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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 230426 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: Wake up.
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  Speaker 2: Good
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  Speaker 1: next
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  Speaker 2: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonnya
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  Speaker 2: and Joakim on the shock circuit. Good morning. Happy Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: We are almost there to the weekend, which means 2
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  Speaker 2: more days for you to walk away with not just
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  Speaker 2: concert tickets. We've got an estate dining experience over at
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  Speaker 2: Hilton Hotel and
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  Speaker 1: maybe even $9000. Singapore's number one hit music station.
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  Speaker 1: No matter what. Honestly, I'm just counting down to Labor Day,
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  Speaker 1: first of May.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, wait, do we get a public call? No, we're
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  Speaker 2: still coming into work. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: it's OK. Of in lieu.
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  Speaker 2: We get off in lieu, OK,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm counting
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  Speaker 1: down on your behalf, so hopefully you enjoy a long
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  Speaker 1: or maybe a longer weekend if you take leave around
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  Speaker 1: the same period to go somewhere for a
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  Speaker 1: quick trip.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I mean, I know for a couple of
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  Speaker 2: my friends, they are definitely heading to like Bangkok, for example,
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  Speaker 2: but if I'm not wrong, Thailand is still incredibly hot
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm not wrong,
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  Speaker 1: I've heard it's going up.
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  Speaker 2: I heard that it's going up to like 40s or something. Wait,
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  Speaker 2: let me do a quick check
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  Speaker 1: this is
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  Speaker 1: Bangkok or like the northern side of
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  Speaker 2: Thailand. I'm checking in Bangkok. I'm doing it. Uh, let's go. Oh, OK, OK.
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  Speaker 2: So as of, as of a couple of days back,
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  Speaker 2: as of yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Um, I think it was about 30 to 34 °C,
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  Speaker 2: which is similar to Singapore, but
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  Speaker 2: If I'm not wrong, certain parts of Thailand last week,
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  Speaker 2: it hit like 50 degrees, you know.
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  Speaker 1: If you, if you key in Bangkok temperature on Google,
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  Speaker 1: it gives you an excessive heat
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  Speaker 1: warning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, OK, so, um, Thailand battles relentless heat wave. OK, yes,
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  Speaker 2: so it's still going up and down right now. So
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  Speaker 2: make sure that if you're traveling there very soon, just
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  Speaker 2: hydrate a lot.
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  Speaker 1: And given how much I perspire here in Singapore, I
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  Speaker 1: think the moment I set foot in Bangkok, that's it
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  Speaker 1: for a new reservoir.
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  Speaker 1: I'm back. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: actually I didn't say why you were gone.
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  Speaker 1: It was a different kind of different kind of runs
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  Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. OK,
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  Speaker 2: we don't need to know this morning.
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  Speaker 1: It's OK. So my stomach has survived. I'm here. Let's
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  Speaker 1: carry on with the show. Well,
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  Speaker 2: it's
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  Speaker 2: all good. It's all good. In less than 15 minutes,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna open up phone lines. Second last chance for
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  Speaker 2: you to walk away with tickets to catch clout.
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  Speaker 2: 9.
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  Speaker 1: And also, given how it's a Thursday, second last chance
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  Speaker 1: for you to win $9000. Tomorrow, if nobody wins it,
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  Speaker 1: that means on Monday I'm excited, $10,000. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: can
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  Speaker 2: you imagine that? I mean, I don't recall the last
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  Speaker 2: time we actually gave away $100. Was that like last year?
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  Speaker 2: No one year ago? No, more than one year ago.
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  Speaker 1: More than one year ago.
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  Speaker 1: What? OK,
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  Speaker 2: that's crazy. What you could do with 100.
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  Speaker 1: I recall
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  Speaker 1: that the highest amount we've given away for Secret Sound.
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  Speaker 1: Was sometime in 2018 or 2019
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  Speaker 2: to 100
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  Speaker 1: crossed above $18,000 back in 2018, 2019. It was covered
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  Speaker 1: in the media and all that and even.
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  Speaker 1: I was surprised at how high the amount went,
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  Speaker 2: and I think uh we actually got Zed to try
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  Speaker 2: and guess what the secret sound was, and he had
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  Speaker 2: no clue. Not
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  Speaker 1: just Zed, Mike
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  Speaker 2: Shinoda, yeah, so many
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  Speaker 1: famous
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  Speaker 1: people who came down to Singapore in 2018, 2019. We
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  Speaker 1: played
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  Speaker 1: it with them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. Well, you know what, fun times. Hopefully, um,
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  Speaker 2: once more of them start coming back to Singapore, we
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  Speaker 2: can do that again.
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  Speaker 1: We should play this game with. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: or Annehold who's going to be here in Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: Why not?
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  Speaker 2: By
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  Speaker 1: then,
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  Speaker 2: will someone win? I don't know because this is happening very.
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  Speaker 2: So in about 2 weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 1: was wondering why there were loads of run clubs running
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  Speaker 1: around Marina Bay Sands area. I was kind of wondering
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  Speaker 1: what the next run is. People could be training for
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  Speaker 1: overseas marathons and races. OK,
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  Speaker 2: was there something else going on?
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  Speaker 1: There are a few
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  Speaker 1: Singaporeans coming back from the Boston Marathon.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: which is one of the world major marathons I would
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  Speaker 1: love to do in the near future. You
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  Speaker 2: know, you've never been to Boston, have you? No, I
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  Speaker 2: love Boston, you know, it's like a little.
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  Speaker 2: It's quite a manicured looking town. It's a student town
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  Speaker 2: because there's a lot of top universities there, but it
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  Speaker 2: is also very near the sea. So you get fantastic seafood,
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  Speaker 2: you know, your Boston lobsters, your chowders and all that.
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  Speaker 1: I was just following it very closely and realized it's
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  Speaker 1: a place called Heartbreak Hill. It's a massive uphill gradient
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  Speaker 1: to which a lot of people might have their hearts
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  Speaker 1: broken because they give up because the gradient can be
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  Speaker 1: a tough one to climb.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, you mean that's part of the marathon?
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 2: So then what if you give up, then you do not.
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  Speaker 1: OK. So I would liken Heartbreak Hill to Singapore's Shears Bridge,
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  Speaker 1: which the gradient can really kill a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: in a running context. Yes, but there was one sign
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  Speaker 1: that went viral and loads of people weren't really too
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  Speaker 1: happy with it. It's by the run sponsors or apparel
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  Speaker 1: sponsors Nike.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I think I saw that one and uh, OK,
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  Speaker 2: you can go ahead and
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  Speaker 1: tell. The sign read runners welcomed, walkers tolerated, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people, even the elite runners are saying, Nike,
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  Speaker 1: how can you put a sign like that to the
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  Speaker 1: point where the backlash was so bad that Nike removed
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  Speaker 1: the sign. Um,
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  Speaker 2: actually, one of their competitors put up, um, an ad
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  Speaker 2: riding on that, you know, I think it was A6 A6.
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  Speaker 2: How smart, right?
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  Speaker 2: I love that. So again,
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  Speaker 1: if you're going to do a run, whether 5, 1021, 42,
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  Speaker 1: even 2.4, you know, if it's your first run in
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  Speaker 1: a while and your body is saying, hey, we're gassed out,
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  Speaker 1: take a slow walk, walk, walking is totally fine. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I walk a lot during a half marathon and a
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  Speaker 1: full marathon to just get my heart rate back down
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  Speaker 1: and my lactic acid
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: OK, OK. Well, I'm proud to announce that I did
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  Speaker 2: not walk during my 2.4
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  Speaker 1: because you've never done a 2.4
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  Speaker 2: in secondary school.
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  Speaker 1: Was it the last time you did it? It doesn't count.
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  Speaker 1: Not one, not two, but 4 tickets coming your way
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  Speaker 1: for the ultimate festival happening May 9th. Now we've got
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  Speaker 1: 8 different acts who, you know, if you were to
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  Speaker 1: go for cloud nine, you could say and have bragging
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  Speaker 1: rights that you were there since day one before some
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  Speaker 1: of them catapult to superstardom.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm very confident they will be. You know, there
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  Speaker 2: are some that have never been to Singapore to perform before,
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  Speaker 2: so we're very excited. Give us a call 669-11987. Let
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  Speaker 2: us know what school you're from, what song you want
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  Speaker 2: to hear, maybe you have a shout out and the
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  Speaker 2: moment you get to the phone lines, you immediately walk
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  Speaker 2: away with those tickets. So's do it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, hi, I'm
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  Speaker 2: Casey. Hi, Casey, what school are you from?
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  Speaker 2: I'm from Anglican High. Anglican High. What level would that
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  Speaker 2: be this year? Se.
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  Speaker 1: So Casey, what's your subject combi for this year?
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  Speaker 1: Biochem,
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  Speaker 2: job,
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  Speaker 1: and SS. So your biochem is combined science or pure Pure,
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  Speaker 1: pure.
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  Speaker 2: OK. Is that your mom in the background correcting you? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: OK, tell us what is so good about Anglican Highlight?
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  Speaker 2: What would you recommend about your school? Um,
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 2: think that Anglican High
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  Speaker 1: has
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  Speaker 2: like,
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  Speaker 1: it's like a
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  Speaker 2: very
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  Speaker 1: welcoming
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  Speaker 2: commun community. Everyone here is very friendly
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  Speaker 1: and
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  Speaker 2: like, Oh yeah, the food is really good.
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  Speaker 2: He needs to be reminded by his mom, but hey,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, we love that you love the people
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  Speaker 2: of Anglican High. Often that makes the school awesome. Just
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  Speaker 2: want to say congratulations. First up, you're walking away with
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  Speaker 2: those fifty-fifty tickets.
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  Speaker 1: 4 tickets to cloud nine featuring 50/50.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Ah, got mixed up there. Alright, congratulations for that.
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  Speaker 2: And now you get to choose a song for your
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  Speaker 2: friends or whoever you want to dedicate it to. What
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  Speaker 2: would you like to hear? Yeah, Emptiness Machine by Linkin Park. OK,
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  Speaker 2: that's coming up for you right now. You have a
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  Speaker 2: great day, OK? Thank you. Take care. Bye-bye. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're tuning in now, um, and you are young parents,
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  Speaker 2: or maybe you are thinking of having kids in the future, um,
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  Speaker 2: this may be very applicable.
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  Speaker 2: Applicable to you because just I think it was a
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  Speaker 2: few months back when uh Jeremy and I were looking
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  Speaker 2: at apartments, right? Because we were thinking, OK, what, what
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  Speaker 2: do we do now because um he's got his place,
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  Speaker 2: I've got my place, and we just need to figure
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  Speaker 2: out this living situation, right? Um, and we're like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: this particular place is quite nice, to which some of
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  Speaker 2: his friends and even my parents were like saying,
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  Speaker 2: But this area, no schools, you know, in the future
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  Speaker 2: if you have a kid, if you have a kid
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  Speaker 2: in the future. They said, huh, must think so far.
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  Speaker 2: To which I think some Singaporeans are like, duh, obviously
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  Speaker 2: you got to think of these things. But to me,
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, but what if I just want to live
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  Speaker 2: in the now, like I like this place, I want
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  Speaker 2: to live here now. Then next time I worry about this,
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  Speaker 2: but I think there are two schools of thought when it,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to this
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  Speaker 2: issue.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, of course, the notion they have been trying
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  Speaker 1: to put into a good school.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is.
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  Speaker 1: But OK, not every school has the same heritage as,
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  Speaker 1: for example, I'm going to name a few names,
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  Speaker 2: OK,
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  Speaker 1: like, like your, your elite
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  Speaker 2: schools basically, yeah. So the thing is I have no
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  Speaker 2: ties to any of these schools because you know I'm
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  Speaker 2: from Saint Anthony's, right? I mean, I am of the
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  Speaker 2: opinion that I don't mind my future kid if it's
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  Speaker 2: a girl going to the same school. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but anyway, the point is there are parents that
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  Speaker 2: go to great lengths to get their kids into the
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  Speaker 2: school that they
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  Speaker 2: want.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the amount of trying to move into the
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  Speaker 1: Balmoral area for AC, I guess that's
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  Speaker 2: for a certain particular school. I mean, I guess that's
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  Speaker 2: one of the reasons why a lot of elite schools
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  Speaker 2: have been slowly moving into different areas of Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I want to see how many people.
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  Speaker 1: Move to for ACS
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  Speaker 2: exactly, exactly, and primary school is the important one because
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  Speaker 2: that's where you start, right? And then whether or not
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  Speaker 2: your kid makes it into the secondary school version of your,
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  Speaker 2: your preferred school, then that's up to them and their
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  Speaker 2: results for 10 years 10 years,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, primary.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe Raffles perhaps.
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  Speaker 2: Raffles, yeah, you could be there for 10 years too.
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  Speaker 2: But like I mentioned, you know, people can go to
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  Speaker 2: great lengths and unfortunately for this um mom here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 2: I believe she's a single mom and she went through, well, um,
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  Speaker 2: quite a bit over the past few years. She's officially
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  Speaker 2: been issued a 1-week jail term after.
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  Speaker 2: Lying about her address to get her child into a
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  Speaker 2: popular primary school.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a few weeks ago about renting and she wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. So she was trying to say like, oh, I
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  Speaker 2: think her lawyer was also trying to say, but she
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  Speaker 2: was staying there for a period of time, but I
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  Speaker 2: think it's a he said, she said, oh, look into
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  Speaker 2: the details kind of situation, you know. So unfortunately, well,
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  Speaker 2: the Chief Justice had decided to uphold the one-week jail term.
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  Speaker 2: Um, I think she tried to appeal to pay a
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  Speaker 2: fine instead of close to $10,000 but, um, the prosecution
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  Speaker 2: did not seek a higher sentence. They said, let's just
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  Speaker 2: uphold the one-week jail term.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, OK, because if it was down to $10,000 fine.
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  Speaker 1: Most parents might go, OK, lah, $10,000.
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  Speaker 2: Is it a small price to pay to solve this problem,
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  Speaker 2: is it? Maybe maybe, yeah, yeah. So, um, it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: say what school, of course, because her daughter, her kid
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  Speaker 2: is still a minor, and I hope that it stays
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  Speaker 2: that way because your parents do.
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  Speaker 2: Should not have a negative impact on you, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean? Like you don't want her kid to
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  Speaker 2: be bullied in school for that. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if, for example, by some slip up or whatsoever, if
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  Speaker 1: the students around the girl might find out, oh, it's
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  Speaker 1: your mother or your mother, unfortunately bound to happen.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I really hope not.
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  Speaker 2: I really hope not. He's
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  Speaker 2: in the school doesn't say, since this began quite a
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  Speaker 2: while back, I mean it wasn't yesterday that this case started,
• 11:53
  Speaker 2: in fact, but you know, things take time, right? So I,
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  Speaker 2: it sounds like the daughter's already in the school. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think the daughter should be punished for
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  Speaker 2: I hope not. What happened, yeah, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: Like collateral damage. He's hoping that she still does well
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  Speaker 2: in school and, you know, um, retains a place there.
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  Speaker 1: Can I be cheeky and say this? I think there
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  Speaker 1: are many cases like this
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of them have been reported over the past
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  Speaker 2: few years. Just
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  Speaker 1: that this one gained media traction. Yeah, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: about whether will it, will there be more.
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  Speaker 1: Of such things as parents are looking for good areas
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore to live in.
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  Speaker 2: I know
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  Speaker 2: people literally move like they sell their place and move
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  Speaker 2: into a house for that reason. But if you do that,
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  Speaker 2: then I guess that's legitimate, you know. Wait, wait,
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  Speaker 1: wait
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  Speaker 1: till you find out how parents are donating inverted commas
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  Speaker 1: to the school. Yeah, there you
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  Speaker 2: go. Sadly, I don't have the millions to have a
• 12:45
  Speaker 2: Sonia Chewing somewhere.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully you're having a great start to your Thursday. I
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: think yesterday was thundering down here in
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  Speaker 2: Singapore. It was, you know, almost every day this week
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  Speaker 2: there was, there'll be one point in the day where
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  Speaker 2: it's starting to thunder and flood
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  Speaker 2: up.
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  Speaker 1: But you know what, it's about time we had some rain.
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  Speaker 2: I don't mind it,
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  Speaker 1: to be honest and humid.
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  Speaker 1: Few weeks when we come back here on the shock
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  Speaker 1: circuit though, a personal observation from yours
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  Speaker 2: truly. Oh no, what was this regarding? Can you at
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  Speaker 2: least narrow it down so I won't be too
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  Speaker 1: shocked. How blessed and privileged we are to be Singaporean.
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  Speaker 2: We already know that. Or do we?
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  Speaker 1: I was just thinking to myself yesterday how privileged and
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  Speaker 1: blessed we are to be here in Singapore and Singaporean. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is a personal observation. See if you
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  Speaker 1: agree with me, OK.
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  Speaker 1: Reading the news as of late, overseas happenings, we've got wars,
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  Speaker 1: we've got government instability, we've got all these kind of
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  Speaker 1: conflicts here and there, and then you bring it to Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: What are we dealing with? What?
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  Speaker 2: I'm scared.
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  Speaker 1: Crows and dodgy massage
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  Speaker 1: parlors.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you had to go there with the dodgy massage parlor. OK,
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  Speaker 2: I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: in the news again. Some new rules will be in play,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm not too sure how this affects your land
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  Speaker 1: and more established establishments as compared to your neighborhood ones
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  Speaker 1: or the
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  Speaker 2: You know there might
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  Speaker 1: be, you know what I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah, to
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  Speaker 1: the point where, I mean, the, I think it was
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  Speaker 1: Tanjung Paga Plaza that once it made the news that
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  Speaker 1: there were plenty of interesting massage parlors over there, they
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  Speaker 1: almost cleared the whole thing out. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: OK, wait, so what, what are the rules?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so, OK, I again, I'm not too familiar with
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  Speaker 1: all these massage parlors.
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  Speaker 1: OK, the only one I've been to was Nature Land.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for the clarification. Not that anyone asked, but now
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  Speaker 2: that you're saying it sounds a bit sass.
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: And now the only massages I go for is a
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: sports massage at
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: Kallang Wave. I can help you do so. My elbow
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: is quite effective.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: Never mind, it's OK.
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: Um, yeah, so apparently what open concept massage parlors, it
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: must stay open. You cannot have partitions or
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: rooms and all that,
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: OK, I get you. Like you know because Nature Land
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: actually is open concept. 000,
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: I had no idea because
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: you never go to Nature Land.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: I went once.
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: You say you went there, you don't know there's an
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: open concept. I'm sure there's like a if you if
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: you choose to go like for a full body, which is,
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: you know, obviously you have to be more undressed, and
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: I think they have like the kwasha or the cupping stuff.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: Most likely, you know, you have to take your shirt off,
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: but for the regular massage as open concept where it's
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: like 5 in 1, which is pretty much almost a
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: full body. It's just that you don't have to like.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: Down on a bed. It's open concept. You leave your
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: clothes on. There's no such thing as taking your shirt
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: off or whatever. So yeah,
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: I
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: remember I went for a back massage at Nature Land.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: Yes, that should be open concept.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: It
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: was, it was. I could see everyone walking in and
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: out and all that.
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: Why you laugh?
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Jo sounding like he's never been to Nature Land.
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: I've only been there
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: once. You can only be so defensive. It's OK.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Which outlet, which outlet? The one at Holland. Oh,
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: OK, next
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: to the bakery.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: Ah yes, there is one at Holland. See, lucky you
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: know there's one at Holland. I am not guilty.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: 87 C
• 16:07
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• 16:08
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• 16:10
  Speaker 2: Sophan here. Hello, Sufian, morning. How are you feeling, man?
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: I'm feeling good. Feeling lucky today. Alright, feeling good and
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: lucky is great because indeed you are lucky. The secret
• 16:20
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• 16:24
  Speaker 2: What you're walking away with is this.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: Sufian, our secret buzzer prize of the week was a
• 16:29
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• 16:34
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  Speaker 1: your prizes today. You've won something worth 1,000+ already. How
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: about giving you $9000 in cold hard cash? Yeah.
• 16:55
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• 16:59
  Speaker 1: Sufian, for $9000 what is a 987 secret sound? It
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: sounds like a briefcase, a number lock briefcase that is
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: locking and unlocking sound of it.
• 17:11
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• 17:11
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• 17:18
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• 17:20
  Speaker 1: Sophia, not the answer we're looking for. Try again next time, OK?
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: But hey, congratulations. You're still walking away with the anytime
• 17:29
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• 17:31
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• 17:33
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• 17:35
  Speaker 1: So one guess win big.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: What's that
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: sound?
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us. OK, so as of this week, um,
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: I consider both Joakim and I converts of the new
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Meta AI glasses. Yeah. So a bit of context here,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: I was sharing with Joakim that over the weekend, I
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: gave it a go and um was lucky enough to
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: give it a try on Saturday during a, a rave, actually,
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: like a music festival. The Palm Tree Festival. Yes, Palm
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Tree Music Festival. So then Joel was asking me a
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: lot of questions and he was saying, do you think
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: I can use the Ray-Ban Meta AI for running? To
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: which I said, OK, I don't think the Ray-Ban.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Meta AI version will be suitable for running, but there's
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: another one done by Oakley that is also a collaboration
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: with Meta AI. So
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: I
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: actually went down, but disclaimer, yeah, because I'm, I'm of
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: the knowledge that there are a couple of personalities here
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: in Singapore doing campaigns with Ray-Ban and Oakley for the
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Meta AI classes. I'm, I'm not, no, you're the only
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: one I knew for Ray-Ban. Oh, OK, Ray-Ban, yeah. And
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: then when I was scrolling through, uh, Instagram, I want
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: to give a shout out to beach volleyballer Eliza Chong. OK,
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: so she.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: She's doing it. So I actually DM'ed her and I
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: asked her, Hey, how are the glasses like when you
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: run or jump? Do you feel it moving up and down?
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: And she tried
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: the Oakley one, right?
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: The Oakley ones that I got, the Oakley Vanguard. She said, no,
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: only when she dives for the
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: ball, it might movement slip once in a while.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: I mean, with any eyewear, I guess there's no eyewear
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: that will perfectly not move unless it's goggles, right?
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: I was just thinking to myself, OK, should I make
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: this investment and do more content because I really find
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: it a hassle to film on my phone. Of course,
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: of course. It's really if you're running 15 km.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: If you lift your phone up with the left hand
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: with the left or right hand, it's gonna be very sore.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: So I actually bought it for $819 at Oakley Marina Basins.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: It came with a free gift, by the way. Got
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: the coffee cup. Is it the one that you can
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: press and then extend it? Oh, like
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: a
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: flask or yeah, it's like rubber, right?
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, it's in the studio with me now. I've
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: been terrorizing Sonia with it. I bought the red ones.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: It's quite nice, so I cannot wait to run with
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: it and do more running content. But then when I
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: reviewed that I bought it at $819 OK.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: I got a slew of DMs. People are saying, joking.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Why you buy it?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Why you
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: buy?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: I should have gone overseas and buy. It's cheaper. Australia
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: is cheaper.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: OK, wait, I can, can I, can I contribute here?
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: OK.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Recently, one of my close friends also said the same thing,
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: not in regards to the glasses, but to a luxury bag, OK,
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: and she thought about it for so long. Like I
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: even accompanied her, go to Singapore store to take a look,
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: try it, blah blah b.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: After all that, right, a whole day of trying it
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: on different stores, she said, you know what, I think
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go to Taiwan, buy it because it's cheaper.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Then I said, but sis, you are flying there, you
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: have to pay for your air ticket.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: That's my exact
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: response.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: You, you then have to book your hotels, and then, yeah,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: you save a few $100 with the luxury bag, but
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: you're paying even more to go to. Exactly. Then she said, OK,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: in that case, I have to make a trip out
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: of it. I'm like, OK, hold on.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Unless you were already intending to go, then that makes sense.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: But if you're making a whole trip out of it
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: just to get the bag or the item that you want.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: I don't know if it makes
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: sense.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: This is my exact response to those who DM me
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: the same thing, saying go overseas cheaper, but I'm like,
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: you're paying for your flight ticket and all that,
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: and you're not planning to go anywhere anytime soon. That's
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: the thing, yeah.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: And the number one carpet of this same phrase buying
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: overseas cheaper, my mom, OK, 2 years ago in Italy, oh, Jo,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: the Prada store. Oh, so cheap. Mommy, think about it.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: We flew here,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: yeah,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: yeah, OK.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: OK lah, but if I, if I went to, let's
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: say Milan or Paris or something, and you know, it
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: is well known for the Chanels and Diors of the world, OK,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: maybe I might buy something there. OK,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Prada's first in Milan or something like that, right? OK, fashion,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: but then I compared the prices between the Italian and
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: the Singaporean price. OK lah, there's a few 100.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: Because
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: for a lot of luxury brands, they try and standardize to, to,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: you know, make room for the FX difference. But anyway,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: we digress. We want to open up the phone lines 669-11987.
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: Are you the kind of person, and by the way,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: there's no right or wrong answer, are you the kind
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: of person
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: That if you lay your eyes on a, say, a
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: luxury item or something that's quite expensive, would you just
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: buy it here in Singapore, or would you wait and
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: see whether overseas might have a better deal? If it's cheaper,
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: you buy it overseas.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Because
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: cheaper overseas, but you must fly there. Yeah,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: yeah. But if you're already going for a holiday, maybe
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: it makes sense. I'm switching the topic here today. We're
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: talking about whether
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: you would stay here in Singapore to get a luxury
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: good or would you wait till you go overseas because
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: the perception is always, oh, maybe certain places overseas might
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: be cheaper.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: I think it's a very Singaporean mentality as well. Hey,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: buy overseas. So, it's cheaper, it's
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: cheaper. But to me, if I really wanted an item
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: and I want it now.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: I'll, I'll get it now, but OK, not because I
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: want to throw money or what, but I'm thinking I'm
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: also going to spend extra money on the flight ticket.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: I've got to book hotels. Like in the end, you
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: come back, you may also have to, you know, pay
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: the GST fee or if you are declaring your items, right? Like, anyway, OK,
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: let's hit to messages first. WhatsApp? Let's see. Hello.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Uh, sorry, wait.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Are you seeing it right?
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I got my name wrong. Joe, hello, Joe. Joe says, hey,
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim, so here's my take. I'm the kind
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: of luxury shopper who lives with a spontaneous thrill. If
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: I spot something fabulous in a boutique and it makes
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: me feel amazing, I'm not waiting or prize hunting overseas.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: I just slip it on right there and then. Retail
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: therapy should be a joyful in the moment affair. For me,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: it's all about the instant spark, not overthinking.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: It might be cheaper, just pure indulgence and wearing that
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: new treasure out the door.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Dude, I love that. I love that for you. But
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: also sometimes certain things, OK, I will say like if
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: you're getting a very expensive watch, for example, take your
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: time to think about it. Don't be too impulsive. Think,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: think first. Yeah.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: You know, it took me about 45 minutes yesterday to
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: decide on buying the Vanguard, but
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: that's different from like a Patek, right?
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: I said like a watch, I said a luxury watch.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Of course,
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: of course, yeah, but 800 versus 80,000 is a bit different, bro.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: You got to think carefully with 80,000. In
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: this economy, 800 80,000,
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: 45 minutes to think about.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I walked up and down. The guy was like, OK,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: come back later.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: Alright, heading back to our messages first before we get
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: to on online right now. And the question is, when
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: it comes down to expensive items, would you rather just
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: buy it here in Singapore because you want it now?
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: Or would you really consider and wait because you might think, eh,
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: overseas might be cheaper, so maybe I should go overseas
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: and buy. That's your favorite
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Singaporean phrase.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Overseas cheaper, yeah, yeah, OK, but are you ready to
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: be rage baited Sonia? Oh no, here we go. Want
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: to say good morning to AH who's gonna rage bait
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: you here on 987. Yeah, I would just buy it, lah,
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: not gonna compare with overseas prices. Why buy luxury with
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: a cheapskate mindset? Oh, do you feel the anger?
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: OK, I, I will say, aside from luxury items, you
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: know what is one other thing that a lot of
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: people go overseas for that they say is cheaper than Singapore?
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Plastic surgery. You're right. OK, maybe not just plastic joke,
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: not a joke actually. Aesthetic procedures, um, yeah, plastic surgery,
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: I'm sure.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Coer and all that, they are, they could be cheaper
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: as well. So from what I know, my friends who
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: do like maybe lasers, Botox, fillers, you know, things like that, right? Um,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: they've done a lot of research and they started quite
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: early on because they believe that it's preventive. And you
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: know what, if it's your belief and you know where
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: to go exactly, and you know that it's safe, fine.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: But I, I'm always paranoid because when it comes to
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: anything that's related to like a medical procedure, um, not
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: that I've tried any invasive stuff ever before, but
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: I feel hesitant doing it overseas. Firstly, language barrier, although
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: I'm very well aware that places like Thailand and Korea
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: have great medical tourism now. But secondly, what if something
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: goes wrong and I already flew back to Singapore, then
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: I have to pay extra money to the Singaporean doctor
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: to fix it, you know what I mean? That's my mentality.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: I'm a bit worried about that.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: I mean, for me, I would feel safer seeing a
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: Singaporean doctor.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: So you see, you pay a little bit more here
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: in Singapore for sure, right? But
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: I feel like we could be more protected by the
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: laws here. I don't know. I don't know. Please correct
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: me if I'm wrong when it comes to this aesthetic stuff.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: Anyway, anonymous texter coming in today. Hey Sonia and Joakim,
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: as I travel for work quite frequently, I've been buying
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: luxury items, fashion items, and gadgets when I travel for work.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: I even became transport mules for my family and friends.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: Recently I got a bag from my friend at almost 1.20.
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: Cheaper in Amsterdam.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: wow yeah I mean it is, it could be significantly cheaper,
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: especially for some
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: I'll see.
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: OK, when it comes to fashion bags, you know I'm
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: I'm clueless, but maybe more tech tech occasionally I'll go
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: into an Apple store overseas just to compare the prices
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: and all that.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: I think one of the things that could really affect
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: the price would be the currency. So if Singapore dollar
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: is getting stronger and stronger, then yeah, maybe you could
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: be saving quite a lot.
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: So, what about you? I might as well get the item, right.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: And I also like traveling a lot, so I make
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: it a point to travel at least once a month
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: to different places.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: Wow, what? Ah,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: yes, usually nearby because um I don't have enough leave
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: to travel further. So it's like Bangkok, Bali, maybe even sometimes.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: Yes, correct. All these
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: places. So can I ask what was the last like
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: expensive item that you bought overseas?
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: I believe it was
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: an LV wallet I think cost about 1,000+.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: And did it, did it give you joy when you
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: laid eyes on it?
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think I get absolute joy whenever I buy
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: a new item and that's something I need to control.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's a dopamine hit,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: yes, yes, that's why. How much would the LV wallet
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: cost in Singapore? I think at least about $1000 more.
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: Wow, seriously, really?
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: What the leather from the wallet made of a proper.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: Premium
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: materials I wonder because maybe sometimes it differs from item
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: to item also like scarcity complex, right? I mean we
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: don't really have it here. Yeah.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: I
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: think there are too many, Joe. You won't be able
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: to you won't be able to identify which one he bought.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: There's way too many models. Thank you so much. You
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: have a great day, OK. Take care.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: Love you too. Thank you. OK, back to the last
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: couple of messages here and Mel, who's hanging on the line.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: Question for you today, when it comes to luxury goods
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: or expensive items, would you just buy it here in
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: Singapore for the instant gratification or if you heard that, oh,
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: maybe it's cheaper overseas, you wait and buy it overseas
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: instead? Saying good morning to Jolene. Jolene says, morning, Sonia
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: and Joakim. It's not even about traveling overseas to purchase.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: Purchase something to save costs. It's also buying items from
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: the supermarket. Some supermarkets like the one in Ion is
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: selling kettle potato chips at about around 10% more than
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: the blue red logo ones. My partner and I were
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: in town and thought we could, we could get some snacks.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: When we saw the price, he said it was expensive
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: and didn't want to make the purchase since he has
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: seen it for 2 times, or rather seen it 2
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: for the
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: 2 for the price of 1 elsewhere. There we go. OK.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: I didn't think much about it and went ahead with
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: this plan to go to stop by another mallmart to
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: get it. Then it hit me. Taking public transport to
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: another mall, also spending extra what?
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: Basically you paid the same
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: amounts more than 10% for transport.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you, if you have the ability
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: to do so, then yes. However, if I'm going to
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: the supermarket to buy like a lot of groceries, I'm
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: probably gonna go to the one at the neighborhood near
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: my house where it's cheaper, you know what I mean?
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: On that note of charging a little bit differently when
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: it comes to your food and stuff, right? I'm gonna
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: sound very uncle.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: Taifeng and Marina Bay Sands priced differently and in Taifeng
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: at Junction 8 very different.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: OK, hold on, because I think, um, likewise for the
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: Hai Tilau at Marina Bay Sands, OK, I'm not sure
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: about the price difference. Um, I will find out soon
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: because one of my friend's birthdays, but they do price,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: they do market it as a Hai Tilao like premium.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: So I think with the name alone, you would expect
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: maybe more premium ingredients or a bit more expensive.
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: So that isn't your heartland here in Singapore, you know.
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah a little
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: bit more. Exactly.
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: So we've got Mel on the line. OK, Mel, last
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: but not least, what about you? Um, I would just
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: grab it when I can in Singapore. That's right. OK,
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: so then? I think sometimes it's about treating yourself in the,
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: in the moment, uh, and the savings are sometimes illusory.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: When you come back, you still have to pay 9% GST.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: So that in a sense erodes whatever savings you imagine
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: you have.
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, true. It's for those people who declare.
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: Because we know most don't, we
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: know.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: Come on, yeah, it can be a tricky one. You
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: should because if you do get called for a spot
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: check or something, then you might be in trouble and
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: you might actually have to pay what, like I'm not
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: sure how much more could be fine, yeah, yeah. Um,
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: IRAS has a hotline where if you report someone for
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: not paying their tax and they are successfully prosecuted, um, you,
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: the informant, can get a reward based on the amount
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: of tax recovered.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: I didn't know this.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: OK,
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: I didn't know this.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: Joakim is on it right now. OK, before we wrap
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: things up, I wanted to share my own story. Here
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: we go. And uh we're talking about whether or not
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: you wait here in Singapore. I mean, sorry, you will
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: buy a luxury item here in Singapore or wait till
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: you go overseas to purchase it because it's cheaper. And
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: that's good.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: Always the perception, right? Like, hey, why you do this
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: overseas luxury item cheaper. OK, never mind. This is related, OK, related.
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: So, um, a couple of years back, I went to Italy, OK,
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: for a trip, personal holiday. And on this holiday, uh,
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: one of my clients, which is a luxury bag brand,
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: actually wanted to tag on to that and say like, hey,
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: do you mind taking a few bags with you and
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: um we'll, we'll do this campaign, so you can just
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: shoot it overseas. It'll be nice. So I say, yes, OK, nice,
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: you know, artist manager.
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Got in touch, sent the bags over and stuff. It's
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: on loan, right? So I brought the bags and because
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: these are still like real items, I was a little
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: bit paranoid. So I put it in my cabin luggage
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: so that it's always with me at all times. When
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: I came back to Singapore, as usual, you know me,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: I got caught for a spot check lah, OK, nothing,
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: nothing surprises, yeah, yeah, I know. And sometimes they'll even
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: go like, hey, the DJ, right? You know, and they'll
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: still check my bag anyway, OK.
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: So this goes to show it doesn't make a difference, ah,
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: doesn't make a difference. Check my bag. I forgot that
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: in my cabin luggage there are all these luxury bags, right?
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: And it looks, OK, listen, but, but luxury bag. Hold on,
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: hold on, but it's, it's.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: How do I even explain, right? I was like, the
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: context is that this is my client and they asked
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: me to shoot this, you know, overseas. That's why I'm
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: carrying all these bags. Then he said, Sorry, we've got
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: to open up and check, and I was like, oh
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: my God, like how do I prove this, right? Do
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: I have the loan form with me? I don't have
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: the loan form. Thankfully, in these bags, there's a label
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: in the, usually in the pocket or something that says sample,
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: not for sale. Thank goodness. OK, thank goodness. And now
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: I realized, oh, that's why they put it inside. They're
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: very important.
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: So yeah, I explain and I say, see, sample not
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: for sale. They say, oh, OK, OK, we understand.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: OK, sounds like a TikTok video. But you know
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: what, the funny thing was it just didn't cross my mind, right?
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Only when we got back and I realized what they
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: were checking for, then I was like, oh, OK, maybe
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: best if I scan.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: Keep the loan form with me at all times. Yeah,
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: just, just keep it with you just in case for
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: your overseas travel or whatsoever. Thankfully,
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: you know, we had the, we had the tech inside.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: But anyway, I digress. Hope you enjoyed that little story.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: It's always about me getting stopped at the airport. Again,
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: I
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: new there. I mean,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: are there pictures of your face looking panicky? No
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: of course you can't take photos there.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: OK, for today's winner of the estate dining experience, all
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: thanks to our friends over at Hilton Singapore. Yeah, I
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: think let's give it to Bonn who called us earlier. Bjorn,
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: thank you very much.
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: Thank you for sharing your story. As always, all our
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: listeners make it very challenging for us to pick a
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: winner every morning. Yeah,
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: so, because you really volunteer your overseas services for your friends,
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: we thought we'd reward you with a very nice marker.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: How
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: about that? Right, yeah, I hope you enjoy.
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: Yourself over at Estate at Hilton. Yes,
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: they got
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: a very nice Sunday social champagne brunch just launched, by
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: the way. If you love your Moet and Shandong, go
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: for it. Tua
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: Lipa living her best life, you know, ever since she,
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: I think she wrapped up her tour, right, as of
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: like a few months ago. She's
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: also getting married this year.
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: She's getting, she's a 2026 bride as well. She's racking
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: up all the ambassadorships everywhere, left, right, and center, and
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Espresso being one of them. Hey, is this
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: year like a year for marriages?
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: What the year 2026?
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: I mean, like everyone's getting married.
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: There's dude, I don't know Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift,
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: Dua
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: Lipa. By the way, you were just telling me off
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: you got cut off earlier. Taylor Swift released some sort
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: of like a guest list.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: No, no,
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: leaked it? OK, OK. Here's some celebrity gossip for you, OK,
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: you're live with us on 987. We're also live on TikTok,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: by the way. Um, I didn't know this, but Taylor
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: Swift and Zoe Kravitz, they got beef.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they were friends at one point and then
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: now they got beef. What?
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: So she's not invited
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: to. That's why we're wondering. And if Zoe Kravitz gets
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: invited to the wedding, is she allowed to bring her
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: plus one, who is Harry
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: Styles, Harry Styles. They are rumored to be engaged by
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: who used to date. Yeah, I know Taylor Swift, exactly.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: So it's kind of like inviting your ex to a wedding.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: Just kind of crazy, to be honest. I'm someone on
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: TikTok Live right now. We are also waiting for.
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: to get married in 2026.
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen. You can tuck,
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: by the way, you never know, you know, because I
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: feel like some people when they meet in a phase
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: of life where you're very sure of things, you don't
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: waste time.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: So, knowing my horrible track record, if I propose to
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: anyone within 8 months, please slap me and kill me.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: Please kick
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: me.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: So you want me to be the voice of reason?
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: Yes, you're not only my voice of reason. You're my judge, jury,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: and executioner.
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: This is starting to sound like I'm your only friend,
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: but it's true.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Interesting piece of news that I'm very sure we shared
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: about a few weeks ago. There's an update about the
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: defecating case over at the Punggol HDB staircase.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: There's an update. Yes, like they found out why the
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: person did that
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: or what man has been charged. Oh, OK. Not just defecating,
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: there's a bit of urination as well.
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: So how it was captured was the neighbor left the
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: house and realized why is there like human remains, human
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: feces,
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: human feces
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: and all that. And then she checked the CCTV. She
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: saw everything in 4KHD.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Speaking of which, Joe, I have had an experience before
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: where I parked in a public car park. I'm not
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: gonna say where, OK. Might be quite relevant to us,
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: but somewhere.
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: Um, it was very early in the morning. I walked
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: up a flight of stairs, and I swear it was
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: human poop right there on the stairs.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: You scared me for a bit. I thought you were
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: gonna about you having to go and you couldn't find
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: the toilet and all that.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: OK, that one, never mind. It's not happened to me before.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: I've always made it, but this one, I swear it's you,
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: it's not dog.
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: It's not from a dog for sure and I just
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: wondered what happened overnight in this particular car park that
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: we are familiar with.
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you are
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: captured on video, good luck. So I think apparently according
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: to our friends at NEA and the courts, he has
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: been fined $800 for defecating in public.
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: I'm hoping he doesn't do it again though. Please don't hoping.