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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 150526 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Wake up.
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: next to
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonnya
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit. OK, I apologize for
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: starting the show a little bit late today, but you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna laugh when you find out the reason why I'm
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: moving extra slowly today. It it's almost as if karma
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: has hit me for laughing at Sonia a few weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: Details soon. Singapore's number one hit music station.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: This man was just here in Singapore a few days ago,
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: and he sold out the entire concert venue, close to
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  Speaker 1: 7 to 800 people packed out over at Su Chou
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  Speaker 1: Building to watch Hanumankind perform for the very first time
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore. And of course, he was joined by our
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: very own young Raja. So please take a bow to Hanumankind.
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  Speaker 1: Recovering from a torn ACL if I'm not wrong. I
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: was hoping to interview this man, but I'm guessing he
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  Speaker 1: has a packed schedule. So the next time he's back
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: in Singapore, hopefully a bigger venue, and we can have
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: him here on 987 or we go to him and
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: have a chat with Macha, as I call him. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: he is from India. That said though, it's Joakim Gomez
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  Speaker 1: keeping you company right here on the shock circuit. Today,
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  Speaker 1: it's the final day we're playing for.
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  Speaker 1: The Lime restaurant dining experience and not forgetting your final
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: chance to win a Singtel grab bag. So for Singtel
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: grab bag magic, that game is happening at just past
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: 7:00 a.m. If you're in the car on the way
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  Speaker 1: to work or school, I'll let you chuckle at me. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow is a very big day for our darling Sonia Chew.
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: It's a wedding day, and for the wedding night, I'm
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  Speaker 1: the wedding MC.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm very happy that I am. I told her
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  Speaker 1: a long time ago, look, I'll feel more of use
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  Speaker 1: on the microphone for you than sitting down and making
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  Speaker 1: friends and doing absolutely nothing. So thankfully, she's given me
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  Speaker 1: the job and yeah, you would think all would be
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  Speaker 1: well for me, just, you know, another day and celebrating
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  Speaker 1: a good friend, but no. Yesterday, I went running with
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  Speaker 1: one of our mutual friends who's back from the US.
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: Hello patient, and 2 came in.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a message to all fellow runners here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore, be extra careful of loose drain covers or
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  Speaker 1: loose pavement covers. I don't know how to describe this.
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  Speaker 1: I was running by the um
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  Speaker 1: What's the residences before DBS, the DBS building going into
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  Speaker 1: the Marina Bay area? Yeah, it's around that area and
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden at the 2 p.m. mark, I
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  Speaker 1: ran over a loose drain cover without knowing that it
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  Speaker 1: was loose, rolled over my ankle.
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  Speaker 1: And I now have a sprained right ankle. So thankfully
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  Speaker 1: the ankle bone and all is OK. It's just, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you sprain an ankle, the swelling happens the day before,
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  Speaker 1: the day after. So yeah, I'm now walking with a limp,
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  Speaker 1: and this is karma for me because a few weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: Sonia shared on air that she sprained her ankle playing
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  Speaker 1: paddle and there I was going ha ha low low
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  Speaker 1: low low, and now
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  Speaker 1: Oh, so tomorrow, if you see me limping in videos
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  Speaker 1: or Insta stories, now you know why. Yeah. And again,
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  Speaker 1: be extra careful when running or walking, especially on those
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  Speaker 1: loose drain covers. Hey, yay. Opal Light right here on 987,
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  Speaker 1: your number one hit music station. Joakim Gomez is here
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  Speaker 1: with you and Taylor also getting married this year.
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: I don't know what date or when, but knowing Taylor Swift,
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  Speaker 1: she'll usually do it first, then she would tell her
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  Speaker 1: millions of fans worldwide and even here in Singapore as well. So, OK.
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  Speaker 1: Call us right now, 669-119-87. Give your school or classmate
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  Speaker 1: a shout out and we would love to play you
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  Speaker 1: your or their favorite song live right here on the
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: shock circuit. I wonder what school will get today on
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: this Friday to wrap up the week. 987, hello, what's
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  Speaker 1: your name?
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  Speaker 2: Hello. Hi, I'm Sarah here.
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  Speaker 1: Hello, Sarah. How is your Friday morning going for you?
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  Speaker 2: It's going well, but my kids are gonna be really,
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  Speaker 2: really bummed because, um, they've just been dropped off at
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  Speaker 2: two different schools and, um, I'm on my way back home.
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: Not to worry. You know what, I'll do something special
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  Speaker 1: for you. I'll pass you the recording of this call
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  Speaker 1: and you can play it for your kids and say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: mommy was on 987, and you can score some cool
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  Speaker 1: points with them. So which school did you drop them
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  Speaker 1: off at?
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  Speaker 2: All right, so I've got two schools. My son's in
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  Speaker 2: P6 at Saint Stephen's School, and my daughter is in
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  Speaker 2: P1 at CHIJ Katong. And I know that I have
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  Speaker 2: to tell you this because my son will say that
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  Speaker 2: his favorite thing about school is football and getting muddy
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  Speaker 2: and dirty, and my daughter is basically just hula hooping.
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  Speaker 2: Um, all, all the day, um, before and after school
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  Speaker 2: and at recess, so yeah, they're loving school.
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  Speaker 1: So two complete opposites, and I can relate a lot
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  Speaker 1: to your son because, yeah, my mom, she would go
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  Speaker 1: crazy whenever I come back because my school uniform was white,
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  Speaker 1: white and green, but my shirt would be all dirty
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  Speaker 1: with mud and my shoes will be dirty with mud
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  Speaker 1: as well. So how, how, how often do you clean
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  Speaker 1: the shoes for your son, poor thing.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so I pop the shoes in the washing machine
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  Speaker 2: every weekend and after every term I chuck out all
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  Speaker 2: his socks and I buy him a whole new set
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  Speaker 2: for the next term because it just makes my life
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  Speaker 2: so much easier, honestly.
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  Speaker 1: I can only imagine. Now, Sarah, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for sharing and giving us these amazing stories. Any song
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  Speaker 1: I can get you or for your kids, any song.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so my son's gonna be going for LeFey's, um,
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  Speaker 2: concert next week, so probably something from her, her biggest fan, Lu,
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  Speaker 1: yeah. I hope to see him in person. I'll be
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  Speaker 1: there as well. Thank you so much for your call, Sarah.
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  Speaker 1: Take care, OK?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: We love to keep things happy, lighthearted. The banter between
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: Sonia and I, we hope to just put a smile
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  Speaker 1: on your face every weekday morning you're tuned in to us.
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: But sometimes when news gets serious, especially here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: we cannot ignore.
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  Speaker 1: These things, and we want to share them with you
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  Speaker 1: here on the show as well to hopefully caution you
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  Speaker 1: or warn you or have you on standby should anything
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  Speaker 1: like this happen to you. So, we know the world
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  Speaker 1: is all kinds of crazy right now and loads of
• 6:25
  Speaker 1: things are happening with the Strait of Hormuz, which you've
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: read about plenty in the news. I don't need to
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  Speaker 1: touch on that anymore, but scammers are now using real-life
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  Speaker 1: events to scam victims all over the world and even
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: So I think for this particular scam, scammers actually used
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  Speaker 1: the picture of our Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, his secretary
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  Speaker 1: as well, and the scammers reached out to the victim
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  Speaker 1: on WhatsApp saying, thank you for your service to Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for helping my cabinet.
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  Speaker 1: You know, contribute what we can to the Strait of
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  Speaker 1: Hormuz to settle this in Singapore's interest, and unfortunately for
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: the victim, according to news reports, the victim parted with
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  Speaker 1: $4.9 million to the scammers.
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: which he or she might never get back. It's scary,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it? And, and here's the thing, I honestly wonder
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  Speaker 1: how the scammers know.
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  Speaker 1: The net worth of the victims they are scamming because
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: in the news, as of late, whenever I read about
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  Speaker 1: scam news, people are losing hundreds of thousands and even
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: to the millions. So please be extra careful that there
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  Speaker 1: is absolutely no reason why Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and
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  Speaker 1: his secretary should contact you via WhatsApp. There is, there
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  Speaker 1: is no
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  Speaker 1: All of us do not belong to that class of people. So,
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  Speaker 1: if you receive a WhatsApp from PM. Wong, just, just
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  Speaker 1: block the scammer immediately, OK? Please, don't get scammed and
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  Speaker 1: stay vigilant. Tell your parents, tell your friends. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: stand up here live in the studio because we're now
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  Speaker 1: gonna play Singtel grab Back Magic. It's your final chance
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  Speaker 1: to walk away with the.
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  Speaker 1: Last grab bag here on 987. So, 669-11987. Call us
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  Speaker 1: if you missed the game explanation earlier. Not to worry,
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: I'll walk you through it when you get through the
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  Speaker 1: phone line. So please do so. Again, call us now, 669-11987.
• 8:23
  Speaker 1: All the best to you. 987. Hello, good morning. What's
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  Speaker 1: your name?
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  Speaker 2: My name is Nur. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: Nurul. How's your Friday going for you so far?
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  Speaker 2: Um, it's doing well because it's TGIS.
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  Speaker 1: So a short day at work or usual work hours?
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  Speaker 2: Actually, I'm not working today. I'm attending a conference.
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  Speaker 2: Oh,
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  Speaker 1: fantastic. Attend a conference and hopefully you can claim your
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: all in lie or whatsoever. So Nurul, are you ready
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  Speaker 1: to play Singtel grab bag magic? Yes, she is. OK,
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  Speaker 1: so I'll give you three clues pertaining to the total
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  Speaker 1: value of the bag. Then I'll give you two options.
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  Speaker 1: You pick the one that makes most sense to you, OK?
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  Speaker 1: OK, sure. Here are your clues. Nurul, clue number 1,
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  Speaker 1: with regard to the total value of the bag, it's
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  Speaker 1: roughly 3 months of groceries for 1 person, OK? Your
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  Speaker 1: second clue, it's about 60 hawker meals, 60 hawker meals.
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  Speaker 1: And your third clue, that's about a return flight to
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  Speaker 1: Bangkok on sale.
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  Speaker 1: So, here are your options. Is your Grab bag worth
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  Speaker 1: $700 or is it worth $267.90? A or B?
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  Speaker 2: B $267.90.
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  Speaker 1: OK, explain your calculations. Why is the answer B?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I don't think that a return flight to Bangkok
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  Speaker 2: would cost $700. Um, so I use that as a clue,
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  Speaker 2: and the hawker meals, uh, I think $700 is a
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  Speaker 2: bit too pricey. It's
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  Speaker 2: supposed to be on the lower
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  Speaker 1: side. OK, lah. I mean for the hawker meals, if
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  Speaker 1: you're having fish, then maybe it might be $700 but
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  Speaker 1: you know what, Nurul, you are absolutely right. Well done.
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  Speaker 2: me.
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  Speaker 1: Walking away with the final Singtel grab bag magic. OK, Nuru,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna capo now and reach into the bag and
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  Speaker 1: see what you've won, OK? OK. All right, you've won
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  Speaker 1: for yourself a Samsung Charger Duo worth $149.90. You've won
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: a Samsung Travel adapter worth $59 and you've won yourself
• 10:34
  Speaker 1: a ninja thirsty tumbler worth $59 as well. Congratulations.
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: Thank you. While scrolling through the news last night and
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: this morning, and loads of things happening here in Singapore,
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: we've got policemen about to be using the Ironman jetpack.
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: Have you seen the video yet? While watching the video,
• 10:55
  Speaker 1: I was going to, I was thinking to myself, hey,
• 10:57
  Speaker 1: can I try that?
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: SPF, uh, Ministry of Home Affairs, we're doing content around
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: the Ironman jetpack. Can I please try it? It looks fun,
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: but of course, it's, it's meant to keep Singapore safe
• 11:10
  Speaker 1: and all that, but maybe in 15 years down the road,
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: there could be like a public version of it which
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: we can all try to levitate over water and feel
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: like Iron Man or a Star Wars clone trooper with
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: a jetpack. But when we come back, July 12th is
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: the date to mark down on your calendars, especially if
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: you're a trained enthusias.
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: Enthusiasts here in Singapore. And OK, maybe train enthusiasts will
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  Speaker 1: be excited about this one here in Singapore because July
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  Speaker 1: 12th will be the official opening of three new Circle
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: Line stations. We're talking Keppel, Cantonment, as well as Prince Edward,
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: which means Harborfront and Marina Bay will finally be linked,
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: and the Circle Line will now be in, in its
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: own way, a complete circle. And here's giving you some
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: trivia in case it ever comes up on some local
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: pub quiz or whatsoever.
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: The circle line is now 39 kilometers long with the
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: inclusion of the three new stations and a total of
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: 33 stations. If you want to go in Capo, I
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: think I will as well. July 4th, 9:30 a.m. to
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: 9 p.m. It's sort of like the soft opening. You
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: can ride to Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward, these three
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: stations only for free. So go on down 9:30 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 9:00 p.m. on July 4th and more trivia coming
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: your way.
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  Speaker 1: These three stations took seven years to complete. Construction started
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: in 2019 and because of COVID delayed by one year,
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  Speaker 1: so yeah, 2026, July 12th, that will be the official
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  Speaker 1: date of its grand opening, which means people who are
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: gonna buy the BTOs coming up with the Keel area, wow!
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: That has made bang for you if you're gonna sell
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: it on after your minimum occupancy period. And then, if
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: you work around the Shenton Way.
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  Speaker 1: Area, Prince Edward will be right at your doorstep and
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: people staying at the Everton Park, Spottiswood Park area. And
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  Speaker 1: if you want to go to the Tanjung Paga Plaza
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  Speaker 1: and the cultural areas there, cantonment right at your doorstep
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  Speaker 1: as well. Amazing stuff. Everything is now linked. OK, if
• 13:17
  Speaker 1: Sonia Chew were here.
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  Speaker 1: This morning with us, when I tell this story, she
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: will go, aha, see, you laugh at me some more.
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  Speaker 1: Now you cannot.
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: That that that's my best Sonia Chew impersonation of which
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  Speaker 1: Plenty I'll be doing tomorrow night. So, um, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if you remember, a few weeks ago when Sonia
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: was playing paddle, she sprained her ankle and so she
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: was limping in the studio, to which I had a
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  Speaker 1: field day laughing at her, calling her limp biscuit and
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  Speaker 1: all that, and when she was going to the pantry,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, aiyo, ayo, because every step she took,
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  Speaker 1: there was a limp.
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  Speaker 1: Yesterday, I went running with one of our mutual friends,
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  Speaker 1: hello patient, and along the Marina Way area, I forgot
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  Speaker 1: what the residences was called. It's the one with the
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  Speaker 1: very nice spiral way and the fountain that looks like
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: a fountain but it's actually plastic rods, yeah. I was
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  Speaker 1: running down it. I think I didn't see a loose
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  Speaker 1: drain cover or pavement cover, whatever it's called.
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  Speaker 1: Ran over it, lost balance, and rolled over my ankle,
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  Speaker 1: and this is just 2 km in the run. So,
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  Speaker 1: just did a very slow jog and once I finished
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  Speaker 1: that jog and went to do a cold plunge, the
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  Speaker 1: moment I left there, I could see the swelling has
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  Speaker 1: started on my right ankle. So yes, I've sprained my
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: right ankle. This is karma for laughing at Sonia, but
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: I have a gig tonight and I'm emceeing Sonia's wedding tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna do what I can to ice my ankle,
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  Speaker 1: compress it, so that I wouldn't be walking with too
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  Speaker 1: much of an obvious limp.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm a bit conscious now. So, 669-119-87. Phone lines
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  Speaker 1: are open, as well as you can WhatsApp us at 900509-887.
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  Speaker 1: Has something ever happened to you before an important day? Really?
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  Speaker 1: It could be anything at all inspired by my sprained
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  Speaker 1: ankle now, so no running for a while, which I
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: think this weekend, totally no running plans at all because
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: with the amount of tequila Sonia has prepared, yeah, I
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: think Sunday I just wanna sleep, to be honest with you,
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: and then watch the menu game. So 669-11987, call us
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: or WhatsApp us 90050987. Has something happened to you before
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: a big day and how did you get around it?
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: If we do like your answer, what's coming your way?
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: A very nice lime restaurant dining experience over at Park
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Royal Collection Pickering. Very nice buffet with Wagyu meats available
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: for you. Harvey, All or Nothing right here on 987,
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: your number one hit music station. Joakim Gomez is here
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  Speaker 1: with you. And uh, given how sprained my ankle last night,
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  Speaker 1: thankfully it's a sprain like no deformities or bone pain
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  Speaker 1: or whatsoever.
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  Speaker 1: And I have a gig tonight and tomorrow night I'm
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: emceeing Sonia's wedding. Look, even as an MC you might think,
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  Speaker 1: ah yeah, it might not be important, but you gotta
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  Speaker 1: walk around, talk to the guests and all that. I'm
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: trying my best to make sure that tomorrow I don't
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  Speaker 1: walk with an obvious limp. Has anything ever happened to
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  Speaker 1: you before, an important day on occasion, and how did
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: you get around it? If you do like your answers,
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: what's coming your way, of course, a very nice dining experience,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: the Lime Restaurant over at Park Royal Collection Pickering.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: The phone number is 669-119-87 to call us, but for WhatsApp, 90050987,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: I wanna say good morning to Nurul Huda. Hello Solo Joe.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: Oh yo, this is gonna be my nickname for the
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: next two weeks. I got food poisoning the night before
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: my wedding. Oh no.
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  Speaker 1: Spent the whole morning praying to the porcelain throne.
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  Speaker 1: But somehow made it through the ceremony smiling in every photo. Wow, Nurul,
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: you know what? Uh, this is one of those times
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: where I say fake it till you make it really applies.
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  Speaker 1: Just smile and if you have to go, just run
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: to the nearest restroom.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: One coming in from Waitta. Waita says, Hey, Joakim, 2
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: days before last year's marathon, I caught the flu. I
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: ended up running slower than planned, but honestly, the biggest
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: win was just finishing without collapsing. OK, fair enough. One
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: coming in from Erica. Erica says, the morning of my graduation,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: which was quite recent, my outfit zip broke completely. Oh no.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: Safety pins, double-sided tape, and blind confidence carried me through
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: the day.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for all your texts so far.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Call us over at 669-011-987. If you have anything similar
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: to what I'm going through right now, what's your story?
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: So
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: basically three days before my 2021 2 XU marathon, I
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: actually walked too close to a wall.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: And then stepped on an exposed door stopper. So basically
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: without the rubber protection, right, it was just a tiny
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: metal weapon waiting for me. So being the, being the
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: overly competitive person I am, I still told my parents,
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  Speaker 2: don't worry, I can still run.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: Meanwhile, they were just staring at my foot and just like, hello,
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: you can't even walk properly. And by the next day
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: I couldn't even put weight on that foot and had
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: to just accept my fate. So no 21 for me
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: and basically just defeated by a door stopper. What,
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: what was it this year's 2 marathon, half marathon?
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: No, it was, um, a
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: few years back. Ah,
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  Speaker 1: OK, but, but your foot's OK now. You can still
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: run without any pain, right?
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Yes,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: yeah, and whatever happened to that metal door stopper? Is
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: it gone or is it still there?
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: At least 2 there. OK, with cardboards these days.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's giving you PTSD, but hopefully no accidents like
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: that anymore for you, Elise. Take care, OK? And let's go. 123,
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: food news. Food news. Joking with the good food news,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: and OK, this one, if you love your old school snacks,
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: I'm talking your ice jam biscuits, the one with the pink, green, yellow, white.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Any other colors?
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: I think I got them all. Uh, pineapple jam, biscuits,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: sugar toast squares, coconut squares. I want to tell you
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: the story of a single mom, originally from Indonesia. It's
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: 57-year-old Nelly, who she actually loved this nostalgic snack business,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: and she's now turned it into not one, not two,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: but 3 different stores island-wide here in Singapore. If I'm
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: not wrong, there's one over at Causeway Point, there's one
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: over at Ang Mo.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Tokyo, and now there's one over at Toa Payoh as well. Congratulations.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: So if you love your old school snacks, prices start
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: from just $1.50 with many snacks sold by weight. So
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: maybe if you're having an old school themed party or
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: something for the kids, you want to go check out
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Nelly's Retro snacks. For the Toa Payoh store, it's over
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: at the void deck. I'm trying to get the exact block,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: but I don't really, I can't really find it.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: If you see a void deck shop selling retro snacks
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: with a very old school mama Chop feel, yep, that
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: is Nelly's store. So go have a look. I wanna
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: go buy some snacks and maybe stock up for the
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: next party that we throw here. So what began as
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: a sign over at the Starbucks East Coast, and I quote,
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: from 25th of May 2026, pets will no longer be
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: permitted in our indoor and outdoor seating areas. This change
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: is part of our transition towards halal certified operations. Guide
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: dogs are welcome, as they should.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Thank you for understanding. People went crazy on social media.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: They were like, hello, it's East Coast Park. It's been
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: allowed for so long. Why suddenly like this? And it
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: became a little bit sensitive on social media, to which
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: the new chapter is this Starbucks has been told by
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, MOUIS to remove or
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: amend signs referring to its transition towards halal certification.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: And Mos has said it hasn't received application for halal
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: cert from Starbucks and yeah, that's why they have to
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: remove or amend the signs because if, if you're not careful.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: You might stir racial and religious sentiment. So these kind
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: of things you got to really, really be extra careful
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: before you display signs like that. But for now, I
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: think Starbucks Singapore, they've apologized for the confusion. You can
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: still bring your pets inside and outside of the East
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Coast Park Starbucks Singapore outlet, but of course, as a
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: responsible pet owner, make sure you watch them carefully and
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: clean up if they were to make a mess around you.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: But on the phone, hello, Miss Sonny Chew.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Hey, you miss me so much you made me call
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: you on your off day. No,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: on your off day, you mean,
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: sorry, my off day. I'm,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: I'm busy working and covering the fort here on the
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: short circuit. No, actually, you know what, I thought it
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: would have been a great idea to actually get you
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: on the show as the final talk before your big
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: day as a bit of a cap for our listeners
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: as well, because they are so invested and by the way,
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: I watched the latest episode of I do. You look
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: so nice in the potential dress la.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: Thank you. So am I allowed to call you a
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: white fungus tomorrow?
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Hey, you, you are there to host the dinner. Like it's, it's,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: it's 80% hosting, 20% roasting, not the other way around, OK.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: It's the other way around. OK, please tell us how,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: how are you feeling the day before the big day
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: for you?
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: Gosh, you know, it's, it's so funny because I met
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: a bunch of my friends yesterday that flew in for
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: my wedding, right? And everyone was just crying. Like everybody's
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: so emotional. I got emotional messages from some of my
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: girlfriends this morning as well. Messages from you, you know, like,
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: I'm like wow.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: My friends are really invested and I'm so touched. I,
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: I actually, right now, I feel more overwhelmed by love
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: and the things people are doing for me and offering
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: to do for me that is really above and beyond.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: The only thing is, it's raining really heavily today. I'm
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: like closing my, my balcony window as we speak.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: So I'm really hoping that the weather holds up
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: tomorrow. Yeah,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: that's what I'm hoping for. I'm guessing it's gonna rain
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: cats and dogs. That's dry and nice.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: I don't know, like the, the weather forecast seems like
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: this whole month is like monsoonish, you know, so we'll see,
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: but whatever it is, I'll take it as like showers
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: of blessing or
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: whatever.
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: So any last minute jitters or additions to your wedding
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: or wedding dress and stuff like that?
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Ah, not, not really. Actually, you know, everything is pretty
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: much set in stone, I think. I'm still figuring out
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: what I wanna do for my hair and makeup, which is,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: I know, very last minute, but very on brand for me.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: And I'm just, I'm ready to drop it low and
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: party. OK,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: but, but can I also ask, I mean, it's so
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: much about you here on 987. How's our favorite man doing?
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: How's Jeremy?
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: And he's relaxing, man. Like he's been on he's relaxing
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: like literally yesterday when I called him, he was like
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: doing all his wellness stuff and uh, but he did
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: send me a very sweet message this morning cause I
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: actually haven't seen him the past two days. We've both
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: been really busy running our own errands.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Um, one of my errands being packing 100 sticks of
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: empty hangover jelly into my luggage. Oh, can I
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: please have 2 or 3, thank you. Yeah.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: It doesn't work that way. It's just one or two. he,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: he sent me a message this morning and he said, hey,
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: I'm in such a good mood.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: Today and I was like, oh, why? And he said,
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: because you get to be my wife tomorrow scoring
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: points lah.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, yeah,
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: so sweet. So
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I'm guessing the both of you won't be seeing each
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: other until tomorrow.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: Ah, we'll be seeing each other later cause, you know,
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: I've got cousins flying in and we're doing a little
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: welcome drink thing later. We will still see each other.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: We will, but, but we will not be staying in
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: the same room if that's what you're wondering.
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: Please keep it and don't drink too much.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, yeah, it's just, no.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: So, so, so given how for the last few weeks
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: here on 987, this is the last thing I ask
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: you to do, um, anything you want to say to
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: our listeners who have been following us on this journey,
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: especially you, before you say I do tomorrow?
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. You know, I've never been one to
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: wanna share so much about my wedding, but somehow it
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: became that way. But I'm so grateful for the kind
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: of love and support our listeners have shown us. It
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: feels like we are all getting married collectively, you know
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: what I mean? I'm getting all these DMs from our listeners,
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: especially who follow our show very closely, saying that they
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: just find it so entertaining and, you know, like me
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: and Joe bantering about it all the time and stuff.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: So I, I really am very grateful and
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: Um, if I could have invited all our loyal listeners,
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: I would.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Wow, that must go National Stadium.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Um, but I just want to say so much love
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: and I, I'll miss you guys in the mornings for
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: a couple of weeks, but I'll be back very soon
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: and uh thanks for the well-wishes,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: yeah.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: I will stop it lah.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: I'm definitely, I don't know. I think I'm definitely cry,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: cry. OK, I'll see you tomorrow morning and night. OK.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: Take care, darling. Bye bye.