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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 020726 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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Speaker 1: Wake up.
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Speaker 1: Good next to you.
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Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
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Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit. Good morning. Welcome to
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Speaker 1: the show. I'm officially back. I know I, I fell
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Speaker 1: down with the flu the past couple of days, so
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Speaker 1: that was unfortunate, but I'm back and ready to take
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Speaker 1: you on this Thursday morning. Stay with me right here
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Speaker 1: on the show. Don't go anywhere.
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Speaker 2: Singapore's number one hit music station.
0:31
Speaker 1: Seems like Joakim and I just don't have much faith
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Speaker 1: with each other the past week or so because I
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Speaker 1: was on MC the past two days. Thank you for
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Speaker 1: being so patient. I felt sick. And the moment I
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Speaker 1: came back from Bali, I was like, yeah, you know what,
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Speaker 1: something is not right. I think I'm coming down with
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Speaker 1: the flu.
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Speaker 1: True enough, um, after I came on air on Monday, yeah, went,
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Speaker 1: went down pretty bad. So I'm still sounding pretty nasal
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Speaker 1: and congested, but I'm happy to be back. Well Joakim
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Speaker 1: is on leave today and tomorrow. He's taken his birthday
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Speaker 1: leave a little bit earlier because July is his birthday month. Uh,
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Speaker 1: it's not his birthday yet though. It's more towards the
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Speaker 1: later part of July. So, um, wait till then, till
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Speaker 1: you wish him. But anyway, later on in just a
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Speaker 1: few minutes, I want to give a very special shout
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Speaker 1: out to a bunch of students that I met on Monday.
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Speaker 1: Um, and it's always such a joy to be back
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Speaker 1: because when you go back to the school that you spent,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, what, 10 years in, both primary and
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Speaker 1: secondary school, of course, every single time you go back, you,
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Speaker 1: you feel like this huge sense of nostalgia, right? Like,
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Speaker 1: things look the same, yet they don't. And of course,
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Speaker 1: a lot has changed since I've been in, in that school,
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Speaker 1: since I attended it as a student, rather.
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Speaker 1: And I want to give a very special shout out
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Speaker 1: in just a bit. I know some of you girls
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Speaker 1: are already awake because I see you active on Instagram
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Speaker 1: and posting stuff on your stories. I'm not sure if
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Speaker 1: you know this, but I ran into Dominic Fike by
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Speaker 1: accident in LA like a few years ago, and he
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Speaker 1: was just having lunch at the same cafe that I
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Speaker 1: had booked lunch at and
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Speaker 1: I don't want to, I don't want to be rude
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Speaker 1: or disturbing because in the US it's actually quite strict.
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Speaker 1: Like they have rules about when you're dining, you know,
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Speaker 1: at certain restaurants or cafes or anywhere actually, um, they
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Speaker 1: really do protect the, you know, A-listers that that dine
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Speaker 1: with them, right?
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Speaker 1: So if you even attempt to be like, hey, um,
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Speaker 1: can I go have a photo, actually, you might be stopped.
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Speaker 1: So I didn't want to be rude about it. I
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Speaker 1: just kind of waved from where I was and he
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Speaker 1: waved back. So I was like, hey, it's Dominic Pike.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, it was, it was really, really fun to
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Speaker 1: just run into random celebrities in LA. Anyway, um, I
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Speaker 1: want to give a big, big, big, big shout out
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Speaker 1: to my girls over at Saint Anthony's Kenosha.
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Speaker 1: Primary and secondary school because I, I know I didn't
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Speaker 1: manage to spend time with the primary school side this
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Speaker 1: time around, but I managed to hang out with the
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Speaker 1: second ones and twos of SAC and it was just
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Speaker 1: such a fun time. I, I love the feeling that
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Speaker 1: I get every time I go back.
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Speaker 1: Whether or not it's primary or secondary school, you know what,
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Speaker 1: it's just the love is overwhelming. I appreciate you girls
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Speaker 1: so much and I know that I haven't replied or
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Speaker 1: followed some of you back yet. I'm trying to get
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Speaker 1: through it. So, every day since Monday, I've been going
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Speaker 1: through my DMs and I've been following some of you
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Speaker 1: back and replying to you. So,
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Speaker 1: Patient. I'm so sorry if I haven't followed you back
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Speaker 1: just yet or gotten to your message. I will this morning.
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Speaker 1: I hope to have some time to do that, but
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Speaker 1: I really hope to be back soon and I just
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Speaker 1: got word that Joakim and myself might just be heading
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Speaker 1: back to Saint Anthony soon due to popular demand. I
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Speaker 1: know a lot of you have been
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Speaker 1: Telling your teachers, um, that you want to meet us
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Speaker 1: and I want to bring Joakim with me this time around, OK?
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Speaker 1: You haven't met him yet and uh would love to
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Speaker 1: bring him with me. Solo, and yours for the rest
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Speaker 1: of the week, Joakim is on leave and I was
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Speaker 1: just saying, we did not have much faith this week. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: we went solo most of the week.
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Speaker 1: So, uh, hopefully, next week, next week we'll kick off
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Speaker 1: without a hiccup for us. Anyway, I want to give
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Speaker 1: a big shout out to uh someone that I've had
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Speaker 1: the pleasure of meeting before. Say hi to Amoti. He
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Speaker 1: seems to have never left Singapore, like he loves coming
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Speaker 1: back to Singapore all the time. He's coming back again.
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Speaker 1: And as you know him already from Physical 100 season 2,
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Speaker 1: and then, you know, he's shot off to like, you know,
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Speaker 1: global fame after that.
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Speaker 1: He's been back in Singapore many, many, many times. This
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Speaker 1: time around, OK, it's not exactly um, Singapore per se,
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Speaker 1: but very, very close by. But when you say cruise holiday,
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Speaker 1: you kind of think of like, yeah, just relaxing, enjoying
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Speaker 1: yourself at sea, looking at the scenery, eating a lot, right?
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Speaker 1: Maybe going for a swim. Um, I wouldn't kind of
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Speaker 1: think about working out. What's not usually in the picture
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Speaker 1: is getting put through a high rock star workout by
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Speaker 1: Netflix fitness star Amorti somewhere off the coast of Malacca,
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Speaker 1: very near here in Singapore. And I think this is
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Speaker 1: happening in July. Dream Cruises, they've decided to do a
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Speaker 1: two-night cruise to Malacca and back. They're throwing a, a
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Speaker 1: year-long party at sea to mark its 10th anniversary. It's
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Speaker 1: called Decade of Dreams. So this one, I think if
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Speaker 1: you want to chill and you want to sweat it out,
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Speaker 1: this could be the one that you're looking for, because
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Speaker 1: I think when we think of cruises, sometimes we're like, oh,
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Speaker 1: maybe it's for retirees or like our, our parents, right?
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Speaker 1: But no, um,
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Speaker 1: For me, of course, like I've been on a cruise
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Speaker 1: several times before and yes, well, it may be convenient
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Speaker 1: to bring your whole family and it's suitable for everyone, right?
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Speaker 1: But at the same time, there's always something for everyone.
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Speaker 1: So it's not just for the older folks or for families,
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Speaker 1: you know. So he's coming on board once again, twenty-sixth
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Speaker 1: to 28th of July, the two-night Malacca cruise, and it
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Speaker 1: starts from Singapore. That's why I said he can't seem
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Speaker 1: to get enough of Singapore.
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Speaker 1: And you get to get through a series of fitness
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Speaker 1: workshops and a meet and greet as well. He's a
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Speaker 1: very friendly dude, and I think he will spend a
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Speaker 1: lot of time with each each and every one of
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Speaker 1: the participants. So, uh, very easy to sign up. It's
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Speaker 1: only $25 per person to have a workshop with Amoti.
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Speaker 1: He's such a nice guy, you know, and he's the
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Speaker 1: kind of dude that like, no one has anything bad
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Speaker 1: to say about him. You get what I mean, right?
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Speaker 1: Anyway, coming up just before 7, I know I give
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Speaker 1: a special shout out to my girls from SAC earlier on,
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Speaker 1: but I'm opening up phone lines in just a little
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Speaker 1: bit for you to give your school and your friends
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Speaker 1: a shout out. I am still taking my time to
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Speaker 1: follow back all the girls from SAC.
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Speaker 1: I'm getting there. I'm getting there. Thank you for your patience.
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Speaker 1: Want to open up phone lines right now, 669-11987. This
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Speaker 1: is your chance to give your school, your besties a
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Speaker 1: shout out. Will I get the girls from Saint Anthony's
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Speaker 1: calling me this morning? I don't know, but it could
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Speaker 1: be anyone.
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Speaker 1: Like Joakim and I always say, we're trying to collect
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Speaker 1: as many different schools as possible because we are starting
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Speaker 1: off our school visits again, officially for the both of us.
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Speaker 1: So we're trying to collect as many as possible and
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Speaker 1: see which schools can we stop by. If your shout
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Speaker 1: out is good enough, maybe we'll just push you up
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Speaker 1: a little bit earlier. Why not? Give me a call
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Speaker 1: right now, 669-11987. You can even request for a song
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Speaker 1: of your choice.
6:55
Speaker 1: This morning. Good morning. This is Danny. Hello, Danny, which
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Speaker 1: school are you from? Saint Stephen. Saint Stephen. And what
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Speaker 1: level are you in this year? Primary 2. So what
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Speaker 1: do you love about St. Stephen's and being in primary
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Speaker 1: 2 right now? What would you recommend in your school?
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Speaker 1: Chicken cutlet. We've not been down to Saint Stephen's for
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Speaker 1: a school visit before, so when we go down, we're
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Speaker 1: going to try the chicken cutlet just like you said, OK?
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Speaker 1: Also, also, are you with your, your dad right now?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. Hello. Hi, are you from Saint Stephen's too?
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Speaker 1: Uh, not really. I'm not only my, my brother-in-law. I see. OK, OK. Anyway,
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Speaker 1: I would love to get you and your son a
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Speaker 1: song here this morning. Is there anything that he likes
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Speaker 1: to listen to? OK, he likes to listen from any
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Speaker 1: song from Blackpik. Black. OK, wait, Danny, is that true? OK, Danny,
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Speaker 1: then you choose. What song would you like? Bruno Bruno
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Speaker 1: Bruno Mars. Very good choice. Would you like me to
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Speaker 1: pick for you or do you have a song in mind?
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Speaker 1: Uh, you just pick it up for him. Sure, OK,
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Speaker 1: I'll pick's a bit a bit shy. No, he's doing
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Speaker 1: so well. I'm gonna play you one of his latest
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Speaker 1: tracks right now, OK? You enjoy this song. Alright, Danny,
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Speaker 1: have a great day. Sonia was here. I'm so and
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Speaker 1: yours today after recovering from a flu. I was at
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Speaker 1: MC for 2 days. I'm still having a really blocked
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Speaker 1: nose right now, but it's all good. Joakim's on leave
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Speaker 1: these 2 days, but we'll be reunited next week.
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Speaker 1: I was 2 years old though, when I realized this
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Speaker 1: about our friends over at the SCDF. I feel tiny
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Speaker 1: bit embarrassed to admit it, but if you're tuning in
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Speaker 1: now and you also didn't realize, then we're in the
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Speaker 1: same boat together.
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Speaker 1: I did not know that they had a non-emergency hotline,
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Speaker 1: all this time. 1-777, that's a non-emergency hotline. I never
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Speaker 1: knew that. I mean, of course, we're all familiar with
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Speaker 1: how to, what number to call in the event of
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Speaker 1: an emergency. You know what number it is, right? 995. So,
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Speaker 1: these are the emergency services. This will not be affected
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Speaker 1: because 1-777 will be seized very, very soon.
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Speaker 1: The hotline will no longer exist from the 1st of
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Speaker 1: January 2027. Now, just some interesting stats here for you,
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Speaker 1: about 6% of calls and bookings are made through 1-777.
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Speaker 1: I can't believe I never knew that. Um, it was
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Speaker 1: first introduced in 1998 and it was a centralized number
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Speaker 1: for all of us to arrange non-emergency ambulance transport. So,
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Speaker 1: I think it connects callers to all the participating private
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Speaker 1: ambulance operators for medical transport services. And if it's not,
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Speaker 1: you know, emergent, you don't actually, it's not super, super urgent,
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Speaker 1: then I guess it diverts to that number. But I
9:41
Speaker 1: think um members of the public now have more options
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Speaker 1: for non-emergency medical conditions, you know, nearby GPs, teleconsultation services,
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Speaker 1: so it's not the same anymore if you compare it
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Speaker 1: to 1998 law, obviously, right?
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Speaker 1: So I think for non-emergency trips to the hospital, you
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Speaker 1: can even, you know, have like taxis, ride-hailing services, people
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Speaker 1: even drive their family members, I guess, for these cases.
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Speaker 1: So just for you to note that it will be
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Speaker 1: seized very soon, they give you some time to get
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Speaker 1: used to it, so you still have the rest of
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Speaker 1: the year.
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Speaker 1: Um, that was 1-777. So everything will be diverted to
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Speaker 1: 995 now, and if you continue to call 995, non-emergency
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Speaker 1: 995 calls will then be referred to another line for
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Speaker 1: medical advice. And some good news for you if you're
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Speaker 1: traveling very soon. Now, I don't know when was the
10:30
Speaker 1: last time you changed money at the money changer to travel. I,
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Speaker 1: I think we still do. I think we still do,
10:36
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong.
10:37
Speaker 1: I still have some, you know, um, small denominations of
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Speaker 1: other currencies in my travel wallet. So whenever I'm going
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Speaker 1: to travel, I actually, I actually labeled them in Angpao packets.
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Speaker 1: So each Angpa packet has like a different currency. So
10:53
Speaker 1: then I'll dig into that one and take it with
10:55
Speaker 1: me if I do need to travel, but I realized
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Speaker 1: that I've been visiting the money changer less and less,
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Speaker 1: unless absolutely necessary. Sometimes we'd be at the airport. I
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Speaker 1: didn't have time.
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Speaker 1: I'll just change, I don't know, 100 sing or something
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Speaker 1: to to whatever currency I need, right? But I'm just
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Speaker 1: realizing everywhere you go now, you're pretty much wireless and
11:15
Speaker 1: most countries do that nowadays, right? You just tap and go,
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Speaker 1: pay and go.
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Speaker 1: Now you can scan and pay in Singapore dollars in
11:23
Speaker 1: over 28 countries with Shopee Pay. Wow. Times have changed.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I know, I mean, and I have a
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Speaker 1: few cards that, you know, are very preferential for FX rates. Um,
11:35
Speaker 1: I have a credit card that has zero FX fees.
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Speaker 1: So that's the one that I use, but this I
11:39
Speaker 1: think is pretty cool development as well. Seamless payments.
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Speaker 1: In 28 different countries, um, without needing to carry your
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Speaker 1: physical cash or whatever. So there's actually a whole list
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Speaker 1: of your favorite travel spots. You've got Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, China,
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Speaker 1: Hong Kong, even the UK and selected places in Europe
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Speaker 1: as well. So, you definitely want to check it out.
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Speaker 1: I think this is really cool. You can also stay
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Speaker 1: in control of your spending.
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Speaker 1: With competitive exchange rates and no hidden fees, so payments
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Speaker 1: are made in Singapore dollars. Basically, you just scan overseas
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Speaker 1: QR codes and and you're done. And trust me, I
12:15
Speaker 1: think honestly with Shopee, they're gonna drop some vouchers or
12:19
Speaker 1: some attractive things for you for sure. So, you might
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Speaker 1: want to give it a try very soon. Why not, right?
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Speaker 1: Now I feel safer when I travel overseas. You know,
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Speaker 1: last time when you don't have cash, you're like, oh man,
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Speaker 1: I'm scared this place won't have pay wave or whatever. Now, there's,
12:35
Speaker 1: there has to be a QR code for sure, right?
12:37
Speaker 1: Coming up after 8, I'm pretty sure you would have
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Speaker 1: seen this causing a lot of conversation online already about
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Speaker 1: how 1 in 7 Singaporean families have a monthly income,
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Speaker 1: and I'm assuming a combined monthly income of at least
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Speaker 1: $30,000 and this is according to an official household survey.
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Speaker 1: So, apparently this percentage that has met this number has
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Speaker 1: almost doubled in the past 5 years, but the comments
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Speaker 1: section is really brutal right now, OK?
13:05
Speaker 1: Comment section, got a lot of truth over there. I,
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Speaker 1: I gotta say I cannot fight some of these opinions. They,
13:12
Speaker 1: they make a lot of sense, but at the same time,
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Speaker 1: I wanted to open up phone lines, 669-11987 in just
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Speaker 1: a little while to discuss this, OK? How much do
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Speaker 1: you think you would want to have as a combined
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Speaker 1: monthly income in order to have the life.
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Speaker 1: that you want? Is it $30,000? Is it less? Is
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Speaker 1: it more? Can you survive on less? Can you have
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Speaker 1: a nice life with less? I don't know. I, I
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Speaker 1: want to hear from you, OK? Let's talk money in
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Speaker 1: to have a shot at this actually. So I'll be
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Speaker 1: opening up our phone lines and WhatsApp channels to 90050987
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Speaker 1: is the number to take down and I can't wait
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Speaker 1: to hear your stories and opinions in just a bit. Now,
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Speaker 1: you might have seen this already, just released about a
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Speaker 1: day ago.
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Speaker 1: Around 1 in 7 Singaporean families have a monthly income
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Speaker 1: of at least $30,000 and this number has almost doubled
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Speaker 1: in the past 5 years. This is according to the
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Speaker 1: general household survey report. So I think, um, there, people
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Speaker 1: had a lot to say in the comment section on
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Speaker 1: social media.
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Speaker 1: Some people are like, huh, who are these families? And
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Speaker 1: some even commented saying, um, well, this is a combined
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Speaker 1: monthly income, right? Like, what if you have 2 or
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Speaker 1: 3 children who are still staying with you that are
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Speaker 1: already working, and they have an income, so that contributes
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Speaker 1: to the 30,000, right? So then on average, it kind
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Speaker 1: of works out to be an average amount that people
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Speaker 1: are earning per person.
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Speaker 1: So, according to this report, though, um, it is about 13.4%
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Speaker 1: in total of resident households that have this uh monthly
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Speaker 1: income of about $30,000. So it, I mean, it's a
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Speaker 1: significant sum. Um, this refers to income comprising employment and
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Speaker 1: also non-employment, so things like rental, investments, um, regular insurance payouts.
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Speaker 1: I don't know how they even calculated this, to be honest,
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Speaker 1: that's quite
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Speaker 1: Impressive, but I think um there's been a significant increase.
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Speaker 1: So singles and dinks, dual income, no kids, couples, becoming
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Speaker 1: increasingly common right now. I mean, hey, uh, looking at
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Speaker 1: my own friend's situation, half of my friends are single,
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Speaker 1: and half of us are dinks, dual income, no kids, right? So, singlehood, unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: also rose among younger participants below the age of 40
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Speaker 1: years old. So I think um those between the age
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Speaker 1: 25 to 34, apparently,
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Speaker 1: There's the largest increase in singlehood. So, yeah, that's, that's
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Speaker 1: interesting statistics over there, but I wanted to open up
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Speaker 1: the phone lines for this and to get your opinion
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Speaker 1: and your thoughts, OK? What do you feel is an
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Speaker 1: ideal amount in terms of money, OK, for a combined
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Speaker 1: um monthly income for your household,
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Speaker 1: What is that amount that you feel would help you
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Speaker 1: lead the life that you want? Just, just, just get
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Speaker 1: creative with it. Don't need to think too much or
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Speaker 1: think too far. Just tell me exactly, you know, do,
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Speaker 1: do some quick math and estimate roughly, what is the
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Speaker 1: amount that you would love to have for your combined
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Speaker 1: monthly household income to lead the life that you want
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Speaker 1: caused a lot of conversation and um a lot of
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Speaker 1: opinions being aired online. About 1 in 7 Singaporean households now.
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Speaker 1: Earning a combined income of about $30,000 although I think
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Speaker 1: a lot of people have many questions about the details
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Speaker 1: and things that seem a little bit in the gray
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Speaker 1: area when it comes to that report. So, I just
17:07
Speaker 1: wanted to ease it up and ask you this one.
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Speaker 1: If you could, you know, just manifest the ideal amount
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Speaker 1: of combined income in your household.
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Speaker 1: What would it be to lead the life that you want?
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Speaker 1: I mean, just go with it, OK? Just go with it,
17:22
Speaker 1: your gut. I want to say hi over here to,
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Speaker 1: I don't think you left your name. I want to
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Speaker 1: say fat. You said, hey, I would say around 150
17:30
Speaker 1: to 20,000 a month combined. It's enough to pay them.
17:33
Speaker 1: mortgage and to own a car if you really hate money,
17:36
Speaker 1: and yet still argue about whether $8 coffee is worth it.
17:39
Speaker 1: You may not feel rich, but you probably get to
17:41
Speaker 1: live a life a little by going on holidays 1
17:45
Speaker 1: to 2 times a year. Oh, I see you've got
17:47
Speaker 1: the math covered. I don't.
17:49
Speaker 1: I don't think that's a bad number at all, to
17:51
Speaker 1: be honest. In fact, if, um, if you're a dink,
17:54
Speaker 1: dual income, no kids, and you have like about 20,000
17:58
Speaker 1: a month, I think that's quite doable, right? What do
18:01
Speaker 1: you think? It's up to you. It's your turn to
18:03
Speaker 1: tell me how much do you think your household needs
18:05
Speaker 1: to lead the life that you want. Saying hi here
18:08
Speaker 1: to Anonymous, you said, you know what, the question is,
18:11
Speaker 1: when
18:11
Speaker 1: Is it ever enough? I'm not gonna lie, I'm in
18:14
Speaker 1: a dink household right now, dual income, no kids. We
18:17
Speaker 1: actually have a pretty decent combined income of above $20,000
18:22
Speaker 1: because we're both um been working in our fields for
18:24
Speaker 1: quite some time now, and we just decided we don't
18:27
Speaker 1: want kids. We are living the life that we like,
18:30
Speaker 1: but we still choose to live modestly in case of
18:32
Speaker 1: a rainy day.
18:34
Speaker 1: Thank you Anonymous for that text. I'm still open to
18:37
Speaker 1: taking more of your messages and, you know, have you
18:40
Speaker 1: share your opinions as well and your real-life stories. Give
18:42
Speaker 1: me a call, 669-11987 or drop me a message 90050987.
18:47
Speaker 1: What is the ideal combined household income you feel you
18:51
Speaker 1: need to live the life that you want? About to
18:54
Speaker 1: head to the phone lines in just a little bit,
18:56
Speaker 1: but
18:56
Speaker 1: First, more of your messages. We're talking about the new
19:00
Speaker 1: statistic about how 1 in 7 Singaporean households reportedly earn
19:04
Speaker 1: a combined income of about $30,000 now, and I think
19:07
Speaker 1: that the question that a lot of people were asking
19:09
Speaker 1: in the comment section was, this household got how many people?
19:12
Speaker 1: Is it 3 people? Is it 5? Is it 6 people?
19:15
Speaker 1: I mean, it could vary, right? There, there are many,
19:17
Speaker 1: many different ways of seeing it.
19:19
Speaker 1: So I'm going back to our texts first. I'm saying,
19:22
Speaker 1: hi over here. You didn't leave your name, but you say,
19:24
Speaker 1: this survey of 300 households, is it based on a
19:27
Speaker 1: family of six? Doesn't really make sense if the median
19:30
Speaker 1: income per person is 6000. Is the survey made to
19:33
Speaker 1: only privately owned households, primed HDB areas? I believe a
19:37
Speaker 1: combined income for four-room flat owners at 200 can suffice
19:42
Speaker 1: to lead a simple and comfortable life. Two working adults,
19:45
Speaker 1: higher combined income would mean limitations of buying typical public housing.
19:49
Speaker 1: You're so right, actually. I mean, there are a lot
19:51
Speaker 1: of um details that are unaddressed for now, right?
19:55
Speaker 1: OK, um, more messages coming through here. Hey, Sonia, please
19:58
Speaker 1: do keep me anonymous. If I could choose, well, I
20:02
Speaker 1: currently live in a household of 4 people. I'm not
20:05
Speaker 1: quite sure what our combined household income is for now,
20:08
Speaker 1: but I doubt it is $30,000. My sibling is still
20:12
Speaker 1: studying right now, so I'm the only person that's working.
20:15
Speaker 1: In fact, I am semi-supporting my parents. I'm a I'm
20:18
Speaker 1: a millennial just like you, and sometimes it does get
20:21
Speaker 1: a little bit tough, and I can only hope that
20:23
Speaker 1: my sibling grows up faster.
20:25
Speaker 1: So that they can start working and uh contribute to
20:28
Speaker 1: the family as well.
20:30
Speaker 1: Thank you, Anonymous for your message. I, I understand and
20:35
Speaker 1: I'm an only child, so I do get that as well. Um,
20:38
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're tuning in, if you're an
20:39
Speaker 1: only child. Raise your hands. I feel you. Well, we
20:44
Speaker 1: also do have um some callers hanging on the line
20:46
Speaker 1: right now. Tim, what do you think of this whole
20:49
Speaker 1: report and this whole survey? Do you feel like you
20:51
Speaker 1: have an ideal amount in mind? Well, you know, to
20:55
Speaker 1: that question, I think it's so important nowadays, you know.
20:58
Speaker 1: age of materialism, consumerism that we have to remember that
21:02
Speaker 1: we must not compare because our lot, each of our
21:05
Speaker 1: lot are different. So by not comparing, we will start
21:07
Speaker 1: off envy, it's so important to be contented because or
21:11
Speaker 1: else we have to deal with covetousness.
21:14
Speaker 1: And in order to be happy, I think we have
21:17
Speaker 1: to live within our means span within our means. Yeah. No,
21:20
Speaker 1: I completely agree. I mean, sometimes when you want to
21:23
Speaker 1: treat yourself to something, right, you're like, will I be
21:26
Speaker 1: eating grass for the next 6 months? If the answer
21:28
Speaker 1: is yes, then probably let's not force ourselves to afford that, right?
21:32
Speaker 1: Like to to buy something. Yeah. No, I completely agree
21:35
Speaker 1: with your point of view and you know, the, the
21:37
Speaker 1: age-old saying of comparison is the thief of happiness. I
21:41
Speaker 1: think it's applicable in every phase of our life.
21:45
Speaker 1: That's correct. Thank you so much, Timothy. You have a
21:46
Speaker 1: great day at work, OK? OK, thank you. Bye, bye-bye.
21:49
Speaker 1: Lots more messages to get through. We're talking about that
21:52
Speaker 1: survey where 1 in 7 Singaporean households apparently earn about
21:55
Speaker 1: a combined income.
21:57
Speaker 1: Of around $30,000. So I'm going to our WhatsApp channels
22:01
Speaker 1: now after the phone lines earlier. The question to you
22:04
Speaker 1: today is, what do you think is an ideal combined
22:08
Speaker 1: monthly income that you would like to have in order
22:11
Speaker 1: to live the life that you want? Saying hi here
22:13
Speaker 1: to Kelson, you said, hey, I've a lovely family of 3.
22:17
Speaker 1: I would think a comfortable household income of $20,000 now
22:21
Speaker 1: would be great. We get to travel during school holidays
22:24
Speaker 1: with our daughter, young daughter, and we're still able to
22:27
Speaker 1: afford a family car and to service our mortgage loan. PS,
22:31
Speaker 1: we are not there yet, but we will be one day.
22:34
Speaker 1: I'm assuming not there yet for $200,000 or $30,000. You
22:38
Speaker 1: will get there, you will get there. I have faith
22:40
Speaker 1: in you, Kelson, 100%, OK.
22:43
Speaker 1: Um, more messages coming through too. OK, this one, you
22:45
Speaker 1: didn't quite leave a name. I'll just call you Kay.
22:48
Speaker 1: You say, dear Sonia, I'm in a family of 5.
22:51
Speaker 1: I've worked as a civil servant for many years. My
22:54
Speaker 1: husband drives Grab plus minus, we don't even earn about
22:58
Speaker 1: $10,000 right now. Um, my kids are in ITE and
23:02
Speaker 1: in primary school, so that survey sounds kind of ridiculous
23:06
Speaker 1: to me.
23:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, I always wonder about these surveys, you know, I,
23:10
Speaker 1: in my whole life, right, whenever I see all these
23:13
Speaker 1: surveys about whatever, like so many different statistics, I'm like,
23:16
Speaker 1: I've never received a survey in my life. I really
23:18
Speaker 1: have never. My family has never received a survey either.
23:22
Speaker 1: So I'm so curious, who are the people doing these surveys?
23:24
Speaker 1: I don't know, just airing my inner thoughts here.
23:27
Speaker 1: OK, um, saying hi over here to Ron. You said, obviously,
23:31
Speaker 1: the survey did not reach my friends and I, otherwise,
23:34
Speaker 1: it'll be 1 in 100 households that are earning $30,000.
23:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, yet another listener who has never received a survey,
23:42
Speaker 1: I'm guessing.
23:43
Speaker 1: Um, more messages to read out, of course, and still
23:46
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23:48
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24:04
Speaker 1: through to 90050987. What is the ideal combined household income
24:10
Speaker 1: you would like to have to live the life that
24:12
Speaker 1: you want? Your household
24:13
Speaker 1: Income on the back of that survey that got everyone
24:17
Speaker 1: in conversation on social media, apparently, about 1 in 7
24:21
Speaker 1: Singaporean households now have a combined income of about $30,000
24:24
Speaker 1: which sparked off a lot of questions in the comment section.
24:27
Speaker 1: Of course, right, of course. So, um, saying hi here
24:31
Speaker 1: to A, you said, morning, Sonia. Before I answer, I
24:33
Speaker 1: have a question. Where do these people get a salary
24:36
Speaker 1: of so much? For 10 years, I've been trying to find,
24:39
Speaker 1: I keep lending below $500 a month, but for me,
24:43
Speaker 1: I think 10, to 15,000 combined income gives you a
24:46
Speaker 1: comfortable and a simple life. If you have more than
24:49
Speaker 1: 2 kids, or if you want more than two kids,
24:51
Speaker 1: maybe about 20, but yes, 300 or more can give
24:55
Speaker 1: you quite a lavish lifestyle, right? I I agree with you. Yeah.
24:58
Speaker 1: And it also depends, right? What, what is your opinion
25:01
Speaker 1: of a lavish lifestyle? And if you live simply already
25:05
Speaker 1: and you don't generally need things like unnecessary luxuries, then
25:10
Speaker 1: you're fine, right? It's really perspective. OK, um,
25:13
Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep this next one anonymous. Good morning, Sonia.
25:16
Speaker 1: I have an average monthly salary of above the 300
25:19
Speaker 1: mark with additional income with my partner. We have a
25:22
Speaker 1: comfortable life naturally.
25:24
Speaker 1: But say if we add in luxury lifestyle, maybe a
25:27
Speaker 1: good car, traveling, it's going to be just normal. Example
25:31
Speaker 1: of my breakdown, a house mortgage of $5.10 includes miscellaneous
25:36
Speaker 1: condo stuff, car about $3.50 all in, food, $4000 including restaurants, dinners, deliveries.
25:44
Speaker 1: I would say a total of about 13 to $140
25:47
Speaker 1: excluding your insurance, investments without spoiling each other occasionally. So,
25:53
Speaker 1: About more than 300 monthly will be comfortable for us.
25:56
Speaker 1: You see, it's perspective. It's, it's really how, how you
26:00
Speaker 1: lead your life and how you want to lead life.
26:02
Speaker 1: And honestly, there's no right or wrong. If you feel
26:05
Speaker 1: like you can handle a more lavish lifestyle and you
26:07
Speaker 1: want that, then do it, right? If you can do
26:09
Speaker 1: it and if it's within your means, and if you're
26:11
Speaker 1: not racking up like a big credit card debt or something.
26:15
Speaker 1: Then live within your means. I think that was really
26:17
Speaker 1: the takeaway of today. Thank you for all your messages
26:19
Speaker 1: and your calls, really appreciate it. I always say this
26:22
Speaker 1: hour will not be the same without your passionate messages
26:25
Speaker 1: and calls coming through, that's for sure. So today, lots
26:28
Speaker 1: of great stories and opinions coming through because we saw
26:32
Speaker 1: that particular survey about how 1 in 7 Singaporean households
26:36
Speaker 1: Supposedly, are earning about $30,000 right now, and I just
26:39
Speaker 1: wanted to read out one last one here from Kelvin
26:42
Speaker 1: that said, was the survey done only in Bukit Timah
26:45
Speaker 1: area because I didn't get any survey? I said, yeah,
26:48
Speaker 1: to be honest, I've never received a survey in my life,
26:51
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26:54
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26:57
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27:37
Speaker 1: My gosh, I don't know why like this year is
27:40
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27:42
Speaker 1: like Singapore Grand Prix already. It's crazy, crazy, seriously. But yeah,
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Speaker 1: she's one of the many names that have been announced,
27:47
Speaker 1: so we're really looking forward to it. I think because
27:50
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27:52
Speaker 1: Fingers crossed, we managed to score some sort of like
27:55
Speaker 1: a meet with her. I don't know. I know she's
27:58
Speaker 1: gonna be really busy, but yeah, hopefully that happens. Coming
28:01
Speaker 1: up in just a little bit though, just last week,
28:04
Speaker 1: this was the talk of the town and Joakim and
28:06
Speaker 1: I actually opened up phone lines about dialects in cinemas.
28:11
Speaker 1: And I know for a fact that I am the
28:13
Speaker 1: worst Hokkien person ever. Like, literally, my dad is Hokkien,
28:17
Speaker 1: my mom is Panakan, so they both, they're fluent in
28:19
Speaker 1: their own dialects. My mom can speak fluent Malay, by
28:22
Speaker 1: the way.
28:22
Speaker 1: I can understand a couple of things. I mean, really,
28:26
Speaker 1: I'm not, I'm not that good. And as for Hokkien,
28:28
Speaker 1: you know, la, we always learn using like the bad
28:31
Speaker 1: words first, right? So those are not quite, um, I
28:35
Speaker 1: would say an estimation of how good I am at
28:37
Speaker 1: these languages, really not at all. But this stole the
28:41
Speaker 1: show last week. When we talked about Dear You screening
28:44
Speaker 1: in Teochew, I think we had so many people calling
28:46
Speaker 1: through telling us they want to see the original Teuche version.
28:50
Speaker 1: Because for Joakim and I, we cannot watch dubbed films
28:53
Speaker 1: and TV shows, right? So this became such a big
28:57
Speaker 1: conversation that something positive has happened. Adammami right here on 987.
29:01
Speaker 1: I really hope Baby No Money comes through with more
29:03
Speaker 1: new music. I love him. He's so quirky, and we
29:06
Speaker 1: had the pleasure of speaking to him a couple of
29:08
Speaker 1: years back, I think when he just dropped this track
29:10
Speaker 1: with Rich Bryan.
29:11
Speaker 1: And uh we sent him, I think it was during
29:14
Speaker 1: COVID times, we sent him a box of Singaporean snacks,
29:17
Speaker 1: because he was somewhere not that far off. I, I
29:19
Speaker 1: think he was somewhere in Asia.
29:21
Speaker 1: And we sent him a bunch of Singaporean snacks, so
29:23
Speaker 1: we were eating together on Zoom. That was quite cute. Yeah,
29:25
Speaker 1: COVID times. Anyway, like I mentioned earlier, um, just about
29:29
Speaker 1: a week ago, the one movie that stole our hearts,
29:33
Speaker 1: Dear You, that was screening in Teochew for selected screenings,
29:36
Speaker 1: and then they had the dubbed version, right? So Joakim
29:38
Speaker 1: and I were discussing about how both of us seriously
29:41
Speaker 1: cannot watch films and and TV shows when it's dubbed.
29:45
Speaker 1: I really can't take it. Like when
29:47
Speaker 1: You, you see the mouse and the audio is not syncing.
29:50
Speaker 1: It really just gets under my skin for some reason.
29:52
Speaker 1: It's just one of my, my aches. I just can't
29:54
Speaker 1: deal with it. But ever since that opened up a
29:57
Speaker 1: whole conversation, not because of us, I think it was
30:00
Speaker 1: because of the overall interest in just watching it in
30:03
Speaker 1: its original form, which was Teochew.
30:05
Speaker 1: Our friends at Nan Kongsi, got to give a big
30:07
Speaker 1: shout out to them, man. They've officially sponsored 900 tickets
30:12
Speaker 1: to the Dear You screenings in Teuhuu because of overwhelming
30:16
Speaker 1: demand for the film, and it's happened in June, but
30:20
Speaker 1: in July, if you're still looking forward to it, 4th
30:22
Speaker 1: and 5th of July, additional screenings have been added.
30:26
Speaker 1: Um, the commercial screenings were at Golden Village Vivo City,
30:28
Speaker 1: which is beautiful, by the way. I'm not sure when
30:31
Speaker 1: was the last time you went to watch a movie there,
30:33
Speaker 1: but one of my favorite cinemas to go to. So
30:35
Speaker 1: out of the 900 tickets, 800 are for their organizations,
30:39
Speaker 1: and then I believe, um, the others were donated to
30:42
Speaker 1: staff from Nyan Primary School, Nyan Secondary School. What about
30:45
Speaker 1: Neon Poly? Are we included? I'm not sure whether we're
30:48
Speaker 1: included in that. But hey, um, this just really warmed
30:51
Speaker 1: our hearts when we saw this and uh their screenings
30:53
Speaker 1: are happening.
30:55
Speaker 1: In just a while, 4th and 5th of July, these
30:57
Speaker 1: are the additional screenings too. So, here's hoping that more
31:01
Speaker 1: organizations step through to make this happen. And also because
31:04
Speaker 1: of the overwhelming demand, now we know that hey, this
31:08
Speaker 1: could be the answer to how we can save our
31:10
Speaker 1: cinemas here in Singapore, to be very honest, right? I mean,
31:13
Speaker 1: I know that for a fact, when I look at
31:17
Speaker 1: my habits of watching movies nowadays, I don't go to
31:20
Speaker 1: the cinemas as often anymore.
31:22
Speaker 1: But when there's a really solid movie, I will. However,
31:25
Speaker 1: it is no longer as packed as before, which makes
31:27
Speaker 1: me feel really sad. I mean, what happened to date
31:29
Speaker 1: nights in the movies or friends just going to watch
31:32
Speaker 1: The Devil Wears Prada 2 together, for example, like I
31:35
Speaker 1: did that with my girlfriends. That was really fun. But
31:37
Speaker 1: the cinema wasn't very full either, which, yeah, made us
31:40
Speaker 1: quite sad, right, and a bit nostalgic too, to some extent.
31:43
Speaker 1: So if you can, if you can, um, grab a
31:46
Speaker 1: friend or grab your bestie or your family members and
31:48
Speaker 1: catch a movie in the cinemas whenever you want over
31:52
Speaker 1: the weekend to just support our Singaporean cinemas. Some food news,
31:57
Speaker 1: food news. Sonia with the good food news. It's been
32:00
Speaker 1: a while since I've done this, but I think because
32:03
Speaker 1: of the fact that I ate a lot of fried
32:05
Speaker 1: food when I was in Bali,
32:07
Speaker 1: Um, got a bit of a sore throat after that,
32:09
Speaker 1: that developed into like a full blown flu. So I'll
32:12
Speaker 1: be staying away from fried food for now. But saying
32:16
Speaker 1: hello again to Korean fast food chain Mom's Touch, returning
32:20
Speaker 1: to Singapore after 4 years of disappearing.
32:23
Speaker 1: Welcome back. I mean, I, I, I honestly think that
32:28
Speaker 1: um a lot of my friends who love Korean food
32:30
Speaker 1: and Korean fast food, they were celebrating when Mom's Touch
32:32
Speaker 1: came to Singapore. In fact, when I go to South Korea,
32:35
Speaker 1: my friends recommended me to try Mom's Touch when I
32:38
Speaker 1: was there. Then it came to Singapore, and disappeared, um,
32:41
Speaker 1: after its closure. People were wondering like, hey, what happened, right?
32:44
Speaker 1: I mean, they, they're very popular in South Korea. They've
32:46
Speaker 1: got like over 1000 stores, but news of its return
32:49
Speaker 1: to Singapore made waves after a hoarding of the restaurant, um,
32:54
Speaker 1: featuring Leserafem. It was spotted in Chinatown by someone on X.
32:59
Speaker 1: So I think, um, you know, for Leserafem, they're currently
33:02
Speaker 1: their brand ambassadors, right? So people were like, eh.
33:05
Speaker 1: Um, they saw a whole board and like, are they
33:07
Speaker 1: coming back? That would be really exciting. So more information
33:09
Speaker 1: will be revealed very soon, but the Serafin will be
33:12
Speaker 1: returning to Singapore, I think sometime in November, if I believe.
33:16
Speaker 1: So maybe they're trying to coincide with that sometime in November, perhaps.
33:20
Speaker 1: I don't know, but regardless, people are excited for sure.
33:22
Speaker 1: Here in Singapore, we are suckers for anything from South
33:25
Speaker 1: Korea and to be fair, this one is pretty delicious.
33:28
Speaker 1: I am Solo and yours. Joakim's on leave these two days,
33:32
Speaker 1: and I got a little question for you.
33:34
Speaker 1: Because his birthday is coming up very soon. In fact,
33:37
Speaker 1: he's taken birthday leave at the end of this week, um,
33:40
Speaker 1: these two days, so that, you know, he can, I guess,
33:43
Speaker 1: just enjoy it a little bit earlier because I think
33:44
Speaker 1: during his birthday, the day after I'm flying off for work,
33:48
Speaker 1: so he's a bit like, uh, why are you leaving me?
33:51
Speaker 1: I will bring him for a birthday dinner for sure,
33:53
Speaker 1: but what do you think I should do for his birthday?
33:56
Speaker 1: I'm starting to get, um, I'm starting to gather some
33:58
Speaker 1: ideas now, OK, because we've been friends for so long, right?
34:01
Speaker 1: I've done every possible thing. I've surprised him.
34:04
Speaker 1: Um, done many different things. I've brought him to like
34:07
Speaker 1: a fancy restaurant for his birthday, which, um, I paid for, obviously.
34:11
Speaker 1: He requested for that particular restaurant, you know it already,
34:14
Speaker 1: burnt ends. So what should I do for him this year?
34:17
Speaker 1: Do you have any ideas at all? Please, send me
34:20
Speaker 1: a message, 90050987 because from now to the 22nd, which
34:24
Speaker 1: leaves me exactly a month, I need to plan something.
34:28
Speaker 1: That's for sure.