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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 240826 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Wake up.
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: next
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way, it's Sonia
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the
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  Speaker 1: shock circuit.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning. Welcome to what I would say
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: is the final week of
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: August. So many things to catch you up on. National
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: Day Rally, Premier League action. I am depressed again. Oh,
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: what happened? When you lost lah. Oh, did
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: my
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  Speaker 1: team win?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yay.
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  Speaker 1: Singapore's number one
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  Speaker 1: hit music station.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so I usually never, hardly ever initiate any football-related
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  Speaker 2: talk unless I'm asking you a question. And so now
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  Speaker 2: I am. You said my, my team won over the weekend.
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: What happened?
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  Speaker 1: Before anything, have you seen Erling Harland's new look?
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: Not yet, actually. Clearly I didn't watch it.
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  Speaker 1: The
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  Speaker 1: bro cut his hair.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, like all of
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  Speaker 1: it. Yeah, so it's now short. It's as if he's
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  Speaker 1: playing for Borussia Dortmund again. We got buzz cut Harland before.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: Do
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  Speaker 2: you, do you think this is a better look compared
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  Speaker 2: to the long hair?
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  Speaker 1: No, so I remember when Zlatan and Erling linked up
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  Speaker 1: for the World Cup. They were doing some videos together, right?
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  Speaker 1: Zlatan told him, you know what, the powers in the hair.
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  Speaker 1: Don't cut it. So when he cut his hair, he
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  Speaker 1: called his previous manager Pep Guardiola and Zlatan, both of
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  Speaker 1: which had like, what are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe to them it was like a, what we did
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  Speaker 2: it before the match, right? The opening
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  Speaker 1: season
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  Speaker 2: match I'm guessing
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  Speaker 1: Man City took on Bournemouth and Bournemouth were leading one-nil
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  Speaker 1: and then step up Marka to make it 11 and
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  Speaker 1: who was it that scored the winner? It wasn't, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't Harland, it was someone else. Let me just check.
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  Speaker 1: Eh, it doesn't say. Oh, there you go, your score Guardio.
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: was gonna say let me pull up my knowledge of
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  Speaker 2: all the players' names.
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  Speaker 1: Guardio scored the winner for Man City, making it 2-1.
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  Speaker 1: So congrats to your team. They won. Awesome. Yay. Mine,
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  Speaker 1: on the other hand, wow, Saturday night 7:30 p.m., rushed home.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, OK, opening game of the season against the.
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  Speaker 1: Newly promoted side. Let's play well. Let's hopefully win this. No,
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  Speaker 1: Hull City beats Manchester United 2-0.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, Hull City is like an
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  Speaker 1: A-list. OK,
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  Speaker 1: so for Hull City last year they were in the championship,
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  Speaker 1: Division One, and then they got promoted to the Premier League,
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  Speaker 1: to which if you're
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  Speaker 1: Up against a team like Manchester United, there should be fear,
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  Speaker 1: you know, there should be like, oh wow, we're playing
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  Speaker 1: against one of the biggest clubs in the world, but no,
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  Speaker 1: the stadium was noisy. They had amazing home support, and
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  Speaker 1: when they were up 2-0, they came up with this
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  Speaker 1: new chant because how City, uh, the logo is a tiger, right?
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  Speaker 1: The fans are saying hello, no.
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  Speaker 1: Hello is quite cute, yes, but the fans are going
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  Speaker 1: mauled by the tigers. They're getting mauled by the tigers.
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  Speaker 2: That's cool. That's cool. I like better. OK, so you're
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: talking public holidays. Yes, so I'm anticipating one coming up
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  Speaker 2: very soon. Um, is
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  Speaker 1: about 2 months away.
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  Speaker 2: There's none coming up in September.
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  Speaker 1: Um, OK, look, when it comes to school holidays, there's Teachers' Day. Teachers'
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  Speaker 1: Day happening Friday, 4th
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  Speaker 2: September, in September holidays, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, like a week.
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  Speaker 2: Is that one week? And then
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  Speaker 1: you have Children's Day on 2nd of October, Friday as well.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so Jokim gets a day off. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: I'll claim it.
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  Speaker 1: For my inner child, yes, but in terms of public
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  Speaker 1: holiday where all of Singapore can rest for a bit,
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  Speaker 1: unless of course you're on shift, Deepavali,
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: which is
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  Speaker 2: in
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  Speaker 1: November 8th of November, a Sunday. Wow, we
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  Speaker 2: have to wait so long.
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  Speaker 1: So the good news is on Monday, 9th of November,
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  Speaker 1: it's a leave in lie or off in lie. There
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  Speaker 1: you go.
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  Speaker 2: OK, well, um, I don't recall whether I read this correctly,
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  Speaker 2: but was 2026, uh, public holidays not the best positioned holidays,
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  Speaker 2: or was that last year?
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 2: think it was last year was it 2025.
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  Speaker 1: We actually had plenty of long weekends. Yeah, because there
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: was, I remember, was it last year that the the
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  Speaker 2: public holidays would fall on a random like Wednesday or Thursday,
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  Speaker 2: then it's really not worthwhile,
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  Speaker 1: for Chinese New Year this year.
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday and Wednesday,
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  Speaker 2: yeah, so that was awkward for
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  Speaker 1: Haraya Pwasa on Saturday, Haa Haji on Wednesday. I mean, again,
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  Speaker 1: to have a public holiday on a Saturday is the
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  Speaker 1: most loogie thing ever.
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  Speaker 2: It is and a Wednesday as well. They should honestly,
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  Speaker 2: my honest opinion, not that anyone cares, but they should
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  Speaker 2: just give it to us anyway, like, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: it falls on a Saturday and technically you won't enjoy
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  Speaker 2: the
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  Speaker 2: holiday.
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  Speaker 1: OK, I can write into Prime Minister's office and then
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  Speaker 1: next year's National Day rally.
• 4:47
  Speaker 1: I got a suggestion from Sonia Chew.
• 4:51
  Speaker 2: Not that anyone asked, but she offered this anyway.
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: Speaking of which, we will go through yesterday's NDR yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just past 7 a.m.,
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  Speaker 2: plenty of updates, you know, I think we can actually
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: break it up. He's given us content for our whole
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  Speaker 2: show today. I
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  Speaker 1: mean, look, if you are a family, well done, lah. Congrats.
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  Speaker 2: But for the rest of the population, for people
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: like me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's see what
• 5:14
  Speaker 2: happens. I'll break down the
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  Speaker 1: details. There is a 76-year-old lady residing in Chinatown here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore that I want to pay for her services.
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  Speaker 1: Please come to Bishan and help us with this problem.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of, what kind of services? I'm
• 5:27
  Speaker 1: scared. OK, I'm gonna list you three food items and
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  Speaker 1: you tell me what you think it's for, right? OK.
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  Speaker 1: You ready? Duck bones,
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  Speaker 2: OK,
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  Speaker 1: anchovies, and oyster sauce.
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  Speaker 2: Duck bones, anchovies, and oyster sauce.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think she uses these 3 food items for?
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  Speaker 2: To feed something, some sort of animals, exactly, no,
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  Speaker 1: no, it's a makeshift rat trap.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah there to feed animals.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, not exactly feed in the kind way, but
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  Speaker 1: to
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  Speaker 2: trap all the rats.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess this lady has grown fed up of
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  Speaker 1: all the rats over the Chinatown area
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  Speaker 2: and I didn't know they had a big problem. Yeah,
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: it's gnawing at her house materials as well. So she said,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, I'm gonna.
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  Speaker 1: Do my own makeshift trap in 3 weeks, she has
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  Speaker 1: caught 20
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  Speaker 1: rats.
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  Speaker 2: No, are you serious? And only around her house,
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  Speaker 1: her estate
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  Speaker 2: area, the whole estate cannot be
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  Speaker 1: a block
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  Speaker 2: in her, OK.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, that's nuts. Exactly. They have a problem.
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  Speaker 1: So auntie can come Bishan help
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  Speaker 2: us also. You got rat problem Bishan.
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  Speaker 1: OK. So at the hawker center areas, right, you know
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  Speaker 1: where the bins are sometimes at night after my runs
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  Speaker 1: and I walk past the little hedges and bushes.
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  Speaker 1: What do you call it, right? I'll hear movement and I,
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  Speaker 1: I'll see like 2 or 3 fat ones running up
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  Speaker 1: and down.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, OK, so, so in the East Coast area, I
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  Speaker 2: haven't exactly encountered that, only on one occasion. I remember
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  Speaker 2: this one, but it also might have got to do
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  Speaker 2: with the heavy rain that came before that. So I
• 7:06
  Speaker 2: went to East Coast Park for like a jog, OK,
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  Speaker 2: after the rain came down.
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  Speaker 2: But I didn't realize what it must have rained really
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  Speaker 2: heavily for the past few hours, because things that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the pavements were all like, it was all filled with water, rainwater,
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  Speaker 2: and I guess some of the rats were looking for
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  Speaker 2: shelter or something. So as I was running, um, I
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  Speaker 2: just jogged past like a group of students from, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know, some JC or something. So I jogged past
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  Speaker 2: them and then all of a sudden out of nowhere,
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  Speaker 2: a shadowy figure like dashes out, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Dashes a big one like on the pavement and it
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  Speaker 2: dashes across the pavement. I screamed, like I yelled, screamed,
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  Speaker 2: I jumped over it.
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  Speaker 2: Landed, kind of got all my shoes wet, and I
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  Speaker 2: turned around and all the students saw that, so.
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: And they were like, they looked at me like, hey, Sonia,
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: don't worry, we also react like that.
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  Speaker 1: Making you feel better about yourself. So maybe our friends
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  Speaker 1: over at NEA or the town councils should hire this
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  Speaker 1: 76 year old auntie.
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: Hey man, she, she's doing an effective, she's very effective.
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  Speaker 2: That's active aging is done right. Yeah, she's putting herself
• 8:15
  Speaker 2: to good use, you know, like keeping your brain going
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  Speaker 2: as well. Alright, well, um, hopefully they find a solution
• 8:20
  Speaker 2: for these areas. There's only
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: There's only that much one super auntie can do, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and not
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  Speaker 1: to be a rat monitor the Tanjong Pagar area as well,
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  Speaker 1: especially the field opposite Sophel Center.
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  Speaker 1: Because I run there,
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  Speaker 2: I run there a
• 8:35
  Speaker 2: lot
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  Speaker 1: as well. It's, it's near where the ice bath is.
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  Speaker 1: So I run there and I often see reps because
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: a lot of food places and they seem to dump
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: their rubbish and food
• 8:45
  Speaker 2: wastage and it's left there for a bit,
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: yeah, in the same bin, yeah.
• 8:49
  Speaker 2: OK, so some things that we want to open up
• 8:51
  Speaker 2: phone lines for later in regards to National Day rally
• 8:53
  Speaker 2: will happen later. But first,
• 8:56
  Speaker 2: I think many people might have their thoughts about this, OK,
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: when it comes to social media. I'm not sure if
• 9:00
  Speaker 2: you realized or noticed other, some other countries, I think
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  Speaker 2: Australia included, where they've decided, or maybe even certain parts
• 9:07
  Speaker 2: of Australia have decided to change and increase the age
• 9:12
  Speaker 2: for registering for social media. So this is really to
• 9:16
  Speaker 2: like help them safeguard their kids a little bit better. Um,
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: according to our very own PM Wong,
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  Speaker 2: Our Singapore government may raise the minimum social media age
• 9:27
  Speaker 2: to beyond 13 years old if the platforms don't safeguard
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: um their, their members enough. I
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: think
• 9:37
  Speaker 2: they should. Yeah, I think so
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: too. If, if other countries are doing it, I think
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  Speaker 1: Singapore should follow suit and
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: I believe Meta are in hot soup again. They're being
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: sued left, right, center for not protecting children enough. Actually,
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: I'm curious, you know how for example YouTube.
• 9:56
  Speaker 2: And some other platforms, they have like a children's section,
• 9:59
  Speaker 2: like a kid's filter or something like that, right, um,
• 10:01
  Speaker 2: but I don't know whether it's too complicated to set
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: that up for, you know, platforms like Instagram and TikTok,
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  Speaker 2: for example, because what, what makes you think that people
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: are not just lying about their age and registering for themselves, yeah.
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: 13 to 16 year olds. Would you want to go
• 10:16
  Speaker 1: to YouTube Kids? No.
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: No, but meaning to say, what if they, they only
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: allow you to use it if there's like authentication from
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: the parents, for example. I'm curious because look, Jo and
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: I are not parents, but we understand.
• 10:31
  Speaker 2: What social media has caused in the last few years,
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: while it has its good side, it also has the downsides.
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  Speaker 1: But being a cheeky 1 to 16 year old. Yeah,
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: you
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: know, you want to be the cool one saying, hey, hey,
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: I got YouTube, I got YouTube, can watch watch that
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: kind of thing, you know what I mean? Yeah,
• 10:48
  Speaker 2: I, yeah, I'm the opposite of you. I'm just you're
• 10:51
  Speaker 2: the quiet one. I'm scared to be rebellious, but as
• 10:54
  Speaker 2: a teenager, I was a little rebellious in other ways,
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: in other ways.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, anyway, we're, we're, we're gonna look very closely
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  Speaker 2: at this because for Joakim and I, sometimes we get
• 11:04
  Speaker 2: invited by schools to go down to talk about how
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: to use social media better and you know, how to
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: have better behavior on there.
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: So we are also learning like things to say, how to,
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: how to do this talk and make it fun and
• 11:16
  Speaker 2: engaging for you without coming across like we're nagging at you.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever this topic, I feel as if we're fighting a wave.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and, and it's like at the same time because
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  Speaker 2: we are also so much on social media, right, we
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  Speaker 2: also understand it from like a user standpoint, how dangerous
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: it can be for young kids. And
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: don't be surprised those comments that we get from.
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: accounts leaving very nasty messages or even
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: scathing comments. They could
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  Speaker 1: be kids who are 13 to 16
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  Speaker 1: years old.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you're so right. You're so right, because they wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: know better, right? They're like, oh, no one will know
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  Speaker 2: who I am, so I'm just gonna
• 11:51
  Speaker 2: comment.
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  Speaker 1: So let's see what happens and let's see how they
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: improve it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I, I, I, I think it's safe to
• 11:56
  Speaker 2: say the next hour or so is proudly brought to
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  Speaker 2: you by the National Day Rally.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, every single radio station.
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  Speaker 1: Every single news outlet. Yeah, you're gonna read all about
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  Speaker 1: the NDR for
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: sure and all the news and any sort of sites
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  Speaker 2: that have any writers or journalists at all, they would
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  Speaker 2: have been churning out like social media posts last night already.
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: One of my
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: favorite parts about the NDR watching it live, right, is
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  Speaker 1: when the camera cuts to the audience for their reactions
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  Speaker 1: to what PM just said, then some are like, Must
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  Speaker 1: I clap? OK I clap.
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: If they cut and your eyes are closed, can you
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  Speaker 2: imagine you're going to be a meme
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  Speaker 1: to which it has
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  Speaker 1: happened before, a long time ago. Anyway, come, OK, I, I,
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  Speaker 1: I have my best three moments and best 3 revelations
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  Speaker 1: from last night, OK? And look, before I get to it,
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  Speaker 1: as a single person here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 2: do you feel excluded no, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: OK, excluded is one way to.
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  Speaker 1: Put it, but as somebody who understands what Singapore is
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  Speaker 1: going through right now, I cannot go and say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: what about singles now, you know, I want it now. Cannot,
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  Speaker 1: because we're trying to have more families.
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: We're trying to address other issues. That's what you mean.
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: It's only
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: been rubbed in our face so that our TFR is
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  Speaker 1: very low, so they, they have task force and multi-ministry
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  Speaker 1: task force.
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  Speaker 1: To come and help and all that
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  Speaker 2: wasn't it just announced a few weeks ago that the
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  Speaker 2: birth rate has been the lowest in years,
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  Speaker 1: exactly. So in terms of families who have now got
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: $10,000 gift. Wow. There's $32,000 worth of child credits from
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  Speaker 1: 1 to 16 years old, so $2000 each year. We
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: got the $5000 child development account to which.
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: Will co-match with $5000 and $10,000 post-secondary uh credits to
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: use as well. And then for the housing area, one
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  Speaker 1: additional ballot chance for each Singapore citizen child aged 18
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  Speaker 1: and below. So how Sonia? Wow.
• 13:57
  Speaker 2: So it really increases your chances in more ways than one,
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  Speaker 2: like a lot of different.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so here's, here's my thought, right? Yes, aside from
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: the fact that things are expensive and it's expensive to
• 14:07
  Speaker 2: raise a kid here in Singapore, but aside from that,
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  Speaker 2: I worry that um upon talking to my friends, right,
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  Speaker 2: who are obviously all millennials and we are, I think,
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  Speaker 2: very responsible for the lack of children right now.
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  Speaker 2: It's not just about that though. I think a lot
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  Speaker 2: of them just want to live life without having to
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: take care of a child. It's not, and some of
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  Speaker 2: my friends are doing well. They can very well, very
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  Speaker 2: much get married and afford to, to raise a kid
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  Speaker 2: or get an apartment, you know what I mean? They've
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: been working for, for a
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  Speaker 2: bit.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: a combination of a
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: few things. They're kind of saying we are encouraging you,
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  Speaker 1: but of course.
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  Speaker 1: It's up to us as people to do the homework
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  Speaker 1: on whether are we ready to be
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: parents,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I, I actually think that what they're doing,
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  Speaker 2: there are a lot of good points there.
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: And one other thing, going underground to Tekong. Oh, that
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  Speaker 1: one got the loudest response.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: How is it? OK, so amidst all the updates, I
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: think we have, we, you know, our friends from like CNA,
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: for example, were working overtime.
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: To get all the updates out from National Day Rally
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  Speaker 2: last night.
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: So again, giving a, a huge shout out to all
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: our media outlets here in Singapore. Sleepless, all probably typing,
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: making sure there was no typo errors and all that,
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: and all these videos.
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: Memes from the more fun media outlets here in Singapore
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: that we're seeing
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: for sure. But one thing that also caught my eye,
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: aside from, you know, the, the, the singles making a
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: lot of noise and like, there were a lot of
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: um news related to families and all that, right? Yeah.
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: Um, aside from that, a major refresh is planned, is
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: being planned for Sentosa and Pulau Brani, Joakim. So, it's
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: so funny because, you know, every time I drive to Sentosa, right,
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: you will see like um the Brani Gate sign or
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: like Branni something.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: Right, Brani Gate, if I'm not wrong, I'm assuming it's
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: around that area. I'm not gonna lie, I always think
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: of Biryani when I look at the sign, I get it, um,
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: but a major refresh is being planned right now to
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: reclaim land to connect Branni and Sentosa.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: To become one integrated destination where there will be a
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: lot of new attractions and experiences.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: You know, I love running so much, right, to the
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: point where I'm thinking Pulau Bran, and Sentosa can run
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: half marathon.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: Hey, you know, this could be another way for brands
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: to come in and sell something, right?
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: And I think our friends over at NTUC because he
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: said Downtown resort to which way we got Downtown East.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: Downtown East, we got
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: Downtown South Future Future,
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: yeah. Do we have
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: Downtown North Downtown West? Don't
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: have, I think let's not confuse ourselves even more. There's
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: gonna be so many.
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: But yeah, hey, look, like this is quite exciting because it's,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever considered that possibility in my life.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: I didn't know that this was in the works and
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: it was being considered, and people always say like, ah yeah,
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: Singapore is so boring, boring, like what can you do
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: in Singapore? So now it's your chance to tell us, OK?
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Since they've just announced the initial phase, OK, that they
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: are making it one integrated place, perhaps they're still listening
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: to us to find out what is there that you
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: want to see.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Um, in these new destinations. So what would you like
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: to see at the new integrated area of Sentosa and Branni? Yeah,
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: I
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: mean, don't forget, near Bran, the future Great Southern Waterfront,
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: the BTOs of Keppel will be coming up as well.
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: So I'm just wondering how would they mitigate the flow
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to Vivo City and maybe even weave at Sentosa.
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that develops because
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: like you said.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: A lot more people are going to move into that zone.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: So this could be part of it as well, but
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: also it's going to be a big tourist attraction, I'm sure, right?
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Like linking Sentosa with another island. Like damn. OK,
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: here's what I don't want to see. I don't want
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: another Marina Bay Sands or I kind of vibes.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: I don't think that because there's already RWS, right, whereas
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: there's
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: lots of branded stuff like I wouldn't mind maybe say
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: one more nightlife spot over at the Brani area.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: For both Singaporeans and tourists to go and enjoy because,
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: but the problem with having nightlife on an island is
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: people just don't want to get in and out. That's
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: why you have your beach clubs in Sentosa, but they
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: like before midnight, you know, so it's still possible for
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: you to
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: get home to the bridge.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah,
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: but you know, you know, people, they convenience.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: What do you want to see Pulau Sentosa? You know,
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I haven't really thought of it because
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: When you think of that, you think, oh, should they
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: put another like theme park, but then they'll cannibalize USS, right? Exactly.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: So what can they put there? I'm very curious, um,
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: maybe like a big wellness attraction or something, you know,
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: like a wellness destination perhaps. People are really into that nowadays,
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: biohacking and all
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: that.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: So I guess they want to give the upcoming Marina Bay,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: for its money.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you see, so that that's another one that I'm curious.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: What do they want to put on Pulau Brani?
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Why not you call us 669-11987 or you can WhatsApp
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: us at 90050987. What do you want to see at
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Pulau Brow?
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Or maybe it could be like our own mini mini Bali,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: you know, like a whole resort resort island.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: Then if you're not careful, we could see Malas and no,
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: no, no, no,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I mean you know all the usual brands
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: that we see. No, no, we love you guys.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: There's too many here in
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Singapore. I think, I think big plans are underway. But
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: let's just say that you have a hand in deciding
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: what to what to put on Pulau Brani and this
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: entire new integrated area with Sentosa and Bran.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: What would you place there? What kind of experiences? What
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: kind of attractions? What kind of resorts would you like
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: to see there? Let us know. 669-11987. Just get creative
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: with it. In exchange, we got this wonderful dining experience
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: at Marcella. For 2, by the way, it is worth $256.
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: This is over at Pan Pacific. When it comes to
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: developments here in Singapore, right? Much like the song we
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: just heard, sometimes I feel like they, they go in
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: in the middle of the night, build the whole thing.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: The next day when I wake up, I'm like, eh.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: This building appeared like when, when it actually happens. Yeah,
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: you don't notice and then suddenly a whole establishments, right?
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: And somehow I feel Sonia and I are unofficial members
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: of the Pulau building planning community.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: So on the back of everything that came out from
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: your National Day rally, I thought, you know, this one
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: is quite a cute one and we can have some
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: fun with it. Let's just say Singaporeans, OK, we have
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: an opinion and we have our thoughts and we're almost
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: like playing Sims to some extent, right?
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: And we're, we're allowed to give some ideas as to
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: what to have on Pulau Brady, since they're doing a
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: bit of like a
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Uh, uh, combination situation with Sentosa, Pulau Brani. There's gonna
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: be a link between the two. So it's a one
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: whole area, one integrated area now, you know, it's gonna
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: be really cool.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: I would not
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: be surprised if this is when it's, maybe in the
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: next decade or so. There could be like a half marathon.
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: Staged over
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: there.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I mean, there could be so many things, right?
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: Oh, how about building a cinema with an IMAX 70 screening?
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Or you know what, they should bring back like drive-in movies.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: I used to see that from like the 90s or something.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: And my parents used to say that.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, like you can drive, you know, into a big
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: giant parking lot. They have a giant screen, then you
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: have like booths and people selling stuff and you can
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: just eat and watch a movie from
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: your
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: car.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: Come on to our friends at NTUC. That'd be really
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: cool, right? Honestly. So anyway, we want to head to
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: our messages first to find out what would you like
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: to see if you had full reign over what to
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: see at Pulla Brani.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: One coming in from Shah who says, Hey guys, I
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: truly believe Singapore should have a Disneyland.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: of its own.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, about time.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: Imagine stepping onto a magical piece of land where the
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: towering castle greeted from afar, cheerful music fills the air
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: and beloved Disney characters come to life before our eyes.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Instead of traveling overseas just to experience the magic, family
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: could simply hop on the MRT and enter a world
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: of adventure right here in Singapore.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: You know, here's the part, right, because we've been on
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: the Disney cruise before, Joakim. Can you imagine if it's
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: part of like the package?
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: So you get to go on the cruise, you stop
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: here and then you get to stay at Disneyland Singapore.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: If
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: they do build a Disneyland Singapore over on Pulau Brani,
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: our friends over at LTA SMRT all get involved because
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: there will be a massive congestion going to Pulau Brani
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: and going into Sentosa.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Maybe there'll be a new and additional train station there.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: I
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: don't
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: know.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Let's see. Perhaps one more coming in from John saying
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: let's build a futuristic future town.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: There for us to experience the power of technologies and
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: maybe even AI. What they can help and bring to
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: us before it populates the main island. I volunteer to
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: live in Future town.
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: It's an island. It's an island.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: But spelled A I S L. OK. Just don't put
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: me in charge of any branding whatsoever. A worldwide
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: has improved.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: Right? I mean, Singapore, we're always at the forefront of
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: many things, very possible. OK. When we come back, um,
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: some of you hanging on the line and more of
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: your messages, you can still get your opinions in and
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: your thoughts. What would you like to see?
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: On the new Pulla Brani area. Since they're gonna be
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: combining it together with Sentosa, it's gonna be a massive attraction.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: What would you like to see? In exchange, we've got
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: a lovely treat thanks to Marcella over at Pan Pacific
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Orchard Hotel. Catch Zahra Larsson very soon, of course, here
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: in Singapore, very excited for that. But for now,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: We wanted to ask you, on the back of all
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: that was announced for National Day Rally, one of the
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: things that caught my eye was actually the combination of
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Pulau Brani and Sentosa, and how they're going to turn
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: it into like a massive attraction area. Yeah. So what
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: would you like to see on Pulau
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Brani? I want to say good morning to G. Morning, Sojo.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: I want to see an entire island that's pet friendly,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: so we can bring our fur kits out without any restrictions.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Most importantly, the restaurants there will have to provide air-conditioned,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: indoor seating for our pets. Yes, so we can escape
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: from the.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: Sweltering heat on Singapore.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Yesterday was a particularly hot day. I completely feel this
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: texter's pain because we brought Maxi, the dog out, and
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: um I think she was very hot because she kept,
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: you know, dogs perspire by like when they stick their
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: tongue out and they're like panting, right? It may indicate
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: that they are very hot. So we kept giving her water.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: She had like two ice cubes in my hand and
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: she was loving it. So please, if they could have
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: an air conditioned zone for us and our pets, that
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: would be fantastic.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: Not to be a negative Nancy, but if I was
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: working for AVA.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: When I heard this text, I'll be on full alert
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: to receive the highest amount of complaints about Aaron pet owners.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: I don't think so actually. So, so over at New Bahru,
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: for example, most of the shops there are pet friendly,
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: you know, so you can bring your dogs in and
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: walk around the shop. I mean they allow it across
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: most shops in New Bahru and the restaurants also. A
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: as in
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: pet owner arguing with another pet owner. I came first. Hey,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: my dog here first. I know what I mean.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: I
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: hope not because so far.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: I feel personally, I feel like pet owners tend to
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: tend to be quite understanding towards one another. It's, it's
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: like when you have a baby and you look at
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: someone else who has a baby who is experiencing the
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: same problems, you know what I mean?
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: One coming in from PL. Hey, morning, Soki. Happy Monday.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: If Sentosa and Pulaui became one island, I hope we
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: don't just build another world-class attraction. I hope we build
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: a world-class Singaporean experience. I call it Singapore's living heart.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: Where our grandparents' kampong memories meet our children's future, bring
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: back old school playgrounds, provision shops, hawker stalls, traditional games,
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: and disappearing trades. A free beaches, nature trails, sea adventures,
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: and affordable family spaces. Let every race, generation, and neighborhood
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: have a little piece of the island. Dude,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: that's actually quite cool, man. Like it could also be
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: a worldwide attraction if you know what I mean. Look
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: up at
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Pulau Brani trail.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: OK, lah, still can, but it won't be as big
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: as MacRitchie or stuff like
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: that.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: It would be quite cool if they could build a
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: like a kampong, you know what I mean, because as
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: you know, here in Singapore, we don't have much left anymore.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: In fact, I think we only got one, right, left, left, uh,
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Buangkok
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: if I'm not wrong.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, um, not, not a lot left at all. So
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: that could be, that could be a good idea. Yeah,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: it's like a time travel sort of situation, right, you
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: go back in time to experience things that we never
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: got to experience in our parents' and grandparents' time. Charlotte
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: is on the line. What about you? OK, it's an island, right,
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: we can just
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: F1 peak there. And you know, every time, every year
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: F1 peak, right, the, the Suntec area will be always
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: very jammed with all the roadblocks. So I think if
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: they put it at the island, right, it will be
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: like super fantastic for the traffic. So,
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: OK, so I just did a calculation of the perimeter
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: and the width of Pulau Brani.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Uh, approximate length of Pulau Brani is 2.5 km with
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: a width of up to 1 km. So
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: it
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: might not be enough unless they combine Sentosa. But where
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: can they do it in Sentosa?
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Uh, I don't know. Or maybe they can have like
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: another league there like the F3 or F2 or something else, like,
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: you know, the F1 Academy league. I don't know. That
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: could be really cool or go-karting championships. Yeah, yeah, I
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: don't mind, man.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: I think it's high time that Singapore has a go-karting
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: scene because all of us always go to Malaysia for that. Yeah,
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: you know, that could be cool. Thank you so much, Charlotte,
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: for your call. When we come back, more of your
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: messages and we still got time for your calls actually,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: if you want to dial in, 669-11987. If you had
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: a say in what to see on Pulau Brani, now
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: that they might just make it a whole big attraction,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: linking up with Sentosa and all that.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: And we, we cannot call Singapore boring anymore. OK,
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: we
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: got one coming in from Chris. Chris says, morning, Sonia
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: and Joakim. As a history and heritage enthusiast, I would
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: love for Pulau Bi to retain its military and kampong
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: historical traces. And before it was a container hub, Pulau
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Brani was actually home to tin smelting, Kampong houses on
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: stilts on the muddy swamps at the coastal front.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Maybe they can build a resort similar to the idea
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: along the coastal front and also the 1800s underground tunnels.
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: Hope they keep it an integrated part of the whole
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: development.
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: Actually, that's a good idea. I mean, if you think
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: about it, right, if you've ever been to the Maldives, um,
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: their resorts are also built on the water, so it's
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: like an upgraded kampong situation. They could open like a,
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: you know, on, on water sort of resort thing.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: For for people to
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: visit. By the way, Sentosa, Pulau Bran, and other small
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: islands around Sentosa and Mount Faber, they actually hold a
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: lot of history,
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: a lot of it. If you, if you take the
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: time to read about it and just go there and
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: take photos, that would be, that would be cool.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: So don't forget Sentosa's name was Pul Mati.
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, which is not the most, I would say marketable name.
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: I'm glad they changed it. We still have a few
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: more messages we want to read out before we award
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: today's winner. And the question is, seeing how there's going
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: to be a new area of attraction with Pulla Brani
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: and Sentosa being combined with a link, it's gonna be
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: a link. I wonder if it's gonna be a tunnel,
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: a bridge or like what's going on there. I'm sure
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: it's a bridge. Yeah, we're curious to know more details
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: will be revealed soon, I'm sure.
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: We, we asked you this. If you had full reign
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: over what will be on Pulau Brani, what would it be?
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: We
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: don't really have your name on WhatsApp, but it's a
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: username heart. Morning, Sojo. Can they use the space as
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: a living space and community for single ladies? Oh, OK.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Me and my friends talked about having our own living spaces,
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: but still interactive to foster social relations.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: OK, so this one Love Island.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: Either that or the sirens from Odyssey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: what you sing the song, all the men come swimming
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: to you,
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: AKA Joakim. Like, if he knew how to swim, he
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: will swim to you. He'll kayak towards you
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: kayak.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: Any other messages before we wrap
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: it up
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: here? Actually, we, we are done with all our texts
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: already and actually one more coming in from Lionel. Yes,
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: there you go. Hey, morning guys. I love to see
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: Pulau Brani become a beautiful waterfront lifestyle and leisure district
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: with seaside parks, cycling paths, a sheltered swimming lagoon, good
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: local food, and sunset dining, something visitors can enjoy.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: But also somewhere Singaporeans who genuinely want to return again
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: and again with family and friends.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: Nice. Yeah, all very good ideas. I really hope that
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: the powers that be are tuning in or someone from
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: their from their team are tuning in now, listening to
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: the Singaporeans' suggestions.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: My only request is this, the pricing point.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: OK, don't be so premium, is it? Can
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: it be Singapore prices, not Sentosa
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: prices? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get you. I mean,
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: The only problem is, I guess, if it's more, if
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: it's very accessible, maybe it won't be so challenging, for example,
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: to yeah, get transportation there, but thank you so much
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: for all your messages and your suggestions, your calls. Only
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: one person though can walk away with this wonderful Marcella
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: dining experience for two, worth $256 at Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: Gee, who texted us this morning. Gee, congratulations.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Marcella has just launched a new daily a la carte menu.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Aside from their Saturday brunch, of course. They've got separate
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: lunch and dinner offerings differentiated by portion size. So that's
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: music to my ears. By day, you can have tapas,
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: you know, and at night you can feast on like
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: different sharing platters, charcoal grilled meats, seafood, even the Spanish.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: Suckling pig
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: and the TLDR for G's message earlier was more of
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: a place to bring our fur kit out without any
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: restrictions or restrictions.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: I agree. Yeah, I hope that happens.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Well, Gee, if Pulau Brani won't work for you, there's
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: still one Holland Village. Yeah,
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: that's true. They need to expand it though. Not too
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: many dogs there.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: It's a daily convention over there. I
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: I wonder what they're gossiping about.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Anyway, enjoy and please follow them. Visit Pan Pacific Orchard
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: on Instagram for more info. It doesn't seem to be
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: a safe time for uncles in coffee shops and hawker
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: centers right now. And. No, and not too soon because
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: something just happened again, just a few days ago that
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: made us Singaporeans say this, especially in the social media space, OK.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: The consensus is not a safe time for uncles at
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: the kopitiams
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: and pet the
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: child's head. No, no,
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: no such thing, but another fight broke out actually, taking
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: you over to UT food court right now, and this
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: video was making its rounds just yesterday actually. I, I
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: saw it on social media. Now officially there are some
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: articles that were released last night, OK. So over at
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: UT food court in this video.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: It was seen like this older guy, I think he's
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: in his 70s, and another man who's possibly in his 50s, um,
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: were getting into a bit of a verbal like fight. OK,
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: I couldn't really hear what they were saying, but it
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: was something along the lines of like, um, you want
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: quiet people, go out, we go outside, ah, you know,
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: that kind of conversation. OK, that, that's vaguely what I
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: heard in the video. Um, and the, the funny thing
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: was not so funny, but the face palm worthy thing was.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: The person taking the video didn't do anything to try
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: and stop the fight before it escalated.
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: To which I'm just wondering if maybe this person was
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: so close to the incident and other people were just
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: sitting down eating, minding their own business. I feel like
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: someone should have stopped the fight before it escalated to
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: the point where one man threw the chair and pushed
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: the other guy to the ground, you know.
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: Can
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: I,
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: can I ask
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: you a question, Sonia? You see a chick fight happening, OK,
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: girl,
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: and you see
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: chairs being flung. Would you want to stop the fight
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: or run away?
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: Um, depends. Are they drunk? Like, are they at a club?
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: If it's a club setting, maybe I won't, I won't
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: chop in because people might be intoxicated. Yeah, and the
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: bouncers and the guards got it, but if it's between
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: like an elderly person and, you know, like in a
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: public space, I might try to, to help.
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: Again, we don't know what happened. Yeah,
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: I mean,
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: there's no backstory to how the fight started as
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: well. They're just arguing and threatening each other and the
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: older man fell to the ground. So I think police
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: investigation is still ongoing. There's not, not much information coming
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: out for now. No one really knows what happened, so
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: we'll see if there's any further story coming through.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: You know, based on my knowledge, right, even people part
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: of societies, which of course are illegal here in Singapore,
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: they have a code, you know.
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: What, what?
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: Old people and women never have a hit if you're
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: a man,
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: OK,
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: based on my knowledge.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: So it's just
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: it's random sad to see a 50 year old man
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: after a 5 year old.
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: That's why I'm curious like what's the
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: context, backstory needed here, so we'll
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: find out soon. We don't know the backstory, identity revealed.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Hopefully the 75 year old man is OK because he
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: fell to the ground quite badly. Yeah,
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: OK, I want to give a shout out to two
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: bros from BT Secondary School. Very proud of you guys
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: because they actually found a lost wallet. But you know what,
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: there will always be some sour people on social media.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: And wait, what's there to be sour about? They found
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: a wallet.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: You think it's a good deal, right? Let me share
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: with you what the BT Secondary boys did. OK, actually,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: not 23 of them, and you might actually praise them,
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: but you'd be very surprised at what some, not all,
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: what some comments were saying. Oh gosh, yeah, internet is OK.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: I won't use the word.
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: Split, but there are one or two comments out of
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: 10 maybe that are quite sour or, you know, they
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: are just always sour
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: people online critical people.
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: Let's just say if you lose your wallet and in
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: your wallet there's your IC and your IC has your address, right?
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: If I show up to your house and return your wallet,
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: how would you feel?
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: Grateful, I guess. OK, as long as there are no other,
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: you know, intentions there because you know, your, your, your
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: private information I know, but I would probably feel grateful.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: OK, so this is what was done on the 12th
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: of August by three bros from BT Secondary. I wish
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: I could say your names, but yeah, your pictures are
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: all available on social media. Well done to my brothers,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: by the way. They went down to the house. They
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: found the bus they found the wallet on bus 129.
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: And using the owner's IC they checked the address down
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: and they went down to the house itself to return
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: and in the video it was quite cute, you know,
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: they were ding dong ding dong. Nobody
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: was recorded the whole thing,
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: uh, no, the
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: CCTV camera. So one bro said, Hey, maybe they're looking
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: for the CCTV camera. So this guy took the wallet
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: and said, Hey, we found your wallet. You know, everything's intact.
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: The cards are all here. The wallet owner was super grateful,
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: and I think he shared his thanks on social media,
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: and I'm very sure the three boys will get.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: A special mention in the school assembly, but then there'll
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: be always one or two comments, right, you should have
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: gone to the police. Why go to the person's house
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: to return?
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: But maybe the person's house is nearby, like in the
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: in the vicinity.
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: So I don't get it. Is it
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: wrong now to go to the person's house to return?
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: No, I don't
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: think so,
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: because if, if I found a wallet and the IC
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: is there, if it's nearby or if I have time, yeah,
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: I will go and I'll return it directly because we know,
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: you know, the police, they go down, collect, sign the
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: form and all that as compared to returning it directly
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: to the owner.
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: Uh, OK, um, the only, the only thing that I
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: will be concerned about is if it's a, it's a
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: creepy person that took my details down for the wrong reasons. OK,
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: that's the only reason why I would be, you know,
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: worried about that, but they seem like they have pure
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: intentions to really just return it. Come on, it's like
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: 3 schoolboys,
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: right.
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: Quite cute. The guy was really talking to the camera.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: He was doing a live selling of the wallet, saying, Bro,
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: your cards are all here. The money is all here.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: Everything intact, bro.
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: So here's the thing. If the person, the recipients, and
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: the person who lost the wallet was grateful and didn't
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: have an issue with it, why the netizens in the
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: comment section,
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: here, here's my favorite phrase. You can post a photo
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: of a newborn baby, right?
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: Not everybody will be happy for you. Oh
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: yeah, for sure. I mean, look at what happened with
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: Paris Hilton if you recall. Do you remember this? OK.
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: Speaking of babies, right, so she had a kid when
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: that kid was just a baby. Now I think maybe
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: a toddler already. Um, unfortunately, people made fun of the kids,
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: the size of the kid's head forehead or head or something.
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: So, I mean, look, it's a baby. Like plenty of
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: us don't know how we'll look like. You can't predict
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: how you look like when you grow up just from
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: a baby photo, right?
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: I mean, the trolling Paris Hilton has transformed
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: into
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: you know what, I will say that she's taken it
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: with grace and she actually addressed it as well. So
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: at one point she said she had to put a
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: hat on her baby's head because people just couldn't stop
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: criticizing and.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: Making comments and she's like, guys, seriously, it's a, it's
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: a baby. Why are you
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: doing this? But you know what? Hey, the baby has
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: more money
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: than
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: us. Hey, yeah, and it doesn't even realize that Paris is,
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: you know, it's mom. Troll
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: all you want, but yeah, they're going to live a
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: lavish life as compared to us. We can just go
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: back to our salty
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: corners and laugh, laugh however much you want, but Paris
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: Hilton gives back a lot to society, her own charities,
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: and she's now one of the highest paid female DJs,
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: by the way.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: Well done.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: I think she's, she's one.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: An example of just turning people's head into success. She's
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: really that girl.
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: I cannot wait for the Paris Hilton. I know, right?
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie, I caught Paris Hilton at Tomorrowland.
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: She was actually pretty fun.
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: I not surprised.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: And I forgot to tell you this, Joe, but actually
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: just yesterday.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: I was near your hood, sort of near, sort of near. OK. So, uh,
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: we went to this Teochew porridge place at Upper Thompson.
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: I know which one. It's very good. OK, I don't
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: know what the name is, and I, I never registered it,
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: but it's at the row of shophouses. Yeah, I know,
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: and it's like an institution. I think it's been there
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: for like almost 40 years or something.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: I think it's the one I go to as well,
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Heng Leong Teochew Porridge.
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: It's the
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: one that it looks like a Chinese restaurant.
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: Right, on the, on the outside, and then when you
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: go in, it's always packed, you know. There's a big
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: sign
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: that says porridge.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It must be the one. I mean,
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: there can only be one famous one there, right? That's
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: been there for almost 40 years. So first time going there,
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: I got roasted by the waiter actually. Honestly, I wouldn't
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: mind opening up phone lines for this another day, like
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: maybe tomorrow or something, but just, just before I forget,
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: you know, this really made me chuckle, so.
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: Um, we called, we called the waiter over, OK, and, uh, OK,
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: it was our fault as well. We were a bit
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: indecisive with our ordering. So we thought we were ready,
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: but then there were certain things that changed, and then,
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: you know, we caught some things caught our eye and
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: stuff like that. And um that wasn't my fault. Then
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: I ordered barley. That wasn't my fault. Yeah, I ordered barley, right?
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: Then this young boy, I think it's a family business possibly.
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: So then I said, OK, wait, I'll have barley. Then
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: he took down order, then he repeated the order, then
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: I said, Wait, wait, wait, hold on, does the barley
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: have a lot of sugar?
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: Then he said, oh, they already added it in, you know, to,
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: to mix. So do you see one? I was like,
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: you know, I changed my mind. I'll have water instead.
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: He face palmed lah. He face palmed. He laughed and
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: he face palmed at me for changing my drink order.
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: And then what
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: did he say? Did he say anything else? And
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: then, no, he just faced one the whole table just laughed.
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: Then my family members say, Hey, you just got snubbed
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: by the waiter.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: Who honestly looks like he was 18 or something like
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: he's probably their son or grandson working at the restaurant.
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: This auntie face pumped. OK, then I asked for more
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: chili because we, the, the one that was on our
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: table was already like only I don't know, half left
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: when finishing,
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: yeah, it was almost done. So I asked for more chili.
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: Then he looks at me, he's like, nicheosu, right? Like
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: you finished it, right.
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: He's just being cheeky with you. Hey,
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: it's not me, ah,
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: not
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: me, OK?
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: You
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: got the roast me
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: face
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: la. I do, yeah, maybe we'll open up phone lines
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: for this another day this week. Have you ever been
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: roasted by service? But it's all good. I, I had
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: a good laugh about it. I mean, I used
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: to get it lah. Striker
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: one la. Yeah, that's right.
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: Just for my money,
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: yeah.