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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 270426 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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Speaker 1: Wake up.
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Speaker 1: Good 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. Welcome to
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Speaker 1: the show. Brand new week, final few days of April
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Speaker 1: over here, but you know what? We have very good
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Speaker 1: news for you. Officially, as of um Friday night, we
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Speaker 1: have $10,000 up for grabs. That's what's happening this morning.
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Speaker 1: Stay tuned. Singapore's number one hit music station.
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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us in the last few days of April. Woo. Well,
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Speaker 2: it's
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Speaker 2: a short work week, so hang in there. Friday is
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Speaker 2: a public holiday, but not for us. We'll still be here. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: so, um, if nobody wins, oh, here's the thing, if
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Speaker 1: no one wins $10,000 by May Day, by the 1st
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Speaker 1: of May, um, it would mean that I feel quite
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Speaker 1: a number of people might want to wake up early
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Speaker 1: in the morning, you know, to, to try.
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Speaker 1: Because early bird catches the worm, you never know.
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Speaker 2: And if I'm not wrong, according to our boss Janice,
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Speaker 2: we might be dropping some clues. I think we have
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Speaker 2: about 987. It's gone on for more than two months now,
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Speaker 2: and we really hope somebody walks away with $10,000 this week.
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Speaker 1: digits, man. I mean this could really make a difference
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Speaker 1: like we started at 50, right?
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Speaker 1: So this is, wow, it grew, it
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Speaker 2: doubled. That's a holiday somewhere for maybe 2 or 3
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Speaker 2: weeks you come back
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Speaker 1: or it could be a business class ticket somewhere nice, man.
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Speaker 1: Like I mean if you book in advance
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Speaker 2: or
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Speaker 2: an investment in your stocks and trading app or whatsoever, yes.
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Speaker 2: Make it grow tenfold if you can,
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Speaker 1: yes. Coming up just a little bit, when you were
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Speaker 1: a kid, you know, like a preteen or you're just
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Speaker 1: starting to realize that you like certain things, right?
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Speaker 1: Like back then you already liked wrestling, if I'm not wrong, wrestling.
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Speaker 1: At what age? I don't know 3 or 43 or 4. OK.
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Speaker 1: And then what other toys and things were you interested
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Speaker 1: in like collectibles and all that?
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Speaker 2: Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers. No, actually, no,
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Speaker 2: Power Rangers in primary school. Um, yeah, that, that's about it.
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Speaker 1: OK, Lego, so you already started collecting Lego blocks. OK,
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Speaker 1: so were, were your parents back then or your mom
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Speaker 1: or your dad, did they kind of like offer to
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Speaker 1: buy these things for you? I mean, we don't have
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Speaker 1: money right back then when we were
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Speaker 1: kids.
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Speaker 2: I mean they would buy in bulk. Oh,
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Speaker 1: in bulk like once every,
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Speaker 2: once every
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Speaker 2: few months and I play with it and then.
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Speaker 2: The next day they'll be like, OK, let's buy a
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Speaker 2: new one.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I get you, I get you, but I
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Speaker 1: think we're very lucky or our parents are lucky we
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Speaker 1: did not exist in the era of live stream shopping
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Speaker 1: because I have a feeling might be spending a lot
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Speaker 1: more on these things. Coming up in just a bit,
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Speaker 1: I don't know whether to face palm or be very,
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Speaker 1: very upset for this particular dad, OK, because of his son's.
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Speaker 1: obsession almost or his kid's obsession over certain things that
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Speaker 1: can be bought online. I'll tell you more in just
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Speaker 1: a little while. I used to be scared of revolving
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Speaker 1: doors as a kid.
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Speaker 2: I used to love playing with them.
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Speaker 1: Really, I always felt like I couldn't get out in
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Speaker 1: time or I'll be stuck.
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Speaker 2: Was it Marriott a long time ago?
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Speaker 1: I don't remember.
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Speaker 2: Vocal Orchard. It used to be
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Speaker 1: Hilton. They still
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Speaker 2: have to play with it. Yes.
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Speaker 1: Anyway, um, when it comes down to collectibles and, um,
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Speaker 1: even when you see.
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Speaker 1: Huge fans of like bands like BTS for example, and
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Speaker 1: all that, right? You've read stories of, you know, um,
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Speaker 1: young kids, teens, they're begging their parents to like buy
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Speaker 1: merch for them and all that. And in some unfortunate cases,
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Speaker 1: parents go broke trying to support their child's or their kids, um,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, obsession as you would call it.
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Speaker 2: When it comes to merchandise for your favorite singer or band,
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Speaker 2: the powers that be will jack it up maybe what,
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Speaker 2: 500 times.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. But here's the thing, times have changed because now
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Speaker 1: with things like selling, live streaming, you can spend even
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Speaker 1: more easily in that way, right? Unfortunately for this in China.
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Speaker 1: Um, his daughter actually was in charge of a portion
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Speaker 1: of his business, OK. She's pretty young, I would say
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Speaker 1: she's not even 20 at the time, and she was
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Speaker 1: kind of handling some stuff for his company. He's quite
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Speaker 1: running quite a successful company. Over the course of a
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Speaker 1: few months, I think slightly over a year or so,
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Speaker 1: She spent over $3.2 million Singapore dollars on, you know,
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Speaker 1: tipping on live stream, tipping your favorite creators or whoever
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Speaker 1: you like to watch, you can send tips, right? And
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Speaker 1: also spend on toys, I'm assuming on um these streaming
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Speaker 1: platforms you can buy stuff as well or any other
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Speaker 1: commerce platforms, I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Unfortunately, the father's business has gone bankrupt because of this, OK?
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Speaker 1: $3.2 million spent just like that, tipping on live stream, merchandise, toys,
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Speaker 1: and so on. Um, and finally when she actually got
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Speaker 1: apprehended and stopped.
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Speaker 1: Um, this might become a police case now, and the
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Speaker 1: father's trying to claim back some of the money to
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Speaker 1: no avail because unfortunately, it's it's gone, it's gone. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: it's gone. Um, police are involved right now. He said
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Speaker 1: that he has no hesitation. He's going to report his
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Speaker 1: daughter to the police because the funds are classified as
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Speaker 1: misappropriated company money. And what baffles me is the fact
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Speaker 1: that they took so long to figure out what she
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Speaker 1: was doing.
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Speaker 1: Maybe he really trusted her. But
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Speaker 2: here's my question. What is someone like her doing, being
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Speaker 2: in charge of something so important,
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Speaker 1: or rather having access to funds? That's my question.
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Speaker 2: Did the board of directors? Exactly.
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Speaker 1: There's so much that, uh, that's unanswered. Did
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Speaker 2: no
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Speaker 2: one, did no one cry baby.
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Speaker 1: Maybe, OK, that's the thing. If I were like a
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Speaker 1: billionaire dad running a company or millionaire.
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Speaker 1: Running a company, sometimes will you close one eye or what?
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Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on sometimes,
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Speaker 2: you know. Yeah, so,
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Speaker 1: well, there's a lot that's, like I said, that's left
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Speaker 1: to be seen and a lot of information that is
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Speaker 1: not revealed yet. One of which I think the main
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Speaker 1: question is what is a 19 year old girl doing
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Speaker 1: with access to her father's company
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Speaker 2: funds. Can I, can I ask you an honest question?
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Speaker 2: If you were the dad, how would you feel towards
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Speaker 2: the daughter?
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Speaker 1: I'll be mad. I'll be, I will report to the police.
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Speaker 1: $3.2 million and now I'm bankrupt.
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Speaker 2: Like, would you take her out of your will?
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Speaker 2: I mean she bankrupted your company, you know, $3.2 million
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Speaker 2: Singapore
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Speaker 2: dollars. I would,
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Speaker 1: I think she has to build her own life from
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Speaker 1: now on you do it yourself.
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Speaker 2: You are still my blood,
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Speaker 2: but OK this
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Speaker 1: is
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Speaker 2: it
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Speaker 1: you do it yourself.
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Speaker 1: I mean, all of a sudden I'm like relieved to
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Speaker 1: be a normal person growing up in a normal family.
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Speaker 1: I mean, to have this kind of power, that's crazy, right?
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Speaker 1: You know what's power to me back then, having $50
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Speaker 1: to go spend at the arcade.
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Speaker 2: You know what,
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Speaker 1: hey, that was like a luxury, man.
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Speaker 2: Similar, yeah,
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Speaker 2: exactly. I agree.
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Speaker 1: Does this take you back to your school days, Jo Kim?
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Speaker 1: You
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Speaker 2: know, I, I wish we had something like this going
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Speaker 2: to school in the mornings, but I know in my
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Speaker 2: school bus, at least for Catholic High Primary, the uncle
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Speaker 2: was listening to his own music, I think his own
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Speaker 2: Chinese or opera, is it really? Yeah, he wasn't tuned in,
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Speaker 2: but those rare days when a different uncle would tune
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Speaker 2: into the radio, it will be on 987. 0,
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Speaker 1: that's
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Speaker 1: so cute. I mean, was it by request from like
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Speaker 1: The students? No,
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Speaker 2: no,
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Speaker 1: he
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Speaker 2: knew he liked
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Speaker 1: your pop songs back then.
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Speaker 2: I just to hype up in the morning. I
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Speaker 1: mean, that's something that we aim to do, right? Because
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Speaker 1: sometimes we do get messages from students as well who
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Speaker 1: are like boarding bus and they say, oh yeah, the
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Speaker 1: bus driver does play 987, which is something they requested.
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Speaker 2: So going to Spice Girls back.
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Speaker 1: Yes, that's revealing era. Yeah. OK, we're gonna go straight
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Speaker 1: to the phone lines right now to see what kind
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Speaker 1: of dedications we have this morning. Hello.
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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I actually got through. Yes, you did.
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Speaker 1: What's your name? Good morning. My name is Evelyn Wu.
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Speaker 1: I'm actually a teacher at St. Gabriel's Primary School. Oh
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Speaker 1: you know what, you are the first teacher or 2nd
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Speaker 1: teacher to call through, I believe. Yeah. The first one
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Speaker 1: was a music teacher from somewhere else.
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Speaker 2: Yes, from Clementi Town Secondary. Right.
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Speaker 1: OK, go ahead. Tell us what's so fantastic about San Gab. Uh,
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Speaker 2: the food at San Gabriel's canteen is amazing.
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Speaker 2: And what's the best seller? Oh, what's the best seller?
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Speaker 2: OK, so on Wednesday there's laksa. On Friday, there's seafood.
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Speaker 2: Oh,
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Speaker 1: that
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Speaker 2: sounds like
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Speaker 1: my all-time favorite
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Speaker 2: Singaporean dish. So Ms. Wu, can I ask what subject
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Speaker 2: do you teach?
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Speaker 1: I teach
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Speaker 1: math and science. And is there a shout out you
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Speaker 1: want to do for your students or anybody on air
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Speaker 1: right now? Of course. So I want to shout out
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Speaker 1: to my phone class. My phone class is called Tel.
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Speaker 1: stands for self-discipline. We love that. OK. Yeah, and I
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Speaker 1: want to shout out to all of my colleagues.
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Speaker 1: At Saint Gables Primary School as well as all the students, OK.
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Speaker 1: Have an awesome 4 week workday. Lovely. Is there any
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Speaker 1: song I can get you
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Speaker 2: 4 week workday was a bit too much and I
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Speaker 2: happily went along with it. It's too early.
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Speaker 1: What song can we get you? Anything by Taylor Swift.
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Speaker 2: OK.
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Speaker 1: Got you. For sure. That's coming up for you right now.
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Speaker 1: You enjoy yourself and have a great day, OK? Alright.
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Speaker 2: Today, for the next 3 or 4 minutes here on 987,
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Speaker 2: let us celebrate the human body and the human mind.
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Speaker 2: It's really safe to say some of us are just
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Speaker 2: built different. And
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Speaker 1: we're not talking about the two of
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Speaker 2: us. No, no, no, no. I mean, OK, in a,
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Speaker 2: in a fitness context, yes, I can do a marathon,
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Speaker 2: but can I do a triathlon?
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Speaker 2: That's my question. Well, I can't swim.
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Speaker 1: I think that yes, yes, you can't. So you tried.
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Speaker 2: That's out of the question. But on Saturday, I actually
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Speaker 2: went running at the Marina Bay area and I realized, oh,
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Speaker 2: it's also T 100. So a lot of the usual
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Speaker 2: places I would run at, they were closed off for
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Speaker 2: the elite triathletes on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: Music happening over the
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Speaker 2: weekend was at
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Speaker 1: night.
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Speaker 2: So for these triathletes to the T100, they did it
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Speaker 2: in the Singaporean heat and Saturday it was
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Speaker 2: scorching hot.
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Speaker 1: It was a different level of heat.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think when I was running by the barricade,
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Speaker 2: I saw a couple of the elite athletes running past
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Speaker 2: me and I just started to cheer for them as
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Speaker 2: well because you see them really going at 3 minute
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Speaker 2: plus
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Speaker 1: pace of cycling
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Speaker 1: or running of
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Speaker 2: running in the Singaporean heat. So the T.
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Speaker 2: 100 format is 2 km swim, 80 km cycle, 18
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Speaker 2: km run. Congratulations to from New Zealand, Hayden Wild for
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Speaker 2: finishing it in 3 hours, 21 minutes and 58 seconds.
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Speaker 2: He gets $50,000 for doing that. Well done, Hayden. Well done.
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Speaker 1: Amazing,
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Speaker 2: amazing. And shout out to our very own usual faces
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Speaker 2: as well, Regin Goh, Xuan Xue, Arthur Ong.
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Speaker 2: Slim Natalie Daw was doing it as well, I think
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Speaker 2: she was doing the relay, and then we go from
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Speaker 2: T 100 on Saturday and Sunday. By the way, on Sunday,
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Speaker 2: very poor thing, you know, because some of my friends
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Speaker 2: are doing it, and one of them actually finished first
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Speaker 2: in his age group, Nicholas Lee, what up? They had
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Speaker 2: to cancel the race because of the rain.
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Speaker 1: Oh, and it's the same
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Speaker 2: event, same event, but, but I think that's for the
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Speaker 2: open category. So it's quite sad. So some of them
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Speaker 2: were like.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, never mind, I'll do it next year and finish it.
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Speaker 2: Kudos to them for having that mentality. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: such a waste. So
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Speaker 2: we go from Singapore to 12 hours away, London. Sonia,
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Speaker 2: have you seen the news?
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Speaker 1: I did. Are you talking about the sub too?
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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm gonna focus on the men's finishing time here.
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Speaker 2: Congratulations to the winner Sebastian Sawe and second place, Yomi
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Speaker 2: Kalka of Ethiopia and Kenya, 1:59.
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Speaker 2: 1 hour and 59 minutes and 30 seconds for the
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Speaker 2: first place winner, which is Sebastian Saway from Kenya, and
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Speaker 2: then Yoi ran it in 1 hour 59 minutes, 41 seconds.
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Speaker 2: So the top two spots went to people who did
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Speaker 2: it below 2
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Speaker 2: hours.
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Speaker 1: OK, just for context, I just choked on myself because
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Speaker 1: of how crazy that was. Um, just for context, can
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Speaker 1: you let our listeners know what an average person that
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Speaker 1: the timing.
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Speaker 1: That an average runner may take, OK, so to complete
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Speaker 1: a marathon, you just fill them in.
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Speaker 2: According to Chat GPT or Gemini, I actually asked this
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Speaker 2: last year. What is the average time for, you know,
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Speaker 2: like a fit leisure runner to do a marathon Singaporean? Yeah,
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Speaker 1: could be
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Speaker 2: like maybe 4 hours or 3 hours and 45 minutes.
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Speaker 1: Could be 4 hours plus. OK, let me give you
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Speaker 1: a little bit of an insight. OK. So previously when
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Speaker 1: I used to host marathons, I'm not a runner at all,
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Speaker 1: but you know, I have the energy to hype you
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Speaker 1: up at the start and the end, right?
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Speaker 1: So, um, we would have to be at the start,
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Speaker 1: very like in at the crack of dawn, sun's not
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Speaker 1: even up yet. You know, you know the drill, right?
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Speaker 1: And at some point, I will have to rush from
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Speaker 1: the start point to the midpoint, because that's where we
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Speaker 1: have to do a live update, like a live cross
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Speaker 1: for TV or some report or something, right? So we're rushing.
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Speaker 1: So when the planners told me, they said, OK, the
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Speaker 1: moment you kick off.
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Speaker 1: This group of people and you're done with this, we
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Speaker 1: have to jump into a car and rush to East
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Speaker 1: Coast Park. Then I was thinking to myself, why must
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Speaker 1: rush because they would have just kicked off. They would
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Speaker 1: take kind of a little bit of time. They said, nope, sis,
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Speaker 1: you don't understand. The elite runners, they'll be there the
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Speaker 1: moment we, the moment we park.
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Speaker 2: Kenyans and Ethiopians
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Speaker 1: are different. So, so we rushed down and true enough, OK.
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Speaker 1: In a matter of minutes after we arrived there in
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Speaker 1: the car, the first few elite runners will arrive already.
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Speaker 1: And I was mind-blown, right?
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Speaker 1: To the point where after we're done, we rush back
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Speaker 1: to the end point because you never know what's going
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Speaker 1: to happen. Um, and of course, you wait there for
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Speaker 1: the rest of the runners, the non-elite runners and the
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Speaker 1: regular runners to come through as well. Some people take
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Speaker 1: quite a while and it's understandable because of the kind
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Speaker 1: of heat here in Singapore and if you're not, um,
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Speaker 1: you know, considered like an athlete yourself, right? So I
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Speaker 1: think at one point, um, the last few people came in, like,
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Speaker 1: some of them would take 67 hours to complete actually, so.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. So you know what, we go from the height
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Speaker 2: of the Boston Marathon, London Marathon, and it's more than
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Speaker 2: just the runners, it's the people supporting them, just coming
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Speaker 2: down voluntarily. Today at 10:00 a.m. registration starts for the
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Speaker 2: Singapore International Marathon.
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Speaker 1: Wow, I've never felt so unfit in my life.
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Speaker 2: Hey, come on.
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Speaker 1: Coming up in just a little bit, I would say
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Speaker 1: lots to celebrate with this particular brand here in Singapore.
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Speaker 1: They always come through as like the, the saviors or
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Speaker 1: other people always look at them and like, yeah, we
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Speaker 1: love you guys. What
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Speaker 2: did
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Speaker 1: Hai
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Speaker 2: Til do this time?
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Speaker 1: No, it's not Hai Tau. It's not Hai Tauo, but
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Speaker 1: keep guessing, keep guessing. I'll tell you in just a
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Speaker 1: little bit. It's a very well-loved company in Singapore. You know,
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Speaker 2: if Hai Tilauo started a religion, they have plenty of followers.
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Speaker 2: Praise be to,
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Speaker 1: including you, right? Yeah. You will go to the, the
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Speaker 1: what the, the church of Hai Tilau is it?
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Speaker 1: Please, that's blasphemy, blasphemy. Anyway, find out which company I'm
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Speaker 1: talking about in just a little bit. When I tell you,
15:23
Speaker 1: you will be like, ah, yes. What a perfect song
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Speaker 1: to come out of because this particular company here in
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Speaker 1: Singapore might come across as our saviors to some extent, OK?
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Speaker 1: It's a very well-loved company. It's Sheng Siong.
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Speaker 1: As you said, right, Shengsheng, every time they make the news,
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Speaker 1: there's always something positive.
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Speaker 2: OK,
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Speaker 1: that's very good news also, yeah, but, um, amidst, you know,
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Speaker 1: the conflict in the world and what's happening globally, I
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Speaker 1: think the worry is that, you know, things are just
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Speaker 1: rising in costs, and I think our government is doing
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Speaker 1: whatever they can to, to help us as well.
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Speaker 1: Um, but Sheng Siong is going to do its best
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Speaker 1: to help keep essential items available and affordable no matter
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Speaker 1: what is happening in the world. So they have come
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Speaker 1: forth to make this pledge, and they said they don't
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Speaker 1: foresee any major disruptions to their supply at all. And
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Speaker 1: I think they do acknowledge that a lot of their
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Speaker 1: core customers are, you know, you're regular Singaporeans.
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Speaker 1: They need to keep the prices affordable. So I really
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Speaker 1: appreciate that due to the impact of the world.
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Speaker 2: See, this is why the people of Singapore, we love
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Speaker 2: the CEO.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Like whenever news about him breaks in Singapore, we just say,
16:32
Speaker 2: well done, sir. Well done.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. So what they're also intending to do is to
16:35
Speaker 1: expand their house brand range. So it means, you know.
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Speaker 1: Whenever you shop and stuff, you see different types of
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Speaker 1: brands for like toilet paper or like, you know, whatever, right?
16:44
Speaker 1: But usually when you go down to the supermarkets, they
16:47
Speaker 1: may have their own house brand, which could be cheaper
16:49
Speaker 1: than the usual stuff that they bring in, right? So
16:52
Speaker 1: I think um that definitely is good news. They're opening
16:55
Speaker 1: stores in more malls as well.
16:57
Speaker 1: I think they opened a record 12 stores in 2025,
17:00
Speaker 1: which means in total in Singapore, they have 87 stores now.
17:04
Speaker 2: Congratulations.
17:05
Speaker 2: Nice one to our friends over at Sheng. I think
17:08
Speaker 2: with news like this, you make us grow our love
17:12
Speaker 2: for you by 100 times. Exactly.
17:17
Speaker 1: 987 secret.
17:22
Speaker 1: St.
17:26
Speaker 1: Hello, good morning.
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Speaker 2: What's
17:27
Speaker 1: your
17:27
Speaker 2: name?
17:28
Speaker 1: Kimberly. Hi, Kimberly and family. How are you?
17:35
Speaker 1: OK, has this been a family effort so far trying
17:37
Speaker 1: to narrow down the guesses? Yes,
17:40
Speaker 2: yes,
17:40
Speaker 2: it has been. OK, so Kimberly, how many members are
17:43
Speaker 2: there in your family right now listening to you and
17:45
Speaker 2: playing with you? My mom and my mom and my brother. OK,
17:48
Speaker 1: of you.
17:49
Speaker 2: So 100 splitting three ways that's about 30 each, I guess.
17:53
Speaker 2: Mom gets $1000 more. OK,
17:55
Speaker 1: I got, I got through, so I think it's all mine.
17:58
Speaker 1: I love that attitude, that
18:00
Speaker 2: energy. I love that. OK.
18:01
Speaker 1: Now, you already know what not to say, right, Kimberly? Yes, yes.
18:06
Speaker 1: I really hope so. Fingers crossed just for you. Moment
18:08
Speaker 1: of truth now. Listen very carefully. One more time, just
18:11
Speaker 1: a quick refresher. This is the sound you have to identify.
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Speaker 2: Kimberly and family, for $10,000 what is the 987's secret sound? Um, OK,
18:23
Speaker 2: we think that it's the slapping of the face and
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Speaker 2: putting on skincare.
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Speaker 1: Slapping
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Speaker 2: of
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Speaker 1: the
18:29
Speaker 2: face
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Speaker 1: when putting on skincare is your final answer.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
18:34
Speaker 1: Let's find out.
18:37
Speaker 2: You are incorrect.
18:39
Speaker 2: Chance to
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Speaker 1: play
18:40
Speaker 2: 987's Secret sound continues.
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Speaker 2: sound.
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Speaker 2: Kimberly, can I read to you Boss Genesis reply? She goes, huh?
18:54
Speaker 2: But it's a very, but it's a very creative guess,
18:58
Speaker 2: but I don't think she would harm herself by I'm
19:01
Speaker 2: not slapping my face to test the sound, you know.
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Speaker 2: Does it sound like it? But
19:04
Speaker 1: that's how I sound every morning when I put on
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Speaker 1: my skincare. Actually very valid, very valid
19:09
Speaker 1: guess.
19:10
Speaker 2: But it's not the answer we're looking for, Kimberly. But
19:12
Speaker 2: you know what, can you please try again? Hopefully $10,000
19:14
Speaker 2: comes your way this week,
19:15
Speaker 1: OK? Yeah, we love your energy. Thank you to you
19:17
Speaker 1: and your family for making us laugh this morning.
19:21
Speaker 1: Thanks. Have a great day. Bye bye. Goodbye.
19:26
Speaker 1: One guess win big.
19:30
Speaker 1: What's that bit of a throwback with Thai dollar sign,
19:33
Speaker 1: work from home right here on 987, which was actually
19:36
Speaker 1: one of the things Joakim suggested when I said Tokyo
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Speaker 1: has decided to encourage their employees and their workers to
19:44
Speaker 1: do this.
19:45
Speaker 1: That I feel Singaporeans may welcome here in Singapore.
19:49
Speaker 2: Maybe the people over at Tokyo are giving their citizens
19:53
Speaker 2: beach vouchers. Nope, nope, nothing to do with that. Go
19:55
Speaker 2: to the beaches and enjoy a slushy or something.
19:58
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know the weather has been, well, searingly hot
20:02
Speaker 1: here in Singapore.
20:03
Speaker 1: But I think on top of all of that, we
20:05
Speaker 1: are a bit concerned about our high energy costs right
20:08
Speaker 1: now with whatever's happening in the world, right? So even
20:11
Speaker 1: here in Singapore, I think as much as we can,
20:14
Speaker 1: we're trying our best to reduce our usage of aircon,
20:17
Speaker 1: for example.
20:18
Speaker 1: Um, maybe keeping it at a 25 °C, as we
20:21
Speaker 1: already know, that's one of the things we should do.
20:25
Speaker 2: Singaporeans are asking, who does it
20:27
Speaker 2: at
20:27
Speaker 1: 25 degrees, and they're saying it's too hot. It's really,
20:30
Speaker 1: it doesn't help that the weather has been insane the
20:33
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. So the Tokyo government has decided
20:36
Speaker 1: they're going to encourage their workers to wear.
20:38
Speaker 1: T-shirts and shorts to work to cut aircon use amid
20:44
Speaker 1: the high energy costs. To
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Speaker 2: my friends over in Japan. Yeah, I'm so happy that
20:48
Speaker 2: I've been doing this already. OK,
20:50
Speaker 1: but it's different because we work in an environment where
20:53
Speaker 1: no one's really looking at us while we're on air.
20:55
Speaker 1: That's quite true. Um, but when was the last time
20:57
Speaker 1: you saw me wear shorts because I never wear shorts.
21:00
Speaker 1: I don't ever wear
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Speaker 2: shorts. You are in jeans or Pilates attire, yeah,
21:06
Speaker 1: or
21:06
Speaker 1: like cargo pants or something. It's in our studio,
21:09
Speaker 2: but, but it's quite scary sometimes, you know why? Because
21:12
Speaker 2: you never know other stations when they might have VIP guests.
21:17
Speaker 2: I remember being in my running attire once and I
21:21
Speaker 2: think it was class 95. They brought in a minister
21:24
Speaker 2: and his entire entourage was there. I went to the
21:27
Speaker 2: toilet when he was walking past.
21:29
Speaker 1: It's
21:29
Speaker 1: always like that, yeah, it's happened to me before. You
21:32
Speaker 1: know what I did? I ran back into the toilet.
21:37
Speaker 1: But no makeup, wearing some casual sweat, I ran back
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Speaker 1: into the toilet.
21:41
Speaker 2: So if this were to be implemented here in Singapore,
21:45
Speaker 2: maybe our friends at the CBD, you know, in the
21:48
Speaker 2: finance districts and finance companies and all that, will they
21:51
Speaker 2: show up in, you
21:51
Speaker 2: know,
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Speaker 1: the thing is, for example, when we got to work
21:59
Speaker 1: from home during COVID, right? Most companies to move into
22:02
Speaker 1: like a hybrid work situation.
22:04
Speaker 1: What if we become too used to wearing t-shirt and
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Speaker 1: shorts to work and they don't want to revert back.
22:09
Speaker 1: I, I believe that in certain industries it's not possible.
22:12
Speaker 1: They still have to wear a dress in a certain way.
22:15
Speaker 1: So I don't know whether it's feasible. They have to,
22:21
Speaker 2: right? You need to have a look, yes, but I'm
22:25
Speaker 2: just thinking.
22:26
Speaker 2: Which would be fine wearing t-shirt and shorts?
22:29
Speaker 1: For example, for example, I think there is already the
22:32
Speaker 1: concept of casual Fridays or whatever they call it now
22:35
Speaker 1: in the CBD area. So what if they start by,
22:39
Speaker 1: you know, um, switching off the air conditioning just one
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Speaker 1: day a week, and then on casual Fridays they're allowed
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Speaker 1: to wear like something, you know, t-shirt and shorts or
22:47
Speaker 1: whatever it is they want to wear.
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Speaker 1: But I don't think all 5 days is gonna be feasible.
22:52
Speaker 1: You're gonna perspire all
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Speaker 1: the time.
22:53
Speaker 2: I mean, turning off the air conditioning one day a week,
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Speaker 2: it might help, but I think people will not be
23:01
Speaker 2: too happy about it. You see all the comments on
23:04
Speaker 2: Facebook and Instagram come out again.
23:06
Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know, with energy costs going up, we
23:10
Speaker 1: might just have to think of a solution very soon.
23:12
Speaker 1: I mean, what can we do in our own personal
23:14
Speaker 1: time that's different, right?
23:15
Speaker 2: Did
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Speaker 2: they say what the rate in
23:17
Speaker 2: Tokyo? Well,
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Speaker 1: that, that's what they're saying. They're just encouraging staff to,
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Speaker 1: to wear. So we'll see, I guess when it comes
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Speaker 1: down to, I'm not sure if they'll do a survey
23:25
Speaker 1: at the end of this whole thing, but it is
23:27
Speaker 1: a campaign that they're doing as well, which I think,
23:30
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of what Singapore does. We also
23:33
Speaker 1: have campaigns to encourage people to do certain things. We'll see.
23:36
Speaker 1: Whether there's a results at the end of the day.
23:38
Speaker 1: You know
23:38
Speaker 2: what this means? Uniqlo are gonna launch an office collection. Hey,
23:42
Speaker 2: you never know. Of shorts and blazer collection. Exactly,
23:46
Speaker 1: you know,
23:48
Speaker 2: I'll gladly buy it guys. Come on.
23:51
Speaker 1: Anyway, give us a call 669-11987. Let's just say, if
23:55
Speaker 1: this were to be implemented in Singapore, OK, would you
23:58
Speaker 1: be open to it?
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Speaker 1: They want to cut down on aircon costs in your office,
24:02
Speaker 1: but you're allowed to wear t-shirt and shorts or tank
24:04
Speaker 1: top and shorts or whatever. I mean,
24:05
Speaker 2: a
24:05
Speaker 2: tank top is a bit too much.
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Speaker 1: OK,
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Speaker 1: T-shirt t-shirt, polo tea or your your Uniqlo tea or whatever.
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Speaker 1: Give us a call 669-11987. Would you be open to
24:16
Speaker 1: this idea? Let us know. In exchange, we've got a
24:19
Speaker 1: lovely prize coming your way. It's
24:21
Speaker 2: a place
24:22
Speaker 2: where Son and I actually had some before, Greenwood Fish Market.
24:26
Speaker 2: They love it. They want to give you a very
24:27
Speaker 2: nice experience over at Keys.
24:29
Speaker 2: Dining experience worth $150.
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Speaker 1: I believe they've also launched a new waterfront sports bar
24:35
Speaker 1: over at the Sentosa branch. Perfect for the World Cup. Yeah, exactly,
24:40
Speaker 1: just in time. Give us a call 669-11987 or drop
24:44
Speaker 1: us a message 90050987.
24:47
Speaker 1: If we were to also implement the same thing Japan
24:49
Speaker 1: is trying to encourage right now, would you wear t-shirt
24:53
Speaker 1: and shorts to your office or workplace? Gladly, yeah, but
24:57
Speaker 1: you cannot turn on the air-con. We use fans instead.
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Speaker 1: Is that OK? Reduce the usage of air conditioning. Let
25:05
Speaker 1: us know how you feel about that.
25:07
Speaker 1: If it were to be implemented here. Now, uh, rising
25:11
Speaker 1: energy costs, not just a problem here in Singapore, but
25:13
Speaker 1: around the world with what's happening globally, right? So our
25:16
Speaker 1: friends in Japan, their government's trying to encourage their employees
25:20
Speaker 1: to cut down the usage of air conditioning, but in exchange,
25:25
Speaker 1: they said, please go to work in t-shirt and shorts,
25:27
Speaker 1: it's OK.
25:28
Speaker 1: That's what they're saying,
25:29
Speaker 2: you know, if this gets implemented in the CBD, I
25:32
Speaker 2: think a lot of bankers or people who work in
25:34
Speaker 2: the finance industry or headhunting industry, even law firms as well,
25:37
Speaker 2: they might welcome it because whenever I see them go
25:41
Speaker 2: for lunch over the hawker centers or
25:46
Speaker 2: Yeah,
25:46
Speaker 1: was it Amoy Hawker Center or something? I love A hawker. No,
25:48
Speaker 1: it's so hot and
25:50
Speaker 2: to my bros who are wearing shirts without the blazers,
25:53
Speaker 2: you can see the sweat patches.
25:54
Speaker 1: Actually, I wonder, I wonder whether people out of their
25:59
Speaker 1: work clothes into like casual clothes to go for lunch
26:01
Speaker 1: and come back and change. a hassle. I know, but still,
26:04
Speaker 1: you're just gonna perspire in your formal outfits.
26:06
Speaker 2: Say good morning to Brian on WhatsApp. Hey guys, for
26:10
Speaker 2: my office.
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Speaker 2: There aren't any windows that can open or electric fans,
26:15
Speaker 2: but I totally wouldn't mind a close alternative of raising
26:18
Speaker 2: the aircon a few degrees while wearing shirt plus shorts.
26:20
Speaker 2: It will also make my work commute comfier and my
26:24
Speaker 2: outside lunch break more bearable against the searing afternoon
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Speaker 2: heat.
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Speaker 1: Actually, that's a good point. If they look, it's hard
26:30
Speaker 1: to go from fully air conditioning to no aircon, you
26:34
Speaker 1: know what I mean? So this is a reasonable suggestion.
26:37
Speaker 1: one
26:37
Speaker 2: coming in from.
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Speaker 2: Joel, morning, Sonia and Joakim, to be honest, even before
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Speaker 2: this dress code implementation, my company has mostly been allowing
26:44
Speaker 2: us to wear t-shirts and jeans all this while. So
26:47
Speaker 2: I guess I'm quite lucky compared to those who had
26:49
Speaker 2: stricter dress codes. But if one day my company asks
26:52
Speaker 2: us to use fans instead of aircon, the ventilation will
26:55
Speaker 2: be crazy, especially with how bad Singapore's weather has been nowadays.
26:59
Speaker 1: Actually, I think the main problem is that a lot
27:01
Speaker 1: of offices, especially high-rise offices in the CBD area.
27:04
Speaker 1: They are not built for non-airconditioned offices. You know what
27:08
Speaker 1: I mean? Yeah, yeah, exactly. So that's the, that's the issue. Anyway, um,
27:13
Speaker 1: 669-11987 or you can keep dropping us messages, 90050987. Let's
27:19
Speaker 1: just say we follow what Japan is doing and encourage
27:23
Speaker 1: our employees and workers to come to the office in
27:25
Speaker 1: t-shirts and shorts, but we're going to cut down the
27:27
Speaker 1: usage of aircon. Will you be OK with that?
27:30
Speaker 1: Phone lines are open. Send us a message in exchange
27:33
Speaker 1: a Greenwood Fish Market dining experience and of course, rising
27:38
Speaker 1: energy costs, it hits not just Singapore, but other people,
27:41
Speaker 1: other countries around the world that are also trying to
27:43
Speaker 1: find their own ways to cut down on energy consumption.
27:47
Speaker 1: Just like our friends over in Japan, um, they're trying
27:50
Speaker 1: to encourage more workers to go to work in t-shirts
27:53
Speaker 1: and shorts so that they can try and save on
27:56
Speaker 1: air conditioning costs.
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Speaker 2: I'm just speculating that over at Uniqlo, they are coming
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Speaker 2: up with a collection. They're booming. They might be doing
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Speaker 2: some blazer or pants in the future. Want to say
28:06
Speaker 2: good morning to Jason on WhatsApp. Morning.
28:08
Speaker 2: Johnny and Joakim, I feel that with such humid weather,
28:11
Speaker 2: it is perfectly fine for us to dress down, but
28:14
Speaker 2: definitely not turning the air, air conditioning off. We'll be dead.
28:19
Speaker 2: Hybrid working dress down days absolutely needed, but maybe like
28:23
Speaker 2: my company that only implies it every Friday. Rest of
28:25
Speaker 2: the days are smart dress. We do need an extra
28:28
Speaker 2: thin blazer just in case of special VI.
28:30
Speaker 2: meetings. Agree,
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Speaker 1: agree, then just leave the blazer in the office or something.
28:33
Speaker 1: I think that's what people do sometimes. Maybe
28:36
Speaker 2: one more coming in from Kimberly. I don't think t-shirt
28:38
Speaker 2: and shorts have any place in the offices lah. I
28:40
Speaker 2: already feel like some people are looking too casual coming
28:43
Speaker 2: to work. If it's that hot, just allow us to
28:45
Speaker 2: work from home. I'm sure there's an option for those
28:48
Speaker 2: countries with real heat waves.
28:50
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so too. Um, and having had a
28:54
Speaker 1: bit of experience working in the CBD last time as
28:57
Speaker 1: an intern and freelancer.
28:59
Speaker 1: She's not wrong. What Kimberly just said. People here in Singapore,
29:02
Speaker 1: I think they're already quite dressed down. If you compare
29:06
Speaker 1: to other countries, but clearly it is also because of
29:10
Speaker 1: our weather, so maybe that's why. It is really hot.
29:13
Speaker 1: Perhaps there's a way to still be smart, casual, but
29:16
Speaker 1: not like completely dressed down, you know. But we still
29:19
Speaker 1: need to uphold some sort of decorum, right?
29:21
Speaker 2: Like you
29:21
Speaker 2: said earlier, the blazer in the office just in case.
29:25
Speaker 1: OK, we've got Keith on the line right now. What
29:27
Speaker 1: about you? What do you think?
29:28
Speaker 2: Honestly, I would love
29:30
Speaker 1: to
29:30
Speaker 2: because it's, you know, it's super comfortable, especially when you
29:33
Speaker 2: hit the gym in the morning, you can just be
29:34
Speaker 2: in like athleisure or workout clothes, but realistically, I actually
29:38
Speaker 2: work in finance and in sales, and so most of
29:42
Speaker 2: the time I'm actually like fully dressed, decked out in
29:44
Speaker 2: a suit and tie. And so the challenge is, you know,
29:48
Speaker 2: if I walk up in a t-shirt to a client meeting.
29:51
Speaker 2: I think immediately they're just going to walk away. So
29:53
Speaker 2: that's the tough part because unless everyone does the same. My,
29:57
Speaker 2: my question is, does your organization that you work, do
30:00
Speaker 2: they have like polo t-shirts for you? Not exactly. So
30:04
Speaker 2: it's like usually our formal is really like full-on blazer
30:08
Speaker 2: with tie and you do like all your presentations. So
30:11
Speaker 2: that's the challenge for us.
30:13
Speaker 2: Usually meet your clients? Oh, it's, it's over. It can
30:16
Speaker 2: be sometimes at the hotel lobbies. It could be at
30:19
Speaker 2: the client's office, uh, most, uh, or it could even
30:22
Speaker 2: be in our office. Oh man, in t-shirt, that would
30:26
Speaker 2: be amazing. We can do that, but it's not impossible
30:28
Speaker 2: for us. Is there a case where you can text
30:30
Speaker 2: your clients saying, Hey, dress casually for the meeting? Cannot, right?
30:34
Speaker 2: They gotta be formal.
30:36
Speaker 2: I think you probably can if the client is, you know,
30:38
Speaker 2: similar age, all pretty young and OK with this idea,
30:42
Speaker 2: but when you meet someone more senior to ask them
30:44
Speaker 2: to come in t-shirt, I think they'll say, you know what,
30:45
Speaker 2: it's OK. I
30:46
Speaker 2: don't need you anymore.
30:47
Speaker 1: Exactly. No, I totally agree with Keith, right now. We're
30:53
Speaker 1: talking about whether or not it's feasible to implement what
30:55
Speaker 1: Japan is encouraging their workers to do.
30:58
Speaker 1: Amidst rising energy costs, they're saying, hey guys, if you
31:02
Speaker 1: have to go into the office, we might cut down
31:04
Speaker 1: on the air conditioning, so please feel free to wear
31:06
Speaker 1: a t-shirt and shorts. Will that be feasible in Singapore?
31:10
Speaker 2: Let's see. Let's see what happens in the next few months.
31:12
Speaker 2: I want to say good morning to Johannes who says,
31:14
Speaker 2: morning guys. For this morning's topic, just wear more traditional buttocks. Oh, cute.
31:20
Speaker 2: You always look dressed for the occasion and it's much
31:23
Speaker 2: more cooling. You can also bump into any minister, no problem.
31:27
Speaker 1: Or you might be mistaken for like part of the
31:30
Speaker 1: minister's team or like if you're wearing a batik
31:32
Speaker 2: shirt, permanent secretary or something like that. Wanna say good
31:35
Speaker 2: morning to Ming. Excellent way to reduce our carbon footprint
31:39
Speaker 2: in more ways than one. T-shirt and shorts and or
31:43
Speaker 2: activewear are far more compact than a formal suit. We'll
31:46
Speaker 2: be able to walk, run, bike to work, and change
31:48
Speaker 2: out easily, further reducing road congestion, reducing strain on.
31:52
Speaker 2: Our energy resources and reducing our carbon footprint. Yes, I agree,
31:57
Speaker 2: but does that mean all of us will shower in
31:59
Speaker 2: the office after cycling and walking to the office or
32:02
Speaker 2: jogging
32:03
Speaker 1: I sure hope so. I mean, most offices would have
32:07
Speaker 1: shower facilities, right? Well,
32:08
Speaker 2: the
32:08
Speaker 2: queues will be long and then it's a different kind
32:11
Speaker 2: of energy we're using the water heater.
32:14
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, don't use a water heater. Why would you
32:17
Speaker 1: need a water heater?
32:19
Speaker 2: I mean, it's so hot, honestly, I don't mind showering
32:21
Speaker 2: in cold water, but there are people who need warm water. Oh,
32:24
Speaker 1: I love a cold shower. I get you. Sometimes at
32:26
Speaker 1: night I'm like I need a warm shower.
32:28
Speaker 2: We're
32:28
Speaker 2: saving money.
32:32
Speaker 1: Anyway, uh, more of your messages coming up in just
32:35
Speaker 1: a bit. In case you want to give us an answer,
32:37
Speaker 1: you can drop us a message to 90050987 or drop
32:41
Speaker 1: us a call. The the question is, would you mind
32:45
Speaker 1: showing up to work in t-shirts and shorts? Would you
32:47
Speaker 1: think that's a good idea if we try and cut
32:49
Speaker 1: back on our air conditioning, just like Japan and exchange
32:52
Speaker 1: a $150 dining experience for you to enjoy over at
32:55
Speaker 1: Quayside aisle with Greenwood, seeing how
32:58
Speaker 1: There's sort of um an energy crisis worldwide, right? Things
33:02
Speaker 1: are going more and more expensive. Everyone's trying to cut
33:05
Speaker 1: costs and cutting down on air conditioning has always been
33:08
Speaker 1: one of the options, even though it's very tough, especially
33:11
Speaker 1: in tropical countries like ours, very hot all the time, right?
33:15
Speaker 2: Just wondering whether it would it be possible here in Singapore.
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Speaker 2: Some companies maybe, but majority very
33:23
Speaker 1: tough, yeah, especially in those like buildings in the CBD.
33:26
Speaker 1: Like how do you
33:27
Speaker 2: change? For example, you go to to a private hospital,
33:32
Speaker 2: you want to see a doctor, your doctor shows up
33:34
Speaker 2: wearing shorts and
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Speaker 2: t-shirts.
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Speaker 1: I mean that's, that's just weird.
33:38
Speaker 1: And I don't think they would do that. I mean,
33:40
Speaker 1: you know, where, wherever you can cut, you cut, but
33:42
Speaker 1: in the areas where you really cannot, I mean, no choice, right?
33:45
Speaker 2: Yeah. When I say good morning to username Nokia, apparently
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Speaker 2: morning Sojo. The trick is to hold your client meetings
33:52
Speaker 2: at beach clubs at Tentosa, so they'll be forced to
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Speaker 2: dress down in a more casual setting.
33:58
Speaker 2: OK, I don't think this will be done at the
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Speaker 2: beach club. I
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Speaker 1: mean, you know, maybe you'll be in a better mindset
34:04
Speaker 1: and you close better deals. I don't know. One
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Speaker 2: more coming in from Pat. Morning, Sonia and Joakim. I
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Speaker 2: don't think it's possible as I got 2 safety points
34:12
Speaker 2: and a $14 deduction for coming to work in safety
34:15
Speaker 2: vests and in long pants. They say I didn't dress appropriately.
34:19
Speaker 2: I give my reason was because I cycled to work
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Speaker 2: and once I had a shower, then I'd be wearing
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Speaker 2: a collar shirt.
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Speaker 1: No,
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Speaker 2: they're very strict with it,
34:26
Speaker 1: I guess. I guess, yeah.
34:27
Speaker 1: The messages before we wrap
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Speaker 2: it up. One more from Jonathan. Morning, Sonia and Joakim.
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Speaker 2: In my first company that I worked for, a Japanese company,
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Speaker 2: they were very strict with the dress code, especially with t-shirt,
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Speaker 2: shirts and pants. However, in my current company, it's quite chill.
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Speaker 2: Business smart, but I do dress up whenever there is
34:43
Speaker 2: a presentation to my superiors. So it depends a lot
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Speaker 2: on the company culture.
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Speaker 1: Similar to us actually, because only due to the fact
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Speaker 1: that nobody's in the office between, you know, 6 a.m.
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Speaker 1: to 9 at least. And if we don't have any
34:55
Speaker 1: guests here or anything.
34:57
Speaker 1: Um, important right after our show. Chances are, I've seen
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Speaker 1: Joakim's legs many mornings. Here you go. And right now
35:06
Speaker 1: as well, he's wearing shorts, so sorry. OK. It's something
35:11
Speaker 1: Japan apparently is trying to do, especially I'm guessing Tokyo
35:14
Speaker 1: maybe because of rising energy costs. They're trying to cut
35:17
Speaker 1: back on air conditioning.
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Speaker 2: Business on top, party at the bottom.
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Speaker 1: That's right.
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Speaker 1: Actually that's always us when we're on Zoom lah. So yeah,
35:25
Speaker 2: exactly, you know, they wear the blazers and the shirts
35:27
Speaker 2: wearing shorts. So I think for today's winner when it
35:31
Speaker 2: comes to the Greenwood Fish Market dining experience worth $150
35:36
Speaker 2: I want to say congratulations to Jason who texted us earlier. Jason.
35:41
Speaker 1: I mean, look, uh, a lot of us Singaporeans, I'm
35:45
Speaker 1: pretty sure wouldn't mind the idea of dressing a bit
35:48
Speaker 1: more casually, but, um, some valid arguments that we had
35:51
Speaker 1: on this morning. Yeah,
35:52
Speaker 2: and majority of us, let's be honest, we are all
35:54
Speaker 2: pampered by the air conditioning and to really cool off
35:58
Speaker 2: from the Singaporean heat, especially on Saturday when it was
36:00
Speaker 2: really hot, I know to the point where on Sunday
36:02
Speaker 2: during the rain, everybody was like, yay.
36:06
Speaker 1: Celebrate for
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Speaker 2: a while.100 athletes.
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Speaker 1: You're welcome because I washed my car on Saturday. It
36:11
Speaker 1: must be the reason. Can you
36:13
Speaker 2: wash
36:13
Speaker 2: your car regularly once every week.
36:16
Speaker 1: Anyway, a big thank you once again to our friends
36:18
Speaker 1: over at Greenwood Fish Market. You know, Joakim and I
36:20
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36:23
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36:26
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36:27
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36:31
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36:35
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36:37
Speaker 1: here this morning. You know what,
36:38
Speaker 2: loads of news coming in about our primary schools here
36:41
Speaker 2: in Singapore. I know I think the biggest one so
36:43
Speaker 2: far was some time, was it last year when they
36:46
Speaker 2: announced that ACS Primary.
36:48
Speaker 2: Going to be shifting over to Tonga and according to
36:51
Speaker 2: my property friends, right, Tunga Gardens, 98%
36:53
Speaker 1: sold. Well, for, for a reason, I guess. Congratulations.
36:57
Speaker 2: And then over the weekend, Montfort Junior, well known for
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Speaker 2: being a boys' school, OK, loads of stories from Montfort
37:06
Speaker 2: as well, a couple of friends from there.
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Speaker 2: 2028 they'll be going coed. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I was very surprised when I saw this piece of news,
37:14
Speaker 1: you know. So this
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Speaker 2: was actually
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Speaker 2: announced on the 110th anniversary if I'm not wrong, and
37:18
Speaker 2: here's the line, OK, that many people are going, huh, really, man,
37:24
Speaker 2: to segregate boys and girls was intentional in a generation past.
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Speaker 1: Interesting.
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I still feel like if I have
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Speaker 1: a daughter, I'll send her to a girls'
37:34
Speaker 1: school.
37:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. So the, the comment section, right, they're saying,
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Speaker 2: how come we're only targeting the boys school? What about CHIJ?
37:42
Speaker 2: Will it ever go coed? Then do we still call
37:43
Speaker 2: it a convent?
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Speaker 1: Cannot
37:45
Speaker 2: lah,
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Speaker 1: obviously, yeah, OK, so there is a coed St. Anthony's.
37:52
Speaker 1: I don't know if you know this. Yeah, the primary school,
37:55
Speaker 1: there's a St. Anthony's primary school that is not a girls' school.
37:59
Speaker 1: So that they don't call it convent school. You know,
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, because ours is Saint Anne's
38:03
Speaker 1: Connosian Convent. So I believe there is a St. Anthony's ed.
38:07
Speaker 1: Let me do a quick check.
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Speaker 2: There's a Saint Anthony's Kenosian, yes, and St. Anthony's coed school.
38:13
Speaker 2: Come on, Sonny, let's go.
38:15
Speaker 1: Yes, there is Anthony's Primary. Yes, there is one established
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Speaker 1: as a primary school in 1992 and it still is
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Speaker 1: a coed school. Yeah, I think so. This is right. Yeah.
38:29
Speaker 2: So a couple of ex-students are going, hm, I don't
38:31
Speaker 2: know how to feel about, you know,
38:34
Speaker 1: OK, um, here's another point of view, OK, which could
38:37
Speaker 1: be like a topic for next time, but
38:40
Speaker 1: You know how um certain young parents who are considering
38:43
Speaker 1: like where to live and where to stay, sometimes, you know,
38:47
Speaker 1: they stay in a place where they're surrounded by like,
38:49
Speaker 1: let's say, boys' schools, but then they have a girl.
38:52
Speaker 1: So then how do you then enroll your daughter in
38:55
Speaker 1: the school nearby because your proximity.
38:57
Speaker 1: is all messed up already,
38:59
Speaker 2: right? And not just for Montfort Primary Mar High School
39:00
Speaker 2: Primary as well as of 2027, which is
39:05
Speaker 2: also,
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Speaker 1: yeah, I know I have some friends from that were like, OK.
39:10
Speaker 2: So could this be the little stones that starts the
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Speaker 2: entire avalanche of boys' schools going coed.
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Speaker 2: If they announce Catholic high school going coed, then we
39:19
Speaker 2: know something is up here
39:20
Speaker 2: already.
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Speaker 1: It could be just to help the enrollment, man. I'm
39:24
Speaker 1: not sure. Yeah, but anyway, is affiliated to Catholic Junior College.
39:29
Speaker 1: Am I right?
39:29
Speaker 2: For the secondary school?
39:30
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. So, OK, yeah, you're on your way to
39:34
Speaker 1: going coed anyway.
39:35
Speaker 2: I wonder what the ladies who look like in the
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Speaker 2: white and Catholic high school at the bottom.
39:39
Speaker 1: The skirt, actually there are some schools that already have
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Speaker 1: a similar color tone, so it's bad actually. Well, we'll
39:48
Speaker 1: see where this goes. I just wonder what was the
39:51
Speaker 1: main reason really. I, I don't really think it's got
39:53
Speaker 1: to do with like, oh, that's the time of the
39:55
Speaker 1: past and then now it's different. Honestly,
39:57
Speaker 2: there are
39:57
Speaker 2: values.
40:05
Speaker 2: OK. We are gentlemen.
40:07
Speaker 1: Coming up in just a few minutes for food news, um,
40:10
Speaker 1: not to flex because I know what Joakim's answer is
40:13
Speaker 1: gonna be. Do you still remember your birthday meal at
40:16
Speaker 1: Burnt ends? OK, you still remember that and you enjoyed it, right?
40:20
Speaker 1: I will gladly go again. OK. I have some good
40:24
Speaker 1: news from the people that brought you burnt ends, they've
40:28
Speaker 1: got a new venture that you definitely want to check out, OK?
40:32
Speaker 2: Would they call it a more local
40:33
Speaker 2: term?
40:34
Speaker 1: No, no, actually, no, it's just gonna be a bit
40:36
Speaker 1: of a spin-off, and it's not the same as the
40:39
Speaker 1: burnt ends restaurant. OK.
40:40
Speaker 2: The
40:40
Speaker 2: local term I was thinking of is chowta. No,
40:42
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen. Joakim, remind, remind all the headhunters
40:47
Speaker 1: out there to never hire you as a marketing person.
40:50
Speaker 2: OK,
40:52
Speaker 1: time for some
40:52
Speaker 2: news. 123, food news. Food news. Sonia with the good
40:59
Speaker 2: food news. Give it to us, Miss Chuw. What's this.
41:01
Speaker 2: Spin-off of
41:02
Speaker 2: Burnt Ends.
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Speaker 1: So I, I will say that um bringing you to
41:05
Speaker 1: Burnt Ends on your birthday was very memorable. The food
41:08
Speaker 1: was great, and I think we talked about it for
41:10
Speaker 1: some time. The
41:10
Speaker 2: smile on my face.
41:12
Speaker 1: I know, I remember that. It was for
41:13
Speaker 2: a
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Speaker 2: sumptuous meal. No,
41:16
Speaker 1: anytime.
41:17
Speaker 2: My birthday happening in 3 months.
41:19
Speaker 1: You don't want to go to different places a
41:21
Speaker 2: creature of habit.
41:22
Speaker 1: Oh my God.
41:23
Speaker 2: You bring me to one place, I'll stay there just
41:25
Speaker 2: like my father. His birthday on Sunday. Then, what you
41:28
Speaker 2: feel like eating? Or how about Sammy's.
41:31
Speaker 1: It's the
41:31
Speaker 2: same. Everything Sami is there.
41:33
Speaker 1: That's literally you like you are your dad. You realize that, right?
41:36
Speaker 1: It's your personality and
41:37
Speaker 2: everything.
41:38
Speaker 1: Anyway, um, a big shout out to our friends over
41:40
Speaker 1: at Burnt Ends. We always very memorable nights there. They've
41:44
Speaker 1: opened up a new casual style restaurant, and it's almost
41:48
Speaker 1: like a bar restaurant kind of vibe. OK, not, not
41:52
Speaker 1: so much of a formal sit-down, um, restaurant per se. So, um,
41:55
Speaker 1: the drinking scene is getting a new player as well
41:57
Speaker 1: because they are starting to brew their own.
42:00
Speaker 1: Beers opened, uh, they opened on the 15th of April,
42:03
Speaker 1: so just a bit over a week, and we've at
42:05
Speaker 1: Resorts World Sentosa is called People People Brewing Co. People
42:09
Speaker 1: People twice, yes, PPBC yeah, People People Brewing Co, the
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Speaker 1: newest venture from the, um, one mission start burnt ends.
42:17
Speaker 1: So I would expect that even though it's not burnt
42:20
Speaker 1: ends per se, I'm pretty sure they will still hold
42:24
Speaker 1: themselves to a certain standard when it comes to their
42:26
Speaker 1: food because they are serving up meats.
42:29
Speaker 1: chicken and burgers and all that, they still have to
42:31
Speaker 1: live up to it, you know. I'm sure they have sliders. Yes, yeah,
42:34
Speaker 1: so something like that, yeah. So they do have something
42:35
Speaker 1: like sliders too, um, but it's designed as a social brewery.
42:39
Speaker 1: The beer is brewed on site. It's poured fresh from
42:42
Speaker 1: the tank straight to your tap. So you know that
42:44
Speaker 1: the beer is beautiful. Um, I think that they are
42:48
Speaker 1: trying their best to also bring more of their customized
42:51
Speaker 1: beers to the people. So it's, you know, a brewed
42:54
Speaker 1: in-house using custom designed equipment and they've got some award-winning.
42:59
Speaker 1: People on it as well. So trust us when we
43:00
Speaker 1: say this, the beer looks good. It starts at just $12. Yeah,
43:04
Speaker 1: starts at just $12.
43:06
Speaker 2: That's
43:06
Speaker 2: actually cheaper than some places here in Singapore.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think they're really just drawing people there.
43:11
Speaker 1: There's going to be wood-fired burgers and meats and all
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Speaker 1: that too. So like I said, I don't think they'll
43:16
Speaker 1: stray too far away from the quality of burnt ends.
43:18
Speaker 2: Well, there you go for your next stay over at
43:20
Speaker 2: Sentosa RWS. Head on down
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Speaker 2: to
43:22
Speaker 1: weave. Yeah, it's, it's been a while since you've, since
43:25
Speaker 1: I've stayed in Sentosa actually. Yeah.
43:28
Speaker 1: It's been a while. Come, let's plan a daycare or something,
43:32
Speaker 1: you know, you have a, hey, um, do check it out.
43:34
Speaker 1: Do list, uh, do support them, and I think, um,
43:37
Speaker 1: this is situated over in Weave Resorts World Sentosa. OK,
43:42
Speaker 2: so to our friends over at Burnt Ends asking for
43:44
Speaker 2: a friend, can I make a reservation?
43:47
Speaker 1: The friend is very hard to get
43:50
Speaker 2: something that most people use now in the fitness world
43:53
Speaker 2: that could be seen as a security risk. Strava.
43:59
Speaker 1: Why it shows you exactly where you've been and it
44:01
Speaker 1: posted up on the platform,
44:03
Speaker 2: right? That and also top secret locations. So I'm quite
44:06
Speaker 2: surprised that people are using Strava inside these locations. I'm
44:10
Speaker 2: talking about military camps and all that. So it's what
44:12
Speaker 2: they call the Stravalo.
44:14
Speaker 2: heat map where the brighter the lines show that more
44:17
Speaker 2: activity is happening inside there. So apparently on board a
44:21
Speaker 2: French aircraft carrier, someone gave away the location of the
44:25
Speaker 2: carrier all thanks to Strava and even a British base
44:29
Speaker 2: as well.
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Speaker 1: Oh my, but isn't this quite a rookie
44:32
Speaker 1: mistake?
44:32
Speaker 2: A little bit. So if you are using Strava and
44:35
Speaker 2: you work in a top secret facility here in Singapore,
44:37
Speaker 2: please turn it off. Yeah, turn off the map function. Yeah.
44:40
Speaker 2: So I think our friends over.
44:42
Speaker 2: MINDEF are saying, OK, nothing to worry about, but I'm
44:44
Speaker 2: very sure within MINDEF themselves, there are strict instructions where
44:48
Speaker 2: if you're wearing a sports watch and using Strava, turn
44:51
Speaker 2: off the map just in case.
44:52
Speaker 1: I'm so curious if there is a function where they
44:54
Speaker 1: can actually detection of the GPS or something. Yeah,
44:59
Speaker 2: that's interesting. So it's not so much the location, it's
45:01
Speaker 2: more of the personnel inside these top secret areas I see,
45:05
Speaker 2: I see. and their daily
45:06
Speaker 2: movements
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Speaker 1: can really careful, man.