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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 280926 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Shall we begin the show proper? Let's go wake up.
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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
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  Speaker 2: shock circuit.
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  Speaker 1: So, welcome to Monday, and if you're in primary 6,
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  Speaker 1: today being Mother tongue Day for you, sending you all
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  Speaker 1: the love as you take on 3 out of 4
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  Speaker 1: PSLE papers today, it is Joakim Gomez keeping you company
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  Speaker 1: right here on the Shock circuit. Singapore's number 1 hit
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  Speaker 1: music station.
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  Speaker 1: Now, focusing on the Asian Games for a bit, I'll
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  Speaker 1: definitely be talking about Shanti Pereira. I want to do
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  Speaker 1: it just past 7 a.m. when more people are awake
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore, in case you are not following whatever's
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  Speaker 1: happening in Japan right now when it comes to the
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  Speaker 1: best of the best in the countries of Asia, Shanti
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  Speaker 1: Pereira winning gold for Singapore at the 200 m finals.
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  Speaker 1: But I also want to say congratulations.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to all Team Singapore athletes, especially to one Low
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  Speaker 1: Ken Yu, because apparently he has guaranteed a historic medal
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  Speaker 1: for Singapore in the sport of badminton. And today at
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  Speaker 1: 10:30 a.m. Singapore time, if I am not wrong, he
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  Speaker 1: takes on his Korean counterpart for hopefully a spot in
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  Speaker 1: the grand finals when it comes to the badminton event.
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  Speaker 1: And hopefully he flies the Singapore flag high. Congrats to
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  Speaker 1: Loki and you and to everyone in Japan flying the
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  Speaker 1: Singapore flag high, setting either a season's best or a
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  Speaker 1: personal best timing. We've got some new national records as well,
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  Speaker 1: and you know what? You can guarantee for Sonia and I,
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  Speaker 1: we have people reaching out to some of our athletes. Hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: we bring them in for a nice chat post Asian Games,
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  Speaker 1: and I want to send some encouragement.
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  Speaker 1: To everybody doing their PSLE this Monday morning. All the
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  Speaker 1: best to you.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: You're done with two papers already, 2 more to go,
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  Speaker 1: or for some of you, 3 more to go. Today,
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  Speaker 1: it's being Mother Tongue Day, 28th of September, and I
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  Speaker 1: believe I'm looking at your official timetable right now. Paper
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  Speaker 1: one is at 8:15 a.m. and then paper two happens
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  Speaker 1: from 10:15 a.m. onwards. You might need to go to.
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  Speaker 1: School early to sit in the examination hall and make
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  Speaker 1: sure you have everything with you. If you're allowed to,
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  Speaker 1: don't forget your zhi tian and also be on standby
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  Speaker 1: in just a while. You can send all the love
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  Speaker 1: and messages that you want to anyone you know in
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  Speaker 1: primary 6 or maybe you could call in at 669-119-87
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  Speaker 1: and request for your favorite.
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  Speaker 1: Song to play. Hopefully, that gives you a bit of
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  Speaker 1: energy and gives you a better mood before you make
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  Speaker 1: your way to the examination hall for your mother tongue
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  Speaker 1: of paper. Check your characters, check your words, make sure
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  Speaker 1: you've spelled them correctly, and again, respect to anyone who
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  Speaker 1: takes Tamil because whenever I look at how to write
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  Speaker 1: some of the characters, it, it is tough, man.
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  Speaker 1: Really, I, I, I've tried to write a sentence and
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  Speaker 1: my hand and my artistic mind, it, it just can't
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  Speaker 1: compute on how to write those words. So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: Respect to everyone. I want to read out as many
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  Speaker 1: as I can right now saying good morning to Meg,
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  Speaker 1: who says, morning Joakim. I want to wish my two
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  Speaker 1: amazing daughters, Luanne and Lorraine, all the best and good
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: luck for the exams. Stay focused and be calm. One
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  Speaker 1: of them doing their PSLE.
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  Speaker 1: today and the other one doing secondary to literature. Love
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  Speaker 1: Mummy Mag. Meg, hopefully, this put a smile on their faces.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: We go from training season to neck deep in exam
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  Speaker 1: season here in Singapore, not just PSLE, but I believe
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  Speaker 1: some other people are doing their examinations as well. We're
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: talking the N-levels. People might be revising for their O's
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  Speaker 1: and A levels, and if I'm not wrong, people are doing.
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  Speaker 1: Doing some literature papers today as well. All the best
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  Speaker 1: to you and especially if you're in secondary 2, make
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  Speaker 1: sure you choose your subject combi wisely as you enter
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  Speaker 1: sec 3, sec 4, maybe even sec 5s for a
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  Speaker 1: handful of us here in Singapore. That's it. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: open the phone lines right now, 669-119-87. If you want
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  Speaker 1: to call us and wish your school all the best
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  Speaker 1: for their exams.
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  Speaker 1: Or anyone that you know in primary 6, or if
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: you yourself are in primary 6, let us know. I
• 4:30
  Speaker 1: want to play you your favorite song here on 987.
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  Speaker 1: For me, music was a big time companion, almost the
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  Speaker 1: best companion for me when I was doing my PSLE
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  Speaker 1: and back then, it was the music of Britney Spears,
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  Speaker 1: Christina Aguilera, the Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Ricky Martin, Carlos Centena.
• 4:52
  Speaker 1: All those songs were actually being played on 987 back
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: then when people like Gene Danker was still here and
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  Speaker 1: I was tuned in and was hoping that she would
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: play me my favorite Backstreet Boys song, which she finally
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: did last year when I complained too much. Hey, until
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: now I haven't read my letter, is it? And she
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  Speaker 1: played it on our sister station Class 95. So keep
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: the calls and the messages coming in. Wanna say good
• 5:15
  Speaker 1: morning to Katie. Katie, you say.
• 5:18
  Speaker 1: I'm wishing for my mother's friend's son who is taking
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  Speaker 1: PSLE this year. His name is Evan. He is very
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  Speaker 1: stressed and I hope that he can do it, and
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  Speaker 1: I myself am doing my literature end of years today,
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  Speaker 1: so I hope I will pass too. And one coming
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  Speaker 1: in from Irene. Irene says, all the best for your
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: PSLE Mandarin paper, Rafael Tiao, and you actually write the
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  Speaker 1: words in Mandarin. I'm very thankful I'm able to read it.
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  Speaker 1: We also got one.
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  Speaker 1: Coming in from Desmond. Desmond's saying, hey, Joakim, I wanna
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  Speaker 1: wish my sons, Gabriel and Jaden, all the best for
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  Speaker 1: their mother tongue of paper today. They're on their way
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  Speaker 1: to school with me in the car right now. Could
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  Speaker 1: you please play them anything from BTS? Why not? Your
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: wish is my command, but before we touch on the
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  Speaker 1: world of motor sport, we must say congratulations to one
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  Speaker 1: Shanti Pereira. Thank you for flying the Singapore flag high.
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  Speaker 1: And if you want to catch her emotional post-race interview
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  Speaker 1: done with Ed Russell, I think it's available for your
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  Speaker 1: Media Corp Sports online on all the social media platforms. So, yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: it was the 200 m finals and Shanti Pereira, aside
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  Speaker 1: from taking home the gold medal for Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: She has also become the first Asian to defend her
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  Speaker 1: gold medal crown when it comes to the 200 m event.
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  Speaker 1: And just listen to 18 seconds worth of commentary. Here
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  Speaker 1: we go. Chen, she's got this amazing kick. Preda is
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  Speaker 1: right there. Boy, we've got a head to head battle.
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  Speaker 1: Preda's getting the bid.
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  Speaker 1: For Singapore has got the gold and she is the.
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  Speaker 1: title from 2023, a sensational win.
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  Speaker 1: You know what, I'm gonna make a very bold prediction here.
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  Speaker 1: You know how some National Day parades, we still play
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  Speaker 1: the commentary of our team Singapore Lions in football, in
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  Speaker 1: the world of football, and maybe even Joseph Schooling as well.
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure this commentator's voice will live on in
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  Speaker 1: Singapore's sporting history as we will replay this moment over
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  Speaker 1: and over again when it comes to highlights.
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  Speaker 1: I think some of the best in the sporting world
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  Speaker 1: that Singapore has to offer. Shanti Pereira, congratulations, and we
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  Speaker 1: cannot wait to have you in the studio and maybe
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  Speaker 1: have a chat with us about how you showed up
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  Speaker 1: every day to train, whether rain or shine, happy or sad,
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  Speaker 1: and it's all paid off. 200 m gold and 100
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  Speaker 1: m silver.
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  Speaker 1: Just like you did for the 2022 version of the
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  Speaker 1: Asian Games. Congratulations. Going solo today if you just joined
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: us wondering, hey, where's our darling Sonia Chew? Uh, she
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  Speaker 1: texted me around 5:30 a.m. in the morning saying that
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: she's feeling a little bit under the weather, and yes,
• 8:04
  Speaker 1: the weather here in Singapore has been erratic. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: complaining about the rain, by the way. It's nice to
• 8:09
  Speaker 1: have rain again.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, hopefully the haze clears and we can all
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  Speaker 1: go back to business as usual and even doing our
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  Speaker 1: sports as well. Again, shout out to you if you
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  Speaker 1: are very patient and really understanding of the organizer's decision
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  Speaker 1: yesterday for the Kip run to bring 21.1 km down
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  Speaker 1: to 10 km, but everyone still had fun.
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  Speaker 1: And reading the social media sentiment on threads and even
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  Speaker 1: on Reddit as well. I think it's kind of good. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: no complaints there. Also, I want to just read a
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  Speaker 1: few more texts coming in of parents wanting to wish
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  Speaker 1: their kids all the best for their exam season and
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  Speaker 1: even PSLE. Wanna say hello to Selvin. Selvin says, hey, Joakim,
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  Speaker 1: PSLE is definitely not an easy journey, both for the
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  Speaker 1: students and their parents. I've gone through the PSLE journey
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  Speaker 1: 3 times with
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  Speaker 1: My children from 2005 to 2017, so I can understand
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  Speaker 1: what many parents are going through today. To all students
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  Speaker 1: taking their PSLE, stay calm, do your best and all
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  Speaker 1: the very best for your exams, and to the parents,
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  Speaker 1: hang in there too. And one more text coming in
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  Speaker 1: from Lee. Morning, Joakim. Please give a shout out to
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  Speaker 1: my son, Hayden Koh from Yio Chu Kang Secondary School.
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  Speaker 1: He's taking his Secondary 3 Chinese paper today, although confirmed fail.
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  Speaker 1: Please tell him to do his best and don't leave
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  Speaker 1: blanks on the paper, wah.
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  Speaker 1: This is a troll message for sure, but yes, if
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  Speaker 1: you're the kind of parent that Hayden has, I'm very
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  Speaker 1: sure it must be a very fun household with you
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: guys roasting each other. When we come back though, if
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: you're familiar with Georgetown Penang, I want to take you
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  Speaker 1: there for a while. This involves parking, and I really
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  Speaker 1: wonder if such a thing were to happen here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: would people do the same in moving a car?
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  Speaker 1: I want to take you over to Georgetown Penang. Look,
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: it's a place that I must go. I hear the
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  Speaker 1: food there is very good and some of the artistic murals,
• 10:10
  Speaker 1: makes a very nice Instagram backdrop as well. But this
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  Speaker 1: could be a reminder for us here in Singapore in
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  Speaker 1: terms of parking. Yes, we have very interesting parking pictures
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  Speaker 1: and videos available for you on social media here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: but over at Georgetown, Penang, I think there is a
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  Speaker 1: lane that is quite popular with the locals.
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  Speaker 1: And tourists as well, and on Sundays, it's car-free, apparently,
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  Speaker 1: but there was one parked car over there on this
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  Speaker 1: narrow lane, and it was blocking the path of a
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  Speaker 1: bus that was supposed to go through that lane to
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  Speaker 1: maybe alight some tourists or whatsoever. What happens? Locals and
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  Speaker 1: tourists came together to actually lift the car, move it
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  Speaker 1: aside so the bus can go through.
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  Speaker 1: I wonder whether as the owner taken ownership, no pun intended,
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  Speaker 1: of this kind of bad parking, and I wonder what
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: the follow-up is as well, but people online are saying, yes,
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  Speaker 1: well done. I wish you could do it in our
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: home country as well. So I'm just thinking here in Singapore,
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: if people were to do something like that.
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: I, I, I don't think it is allowed. We could
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  Speaker 1: get into trouble if we try to move a car
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  Speaker 1: by ourselves as well, but this is hilarious. So maybe
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  Speaker 1: it could be a reminder to park your car properly, hopefully,
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: dropping some Singapore telco trivia your way right now on
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  Speaker 1: this Monday morning.
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  Speaker 1: We have 4 mobile network operators, OK? Singtel, StarHub, M1,
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: and Simba, formerly known as TPG Singapore. So I think
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: if you were to have read the article, if not,
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: not to worry, I will summarize it for you. There
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  Speaker 1: were talks between, I believe it was Simba.
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  Speaker 1: And, and M1. So, the proposed acquisition of M1 by
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: rival Simba fell through, and now there are talks between
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  Speaker 1: StarHub and our friends over at Cappel. Now, Cappel are
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  Speaker 1: the parent company of M1, so there could be a
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  Speaker 1: potential merger between StarHub and M1 and maybe to give
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  Speaker 1: SingTel and Simba a run for their money. But if
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  Speaker 1: you
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  Speaker 1: If you were to have read the article, what people
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: are saying is OK if we go from 4 mobile
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: network operators to 3, it could reduce competition here in
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: Singapore and also maybe customers and consumers who think, hey,
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: maybe we could have more discounts or whatsoever. No, it
• 12:41
  Speaker 1: could mean fewer discounts, promotion, and cheaper mobile plans and
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: smaller players, for example, like Circle.
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: Circles Life could also keep prices competitive, provided they retain
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  Speaker 1: fair access to the merged companies' network. So, if you're
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: on Circles Life, they're actually using M1's network. There you go. So,
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: let's see what happens, whether will the world of telcos
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  Speaker 1: be spiced up here in Singapore. I'm invested. I, I
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  Speaker 1: just wanna see what happens and hopefully, we as consumers,
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  Speaker 1: we win.
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: In terms of price plans, but again, the analysts, they
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: always say something negative, but I'm just hoping for a
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  Speaker 1: good balance between the consumer and the people that we
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: consume from. And to my fellow bros and sisters, if
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: you're tuned in right now here on 987.
• 13:31
  Speaker 1: We think we know all about love and dating and
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: sometimes life just offers us a curveball. Was catching up
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  Speaker 1: with a few friends the past weekend, and over lunch,
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: one of my female friends was saying that, hey, you know,
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: this guy is quite a serial love bomber here in Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, who is this person? And I
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: realized there are plenty of threads and there are even
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  Speaker 1: there's even a podcast about this guy's love bombing habits.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to say names or whatsoever, but if
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  Speaker 1: you do your research, I think you might even know already.
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  Speaker 1: So she was sharing that she received a DM from
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  Speaker 1: this said person.
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: And this person went, oh, I was doing some stalking
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  Speaker 1: and I realized you're doing this for a living and
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  Speaker 1: you're doing that. Oh my goodness, can you please be
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  Speaker 1: my wife already? Without even meeting my friend in person
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  Speaker 1: for the very first time. And then, ever since that
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  Speaker 1: DM and my friend responded with a, 00, hello, hi,
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  Speaker 1: a bit too much, but OK, hi. You know, she's
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  Speaker 1: just being nice and responsive because she isn't really based here,
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  Speaker 1: so maybe she might not know too much of the
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: Singapore tea.
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  Speaker 1: After replying the DM, the guy keeps sending her like
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  Speaker 1: selfies of himself wherever he is here in Singapore, and
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: my friend was like, Hey, you know what, I'm actually
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: not based in Singapore. I'm going back to the country
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  Speaker 1: where I work in. I'm not gonna say where as
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: well in case I reveal too much. And the guy goes, Oh,
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: not to worry, I can fly over and see you.
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: And immediately he sends us screenshots of his potential flights
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  Speaker 1: to that area that he might go and see her,
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  Speaker 1: which is quite weird and
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  Speaker 1: And then my friend says, so I did some research
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  Speaker 1: and I realized he's all over Reddit. It's all, even
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  Speaker 1: as a podcast about him as well, and I'm quite scared.
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: All my friends are chuckling and said, thank goodness you
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  Speaker 1: found out before it was too late because this modus operandi,
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  Speaker 1: it's actually quite prevalent and a lot of people have
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: fallen victim.
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  Speaker 1: And when I saw some TikTok videos, I went, oh
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: my goodness, he has not changed despite it being very
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  Speaker 1: public information on the style that he will take to
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  Speaker 1: love bomb potential female victims. There you go. So I
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: want to open the phone lines right now, 669-119-87. You
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: can remain anonymous if you want to. It's a bit
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: of a spicy one today and even our WhatsApp number
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: at 90050987. Today's question.
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  Speaker 1: Whether you're male or female, I prefer not to say.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever been love bombed before? And let us
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  Speaker 1: know your experience and how did you get out of it?
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: How did you discover that you were being love bombed?
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: Maybe people here in Singapore could use your help and
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: your advice should they need it and if they find
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: themselves in a, in a similar situation. So, 669-11987. I
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  Speaker 1: wish Sonia.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: Here. I, I, I wish you could tell me any stories.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you should ask her tomorrow, but for now, I
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: want to hear yours. Again, I stumbled a bit because
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: I'm not even planning this right now. The song title,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: You Don't Even Know Me was exactly what my friend
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  Speaker 1: said to me over the weekend when we were catching up.
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  Speaker 1: She was sharing with my group of friends about how
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  Speaker 1: she got love bombed by a serial love bomber here in.
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  Speaker 1: Singapore apparently, and she didn't know this because she wasn't
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  Speaker 1: based here for quite a while. She's based overseas for
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  Speaker 1: work and she received a DM saying, Oh, I did
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  Speaker 1: some stalking and I realized you did this and that
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  Speaker 1: for a living. Oh my goodness, can you please be
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  Speaker 1: my wife? And after her reply saying, Oh, hi, hi,
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  Speaker 1: nice to meet you, it's a bit too much, but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for sliding in and saying hello and all that.
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  Speaker 1: After that reply, yeah, she started receiving unsolicited videos of
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  Speaker 1: this guy living about his daily life. Not nothing too,
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  Speaker 1: nothing vulgar yet and thankfully it stays that way, but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and apparently when she did her research online.
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  Speaker 1: We realized that this guy is using the exact same
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: tactic for every single girl that he approaches. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's available for you online. So I asked for whether
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: have you been loved bombed before and before you think, hey, Joki,
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: what about you? You think you're perfect, is it? I'm
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you, I think I've done it before,
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: but not in a harassing sort of way, but maybe
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: I got really excited about a person.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: And sometimes you can't contain that excitement and you say
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: things where you look back and you go, oh my goodness,
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  Speaker 1: I was really an idiot. So I want to say
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: good morning to anonymous texter number one who says, hey Joakim,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure every intense beginning is love bombing. Sometimes
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: you just really like someone. My boyfriend.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: I were obsessed with each other when we first met.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: We talked all night, saw each other every day, and
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: said I love you pretty quickly. We're still together years later.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: I think the difference is whether the affection is genuine
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: or being used to manipulate you. Oh, OK. A very,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: very good take on this 11 coming in from anonymous
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: texter number 2.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: Hey Joakim, this guy went from good morning beautiful every
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: day to talking about marriage within 2 weeks. I thought
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: I had finally found my person. Then suddenly he disappeared
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: and looking back, I think I was love bombed. Yeah.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: On the topic of being love bombed or whether
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: You were ever a love bomber. I'm very sure I
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: was at some point in time, but at least to
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: one person and not to like 19 or 25 different
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: people at one go. So apparently, long story short, a
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: friend was sharing about how she was love bombed by
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: a serial love bomber here in Singapore and thankfully, she
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: caught it early on before she fell victim to whatever
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: he is capable of. So I want to go to
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: WhatsApp and I actually asked
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: Have you ever experienced something similar? So both uh both
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: sides are giving their stories. So I wanna say hello
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: to anonymous texter number 4 this Monday morning. I think
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: I'll keep everyone anonymous. Hey, Joakim, I think I was
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: the one who was love bombing. I told this girl
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: whom I only met the 3rd time that I'd like
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: to meet her parents and eventually marry her. She told
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: me how overwhelmed she felt during that day.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: But she's my fiance now and hopefully we'll get married
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: next year. So love bombing but meeting those expectations. OK.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Thankfully this had a happy ending for you. Going to
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: anonymous texter number 5. Hey, Joakim.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: I got love bombed by a sports coach here in Singapore.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: It started out as DMs. I followed him first, but
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: he would slide in and reply a lot, and from
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: the first meet-up, he would talk about marriage and kids
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: and flirted excessively. I knew it was love bombing because
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: the next few days after, he would suggest to me
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: every single day and suggest I look for him at
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: the gym, to which I was so annoyed because I
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: work a 9 to 5.
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: It's obvious if everything is only to the love bomber's convenience.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Be careful, ladies, they come in any size, shape and form. Oh,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: and to add, the following week, he posted that he
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: was attached with someone else. I felt like I dodged
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: a bullet. You definitely did. Thank you very much for sharing.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: On the topic of love bombing, were you on the
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: receiving end or were you the love bomber? Yeah. Long
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: story short, a friend of mine over the weekend was
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: sharing with a group.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: That I was a part of as well about how
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: she was love bombed by what apparently is a serial
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: love bomber here in Singapore, and she wasn't aware because
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: she's not based here for a while, but when she
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: did her research, she went, oh, it's exactly the same
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: thing that he's done to many others, and he's doing
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: it to me as well. So we all chuckled and said,
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: thank God you caught it early. We're going to WhatsApp
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: right now and I'll keep all text senders anonymous for today,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: given how Singapore is a very small country.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: Hey, Joakim, I had just gotten out of a really
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: bad relationship and I met this guy. He was everything
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: my ex wasn't. He constantly reassured me, told me I
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: was beautiful, said he could see a future with me
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: and made me feel incredibly special. I got attached very quickly,
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: then I realized he was actually going through a breakup too.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: I think we were both using each other to fill
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: a void. Ah, well, that, that, that happens a lot
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: more than you know, to be honest with you.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: Another one coming in. Hey, Joakim, we met online and
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: within a month, we were talking every single night for hours.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: She told me I was her soulmate and she sometimes
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: sent me gifts and even started planning our first holiday together,
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: but we had never actually met in person. When I
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: finally met her, the chemistry just wasn't there. It made
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: me realize I had fallen in love with the version
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: of herself that she had created through all that attention. Oh.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: The rose-tinted glasses finally coming off, huh? And all right,
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: this weekend, you could be having friends or even yourself
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: headed up to Malaysia for the Bahrain Grand Prix stage
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: in Malaysia, the Sepran Grand Prix, and then it's happening
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: in Singapore, the Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: But let's touch on the Bahrain Grand Prix staged in
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Malaysia first. So, some timings to look forward to on Friday, Saturday,
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: and Sunday.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: And finally, it's very friendly to us here in Southeast Asia.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Practice one happens on Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: Practice two from 4 to 5:00 p.m. Practice three on
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Qualifying happens on Saturday,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and then the race is
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. There you go. And then,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: of course, for the
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Formula One Singapore Airlines, Singapore Grand Prix slightly later as
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: we are the night race. And I was just researching
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: on who is going to perform at the Bahring Grand
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: Prix staged in Malaysia, and apparently so far only two
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: big names. They are DJs, Martin Garrix and Axwell. There
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: you go. And here in Singapore, the likes of Goo
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Goo Dolls, Janet Jackson, The Killers, Major Lazer, Diplo.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: So they'll all be in town performing for us over
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: 3 days in our country. I was just scrolling through
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: social media and I'm getting two very different sides to
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: what it is like over in Bangkok. So official media
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: are saying that yes, it's flooding and apparently all 50
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: districts of the capital city, disaster-affected zones has been declared
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: by the Bangkok governor.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: And some Singaporeans are still over in Bangkok right now,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: and some are sharing about their Grab or their bike
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: rides being going through the floods and all that, and
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: some just landed in Bangkok for a quick weekend getaway.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: So please stay safe if you are traveling over there
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: and best to stay indoors for a while until
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Everything clears up. And thank you for letting me keep
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: you company as we took you to work as well
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: as school on this Monday morning. Sonia Chew, of course,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: a little bit under the weather, but she will be
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: back with us tomorrow morning live together on the shock
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: circuit here on 987.