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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 130726 · 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.
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Speaker 2: It's just solo by myself for a couple of days,
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Speaker 2: I think. Joakim's down. He's not feeling too well, so
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Speaker 2: he won't be here today, but the good things will
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Speaker 2: still happen. We still got treats coming your way, dining experiences,
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Speaker 2: and Malcolm Todd about to kick off this hour. Singapore's
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Speaker 2: number one hit music station.
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Speaker 2: Happy Monday. Welcome to a brand new week. How was
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Speaker 2: your weekend? Mine was, mine was pretty fun actually, um,
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Speaker 2: aside from some work stuff that I had to do.
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Speaker 2: I actually went and played paddle twice.
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Speaker 2: Cementing my suspicion that I'm really not very good at
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Speaker 2: this sport, despite um spending some time in Bali, like
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Speaker 2: doing a, doing a short like training weekend. Yeah, I,
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Speaker 2: I don't know, man. Do you ever feel like you're
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Speaker 2: just not meant for something?
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Speaker 2: That's me when it comes to sports or anything that
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Speaker 2: requires coordination.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not, I'm not like terrible at it.
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Speaker 2: It's just that I thought that I'll be a bit
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Speaker 2: better by now, you know, like having played for a
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Speaker 2: few months already and, and I went for some classes.
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Speaker 2: So I'm just like, yeah, why am I still not
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Speaker 2: at the level that I'm hoping to be? And some
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Speaker 2: people are just so talented at it, you know, so
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Speaker 2: I'm guessing that maybe I have other talents that's not
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Speaker 2: related to sports, maybe something else. I should try like
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Speaker 2: another talent soon, like a musical instrument or like singing or.
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Speaker 2: Something else. Anyway, hope that you had a great rest
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Speaker 2: and we're gonna kick off a brand new week. I'm
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Speaker 2: here to give you the energy that you need in
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Speaker 2: case you're feeling blue about Monday. I mean, me too, right?
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Speaker 2: Joakim's out sick and I'm solo, so I've got to
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Speaker 2: tank it and give you all the energy that you need.
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Speaker 2: So lots of love there. So, just want to go
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Speaker 2: to Tampines right now, OK, where I, I, I would be,
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Speaker 2: I'll be pretty nervous if I knew this uncle was
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Speaker 2: watching me.
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Speaker 2: Um, in a good way, in a good way. I'll
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Speaker 2: feel safe actually, because I, I don't think I'm guilty
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Speaker 2: of this. There's a retiree over in Tampines. He could
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Speaker 2: have been any one of our dads or grandpas, OK.
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Speaker 2: He's close to 70 now, and because he's retired, I
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Speaker 2: think he just wants to
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Speaker 2: You know, make, make good use of his time, right?
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Speaker 2: I feel like as, as you get older, you want
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Speaker 2: to find a purpose. And even when, you know, you're
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Speaker 2: in school or you're already starting work and stuff, like
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Speaker 2: all of us need a purpose to continue waking up
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Speaker 2: every morning and to go to school, go to work, right? We,
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Speaker 2: we always need to feel motivated. Um, he's decided to
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Speaker 2: use his camera to catch litterbugs and those who are
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Speaker 2: parking illegally, and he will report it, by the way.
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Speaker 2: And I love his tagline, his tagline that is literally
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Speaker 2: quoted from him. He said, as long as I see it,
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Speaker 2: I will report it.
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Speaker 2: Hey, honestly, um, we need people like that sometimes, right?
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Speaker 2: He's taken up this new hobby, um, and it's quite
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Speaker 2: brutal because these people who get photographed, they are littering,
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Speaker 2: they're literally caught in the act of parking illegally. He
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Speaker 2: spends almost his whole day just looking out his window.
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Speaker 2: Um, observing, observing, and he says, whenever I see something
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Speaker 2: illegal happening, I will take a picture and submit it
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Speaker 2: to the authorities. But of course, he keeps written records
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Speaker 2: of his observations as well. And once a month, he
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Speaker 2: will travel for over an hour, literally to the NEA
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Speaker 2: office to submit the evidence he's collected. So, I want
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Speaker 2: to take a guess how many cases he actually catches
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Speaker 2: every month.
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Speaker 2: Between 40 to 50 littering cases each month, you know, how,
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Speaker 2: how's that crazy? The situation improved, by the way, maybe
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Speaker 2: people got nervous because they know there's an uncle watching them.
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Speaker 2: The number fell to about 20 to 30 cases monthly. Um,
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Speaker 2: some residents actually even have received fines based on the
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Speaker 2: evidence he has submitted. So I think, um, one private
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Speaker 2: hire car driver said a lot of residents were unhappy
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Speaker 2: with his actions.
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Speaker 2: Um, and a lot of fines have been issued, right?
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Speaker 2: So we'll see. I mean, he's still gonna be doing this.
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Speaker 2: He's even invested in a better camera. He spent over $1000. Um, however,
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Speaker 2: as you know, with these things also come confrontations with
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Speaker 2: neighbors who like aren't happy and stuff, right? So, um, they,
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Speaker 2: some of them don't really like it. Some on the
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Speaker 2: flip side say like, hey, you know, he's making the
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Speaker 2: neighborhood a better place.
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Speaker 2: This is up for arguments, but so far, what he's
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Speaker 2: doing is not wrong. I'm guessing he's just getting evidence
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Speaker 2: and receipts of people actually doing illegal things. So, this
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Speaker 2: is up for debates. We'll see. I mean, I just
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Speaker 2: hope that um he doesn't get into any physical fights
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Speaker 2: or altercations. I mean, that would be bad for his safety.
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Speaker 2: We know the area he lives in, but maybe we
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Speaker 2: don't know the block, so, um, that just, you know,
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Speaker 2: keep it that way, I guess. Only his neighbors know.
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Speaker 2: Anyway, coming up very soon in about say 10 minutes
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Speaker 2: or so, I want to open up the phone lines
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Speaker 2: to put you in a better mood. I'll leave you
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Speaker 2: to be the music director, OK? You get to decide
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Speaker 2: what song plays just before 7 a.m. It is time
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Speaker 2: to open up the phone lines, 669-11987 if you're on
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Speaker 2: your way to work, to school, um, if you want
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Speaker 2: to give a shout out to your school because Joakim
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Speaker 2: and I.
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Speaker 2: We're actually heading to a school this week. I'm not
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Speaker 2: gonna say which school just yet, just in case it's
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Speaker 2: meant to be a surprise, but maybe closer to the dates,
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Speaker 2: which is more towards the end of the week, we'll
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Speaker 2: reveal which school we're going to. We're really ramping it
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Speaker 2: up now and hoping to cover more of Singapore, but that's,
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Speaker 2: that's only, there's only that many places Jokim and I
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Speaker 2: can stop by, right? So, while we are waiting,
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Speaker 2: And while we're getting the schedule in, we just want
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Speaker 2: to give you a shout out anyway. So if you
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Speaker 2: want to give your school some attention on air or
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Speaker 2: maybe just give your besties a shout out or your
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Speaker 2: teachers or maybe even if you're a teacher, or you're
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Speaker 2: an alumni and you want to give your school a
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Speaker 2: shout out, why not? 669-11987 is the number to call
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Speaker 2: and bonus points, you get to decide what music.
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Speaker 2: I play next just before we hit 7 a.m., OK?
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Speaker 2: Phone lines are open 269-11987. Hi. Hi, Leah, good morning.
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Speaker 2: Which school are you from, Leah? I am from C
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Speaker 2: H I J O L G C. Yay, I love
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Speaker 2: your school. So what level are you in this year?
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Speaker 2: Primary 4. Do you want to give your friends a
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Speaker 2: shout out this morning from your school or maybe your teachers?
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Speaker 2: Yes, to my friend Caitlyn. Thank you for being my friend. Awesome.
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Speaker 2: Love that. Is there a song that the both of
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Speaker 2: you love listening to? I'm not sure what her favorite
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Speaker 2: song is, but I like Let Me Down slowly. All right,
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Speaker 2: that's coming up for you in a couple of seconds. OK?
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Have a great day. Bye bye. Bye. So
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Speaker 2: here's a, here's a question for you.
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Speaker 2: What have you specifically traveled overseas for before? Like if
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Speaker 2: you think about it, OK? I mean, one might think, OK, yeah,
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Speaker 2: I would go fly specifically to see Mount Fuji, for example,
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Speaker 2: or to experience um the Niagara Falls or I don't know, the,
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Speaker 2: the Grand Canyon or something. So there's a lot of
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Speaker 2: things that you would travel the distance for just to
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Speaker 2: experience at least once in your life, right?
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Speaker 2: How about our circle line? I want to give a
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Speaker 2: big shout out to this Austrian man who flew halfway
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Speaker 2: across the world to experience the completed circle line and
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Speaker 2: to be there for the opening.
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Speaker 2: I think that's incredible. He was among the first to
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Speaker 2: write the 3 news stations, by the way. He really
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Speaker 2: went the distance. Um, now, the completed loop loop, by
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Speaker 2: the way, includes 3 new stations, Keppel, Canterman, Prince Edward Road,
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Speaker 2: and this is um, something really historic for us, I think,
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Speaker 2: you know, I think a lot of people are really
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Speaker 2: celebrating it that we're finally closing the loop. We are done.
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Speaker 2: It has been completed.
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Speaker 2: Um, so, so he actually said he did not sleep much. Um,
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Speaker 2: he woke up Friday, he flew on Saturday, he hasn't
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Speaker 2: slept since. Um, he was actually on board the train
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Speaker 2: with a suitcase and he did tell some of the
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Speaker 2: press that his favorite station is actually Harborfront.
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Speaker 2: So many other people were interviewed as well and, and
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Speaker 2: funny enough, I couldn't really find a name, um, this
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Speaker 2: Austrian guy, like he, he didn't quite leave his name,
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Speaker 2: so I don't, don't know how to reach him. It
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Speaker 2: would be really cool if we could have had him
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Speaker 2: on air, but I have a feeling he's probably flown
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Speaker 2: back already now that he's got his suitcase with him.
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Speaker 2: He looks like he was just going to do, um,
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Speaker 2: like a, a short one here in Singapore and fly
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Speaker 2: straight back. So.
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Speaker 2: A lot of excited people too wanted to be the
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Speaker 2: first to be on board and to experience the opening. So, hey, man,
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Speaker 2: this is an exciting time for Singapore and I have
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Speaker 2: to say I'm very proud when I see all these
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Speaker 2: new stations. It looks like it's from the future. Like
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Speaker 2: when you think of train station, you wouldn't think that
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Speaker 2: it would look like that, you know, and something to
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Speaker 2: be proud of for sure. So, uh, thank you to
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Speaker 2: our friends over at LTA.
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Speaker 2: And congratulations for this historic moment. Uh, commuters will enjoy
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Speaker 2: shorter traveling times. Maybe you're taking the Circle line this morning.
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Speaker 2: It'll be something exciting just for you. And after 17
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Speaker 2: long years, which is probably like, it could be your
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Speaker 2: entire lifetime or half your life, over in Plaza Singapura,
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Speaker 2: a place where people and anime fans would go visit
9:11
Speaker 2: after nearly two decades, Otaku House is closing.
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Speaker 2: In August of this year, so you only have a
9:18
Speaker 2: couple more weeks to, to experience it. Um, 16th of
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Speaker 2: August is the closing date. Um, two decades of great memories,
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Speaker 2: I think, to mark the end of its journey at
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Speaker 2: this mall. They're holding a sale with 40% of their items.
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Speaker 2: So they've got toys, collectibles, plushies, other anime merchandise. So
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Speaker 2: if you have a friend or a family member who's
9:37
Speaker 2: like a massive fan of anime, you might want to
9:41
Speaker 2: bring that person down.
9:42
Speaker 2: Um, but not to worry, not to worry. They have
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Speaker 2: 3 other outlets over at Jewel Changi, PLQ Mall and
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Speaker 2: Suntec City. So don't, don't be too concerned like, oh man,
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Speaker 2: like it's, I can't get my stuff anymore. Um, but
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Speaker 2: I think it's more of what it means to you
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Speaker 2: because I guess if you spent your entire like school
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Speaker 2: life going there, um, or wanting to buy something from there, like,
10:05
Speaker 2: it could hold a specific memory for you, you know,
10:08
Speaker 2: but this comes soon after the news of uh the
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Speaker 2: revamp over in Plaza Singh.
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Speaker 2: And unfortunately, also Golden Village shutting its doors at Plaza Singapura. So,
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Speaker 2: the whole mall is embarking on a major revamp that's
10:19
Speaker 2: going to cost them over like $160 million or something.
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Speaker 2: So, really, I think great things are gonna come. We're
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Speaker 2: very excited to see what they are going to offer
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Speaker 2: over at Plaza Sing. They are working very closely with
10:31
Speaker 2: suitable tenants to tailor to their needs, so we'll see.
10:34
Speaker 2: I mean, more details will be revealed very soon, I'm sure.
10:38
Speaker 2: This song just kind of brought back all the memories
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Speaker 2: of me learning how to rollerblade. If you're tuning in now,
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Speaker 2: do you know how to rollerblade? I mean, I'm not
10:45
Speaker 2: sure whether it's still a thing anymore, but I, I
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Speaker 2: know that like when I was a kid, right, my
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Speaker 2: friends and I all wanted to learn how to rollerblade,
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Speaker 2: and my dad taught me.
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Speaker 2: I fell like many, many, many times. Once I even
10:56
Speaker 2: fell into the drain at East Coast Park. Um, I
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Speaker 2: can't remember was that because I was learning how to
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Speaker 2: rollerblade or cycle, like either one of those, but I'm
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Speaker 2: very glad that I learned these things because it, it
11:06
Speaker 2: kind of comes in handy once in a while when you're,
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Speaker 2: when you're grown up. I don't know. Actually, the last time,
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Speaker 2: I'm not sure if I even recall the last time I,
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Speaker 2: I went to rollerblade.
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Speaker 2: But it did, however, help me with other things, like
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Speaker 2: when I tried ice skating, although it does feel very different,
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Speaker 2: but you still get a sense of it, you know.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, just kind of brought me down memory lane there.
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Speaker 2: Do you, do you have these skills? I think I'm
11:31
Speaker 2: not sure if Joakim knows how to rollerblade, to be honest,
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Speaker 2: because if I'm not wrong, he only learned how to
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Speaker 2: cycle very late in life.
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Speaker 2: And he still doesn't know how to swim. Don't tell
11:42
Speaker 2: him I told you that, but your fun fact for
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Speaker 2: the day. He doesn't know how to swim. OK, so
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Speaker 2: coming up right after 8, I always like to kick
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Speaker 2: it off by opening up the phone lines, 669-11987. Inspired
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Speaker 2: by a couple of things, um, one story that I
11:56
Speaker 2: read earlier this morning and my upcoming trip for Tomorrowland,
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Speaker 2: which I'm heading off very soon. I'm really excited.
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Speaker 2: Not sure if you're a festival-going kind of person or
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Speaker 2: is Tomorrowland or maybe even Coachella part of your wish list, maybe, yeah,
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Speaker 2: or maybe something a little nearer. I think there's Tomorrowland
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Speaker 2: Thailand coming up in December as well. So, plenty of
12:16
Speaker 2: things to look forward to and in Singapore previously, just
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Speaker 2: a few months back, Palm Tree Music Festival, right? So, um,
12:22
Speaker 2: many different things that you want to travel for and experience.
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Speaker 2: But for this particular Austrian man, and I, I mentioned
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Speaker 2: him very briefly earlier on in the show that flew
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Speaker 2: to Singapore.
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Speaker 2: Just for not any festival or any landmark or anything,
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Speaker 2: for the completed circle line opening, and he became one
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Speaker 2: of the first to write the news stations. I wanted
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Speaker 2: to ask you a question coming up in a few minutes,
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Speaker 2: right after 8, we're gonna open up phone lines.
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Speaker 2: Would you plan a trip specifically to experience or see
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Speaker 2: something or maybe climb a mountain or, you know, you
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Speaker 2: want to go see tiger's nest in Bhutan, like Jokim,
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Speaker 2: for example, or maybe you want to just lay your
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Speaker 2: eyes on Mount Fuji for once, maybe.
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Speaker 2: Um, go to Antelope Canyon in the US? Like, are
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Speaker 2: there these things that you specifically want to fly and
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Speaker 2: see and experience at least once in your life? Would
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Speaker 2: you take the effort to do that? Or are you
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Speaker 2: the kind of person that's just like, OK, you know,
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Speaker 2: I'll travel, but mainly to shop and eat?
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Speaker 2: Which kind of traveler are you? I, I want to
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Speaker 2: know because this story just opened up a whole new
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Speaker 2: world for me. I'm like, wow, people really travel, put
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Speaker 2: in the effort to do these things. Then I thought
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Speaker 2: about myself, I'm like, yeah, I'm kind of doing the
13:32
Speaker 2: same thing with certain things, right, in life. If you're
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Speaker 2: able to, you have the time and the budget to
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Speaker 2: do so.
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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna open up phone lines in a bit.
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Speaker 2: Of course, I got a lovely treat coming your way.
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Speaker 2: I can't wait to tell you what your prize is
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Speaker 2: in just a while. About to open up the phone
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Speaker 2: lines right now, 669-11987, inspired by this incredible story of
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Speaker 2: an Austrian guy that actually flew down to Singapore. I'm
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Speaker 2: not sure whether he's still here. It doesn't sound like
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Speaker 2: he is, but it it almost seems like he was
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Speaker 2: here literally just for the weekend.
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Speaker 2: To witness the completed Circle Line opening, and he became
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Speaker 2: among the first to ride um some of the news stations.
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Speaker 2: So I, I thought it was just incredible. I never
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Speaker 2: thought that our Circle Line is something that people will
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Speaker 2: fly down specifically to Singapore for, and yet here he is,
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Speaker 2: he did it, and I just thought, hey, you know what,
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Speaker 2: that's testament to how incredible some of our things are
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Speaker 2: here in Singapore, right? Like people actually want to experience
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Speaker 2: it and they find it pretty cool.
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Speaker 2: So, phone lines are now open, 669-11987. Do you feel
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Speaker 2: like you are also like this guy? You specifically fly
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Speaker 2: to a country to experience something at least once. It
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Speaker 2: could be Mount Fuji. It could be, um, you know,
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Speaker 2: the Antelope Canyon, maybe it could be Vegas just for
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Speaker 2: something famous over there, um, or a famous, um, music
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Speaker 2: festival perhaps. I mean, I'm going to for Tomorrowland very soon.
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Speaker 2: It's on my bucket list.
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Speaker 2: Is there anything that you're aspiring to feel and witness
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Speaker 2: at least once in your life, but you have to
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Speaker 2: travel and fly to do so? Let me know, 669-11987
15:05
Speaker 2: or drop me a message 90050987. You can also share
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Speaker 2: with me if you're the kind of traveler that you
15:12
Speaker 2: just want to go eat and shop and you don't
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Speaker 2: really care about experiencing anything, it doesn't matter to you.
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15:20
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Speaker 2: the East Coast one as well, because it's dog friendly too,
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Speaker 2: and I go there pretty often.
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Speaker 2: But this one, the one Fullerton one is a classic
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Speaker 2: because you get to overlook the Marina Bay waterfront, um,
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Speaker 2: well suited for if you want to go for a
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Speaker 2: dinner date, uh, catch up with your besties, or just
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Speaker 2: a chill, relaxed evening, you know. I'll tell you more
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Speaker 2: about their offerings in just a little bit because they
15:54
Speaker 2: got some great deals, especially, um, Happy Hour.
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Speaker 2: As well. So, uh, getting an influx of answers right now.
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Speaker 2: The question for you here today is, would you travel
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Speaker 2: specifically to a country or a place in the world
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Speaker 2: just to experience like a, a natural phenomenon or like
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Speaker 2: a landmark or, you know, you want to see, I
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Speaker 2: don't know, you want to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge,
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Speaker 2: for example, or, you know, uh, see the Eiffel Tower.
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Speaker 2: I don't know, like, are you that kind of traveler?
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Speaker 2: Um, or are you the sort that you prioritize eating, shopping,
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Speaker 2: just immersing in the culture? What kind of traveler are you?
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Speaker 2: All inspired by this Austrian man who flew specifically down
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Speaker 2: to Singapore for, I'm what I'm guessing was the weekend
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Speaker 2: just to experience the opening of the Circle line. I
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Speaker 2: think that's incredible. I wanted to like try and reach
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Speaker 2: out to him, but I don't even see his name
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Speaker 2: on any of these articles and I have a feeling
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Speaker 2: he's not here in Singapore anymore. But anyway, saying hi
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Speaker 2: to Crystal here who sent me a message. Morning, Sonia.
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Speaker 2: When I was 21,
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Speaker 2: Back then, there was a very popular Taiwanese movie. It's
16:53
Speaker 2: called You Are the Apple of My Eye. One of
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Speaker 2: the scenes showed the characters releasing a sky lantern, which
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Speaker 2: is a tradition in Taiwan. Yes, I've been there before.
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Speaker 2: My boyfriend and I flew to Taiwan just to experience
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Speaker 2: it for ourselves because of the movie.
17:09
Speaker 2: Hey, I love that. Um, I've gone to release lanterns
17:13
Speaker 2: there twice actually. One was for work and the other
17:16
Speaker 2: was just with my girlfriends for, uh, for one of
17:18
Speaker 2: my friend's birthday trips. It's actually still very cute and memorable,
17:21
Speaker 2: and you get to write with a calligraphy brush, right?
17:25
Speaker 2: You get to paint on, and some people try to
17:27
Speaker 2: write in Mandarin, but I just gave up. I think
17:29
Speaker 2: I wrote English. I I've just written my name in Mandarin.
17:32
Speaker 2: That was the only thing I could write, uh, or
17:34
Speaker 2: some cheng Yu, you know, you go and like Google
17:36
Speaker 2: and see your chat GBT, right?
17:38
Speaker 2: OK, um, saying hi here to Dess, you said, the
17:43
Speaker 2: seven wonders of the world. So far, I only ticked
17:46
Speaker 2: off the Great Wall of China. Fingers crossed, I'm able
17:50
Speaker 2: to go and explore. So, well, 1 out of 7 done.
17:54
Speaker 2: You've got 6 more to go. How are you gonna plan?
17:56
Speaker 2: this, that would be incredible. I want to follow that journey. OK,
17:59
Speaker 2: we've got a couple of callers hanging on the line.
18:01
Speaker 2: We're going to get to that in just a bit.
18:02
Speaker 2: Right now, still time for you to give me those messages, 90050987.
18:07
Speaker 2: What kind of traveler are you? Do you go specifically,
18:10
Speaker 2: you fly down to countries and locations to experience and witness, uh,
18:14
Speaker 2: something beautiful like Mount Fuji, for example, or I don't know,
18:17
Speaker 2: something in Kyoto. I have so many things for you
18:20
Speaker 2: to explore in the world, right? Uh, the Grand Canyon,
18:23
Speaker 2: Antelope Canyon.
18:24
Speaker 2: So many wonderful things, or are you the kind that
18:26
Speaker 2: you just really want to eat and shop? We're gonna
18:28
Speaker 2: get to the phone lines in just a bit. Now,
18:30
Speaker 2: speaking of lush life, if we have the means to
18:33
Speaker 2: travel and to go to places that we want to
18:35
Speaker 2: see or experience something phenomenal or something on your bucket list, right?
18:38
Speaker 2: What would it be? And are you that kind of
18:40
Speaker 2: traveler or do you just want to eat and shop
18:43
Speaker 2: and enjoy? I mean, they're two very different kinds of
18:45
Speaker 2: um travelers, right? OK, more messages coming through before we
18:49
Speaker 2: head to Dinesh hanging on the line. Say hi to Jess,
18:52
Speaker 2: you said, hey,
18:54
Speaker 2: Um, I used to be someone who traveled to rural
18:56
Speaker 2: places for peace and quiet, but after settling down, all
18:59
Speaker 2: my travels now seem to center around events where it's
19:02
Speaker 2: totally crowded and against my vibe. In 2024, my husband
19:06
Speaker 2: and I went to the Paris Olympics. We specifically went
19:09
Speaker 2: down to Marseille to support our very own Max Mader. Hey,
19:13
Speaker 2: Um, joined the Maida family and friends to celebrate National
19:15
Speaker 2: Day there and watched him complete his Olympic journey. It
19:18
Speaker 2: was actually such an incredible atmosphere and experience that I'm
19:22
Speaker 2: no longer against traveling for events. This coming September, we're
19:26
Speaker 2: heading to Manchester, wow, to watch the EPL and hopefully
19:29
Speaker 2: I can get immersed in the football atmosphere there. #Harland.
19:35
Speaker 2: Well, that's really cute. I mean, look, sometimes we change
19:39
Speaker 2: the way that we travel, right, and, and, and experience things.
19:43
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's also because maybe you have adult money now,
19:46
Speaker 2: it's a bit different from when and how we used
19:48
Speaker 2: to travel as students or uh when we just started working.
19:52
Speaker 2: It changes along the way, that's for sure.
19:54
Speaker 2: OK, we've got Dinesh on the line. What about you?
19:57
Speaker 2: So me and my wife actually, we, we like animals
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Speaker 2: a lot in nature. I think the last few major
20:03
Speaker 2: trips we took were all to specifically see these, uh,
20:06
Speaker 2: things that we can't see anywhere else. And so, you know,
20:10
Speaker 2: we went, the first thing was to go to see
20:11
Speaker 2: the northern lights. Wow, did you manage to catch it?
20:14
Speaker 2: It took us, yes, and only on the last day,
20:17
Speaker 2: it was, it was extremely stressful because we really, really
20:20
Speaker 2: wanted to see it and finally on the last night
20:23
Speaker 2: we saw it, it was quite.
20:24
Speaker 2: Uh, quite a spectacular display. I mean, I've heard of
20:29
Speaker 2: some people who go and they never get to see
20:31
Speaker 2: it because it just doesn't happen. Yes, yes. I mean,
20:35
Speaker 2: it's really your luck, right, and you need someone who
20:38
Speaker 2: sometimes you have to go for those tours where they
20:40
Speaker 2: chase the northern lights. Yeah, yeah. Aside from that, what else, like,
20:44
Speaker 2: you know, you talked about animals earlier, what are some
20:47
Speaker 2: memorable ones, we really like animals, so we went to
20:52
Speaker 2: Galapagos Islands.
20:54
Speaker 2: Uh, just to see all the, you know, the marine lizards,
21:00
Speaker 2: the swimming with the sharks, penguins, flamingos all in one
21:05
Speaker 2: place in the wild, and then we also went on, uh,
21:08
Speaker 2: African safari just to see the great migration and we
21:12
Speaker 2: timed it such that it was at the peak of
21:14
Speaker 2: the migration season, and we actually watched them, you know,
21:18
Speaker 2: cross the river and the crocodiles were all there. There was.
21:21
Speaker 2: There was active hunting and all that, so it was,
21:24
Speaker 2: I guess it's a once in a lifetime thing that
21:26
Speaker 2: we really had to travel to see. Sounds phenomenal, you know,
21:30
Speaker 2: it's right. Yes, yes. So what's next on your list
21:39
Speaker 2: when it comes to experiencing like wildlife and animals.
21:42
Speaker 2: Anything that you haven't done just yet? You know, timing
21:44
Speaker 2: is a bit tough now. So for a shorter trip,
21:47
Speaker 2: we are thinking of going to Komodo Island to see
21:49
Speaker 2: the Komodo dragons and swimming with the manta reef. Yeah,
21:53
Speaker 2: so that's probably next. You guys really found the perfect match, man.
21:57
Speaker 2: I mean, more often than not, we hear of couples
21:59
Speaker 2: who like one of them wants to go experience these things,
22:02
Speaker 2: the other one wants to eat and shop and then.
22:05
Speaker 2: You guys are aligned. That's fantastic. Thank you so much
22:07
Speaker 2: for sharing, Vivian. Thank you for joining me here this morning.
22:10
Speaker 2: We're talking about what kind of traveler you are based
22:12
Speaker 2: on this incredible story of a man from Austria who
22:15
Speaker 2: flew down specifically to catch the opening of the Circle
22:18
Speaker 2: Line here in Singapore. I never thought or considered that
22:21
Speaker 2: would be a tourist attraction, but hey, he's very passionate
22:23
Speaker 2: about it, so I wanted to ask you.
22:25
Speaker 2: Whether or not you also do the same, like you
22:28
Speaker 2: would go the distance to experience something. Um, early on,
22:31
Speaker 2: Dinesh said so many things about, um, the, the modern, uh,
22:34
Speaker 2: the Northern Lights as well. Sorry, Devian, not Dinesh, about
22:38
Speaker 2: the Northern Lights, about, you know, all these animals that
22:41
Speaker 2: he and his wife want to capture and see on camera,
22:44
Speaker 2: just experience it in person. So gonna go back to
22:47
Speaker 2: our messages for now, saying hi to Desmond. You said,
22:51
Speaker 2: Um, northern lights chasing in Finland, I actually met with
22:54
Speaker 2: Santa and I'm glad I managed to take it off
22:57
Speaker 2: early because it's not easy to chase these lights at
23:00
Speaker 2: wee hours in subzero temperatures. And I took a look
23:03
Speaker 2: at your, your profile picture. It's actually a picture of
23:05
Speaker 2: the Northern lights. I love it. It's so beautiful.
23:09
Speaker 2: OK, um, more messages coming through right now. You didn't
23:13
Speaker 2: quite leave an, oh, yes, you left your name, Wani.
23:16
Speaker 2: You said, hey, Sonia, last year I actually flew to
23:18
Speaker 2: Shibuya just to find the train station where they keep
23:22
Speaker 2: the Satoru Gojo locked. OK, OK, I don't know because
23:26
Speaker 2: I'm not an anime person.
23:28
Speaker 2: But you say I watched other anime movies in Tokyo
23:31
Speaker 2: because it's earlier than Singapore's premiere. So things like Demon
23:34
Speaker 2: Slayer premiered in Japan much earlier. Um, Singapore received the
23:38
Speaker 2: film maybe a month later or so, but I just
23:41
Speaker 2: couldn't wait. I had one month of bragging rights and
23:44
Speaker 2: it was worth it.
23:46
Speaker 2: See, so it does. All these are experiential, right? It's
23:49
Speaker 2: just wonderful. So thank you for sharing your stories. We've
23:52
Speaker 2: got Elle hanging on the line and we're gonna hear
23:54
Speaker 2: from her in just a bit. Talking about what kind
23:56
Speaker 2: of traveler you are, inspired by the Austrian man who
23:59
Speaker 2: actually flew to Singapore to witness the opening of the
24:01
Speaker 2: Circle Line. I thought that was just incredible. Um, are
24:04
Speaker 2: you that kind of person that you, you want to
24:06
Speaker 2: go specifically experience something? I mean, we've had, uh, two
24:09
Speaker 2: people say Northern Lights, which they did before and thankfully
24:12
Speaker 2: they caught it.
24:13
Speaker 2: Um, Yoyo just sent me a message saying my family
24:16
Speaker 2: of 4 traveled overseas for my Ironman triathlon through the decades.
24:21
Speaker 2: I will suffer first, then enjoy the remaining of the
24:24
Speaker 2: holiday trip. So you actually travel to do Ironman triathlons. That's,
24:29
Speaker 2: that's crazy. I mean, I, I really admire that. Um
24:31
Speaker 2: I know some friends who have done that for marathons, um,
24:34
Speaker 2: and I believe Joakim wanted to do London or Boston.
24:39
Speaker 2: One of these days, one of these years, right? So
24:42
Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I think his London balloting was not successful,
24:44
Speaker 2: but hopefully next year maybe he, he, he might have
24:47
Speaker 2: more time to train for that.
24:48
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's crazy, incredible stuff. Elle is on the
24:51
Speaker 2: line right now. What about you, Elle? Um, for myself, actually, uh,
24:55
Speaker 2: I just, uh, prefer to eat and shop, but because
24:58
Speaker 2: of my husband, then he's the one that he not
25:02
Speaker 2: really like to shopping. So every time he will feel that, OK,
25:05
Speaker 2: if I go, I want to travel, right, definitely I
25:07
Speaker 2: need to go to see the scenery or everything about.
25:11
Speaker 2: The country. So no matter how far, how tough or
25:16
Speaker 2: how dangerous the drive is, right, then he will definitely, uh,
25:20
Speaker 2: go for it. And for myself, I said, huh, I
25:22
Speaker 2: actually I want to go shopping but I have no
25:25
Speaker 2: choice that I have to follow him. Yeah, so every time,
25:28
Speaker 2: oh no, on, hold on. So I'm wondering do you
25:32
Speaker 2: ever get a chance to like plan a specific
25:34
Speaker 2: Holiday for you, like, because, you know, you already compromised
25:38
Speaker 2: and you go and experience and explore what he wants
25:40
Speaker 2: to do. What about you? Uh, for myself, not really.
25:43
Speaker 2: I just like, OK, follow him. Oh, Elle, you're really
25:46
Speaker 2: the sweetest. I mean, but at the same time, I
25:48
Speaker 2: hope that we can manifest a girls trip for you
25:50
Speaker 2: very soon, perhaps, just specifically for shopping and eating. You
25:55
Speaker 2: got to scratch the itch, Elle, that's for sure.
25:57
Speaker 2: You have to do something for yourself. OK, well, thank
26:00
Speaker 2: you for all your calls, your messages. I mean, honestly,
26:02
Speaker 2: I just have such an entertaining time every morning, getting
26:05
Speaker 2: your stories out there. Appreciate it so much. If you
26:07
Speaker 2: want to catch up with it, it's gonna be available
26:09
Speaker 2: on me Listen and Spotify after the show, but only
26:13
Speaker 2: one person can walk away with this incredible experience, Gypsy
26:16
Speaker 2: One Fullerton. It's a casual contemporary Japanese dining destination.
26:21
Speaker 2: With the backdrop of Marina Bay's waterfront. It's beautiful. I've
26:24
Speaker 2: been there many times. I'm also a regular over at
26:27
Speaker 2: Gypsy at East Coast because, you know, you can bring
26:30
Speaker 2: dogs there.
26:31
Speaker 2: And the Gypsy One Fullerton outlet though is the perfect
26:34
Speaker 2: after-work spot. So you get your weekday happy hour specials, um,
26:37
Speaker 2: $12 drinks from 3 to 6 p.m. Oh, a drink
26:41
Speaker 2: at 3:00 p.m., why not? Complimentary chicken karagey with every
26:44
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26:48
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26:50
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Speaker 2: do check it out. Anyway, one person's walking away with
27:00
Speaker 2: it and it goes to Vivian. Congratulations, Vivian. The prize
27:04
Speaker 2: is yours here today. I really hope you enjoy your
27:07
Speaker 2: experience at Gypsy. Now, it's time for some food news.
27:11
Speaker 2: This one taking us to a place that I did
27:13
Speaker 2: not quite
27:14
Speaker 2: I think I would see Kaso at if you're curious
27:17
Speaker 2: and you're wondering what, what is Kaso? Well, you would
27:20
Speaker 2: have known this Zhia place that's super famous for their
27:23
Speaker 2: fish soup noodles, and I really loved it. Honestly, I think,
27:26
Speaker 2: I don't know whether it's just like somewhat of an
27:29
Speaker 2: emotional attachment or something where I always relate ko to
27:32
Speaker 2: comfort food, you know, and I remember very clearly eating
27:36
Speaker 2: at their OG outlet, right, and their original outlet.
27:39
Speaker 2: And it was raining. So on that day that was
27:43
Speaker 2: pouring rain, I ordered this piping hot soup. It was
27:47
Speaker 2: this beautiful fish soup noodles and I never ever turned back.
27:50
Speaker 2: I was like, I need to come back here all
27:51
Speaker 2: the time, you know, you put some chili putty inside.
27:53
Speaker 2: I'm like, perfect, that's perfect for me.
27:55
Speaker 2: Their famed fish soup noodle is returning very soon for
27:58
Speaker 2: the first time since its closure in 2025. See, so
28:01
Speaker 2: I remember that correctly, like they shut in September of 2025.
28:05
Speaker 2: So give a big shout out to their third generation owner, Cedric.
28:09
Speaker 2: Their plans for the brand, well, they're unveiling it for now.
28:12
Speaker 2: From now to the 31st of August, which I think
28:17
Speaker 2: it starts 15th of July, if I'm not wrong. Yeah,
28:19
Speaker 2: from 15th of July to 31st of August, you can
28:22
Speaker 2: once again, sink your teeth into their beloved signature fish
28:25
Speaker 2: noodle soup. They've got a pop-up at Tanglin Cook House, actually.
28:30
Speaker 2: It's a contemporary British Singaporean restaurant, and so I was
28:32
Speaker 2: quite surprised to see fish soup there, but
28:34
Speaker 2: I think I haven't really eaten there before, experienced it,
28:37
Speaker 2: so very excited to do so. They're celebrating Singapore's culinary heritage.
28:41
Speaker 2: They've got branches over in Tanglin Mall and Paya Lebar Quarter.
28:45
Speaker 2: So pretty convenient, but I think this collab is more
28:48
Speaker 2: than just bringing back this nostalgic favorite, Kao, right? It
28:52
Speaker 2: marks a different chapter in Cedric's mission, who's the 3rd
28:57
Speaker 2: generation owner. I mean, rebuilding a brand that has been
29:00
Speaker 2: around for 86 years is never easy.
29:04
Speaker 2: But honestly, I, I have to give it up to him.
29:06
Speaker 2: I think that he's definitely going to do something and
29:09
Speaker 2: turn it around, so fingers crossed. I wish them all
29:12
Speaker 2: the best. I'm just happy that I get to taste
29:15
Speaker 2: their signature dishes again. That was such a waste. I
29:17
Speaker 2: didn't manage to have my last meal there before they closed,
29:20
Speaker 2: you know, so, uh, we'll see, we'll, we'll see where
29:23
Speaker 2: this pop-up will lead them. Maybe there will be more pop-ups.
29:26
Speaker 2: There will be a plan for a permanent one in
29:28
Speaker 2: the future, you never know, right?
29:30
Speaker 2: So for now, 15th July to 31st August, Tanglin Cook
29:33
Speaker 2: House over at Tanglin Mall. The Caso pop-up takes place
29:37
Speaker 2: over there. Pai Labor Quarter Outlet is um also open,
29:42
Speaker 2: but I'm not really sure if uh the Castle pop-up
29:45
Speaker 2: is also at Pai Lebar Quarter. So, I believe to
29:48
Speaker 2: be safe, the Tanglin Outlet is definitely a good choice.
29:52
Speaker 2: And I want to give a big shout out to
29:53
Speaker 2: a special group of students who we'll see actually just
29:56
Speaker 2: uh tomorrow in a day or so. Is it tomorrow? Yes, yes, tomorrow. OK.
30:00
Speaker 2: Just had to check, you know. Joakim's not gonna be around,
30:03
Speaker 2: I think, which is such a shame because he was really,
30:05
Speaker 2: really looking forward to seeing them. Uh, my friends from
30:08
Speaker 2: Saint Anthony's Kenosian Convent Secondary School, they're coming on down,
30:12
Speaker 2: and it's just such an exciting day because we love
30:15
Speaker 2: welcoming students to our studio. It's different. It's different when
30:19
Speaker 2: we head down to your school. Yeah, it's always fun, right,
30:22
Speaker 2: to have a, to have an assembly with you guys
30:24
Speaker 2: and it's super, super memorable most of the time.
30:27
Speaker 2: But sometimes you want to flip the script a little
30:30
Speaker 2: and you want to come to our workplace, right? Instead
30:32
Speaker 2: of us going down to your school, even though it's
30:35
Speaker 2: going to be, of course, a selected amount of students,
30:37
Speaker 2: just maybe 10 to 15 at the most, but um
30:40
Speaker 2: if you ever, if you ever are curious to know
30:43
Speaker 2: how it goes within our studio space and what happens off-air,
30:48
Speaker 2: and how we even go on air and plan our
30:50
Speaker 2: show in the first place, let your teachers know, get
30:52
Speaker 2: them to write into us because it can be.
30:55
Speaker 2: Um, a lot to schedule because we have to go
30:58
Speaker 2: about our daily jobs as well, but we would love
31:00
Speaker 2: to make some time for you, you know, and if
31:02
Speaker 2: time permits for you, for your classes, for your schedule,
31:05
Speaker 2: then the stars will align and we'll see you here
31:07
Speaker 2: in the studio. So tomorrow, welcoming the students from SACSS
31:11
Speaker 2: down to the studio. Pity.
31:13
Speaker 2: Joakim was really looking forward to it, but I don't
31:16
Speaker 2: know whether he will be COVID-free by then. So, fingers crossed,
31:20
Speaker 2: we shall see. We also don't want to get everyone sick, right?
31:23
Speaker 2: So he will be on MC till further notice. How
31:25
Speaker 2: was your weekend? How was your first day back at work,
31:28
Speaker 2: at school? I mean, I had some major Sunday blues
31:30
Speaker 2: just yesterday, but
31:32
Speaker 2: Um, I was just talking to some of my friends
31:33
Speaker 2: that now that 22 of my close friends have started
31:38
Speaker 2: new jobs, um, we hardly see each other anymore, and
31:42
Speaker 2: she was just lamenting that like, hey, she kind of misses,
31:45
Speaker 2: you know, randomly meeting for coffee or for lunch on,
31:48
Speaker 2: on the weekdays, especially because for my
31:51
Speaker 2: Um, for my working time, right, it's a little bit odd.
31:54
Speaker 2: Sometimes I could be free like on a random weekday,
31:57
Speaker 2: and then I could be really busy at night and
31:59
Speaker 2: so on. So, if you're going through the same thing
32:01
Speaker 2: where you and your friends or your family members are
32:03
Speaker 2: experiencing something new, a new phase, chapter, be it a
32:06
Speaker 2: new school or a new job,
32:09
Speaker 2: I understand. Um, take, take the time to get used
32:12
Speaker 2: to your new routine first and we'll be with you
32:14
Speaker 2: every step of the way because along this week as well,
32:17
Speaker 2: we will have tickets for you to catch Legally Blonde
32:21
Speaker 2: in theaters. It's going to be a musical staged here
32:23
Speaker 2: in Singapore. You would know that Nathaniel Ong stars in it.
32:26
Speaker 2: She leads an all-star cast. Um, Nathan Hartono is in
32:29
Speaker 2: it as well. Sandra Riley Tang, a lot of great millennials,
32:33
Speaker 2: I will say.
32:34
Speaker 2: Um, musicians, artists are in this show. So please do
32:38
Speaker 2: catch it and we have tickets coming your way this week.
32:41
Speaker 2: So be sure to stay very, very close because the
32:44
Speaker 2: cast of Legally Blonde, going to be joining us in
32:47
Speaker 2: the studio as well later on in the week.