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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 300726 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Wake up.
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  Speaker 1: see.
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  Speaker 2: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
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  Speaker 2: and Joakim on the shock circuit. Good morning. Welcome to Thursday, Boy.
• 0:13
  Speaker 2: We've got so many things lined up for you this week.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: NDP tickets, Alex Warren tickets, Korean dining experience. And OK,
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  Speaker 1: today
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  Speaker 1: we touch on HDB.
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  Speaker 2: We got new rules. OK, sir. Ang Joe is back.
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: Stay tuned. Singapore's number one hit music station.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: 87.
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: Day two of me actually fighting the jet lag. It sucks.
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: It's bad.
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  Speaker 1: I think it will take for you to at least
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: get your body clock back to normal.
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  Speaker 2: I was, I was doing the whole 4 day thing.
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: So I think um.
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: Apparently once you get used to another country's time zone, right,
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: you take this, OK, the amount of hours is equivalent
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: to the amount of days that you will recover from
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: the drought, like apparently, apparently
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: you're gonna
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: take 12 days to recover.
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: Dude, Europe is not,
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  Speaker 1: my bad, my bad.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: So I did, I did the
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  Speaker 2: 6 times
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  Speaker 1: 2 for some strange
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  Speaker 1: reason.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, so, um, I'm trying to think about it,
• 1:15
  Speaker 2: but because yesterday after the show, remember I said like
• 1:19
  Speaker 2: I need to keep awake no matter what, but I
• 1:21
  Speaker 2: did crash for like, I don't know, 30 minutes. That's
• 1:24
  Speaker 2: not counted. It's a blame you nap. I really couldn't
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  Speaker 2: keep my eyes open.
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  Speaker 2: And then, you know, things like me struggling to fall asleep,
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  Speaker 2: then waking up at 1 a.m. out of nowhere kind
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  Speaker 2: of situation.
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  Speaker 1: I have the best nap
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  Speaker 1: for you.
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  Speaker 2: The best nap plan. You
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  Speaker 1: ready? 987.
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: So if it's breakup in reverse, does that mean they
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: got back together? Perhaps that what it is? Yeah, that's
• 1:47
  Speaker 2: what I'm taking from it. They
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  Speaker 1: go back to the
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  Speaker 2: start. Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 1: This
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  Speaker 1: is almost like Coldplays the scientist if you think about it.
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  Speaker 1: OK, Sonia Chew, gotta help me out here, OK? Is
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: there something I'm missing? Are we ready for this convo
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: involving BTS and the Recording Academy that gives you the Grammys?
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: think all of us were quite surprised to see the
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  Speaker 2: statement that they put out when, you know, we read
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  Speaker 2: that they're not going to be submitting any entries for
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  Speaker 2: the Grammys 2027.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, OK, so let me give you the breakdown, OK.
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  Speaker 1: So, I believe the Recording Academy, which gives you the Grammys,
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  Speaker 1: they announced a brand new category, Best Asian Pop Music, OK?
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  Speaker 1: And to qualify for this, there must be meaningful use
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  Speaker 1: of Asian language. So whether it's Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Burmese, anything,
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  Speaker 1: if there's meaningful.
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  Speaker 1: and your album is that groundbreaking, it might be nominated
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  Speaker 1: for Best Asian Pop Music.
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 1: have a
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  Speaker 2: question. Um, when it comes down to the submission, do
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  Speaker 2: they submit as artists or as countries in that case? Artists.
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  Speaker 1: Artists should
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  Speaker 1: be. OK. Artists from an Asian
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  Speaker 1: region.
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  Speaker 2: So here's the thing, if BTS were to submit their
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  Speaker 2: entry in this category, which may have been, which may
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  Speaker 2: have been created.
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  Speaker 2: To spotlight more newer, um, uncovered Asian artists, it will
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  Speaker 2: be a clean sweep for them if you think about it, right?
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  Speaker 1: The thing is BTS can't do that, you know why? Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because their album, it's mostly in English. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: well, see, that's the thing. So they see themselves as
• 3:29
  Speaker 2: a global artist. Yeah, you know, so they probably want
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  Speaker 2: to compete in other categories.
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  Speaker 1: The critics are saying that.
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  Speaker 1: For BTS, they feel as if this best Asian pop
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  Speaker 1: music thing, they can't submit for Ari Rang, so it
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  Speaker 1: might also rule them out for Album of the Year,
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  Speaker 1: Song of the Year, Record of the Year. Can they
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  Speaker 2: not submit both like both categories in multiple categories? They
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  Speaker 2: can
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  Speaker 2: try,
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  Speaker 1: but I think for BTS all 7 members.
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  Speaker 1: Put out a joint statement saying that no, we're not
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  Speaker 1: going to submit music this year. We feel that music
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  Speaker 1: should not be divided by region or language, OK, which
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  Speaker 1: I understand their point, but this is where I feel
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  Speaker 1: as if the argument is a little bit flawed,
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  Speaker 2: OK? It is. I mean, I don't find myself listening to,
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  Speaker 2: for example, I don't know, um, OK.
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  Speaker 2: Leah, for example, her whole album is in Spanish, right? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: So she would be categorized under what like is there
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  Speaker 2: a category for her? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that could
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  Speaker 1: be or Latin for example. So what's the difference now
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  Speaker 1: between Asian pop music and the way they qualify for
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  Speaker 1: it and Latin, Latin Music.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Bad Bunny might be nominated under multiple categories, right?
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  Speaker 2: You see, because his, his songs are mostly not in English.
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  Speaker 1: Bad Bunny actually won Album of the Year this year.
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  Speaker 1: So if your album is that groundbreaking, you will definitely
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  Speaker 1: be in the category. But,
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  Speaker 2: I, I know what you mean what you mean by
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if we're ready for this because is
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  Speaker 2: there a difference between Bad Bunny and an Asian artist?
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  Speaker 1: The language,
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  Speaker 2: I know, yeah, but in the, in the way that
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  Speaker 2: it's appeal, for example, listen
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  Speaker 1: to me. So for example, if Benjamin King puts out
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  Speaker 1: a groundbreaking album, you know, all the songs are hits
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  Speaker 1: and even it's getting international recognition. People are going, who
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  Speaker 1: is this Singaporean artist? It's so good.
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  Speaker 1: He might get into the best Asian pop music category,
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  Speaker 1: and if the album is so good that all the
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  Speaker 1: recording critics say, OK, let's give this guy an Album
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  Speaker 1: of the Year nomination, he might get the big 3
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  Speaker 1: nomination anyway.
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  Speaker 2: But then you put, I'm not obviously I'm not discounting
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  Speaker 2: our Southeast Asian artists, but if you put them up
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  Speaker 2: against BTS and then BTS is in that same category,
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  Speaker 2: how do you, then if you don't award BTS the prize,
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  Speaker 2: then it's almost like, why did they even show up,
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  Speaker 2: you know?
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  Speaker 1: So the Grammy Awards, it's not voting, and the panel.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but do you really think it's OK anyway, you see,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to go there.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. So there's
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: too much to unpack.
• 6:10
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of tea here, but can I just
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  Speaker 1: say Grammy Awards, don't so petty lah. You know why? Why?
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  Speaker 1: What
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  Speaker 2: did they
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  Speaker 2: say?
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  Speaker 1: They
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  Speaker 1: took down all the live performances of BTS from the
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  Speaker 1: account on YouTube. Seriously, Grammys, that's just being petty. I
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  Speaker 1: was on your side until I saw that.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, this is gonna really incite a lot of uh
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  Speaker 2: a lot of action
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  Speaker 2: online.
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  Speaker 1: The BTS army flooding the Grammy Twitter page and Instagram
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  Speaker 1: accounts
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  Speaker 2: and I fully support that. I can't wait to
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  Speaker 1: see. Do not mess with the BTS army.
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. Well, this is unfolding as we speak. One
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  Speaker 2: hit music station.
• 6:47
  Speaker 2: Just before we hit 7, it's time for you to
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  Speaker 2: give us a call 669-11987. This week is not just
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  Speaker 2: for your dedication and your song requests. Yeah. It's also
• 6:56
  Speaker 2: for your tickets to catch Alex Warren.
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: Wow. Imagine this. We start with Alex Warren for now.
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  Speaker 1: And then maybe in December if you call in BTS
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  Speaker 1: tickets.
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  Speaker 2: I hope so.
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  Speaker 1: But we'll see,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we would love that. Even we didn't manage
• 7:13
  Speaker 2: to get our BTS tickets.
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  Speaker 1: So 669-11987. As long as you're the first caller through,
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  Speaker 1: you're walking away with Alex Warren tickets. His concert happening
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  Speaker 1: 18th of August at the Star Theater. And
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: we
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  Speaker 2: also love for you to get in your song requests
• 7:27
  Speaker 2: and dedications, right? Why not, right?
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: are now open. So,
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: I
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: want to say good morning to Matthew. Now usually this
• 7:34
  Speaker 1: is a call-in segment, but Matthew texted us, very sweet text. Hello, Sojo.
• 7:40
  Speaker 1: My name is Matthew. I'm from Saint Gabriel's Primary.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, hello. What's up, Saint Gabe's?
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  Speaker 1: Hello, Matt. OK, and say I want to give a
• 7:47
  Speaker 1: shout out to my classmates and my good friends Alvin,
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  Speaker 1: and I want to say thank you for being the
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  Speaker 1: best bro
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  Speaker 1: ever.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Oh,
• 7:56
  Speaker 1: didn't give too much detail, but I wonder what happened there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Hey, you know, um, typically we, we would prefer
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: if you gave us a call 669-11987, but because he
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: can't call us right now, we wanted to make an
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  Speaker 2: exception and say congratulations to Matthew.
• 8:13
  Speaker 2: You are headed to see Alex Warren and you might
• 8:16
  Speaker 2: just catch his hits like this one we're playing
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 1: So if your parents allow it, then maybe bring your
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: best bro with you, Alvin, to go watch Alex Warren. Yeah.
• 8:25
  Speaker 2: Singapore's number one hit music station, Sonny joking with you.
• 8:28
  Speaker 2: You remember us meeting Jonas Blue like a couple of
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: years back. You recall this?
• 8:32
  Speaker 1: I will never forget that because it was also the
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: same night oh yeah where during his set at Zo
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: yeah yeah he announced that guys breaking news I just
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: received word and can confirm that unfortunately Avicii passed away. Yeah,
• 8:45
  Speaker 2: it was the same night we were there we went
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  Speaker 2: to attend his interviewing him.
• 8:50
  Speaker 2: Ah, I can't believe it's been that long. Anyway, earlier on,
• 8:53
  Speaker 2: I was saying I am sometimes the worst when it
• 8:57
  Speaker 2: comes to keeping track of when my vouchers or rewards expire, OK?
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: And my mom will attest to that. She'll be like,
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: you always waste all these things, you know, like,
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: When you sometimes you shop, they give you vouchers, right?
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  Speaker 2: She finds them lying around my house and then I
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  Speaker 2: kind of like conveniently forget to redeem them. I'm
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: not gonna say which membership I'm under, but I thought
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: this membership was very good. And then I see all
• 9:22
  Speaker 1: the vouchers on offer. OK. The food items they offer
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: me on these vouchers, right, I don't want
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: I don't eat.
• 9:30
  Speaker 2: I know, I know, I know, it's, but it tends
• 9:32
  Speaker 2: to be like this though, this thing. Do you want
• 9:34
  Speaker 1: my yam puff?
• 9:36
  Speaker 2: Hey, I don't mind yam puff.
• 9:38
  Speaker 2: I really don't mind. I like yam. Anyway, anyway, um,
• 9:43
  Speaker 2: on a similar note, when you log on to your
• 9:46
  Speaker 2: Grab app, for example, right, which is could be every
• 9:49
  Speaker 2: other day for you, every day actually you take Grab
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: and you also order food, right? So I also order
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: food very often, but I'm sure that between the two
• 9:55
  Speaker 2: of us, you accumulate more Grab coins. Oh, yes. Do
• 9:59
  Speaker 2: you know that the Grab coins actually expire? Yes, I do.
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: And now they expire 6 months from the time that
• 10:06
  Speaker 2: you've earned them.
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: So people are saying like, oh, some people actually didn't
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: realize that that's happening, which is a great reminder because
• 10:13
  Speaker 2: I think our friends at Grab are working to get
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: the news out as well on different news platforms and
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: social media platforms to inform you that, hey, you need
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: to use them. Um, don't just accumulate, happily accumulate, within
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  Speaker 2: 6 months, they actually do expire.
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  Speaker 2: And it got me thinking as well, like if you're
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: the kind of person that would tend to accumulate as
• 10:31
  Speaker 2: much as you can, then you spend like $50 at
• 10:33
  Speaker 2: once or every time you see the chance to spend
• 10:37
  Speaker 2: your grab coins, you spend it.
• 10:39
  Speaker 2: Which one are you
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: actually? I'm more of the accumulator. Accumulator. So sometimes I
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: will acquire enough coins to get a free ride. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: free ride or you know, I don't know, maybe you
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  Speaker 2: can even redeem free meals. So I think some people,
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  Speaker 2: some friends that I know, if they just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they close their eyes and every day, they don't notice, right?
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you can accumulate like $100 worth of of of coins,
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  Speaker 2: for example. Please use it, use it.
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  Speaker 1: Not just your bins but your miles as well. Go
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: and check. Make sure there are no expiring miles.
• 11:11
  Speaker 2: Well, I think for miles they actually do send you
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: an email saying like um X amount of miles will
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: expire by this date. So don't forget to check because
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: that one is really if you miss it. So anyway,
• 11:22
  Speaker 2: if you didn't know, um, and if you didn't notice
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  Speaker 2: how much grab coins you have left, please go check
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  Speaker 2: this morning.
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  Speaker 2: So that you can use them and not waste them.
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: If not, you might find yourself panic redeeming your grab
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  Speaker 2: coins before they expire, you know. Let me check
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  Speaker 1: my grabs.
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  Speaker 2: I think I got, OK,
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  Speaker 1: because I've been using it regularly. I have 503 grab
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  Speaker 1: coins expiring 31st of Jan. I'm OK.
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  Speaker 1: I still have time.
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  Speaker 2: OK. So
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: go to
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: your Grab account and then click the next to your
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  Speaker 1: profile picture. How many
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  Speaker 1: points you got?
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  Speaker 2: 11 coins.
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  Speaker 2: Guess how much that equates to 1
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  Speaker 1: cent, 2
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  Speaker 2: cents.
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: What can I buy? Nothing. But you
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  Speaker 1: can
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  Speaker 2: give me your
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  Speaker 1: 2 cents.
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  Speaker 2: Come
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  Speaker 1: on,
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  Speaker 2: let's
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: do
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  Speaker 2: it. Coming up in just a bit. I'm so bummed
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  Speaker 2: I missed out on the premiere yesterday. Yeah, but you,
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  Speaker 2: you managed to catch Spider-Man in cinemas.
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  Speaker 1: OK, you must understand, if you're tuned in on 987,
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  Speaker 1: I rarely go for all these prem premiere. I'd rather
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: watch it on
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  Speaker 1: my own.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, the last premiere I went to was F1, the movie.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm not wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Right? You were there too, right? Eh? Were you there?
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  Speaker 2: I forgot.
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  Speaker 1: No,
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  Speaker 2: I somehow remember
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  Speaker 2: you
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  Speaker 1: being there. I went under Tommy Hilfiger.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, so
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  Speaker 1: I think you went for, for the actual premieremiere,
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  Speaker 2: but it was on the same night, I think. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was on the same
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  Speaker 1: night. Yeah. So the only thing I would say yes
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: to it's movies like The Odyssey, for example, or even
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: Marvel Cinematic Universe movies because I want to avoid spoilers.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know.
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  Speaker 1: Like every time, OK, I don't know when it became
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  Speaker 1: cool for people.
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  Speaker 1: People to start recording stuff in the cinema itself. Hello
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: people over at GV and Shaw, you got to step
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: up on your security.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know whether is there some sort of like
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  Speaker 2: CCTV technology that can detect these things.
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  Speaker 1: When I was
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: watching Project Hail Mary and Michael the movie in Shaw
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  Speaker 1: Lido IMAX, guys, people are recording the screens and posting
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  Speaker 1: it on TikTok.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you know what? Something extreme they should do
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  Speaker 2: if they have like a CCTV function, right? Stop
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  Speaker 1: the entire.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly that person out, get the person out of there.
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: The lights
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  Speaker 2: come on and then the spotlight goes on the person
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: with the phone
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  Speaker 1: to that girl sitting on E23, please leave the cinema,
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: that may be the last resort because people only react
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: when they get embarrassed.
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: But yesterday over at the Spider-Man preview was strict.
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  Speaker 2: Now, but for media, they will never, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: sometimes certain movies in the past, we found ourselves having
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  Speaker 2: to surrender.
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  Speaker 2: if you remember this. When we
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: come back here on the circuit, a spoiler-free review of
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: Spider-Man Brand
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  Speaker 2: New Day. Alright, and Joe Kim has a spoiler-free review
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  Speaker 2: of Spider-Man. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very careful with my wordings, especially for a Marvel
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  Speaker 1: Cinematic Universe movie. What I love to do is watch
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: the trailer again and again to make sure that whatever
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  Speaker 1: I'm sharing with
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: you,
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  Speaker 2: it's already available on the trailer.
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  Speaker 1: It's in the trailer.
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  Speaker 1: And it can be a bit of a buildup from
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: the trailer.
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know what, what we try to avoid
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  Speaker 2: would be things that affect the plot too much, that
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  Speaker 2: may be too obvious.
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: So let's
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: quiz Sonia Chew. What is your best memory of Spider-Man
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: No Way Home?
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  Speaker 2: Wow, I don't even, I feel like I needed to
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  Speaker 2: rewatch it.
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  Speaker 1: It's the one where Spider-Man 1 and 2 appear, Tobey
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  Speaker 1: Maguire and Andrew Garfield. So what is your best memory
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  Speaker 1: of that movie?
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  Speaker 2: Ah man, I think it's just heartwarming to see the,
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: the different universes collide, or the different timelines rather.
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: That's one. What did Peter Parker Doctor Strange?
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: I don't turn back time, I can't remember already.
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: So
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: dude, I need to rewatch
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: it. You need to know the exact story of Spider-Man
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: No Way Home. So at the end of that movie,
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: Peter Parker asks, um, Doctor Strange to make the entire
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: world forget Peter Parker.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: When he was, it was an emotional scene, right? I
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: remember this. I remember crying at it.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: So
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: MJ and Ned, two of Spider-Man, Peter Parker's very good friends.
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: They forgot Peter Parker. They remember Spider-Man, but they don't
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: know who Peter Parker.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: OK.
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: So for Spider-Man Brand New Day.
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: I actually really enjoyed the human aspect of it of loneliness, anxiety,
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: and whenever you see Spider-Man or Peter Parker very close
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: to Ned and
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: MJ, you're wondering like, will they remember it?
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: You're like, come on,
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: come on, remember, remember him, remember him, and then I
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: want to give a big shout out to John Bernthal
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: as Punisher. I think he.
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: He stole the show. Comic timing was very good. His
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: dialogue was delivered very well, and I'm not gonna spoil
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: too much about, OK, we know that she's in the movie.
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: Marvel themselves, they have advertised her. She has a video out.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: Sadie Sink, the very same girl that plays Max in
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: Stranger Things. She's in the movie. I'm not gonna reveal
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: to you what character she's playing.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: But we also know Mark Ruffalo is in the film
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: and spot some other Easter eggs cameos in Spider-Man Brand
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: New Day. Action is good. I will give this movie
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: a very solid 7 or 8 upon 10. Some parts
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: a little bit draggy, but
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: It's not just mindless insertion, it kind of pushes the
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: story forward.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: To be honest, I'd rather that than a nonstop, you
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: know what I mean? Like you want there to be
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: a buildup also.
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: OK, so there's no mid-credit scene, but it's a post-credit scene. OK.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: So I don't know whether it teasing to Avengers Doomsday.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens, whether Peter
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: Parker. I would say if you're like me and it's
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: been a while since you've touched the previous.
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: Movies, maybe do a rewatch before this film. Because if not,
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: sometimes I noticed that if it's been too long since
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: the last movie, right, you may miss out some of
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: the plot points that you may not understand it. So yeah,
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: rewatch it.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: It
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: will be good to watch Spider-Man Brand New Day after
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: doing a small refresher on Spider-Man No Way Home. Yeah,
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: that's right. Well, very excited to see it in cinemas.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: So yesterday we did our NDP ticket giveaway during this time.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: But today we want to give more people a chance,
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: as we always do, right? So we try and shift
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: it around for even opportunities. It will be happening after
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: 9 a.m. Speaking
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: of the word national, Sonia, our friends over at NLB,
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: National Library Board, they're in the spotlight for a very
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: interesting campaign. They might be launching very soon. OK. Long
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: story short, I think they have acknowledged that Singaporeans, our
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: attention span.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Is that? OK,
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: could be, yes, and they're trying our best. They're trying
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: their best to encourage us to do long form reading,
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: find out what the incentive is in just a while. If, um,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: a few solutions to problems that us here in Singapore
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: that we have, it could be to gamify it, you know,
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: even with the recycling now, there's the machines and all that.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: Or like, um, incentivize you, I guess, yeah, that's the way, right?
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: So I think the overall picture is someone up there
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: realizes that for us Singaporeans and not just Singaporeans, the
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: whole of humanity as well, our attention span now is thorough.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: It's bad. It's bad, OK,
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: for sure. I mean, ever since the dawn of social media,
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: you already realized that.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Right, with short form videos.
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: I mean the amount of people complaining about the length
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: of Odyssey. So, I must sit down for 2 hours
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: and 50
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: minutes.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: And do you realize how songs and pop songs especially
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: are getting shorter and shorter? Yeah, like 1 minute plus now,
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: 2 minutes.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: But 25 years ago when the Lord of the Rings
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: came out in cinemas, no one
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: complained or even Avatar.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Avatar was long too,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: right? Avatar was
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: 2008.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: Oh,
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: so it was still like before the birth of social
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: media or it was like at the teething stages of it, yeah.
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: So our friends at NLB in a way to build
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: attention and critical thinking skills, support overall mental well-being and
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: build empathy and social understanding.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: They want to introduce a five-year national campaign to encourage
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: us Singaporeans to make reading a daily
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: habit.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Hey, I like that actually.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: So, um,
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: I think between the two of us, uh, I, I
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: do read a variety of books, OK, but I'm not
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: saying that Joe doesn't read, but um some of my
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: books he definitely won't read lah.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: So they're gonna do this through Crowd Task Singapore, Crowd
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: Task SG, a government digital platform that rewards users for
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: completing various activities like walking in the park or buying
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: budget meals, right? So for example, if you read for
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: 15 minutes, you can actually redeem some coins.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: That can be changed for
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: cash.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: So how do you prove that,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: so I think more details will be released as wetember.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: So they intend to launch it in September, which is
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Reading Month. I like
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: that actually. So what I do is a bit unusual,
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: but hear me out. Um, because I realized at one
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: point I was not really completing the books that I
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: borrowed or bought, right?
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: So I would put one book in my car, one
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: book at my place, and then one book at my
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: partner Jeremy's place, right? And my husband Jeremy's place, sorry,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: I keep, I still don't call him that. So I know, yeah,
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: it's still a fact. So I would put these 3 books,
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: different books at these 3 locations. So at any point
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: in time, let's say I'm out and about and I
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: I'm waiting around.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: For someone or waiting for a meeting to happen, I
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: can take the book out of my car and read.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: I go home, I pick up the other book and read.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Then I go to his house, I pick up the
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: third one. Some of my friends disagree. They said like
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: they cannot split their attention between 3 books like that,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: but I found it really effective, and before I knew it,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: I completed all three. So I, I like that. I'm
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: gonna continue doing that.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: So I, I wonder what constitutes to
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: An item being read. Can we read the papers?
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: How do you prove that you read it?
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Can
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: we read religious material like the Bible, the Quran, the
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: scriptures and all that? I'm sure you can. So yeah,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: as we get more details, we'll let you know here,
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: but has this what society has become, you know.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: Is this what society has become we must gamify or
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: give incentives
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: to read,
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: it's worrying because most people don't, don't remember the last
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: time they pick up a book. I will, I will
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: say that. I think that's the truth, right? Most people
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: bury themselves in their phones and stuff, and, OK, fine,
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: if you're on a Kindle or something, that's still OK,
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: but
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: I don't want to see the day that our national
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: library downsizes to the point of like, you, you start
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: to get worried, you know what I mean? Yeah. I
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: hope that day never comes.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: I, I won't call it abatross.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: Oh yes, you mentioned that, right in there and all that.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: Still
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: a form of reading. Regardless of how tired we are,
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: we try to give you the most energy possible.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: I believe this Thursday morning is brought to you by
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: plenty of spicy news coming in from parliament.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: And our friends in government, I mean we got the
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: NLB Read SG campaign spicy.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: I mean it is an interesting effort though.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: Read for 15 minutes can earn coins.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: I'm
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: doing it.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: I'm doing it too. I'm gonna do it. I will
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: do it for free.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: I'm already doing
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: it,
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: but back in the spotlight, Sonia, yeah, HDBs in Singapore.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: So I think a few days ago you have seen
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: the announcement done by Minister Chee Hong Tat where, and
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: this one, when I first read it, I went, Oh,
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: what's happening here? And then a few friends DMed me
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: their views and I saw the other side of the coin.
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: You know, the whole private property owners, for example, if
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: you own a condo, right, and if you want to
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: buy a resale flat and sell away a condo, there's
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: like a 15-month cooling period, yeah, no more, it's gone.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: So when I read that, I went, oh no, like
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: I don't own a house yet and I'm looking for
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: a resale does this mean people will try to game
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: the system and drive up the resale market?
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Actually, yeah, I, I, I saw a follow-up article that
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: says unlikely to drive up the prices that's the assurance, right?
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: That's what the experts are saying, but on the other
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: side of the coin, and I want to thank a
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: few friends who DM me their views about this as well,
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: it's in the last 3 to 4 years, people have
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: lost their jobs and some of these jobs are very
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: lucrative where the paychecks could have actually at that point
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: in time allowed them to purchase.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Nice nice condo apartment.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: So now that they've lost their jobs and they are struggling, um,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: apparently on ground, a lot of meet the people session,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: they are appealing to the MP saying, hey, you know, I,
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: I cannot afford my condo mortgage anymore. Can I please, uh,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: downsize or go back to a resale flat without having
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: to wait out the 15 month period? I think it's
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: a good thing. Yeah, so this one we understand, but
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: you know lah.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: There will be people who try to game the system,
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: you know. Then it goes to another announcement that was
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: a follow-up that they will consider bringing down the age
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: for singles to own flats here in Singapore,
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: which
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: is another good piece of news I would say it's
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: a good thing
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: to which, uh, to all the future Gen Zs who
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: will turn 30 and above, uh, us millennials fought this
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: battle for you.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: We walked so you can run. Yes,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: we have paved the way.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: Actually, it's so funny because I just saw like a
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: Gen Z micro drama about moving out that's been popping
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: off actually on social media right now that's super relevant
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: to this new generation, right?
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: And I think that like, even though we are of
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: the millennial generation, a lot of our peers and a
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: lot of us um are still struggling to figure this out,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: you know, because these rules and these new revisions have
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: only just started to take place in the recent years.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: So
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: currently the age is 35 as a 38 year old
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: man here in Singapore, uh, look lah, to be honest
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: with you, I was hoping that
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: During my thirties they would have brought it down to
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: at least 32 or 33.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: I know, but, you know, we came from a time
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: where we thought we'll all be married by 25 and 30,
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. I'm acknowledging and not just that, um,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: I also feel that when it comes to, you know,
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: you mentioned about how people lose their jobs and stuff, right?
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: A lot of people also work in the market.
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: And we all know how up and down that can be.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: And it has also been a very scary time where
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: even our friends who have been working in a company
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: for like what, 7 or 8 years or, you know,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: certain e-commerce platforms and all that have have been let go.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: It's very scary. It's a scary time. So,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: OK, 669-11987 or 90050987. We are your survey today. You
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: never know, minister could be listening.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: What, what age should they bring it down to from
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: 35 to what? Let us know for people, for singles
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: to buy HDBs here in Singapore.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: I would say
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: go for it. Give us your thoughts.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: I would say 30. 30. I would say 30. Wow,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: 5 years, man. I don't know whether they will do
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: that because 5 years might be a bit of a stretch.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Maybe they'll bring it down to 33, I'm guessing above
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: 30, but not 35.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: But I feel that a lot of my friends who
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: are
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: Around their late twenties, hitting 30, like pushing 30 already,
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: they've been wanting to move out, you know, for various reasons.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Some have been in long-term relationships, some just want their independence,
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: some want to live closer to their workplace, and they
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: don't want to like waste rent money, right? So they
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: want to try their best to like buy a place.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: So there could be a multiple, multiple different types of reasons.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: Call us right now, 669-11987.
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: Let us know what age do you feel it should
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: be brought down to? Feel free to suggests
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: a flat here in Singapore.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: In exchange, we've got a lovely dining experience coming your way.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Yes, it's worth almost $130.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: Talking about what age should we be bringing down the
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: age um to when it comes to buying an HDB flat? Yeah,
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: because they are.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: Considering it, it's in the news, that means it's in
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: the
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: works. There's some research now happening in the Singaporean public.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. Want to say good morning to
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: a few people on WhatsApp. Firstly, John says, Hey guys,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: I feel 33 will be a good age where your
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: career is just picking up and mature enough to establish
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: an independent life if you intend to remain single for
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: a while and focus on your career.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: Hm, that, that's a good point. My question is, right, um,
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: you see, when you're around 30 to early 30s, for example,
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: and you're still not married yet, do you feel like
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: having the ability to get your own place may actually
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: increase your chances to get a partner?
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: I think yes, you know, I think yes because
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: Even for me, right, like at that when I just started, um,
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: dating Jeremy and we, we got serious, I was in
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: my late twenties, right? And I feel that not having
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: to run into his like entire family all the time
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: if I were to go stay at his house, it
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: relieves a bit of the pressure of the partner. That's
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: how
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: I
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: feel.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: I think traditional, you know, liberals and all that.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: Wanna also say good morning to Garish. What up buddy?
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: Who says, morning guys. I feel 30 is the right
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: age for singles as it is the general age where
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: everyone is working for 5 years and more post uni
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: or not. Hence, they should have a certain a certain
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: amount of savings accumulated whether through CPF or personal accounts.
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: Hence allow them to purchase a flat with the necessary grants.
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: I'm just trying to think of myself at 30.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: Would I have had worked enough to have enough to
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: purchase maybe say a three-room resale flat in Bishan?
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: Oh, OK, but you see you're being too specific about it,
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: aside from the location which you need to be more open-minded.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: I have said this many times to Joe. I know,
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: I know, but what I'm saying is people usually afford
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: what you can in that point in time. So you
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: upgrade along the way. You don't just like at 30,
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: I want a 4-room flat. I mean, you don't need it,
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: you may not need it at that point. So you
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: do what is within your means and then you upgrade,
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: you know.
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: that's my view. If they
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: give me the parents' proximity grant, yeah, maybe 30 and
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: also given the fact that I acknowledge that I'm I'm
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: blessed with the career I have, so I'm OK. Yeah,
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: but again, the rulings back then weren't in my favor
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: of course I had to wait 5 more
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: years
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: and I guess at the same.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: Time with this new change in rules may come a
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: change or rather may come a way where they have
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: to identify who's actually doing it for the right reasons
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: or like, you know, if you're just getting to flip
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: or
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: whatever,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: right? So you know the calls 9-11987 or 90050987.
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: What is the new age for singles here in Singapore
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: to be eligible to buy a
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: flat?
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let us know. You can just feel free to
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: go ahead and, you know, get it out there.
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: It's your thoughts.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: Someone up there may be listening in right now or
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: their team might be tuning in. Yeah, you know, and
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: we're heading back to our messages for now on the back.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: Of some announcements that we may be potentially bringing, we
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: may be bringing down the age, minimum age to purchase
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: an HDB flat here in Singapore as a single person.
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: We are considering it. Considering, yeah. So currently it's 35. Yeah, yeah.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: We want to ask you whether or not you have
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: an opinion about this. Should it be
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: 30, 31, 33, 29.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: We
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: got loads of texts coming in now. Wanna say good
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: morning to Kelvin. Kelvin, you say they can bring down
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: the age, but anywhere between 1 to 10 years of working,
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: it might still not be enough to afford current HDB prices.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: Are there any stats to show the CPF OA balances
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: of someone at the age of 30 to 34?
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: So now I'm curious to know because um when you
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: actually get a, get an apartment or get an HDB
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: at 35, once you hit 35, for example, right, correct
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: me if I'm wrong, it's not going to be more
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: than like a 2.
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: If you're buying a new one, two-room flexi.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: So it will be more affordable, you see, they have
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: those kind of rules in place to help you.
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: But if
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: you want more space then I guess resale is the
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: way to go, you know what I mean? One coming
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: in from. Rein says maybe they should bring it down
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: to 30 years old. I was married at 23. I
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: had a kid at 24 and I was separated at 29,
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: divorced at 31.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: granted to my ex-spouse as he won the case of
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: keeping the BTO that was still under MOP, minimum occupancy period.
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: I am now at 32. I can't buy HDB due
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: to this policy. I have to rent, which is not sustainable,
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: or to stay at my parents' place with my brothers.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: It is very difficult for me. For the past few years,
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: it has caused much trouble to my parents and brothers
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: to make arrangements for me to have a roof to
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: squeeze in a five-room flat. Hope that nobody else will
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: be stuck in the same situation.
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: As me, especially for divorcees with a kid. Oh,
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: thank you for sharing your story. Thank you. Yeah, truly, truly. Um, look, there,
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: there's so many different situations we find ourselves in, right,
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: and we always appreciate you sharing your very personal stories
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: with
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: us.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: And one more coming in from Tay. Tay says, morning,
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim, maybe 33. We don't want young working
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: adults to buy a flat impulsively and ended up being
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: burdened by a home loan. True,
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: yeah, true. And you know, um.
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: With the job market being unpredictable and all, it can
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: be quite scary out there. Sonny and Joakim here with you.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: If you're someone like Martin Garrix, you won't have to
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: really worry about, um, buying an apartment here in Singapore.
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: This guy will build. He will build a condo
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: for you. And then on the rooftop we can have
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: parties all the time. He's just sitting there
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: in Singapore, a bit tough. I mean,
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: yeah, yeah,
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: unless you're staying in a very quiet
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: area. Yeah,
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: then he has his own helipad. Actually, I hardly ever
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: see the helipads in Singapore being utilized.
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: Do we have too many rules? I don't know. Anyway, sorry,
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: that's the topic. I, I digress. I digress.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: See you tomorrow, survey,
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: do we need more helipads.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: Are the helipads being utilized? No, no, no, I'm kidding.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: I mean,
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: if
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: you want to introduce helicopter taxis in the future, you
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: never know. But OK, back to the BTO or HDB
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: situation where Tan has announced in the news, aside from
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: the 15-month cooling off period from private property to resale
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: being waived off, being taken out, he also said they
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: will consider bringing down the age for singles to own
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: a flat here in Singapore, to which, I mean,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: I can't celebrate much because I'm past that age. I'm 38,
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: still looking for a nice resale around Bishan or let's
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: see what happens again. Look,
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: be more open-minded. I love
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: that
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: area
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: too.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: I know. I know you love that area a lot.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: I know, I know, but give yourself a chance to
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: explore other areas too, and you might just end up
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: liking it. Go
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: explore very expensive.
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: Don't know where this guy looking. sometimes, right? I'm just
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: gonna tell you this. I, I talk to joking. I
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: feel like giving up, you know, sometimes.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: But I'm just very set on my my my my
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: beliefs and
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: When I look, OK, can I, can I, can I,
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: can I firstly tell you why, why, why Bishan, OK,
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: you know me, I'm a huge creature of habit. If
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: you go to the thesaurus or the dictionary search creature
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: of habit, you'll see my name there. I see. So
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: the reason why is because everything I need to do,
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: it's in Bishan.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: I know,
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: I understand
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: it's central. I run a lot. I need long running paths.
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: I can run to the stadium.
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: I can run to MacRitchie Reservoir and all that, so
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: I'm basing it on that and the convenience of knowing
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: that area so well and also Mom is there.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: I know, I know. So, but here's the thing, right?
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: You have been looking for a while now, and I
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: don't know whether anything around there has piqued your interest,
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: but let's just say, OK, let's say I grew up
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: with a very privileged life, OK, but, you know, I'm
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: a very normal person, but let's say I grew up
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: in Orchard Road.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: And my parents are the kind that maybe they don't
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: want to just like, oh, here, here's your inheritance, go
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: and buy yourself a house, or I'm going to get
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: you an apartment in Orchard Road. So just because I
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: grew up in Orchard Road for 20 years doesn't mean
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: I can afford an apartment as a solo person in
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: Orchard Road, right? Then I have to look at other.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: This is really what yeah, but it's still going to
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: be as kind of almost as expensive, which would then
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: lead me to have to be more open-minded. I know
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: of friends, right, who grew up in landed properties, OK,
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: but because their parents are also the kind that are like,
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: you work for your own keep, you know, you, you,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: you and your future partner, you guys get what you
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: can afford. They end up BTOing somewhere else like Bedok
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: or like in another place, and they just build a
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: life there together.
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: So I don't think you should be so fixated.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: I
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: know. I, I call myself out on this. I'm very stubborn.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: I know that
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: I'm very stubborn and to the, to the point where,
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: you know, in Bishan, my area, right, they just TOP
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Bishan Ridges, the brand new BTOs. I actually sat down
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: for a while and said, Do I want to wait
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: 5 years for that to MOP so I can buy
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: a resale there?
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: How do you want to wait 5 years? Yeah,
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: yeah, I know, I know, maybe not because I'll be 43.
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: Please, please don't.
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: As a, as a friend who cares about you, I
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: think you should make your moves now.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: So that's why I'm not celebrating birthdays, but the day
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: I signed the form from HDB, I'll celebrate it here
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: on 987.
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: At this rate I have hair.
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: I wonder when Toy Story 5 will be made available
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: on Disney Plus. Have you seen it yet?
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: No, I haven't.
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: I haven't watched any movies um of late except for
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: the drama, which was very good. Wait,
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: can I ask you one question before we go back
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: to our topic? So you had a long flight from
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: Belgium back to Singapore.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: Project Hail Mary, is it? I watched Project Hail Mary. OK.
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: So I finally watched Project Hail Mary and I watched
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: the drama.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Finally, I can say this amaze, amaze, amaze.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: I can understand that.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: I like
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: that. Yeah, me too, me too,
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: actually
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: to the point where the stewardess brought me a whole
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: box of tissues.
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: That was me and
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: Coco. I was like, yeah, I couldn't control myself. Anyway,
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: back to today's topic about the age for singles in
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: Singapore to own a flat, resale or like a BTO
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: flexi flats and all that.
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: What should they lower it down to, because there are talks,
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: they are considering it. We'll see what happens. Wanna say
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: good morning to Chin Hong. Chin Hong says, Hey, Sonia
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: and Joe. Good morning. I was once hoping to get
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: a house in my 20s, and I said, OK, when
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: I reach 35, I'll get my own house. But nevertheless,
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: I married and got my own place. Speaking for the
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: young generation, I would suggest the age of 30 due
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: to the
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Housing loans and how not everyone's able to afford the
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: housing loan. Reason being, everyone has different financial constraints or burden,
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: and the loan can range from 15 to 25 years,
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: but by 55 year old, 55 years old, all the
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: money might be transferred to the RA.
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, the younger you are, I guess
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: your loans are too in a way, right?
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: So.
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: Coming in from Kyrie, morning, Sojo. I know this will
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: be a very unpopular opinion, but I don't think singles
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: should be allowed to buy BTOs. BTOs are heavily subsidized
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: and should first go to families who are planning to
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: raise the next generation with limited land and limited flats.
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: Priorities are to be set. Singles still have resale and
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: rental options, but when supply is tight, I think public
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: housing should focus on supporting marriage and family.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: First, what do you guys think?
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: I, OK, that's why I said like I wonder, there's
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: so many layers to this, right, because I also wonder
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: whether they will limit a certain type of flat for
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: the people that want to buy it below if they
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: bring the age down, you know what I mean, which
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: is a possibility. They can't just be like, oh, it's
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: open market for everyone, you see. Honestly. So I personally
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: think there will be parameters around it.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: I feel the two-room flexi.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly,
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: lower the age
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: down,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: what I meant, but
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: Kyrie, your, your points are definitely valid, but judging society
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: today in the year 2026, right, people are getting married later,
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: are different.
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: We are all
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: focused on our care.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: And I don't want to be a negative Nancy, but
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: divorce rates. Oh
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: yeah.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: OK, so I know that while I was away, this
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: piece of news broke and I read it online and
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: I saw it on social media and I was dying
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: to talk about this on air. OK. Now there's a
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: small update about um the disappearance of Marmites in supermarkets
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: here in Singapore. I don't know if you know this Joki.
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: I love Marmite.
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: I
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: actually,
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: I
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: love Marmite. I actually said this on Tuesday, did you,
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: when you were not here. I said both Sonia and I,
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: we actually have common taste buds because we are OK
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: with coriander.
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: Oh wait, no, no, no, hold on, I'm so, so
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: with coriander.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: If it's there,
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: you won't say no to
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: it,
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: right? Yeah, but I won't request for it. Yeah, OK.
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: Marmite, I know we both like it. Yeah, Bovril as well, right?
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: Did you like?
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: I prefer marmite over.
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: OK, fair enough,
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: because I think it's Marmite is a bit more meat-based, right?
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: You just say Morville combination collaboration, is it? There we go.
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: So it's so funny because prior to this piece of
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: news actually breaking officially, right, I was, um, I was
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: at the supermarket a couple of weeks back after I
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: went to the doctor. Remember I was sick. I was
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: down with the flu like a few weeks ago, right?
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: So, um, I went to the doctor and, uh, just
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: below the doctor's, there's a supermarket. So I was like, OK,
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: I got to make my own porridge because, you know,
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: I live by myself now and uh my mom used
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: to make like porridge and like uh soup noodles for
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: me and all that when I'm sick, right? So I
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: will recreate what she used to make for me when
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: I'm sick, but I make it myself. So the porridge,
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: the Marmite the Marmite and like I do put some
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: other things in there.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: So I went to the supermarket, masked up, of course,
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: and uh I went to the counter where usually you
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: would find Marmite. I couldn't find it. Then I asked
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: the staff, I said like, hey, where do you know
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: where it is? She said, Oh, how does it look like?
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: She didn't know what it was initially. Then when I
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: showed it to her, she said, Oh, OK, that's the first. Yeah,
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: so she's like, wait, wait, it's, it's over there.
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: So I went, oh, there was no Marmite, but there
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: was the, there was the tag there that did state Marmite.
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: Right next to it, it was Vegemite. Vegemite. So the
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: Marmite aisle was empty. So I thought it must be
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: sold out lah. Maybe this particular supermarket just ran out.
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: So I bought a Vegemite. So it's not my preference,
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: but it's still OK. Not the same. It's not the
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: same in terms of texture, but it's still OK in
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: terms of taste.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: You need to realize two weeks later that this piece
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: of news actually dropped. So now Singaporean supermarkets are scrambling
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: to look for alternative stocks of Marmite amid the amid
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: the disappearance. It's an emergency. It's an
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: emergency. Then Marmite chicken.
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: It is, yeah, so I don't know what they, I
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: guess they have to replace it with Vegemite. I don't know.
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean, the taste is pretty similar,
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: but
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: Um, they reportedly have decided to discontinue the brand in Singapore, but, um,
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: a lot of people are petitioning saying like, hey, we
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: need it, we need it. What's going on?
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: Marmite.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: I also want, I'm, I'm, I'm starting it.
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: Um, I believe one of the reasons why I like
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: Marmite is because of my dad actually. So, you know,
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: it's a very British thing. Marmite is a very British thing.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: So he, well, he studied and spent a lot of
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: his time as a student in, in the UK. So
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: I guess maybe that could have been how he introduced
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: it to me when I was a kid and I
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: loved it.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: So now I'm pretty upset. Like, how do we? I
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: still have a bit left in my house, OK, but
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: that's it. I don't have any more after.
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: You have to ration it
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: now. Yeah, but it can't last. Does it have an
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: expiry date?
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: You must use toothpick,
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: not the
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: teaspoon.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: got show. I know you know I need one whole
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: teaspoon put in my porridge,
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: beggars can't be choosers. OK. We are out of
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: Marmite. I know how like this. How is there a
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: forum out there that can
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: help us?
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: I'm sure there are some comments on
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: Reddit. Can some rich person bring it in, please?
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: Here's an appeal. Do some good for society. Bring Marmite
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: to Singapore. Rich person, yeah, someone with the ability out
• 44:25
  Speaker 2: there or someone who knows a
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: guy.
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: Based on my knowledge on the rich people here in
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: Singapore and who can bring it in, it will make
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: more sense if the Hai Tilau founder brought it in,
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: brought it back.
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: Marmite-based soup. Ah, OK, that's a bit salty. It's too savory.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: But good idea over there. Why not? We're about to
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: open up the phone lines for a little NDP related quiz. Now,
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: these questions could be related to NDP, could be related
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: to Singapore, could be related to anything that you, uh,
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: may know about Singapore pop culture.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: I promise you, everything I'm asking you today, you'll find
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: the answers for NDP 2026.
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: But the thing is, the thing about it is we
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: don't want you to like check GPTA or like Google
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: or anything. This should be one based on your own merits.
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and we cannot help you because the, it's A
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: or B.
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: It's literally a 50/50 chance
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: and everything I've asked you, it has been in the
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: news to promote this year's NDP.
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: OK, give us a call 669-11987.
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: This should be easy peasy for you, hopefully, fingers crossed,
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: it's more about being able to get through the phone lines.
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: We have a
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: pair of actual National Day parades 9th of August. That's
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: oh my goodness, almost close to 1011 days' time.
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: Actually this weekend will be your final rehearsal preview, yeah, exactly.
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: OK, well, time to give us a call. 669-11987. Hello, Emily.
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: How's your Thursday going? I'm good, I'm good. Actually I'm
• 45:52
  Speaker 2: on leave right now. You're OK, well, maybe that's why
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: she had the time to call us this morning. Let
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: rush you a winner. Let's make you a winner. OK,
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: so we've got some questions for you. It's a little
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: NDP quiz. If you nailed them.
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: And by the way, there's going to be a countdown,
• 46:07
  Speaker 2: so you, you have no chance to check GPT or anything.
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: This has to be based on your own knowledge. Cannot cheat. Exactly. OK,
• 46:13
  Speaker 2: for actual day tickets for NDP here we go.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: What
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: is the name of the mascot used to celebrate and
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: strengthen family bonds? Is it A, Nila or is it B,
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: Becky Bunny?
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: Uh, Nila is wrong.
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: Oh, we're so sorry, Emily. You're not our lucky winner
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: this morning. Please try again soon, OK?
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: Try again next time. Well, Emily's pain is your gain
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: here on 987. You can call us at 669-11-987. I
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: won't change the questions to be
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: fair. However, you have to get all three correct. Correct. Yes,
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: that's the, that's the challenge. So the moment you get
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: the first question wrong, that's it. Yeah, the hurdle. Yeah,
• 46:57
  Speaker 2: so 669-11987.
• 47:01
  Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Joey. Hi, Joey, how are you? Yeah, I'm great.
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: You you sound like you're panicking a little bit.
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: Yes. I
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: couldn't get the ticket.
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: No worries, Joey.
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: This is your chance, but the only thing is you
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: got to get all three questions right, OK, for NDP
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: actual day tickets. This is your 2nd shot since our
• 47:22
  Speaker 2: caller earlier didn't manage to get through. Are you ready? OK.
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: Here we go.
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: All right, Joey, your very first question. What is the
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: name of the mascot used to celebrate and strengthen family bonds?
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: Is it A, Nilla or B, Becky Bunny? B, Becky
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: Bunny is correct. Next question, what is the name of
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: the indigenous people of Singapore? Is it A Orang Laut
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: or is it B?
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: Orang Mera 54321. Orang Laot is correct. Well done. Your
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: third and final question. Last one, last one. What is
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: the model of helicopter used to carry the flag during
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: the state flag fly past? Is it A Chinook or
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: B Apache?
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: Chin Chinook is absolutely correct, she's
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: got.
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 48:19
  Speaker 2: are headed to NDP on the 9th of August. We'll
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: see you there.