 2: the symbolic meaning behind his performance, and they were saying
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  Speaker 2: that maybe he's paying tribute to his YouTube days a
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: long time ago and that was actually what made Justin Bieber,
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: Justin Bieber.
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  Speaker 1: And I think he's grown a lot in many ways
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  Speaker 1: over the past few years, but we need to talk
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  Speaker 1: about the actual cost of going to Coachella. Let's break
• 3:45
  Speaker 1: it down. If you're tuning in right now, you probably,
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: or you may have like aspirations or dreams or next
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: time I want to go to Coachella, right? Or at
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: some point, I would love to go. And I think
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  Speaker 1: for us and my friends and I, we've always thought like, OK,
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  Speaker 1: that's the ultimate festival we want to go to. However,
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  Speaker 1: I think things have changed quite a lot over the
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  Speaker 1: last 5 to 6 years or so.
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  Speaker 1: Coachella 2026 is one of the most expensive festivals yet,
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  Speaker 1: and here's the cost breakdown, OK? Um, if you want
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  Speaker 1: to get preferred parking, for example,
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  Speaker 1: It is $299 for the parking lot, and this is
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  Speaker 1: in USD, by the way, not SGD.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm driving an EV,
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  Speaker 1: no choice. Um, for a cup of coffee, $17. OK,
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: the coffee better keep me awake for 3 days.
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  Speaker 2: The
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  Speaker 2: coffee beans better be freshly grown and grinded at Coachella.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly
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  Speaker 1: roasted there. Noodles that look like a fancy meat, but
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: I don't know what this is. It's $23.
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  Speaker 1: OK, a burrito that you could get a solid one
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  Speaker 1: at your Guzman Y Gomes here or wherever, $23. Fries
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  Speaker 1: for $28 because they added, apparently they add caviar and
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  Speaker 1: truffle on top, which do we really need that at
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  Speaker 1: a festival?
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  Speaker 2: OK, can I check the food is legit.
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  Speaker 1: Like I don't know, so I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: The
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  Speaker 2: way it's served is the way it looks like in
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  Speaker 2: the pictures because it could be a fire festival sort
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  Speaker 2: of
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  Speaker 2: situation.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well, it looks like this, I guess these photos
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  Speaker 1: were taken by a.
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  Speaker 1: Festivalgoer. Um, if you want an ultra-premium weekend suite for
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  Speaker 1: 10 of your friends, it's $70,000. You could seriously throw
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  Speaker 1: yourself your own wedding with
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  Speaker 2: 70,000
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  Speaker 1: dollars.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's a strange time where we're living in
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  Speaker 2: sports and even now music festivals are being catered for
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  Speaker 2: a certain demographic who can afford it. You're right.
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  Speaker 1: No, I think there's been a lot of conversation over
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  Speaker 1: like what the influencers, not all, not all, I'm saying some.
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  Speaker 1: They are flexing, but they're just getting things for free almost.
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  Speaker 1: And I think, uh, the organizers and brands need to
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  Speaker 1: think carefully, I guess, about how they go about this
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  Speaker 1: because the real people need to pay like a ton
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  Speaker 1: of money for the festival experience. I think especially with
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: our Gen Z, right? Yeah. OK, well, speaking of festivals,
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  Speaker 1: we do have one in Singapore very soon.
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  Speaker 1: And we would love for you to be there. How
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  Speaker 1: about some tickets to kick off your week? And
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  Speaker 2: they're only $28 are very cheap.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, but we're giving it to you
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  Speaker 2: for free. Yes. Well, loads of things happened over the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I want to say congratulations to my very good friend Cheryl.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and her husband John for their kid's 1
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  Speaker 2: year old birthday party.
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  Speaker 1: 00, that was what it was. I thought it was
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  Speaker 1: just a random catch
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  Speaker 1: up.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no. So when the kid turns
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  Speaker 2: One, the adults just sit there and drink wine.
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but your baby Jamie is so cute and can
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  Speaker 2: I be honest with you, I didn't post this last
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: year because I didn't want my friend's baby's face on it, right.
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  Speaker 2: But given how it's been a year already and I
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  Speaker 2: think he looks a little bit different now as compared
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  Speaker 2: to what he did one year ago, can. So the
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  Speaker 2: very first time I held baby Jamie, I think he
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  Speaker 2: was about what, maybe a few weeks old, like 3
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  Speaker 2: or 4 weeks old.
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  Speaker 2: I held him and the moment he was in my arms,
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  Speaker 2: I cried.
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  Speaker 2: Why? I cried, not, not like the like sad
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  Speaker 2: tears,
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  Speaker 1: but like
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  Speaker 2: like oh and like precious tears like oh my God,
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  Speaker 2: you precious thing, come here to Uncle Joe and I
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  Speaker 2: cried for a while,
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  Speaker 1: yeah. I am honestly terrified of babies. I, I'm scared
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  Speaker 1: of holding them. I don't know, they just look so fragile.
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  Speaker 1: And I just can't. Every time people are like, you
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  Speaker 1: want to hold my baby, I'm like, no, it's OK.
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  Speaker 1: It's fine. And also if you realize none of my close,
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  Speaker 1: very close circle of friends have kids yet,
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  Speaker 2: if you noticed?
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  Speaker 1: Um, probably Tabitha's, Tabitha Nauser. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: about it. Were you
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  Speaker 2: having an anxiety attack?
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  Speaker 1: No, you know what, Tabby, she, I mean, you may
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  Speaker 1: recognize her as if you're tuning in right now, you know,
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  Speaker 1: she's a singer. She also, yeah, she also used to
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: be a DJ here actually on 987 quite a few
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  Speaker 1: years ago. Um, she is like what I aspire to
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  Speaker 1: be as a mom. She is super cool.
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  Speaker 1: Um, she and her, her partner, Louis, they are like
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  Speaker 1: the coolest parents ever. So I remember it was quite
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  Speaker 1: early days after she gave birth and she started going
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  Speaker 1: back to normal, you know, she's like, OK, I can
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  Speaker 1: go for lunch now, I can meet you guys kind
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  Speaker 1: of thing, right? So, um, she decided, she texted Ross
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  Speaker 1: and I, Ross also ex-970J, you still know her.
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  Speaker 1: She said, OK, let's go to PS Cafe at East
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  Speaker 1: Coast Park because she lives near East Coast as well.
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  Speaker 1: So we went there. Baby is still quite, you know,
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  Speaker 1: young at this point, newborn at this point. OK, not,
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  Speaker 1: not really newborn lah, still sitting up already at this point.
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  Speaker 1: And she goes, OK, let's just like order and chill.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, do you need a baby chair?
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  Speaker 1: Do you need anything, like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: And she's like, no, she's fine. And she used like
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  Speaker 1: the cushions to make a makeshift, um, like little couch
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  Speaker 1: area for her baby, and she just put a baby there.
• 9:00
  Speaker 1: And she's like, no, she's fine now. It's OK, we
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  Speaker 1: can talk. Where's the wine?
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  Speaker 1: And we were just like, I was like, Tabby, I
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  Speaker 1: wanna be you when I grow up. Seriously, I wanna
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  Speaker 1: be you.
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  Speaker 2: Well, hopefully your parents are as cool as people like
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  Speaker 2: Sonia or Tabithauser. Give them a hug and a high
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  Speaker 2: five and thank them for waking up early in the
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  Speaker 2: morning to send you to
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  Speaker 2: school.
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  Speaker 1: Then thanks for waking up early to accompany people to school? Nobody, right? Nobody.
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  Speaker 2: We thank ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: I thank you, thank you, yes,
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: yes, this is how it works. When we come back,
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: we're gonna open up phone lines. This time around it's
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit different. Like we said, this week.
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  Speaker 1: We've got 3 sets of tickets to go for cloud nine,
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  Speaker 1: and this is the music festival you cannot miss.
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  Speaker 2: It's happening on May 9th Arena and Expo. Tickets are
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  Speaker 2: going for $28 but we know you enjoy the free
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  Speaker 2: stuff here in Singapore. How about 4 tickets, absolutely free
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  Speaker 2: courtesy of us here on 987. Yeah,
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: so you can bring 3 friends with you. Why not, right?
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: And you save quite a bit of money, so I
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: think that's really valuable too. About to open up the
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: phone lines right now, 669-11987.
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  Speaker 1: Bit of a twist this week because we have 3
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  Speaker 1: sets of 4 tickets each to catch Media Corp Cloud nine.
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  Speaker 2: So give
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  Speaker 2: your school a shout out. Let us know which school
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  Speaker 2: it is. Tell us what's so great about it and
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  Speaker 2: maybe even tell us what's up for your life in
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  Speaker 2: your school. And then just by doing that, you get
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: cloud nine
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  Speaker 2: tickets.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. And you know what, we have such an
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  Speaker 1: amazing lineup for Cloud Nine this year, right?
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  Speaker 1: It's a great lineup of acts, not just from the region,
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  Speaker 1: but locally too. OK, let
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  Speaker 2: me try. Why Lucas, Kiara, Ozzie, K Click, Mbahole, Max, 50/50.
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  Speaker 2: I know I'm missing out too. Oh no. Oh no. Robert, Robert, yes,
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  Speaker 2: and one more, one more, one more, 80 8, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think that's about
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  Speaker 2: it. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: about it for now. Yeah. We've got all the headliners
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  Speaker 1: out already. Morning, night, it's Bianca.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, good
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  Speaker 1: morning. What school are you from? Raffles Girls Primary School. Alright,
• 10:55
  Speaker 1: big shout out. We haven't had an RG girl yet, actually.
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  Speaker 1: This is the
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  Speaker 2: first. Liang, how's life over there in Raffles Girls Primary?
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  Speaker 1: Having fun? Yeah, it's fun. What's the, what's the best
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  Speaker 1: part about your school that you want to flex about
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  Speaker 1: on air right now? We have like a
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: nice field.
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  Speaker 2: It's
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  Speaker 1: like
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  Speaker 2: quite big. And what level are you in this year?
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  Speaker 2: Primary
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  Speaker 1: 6.
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  Speaker 2: big year for you. All the best. What was your
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: CCA then? Oh, I don't have
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  Speaker 1: a
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: CCA this year,
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: but
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  Speaker 1: last
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  Speaker 2: year I was in
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  Speaker 1: new media. Media club. Oh, maybe we'll see you here
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  Speaker 1: very soon. We would love for you to come down
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  Speaker 1: for a school visit perhaps, but first, Joy and I
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  Speaker 1: would love to come down to RG. I mean, we've
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: not been to Raffles Schools Primary just yet. Maybe we
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: could in the future. But here today, we want to
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  Speaker 1: give you 4 tickets to Media Corp's cloud now.
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  Speaker 2: Happening 9th
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  Speaker 2: We Arena and Expo is a Saturday. So bring your
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  Speaker 2: friends or family members and enjoy 8Xs
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  Speaker 2: for absolutely free of charge.
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  Speaker 1: Love it. OK, Leo, what can we get you today
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: in terms of a song and a shout out? Can
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: I get spaghetti by the Serafin and a shout out
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: to my sisters. This next story, I'm not sure whether
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: it should fall under Bodo crime because
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  Speaker 1: The crime was not successful at
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  Speaker 1: all.
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  Speaker 2: The intention was
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: intention was there, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We, we see the vision.
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  Speaker 1: Should we still call it Bo crime?
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  Speaker 2: Come,
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  Speaker 1: let's go. Bordo crime, crime, crime, crime.
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  Speaker 2: And where did this happen? The
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: suspicious streets of Simei. We haven't been to Simei yet actually.
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  Speaker 2: Simei, Simei.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, just to clarify, this wasn't me, although I
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  Speaker 1: feel like Joakim would think that I'm this kind of
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  Speaker 1: robber if I were a robber. Let's go. I cannot wait.
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  Speaker 1: This man allegedly tried to rob a money changer in
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  Speaker 1: Simei with a handwritten note, OK, and not just any
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  Speaker 1: handwritten note. I need to show you the, the handwritten
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  Speaker 1: note right now.
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  Speaker 1: It literally looks like a primary school project where we wrote,
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  Speaker 1: give me all your SGD plus MYR plus USD. Quiet,
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  Speaker 1: do not move. And it's in like bubble font. You
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  Speaker 1: know what we used to do in primary school? That's
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  Speaker 1: literally how
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  Speaker 1: it looks like.
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  Speaker 2: I've just seen the handwritten note picture. Sonia, I can
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  Speaker 2: say this, yeah, if I were to ever work for
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  Speaker 2: a crime syndicate, and if I were to rob a
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  Speaker 2: money changer using a handwritten note, that would be how
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  Speaker 2: it look
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  Speaker 2: like it.
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  Speaker 1: You know what, your handwriting is quite similar to this.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. But please, I have faith that you will
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  Speaker 1: have better tactics as a robber.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so what happened?
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  Speaker 1: Well, he, of course, got arrested by the police. They
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: were alerted and by the way, this was like kind
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  Speaker 1: of in broad daylight, like 4 p.m. kind of vibes.
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  Speaker 1: The police were alerted to a case of.
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  Speaker 1: Attempted robbery because the person at the cashier counter refused.
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  Speaker 1: She just said, no, I'm not going to give you
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  Speaker 1: the money, and to which she just ran off, right?
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  Speaker 1: So preliminary investigations revealed that this handwritten note was used
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  Speaker 1: to demand to hand over cash. Um, the men fled
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: shortly after, but the victim immediately called the cops. Um,
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  Speaker 1: they did not suffer.
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  Speaker 1: Any monetary loss, no injury, nothing. Um, but with the
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: aid of CCTV, of course, and police cameras, they immediately,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they, they immediately established the identity of the man.
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  Speaker 1: They caught him within 8 hours. Like, not even a
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  Speaker 1: day went by and he got caught.
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  Speaker 2: 58 year old man, Uncle, what were you
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  Speaker 2: thinking?
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  Speaker 1: Why? Why?
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  Speaker 1: And that's the thing, was he very desperate? What was
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  Speaker 1: going on? Now, we need to know what the intent was,
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: what the motive was. Was
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: he drunk or was he
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: tipsy? I think, I don't know, unlikely it was in
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  Speaker 1: the day. How do we explain this? That's the thing.
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: It's very hard to explain, but um he'll be charged
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: in court today, actually, 13th of April. So I think.
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  Speaker 1: Information will come up very soon, um, but this offense
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  Speaker 1: of attempted robbery carries an imprisonment term of not less
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  Speaker 1: than 2 years and not more than 7 years.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just say, Sonia, you're the judge that's gonna hear
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: this case, right? And you're supposed to lift up the
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  Speaker 2: evidence of the handwritten note. How, how not to laugh.
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  Speaker 2: You
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  Speaker 1: know, this would be a very helpful.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: If the judge is very good at poker, like have
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: a poker face, you know, because you know me, I
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: have the worst poker face ever. Hey, so you're not
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: good at poker. No,
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: if I see a sign like that, I will laugh,
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: but you have to maintain professionalism for this kind
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: of boba. I cannot laugh. Bruno Mars, congratulations, he's debt-free.
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: He revealed at a concert that he's paid off his
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: casino debts a long time ago.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. No, you know why? I think it's, it's
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: also because once rumors like that come out and you know,
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: for him it was a fact, right? I guess he
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: acknowledged it. I'm so glad he took it in his
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: stride and actually addressed it because if not, people will
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: constantly speculate like what kind of debt he has.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: And Bruno Mars.
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: There's a street named after him. Yeah, Park Avenue in
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: Las Vegas was officially renamed Bruno Mars Drive. Wow,
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: that's so cool.
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, in Singapore, there are streets named after some
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: famous people.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but they're all like dead. Yeah,
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: well, yes.
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, Bruno Mars is still alive.
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: We better check, you know, what if there are some
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: that are still alive? I'm not sure. I'm not sure. OK,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: if you had a street named after you, would it
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: be called Joakim Drive, Joakim Street, Joakim Road, or what?
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, what
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: the name Joakim Gomez Road Road or Joakim Gomez Avenue.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: Avenue, Avenue sounds quite nice.
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: Somewhere in Bishan. Oh,
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: OK, stop it.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: Bishan doesn't need another street. Can you pick a new
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: place or not? OK. Joakim Gomez Street Avenue in Tonga.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Don't
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: be surprised if the next party you go to in Paris, Paris, France.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: The DJ, if her name is Elizabetta Krivanogi,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: wow, that's a really long DJ name. Hopefully
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: I said it correctly. Wait,
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: is that her stage name?
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Could
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: be or her real
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: name,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: or her fake name as well, OK, because she's the
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: daughter of someone.
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: She's the, well, aren't we all? I'm also a daughter
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: of someone. OK,
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: someone quite prominent
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: in the world. OK.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: Take a guess again.
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: What's her name again? Can you repeat it one more time?
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: Elizabetta
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: Krivagi.
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: You're saying it right or not. I hope I'm not sure. OK, well,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: sounds kind of Russian to me.
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: There we go.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: Very famous Russian person. OK, well, let me guess. I'll
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: find out in just a bit. Think about
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: it. So the next time you're in Paris, if you
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: go to those clubs and you're partying and the DJ
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: is Elizaveta Krinogi.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: I mean it's G I K H, right? So I'm
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: guessing the KH sound is
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: the maybe, maybe,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: yeah. So the rumor is according to some intelligence reports,
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: this is the daughter of Vladimir Putin.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: No,
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: really?
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: She's actually in Paris to pursue like her studies and stuff,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: using a fake name.
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: And I think on the side, she could be a DJ.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: She could be a DJ.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: So why do people think that it's her? How did
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: they conclude that it's her because her name is
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: Russian? No, I mean this is a fake name, but
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: I guess maybe some intelligence reports, she has a tail
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: on her or whatsoever. You know, you know how it's
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: like in the West, right? The Cold War. I mean,
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: it's still, I'm, I'm very sure in my opinion it's
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: still ongoing.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Secretly spying on each other. OK, don't
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: anyhow say trying to
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: get some info on each other.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: I didn't say it. Joe said it. Um, you know,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: I think that's pretty cool that she's out there living
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: a normal life pursuing the stuff that she likes. But
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: I think to some extent, you know, those movies that
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: we watch where people in high places, right, they will
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: always send and make sure that the daughter or their
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: kids are well protected.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: Bodyguards, they try to lead a normal life, but will
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: it ever really be normal if people really know that
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: you're related to someone so high profile? I find it
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: very strange. I find it cool too
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: actually
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: that it's Vladimir Putin's daughter who's the DJ for the
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: night.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I wonder what kind of music she likes, like house music,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: you know, trance, deep house, what is it?
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Probably hip hop. I don't know, it could be anything actually.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I think um France has a huge hip hop scene too,
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: like in terms of their own, in their own language,
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: in French. So they've got like a lot of different
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: types of clubs going on.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: Hey, by the way, R&B, man. Yeah. This singer called Gim,
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: G H I M, he's very good. Oh,
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: they got, we got.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: 87 Secret sound.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: That
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Good morning,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: my cousin Joy
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: Sonia.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Hi, who's this? Yanni
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: here.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: $8000. Are you excited? I am. I have been trying
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: so many
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: weeks.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Oh, you've been trying to call and you have an
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: answer in mind? Yeah,
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: which I think that nobody has given this answer. OK,
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: I hope
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: you are right.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: I hope so too. We're rooting for you. Listen very carefully.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: This is the sound you have to identify.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: Yanni, for $8000 what is 987's secret sound? Uh, I
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: think it's the sound of a peeler. You know, the
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: pillar peeling the
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: fruits? Oh,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: the fruit peeler.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, correct.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: OK, let's find out if fruit peeler is the right answer.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: You are
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: incorrect. Your chance to play 987's secret sound continues.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: St.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Yanni, it is a fresh guess, but unfortunately not the
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: answer we're looking for. So sorry.
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: It's OK, we'll
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: try again.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Yes, please do. I mean, I can kind of see
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: the vision though. I get why you thought it was
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: a fruit peeler. OK, try again
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: next time, Yanni.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: One guess win big.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: What's that sound?
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: 7.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: About to open up phone lines right now. In exchange
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: this week, we've got actually a really exciting movie premiere
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: that we want you at. It's our
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: 987 movie night, and we're giving you tickets to Michael,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: the biopic movie I Cannot wait, directed by Antoine Fuqua,
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: starring Michael Jackson's nephew, Jaafar Jackson in his debut acting
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: performance. No,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Jaafar. Yeah, I can't imagine the amount of training and
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: prep needed for this.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure he watched every single video, every single
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: documentation of Michael Jackson to get the moves and the,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: the facial expressions and the voice right.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: And given how there are so many Michael Jackson impersonators
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: worldwide who are hoping for a chance at this role,
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: it went to Jaafar. Jaafar, all the best, but from
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: the trailer itself, it looks
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: good, promising. It looks good. But, um, of course, we
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: always want to open up lines to get your thoughts, opinions, and,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: you know, your stories as well. So as you know, um,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: it's been a long-standing rule that most restaurants that they don't.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Allow outside food and drinks, right?
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: Not just that, even hawkers as well. It's now become
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: a classic Singaporean saying no outside food and drink allowed
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: at
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: the hawker center. Yeah,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: you
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: must buy from the drink store. They don't let you
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: bring in your own, like, I don't know, OK, but
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: if they really want to enforce it. OK,
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: hawker center, I think not so much. I don't think
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: I've seen that as often as like restaurants or maybe
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: food courts that, you know, a bit more enclosed. Perhaps, perhaps, um,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: but here's the thing, right, I have a question for you.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: When they say that, what constitutes to outside food and drinks?
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: You bring in a bottle of Coke Zero, OK, OK,
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: that you bought it from somewhere else and you bring
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: it there, but that same place sells Coke
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Zero. All
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: the more they'll be like, excuse me, please buy from us.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Don't drink from outside.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: We get that, especially if it's alcoholic drinks or you know, beer,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, right? They they sell it, yeah, OK,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: I understand that. Um, however, there was this case recently,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: a family went to a restaurant and they, they claim,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: and they actually had receipts, a literal receipt of it,
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: that they were charged $2.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Because their kid consumed an outside drink. It was actually
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: their own water bottle, like the children's water bottle. No, exactly. So,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: now this is where the line is a bit blurred, right,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: because the restaurants defending themselves saying, see, we already said
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: that the sign says no outside food and drink, so cannot.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: That being said, I've, I have my own reusable water bottle,
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: you know that, like my own, you know, Stanley Cup vibes, right? Yeah, OK,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: like who doesn't have that nowadays? So sometimes I go
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: for like a Pilates class or what, I may be
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: meeting my friends for lunch after and I have my
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: canister of water. Usually the restaurant doesn't say anything, to
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: be honest. They don't even.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: So we go to a restaurant, restaurant. I will not
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: make a big show of drinking out of it, you know,
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: I think that's the only thing, but so far no
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: one has really said anything. They even sometimes offer to
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: top up my, my bottle and
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: knowing you, you, you order your own coffee,
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: of course,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: yeah, of course. So I think that's alright because when
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: it comes to kids, I think can close one eye, right?
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I was thinking so too. I mean it's just from
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: their own water bottle like it almost seems a little
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: bit excessive.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: Um, but the restaurants say, you know what, we have
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: a very strict no outside food and drinks policy. However,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I think, um, the, the, the, the establishment has had
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: to respond to some reporters coming in asking them about
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: this already.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Um, but hey, you know what, now it's a he said,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: she said kind of moment. Yeah,
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: Michelin's not.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's like, I think it's like a shop
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: or something, so yeah, but you can imagine the surprise
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: when you see the extra charge of $2 for outside drinks,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: and um I think the parents were not very happy
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: about it. So let's just see where this goes. Um,
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: they're claiming that it's very unreasonable and unexpected, which I
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: am not.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I mean, I, I kind of agree. I kind of agree.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: So
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: what would you do?
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Actually I think you,
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: you refund or give them a free meal or something
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: like that, come back, we're so sorry
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: for this.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: I won't do that I guess people might, people might
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: make use of that to like, you know, cheat the
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: system as well and you know, a free meal, right?
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: But I think they need to relook at the boundaries
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: because sometimes certain things can close one eye, right? I
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: feel like when it comes to F&B, the places that
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: I tend to go to more, it's not just whether
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: the food is good, it's if the service staff are
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: accommodating and kind and nice, it makes you feel like
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: going back, you know. Chances are this family is not
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: going to go back to this shop, for sure, right? Yeah,
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: $2 for food and drinks.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: But to be clear, I don't agree with people bringing
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: outside food and drinks. It's just
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: That if these kids were sipping from their own water bottle,
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: I don't think that should be considered like, oh, outside
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: food outside drinks charge $2
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: kids with their own water bottles
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: and all that.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: Come on, la, that's a bit much, right? We want
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: to open up phone lines, OK. 669-11987, or you can
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: drop us a WhatsApp message 90050987. Do you feel like
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: this was warranted? And do you feel like sipping on
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: your own water from your own reusable water bottle?
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Is considered an outside drink.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: OK, my take as an adult, I won't do it
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: just in case you find trouble, but I'll buy my
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: own drink from there. But
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: let us know. Let us know. Let us know. I mean,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: there could be many ways of seeing this, especially if
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: you are an F&B owner. We'd love to hear from
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: you as well, OK? 669-11987 or drop us a WhatsApp message.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: In exchange, we've got a pair of tickets for you.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Yes, for 987 movie night, please keep 21st of April
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: free. Yeah, we'll be there as well, Joakim and I.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: We're chatting about what constitutes to outside food and drinks
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: over at restaurants. Like, are there certain boundaries, certain things
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: that they can close one eye to based off a
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: recent incident that made the news. Yeah,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: so a family actually brought their kids to a restaurant.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: And they were charged $2 because their kids were drinking
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: water from their own bottle. That's according to their parents. Ah,
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: can I throw in a spell that? According to the restaurant,
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: oh, now the restaurant had a say.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: The
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: spokesperson told a press outlet here in Singapore that the
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: family brought a big bottle of mineral water.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: That changes things a
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: bit to me. Yes, this changes things.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: Hold on,
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: hold on. If you tell me they're sipping from Mickey
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Mouse water bottle, I say.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: OK, but then now I have a question. OK. So
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: I have walked into a restaurant with a mineral water
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: bottle before because I came from an event or something,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: and um what I might do is I might say,
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: are you OK if I just drink from it because
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: it's just water and sometimes.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: certain restaurants, if you don't buy their, um, bottles of water,
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: they will just serve you tap water, right? So, usually
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: the restaurants are OK with it because it's not any
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: other beverage. Like I'm not drinking like coconut water or
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: like a beer or like a bottle of wine, you know,
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: obviously they'll charge you corkage for that. Um, so some
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: restaurants actually are like, yeah, OK, sure, like as long
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: as you, you know, just pour it into your glass,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: you can drink it. So, my question is, did the
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: restaurant manager
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: First, tell the family that, hey guys, do you mind
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: if you don't drink from your own? Did they do
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: that first? Did they tell them don't drink it? Exactly.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: So that's why they were surprised to see the $2
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: additional
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: charge.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: Well, we are debating if I'm the owner, right, and
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: I'm looking at the receipt of order, they ordered tiger
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: beer OK.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: If they order tiger beer and the whole family is
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: drinking and the kids are drinking the mineral water,
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: OK, that's what
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: I mean. But then we also want, we don't wanna
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: like impose our views on F&B owners. Like we get it.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: It's a tough time for F&B as well, so we're
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: gonna hit to our WhatsApp messages first to see what
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: you are
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: saying.
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: I say hello to Joshua. Joshua saying restaurant charging children
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: bringing their own water bottle, and he actually keyed it
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: in to check GPT.
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: And he copies and pastes the entire answer, which I,
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: which I won't read because it's very long, but long
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: story short, even AI knows that it shouldn't be like
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: this.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: I see, I see, I see. Um, I think we've
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: got more messages as well. I don't think we have
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: your name over here actually.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Oh, Chen, Chen has dropped us a message. I totally
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: agree with you on this topic. It should be agreed
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: that plain water is not always considered outside drinks. If
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: you take a look from another point of view, let's
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: say toddlers, infants, kids, how are you going to resolve it?
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: Does the food paste provide milk formula? OK, I think
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: this one is a little bit interesting, but you might
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: have to bring your own warm water with you, right?
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: I've seen people do that as well. They have to
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: mix their own formula.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: I really hope there isn't a case where the restaurant
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: or a hawker.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Angry with the mom for feeding her.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: I don't think soula milk. I hope not. Um, well,
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: he continues to say, um, sometimes considerations should come in
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: for elderly. What if they need to take meds with
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: water or an emergency? They may have their own water
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: bottles too. So you have a point there actually. You
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: do have a point. My parents bring their own water
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: bottle everywhere, to be honest, they do.
• 30:05
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• 30:07
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• 30:12
  Speaker 1: the question is,
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: What constitutes the outside food and drinks at a restaurant?
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Does water also, you know, is that included as well?
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: In exchange, we would love to give you a pair
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: of tickets to catch Michael. You might be the first
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: few in Singapore to catch it, by the way. OK,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: bunch of messages and opinions just came through. Our question
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: today is, what constitutes outside food and drinks for F&B establishments? OK,
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: we just want to get your opinion on this.
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: So, long
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: story short, family of 4 brought their kids to go Makan,
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: or rather I think family of 10.
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: 10 there were
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: 10 people. Were there 10
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: people? Oh I didn't quite see that article.
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: If I'm not reading,
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: a different one.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: Now you got me scared. I better check.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: OK, anyway,
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: continue. Sorry, family of 5, the children were 5 and 10. My,
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: my apologies.
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: That's why I was like family of
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: 10. So many numbers. OK, so you would think that yes,
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: the children would have been drinking from their own water bottle,
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: but they were still charged $2 for outside food and
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: drinks because the restaurant said.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: They brought a bottle of mineral water and they were
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: drinking from the restaurant bowl, bowl, yeah, they pour
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: and then drink
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: more and more information coming in.
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: So it's quite interesting because, OK, I feel like the
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: mineral water bottle changes a few things because the restaurant
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: will indeed sell mineral water and if I see that
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: kid drinking like ice mountain, excuse me, can you not
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: drink your own?
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: That's
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: why I said earlier, like if they had gone up
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: to them and told them during when they saw that happening,
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: but apparently they didn't, right? The staff didn't tell them
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: and they just um put the extra the outside drinks
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: charge on the receipt.
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: OK, we've got a lengthy one coming in from Sha
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: Shah says morning, Sonia and Joakim.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Honestly, I am very strongly siding with the restaurant on
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: this one. Just to recap, apparently they brought a big
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: bottle of mineral water. From a business perspective, F&B already
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: operates in a very tight margin, and beverages are one
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: of the few areas where they can maintain decent profitability.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: If customers start bringing in their own drinks, even
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: Something as simple as bottled water, it directly eats into
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: that revenue and affects overall sustainability. This is also why
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: bottled water or any soft drinks in restaurants are priced
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: higher than what you see in supermarkets or convenience stores.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: It's part of how they recover operating costs and stay viable.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't disagree actually. I don't disagree.
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: I think it's more of um how they handled the situation. Maybe.
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: If they had gone up to the family and told them,
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: and I think, you know what, we still need to
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: know more info that will come in very soon, but
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: I want to know if the staff members went up
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: to the family and say, hey guys, you can't drink
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: this year. If you do, I have to charge you $2.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: If they had told me that, you know, and then
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: it appears on.
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Receipt, then I won't be surprised,
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: right?
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: One
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: coming in from username lollipop. Good morning. I think I
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: know why the restaurant charged $2. Those Cantonese dim sum
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: restaurants also charge tea water to every person. It doesn't
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: matter whether you drink tea or water, it's a standard
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: charge per pack. So maybe the restaurant also has such
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: a practice.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: So we should be understanding. Thanks and have a great day.
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, very balanced views here today. Talking about what
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: constitutes to outside food and drinks at F&B and restaurant establishments.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: So heading back to our messages for now, got a
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: couple of funny ones coming through.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: I
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: say good morning to who's on board the MRT right now.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: Hopefully having a safe trip, my friend. I think that's
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: absurd considering it was only water in terms of the
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: family having to pay for outside food and drink.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: Besides, in my honest opinion, it's petty to be charging
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: for outside beverages anyway. Oh, controversial statement. In China, you
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: can order bubble tea and the delivery rider will walk
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: into your restaurant and pass you your order. Really? It
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: would be great to see Singapore learn to be more
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: open like that. This one, I don't think it will happen.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: I think in Thailand and China.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: is a bit more OK. They don't mind closing one eye,
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: but I don't think that will ever happen
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: here in Singapore lah.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the logic is overseas. They don't,
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: they're OK with it.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: Are they OK with it? Why are they OK with it?
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: They're in a thriving F&B culture, whereas here in Singapore,
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: most places are fighting to stay alive, so they got
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: to make every single buck they can make, man.
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: I'm just trying to see the logic behind it because,
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: you know, um, maybe due to the fact that overseas,
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: some of the F&B establishment, maybe they are like, like friends,
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: you know, they team, team up together kind of thing
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: and they don't mind. I know certain places like for example,
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: in East Coast, right, um, there is this wine shop.
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: I love going there.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Um, they actually collaborate with the tuta shop next door,
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: so they've known each other for a while, I think.
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: So they actually let you order the tuta and eat
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: at the wine shop.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: So the XO is from the wine shop they only
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: sell wine, not
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: XO, but you know what I mean, right? So, and
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: it helps both of them. That's the thing. It's not like, oh,
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: cannot outside food. And you know what, the wine shop
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: has their own menu. They have their own food, but
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: yet they allow you to order from the susa shop
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: and eat at the wine shop.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: Wine and
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: it's very good.
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: You got.
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: You've never had before, I will try it one
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: day. I do it all the time. It's really good.
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: The
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: most is tiger beer. Want to say good morning to Myer.
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: Myrr says, Hey guys, water is essential. It's OK to
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: bring your own water if you inform the restaurant. If
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: they don't allow, then you have to order from the restaurant.
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: So it's best to check with the restaurant first before
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: patronizing the eatery.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: So
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: you think that this is down to a communication issue
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: as well? Should have been like, yeah, they should have
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: just communicated from the beginning, like, hey guys, sorry, my
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: kids have this water bottle. Is it OK?
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: If they drink from this bottle, again,
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: I'm of the stand where if they brought it in
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: like the Mickey Mouse water bottle or tumbler or what, yeah,
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: I know, kids, let them be. Hold on, hold on.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: But if the mom and dad take out one big
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: ice mountain mineral water, whatever brand they use,
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: I got
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: a question for you. Let's go. What if I put
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: Coke Zero in my Mickey Mouse bottle
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: say that.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: Then how? I knew
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: you would say that.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: See, this is another problem altogether.
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: I'm
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: surprised you said Coke and not whiskey or, you know, tequila.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: It's not even 9 a.m.
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: OK, I'm, I'm trying to be a responsible adult here.
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: So the next time I see you at 9 a.m.
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: water bottle.
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: 987, Singapore's number one hit music station. Thank you for
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: joining us. OK, we're down to our last couple of
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: messages before we, uh, reveal today's winner.
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: And the question today is, what constitutes to outside food
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: and drinks, all based off this incident where a family
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: has taken to social media to complain. I
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: Want to say good
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: morning to Eileen. Years ago, my friend and I dined
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: in a restaurant with a mandatory $2 per head for
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: free flow soft drinks. My friend informed the restaurant she
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: was a diabetic and asked if they could give her
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: mineral water. The restaurant immediately waived the $2 charge for
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: her and served her ice water.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: For free throughout the meal. Sometimes a little gesture goes
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: a very long way. Where is this restaurant? I want
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: to go? Well
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: done. You see, you know, you're right when you say
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: that sometimes it's really just about a bit of flexibility
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: and communication.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. One more coming in from SQ who says, Hey,
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: Sonia and Joakim, I would say it is normal for
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: restaurants or food places to charge additional charge for consuming
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: outside food and drinks. However, the restaurant staff should inform
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: them and give them a.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: Heads up before keying into the bill as it is
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: not fair to the to the consumer. Also, restaurants are
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: not doing easy. Hence, we should show some respect to
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: restaurant staff and not consume outside food
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: and drinks.
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: I want to have faith and I want to say
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: that if they had told them from the get-go, like,
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: hey guys, you can't do this, then hopefully they would
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: have just kept the water, you know what I mean? Like,
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: but I guess it's up in the air, right? Like,
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: did they have this conversation or did they
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: not?
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: Again, I'm of the view where if it's
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: Uh, really a legit tumbler or water bottle, fine, go
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: for it. But if they take out the
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: big mineral water
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: and if it's something that the restaurant sells, then maybe
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: that's not allowed. Yeah. OK, when we come back, one
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: person's walking away with a pair of tickets to be
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: the first in Singapore to catch Michael in cinemas. OK,
• 38:03
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• 38:05
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• 38:07
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• 38:09
  Speaker 1: in cinemas. Yes.
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• 38:17
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• 38:27
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• 39:54
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• 40:01
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