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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 280426 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Wake up
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  Speaker 1: Up next to you.
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  Speaker 2: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
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  Speaker 2: and Joakim on the shock circuit. Good morning. Welcome to
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  Speaker 2: our show and wow, don't we have a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: incredible prizes up for grabs this week.
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  Speaker 1: How about this $10,000 and we have clues now, Sonia.
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  Speaker 1: We do,
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  Speaker 2: and we also have a beautiful dining experience worth over $150.
• 0:27
  Speaker 2: Singapore's number one hit
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  Speaker 1: music station.
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  Speaker 1: Holding the fort for a while as Sonny Chew gets
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  Speaker 1: her morning coffee. Day two of a 4-day work week.
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  Speaker 1: All we can say is hang in there. We've waited
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  Speaker 1: quite a while for the next public holiday here in Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: In case you don't know what we are celebrating or commemorating,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's the correct word to use. That's Labor
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  Speaker 1: Day on May 1st, Friday, and given how it's an
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  Speaker 1: extra long weekend, if you played your cards right and
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  Speaker 1: took leave and all that, again, our friends over at ICA,
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  Speaker 1: they are putting out
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  Speaker 1: An advisory saying, please, if you're going to the Causeway,
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  Speaker 1: any of the Causeways could be Woodland tortoise, allow yourselves
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  Speaker 1: more time because it's gonna be jammed, filled with Singaporeans
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  Speaker 1: going to JB for a quick weekend getaway or maybe
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  Speaker 1: even shopping or to spend time with family or loved ones.
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  Speaker 1: So again, please do allow yourselves more time if you're
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  Speaker 1: making plans to travel across the causeway to JB.
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  Speaker 1: I wonder what the exchange rate is at right now.
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  Speaker 2: Did you see him play mahjong with a bunch of uncles? Really? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was, it was part of like a shoot, but
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  Speaker 2: it was so bold of this videographer and team, who
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  Speaker 2: I think they may have worked with him before, but
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  Speaker 2: they did a cold call like reach out. They said like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: when you come down, I think if I'm not wrong,
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  Speaker 2: it was Hong Kong. And they said, um, do you
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  Speaker 2: think that he could stop?
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  Speaker 2: By this iconic joint with a bunch of uncles and
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  Speaker 2: just play around Mahjong. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Hong Kong, they have plenty of mahjong
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  Speaker 2: exactly. So that's, that's exactly what they did. And he
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  Speaker 2: said yes. So he, he was part of that and
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  Speaker 2: it was super cool. Wait,
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  Speaker 1: can you tell if Central actually knows how to play mahjong?
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  Speaker 2: Um, so apparently he has a bit of knowledge on
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  Speaker 2: how to play. So they just needed to like refresh
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  Speaker 2: him a little bit and he understood what was going on.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, Central.
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  Speaker 2: Ken, I've been trying to understand mahjong for like, like
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  Speaker 2: my whole life. You and I both, I cannot. It's
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  Speaker 2: very challenging. I mean, I'm, I'm
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  Speaker 2: slow.
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  Speaker 1: I remember the only time I tried playing mahjong, this
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  Speaker 1: was before COVID, and we had a house gathering. I
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  Speaker 1: tried to learn. My friends gave up on me. They just.
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  Speaker 1: Many combinations.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know,
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  Speaker 1: and there are times where I actually won the game
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  Speaker 1: without even knowing I've won the game already.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: So my other friend will be like, Hey, you won lah.
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  Speaker 1: Put down lah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, either that I'm taking too long to decide and
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  Speaker 2: they just give up on me. So I feel you. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: we go from Hong Kong to Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, quite
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  Speaker 1: near KL in the.
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  Speaker 1: State or the coast of Selango, uh, you know, raw 95. Again,
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  Speaker 1: a reminder to our fellow Singaporeans, we cannot pump
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  Speaker 2: anymore. We know this. Yes, we should not be doing it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: when
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  Speaker 1: we come back, OK, a Singaporean car was spotted again.
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  Speaker 1: Let's play a game later, OK. Guess the car model.
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to offend anyone.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm not gonna lie, I do have one car
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  Speaker 2: brand in mind.
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  Speaker 1: OK, so over in Malaysia, again, it's an offense for
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  Speaker 1: non-Malaysian cars to pump Ron 95. Yeah, we know this.
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  Speaker 1: And also now the stores, it's an offense for the
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  Speaker 1: stores to sell you if you're a non-Malaysian car, and
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  Speaker 1: they can
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  Speaker 1: tell
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  Speaker 2: immediately, right, with your, I mean your number is right there.
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  Speaker 2: So over
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  Speaker 1: at.
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  Speaker 1: Ron 95 was being pumped into a Singaporean registered car.
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  Speaker 1: The authorities are now investigating. So given how it's the
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  Speaker 1: Labor Day weekend happening very soon in about what, 32 days' time,
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  Speaker 1: please don't go and throw Singapore's face. Don't pump RO 95.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a game.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, no, I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna say.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just gonna think it and then you tell me
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  Speaker 2: what the brand is, OK?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Guess the car model.
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  Speaker 2: I said I'm not gonna guess.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna think it and then you're just gonna tell me.
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  Speaker 1: Can you, can
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  Speaker 1: you, uh, mouth for me?
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  Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. OK. Again, which came first, the stereotype
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  Speaker 1: or the behavior?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us this morning. It's time for us
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  Speaker 2: to open up phone lines. We, we always fondly call
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  Speaker 2: this like our favorite time of the morning. We'd love
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  Speaker 2: to hear from you the chance you get to give
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  Speaker 2: your school a shout out. Tell us what's so great
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  Speaker 2: about your school because as you know, Joakim and I, um,
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  Speaker 2: you've seen some recent videos, we started visiting schools again.
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  Speaker 2: Most recently, MGS. Hello.
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  Speaker 2: And many more to come. So we would love for
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  Speaker 2: you to give your school a shout out and see
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  Speaker 2: whether we can make some arrangements.
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  Speaker 1: Yesterday we actually had a teacher, Miss Evelyn Wu from St.
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  Speaker 1: Gables Primary. She teaches maths and science, and her form
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  Speaker 1: class is too self. Love it. She called in giving
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  Speaker 1: them a shout out. So you could be a teacher, alumni,
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  Speaker 1: even principal. Feel free to call us. You could
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  Speaker 2: have just graduated. Like, you know how I'm a, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I do a lot of alumni work for my school
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  Speaker 2: as well. So I do go back to Saint Anthony's
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  Speaker 2: quite a lot.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're from any of these schools, any school
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  Speaker 2: at all, give us a call. Doesn't matter if you're primary, secondary, poly, uni, ITE, whichever.
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  Speaker 2: To which,
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  Speaker 1: Sonia, given how we're doing this for almost 3 months
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  Speaker 1: already and it's kind of taken off here on the show, I, I,
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  Speaker 1: I feel this needs to have an official name and
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  Speaker 1: like a jingle.
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  Speaker 2: OK, we'll come up with one very soon. Call us
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  Speaker 2: right now. Hello, my name is Darren. Hello Darren.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on for you today? Which school are you from?
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  Speaker 2: I'm from Hwa Chong Institution. Oh, I think this is
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  Speaker 2: the first time that we're getting HCI.
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  Speaker 1: Darren, how is life like inside Hwa Chong? I always
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  Speaker 1: run past it. I'm very curious. The building looks beautiful,
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  Speaker 1: by the way.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's very fun. It's like the campus is
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  Speaker 2: very big, so there's a lot of things you can
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  Speaker 2: do inside. What's your favorite part about your school? I like,
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  Speaker 2: like the, the field because I can play.
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  Speaker 2: sports there. Oh yeah, football.
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  Speaker 1: OK, Darren, be honest, do you still get lost inside
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  Speaker 1: our campus? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: at the start, yes, I did. I'm sure it's huge.
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  Speaker 2: It's massive. I've got plenty of friends from Hwa Chong,
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  Speaker 2: and they always said the same thing. It was a
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  Speaker 2: massive campus. OK, what song can we get you today
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  Speaker 2: and who is it going out to? Um, can I
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  Speaker 2: get any Ariana Grande song and it's going out to
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  Speaker 2: my friends. Yeah, thanks for being my friend and thanks
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  Speaker 2: for supporting me.
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  Speaker 2: Darren, we hope to come by Hwa Chong Institution very soon, OK?
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  Speaker 2: Take care, Darren.
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  Speaker 1: See you. You know what, we're still on the back
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  Speaker 1: of plenty of news from the London Marathon. Again, congratulations
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  Speaker 1: to Sebastian Saway as well as his name. I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: my best to make sure I pronounce it correctly. The
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  Speaker 1: 2nd place, Yomi Kjelcha from Ethiopia, Sebastian's from Kenya.
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  Speaker 1: 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds and 1 hour
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  Speaker 1: 59 minutes and 41 seconds.
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: think the general consensus of people who don't run, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, just in general, people who are commenting saying,
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  Speaker 2: can you imagine you hit sub 2 and you're number 2.
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  Speaker 2: Like that's just insane.
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 1: mean they both deserve credit.
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  Speaker 2: They
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  Speaker 1: both
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  Speaker 2: deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: And shout out to Sebastian Vettel,
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  Speaker 2: who ran his first marathon ever.
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  Speaker 1: A sub 3 marathon on his first try. Well done.
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  Speaker 1: And Cynthia Erivo. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: she also ran a
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  Speaker 1: full 3 hours and 21 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: That's pretty. This is a really good timing actually.
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  Speaker 1: I have
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  Speaker 1: newfound respect for her, but the video of her saying
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  Speaker 1: that she has synesthesia and Jennifer Lawrence making fun of
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  Speaker 1: her quite funny lah. OK, I know, I know. OK, we, we,
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  Speaker 1: we go from that, and look, I'm super passionate about running.
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  Speaker 1: I think Sonia has seen this one too many times already.
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  Speaker 1: We go from that to the Singapore International Marathon. So
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  Speaker 1: yesterday I'm very sure the organizing team was very busy
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  Speaker 1: on their emails because, OK lah, to be honest, let's
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  Speaker 1: call a spade a spade teething issues, and even I'm affected.
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  Speaker 1: So what happened was when registering, firstly, it's 100.
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  Speaker 1: $88 for the marathon this
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  Speaker 1: year.
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  Speaker 2: Is that more expensive than previous?
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  Speaker 1: It's more expensive. It went up, but the organizers have
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  Speaker 1: said that this is the static price, so it won't change.
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  Speaker 1: So you register now or register in September, it will
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  Speaker 1: still be $188.
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  Speaker 2: It won't go up it won't either. Yeah, it won't drop. OK,
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  Speaker 2: so not like concert tickets.
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  Speaker 2: Some, some, not all,
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  Speaker 2: some,
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  Speaker 1: some festival, is it? OK, so what happened was, I
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  Speaker 1: think people using the pay now function, yours truly.
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  Speaker 1: Um, the bank showed the deduction. The bank showed that
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  Speaker 1: the transaction is successful, but on the website it says
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  Speaker 1: registration unsuccessful. So I think in a panic and wanting
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  Speaker 1: to take advantage of the early bird discount, right? I
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  Speaker 1: tried using my credit card. So that one went
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  Speaker 1: through.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, so there was an early bird? I thought you
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  Speaker 2: said it was static.
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  Speaker 1: There was
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  Speaker 1: an early bird discount for those who registered interest early.
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  Speaker 2: OK,
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  Speaker 1: OK. So I think, uh, 5000 people were entitled to
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  Speaker 1: the early 10% discount. That's all.
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  Speaker 1: So, my credit card transaction went through and then it
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  Speaker 1: said registration is successful, but now I overpay by 188
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  Speaker 1: bucks
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  Speaker 2: but they'll
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  Speaker 2: refund you, I'm sure, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, to which the comment section on the BYD page
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  Speaker 1: so
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't just experience the same thing if they were
• 9:21
  Speaker 2: trying to pay pay
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  Speaker 1: now to be
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  Speaker 2: exact,
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  Speaker 1: the comment section on the BYD Singapore International marathon page
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  Speaker 1: or people
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  Speaker 1: Guys, what's happening? You know, I, I paid 3 or
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  Speaker 1: 4 times and I want my refund and all that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Yeah, so I think the organizers know
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  Speaker 1: and they acknowledge it. So they put out a statement
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  Speaker 1: saying that please contact us on this email, send a
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  Speaker 1: screenshot over. We'll look into it the next 2 to
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  Speaker 1: 3 days. So I'm very sure it's gonna be busy
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  Speaker 1: times for our friends over there.
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: think they need to set up, as we always hear
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  Speaker 2: this term task force.
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  Speaker 2: To handle all the emails coming
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  Speaker 2: through for refunds.
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  Speaker 1: So that's number 1. Number 2 is people are saying, hey,
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  Speaker 1: how come it's so expensive? So I was also a
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  Speaker 1: little bit curious and I decided to go on a
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  Speaker 1: price check, alright. So I'm gonna compare to the three
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  Speaker 1: world majors that just happened, London, London, Boston, and Tokyo.
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  Speaker 1: For London, yeah, and by the way, they have different
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  Speaker 1: prices for international runners.
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  Speaker 1: And local runners. London, if you're gonna go there and run,
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  Speaker 1: it's $388. Sing. Tokyo Marathon, $293 and Boston Marathon, $331. OK.
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  Speaker 1: Gold label races, the same category as the Singapore Marathon.
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  Speaker 1: For Shanghai Marathon, it's $204. For Stanan Chart Dubai, it's
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  Speaker 1: $191 for the full.
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  Speaker 1: Marathon and the Houston Marathon, it's $204. Then you go
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  Speaker 1: to High Rock Singapore. Those who can pay for High Rocks,
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  Speaker 1: you cannot complain.
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  Speaker 2: OK, OK. So, having, um, you know, been a participant
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  Speaker 2: in both Rocks and marathons before, how much would you
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  Speaker 2: say you spend on these sporting events in a year?
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  Speaker 2: A lot. Just an estimate. You just give me an estimate.
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  Speaker 1: I did 2 times this year.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing Garmin and I'm doing about the BYD Singapore marathon, right,
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  Speaker 2: so just some quick, quick addition,
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  Speaker 1: honestly, very close. I think I spent about 500 bucks
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  Speaker 1: registering for runs already. Yeah, it's expensive. I, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know why, but I, I somehow feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: concert tourism.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they should have. I think they do actually.
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  Speaker 1: I think they do.
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  Speaker 2: They do. They have packages and stuff for
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  Speaker 1: hotels. So by the way, prices are $196 for singles,
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  Speaker 1: $180 for doubles, and $144 for a relay. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: you see all the money I save not doing sporting events. Honestly,
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  Speaker 2: you're not wrong. I, I can have like two Michelin
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  Speaker 2: star meals with the money that I saved if you
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: want to marshmallow with Jonas Brothers slow motion.
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  Speaker 2: right here on 987, which is something you might be
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  Speaker 2: able to relate to in the morning. Do you find
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  Speaker 2: that you are usually a bit slower when you don't?
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  Speaker 1: When I wake up, my body's in instant shock, knowing
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: that I got to get to the studio in less
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  Speaker 1: than 45 minutes. The
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  Speaker 2: thing is the same, but it still takes my brain
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  Speaker 2: to register, like a little while to register, but later
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  Speaker 2: on during this hour, of course, 100 up for grabs.
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  Speaker 2: But first, in just a few minutes, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: this one Joakim may be able to relate to a
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  Speaker 2: little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Why is it always me?
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  Speaker 2: Which part of your body aches most of the time,
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  Speaker 2: may I ask?
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  Speaker 2: OK, here's why. Because Joking will come into the studio
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  Speaker 2: and he'd be like, this pain, that pain, don't know what,
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  Speaker 2: aching like.
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  Speaker 1: I know I'm pushing 40 in 2 years. I'm 38
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  Speaker 2: this year, OK, OK, yes, but not yet. You're still 37.
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  Speaker 2: The rumor
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  Speaker 1: is real. After you turn 30, it's all downhill, your back,
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  Speaker 1: your legs, and all that, OK.
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  Speaker 1: I, I self-inflict my leg stuff because I run a lot,
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  Speaker 1: so my, my calves sometimes will be a bit tight,
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  Speaker 1: but
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  Speaker 2: yes,
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  Speaker 1: so I was gonna say my lower back sometimes
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  Speaker 2: my lower back is killing me.
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  Speaker 2: And then sometimes you complain about your pillow got a problem,
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  Speaker 2: your neck, your shoulder. He will come in with like
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  Speaker 2: a lot of aches and
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  Speaker 2: pains
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  Speaker 1: sometimes need to invest in laps or massaging chairs. How
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: about that?
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  Speaker 2: And
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  Speaker 2: do the show at the same time. I know how,
• 13:16
  Speaker 2: how on earth will we do that? Work
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  Speaker 1: smart,
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  Speaker 2: not hard. So only, only 22 of us will be
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: able to, only the co-DJ and the DJ. So everyone
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  Speaker 2: else will just sit on normal chairs, is it?
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  Speaker 1: We can share.
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  Speaker 2: We share. Coming up in a few minutes, find out
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  Speaker 2: what experts are saying about the aches and pains of Singaporeans. There's, yes,
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  Speaker 2: there's 5 everyday habits that we're doing that could possibly
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  Speaker 2: be contributing aside from your.
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  Speaker 2: Self-inflicting, you know, pain of running and all that, yeah. OK,
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  Speaker 2: but find out what regular Singaporeans who may not be
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  Speaker 2: marathon runners are also experiencing a lot of aches and pains.
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  Speaker 2: And it's so funny because sometimes Joakim will come into
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  Speaker 2: the studio and talk about his aches and pains, and
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  Speaker 2: I know that you do a lot of sports as well.
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  Speaker 2: Um, I don't get as many aches and pains, I guess,
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  Speaker 2: because I don't subject myself to any intense sports to
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  Speaker 1: the point where there's a massage ball,
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  Speaker 2: yes, in a, in your locker
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  Speaker 1: in my locker, but between you and me, you're the
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  Speaker 1: one that uses it the most for your shoulder pain.
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  Speaker 1: There's a video of you that I have.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yes, I bought that. So what happened was I
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  Speaker 2: did like a
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  Speaker 2: Really tough Pilates, um, session the day before and then, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it strained my arm and
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  Speaker 1: shoulder watching you do it by the way. So,
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  Speaker 2: what happened recently is that I guess a lot of
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  Speaker 2: experts are saying there's been more and more people coming
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  Speaker 2: in for aches and pains and muscle-related problems, OK. One
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  Speaker 2: of the main reasons is the rise in racket sports
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  Speaker 2: here in Singapore. So you're using your dominant arm a lot, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like your, your right arm or your left arm, whichever
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  Speaker 2: it is, and um,
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  Speaker 2: Even things like pickleball, people are picking up tennis now,
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: you know, there's been a rise in people trying to
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: play tennis again because of paddle, I'm guessing, um, or
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: even badminton or whatever. So there could be a disparity
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: now between your right and your left. Yeah, I guess
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: people have tennis elbow, um, but that one I think
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: it could be, I'm not an expert, but that one
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: I think if you've accumulated a lot more time playing
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: racket sports, maybe that could be a thing.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Um, so even our experts from hospitals are saying there's
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  Speaker 2: been a lot of muscle imbalance cases coming in right now,
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  Speaker 2: tightness everywhere, people also carrying a bag on the same
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: shoulder all the time. They're encouraging you to switch sides.
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  Speaker 2: If you, yeah, do you? I thought you carry a
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: backpack. I'm on the left. Oh,
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: you sling it on one side.
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  Speaker 1: On my left, yes.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: So you get aches on your left side, I'm guessing.
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: And if I were to relax and stand, you can
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: see a little bit of a tilt.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: And this one.
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: Sleeping on the same side every night. I have a
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: feeling Joakim does this. Do you? Are you a side sleeper?
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: I'm a side sleeper. I knew it, but I toss
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: and turn. OK, OK. So after maybe two hours, my
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: body knows to turn.
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: Oh, good. OK, good. I sleep like a corpse.
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: Which apparently is a good thing according to, so I, I,
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: I can go to bed in the same position. I
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: wake up in the same position, like maybe just a
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: bit of movement in my leg or my arm, but
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: I don't sleep on my side. Who would have thought? Hey,
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: hey
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: hey, yes.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: So normally I wake up with no aches at all, like,
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: not to show off lah, but, but usually I don't
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: get any aches.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: No aches at all.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Just a little update on what the experts are saying now.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: Main contributors, racket sports and sleeping on the same side
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: of your bed, uh, same side of your body all
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: the
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: time.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: Can I also be an expert and say this?
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Yes, what were you,
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to mall revamps and renovations, I'm going
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: to say pertaining to our friends over at Plaza Singapura,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: about time. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: you
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  Speaker 2: think so. OK. What are the plans?
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: OK, so I've been going there since I was a kid.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: So you know how they now have a new wing
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: of Plaza Singaporea.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: OK, I won't say new, relatively new, but the main building,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: the structure, the layout, it's still the same. My, my
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  Speaker 1: dad used to work at Spotlight. So every time if
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  Speaker 1: I have time, I'll go and see him and say hello.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: I'll go to Golden Village, watch a movie and all that.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: The layout and some of the stores, I'm very happy
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: to say they're still there. They, they survived the test
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: of time.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: But yeah, it needs a breath of fresh air. I'm
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: sure and given how it's such a prime placement doby
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Ghaut spot of Plaza Sing, it needs to have a
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: breath of fresh air and look new and look more modern.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: I agree, I agree. So did they say what's the timeline,
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: like when is it gonna be ready and what, what
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: are they going to change specifically?
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: So they are looking at starting renovation works the third
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: quarter of this year all the way to 2028, but
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: 2028, but it's in phases
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: in phases.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: Oh, thankfully,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: they are renovating or going through a revamp the stores
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: will still be open. I mean,
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: it's
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: kind of like what's happening over at Robertson Key right now. Like,
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: you know, they're doing it. Well, not the entire Robertson
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Key is being affected and
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: The stores that have been shut due to the renovations
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: have shifted somewhere else in Robertson Quay or around Mohammad Sultan, yeah.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: So the
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: closest comparison I can give the revamped Plaza might look
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: like it's what the revamped cafe looks like a little.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: LED screens
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: and plants
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: inside. There's some indoor greenery and these are all artists impressions.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes. But I, I, I wonder whether if
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: you're tuning in right now, are there other malls around
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: you or that you frequent that you feel really would
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: be in desperate need of renovation or an upgrade?
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Heartland areas
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: could
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: be heartland, could be anywhere around town. OK.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Far East Plaza, it is an institution, right? You know,
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: it's been there for the longest time. I know that
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: they've tried to upgrade certain things like the, the elevators,
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: the lift, you know, like these important things, the toilets
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: as well, they've revamped them.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Um, I would say I like how rustic it looks,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: and that's pretty cool, but the tenants I feel need
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: to be revamped a little, yeah. So
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: you are thinking more of the tenants.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: I like the grungineness of it, but I wonder whether it,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: you know, makes people hesitant to go in. I don't know.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: OK, yeah, that's for you in town. For me, I'm
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: gonna go Heartlands lah. I think next.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: Siglap Center. Now that you go Heartlands, right, you go
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: into the neighborhoods. Siglap Center, man. No, seriously, like I
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: remember Siglap Center fondly as a kid.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: Is that the one with the McDonald's there? Yeah,
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: and McDonald's is still there.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: Yes,
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Ful Fullin also still there. Yes, um, Siglap Center, classic,
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: you know, vintage looking. I remember my dad bought my first, uh,
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Pikachu's cookie toy from this mama shop there last time. Yeah,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: I remember that.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: And I think there were like comics and stuff at
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: that mama shop too. They have not revamped Sigal Center since.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: So now Siglap Center is mostly, you still have the,
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: you still have the McDonald's and the Subway, um, you
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: have like optical shops. There's a florist that's been there
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: for a long time, which I love, and then inside
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: a lot of clinics. That's about it, yeah.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: Now here's why I feel that our friends over at
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: Next to revamp and before people at Serangoon, K, Buangkok,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Boon all come for me.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: Uh, the layout of the mall, right? I think there
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: needs to be more
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: escalators. Oh yeah, I'm always quite confused there just to
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: get to the NTUC I gotta walk one big round
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: and go up,
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: you know, this is, uh, intentional, right? I think to
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: make you look at the other shops. No, no, no,
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: I really think that that could be a psychological thing.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: They're like, oh, they intentionally put a one so that
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: you will browse all the other shops.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: OK, again, people are.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Saying there's never a good time to go to Next,
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: I agree. But the, the, the tenant
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: is
• 22:58
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• 22:58
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  Speaker 2: us right now, 669-11987. Which mall here in Singapore?
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Do you personally feel could use a bit of refresher
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: or renovation? Let us know.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: The question is, would they be given a 160
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: million dollars budget?
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: They gotta raise it somehow, I don't know. Yeah. Um,
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: but in exchange, we would love to give you this
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: beautiful dining experience worth 150
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: dollars to Greenwood Fish Market over at Sentosa's quayside aisle,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: a perfect place for a date or just a chill
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: spot at night. Yeah, just
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: people watch.
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: Watch the boats that we'll never own, you know, that
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: kind of stuff, yeah. Talking about the malls here in
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Singapore that may need a little bit of a refresher.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: So the Plaza Singapura building, not the, not the newer wing,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: is the left-hand side one nearer to the Istana.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Yes, I know, I know which
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: one it is. It's gonna go through a $160 million revamp.
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: So that's the one with the cinema ad, right? Yes.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: So they're gonna revamp the cinema too, the one with
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Five Guys as well.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: OK, OK, revamp
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: everything, the whole thing,
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: the whole thing.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Maybe install a park connector from Plaza Sing to the
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: Istana Park connector. OK, I can walk. OK, can.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: I don't think they will. It's a security risk, I know, dude.
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: But
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: can you imagine the people who work in Istana to
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: go to Plaza Sing, they got to go out the
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: main gate,
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: right,
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: then turn left and go to the
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: mall. Well,
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: is there a side gate? So maybe they can't tell us. OK,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: there's a
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: back
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: gate.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: I'm
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: sure there is the Novena side. Yeah, there you go. OK.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: On WhatsApp, I want to say good morning to you, Garish.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Gary says, morning, sojo. I agree with Joim that Next
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: needs a revamp.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: As a whole, to look more colorful rather than the
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: current white interior, you know, the mall needs a revamp,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: and the bus interchange is also getting a revamp. Also, Joakim,
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: there is a shortcut to the NTUC by taking the
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: lift between May Bank and the bus interchange to Level 3.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: I know, but the lifts the lift,
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: yeah,
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Speaking of which, I almost got
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: stuck in a lift yesterday. I forgot to tell you.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Is this a
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: mall or no, um, another thing that could need upgrading
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: that's not related to malls, you know, those industrial buildings
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: and light industrial buildings where we do a lot of
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: like photo shoots and video shoots at those really need revamps.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Some of the lifts, I literally almost got started. I
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: was panicking, you know. It was scary. Yeah. So yeah, anyway,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: one
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: more coming.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Are
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: you imagining stuck in a lift.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: One more coming in from Jay. Morning soldier. The mall
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I think that needs a revamp of facelift is Neon City,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Takashimaya being the center of Singapore in a tourist shopping spot,
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: their toilets are very bad.
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: Old and dated, like you can literally see cracks and
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: stains all over the sinks. They can do better. OK.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: That's Jay's opinion. But the one thing about Neon City,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: you know, the Civic Plaza, the big open space, need
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: to be so big, you know. Maybe put a stage
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: there or something, a permanent.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: They do, they do rent that out for certain things.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: I actually feel like the fact that they have that
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: amount of space there could have started with a bit
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: of a feng shui thing. Maybe, maybe that's why.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: retain the space. And
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: I remember quite some time ago, the Media Corp Subaru.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah,
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: that was a while ago. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'll keep
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: your stories coming through and you can also call us 669-11987.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Which malls here in Singapore or buildings in general need
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: an upgrade and a bit of a renovation? Let us
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: know and talking about malls that desperately need a revamp,
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: going to our messages first before.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: on the line. Want
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: to
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: say good morning to Wen Yi who just texted us.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Morning guys. Forum in Orchard looks very dated to me,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: but maybe it's a high SES aesthetic. I don't understand.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: As a parent with a pram, it's painful to head
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: to Vivo. Love the mall, but forever start waiting for
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: the lift as well. So Forum and Vivo. Hey, Forum
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: used to be the mall I go to for Toys
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: R Us, man.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they have a lot of.
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: Kid stuff there I think that's why
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: back then there used to
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: be like a very kid friendly hair salon called Fantastic Sam's.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: My mom would bring me there to it and the
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: mascot is like an orange hairball. Did,
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: did you look fantastic after?
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, I
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: remember crying all the time.
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: I hated,
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: I hated my hair being cut for some reason as
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: a
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: kid.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you wanted it like
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: luscious. Like the moment I walk into a forum, it's
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: either my biggest nightmare or my biggest dream.
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: So she either forces you to get.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Haircut and then buys you a toy. Toys R Us.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: That
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: was
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: the butter tray,
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: you know. OK, Sean is on the line. What about you, Sean?
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Which mall desperately needs renovation? Have you been to a
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: place
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: called Boon Lay Shopping Center?
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: No, I've never
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: been.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: I don't live near there.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: I don't think either one of us have. Tell us
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: more about Boon Lay Shopping Center and why does it
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: desperately need a revamp. I think you should change the name.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: It should be
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: called Boon Lay Neighborhood Center because
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: The place is non-aircon.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: It's very,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: very hot.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: When you go to level
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: 2, plenty of massage shops around. It's crazy, man.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: OK, Shawn, the massage parlors over there, legit ones or
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: the naughty ones? No, no, no, no, no, the sleazy ones.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: You see. Singapore's war against massage parlors is still
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: going on.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: Shawn, if you see police raid at Boon Lay Shopping Center,
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: it's your fault.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: The shock. Um, we are talking about the malls that
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: desperately need some sort of refresher or renovation
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: inspired by Plaza Singapura, about to go through a $160
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: million revamp. Yeah,
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: exactly,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: and alongside the Atrium at Orchard as well. Want to
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: say good morning to Eileen. Morning, Sonia and Joakim. Bugis Junction.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: Really needs a revamp, especially the toilets. They're so old
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: and yellowish, and there are quite a few corroded pipes
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: leaking dirty water. The shopping area still looks OK, but
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: the toilet, I really cannot. Yeah, OK. I was gonna say, Eileen,
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: if Bugis Junction takes your idea, please renovate, but make
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: sure you keep the Tapan Express.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: I think maybe, OK.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: Usually for shopping malls, the first thing that they should
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: look into would be to refresh the toilets because that's
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: the one thing that's being used a lot like every
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: single day. So they should start with that. I don't
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: think it will immediately affect the tenants, you know, it shouldn't,
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: it shouldn't.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: This one I'm kind of on the fence about. John says,
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: I think Queensway Shopping Center desperately needs a.
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: Huge revamp in terms of space layout and the variety
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: of tenants. It's like walking through a time tunnel back
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: to the past. At the moment, the vibe is pretty gloomy,
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: and that is what makes Queensway Shopping Center
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: Queensway Shopping Center, yeah, right, right. I mean,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: I used
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: to go there to buy sports shoes and also my
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: outdoor gear and all that.
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah. People still do that, but it's still known as
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: the place to go to for sportswear, right? Yes, but
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: I think there.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: It could be a way of um revamping it without
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: ruining the aesthetic entirely because it is nice to step
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: back in time sometimes as we say, right? It could
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: start with things like the air conditioning because you know
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: that musty like smell in old shopping malls, um, that
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: could be one other place I wanted to uh to
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: to raise up, People's Park Complex. Wait, which one is it?
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: People's Park. There's two, right? People's Park Shopping Center and
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: People's Park.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: The one with the car park.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: They all have car parks.
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: The car park that you go and take your Instagram
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: shots at.
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know what which one that is. That's
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: People's Park shopping,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: but basically the Chinatown
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: area,
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: both, I think both could use a revamp, yeah, in
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: more like of a hygiene way.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: It's funny you said that. Someone texted in. OK, see,
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: similar era, guys.
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: All the
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: feng shui stalls and the religious stalls must change.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: is it?
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: That honestly is part of the experience. And what's going
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: on in the Marina Barrage area?
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: OK, so public service announcement to runners, cyclists, walkers, people
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: going on romantic strolls and all that picnics, picnics, barrage
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: is OK.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: OK.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: It's the bridge. So, OK, fine. I, I, I call
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: it the ovarian route.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: When I do the run,
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: it
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: does look a little bit
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: like one year, if you know, you know, but so
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: usually the crossing point from Gardens by the Bay East
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: to Marina Barrage, there's this little bridge that all of
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: us take. It links you to Marina Barrage, but I
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: think there's some construction works going on or maybe some
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: renovations or what. So do take note, they are closed
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: but open for limited times only to let people cross.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: So they start works from 9 a.m.
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: And it goes all the way till 11 p.m. So
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. you can cross whenever you want,
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: but from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. they open at
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: certain timings only.
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: Wait, so the bridge is the one under construction construction
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: on the
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: bridge renovations.
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: So the bridge is safe to cross. Yeah, yeah,
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: it is. So yesterday I ran there and I got
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: there around 7:50. I was wondering why there was a
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: crowd of people, cyclists and all that waiting for the
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: gates to open.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Then I realized, oh, got some works going on. So
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: at 8:00 p.m. sharp, the gates will open. People are
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: cycling across the bridge, running across the bridge, and at
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: 8:10 p.m. they close it again. Then 9:00 p.m. they open,
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: 9:10 they'll close
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: it. Yeah, I mean, look, it's a that's for sure
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: because you get, you get some nice unblocked views, you know,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: of the sky, just the scenery. It's
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: nice. So just if you're crossing the bridge, make sure
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: you go and time it properly.
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: Heads up, although I don't remember the last time I
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: crossed that bridge. Yeah,
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: so the works on till I think 30th of April.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: So I think 1st of May will be perfect for.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Oh, fantastic. We have that ticket blitz happening on our
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: show this coming Thursday, I think.
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: Thursday.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, every show, every show will have a chance. So anyway,
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: now time for some unfortunate food
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: news. I got to sing it sadly. Here we go. 123.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: News news. Sonia with sad news. Give it to us.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: Which Chinese New Year store
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: is closing? Not exactly just CNY, but I don't think
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: Joakim may know this, although I've seen this quite often.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: Come surprise me. Um, so I've received gifts from them.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, not directly from them, like clients or like
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: people who send it over for, let's say, uh, Mid-Autumn
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: Festival or CNY or any sort of like festive gifting.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: Hong Kong's famous.
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Bakery. Unfortunately, closing here in Singapore after 5 great years here.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: They're super famous for their traditional mooncakes, cookies, things like
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: love letters, stuff that you can find during CNY. So
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: maybe you've unknowingly tried their stuff if you've visited friends'
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: houses or you know, you ate something here in the office.
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: Perhaps maybe. Yeah, I think you might have. Um, actually,
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: on the 24th of April, they shuttered their only physical
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: store here in Singapore at Ion Orchard.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: And they did post it on Instagram. They said, after
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: the joy of serving in this wonderful city, we're closing
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: the doors of our shop, although not forever, we hope.
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: Kiwah began with a simple idea to make something good
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: and share it, and Singapore took us in, made us
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: feel at home, and gave us countless connections over moon cakes,
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: lao popping, you know, wife cakes, those traditional quays and
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: all that egg rolls, pastries shared amongst friends and family.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: So they said.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: It's been an honor and hopefully it's not goodbye forever.
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: You said 5
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: years. That means they opened in 2021 here in Singapore
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: during COVID times, yeah.
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: Was that during COVID at the tail end I think
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: was it
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: 2021 was the Delta, then the Omicron variant. Oh, Omicron, Omicron.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: I
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: forgot it. Um, well, you know, hopefully it's not goodbye
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: because they gave us plenty of good memories.
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: I think actually opening during that time in Singapore was
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: not a bad idea. You know why? People were using
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: gifting services to like send stuff to people. So I
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: think they, they boomed during that time. So thank you
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: for the memories, guys. They continue to operate internationally across
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Macau, and the US. no longer
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: no longer here in Singapore, unfortunately. Makes you
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: wonder why, but OK, about time we spoke about him.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Wait, are you aware of whatever happened at the White
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: House Correspondents' Dinner? Yes, yes, yeah, yeah. So the attempted
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: shooting and all that, right? So that's President Donald Trump
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: and the First Lady Melania Trump and of course the
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: Vice President and all them. They were evacuated as seen
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: in the video footage and all that. But First Lady
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: Melania Trump has taken to Twitter. She's broken her silence,
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: and she has targeted one person.
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: The suspect?
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Not exactly.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: Not the suspect. You ready for this? Yes.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: Late night TV show host
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: Jimmy Kimmel.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Jimmy Kimmel.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: What did he do?
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Find out why in just a bit here on the
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: shock circuit and just putting a disclaimer here, Jimmy Kimmel's
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: jokes were made before the White House correspondents' Dinner. Oh really?
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: Wait, so was it a bit of, it almost seemed
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: like a foreshadowing like a
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: premonition.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: So the White House correspondents' Dinner turned out to be very,
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: very eventful and it was also a huge safety risk.
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: Thankfully nobody was hurt except the suspect, of course. Uh,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: but unfortunately or fortunately for Melania Trump, she's broken her silence,
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: and as always when it comes to President Trump or
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: Melania or even people who support the Make America Great
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: Again movement, whatever comments they put out, it will polarize
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: the internet. You either like it or you agree with
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: it or you don't.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: For Melania Trump, she's saying that Jimmy Kimmel doesn't deserve
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: a space to come into the homes of American audiences
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: every night because of what Jimmy Kimmel said, and this
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: happened before the White House Correspondents' Dinner. So Jimmy Kimmel
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: was spoofing it, was doing a parody, he was doing
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: like intercuts of footage of the president and first lady.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: And then he said this. Oh, First Lady Melania Trump,
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: you're here. You have the glow of an expectant widow.
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: Oh
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: no. And he said this before, before the incident.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: It was recorded like sometime last week before the White
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: House Correspondents' Dinner.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: Oh no.
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: And then after what happened, the segment aired.
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: But you know what, I have to say they are
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: very brave because in the US, I mean, obviously the
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: rules and the laws are very different, um, freedom of
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: speech and all that. They literally TV show hosts and
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: all that, they can say whatever they want. But I
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: will say this, they also take on a huge risk
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: by doing skits like that,
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: you know. So now people who support Melania Trump and
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: President Trump are calling for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: Again,
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: well, he's faced this many times, I'm sure actually.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: OK, you and me, and we appreciate humor, we love humor.
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: Sometimes he does satire and all that, right?
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: Do you think this one crossed the line?
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: Should the producers have gone, OK, you know what, too
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: close to home. Let's pull this joke out. A little
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: bit sensitive, especially when it comes to, you know, issues
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: about death and all
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: that. Yeah, but, but what do we know?
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: We don't. That's the thing. So we have nothing much
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: to comment about, you know. But it almost seems a
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: bit like a Simpsons situation. Exactly, so creepy me the chills.