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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 030626 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: Wake up.
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  Speaker 1: next
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit. Good morning. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: solo for the next 9 or 10 days or so
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  Speaker 1: as Joakim enjoys himself in Bhutan. I'm pretty sure he's
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  Speaker 1: already landed. He's there. We'll get updates from him, but
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  Speaker 1: more of the same on the show. Treats coming your
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  Speaker 1: way too, so make sure you stand by for that
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  Speaker 1: and a very good morning to you. Singapore's number one
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  Speaker 1: hit music station.
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  Speaker 1: What is currently at the worst point is my jet lag.
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  Speaker 1: It's slowly getting better. Um, thankfully, last night, I finally
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  Speaker 1: managed to fall asleep at 11 p.m. or so, but
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  Speaker 1: prior to last night, my gosh, the jet lag was real.
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  Speaker 1: I never, I never really, well, I mean, knock on wood, right,
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  Speaker 1: because I'm clearly affected by jet lag this round, but
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  Speaker 1: Um, previously, you know, I didn't feel like I was
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  Speaker 1: very affected by jet lag because I would always come
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  Speaker 1: back and I'd go straight back to work. This time around,
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  Speaker 1: I gave myself like 2 days to acclimatize before coming
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  Speaker 1: back to work and I feel it's actually worse. I
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  Speaker 1: should have just extended my trip by another 2 days
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  Speaker 1: and then jumped straight back into work, then maybe I
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  Speaker 1: would have tired myself out more to be able to
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  Speaker 1: fix my body clock, you know, within a day or so,
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  Speaker 1: but
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  Speaker 1: Um, it's OK. It's slowly getting better because the past
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  Speaker 1: few days I could only fall asleep at 4 or
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  Speaker 1: 5 a.m., which is right about the time that I
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  Speaker 1: usually get up for work. So that was problematic. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: last night I fell asleep at 11. So hopefully I
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  Speaker 1: can take it earlier and earlier the next few days. Hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: you're more rested than I am, but just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: give Lau some love.
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  Speaker 1: Pun intended, um, he actually posted something just 33 hours ago,
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  Speaker 1: I saw, so most of Singapore probably asleep and uh
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  Speaker 1: we'll find out this morning. So he posted, I've been
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  Speaker 1: trying to be strong enough to get back out there
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  Speaker 1: and share this music with all of you, but I
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  Speaker 1: have to be honest with myself and with you. I'm
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  Speaker 1: deeply struggling right now and I need to step away
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  Speaker 1: for a little while to take care of my mental health.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so sorry to my fans, to Khaled, I'm assuming
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  Speaker 1: they had a show lined up.
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  Speaker 1: To everyone affected by this, you mean everything to me.
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  Speaker 1: My struggles with mental health were never a secret. They're
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  Speaker 1: woven into pretty much every song I've ever made. I'll
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  Speaker 1: do everything I can to get healthy, get back into
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  Speaker 1: a creative place and to doing music, and thank you
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  Speaker 1: to you if you've been a friend and a supporter.
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  Speaker 1: Love Ari. Uh, when I saw this, I was like,
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  Speaker 1: oh man, like I really hope he's doing OK.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Lou is one of my favorite artists of all time.
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  Speaker 1: Catching Lau live in concert here in Singapore, that was,
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  Speaker 1: that was a real highlight, you know, it was a
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  Speaker 1: real treat. I mean, his, his voice live, it was
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  Speaker 1: really something else. So if you do have the chance
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  Speaker 1: next time when Lau is healthy and he gets back 100%,
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  Speaker 1: definitely you want to catch him live and taking you
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  Speaker 1: to the Serangoon area right now.
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  Speaker 1: Um, I, I never knew that there was a particular
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  Speaker 1: lane with this name, Lorong Lilian, and the reason why is,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, yes, it means durian, right, as you know,
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  Speaker 1: the reason why is, I think a durian tree, or
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  Speaker 1: rather a few durian trees were planted in the year 1995, um,
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  Speaker 1: over here. So I don't know whether the name of
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  Speaker 1: the street came first or the fact that there were
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  Speaker 1: durian plants there, then they renamed the street Lorong Lilian.
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  Speaker 1: I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Tell me the history here, but it's very cute because
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  Speaker 1: there's a plaque there that shows you what particular day
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  Speaker 1: tree planting was on the 5th of November 1995. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it was in conjunction with a particular event and who
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  Speaker 1: was it planted by. So, it was, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: quite iconic, but it seems like it has come to fruition.
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  Speaker 1: And it's the season where the durians can be harvested. So,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like residents around the area and people are
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  Speaker 1: just kind of waiting around the tree to see if
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  Speaker 1: the durians fall off. I mean, you know, it's not
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  Speaker 1: advised to climb it. I don't think that's allowed.
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  Speaker 1: And you can't like go shake the tree as well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it could potentially be quite dangerous, um, to
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  Speaker 1: the point where they've decided to put up a sign
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  Speaker 1: that says, for your own safety, please do not pick
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  Speaker 1: or pluck the durians. Thank you for your cooperation. And
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  Speaker 1: the fact that this sign went up goes to show
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  Speaker 1: that somebody or maybe a few people
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  Speaker 1: 100% attempted to go shake the tree and pluck the
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  Speaker 1: durians and stuff, which, you know, it's not advised for sure. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I think observers have said, yeah, they've seen people waiting
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  Speaker 1: around the trees, and most of them are waiting in
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  Speaker 1: the sheltered area, so it's quite safe, but um, the
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  Speaker 1: town council said, OK, no incidents of injuries so far,
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  Speaker 1: they're just going to monitor the situation. Um, more signs
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  Speaker 1: have been put around to say, please don't pick up
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  Speaker 1: the fruits because I think they can see that the
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  Speaker 1: durians look very ripe already. It looks like it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: fall anytime.
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  Speaker 1: But just so you know, um, you should approach and
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  Speaker 1: Parks for permission if you want to take anything because
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  Speaker 1: if you pluck or collect fruit in a public park
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  Speaker 1: without permission and you're caught, you could be fined. And
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  Speaker 1: if you do so in a nature reserve or a
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  Speaker 1: national park, the fine can go up to like $50,000
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  Speaker 1: and there could even be imprisonment to.
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  Speaker 1: For up to 6 months. So you might want to
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  Speaker 1: read this very carefully before you pick up a nice
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  Speaker 1: durian in the erringon. And coming up in just a
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  Speaker 1: little while because we are not opening up phone lines
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  Speaker 1: during this time, you know, June holidays happening right now.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, it just kicked off a few days ago, right?
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure plenty of you are enjoying sleeping in, maybe
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  Speaker 1: even traveling. So if you're tuning in now and you're
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  Speaker 1: on the way to the airport, oh, have a fun trip.
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  Speaker 1: And savor it seriously, because I, you know, as you know,
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  Speaker 1: I was away for what, 3 weeks or so, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I, I miss working, like I miss doing the show.
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  Speaker 1: I have so much fun on the show every time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, with Joakim or even when he's away right now.
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  Speaker 1: I still have fun when I'm solo. And it's something
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  Speaker 1: that I'm very, I feel very blessed about, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that I really enjoy the work that I do. But
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  Speaker 1: of course, what no one enjoys is waking up and
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  Speaker 1: dragging yourself out of bed for work, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I think my post-holiday blues were so bad, like
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  Speaker 1: when I came back. The moment I stepped back into
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  Speaker 1: Singapore and rolled my luggage home and the humidity hit me,
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  Speaker 1: I immediately felt like, oh man, we're back to reality, um,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know when is the next vacation that
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  Speaker 1: I'll have, you know, we're very fortunate already to be
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  Speaker 1: able to, to travel, right? For those of you who
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  Speaker 1: have not traveled before just yet, trust me, it will come.
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  Speaker 1: I was a bit of a late bloomer too, while
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  Speaker 1: a lot of my friends were traveling, you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: for school holidays. I didn't. In fact, my first ever
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  Speaker 1: flight was when I was 3 actually, so quite late
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  Speaker 1: considering um compared to some of my other friends who
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  Speaker 1: were traveling quite often over the holidays.
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  Speaker 1: With their family, but you know, it will eventually come.
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  Speaker 1: And early on I asked you, have you ever wondered
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  Speaker 1: how much buskers can earn? I mean, I'm sure there's
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  Speaker 1: a range and it differs from, you know, kids to
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  Speaker 1: adults and how experienced you are, but let's focus on
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  Speaker 1: this 11 year old busker here in Singapore for now, OK? Um,
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  Speaker 1: he's so cute, only 11, like I said, and he
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  Speaker 1: performs in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien. Man, he's putting
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  Speaker 1: us to shame, you know, like,
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  Speaker 1: Uh, most of my friends, me included, we are terrible
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  Speaker 1: at dialects. I mean, I, I'm supposed to be Hokkien,
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  Speaker 1: and my mom's Peranakan, so I'm supposed to understand Malay, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I do like, I kind of, I, I kind
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  Speaker 1: of understand it, but I don't speak it, if you
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  Speaker 1: get what I mean. So, I think that's the case
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  Speaker 1: for most of us. And when it comes to Hokkien
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  Speaker 1: or other dialects, uh, you know, like you, you learn
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  Speaker 1: the bad words first, right? So that's, that's not really
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  Speaker 1: learning the language. Um, but this Bhaskar, at 11, he's
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  Speaker 1: just so impressive already.
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  Speaker 1: Say hi to Elijah. He has drawn crowds for his singing,
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  Speaker 1: his musical talents, and since 2025 in November, which is, well,
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  Speaker 1: a bit about like half, half of a year already,
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  Speaker 1: he's made over $900 performing in shopping malls, outside MRT stations,
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  Speaker 1: just once a month or so. Um, so it's very impressive.
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  Speaker 1: I think he, he does it for one or two
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  Speaker 1: hours each time. He's from the St. Joseph's Institution Junior.
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  Speaker 1: And he's only P5, um, mashing up all these different languages, and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he fell in love with all kinds of
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  Speaker 1: music when he was 5. And I, I guess when
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  Speaker 1: he took vocal classes and learned his first song, you
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  Speaker 1: never guess what it is. I think Joakim's going to
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  Speaker 1: love him. The first song he learned was Coldplay's Viva
• 8:25
  Speaker 1: La Vida, and that's crazy. Like, I mean, maybe he
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  Speaker 1: listened to his, the music his parents were listening to.
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  Speaker 1: That's why he knows Coldplay's Viva la Vida.
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  Speaker 1: But, you know, I think he's meant for the stage.
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  Speaker 1: The school is so supportive of him. The public loves him.
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  Speaker 1: What a budding performance. So I think he's going abroad
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  Speaker 1: very soon, hopefully. Um, I believe there's a popular children's
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  Speaker 1: music show.
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  Speaker 1: That uh is called Rising Voices. So he's passed two
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  Speaker 1: rounds of auditions officially as of May. So all the best, Elijah.
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  Speaker 1: We hope to see you do us proud on the
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  Speaker 1: big stage overseas. And when you come back, or if
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  Speaker 1: you have the time, can you please, please, please drop
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  Speaker 1: by 987. I mean, we love having guests here in
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: the studio, so maybe I get my people to contact
• 9:09
  Speaker 1: your people, OK?
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  Speaker 1: Now, earlier on I said, um, our friends over at
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  Speaker 1: Lee Kong Chen National Natural History Museum rather, is seeking
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  Speaker 1: $1 million and I asked you to have a think
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  Speaker 1: why or take a guess why. It's related to an
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  Speaker 1: incident in 2025. I forgot this even happened. It's like,
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: did I miss it in the news or something? Um,
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  Speaker 1: a dead whale was found in Singapore waters in 2025
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  Speaker 1: and it is a pretty rare one.
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  Speaker 1: The carcass was identified as a male Omura's whale, one
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  Speaker 1: of the lesser known whale species, very difficult to come across,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it's a rarely sighted species. Um, it
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: was only formally recognized as new to science in 2003. So,
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: that's very recent actually. Um, you can understand the excitement.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure. So, in a press release that they shared,
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  Speaker 1: determining the whale species and even the gender proved particularly
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: challenging because I think it's had an advanced stage of
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  Speaker 1: decomposition at that point. So it's very, very, very hard
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  Speaker 1: to tell and even the cleanup process was challenging because
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  Speaker 1: it was very fragile.
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  Speaker 1: And they also observed signs of earlier traumatic injuries that
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  Speaker 1: the whale survived prior to its fatal injuries. So, um, what,
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  Speaker 1: what happened out there is anyone's guess. I think they're
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  Speaker 1: still in the preservation process right now. The skull itself
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  Speaker 1: required 6 rounds of degreasing. I'm assuming that's, you know, cleaning,
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  Speaker 1: so that you can see what's going on there, uh,
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  Speaker 1: very clearly.
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  Speaker 1: So I believe that $1 million is being sought right
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: now for to, to make it a centerpiece, to have
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  Speaker 1: it exhibited, and of course, to, to keep it preserved
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  Speaker 1: well too. I'm very, very, very embarrassed to admit this.
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  Speaker 1: I did not realize that there was a Lee Kong
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  Speaker 1: Chen Natural History Museum.
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  Speaker 1: I really didn't. And so I did a quick search.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually not too far from my office, to be honest.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's near like the NUS area, um, west side,
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  Speaker 1: so it's actually pretty nearby. I, I never knew this
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  Speaker 1: over in the um Kent Ridge campus of NUS. So definitely,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know whether you, are you able to just
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  Speaker 1: buy tickets and go in? I think you can, right?
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  Speaker 1: Because I did a quick search and it says you
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  Speaker 1: can plan your visit. So,
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe this is my next little excursion on the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier on, I asked you if you could have a
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  Speaker 1: think about this, um, increasing amounts of complaints and feedback
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  Speaker 1: about this particular type of pet.
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  Speaker 1: Has been going on for the last few years here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore. Did you manage to guess what it was? Now, um,
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  Speaker 1: it's not dogs, not cats, it's actually pet parrots. Yeah, um,
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  Speaker 1: complaints and feedback range from excessive noise to concerns about
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  Speaker 1: animal welfare. I think, um, our, our friends over at
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  Speaker 1: M Parks, they received.
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  Speaker 1: Average of more than 800 feedback cases between 2021 and 2025. Um,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of them saying, yeah, it's very noisy. Um,
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  Speaker 1: are they being taken care of properly, you know, welfare stuff. So,
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  Speaker 1: I think, um, for some residents, parrots really add life
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  Speaker 1: and colors and vibrancy to their surroundings, right, but not
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  Speaker 1: everyone would agree.
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  Speaker 1: I think there are many differing views. I was also
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  Speaker 1: today years old when I found out there's a parrot
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  Speaker 1: Society Singapore. I never knew that. Although, because I live
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  Speaker 1: around the East Coast, right, there's this lady, and OK,
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  Speaker 1: if you're an Eastsider, I think you would know her. Um, I,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not familiar with her personally, but I do see
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  Speaker 1: her and there's a community of other parrot lovers. They
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  Speaker 1: have these huge parrots and they're very well trained. So
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  Speaker 1: they kind of, I'm guessing they're expanding their energy by
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  Speaker 1: You know, doing tricks and like getting them to fly
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  Speaker 1: out into the distance and practice drills or something. Do,
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  Speaker 1: do birds practice drills? I mean, commands or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: So they'll set them off, they'll fly really far and
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  Speaker 1: Their wings are so gorgeous and beautiful and the wingspan
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  Speaker 1: is quite big, you know, for these parrots, and then
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  Speaker 1: they kind of like come back to their owner after,
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  Speaker 1: which is incredible to watch and it's very beautiful. I
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  Speaker 1: think a lot of people sometimes when we gather around
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  Speaker 1: the East Coast area where there's a lot of eateries, right,
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  Speaker 1: there's also a wide open.
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  Speaker 1: field and I see them doing that sometimes with the parrots.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually very therapeutic. So, that is, I think, a
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  Speaker 1: good example of owners really taking care and allowing their
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  Speaker 1: pets to expand their energy, right? But bird owners know that, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's more than a pet, it's your, your companion, your friend.
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  Speaker 1: But I think a lot of people know firsthand how
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: complaints that neighbors make can really escalate. So, um, I
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  Speaker 1: think the authorities are trying to manage the situation right now,
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  Speaker 1: and neighbors are also trying to tolerate sometimes if it
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  Speaker 1: gets too noisy, but yeah, just a fun fact for you,
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  Speaker 1: I did not realize there were over 800 complaints made
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  Speaker 1: about pet parrots over the past few years, so.
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  Speaker 1: Here's hoping that there are more responsible pet owners out
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  Speaker 1: there and if you are able to do a bit
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  Speaker 1: more research before finding out, hm, is this for me?
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  Speaker 1: Can I handle it? I think those are really important questions.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up in just a few minutes, um, speaking of which,
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  Speaker 1: because you already know that I just came back from
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  Speaker 1: my honeymoon just a couple of days back, right? One
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  Speaker 1: thing I was struggling with, the jet lag. You guys,
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  Speaker 1: this is terrible. I was sleepwalking the whole of this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you know how I feel or
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: when was the last time you experienced jet lag like that.
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  Speaker 1: Um, usually, I, I was, I was just sharing with
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  Speaker 1: my friends, right? Usually I don't really get affected by
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  Speaker 1: jet lag that much, but I think this time around, um,
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: I was in like Europe time zone for like 2 weeks,
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: which is the longest trip that I've done in quite
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  Speaker 1: some time. And the previous time I did US was
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  Speaker 1: maybe like 7 days or so, and for some reason,
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: the US timing, right?
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: fits my morning drive time show perfectly. Like when I
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  Speaker 1: come back, somehow or rather, it doesn't really affect me
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  Speaker 1: at all, and I can just go straight back into things,
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  Speaker 1: but I guess because the Europe time zone is not here,
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  Speaker 1: neither here nor there, and you're about what, like 6
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  Speaker 1: or 7 hours um apart from Singapore. So maybe it
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: kind of affects you a little bit more. But coming
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: up right after 8:00 a.m. I want to open up
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: the phone lines, 669-11987.
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: When was the last time you got so affected by
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: jet lag? Because for me, over the past few days,
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: I've been just falling asleep at 34 a.m. It's been
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: really bad, and only last night I managed to finally
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: fall asleep at 11-ish, 11:30, but still not enough because
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: I wake up before 5:00 a.m. to get to work, right?
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  Speaker 1: So naturally, I was sleepwalking my way up to the office,
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: through the lift, walking to the door. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what was going on, had to open my eyes a
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: bit more for the facial recognition tap in, you know,
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: but
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a struggle. In fact, I only started, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: fully waking up after my 3 cups of coffee. Yeah.
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: I needed 2 or 3 cups of coffee this morning. Well,
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  Speaker 1: something I do not want to repeat tonight is uh
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: the effects of my jet lag because, you know, I
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: just got back from Europe a couple of days back
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: and I didn't expect the jet lag to hit me
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: so badly. I think, OK.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: Here, here's the reason why, right, because you typically, I'm
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: a little crazy. I will usually fly to the very
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: last minute. I'll land and go straight back to work.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: That's usually my style, but um, because my, my husband, well,
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: how weird to say that, germs, he actually wanted a
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: couple of days to like recalibrate and rest, you know,
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: before going back to work, right? So he said, OK,
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: let's get back like 2 days before we are slated
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: to go back to work. So I said, OK, sure,
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: no problem.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: We did that and I think I completely neglected discipline
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: because I've been in this um celebratory mode for the
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: past month or so, and we've just been indulging, being unhinged,
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: you know, a lot of parties, a lot of having fun.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: So I just didn't prioritize like, OK, I need to
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: start sleeping early so that I can wake up early,
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: and I just followed my body clock. I was like, OK,
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna fall asleep whenever. I don't want to
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: stress about this jet lag situation.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: Turns out on like Saturday and Sunday night, I, I
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: went to bed at like 4 and 5 a.m. respectively
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: and it was so bad, like I did not fix
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: my body clock at all. Um, he, on the other hand,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: was waking up suddenly in the middle of the night,
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: like for no reason at 1 or 2 a.m. so
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: I guess both of us are somewhat affected differently.
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: So, I want to open up the phone lines, 669-11987.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: While my jet lag is getting better, all thanks to
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: coming back to work, you know, it has forced me to,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to be able to sleep a little bit more. Um,
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: still not enough, but I think I'm getting there, maybe
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: just a couple more days before it's fully fixed. Give
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: me a call, 669-11987. When was the last time you
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: were very affected by jet lag or do you not
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: get affected by jet lag at all? Like you can
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: fall asleep any time zone, anywhere. I'm so jealous if
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: you can do that.
• 17:57
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• 18:29
  Speaker 1: me know when was the last time you were very
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: affected by jet lag? How did you fix it? Or
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: are you just the kind of person that doesn't get
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: affected at all? Hm.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Look, this has been striking a chord with a lot
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: of you. I think plenty of you have been sending
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: me messages telling me about your jet lag issues. Um,
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: I want to start by reading a couple of messages here.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: Say hi to, uh, I didn't get your name. Uh, Josh,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: you said, hey, good morning, Sonia. Um, hope you aren't
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: missing your DJ partner too much. It's only been one day.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Have more faith in me, OK?
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: Um, you said, I generally don't jet lag given I'm
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: a frequent traveler to London, but one fine day, I
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: had to be in the US for meetings, and I
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: had my first ever jet lag in the US itself. Naturally,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: I freaked out given that I had a full day
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: of meetings the very next day, but I decided, you
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: know what, I'm just gonna take my laptop out to
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: read emails. I'm glad to say the work emails did
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: the trick. After 1 to 2 hours, I yawned and
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: I managed to fall asleep.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: What a fabulous solution. I mean, um, it is no
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: myth that, um, or rather it's no secret that one
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: of the tricks to fall asleep is to read. And actually,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: I think, you know, when I was having the jet
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: lag thing, I went to search up on chat GBT
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: like what are some solutions. They said just read a book,
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: read something, um, preferably a book and not like your
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: digital devices. I'm definitely not scrolling or doom scrolling through
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: your social media platforms, but reading something will set your
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: brain into like a more relaxed mode.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: And then hopefully you fall asleep, so maybe that will
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: work for you, but Josh, that's a brilliant idea, reading
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: your emails and that sent you straight to sleep. How
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: hilarious is that? Uh, more of your messages and your calls.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Des coming up in just a
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: little while. Stay tuned. Talking about jet lag because I
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: am experiencing it firsthand right now.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Um, although it is getting better, uh, it's only been
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: a couple of days back, but I think Chat GPT
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: has told me it will take an average of maybe
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: 6 days or so, almost a week, basically, to get
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: over this jet lag. Um, I, I think so far
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: the consensus with a lot of our listeners texting me
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: right now is that the Europe to Singapore jet lag
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: is always bad for some reason. I don't know why. Um,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: the US doesn't seem to be that bad, right? Even
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: though they are, they have a bigger time difference, but
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Um, anyway, wanted to get to the topic right now.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Do you feel you're affected by jet lag and when
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: was the last time you got affected by it? Or
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: are you a rare unicorn that does not get affected
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: by jet lag at all? Going back to our messages first,
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: you said, morning, Sonia. I'm saying hi to V, by
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: the way. You said the topic today is so apt.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: I just arrived home from a trip to Ireland. We'll
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: be heading back to work immediately because it's the best
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: way to cure jet lag. I agree.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: The all the times that I've ever um flown back
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: and the next day I go back to work, right?
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: I get over the jet lag really fast. Anyway, you
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: said the last time we traveled to Europe, I arrived
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: home on a weekend, took afternoon naps. My husband took
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: 2 weeks to overcome the jet lag. He would not
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: even be able to sleep for a day and crash
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: the next day, you know. This cycle repeated for.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: Two weeks. It was very horrible for him. Now, I
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: don't really have issues of jet lag because I love
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: to sleep so much. After we end work tonight, we're
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: gonna do laundry and force ourselves to sleep only after 10,
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: so that he will not wake up so early at
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: an odd time. Oh man, I feel you. OK, so
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: you're also experiencing this firsthand. Um, hopefully, we overcome this together.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Now Des is on the line right now. What about you, man?
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: What happened?
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: November last year I came back from
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Italy. Oh no, it's Europe.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: It's always,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: yeah. I think it's a mix of jet lag and
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: holiday lag. I think it's kind of the body to
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: admit that you are back in Singapore already.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: Oh my God, you're so right. You are so right. No, I, I,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: I always have, you know, a little bit more because
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: we were like two weeks, right?
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: You're fully just in their time zone, you're experiencing their lifestyle.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: So I think it's such a shock to your system
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: when you come back, you're like, oh man, it's reality,
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: no.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: So, so I guess that slowdown, our body refuse to
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: accept it when we are back in Singapore with all
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: the fast pace and all.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: I
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: feel for you, there is this kind of Japanese remedy
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: kind of thing to help with jet lag. You can
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: go research it a bit. So some Japanese off the
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: counter kind of.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: Kind of supplement drinks.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Oh, can you get it in Singapore, like here?
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: I'm not sure, but I think, I think there are some,
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: some
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: way to get it that
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: you can order. OK, I'll, I'll go search it up. Yeah, they,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: you know what, the Japanese have a supplement for everything.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: So I, I believe you when you say that. We're
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: talking about jet lag, OK, and I'm speaking from firsthand
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: experience right now.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: Um, it's been a while since I've experienced jet lag
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: like that. I think, um, I've, I've already narrowed it
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: down to the fact that this time around, I didn't
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: land and go straight back to work the next day,
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: which was a mistake. I should have just done that. Instead,
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: I gave myself two days to calibrate, which did nothing
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: because I did not calibrate. I was still in holiday
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: mood and
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: Happily hanging out, catching up with friends, you know, over
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: wine and dinner, late dinners. So that did not help. Um,
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: heading to our messages first to find out whether you
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: have experienced really bad jet lag or is it something
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: that you don't struggle with at all. Sa Morning to rich,
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: you said, hey, Sonia, welcome back. Before I started flying previously,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: a lot of people told me that jet lag would
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: cost me sleep and things and all that. So I
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: did a lot of research to help me cope and
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: guess what? No matter where I go, I'm always tired.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Once my shower is done, I dry my hair, I'm
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: knocked out until the alarm rings. Amen, you are a
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: rare unicorn. I need to know. I need to learn
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: from you. Um, I don't know whether it's just built
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: in me, but my mind is just constantly awake, right,
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: in times of jet lag when I'm trying to recover.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: So it takes me a few days, especially from the
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Europe time zone. Um, like I said, should have just
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: jumped straight back to work the next day, would have
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: fixed everything.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: OK, um, more messages here from. You said, good day, Sonia.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: In April, I was away for 10 days, 7 days
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: in the US, Palm Springs. I had 3 days in Japan.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Took about 1 week to recover actually back in Singapore. Then, um,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: I actually broke the flights from LAX to Singapore by
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: stopping in Japan, right? So I said to my boss previously,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: I don't need a holiday after a holiday, but this
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: time around, it is an exception. I might need another holiday.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, um, the concept of needing another holiday to recover
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: from your previous one, I think it stands true for
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: a lot of us, especially when, you know, you're traveling
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: with a big group or like family and you're the
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: main person that has to
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Plan certain things and all that. Yeah, man, I, I
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: think you deserve another vacation after your vacation. I feel you.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Still time for you to get your calls in or
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: your messages, 669-11987. Seems like this one has struck a chord.
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: A lot of you have experienced bad jet lag before.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: In fact, 3 or 4 that messaged through today are
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: experiencing it right now with me, so I don't feel
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: so alone. More messages coming through. I mean, this topic
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: of jet lag, I think it is relatable to everyone
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: and anyone.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: If you're tuning in now, I am experiencing it firsthand
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: right now, although, yes, it's getting better, thankfully. I think
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: I needed to start work to fix the jet lag,
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: you know, because I had no discipline, like when I
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: when I came back. He, as a Capricorn, I pride
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: myself in having discipline, OK, when it comes to certain things.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: But when I came back, I was still in a
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: holiday mood and I just
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Decided, you know what, I'm not going to force myself
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: to sleep at 10:00 p.m. like I still had two
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: days to enjoy before going back to work, right? So
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: I just let my body do it naturally and ended
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: up sleeping at like 4 or 5 a.m., which was
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: very bad. And yesterday when I came back to work
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: for the first day, I was running on like 3
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: hours of sleep. Last night was a bit better. I
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: fell asleep at 11:30, so I still got, I got
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: more than 3 hours, so that's a win already, the
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: bare minimum.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Um, going to messages right now, saying hi to Marina.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: You say, hey, Sonia, good morning. Used to suffer from
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: very bad jet lag growing up, but that went away
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: when I started becoming in charge of family trips when
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: I'm older. On my last family trip to London, we
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: took off at night in London. I actually slept most
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: of the way. Coming back, landed in Singapore in the evening.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: I still went home to knock out. I think the
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: stress during the trip of managing everyone got to me
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: by the time the trip was over, so I had
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: no problems sleeping.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, you, you must have been physically and mentally exhausted,
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: so you just crashed all the way. Um, saying hi
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: to Kay, you said, hey, morning, Sonia. Welcome back. I
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: don't get jet lag, but I get everyday lag from
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: having to wake up early and sleeping late. That one
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: I think we can all relate to, right? It's a,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: it's a daily situation, rinse and repeat for us. OK, uh,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: thank you so much for your calls and your messages.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: I was thoroughly entertained here this morning.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Time for some food news. This is quite bittersweet, to
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: be honest, because for as long as I remember, this
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: has been at the Iron Orchard food court. So here
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: we go. Food news, food news. Sonia with the bittersweet
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: food news. Very sad.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: Um, Iron Orchard Food court is known to be a
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: little bit more pricey. I mean, given the location, that's understandable,
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: I guess, you know, rental and all that. But if
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: you go there pretty often, you would know that Kam's
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: Roast Express has been there for at least 5 or
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: 6 years, as long as I remember. Um, it is
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: delicious and if you like roast meats, this is the
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: place to go to, right? Especially if you're in Ion area.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: Um, unfortunately, they are closing down by the end of
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: June of 2026 and um there's a little bit of
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: unhappiness right now from the owners. So here's what happened. Um,
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: according to the executive director, after five solid years, this
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: was written in a post, by the way, OK. They
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: were told that they will, they will not be returning
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: despite being in the top three in terms of sales
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: every day. And there's going to be a revamp and
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: a renovation.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: And I think what makes things more concerning for them
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: is that apparently they agreed to the last offer signed
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: and signed the acceptance. However, about after a month later,
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: apparently the acceptance was rejected. So, I mean, it's a
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: bit of back and forth now, we'll see what goes on.
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: But I think according to Mr. Robert Chua, who serves as, uh,
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: if I'm not wrong, he's the executive director.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: He said that he will continue to share his concerns
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: about key facts very soon, and I think there's a
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: lot of concern about management, tenant treatment, and so on. Um,
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: he also said that they still have Calms Roast and
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: Z Sing Fish that's continuing their commitment over in Raffles City,
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: but I think they may also reconsider the location in
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: a while. Um, I think this is just a lot
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: going on in the local F&B scene right now.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Um, this franchise was brought to Singapore in 2016, so
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: it's been a good 10 years. I don't know what
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: their next move is going to be, but it seems
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: like Ion Orchard's Food hall is being rejuvenated. I don't
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: know what they're going to do about the tenant mix.
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: I mean, are they going to change it completely, or
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: which ones are they going to keep? I personally love
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: the Yong Tofu store. I'm very basic, OK. Every, every
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: food court I go to, I'm like, Tai Fan or
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: Yong Tofu. That's it. I'm a, I'm a simple creature
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: and
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: And those are the things that I like, um, and
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: I'll always order the same ingredients no matter what Yong
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: Taofu store I go to. So that's me. But I,
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: I really hope that we can do something to support
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: more of our local F&B outlets. It's very sad to see,
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: you know, these famous places close down and places that
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: we may have visited a lot, right? What if we're regulars,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: like I'll feel so lost if the place that I
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: go to regularly is closing down and I don't know
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: where to get it, so.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: We'll keep you updated that they just, he just stands
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: the test of time. You know, I remember partying to
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Calvin Harris' songs like 10 years ago and he's still
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: going strong. He is still well renowned and just getting
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: bigger and bigger. It's just crazy. Love it. Anyway, um,
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: I was talking about fresh grads. Now, yeah, it's been
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: a while since I graduated, but I still remember.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: The whole concept of um you asking for your very
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: first salary, right, or negotiating your very first paycheck. Now,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: it has changed so much over the years for sure
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: and with inflation and times are changing, of course, it
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: has increased a lot, right? And what fresh grads are
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: expecting now is also just going up higher and higher. Um,
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: here are some figures for average expected and actual earnings, OK?
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: So in engineering sciences, I think people are expecting $5000.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: In reality,
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: Um, an average of about 4.40 is where we're at.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: For infotech graduates, they expect $6000 whereas what is being
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: earned is about $50. The gap is even more pronounced
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: in certain areas like business admin. Um, graduates are expecting
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: $5000 but they're earning $400 or less on average. Let's
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: not even talk about.
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: Media, I mean, this is not to crap on any
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: industry at all, but it's different because I think in media,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of us work on commission-based projects, means we
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: take on projects outside and that's where you earn your money, right? So, um,
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  Speaker 1: it's a bit different, like in the way that you
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  Speaker 1: calculate it or your starting pay and all that. So
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  Speaker 1: there's definitely going to be a gap there, but I
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  Speaker 1: just sort of um took a walk down memory lane mentally.
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  Speaker 1: On my very first paycheck. I don't even want to
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  Speaker 1: say it out loud, OK, I'm not gonna even say
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  Speaker 1: it because I was not good at negotiation back then.
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  Speaker 1: I was still a student. I think I just took
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  Speaker 1: what I could get, you know, and um, no regrets though.
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  Speaker 1: I think you slowly work your way up. But our
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: friends over at MOM, they're expecting wages to continue rising. However,
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: analysts are saying
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  Speaker 1: That graduates have to try and manage and taper down
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: your expectations, or you might face a delay in entering
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: the workforce because quite scary numbers here. I think about 30%
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: of people who turned down jobs said that it was
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: because of low wages. So that's actually quite a high
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  Speaker 1: percentage of uni grads that are turning down jobs. Crazy.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know friends now who are trying to
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: do job switches, right, in
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: The middle of their career and some of them are saying, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the job market is tough. I'll take what I can get. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I just wonder whether the perception is different with uh
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  Speaker 1: different generations. So we'll see where this goes, but quite interesting,
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: interesting commentary that's going on right now on several different
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: news platforms, especially CNA. So please read up there if
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: you want. Our first morning going solo since Joakim's gone
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  Speaker 1: off and he's already landed. He texted me last night.
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  Speaker 1: And admittedly, he said, you're my only friend, so I'll
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: just update you. I'm like, yes, yes, I'm glad that
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: you're safe. Um, the last time I went to Bhutan
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  Speaker 1: was many years ago. It was for work and I
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: went up there with like a film crew.
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  Speaker 1: And it was so funny because we still laugh about
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: it to this day that I was very much quite
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  Speaker 1: unfit previously. Not, not that I'm very fit now, but
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: I think I'm a little better fitness wise in recent
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: years compared to, to, to the past, right? And there
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: was another videographer that I got pretty close to. We
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: were chatting and stuff because he also wasn't very fit,
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  Speaker 1: and we ended up being the last two coming up
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  Speaker 1: the mountain and every, at every rest stop, we're like
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: the last one.
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  Speaker 1: So thankfully, it was me and the videographer, so he
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  Speaker 1: could still get videos and the rest of his crew,
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  Speaker 1: like I think there were, there was another video guy
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  Speaker 1: that was pretty fit, so he was up there first
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: and he could capture other things. So I was like, yeah, OK,
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  Speaker 1: it worked out first in the end. But I was
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: telling Joe that Bhutan was a life-altering experience for me.
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  Speaker 1: Um, I really enjoyed it so much and I think
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  Speaker 1: I felt the inner peace, you know, such a beautiful place,
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: and if you really allow yourself to be immersed in it,
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: I didn't take much photos for, I didn't do any
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  Speaker 1: social content. I just let the crew do their thing.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: So I was free to immerse in the experience and
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: that was actually really lovely. I enjoyed it so much. So, um,
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: here's hoping that you're looking forward to another trip of
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: yours very soon. Maybe you're flying off now for the
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: June holidays, you never know. Um, have a good one.