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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 230626 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  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 Tuesday.
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: How did the start of your week go? We're here
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: to give you the energy you need. Asking for a friend,
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: can the next World Cup be staged somewhere in Asia? Yeah, not,
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  Speaker 1: not in the US, cannot lah. My eyes are painful.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: I see the eye bags forming. Yes. Singapore's number one
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: hit music station.
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  Speaker 1: We are less than 4 months away to his concert
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore, The Weekend. This one featuring Playboy Cardi
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  Speaker 1: called Popular right here on 987, your number one hit
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  Speaker 1: music station. And if you're wondering the dates, October 2nd,
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  Speaker 1: October 3rd, but according to Ticketmaster.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like his concert is almost sold out, so
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  Speaker 1: limited tickets still available if you're still making your plans
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  Speaker 1: on whether you go for the Friday night concert or
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  Speaker 1: the Saturday night concert at our national stadium. That said though,
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: if you're watching the World Cup match between France against Iraq,
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  Speaker 1: it's currently 1-0. Kylian Mbappe scoring his 15th goal for
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  Speaker 1: World Cup tournaments, but that match has
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  Speaker 1: Been suspended for a while because apparently, there's a storm
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  Speaker 1: headed towards Philadelphia, where this game is being held right now.
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  Speaker 1: So for safety, the match has been delayed for 20
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  Speaker 1: to 25 minutes. Hopefully, we get to finish the game
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  Speaker 1: after the storm has passed, or maybe the storm might
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  Speaker 1: just blow over. We'll see what happens. We'll keep you
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  Speaker 1: updated here. Thank you for holding the fort while I
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: went to make coffee and I had a major sinus attack.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what's in the air recently, but if
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  Speaker 1: you're tuning in and you also have sinus-related problems, do
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  Speaker 1: you relate? Like, is it the pollen in the air?
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: Is it the season? What's going on? It could be
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  Speaker 1: the unpredictable weather that we're having here in Singapore. That and, OK, frankly, I,
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: I just talked to, spoke to a doctor like last week, right?
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  Speaker 1: Because you know me and my allergies. I have a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of them. Don't know what I'm allergic to, to
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  Speaker 1: be honest, but one of my doctor friends said, you
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  Speaker 1: know what?
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  Speaker 1: It's actually pointless to go for the allergy testing because
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  Speaker 1: mine manifests in like those sneeze attacks. Sometimes I'll sneeze
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  Speaker 1: like 5 times in a row and I have a
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  Speaker 1: really blocked nose, and I sometimes occasionally get hives, like
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  Speaker 1: on my face, but very rarely, like it's, it's like not,
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  Speaker 1: not a whole bunch. So he was like, frankly, you're
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  Speaker 1: probably allergic to a lot of things in the air.
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  Speaker 1: So don't, don't need to go and test. It's just
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  Speaker 1: take your antihistamine.
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  Speaker 1: the kind of person that will put Vicks on your
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  Speaker 1: chest when you sleep does not work for allergies. OK.
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  Speaker 1: You clearly don't have allergies or your nose or sinus
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  Speaker 1: attacks or whatsoever. No, because my skin is very sensitive.
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  Speaker 1: I put Vicks, my, my nose would be very painful.
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  Speaker 1: So I, yeah, I'm a problem child. OK. So what's
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  Speaker 1: the solution? Antihistamine. Just antihistamine, yeah, like Jeremy says, I
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  Speaker 1: pop them like sweets.
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  Speaker 1: And he was like, Are you sure you can just
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  Speaker 1: eat that? I'm like, Yeah, the doctor said it's not.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's not going to have any bad side
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  Speaker 1: effects on me. Well, we go from Sonia's allergies to
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: Taylor Swift's wedding. Oh, there's news. There is news, and
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  Speaker 1: I actually agree with what Taylor Swift's dad just did recently. OK,
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  Speaker 1: all the details next. It's truly wedding season 2026. It is.
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  Speaker 1: No one can stop talking about, um, Dua Lipa's wedding
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  Speaker 1: as well. Oh, she's beautiful. A phrase that could be a.
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  Speaker 1: for certain things in life. This could tie into Father's
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  Speaker 1: Day and maybe even a protective father and an upcoming wedding. OK.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just say if you're Taylor Swift. Yes, I wish,
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  Speaker 1: I wish you are sitting on $2 billion worth of assets. Nice. OK.
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  Speaker 1: And for your entire career, your dad has looked out
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  Speaker 1: for you. I mean, how would you feel if you're
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  Speaker 1: Taylor Swift? Tell me. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: I, I, I kind of like that. I feel she
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  Speaker 1: has a close relationship, right, with her family and her parents,
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  Speaker 1: or rather her dad is not the, the kind that
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  Speaker 1: will exploit you, or you know, there have been horror
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  Speaker 1: stories of celebrities' parents that have exploited them, right? Britney's. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's a classic example, but for this one,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like they really want to protect her from
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  Speaker 1: the people out there that might want to, you know, have,
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  Speaker 1: have bad intentions. I don't know what the culture is
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  Speaker 1: here in Singapore, but I know in the US, especially
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  Speaker 1: for the rich.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, before they get married, they actually sign a prenup. Yeah, actually,
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  Speaker 1: it happens here too, for sure, yeah, for sure, good, good,
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  Speaker 1: because Taylor's father in a form of good business has
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  Speaker 1: made Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift sign a prenup to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that Taylor Swift is protected. Yeah, I don't
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  Speaker 1: disagree with that, although both of them are very successful
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  Speaker 1: in their own rights, you know, and I, they seem
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  Speaker 1: so sweet, but.
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  Speaker 1: You never know what might happen, right? I mean, if
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  Speaker 1: you compare finances, I don't think Travis Kelsey isn't, but
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't, you know, decrease to nothing, you know what
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  Speaker 1: I mean? I think the unfortunate thing is people keep
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  Speaker 1: saying like, oh, like he's marrying Taylor because she's a
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  Speaker 1: billionaire or you know, no, but of course some people
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  Speaker 1: put him down that way, right? But he's a brilliant sportsman.
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  Speaker 1: It's just that it's a different form of earning money.
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  Speaker 1: He's not going to be able to earn like $2
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  Speaker 1: billion during his career.
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  Speaker 1: Unless he's taking the route of Taylor Swift's career, right?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, in the world, he is Taylor's boyfriend. In
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  Speaker 1: the sports world, she's Travis's girlfriend, exactly, yeah, but you
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  Speaker 1: know what, they look really happy. No date has been
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  Speaker 1: given on when the wedding is.
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  Speaker 1: Going to be held, but once it does, you can
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  Speaker 1: be very sure it'll be all over social media. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just very curious, who is the one that leaked the
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  Speaker 1: information about the prenup to the press? Like these things
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  Speaker 1: sound personal and behind closed doors. Usually, you know what
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  Speaker 1: they say, right? Sources close to the family, which might
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  Speaker 1: be a PA or, or it could be an intentional leak.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, for certain types of info. So here's
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  Speaker 1: my question. And knowing how Taylor has so many love songs,
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  Speaker 1: what's the marching song gonna be?
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  Speaker 1: I'll be very surprised if they use like an Ed
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  Speaker 1: Sheeran song thinking out loud. Is she, is she religious,
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  Speaker 1: like Christian Christian, then maybe they might have their own
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  Speaker 1: like worship song. Fair enough. You never know, right, if
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  Speaker 1: it's in a church or I don't know. Amazing Grace.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Um, I mean, the typical ones are
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  Speaker 1: like your Canon in D or your usual if you
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  Speaker 1: want to go classic, right? I'm not sure what she'll
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  Speaker 1: go for. I doubt it'll be a pop song.
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  Speaker 1: It's definitely not you doing the a cappella version. Um,
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: coming up next, we've got a Dua Lipa track which
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  Speaker 1: actually reminded me of this that I saw just about
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  Speaker 1: 10 minutes ago. Um, Dua Lipa was photographed looking quite upset. Um.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know whether it was taken out of context
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  Speaker 1: or something, but she just, she wasn't smiling. It was
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  Speaker 1: a paparazzi photo of her, um, supposedly heading back home
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  Speaker 1: after her whole wedding party slash honeymoon celebration, whatever, right?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's already been perhaps like 2 weeks or
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  Speaker 1: so since she's been out there in Italy.
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  Speaker 1: And the caption was, Dua Lipa looking sad as she
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  Speaker 1: leaves wedding and honeymoon celebrations and returns to real life
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  Speaker 1: in the US because apparently her husband needs to film
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  Speaker 1: something in the US for the next, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: month or so. And some of the top comments were,
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  Speaker 1: imagine you're having holiday blues because you have to return
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  Speaker 1: to your mansion in LA.
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  Speaker 1: But hey, holiday blues is universal, OK? I think the
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  Speaker 1: feeling is universal. I mean that and also it proves
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  Speaker 1: that Dua Lipa is human. She is, yeah. I'm very
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  Speaker 1: sure she had a great time in Italy. I, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not gonna lie, like, even now, although I've been back
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore for like more than 2 weeks already, um,
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  Speaker 1: I'm still playing my French Riviera playlist in my car
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  Speaker 1: as I drive.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, it's just, it's a process, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and it was such a, it was such a memorable
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  Speaker 1: trip for me. I had such major holiday blues. I
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  Speaker 1: don't even want to talk about it anymore because I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to like bore you with that information. So
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  Speaker 1: touch your heart as you answer this question. How many
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  Speaker 1: of us experience holiday blues once we come back to
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  Speaker 1: Singapore and going back to our daily grind? Immediately, like
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  Speaker 1: literally as the plane pulls up into Changi Airport, not
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  Speaker 1: that Changi Airport is not beautiful, but as the, as
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  Speaker 1: we pull up, I'm already like, oh man.
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  Speaker 1: You, you understand what I mean, right? It's back to reality. Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 1: But I do appreciate that once you land, you're back
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  Speaker 1: to the efficiency of Changi Airport, of course, that always
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  Speaker 1: puts a smile on your face, but still, Dua Lipa,
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  Speaker 1: we feel you. We are with you on that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're just like us, I guess. On that note, make
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  Speaker 1: sure you do your SG arrival card before coming back. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we need to do.
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  Speaker 1: After 7 a.m. Joakim, you and I have spoken about
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  Speaker 1: how sometimes on occasion people use our photos for like
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  Speaker 1: catfishing purposes, right? You've mentioned this before, like on, I,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why I remember this so clearly from
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  Speaker 1: years ago, OK. Um, Benjamin King and I, of all
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  Speaker 1: people were having this convo.
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  Speaker 1: About someone, I think it was a follower or listener
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  Speaker 1: that sent us a message at the, at a similar
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  Speaker 1: time about how both of our images were used on
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  Speaker 1: Tinder back then, OK? And we were just laughing. I
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  Speaker 1: remember this was years ago, we were just laughing about it.
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  Speaker 1: And when I saw the profile, OK, maybe this was
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  Speaker 1: at a time where perhaps we were not as exposed
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  Speaker 1: in the media just yet. Maybe we're just starting out.
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  Speaker 1: I was just starting out, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe not that many people will be able to
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  Speaker 1: identify you just yet, you know, but I think now
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  Speaker 1: a bit pointless also, right? I remember Benjamin King's catfish
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  Speaker 1: profile's name was Michael Tan. Wow, you still remember that? OK. Well,
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: in just a few minutes at just past 7 a.m.,
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a chilling story about catfishing and it
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  Speaker 1: happened here in Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up in just a bit, OK? And this really
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  Speaker 1: has unlocked a new fear. I feel like I, I,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how to feel if I were in
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  Speaker 1: this person's position. We have that and also Jack Neo
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  Speaker 1: back at it again, Sonia. Uh, well, you got to
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  Speaker 1: give it to the guy like he knows how to
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  Speaker 1: market his stuff. We've had our, our images being used
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  Speaker 1: um in with other names before and it was used.
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  Speaker 1: To, I guess, catfish other people. If you see a
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Fernandez on Tinder or Bumble using my picture, please
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  Speaker 1: report the account. Thank you very much. I mean, it,
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  Speaker 1: it has happened not just on dating platforms, but I
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  Speaker 1: think this was like sometime late last year. Someone alerted
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  Speaker 1: me of a fake TikTok account of mine, OK, and
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  Speaker 1: it was just reposting like my, my videos, like as
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  Speaker 1: if it's their own.
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  Speaker 1: Account, you know. Again, for social media when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to TikTok and Instagram, for Sonia and I, thankfully we
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  Speaker 1: are verified. So look out for the blue tick. But
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  Speaker 1: that being said, some people still don't notice it, you see.
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  Speaker 1: So there were actually quite a lot of people who
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  Speaker 1: thought it was me and that account actually sent them DMs.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, tried to take it down. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: whether it's down yet, but um, yeah, reported it already. Anyway.
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  Speaker 1: For this particular guy here in Singapore, I really feel
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  Speaker 1: for him, and I think he has been severely traumatized
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  Speaker 1: by this. Now, imagine this, OK? You, um, you're just
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  Speaker 1: a normal dude, you know, living life just like you,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you have your hobbies, your job and everything.
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  Speaker 1: One day you realize that an ex-classmate of yours has
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  Speaker 1: been using your pictures, using AI.
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  Speaker 1: And making people believe that you're her husband and that
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  Speaker 1: you have a family with her. Can, can you imagine that? Wow,
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  Speaker 1: I know it goes that far. It goes that far.
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  Speaker 1: This is unrequited love on a whole new level. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So when he found doctored photos of himself with a
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  Speaker 1: former schoolmate.
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  Speaker 1: Um, I, I believe the exact words, these exact words
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  Speaker 1: were used, chills went down his spine, because it's been
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  Speaker 1: so long. It's not like ex-classmates 3 years ago or something.
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  Speaker 1: It's like 15 years ago, kind of, you know. So
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  Speaker 1: how long were these pictures in circulation for? Good, good question.
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  Speaker 1: She's been keeping up this ruse for over 10 years.
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  Speaker 1: Can you, can you believe it? You mean to tell
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  Speaker 1: me in 10 years, not one person reached out to
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  Speaker 1: him saying, hey, are you married to this girl? So see,
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: here's the question, right? Um, although a lot of information
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  Speaker 1: has been out, I'm not sure whether she posted a
• 12:41
  Speaker 1: lot of those pictures, pictures on public platforms.
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  Speaker 1: One came across it quite recently. So she's kept up
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  Speaker 1: this ruse for a while, meaning to say maybe she
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  Speaker 1: just updates her like so-called family and friends with pictures
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  Speaker 1: of these people, but I have so many questions. I
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  Speaker 1: really have so many questions. How did anyone not realize
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  Speaker 1: that this person wasn't even a presence in her life?
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Like how can you just believe photos? Do you think
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  Speaker 1: there's more to it than we know? There's definitely more
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  Speaker 1: to it, and I, I need to, I need to
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  Speaker 1: know now. I'm very invested and it almost seems like
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  Speaker 1: there's gonna be a Netflix special, you know, those weird
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  Speaker 1: stalker documentaries and all that.
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  Speaker 1: So, um, according to, to the source, right, um, his sister,
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  Speaker 1: the victim's sister, and none of their real names were
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  Speaker 1: used when this article was reported, by the way, um,
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  Speaker 1: she first learned about the photos through a friend, who
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  Speaker 1: I guess was in the, maybe the private friends list
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: of that, that weird girl who used their photos, right?
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  Speaker 1: And it was so suss because I think um even
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  Speaker 1: to the point where his sister's family photos were used
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  Speaker 1: to doctor the images. So to fake that like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: we had a family, we had a baby and all that,
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  Speaker 1: it's a psychological condition, it's a problem, and I think
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  Speaker 1: um some professionals have weighed in on it on some
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  Speaker 1: of the articles that were posted. Do you think, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm just speculating here, this could be a case of
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  Speaker 1: maybe in secondary school, the guy bullied the girl.
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  Speaker 1: But then why would you want to pretend you're like,
• 14:13
  Speaker 1: you know what, you made my life a living hell.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna make your life a living hell now. Interesting theory. Just,
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  Speaker 1: just a thought, just a thought. I, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: whether I would go that way. I'm not sure, um,
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: but to keep it a balanced view, I don't, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. I don't think that was the case. I
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: don't think that was the case. If anything, yes, I'll
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  Speaker 1: be creeped out too. This happened to me. Exactly. So
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  Speaker 1: I think this is fair warning to all of us
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  Speaker 1: that with the use of AI it can be good
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: or it can be weird.
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  Speaker 1: And very bad, OK? So just make sure that you,
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: if you don't need to be on social media, maybe
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: set your account to private, you know, that kind of thing.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: We've been seeing very extreme end of the spectrum when
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: it comes to news about AI and pictures, so please
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  Speaker 1: be careful. Yeah, um, when AI is put to good use,
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  Speaker 1: it can be very useful for sure, yeah. But when
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: it gets into the wrong hands, that's where it gets
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  Speaker 1: a little worrying. So anyway.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see. I think this is still a developing story.
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  Speaker 1: I'm to find out what happened. So it, it ends
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  Speaker 1: on a bit of a cliffhanger. It really ends on
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  Speaker 1: a cliffhanger. It says apparently attempts by media outlets to
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  Speaker 1: reach this woman have been unsuccessful. So it's still a
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  Speaker 1: developing story, but I, I really personally hope she gets
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  Speaker 1: the psychological help that she needs. Stay tuned for season two.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: Congratulations to Jack Neil. Oh yes, that's one way to
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: build hype.
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  Speaker 1: For our boys to firemen. Hey man, like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. Initially when that piece of news
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: came out, I think it was a few months ago,
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  Speaker 1: it was rumored to happen, right? I thought it was
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  Speaker 1: a joke, you know, like I didn't know whether it
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: was real or not. No lah. If it's Jack, you
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  Speaker 1: know it's real. No, meaning to say he didn't. It
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: was like a rumor at one point. Like people were
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: saying there's going to be this installation with the fireman.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, oh, really? Yeah, but, uh, the only
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  Speaker 1: problem I have with the picture he posted is this AI.
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  Speaker 1: OK, that's the poster. Yeah, maybe he's using AI first
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: because he hasn't cast the boys. It's just a call
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: for auditions. OK, so I'm gonna give you four scenarios, Sonia.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see which one we can do together, OK? OK.
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  Speaker 1: The first one, you have been hiding your occupation from
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  Speaker 1: your mom. Today she found out and confronted.
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  Speaker 1: OK, OK. Number 2, you saw your girlfriend or boyfriend
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  Speaker 1: with another person cheating on you. You went up to
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: confront them. Number 3, you witnessed an accident and your
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: friends went to help, but you didn't because you were scared.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: And number 4, you are trying to explain to your
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: teammate and you apologize for making a mistake.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: I think the answer is pretty clear. We got to
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: do number one.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: And clearly I'll be your mom. You're my mom, is it?
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I'll be your mom. OK, let's let's script something and
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: let's audition openly, OK, for our Boys to Firemen. Hopefully
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: this audition got better out than Bridge.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: Hey, hey, I wouldn't, I would do we need, uh,
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: what's the accent again for Bridgerton an RP accent, this one,
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: I think we can speak as we are joking. It's
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: the fire hose in the fire hydrant. So, I think
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: you won't even make it into, yeah, you know what,
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: not even the audition process.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: By the way, if you want to audition, you can
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: do so. Just make sure you tag our friends over
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: at J Team SG and MM2 Singapore. So, we do
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: this after our show? We should, but, but you know what?
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: For our Boys to Firemen, right, and
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: OK, I, I, I don't want to play the racial
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: card here. I just hope it's racially accurate, if you
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: know what I mean. I know. I think that conversation
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: has come up in some other creators. It's in the
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: comment section already. Yeah. Well, uh, we'll see how that
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: unfolds and we'll audition tape.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: Take it. We'll find out. I could not have decided
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: on a more perfect song to come out of uh
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: for this particular topic. OK. OK. Now, this is yet
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: another survey that was done, or rather a study that
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: was done. And it's according to a 2026 Gallup report.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: That's a, that's the company that ran, ran the survey, OK.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: Only 14% of Singapore's workforce felt engaged at work in
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: the year 2025, which is significantly lower than the Southeast
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Asian stats of 25%. Globally, it's actually 20%, the average, OK?
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: So we're below average for this one.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Um, the trend is not new. I think Singapore has
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: kind of remained around the same level of engagement at
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: work since the year 2019, which amongst younger employees, I
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: think age 35 and below, only about 10% felt engaged
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: at work.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Workplace engagement. What does it really mean? I think it's
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: got to do with um other elements too, not just
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: your actual work that you're doing, but things like well-being,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: you know, like whether you feel stressed or not, um,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: and I think it has varied quite a lot from
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: the older, older generation to now.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: Some positive indicators is that um there's some people who
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: feel like yes, they can thrive, but negative indicators include
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: daily stress, daily worry, daily anger, and daily sadness. I'm
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: not making this up. This is actually part of the stat, OK?
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: I can only imagine most of us are able to
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: relate to daily stress, daily worry, daily anger, and daily sadness.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Poor thing. Here's, here's an interesting one, OK, and I'm
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: not sure if we're gonna open up phone lines for
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: this later on actually. While late.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Daniel and Gen Z employees are frequently perceived as fragile
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: and ill-equipped to handle life and work pressure. Um, apparently it's,
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: it's just, I feel sometimes it's a generational perception. Like
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: the generation before us will always think that they're weaker
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: than that we're weaker than them, don't you think? For sure. Yeah,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, one very clear example is national service. You know,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: people born before me are saying, oh, you all have
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: it easy.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, do you, can you imagine, we used to
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: be called the strawberry generation. And then now that the
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Gen Zs are here, like that, that has been transferred
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: to them. You know what I mean? It's always going
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: to be like that. There is an ongoing social commentary
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: on hiring Gen Z and the difference between Gen Z
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: and millennial workers. Here's food for thought, OK, let's go.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: What if, you know, now the older millennials are in
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: positions of power, like their managers and all that, right? Basically,
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: it's just a case of everyone growing up, like you've matured.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: In a way, you know what I mean? So if
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: you put ourselves in the shoes of a person who's
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: within the Gen Z age right now, wouldn't you, you
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: might have a similar result, you know what I mean?
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: We may not be as mature. I'm gonna give you
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: a controversial. Millennials were hungrier. We were hungrier.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: That there's definitely some difference in, in the attitude at work.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Growing up in the late 80s and 90s here in Singapore,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: it shapes you to be a hungrier person. But OK,
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: here's another angle for conversation, OK. Is it because we
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: observed our parents working so hard, like backbreaking kind of work,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: you know, sometimes even physical work, but then over the
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: years and over the course of our time.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Different modes of income have appeared and that's just a fact, right?
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: There are easier ways to earn money than ever before
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: to earn money as well. Yeah, and people no longer
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: feel that they want to just hoard money and save
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: and not enjoy life. They just want to enjoy life now. OK,
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: let's see if next year's survey results.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: We reflect on whether we are happier or still the
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: same at work. Seeing how we've stagnated since the year,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: I think 2019, I'm not quite sure whether there'll be
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: any change, but we'll see. Yeah. It's been a good
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: seven years. Yikes. Anyway, um, I'm gonna open up phone
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: lines right now, 669-11987. This one a little bit spicy
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: because I feel it may.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: It may get both sides of the reaction that we want,
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: you know. You know it's very spicy when it has
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: caused a discussion in Reddit, the Singapore space. I just
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: wonder whether the men in Singapore are getting a bit
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: defensive on this one. Actually, no, no, they're not. Quite,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: quite balanced views, but to set the premise for you,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: a TikTok user by the name of I am Minju Jou.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: And in her video, she said that she will never
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: ever date a Singaporean man arguing that our dating culture
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: here in Singapore, it's more practical than romantic.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: There's some truth in that. There's some truth in that.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: And then she said that it's not a judgment on
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: Singaporean men's personalities. It's more of how she agrees that yes,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: we love deeply, but we express our emotions in a
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: very different way as compared to maybe say Europeans who
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: romanticize things.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Like art, poetry, culture, for Singaporean men, we focus on survival, education,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: stability and financial security. But here's my question, is it wrong? Um, no,
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: it's not, because I think we are acting the way that,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: how would I say this, because of what we've observed
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: growing up.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: I don't think that our parents or the previous generations
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: are particularly known for being romantic people, especially here in
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Singapore or I would say even in certain parts of Asia. OK,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: this one phrasing though, I kind of disagree with. She
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: said instead of grand gestures, Singaporean men often express love
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: to the phrases of you eat already or not.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: Come, I booked a grab for you. This is, this
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: is very typical of what our parents did last time.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: I transferred you money, but Singaporean men can be romantic.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: I've seen people doing grand romantic gestures and all that. Yeah, I,
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: I don't disagree. Like I said, I think it's a
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: blanket statement to say that all Singaporean men are not romantic. Um,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I've dated my fair share of people who do have that.
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Like they, they, they want to make an effort.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: But then there are some who fall flat also lah
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: and like yeah didn't didn't quite work out. So of
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: course on Reddit you have Singaporean men agreeing and some
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: disagreeing and some are saying that maybe this TikToker is
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Generalizing, generalizing and also maybe romanticizing European romance, Western romance. Yeah, yeah,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: but I have to say like after being in the
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: south of France, we have something to learn from them. Truly,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: they firstly, they know how to enjoy life to the fullest. Secondly,
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: the amount of like older couples that I saw just
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: taking a stroll, enjoying life, being really sweet to each other,
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: they're more open.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Open about their affections, but that's not to say that
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Singaporean men or Asian men don't show affection in their
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: own way. Yeah, yeah. On the topic of older couples,
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: over and met Richie every weekend, uncle and auntie be walking,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: holding hands. Yeah, yeah, so sweet. That's why I said
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: there are, there are, there's a percentage here in Singapore
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: who do that. But OK lah. I mean, the south
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: of France and maybe even Europe, very different vibe is
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: different lifestyle.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: as compared to us here in Singapore. And I will
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: say there's something about walking along Saint Tropez that will
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: turn you into a romantic person. It's really the environment
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: also sometimes and I feel like because we're in a
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: fast-paced city, it's, you cannot really compare like exactly the same,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: you know. Then I'm, I'm, I realized this, I'm Min,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: the TikToker who posted the video. She's Korean, Korean men.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: Well, that's why she compared it to Europeans, right? She
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: didn't compare it to Asian men. Singaporean men were unromantic.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: Korean men could be on the same level as us
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: here in Singapore as well. Look, they also going through
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: the same thing. Could, could it be like an Asian
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: thing against Western culture? That's what I think. It really
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: could be an Asian thing. We're just brought up seeing
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: not much emotion in our family. Like, I know some
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: friends who, who say that they don't remember the last
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: time they hugged their parents because it's just not a thing.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: That they, they've done. Yeah, that's, that's it. Please don't
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: romanticize Korean men from what you see on Korean dramas.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: It's very different, very different. Anyway, 669-119-87 or you can
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: WhatsApp us at 90050987. A very simple question that might
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: open up a can of worms here. Do you think
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Singaporean men are romantic or not? Tell us. I wanna know.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Yo man, the last time I opened up a can
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: of worms on my previous podcast with Aiden of all people.
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: It was about whether Singaporean men dressed badly and we
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: got it went super viral. We also did get whacked
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: quite badly on social media. Yeah, OK, Sonia, yeah, don't
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: change the subject. It's OK, no, no, no. Friend of
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: 16 years, yeah, yeah. Am I romantic? Um, I was,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: I've never dated you. I've never dated you, how I
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: treated my, my, my exes or dates, I think you
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: definitely have that quality in you, but I wouldn't know
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: for sure. I gotta ask. I got to interview your ex-girlfriends.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: I'm sure they have nothing bad to say when it
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: comes to me being romantic. But when it comes to
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: other things, I'm kidding. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Anyway, keep the
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: phone lines open right now. 669-11987. Let us know what
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: you think. Talking about whether or not Singaporean men are
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: romantic or are they just absolutely not. OK, we got
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: some messages coming in. Wanna say hello to City.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Siti says not at all. That's my answer, short and sweet.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Oh no. And then I said, Hey, Siti, why? Speaking
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: from experience or what? And she goes, Sila, my husband,
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: I've been married for 23 years. I've known him for 29,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: but only 2 to 3 times of surprises.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: Etc. OK. Oh, why don't you tell him? Like, I
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: want more surprises. OK. Another one coming in from Kenneth,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: and Kenneth with another view. I think Singaporean men should
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: sincerely thank the TikToker for declaring her view. A bullet
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: was dodged. Oh.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Well, but from the sound of it, she's only OK
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: to say it because she doesn't really want to date
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: a Singaporean man, right? It seems like it, I guess,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: so she doesn't mind putting it out there. So keep
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: your views and maybe even your calls coming in over
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: at 669-11987 or you can WhatsApp us at 90050987. Are
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: Singaporean men romantic or not? I will, however, say that
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: this is not the first time that Singaporean men have
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: been targeted.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: Don't you think? Like I've seen this before in like
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: the internet space for sure. I don't know why whenever
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: I see videos like these, I get a sense of injustice.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: Like you almost want to defend yourself a bit. Like, yeah, I'm,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: I'm battling cost of living. I'm battling expenses here, but
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: I always that sense of romance if I'm with someone. Yeah, yeah,
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: but once again, like I said, your individual actions cannot
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: speak for the whole of Singapore. It's very different. Well,
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: our conversation is buzzing right now, especially on text. A
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: lot of opinions coming through. A Singaporean men truly
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: Unromantic. That's the question here today. I mean, some may
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: not be, some are, but that's not to say that
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: the statement isn't entirely true, right? There's always two sides.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: Text coming in from Howard. Morning, soldier. Hot take here.
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: Perhaps it's harder to pull off the European romance if A,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: no money. How to grand gesture. How to romance in
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: singlet shorts and slippers.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Look, I have to say, OK, hear me out here, OK?
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Hear me out for, for this particular guy that sent
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: us a message. Actually, I don't, I don't view romantic
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: gestures as only the big gestures. In fact, for me,
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: because one of my love languages is, uh, acts of service, right?
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: Something as simple as like offering to pick me up,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: you know, from different places in a day or something,
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: from work, if after a long day, you know, you
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: make dinner without me asking anything or saying anything or
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: you just buy my favorite snack, like these to me
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: are romantic gestures.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: So I don't know whether that's the, the problem is
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: that people have different ideas of what a romantic gesture is. That's,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: that's a secondary question. Want to say hello to Miss Tay. Morning,
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim. My husband was very romantic before we
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: got married. He would send flowers and plan little surprises
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: for me sometimes while we were dating. I suppose this
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: is just a part of life that many women learn
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: to accept.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: True, I mean, but after a certain point, it's a choice, right?
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: You've got to make a conscious decision to continue if
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: you want, if you want to keep the spark alive.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: You have to, yeah, for sure. I mean, I know
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: I'm going to out my dad here on this, but, um,
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: he's also not like I wouldn't call him the most
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: romantic guy, but he does have his ways of showing
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: love and care. But, uh, low key, ah, sometimes I
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: got to help this fella buy flowers for my mother
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: for her birthday.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: But then when he passes it to her, she said, Sonia,
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: buy one, right?
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: She knows. Do Singaporean men know how to satisfy their
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: women by being romantic because I think there's a big
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: debate going out there right now that Singaporean men are
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: not romantic. Was my yes not loud enough? Very loud.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: I think it was peeking in my headphones. I want
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: to say good morning to MSK on WhatsApp.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: Singaporean men, in my opinion, are very egoistic. Mostly lazy
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: and complains too much. Very negative. Sometimes it's very tiring
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: to deal with them. But vice versa, most Singaporean men
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: also don't want to date a Singaporean woman because there
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: are too many markets in Singapore. For example, women from overseas,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: where the stereotype is they are more easy to tame
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: compared to Singaporean girls.
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: OK, I didn't know taming was involved. I wouldn't use
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: the word tame, but I get, OK, I understand where
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: this person is coming from. I don't know if tame
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: is the right word. I would say, OK.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: As a Singaporean woman, I don't know whether we're the
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: most subservient. No, we, you know what, if that's where
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: you're going with that statement. I must say a Singaporean woman,
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: definitely feisty. Yeah, and I think that's, that's the extra
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: edge that we have. You have personality for sure. Yeah,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: and I think for a lot of us, um, especially
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: for us here in Singapore, we might be more.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: Career-driven in a way, in a way, I'm not saying
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: that other countries are not, but I, I feel like
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: just overall looking at the regular average Singaporean woman, we
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: are career-driven, and sometimes we might be like, OK, don't want,
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: then never mind, next door, you know, that kind of mindset,
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: you know, like the small stones to the bigger avalanche
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: of our TFR. Like, like we said, right, I don't
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: think it's a one-sided conversation. Whatever you're saying about.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: Men not being romantic. There's also the side that we're
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: not talking about, which is, as women, do we have
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: some qualities that are not so desirable as well as
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: a Singaporean woman. OK, tomorrow we do Singaporean women romantic? OK,
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: we do this. No, are Singaporean women difficult to please?
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: I think that could be a more easy to answer statement.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: Let me prepare my monologue. Oh, here we go.
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: This 13 part monologue. Serena, what do you think?
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: I
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: think they're not, and I also think you should look
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: at it from another perspective. How do you as a
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: woman view romance, right? I think the grand gestures, the
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: great declaration of love, those come very early in the relationship,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: but like for us.
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: You know, when you're married, you have kids, right? The
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: things that make my heart flutter is like when my
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: husband wakes up 2 hours early, get the kids ready,
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: and then just so that I can sleep in bed
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: longer or, you know, at the drop of a pack,
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: he shows up after midnight sometimes to pick me up
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: from a drinking session with my girlfriend. These things are
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: the kind of things that my girlfriends will go.
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: No, you're completely right, which brings me back to what
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: I said earlier, right? Because maybe, you know, you and
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: I sound sound quite similar, like your one of your
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: love languages is probably acts of service, and that, that
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: speaks to you. So you accept that and you feel
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: like your heart is so warm when these small gestures,
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: you know, help you in your life, right? And you,
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: you feel like he's just there for you always. Yeah,
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: exactly.
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: And, and he's there when it matters when you when
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: you don't expect it, and that's when you go like, oh,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: joking, may a love like this find you, OK, on
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: that topic, on that topic about picking up a girlfriend
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: after a night of drinking, once or twice, OK lah.
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: The 3rd or 4th time I'll be like, again, I'll
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: be grumpy, but I'll still go and pick her up. Yes, really, OK,
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: it is still does this till now, you know. He
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: has no choice.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: I've got quite a lot of great conversations going on
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: right now talking about whether or not Singaporean men are unromantic,
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: all thanks to a video that went pretty viral. Um,
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: I actually know the girl that posted it, funny enough,
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: when you showed it to me. And I think the
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: fact of the matter is that there are many, many
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: varying factors that come into play when it comes to
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: this particular topic. I mean, it's not so straightforward. If
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: I had money to spare, any girl that dates me,
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: here's my yacht.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: Here is our private yacht ride to Saint John's Island.
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: But here's the question. If you can do that to
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: one girl, you're probably doing it to 10 if you're
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: like a billionaire or something, right? So then is that
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: still romantic? But, but you want me to be romantic. What? OK,
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: you want those gestures. I never said I want the
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: grand gestures. the stereotype. Here's the thing, I mean, if
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: you are just doing it because you can, is that
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: still romantic anymore? I mean, if I, if I wanna be.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Sweet to any lady that agrees to date me, of course. What? OK, OK, OK.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: But of course whoever chooses to stay and become the wife,
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: you get more. This sounds like some like this sounds
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: like some, you know, one of those TikTok stories that
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: you watch those short dramas, dude, I keep getting fed
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: these things and I keep watching it, OK, like nonsense, no,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: you should, you should, if you're a billionaire, right, you
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: just pretend that you're not a billionaire and the girl
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: that stays with you is the one that you.
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: Actually I watch too much drama on TikTok. Not too bad.
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: Wanna say good morning to username D HYC on WhatsApp.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: I always show my husband TikTok videos of how Western
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: men surprise their significant other. Then he goes on to
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: ask me what and give me the clueless look.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: I can already imagine like what you want. Yeah, exactly.
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: Anyway, uh, we're gonna head to the phone lines for
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: one last caller. Thank you for your patience, by the way, Dom,
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: what do you think? I think it really depends on
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: the definition of, uh, being romantic is. So I mean,
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: there's a very fine line between being romantic, being cheesy,
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: and being creepy, isn't it? So, you know what I mean,
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: so I mean, for example, if, if a guy
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: Uh, insist on sending a girl back home. Somebody can, can, can,
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: can do that as being very romantic, but, um, an
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: overly defensive girl might, might think that that's quite creepy
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: as well, isn't it? Quite stalkerish. So another example would be, um,
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: if a guy.
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: Insist on paying for every single date and refuses to
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: let the girl pay. Some people might say that's romantic.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: Some people might say that has been quite chauvinistic, lah.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you ask me, this guy should start
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: his own podcast. Exactly. You need your own podcasts here
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: and there, and you don't need a co-host. You're both. So,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: can I ask you, does it also come down to
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: the appearance of the man?
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: For example, at Marquee, OK, a good looking man buys
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: you a drink and a not so good looking man
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: buys you a drink. OK, which one are you more
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: inclined to receive it from? I'm gonna be very honest,
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: I'm both. Thank you for tuning in this morning and
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: for participating in our conversation. We had so many great
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: responses here. Maybe it was slightly triggering as well because
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: it can't be a blanket statement.
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: Although I think a lot of people have their own
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: opinions on social media as well, do you think Singaporean
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: men specifically are unromantic? This is a rage bait 101. Yeah,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: she knew what she was doing when she put that
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: video up. Put out a blanket statement, get all the
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: comments talking about you, get your video shared, engagement. Yeah,
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: that's it. So if anything, she's won.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: She's won in some ways. Well done some ways. Anyway, um,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: only one person can walk away with this lovely experience.
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: You know, Glow Festival has been in Singapore for quite
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: a number of years already, and they're back again with
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: a stellar lineup. So from July 10th all the way
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: to July 19th, but we are gonna put you there
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: July 17th, 18th, and 19th to catch Jason Derulo, Alessia Cara.
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: Korean indie band Huo, and if you're into the wellness scene,
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: these names should be of no strangers to you, Joe Wicks,
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: Chantelle Duncan, and Emmy Wong. And you know what, I
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, it's all about
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: combining lifestyle, music, partying, wellness all in one. These tickets
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: are worth almost $200 and today it goes to Don. Congratulations.
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: Dom, you cracked us up, made us laugh. We would
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: love for you to enjoy this experience. And of course,
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: I think this conversation about Singaporean men being unromantic will
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: continue in the online space. Can I give you one
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: short teaser though? Yes, I believe for 987, we could
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: have exclusive access to Alessia Cara when she's here for
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: Glow Festival. Very, very nice. So.
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: sure you stay tuned for that and it's Jason Derulo's
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: 2nd time in Singapore in like a year or two, right?
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: If I'm not wrong, he was here not too long ago. Yeah,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: I recall that. OK, we're looking forward to it regardless.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: So here's a question, OK. Growing up, right, was your
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: mom really protective or insistent that you don't eat food
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: that has dropped on the table, especially if you're out
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: there in a food court or hawker center? Yes, there
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: is no such thing as a five-second rule.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: Actually true. Like when I go out to eat with
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: my parents as well, like we can, you know, we're
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: just having a good time. You drop a piece of
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: meat on the table. He's like, Put it away. Don't
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: eat it, don't eat it because it's so dirty, especially
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: public tables. You never know what's been there. Yeah, it's
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: instilled in us, right? And the birds and all that. Yeah.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: So here's the problem, OK. There was a video that
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: has sparked off a bit of a debate. Um, this
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: lady who was eating at a hawker center.
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: I think some of her food fell. It looks like,
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: it looks like chakwe or Hokkien mee. I'm trying to,
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: I'm trying to tell, and, uh, yeah, it looks like it.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: So it fell into a hawker center table. So instead
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: of observing the rules that our parents have instilled in us,
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: don't touch the food that's already dropped on the table,
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: she decided to eat off the table. So she picked
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: the noodles off and started eating it.
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: To which our friends over at the Singapore Food Agency
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: have responded. They saw the video. They responded and they said,
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: please don't do this in in the actual words, come on,
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: don't do this. Once food is dropped on an unclean tabletop,
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: the surface of the food item will be contaminated by bacteria,
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: and there's no such thing as the three.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: Second rule and from someone who just recovered from gastroenteritis,
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: don't la, please don't, you don't want that kind of pain.
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: I know, and frankly speaking, it's not to say that our,
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: our hawker centers are not clean. They are, they're generally clean,
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: but
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: You know, they're wiping the surface quickly before the next
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: diner comes in, right? So it might have already been
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: exposed to a lot of types of bacteria and they're
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: using the same cloth to wipe every single table. Yeah,
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: so I mean we might do it at home, but
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: please don't do it out there. In fact, you're not
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: the first friend of mine that has.
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: had gastroenteritis in the past two weeks. Plenty of people
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: have had it. I don't know why, but, um, to
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: prevent it, please don't do that. So yesterday, you might
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: have seen loads of your favorite musicians posting on Instagram
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: a small tribute to one man called Clive Davis. This
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: man is 94 years old before he passed on.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: And people would call him the man with the golden
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: years because he was the president of Columbia Records and
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: during the 70s, 80s, and even early 90s, he was
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: responsible for elevating people like Whitney Houston, Aerosmith, Carlos Santana.
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: Even Westlife. So he's, he's got like that eye for stars,
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: and an ear for stars. I mean, yes, yes. So
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: I've seen him a couple of times on American Idol
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: where he was the guest judge and all that newfound
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: respect for him, but I really hope because unfortunately, guess
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: who he worked with to open Bad Boy Records.
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: PDD. Oh no. Oh, but this was like way back then.
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: This is way back then. It makes you wonder whether
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: there be some Netflix documentary on Clive Davis and he
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: can't respond to anything, right? That's the thing. I let
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: the guy rest in peace, la. Yeah, but the interesting
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: thing is up until his passing, he was the chief creator.
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: Of Sony Music, Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music. So
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: there you go, working till 94. I mean, he's, he's
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: safe to say lived a very long and fulfilling life.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: You know, if, if you want to go out at 94,
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's already almost 100 years old, man. That's
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: that's pretty incredible. Almost as old as your, your grandma.
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: My grandma this year, she'll be 103. Wow, that's incredible.
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: And she's in good health.
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: Amazing. I love that. I love that for her. My
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: grandmother has seen things. She has seen many things. Yeah.
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: A documentary should be made about her. Actually, there should
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: be one, yeah. I think they do. They sometimes they like, um,
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: how many, how many people in Singapore are above 100
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: years old? Good question. Acrently, currently, according to PM. Lawrence Wong,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: I think it's about what, 1000? 1000 or or or slightly. I,
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: I remember his National Day rally speech last year.
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: He mentioned that the number went up. It could be
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: around 400 or 1000. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: According to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, was it 400 or
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: was it 1,000's. I am literally typing it as we go.
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: Oh, actually, OK, you are right. Um, currently about 1.5,000. 1.5K, yeah.
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: So for context, in 1990, there were only about 50. Um, 2015,
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: the number had already risen to 1200. And by now,
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: I think the estimated number is 1,005, but this is
• 44:52
  Speaker 1: just an estimate. Well done. Yeah, so, hey man, we
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: do have a lot of healthy older people. Singaporeancy. There
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: you go. Coming up in just a few minutes, some
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: food-related news here. Now, I, I think it's been a
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: while since you've been to the US, right?
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: But you are on social media enough to recognize this
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: particular shop called Araon. Have you seen it before? You
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: told me I've told you about A, right? The smoothies, right? Yeah, um, yes,
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: they have expensive smoothies, but also they are known for
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: their upmarket produce and items that they bring in. But
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: it's very popular and people still want to buy from them. Um,
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: it's not come to Singapore just yet, but last sometime
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: last year, there was a place that opened up in
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: Dempsey that was
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: Dubbed as the answer to everyone here in Singapore. Find
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: out what happens and what the future holds for them
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: in just a little while, OK? Stay tuned. Time for
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: some food news. Happy or sad? Uh, it's a mix
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: of both. It's a mix of both. 123, food news, news.
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: Sonia with the mix of both news. I'm so confused. OK,
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: you understand why I say that. So like I mentioned earlier.
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: I know it's been a while since you've been to
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: the US, but you've definitely heard of Aon, not just
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: from me, but there have been plenty of spoof videos
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: being made on TikTok and Instagram because it's very well
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: known to be expensive, and they've got some ridiculous looking
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: items and you wonder who are buying these items, right? But,
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: but regardless of what, what is being said in the
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: social media space, I found myself still going there to
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: check it out when I was in the US because
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: it's quite novel, and they've got really interesting things there.
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: Um, so the answer to everyone here in Singapore was
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: actually said to be this grocer called Curly's over in Dempsey. Curly's,
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: and the branding is so cute. Honestly, I love the place,
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: very cute. Not, OK, price point wise, I wouldn't call
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: it affordable or cheap. It's a little bit more upmarket,
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: but they do have more organic type produce, you know,
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: even the olive oil is like top of the line,
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: pasta is top of the line, you know, things like that. So.
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: Only a portion of Singaporeans, I feel, will be able
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: to afford it, to be very honest, right? To be
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: very honest. I mean, if you're so upmarket, but that's
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: the thing. So if you, if you have expensive taste,
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: then that's, that's what it is, I guess, you know.
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: So they opened to much fanfare in November and people
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: were really, really excited about it. Unfortunately, Curly's has officially
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: closed as of yesterday, the 22nd of June.
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: Um, so the owner of this particular grocer, he said
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: it's not goodbye. He's actually changing it to something else.
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: So perhaps I'm just, I'm just speculating, maybe Singapore isn't
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: ready for this sort of concept, like a very expensive grocer.
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know if we're ready for that just yet.
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: So what will he change it to? Because I mean,
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: in terms of
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: Supermarkets or maybe even grocers, right? I can think of
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: what Jason's Deli or Jones, Jones the grocer's Jason's There
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: is Jason's. Um, I would say this is even more
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: upmarket than Jason's. Jason's is like the equivalent of Fair
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: Price Fins, for example. This is like probably one step
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: up or two steps up, right? But, um, I wouldn't
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: worry too much because I believe Curly's was conceived by
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: an F&B.
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: Company, they have other plans and they're teaming up still
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: with the owner who also was the founder of La Bottega,
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: which is a fantastic Italian restaurant. And if you want
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: to go to the sister restaurant, Casa Vossa Vostra, so
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: he's also involved in, in all, so I'm not too worried.
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: I think they know what they're doing, but I mean, they,
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: they tried, right? They tried with this concepts and maybe
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: we are ready for something else. Let's learn from it
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: and see what else they come up with here.