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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 300626 · 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. Well, good morning. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: to the final day of June.
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  Speaker 1: No sleep for me.
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  Speaker 2: Loads of action happening. We've got Germany against Paraguay happening
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 1: But what about last night? You didn't sleep also, right? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I've got Gucci, Chanel bags under your eyes already at
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  Speaker 1: this point. Stay tuned. Singapore's number one hit
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  Speaker 1: music station.
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  Speaker 2: Hands up if you lost sleep just to watch Brazil
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  Speaker 2: against Japan earlier this morning at 1 a.m. and I
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  Speaker 2: have to say this, for the Japan's men's national team,
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  Speaker 2: you have nothing to be ashamed about. What an amazing effort,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, against Brazil.
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  Speaker 2: But unfortunately, going down at the 6th minute of injury time,
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  Speaker 2: a 90 + 6 to a Gabriel Martinelli winner for Brazil.
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  Speaker 2: But as it stands currently for the 2nd of 3
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  Speaker 2: knockout games that we have this morning, it's Germany 1,
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  Speaker 2: Paraguay 1, and we are into the 83rd minute. I'm
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  Speaker 2: actually tuned in live in the studio. So today, it's
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  Speaker 2: another day of glorified.
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  Speaker 2: Multitasking as we take you to school as well as
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  Speaker 2: work here on this Tuesday. It is Joakim Gomez going
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  Speaker 2: solo today as our darling Sonia Chew. Yesterday, she was
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  Speaker 2: sharing how she feels as if she was coming under
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  Speaker 2: the weather. Today, unfortunately, yes, it has got into a
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  Speaker 2: full-blown cold. She's gonna go see the doctor and she's
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  Speaker 2: on MC today. Back with us tomorrow here on the
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  Speaker 2: shock circuit. But not to worry, loads of prizes coming
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  Speaker 2: your way, including info about this.
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  Speaker 2: Formula One, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Grand Prix. Just giving you
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  Speaker 2: a World Cup update. We are into extra time. When
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  Speaker 2: it comes to Germany and Paraguay, it is still 1-1.
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  Speaker 2: We have half an hour more of play to go
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  Speaker 2: before it goes into heartbreaking penalties. But if there's anyone
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  Speaker 2: who's not going to be feeling heartbreak this weekend, it
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  Speaker 2: could be Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, highly rumored to
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  Speaker 2: be tying the knot officially this weekend at Madison Square Garden.
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  Speaker 2: And for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, I can only
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  Speaker 2: imagine the wedding guest list and who's gonna be invited.
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  Speaker 2: There's gonna be loads of celebrities and sports figures attending
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  Speaker 2: the wedding. Whether will they get even one second to
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  Speaker 2: shake the hand of Taylor or Travis to congratulate them?
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  Speaker 2: I wonder. I just wanna be a fly on the
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  Speaker 2: wall when it comes to all the wedding discussions and preparations.
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  Speaker 2: For someone the level of Taylor and Travis Kelsey. So, apparently,
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  Speaker 2: according to sources very close to the couple, usually means
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  Speaker 2: a friend or maybe a family member, they say that
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  Speaker 2: Taylor Swift is busy curating the food items that will
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  Speaker 2: be served during the wedding. And one particular restaurant that
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  Speaker 2: she has pointed out.
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  Speaker 2: is her favorite Italian food place in New York City.
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  Speaker 2: It's called Va Carrotta. Hopefully I'm saying this correctly. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking at the menu right now. It, it looks
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  Speaker 2: like very high-end Italian food. They've got very nice vegetables,
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  Speaker 2: and of course their meats look fantastic. And do I
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  Speaker 2: even need to get started?
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  Speaker 2: When it comes to the pasta. So, if you're ever
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  Speaker 2: in New York City, maybe Via Carrotta could be a
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  Speaker 2: place to go and dine just to experience what Taylor
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  Speaker 2: Swift loves when it comes to Italian food. And speaking
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  Speaker 2: of the future bride herself, why not play you something
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  Speaker 2: from her album this weekend? To Travis Kelsey, we say
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  Speaker 2: congratulations to the couple.
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  Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure we're gonna see loads of pictures of
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  Speaker 2: the both of them from maybe some of the other
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  Speaker 2: celebrities that you follow on social media because they could
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  Speaker 2: very well be invited to go to Madison Square Garden
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  Speaker 2: to be in the moment for Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift.
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  Speaker 2: When we come back though, speaking of being in the moment,
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  Speaker 2: how about you, if you're on your way to school
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  Speaker 2: right now, you call us at 669-11987. Don't call now,
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  Speaker 2: maybe call in, say less than 5 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: When I officially opened up the phone lines. Tell us
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  Speaker 2: how your June holidays went. Give us an update. How's
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  Speaker 2: your life going? What are you looking forward to in
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  Speaker 2: the second semester of school? And of course, the takeaway
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  Speaker 2: for you is, you get to request for your favorite
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  Speaker 2: to anyone, your parents, your teachers, your discipline master, maybe
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  Speaker 2: call us in just a while, giving you a live update.
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  Speaker 2: It's Germany.
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  Speaker 2: 2, Paraguay won, but there's currently a VAR check for
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  Speaker 2: the goal scored by Germany's Jonathan Ta for an apparent
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  Speaker 2: push at the back of a Paraguaayan defender. Let's see
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  Speaker 2: whether the goal be allowed or still ruled out. But
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  Speaker 2: right now, phone lines are open over at 669-119-87. If
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  Speaker 2: you wish to call us and tell us how your
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  Speaker 2: June holidays went as you're making your way to school,
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  Speaker 2: give your school.
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  Speaker 2: A shout out as well. Maybe even your CCA. Let
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  Speaker 2: us know what is anything interesting happening this week for
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  Speaker 2: you or whether are you equally sleepy as I am
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: watching all those World Cup games. And the biggest takeaway
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  Speaker 2: for you are two things. Number one, you get to
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  Speaker 2: practice your oratory skills. You get to speak to someone,
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  Speaker 2: your conversational skills, and then the second thing is you
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  Speaker 2: request for your favorite song to play here on 987.
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  Speaker 2: I can't think. 987, hello, what's your name?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, my name is Jared. Hello, Jared, what school are
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  Speaker 2: you from, buddy? Uh, I'm from ACS Junior. ACS Junior. OK.
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  Speaker 2: How was your June holidays? Um, it was, in a word, exciting. Exciting.
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  Speaker 2: What do you do?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I went to Japan and the Science Center. Alright,
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  Speaker 2: which part of Japan do you go to? Uh, I
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  Speaker 2: went to Hokkaido, Hakone, and Tokyo. Was it very crowded
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  Speaker 2: or was it nice and easy for you?
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  Speaker 2: I think it was OK. And what's your best memory
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  Speaker 2: of Japan?
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  Speaker 2: I think the Harry Potter experience at Tokyo. Oh, OK,
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad you had a good time. So, how's school
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  Speaker 2: been for you? Are you OK with sleep? Are you
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  Speaker 2: slowly easing back to studies and work now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. What's, is there anything interesting happening in school today
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  Speaker 2: or this week?
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  Speaker 2: Um, not that I'm aware of.
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  Speaker 2: Alrighty. Jared, what song can I get for you and
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  Speaker 2: your friends over at ACS Junior? Someone you love. Can
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  Speaker 2: World Cup update coming your way? It's going to penalties
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  Speaker 2: for Germany against Paraguay, and if you're a Germany fan
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  Speaker 2: like yours truly, this is disappointing from us. I was
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  Speaker 2: hoping for Germany to
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  Speaker 2: Really bury this game and move in comfortably to the
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  Speaker 2: round of 16, but well done, Paraguay for holding Germany
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  Speaker 2: to a 1-1 draw. Let's see now. Heroes will be made,
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  Speaker 2: villains will be created. And speaking of heroes and villains,
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  Speaker 2: in a month's time, at least here in Singaporean cinemas,
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  Speaker 2: we are getting Spider-Man brand new day.
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  Speaker 2: OK, let, let's be absolutely honest here with each other, OK? The,
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  Speaker 2: the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's in a mess. But when
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  Speaker 2: it comes down to the Spider-Man films, I know that
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  Speaker 2: the people who make the films will treat it with
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  Speaker 2: care because Spider-Man is a superhero franchise that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of comic book fans feel very strongly for.
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  Speaker 2: So judging from the trailers alone, Spider-Man Brand New Day
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  Speaker 2: promises loads of surprises. It's really exciting. We are seeing
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  Speaker 2: Mark Ruffalo Hulk up and turn into the Hulk again.
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  Speaker 2: I think the last time he did that was maybe
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  Speaker 2: the first Avengers film in 2012. Yes, it's been a good, what,
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  Speaker 2: 14 years since we've seen it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, there'll be people like Zendaya, Tom Holland in the film.
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  Speaker 2: Will they actually remember each other? There is a group
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  Speaker 2: called The Hand, John Bernthal's Punishers in the film, and
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  Speaker 2: people are saying that Sadie Sink, yes, the very same
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  Speaker 2: person who plays Max in Stranger Things, she could be
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  Speaker 2: in the movie as well, but will she be a
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  Speaker 2: young Gwen Stacy or a young Jean Grey? It remains
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  Speaker 2: to be seen, but they've been teasing.
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  Speaker 2: Her back shots and even during interviews when talk show
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  Speaker 2: hosts press her to answer that question, she has to
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  Speaker 2: deflect because I'm very sure if you're in a Marvel
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  Speaker 2: Cinematic Universe movie, you have to sign a very strict
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  Speaker 2: contract that says non-disclosure. Unless, of course, maybe you are
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  Speaker 2: Robert Downey Junior. But here is a small teaser from
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  Speaker 2: Tom Holland himself. You would know that there's a spider-Verse, right?
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  Speaker 2: And if you do watch the spider
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  Speaker 2: Spiderverse films, that's Miles Morales. Tom Holland is doing his
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  Speaker 2: best to push for a film with Peter Parker's Spider-Man
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  Speaker 2: and Miles Morales's Spider-Man together. If it happens, I think
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  Speaker 2: you'll be amazing. I wonder what storyline they'll follow, because
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  Speaker 2: if you're a gamer, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, they have, they
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  Speaker 2: have both Peter Parker and Miles Morales as Spider-Man. Boy
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  Speaker 2: Next door, talk, talk, talk, right here.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry. Just trying to keep a straight face as I
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  Speaker 2: say that name, but anyway, talk, talk, talk right here
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  Speaker 2: on 987. Your number one hit music station, Joakim Gomez
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  Speaker 2: here with you as I recover from all that drama
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  Speaker 2: that just happened between Paraguay and Germany. But OK, moving
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  Speaker 2: on with real life. Grand Theft Auto 6, it'll be
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  Speaker 2: Out November 19th, and look, it's only playable on a
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  Speaker 2: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S. So, if you
• 9:44
  Speaker 2: don't have a console, but you want to get for
• 9:48
  Speaker 2: yourself Grand Theft Auto 6 and you wanna play it,
• 9:50
  Speaker 2: that means you could be console shopping right now.
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  Speaker 2: And what are we dealing with in the world? Scalpers.
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  Speaker 2: Not just for tickets, but major retailers are warning people
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  Speaker 2: worldwide that there could be a console shortage as people
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: are as they are trying to meet the demand for
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: an increase in console demand to play Grand Theft Auto
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  Speaker 2: 6 with, but the scalpers are now buying up all
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  Speaker 2: these consoles and they are selling it at insane amounts.
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  Speaker 2: So we are victims again of
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  Speaker 2: The scalpers, so hopefully you have your PlayStation 5, Xbox
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  Speaker 2: Series X or even S in good condition. Keep it
• 10:26
  Speaker 2: well because November 19th, that is where Grand Theft Auto
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  Speaker 2: 6 will be out and yes, I applied for leave
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  Speaker 2: November 20th. I'm definitely gonna be gaming overnight and really
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  Speaker 2: just enjoying every single moment of Grand Theft Auto 6,
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  Speaker 2: which took 13 years since the last Grand Theft Auto,
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  Speaker 2: that was Grand Theft Auto 5.
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  Speaker 2: We got some Shakira and Burna Boy. This one is
• 10:48
  Speaker 2: called The Die Die. At 9 a.m. it's Netherlands against
• 10:52
  Speaker 2: Morocco for World Cup 2026. I remember being a very
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  Speaker 2: nervous 18 to 19 year old going to the club
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  Speaker 2: for the very first time. What's my very first drink?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, vodka, cranberry, please.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, we were all a nervous 18 year old once
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  Speaker 2: to keep going to the club for the very first time.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, saw a very interesting article just yesterday and
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  Speaker 2: it made me wonder. And this was inspired by apparently
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  Speaker 2: there was a World Cities Summit that was hosted here
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  Speaker 2: in Singapore in the middle of June.
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  Speaker 2: And people are just exchanging ideas or, you know, how
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  Speaker 2: to build a greater sense of belonging to their respective city.
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  Speaker 2: And the mayor of Paris, Miss Anne Hidaglo was saying
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  Speaker 2: that how, oh, you know, quite some time back during
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  Speaker 2: the Paris Olympics back in 20.
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  Speaker 2: 24, we actually cleaned up the River Seine for people
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  Speaker 2: to go and clean and even she herself to show
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  Speaker 2: that hey, it's safe to do so, she stepped in
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  Speaker 2: the River Seine and went for a swim to prove
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  Speaker 2: to the Parisians that yes, you can do so, even
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  Speaker 2: though
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  Speaker 2: People have lots to say about how dirty it was
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  Speaker 2: and whether it truly safe. Inspired by that, maybe there
• 12:03
  Speaker 2: was a commentary or opinion piece about how us here
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  Speaker 2: in Singapore can build a sense of belonging or more
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  Speaker 2: sense of belonging for our country. One of the ideas
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  Speaker 2: included swimming in the Singapore River.
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  Speaker 2: I'll give you my two cents in a while, because
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  Speaker 2: by what I saw yesterday in the papers about how
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  Speaker 2: we can build a sense of belonging to our country, Singapore.
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  Speaker 2: This one inspired by, I didn't know we had such
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  Speaker 2: a thing, the World Cities Summit that Singapore played host
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  Speaker 2: to in the month of June. I think maybe just
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  Speaker 2: a few weeks back, and we were exchanging ideas on
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  Speaker 2: how different cities build a sense of community or a
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  Speaker 2: sense of belonging in their respective countries and cities. One
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  Speaker 2: of the ideas that was floated up, maybe in this
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  Speaker 2: newspaper article or it could be an opinion piece as well.
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  Speaker 2: The public swimming in Singapore River.
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  Speaker 2: When, when I saw this line, I went, hey, no
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  Speaker 2: need lah. No, no, no, please, please don't. Again, the
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  Speaker 2: Singapore River is nice from the outside. I, I cannot
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  Speaker 2: say about from the inside because whenever they do the
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  Speaker 2: T100 or those triathlon events here in Singapore, right, I
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  Speaker 2: always tell the triathletes that I know personally, respect to
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  Speaker 2: you for swimming in the Singapore River. We've heard stories,
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  Speaker 2: we we we've seen the mess sometimes and look,
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  Speaker 2: I I don't feel proud saying this, but there were
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  Speaker 2: one too many clubbing nights where I had to really
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  Speaker 2: let it all go and yeah, where do I aim
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  Speaker 2: it at? The Singapore River. I apologize, OK, for my
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  Speaker 2: foolish behavior in my youth. So unless you tell me
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  Speaker 2: the Singapore River is gonna go through like 61 rounds
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  Speaker 2: of cleaning.
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  Speaker 2: I I don't know about swimming there, you know. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I know it's things that our grandfathers or maybe even
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  Speaker 2: our forefathers might have done in the past, though there
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  Speaker 2: are those very nice bronze statues over there of the
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  Speaker 2: kids jumping in the river, but yeah, that was the past.
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  Speaker 2: I don't I don't think anybody would want to go
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  Speaker 2: and swim in the Singapore River right now. So, I
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  Speaker 2: do have a question for you. I wanna have some
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  Speaker 2: You might, you don't, don't be surprised on who's actually
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  Speaker 2: tuned in to us here in the mornings because sometimes
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  Speaker 2: I get people who are in parliament coming to me
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  Speaker 2: and Sonia saying, hey, you know, I tune in to
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  Speaker 2: you every morning and I'm like, wow, OK, maybe your
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  Speaker 2: answers could make a difference here in Singapore. Maybe if
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  Speaker 2: you float a very good idea up, somebody who's tuned
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  Speaker 2: in might bring it into parliament for discussion and it
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  Speaker 2: could work, it could be implemented. So here's my question.
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  Speaker 2: If you were in charge of Singapore for one day, OK,
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  Speaker 2: just for one day.
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  Speaker 2: What would you do to make people love this city
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  Speaker 2: even more? Like, how would you encourage Singaporeans to build
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  Speaker 2: a sense of belonging to us here in our country?
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  Speaker 2: this Tuesday morning, saw a very interesting article yesterday in
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  Speaker 2: the papers about how Singaporeans can build a further sense
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  Speaker 2: of belonging in our city. Yes. And one of the
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  Speaker 2: ideas included public swimming in the Singapore River, to which, yeah, uh, again,
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  Speaker 2: I wish I had Sonia here to balance me out.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe she might have a different view of this, but
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  Speaker 2: OK. Knowing the both of us, I think both of
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  Speaker 2: us might say, hey, no need lah. Don't swim in
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  Speaker 2: the Singapore River unless you tell us there's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: many rounds of cleaning, cleaning being done in the Singapore
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  Speaker 2: River itself, and then you'll make it really clean for
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  Speaker 2: the public to jump in and maybe cool off on
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  Speaker 2: the Singaporean heat. Maybe, why not? But my question today
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  Speaker 2: is this, if you were in charge of Singapore for
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  Speaker 2: a day, just for a day.
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  Speaker 2: What would you do to build a further sense of
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  Speaker 2: belonging for Singaporeans to Singapore? I asked and I shall
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  Speaker 2: receive loads of answers coming in. I do want to
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: say good morning on WhatsApp to Ching Shen. Ching Chuan,
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: you say, I turn more rooftops into public parks and gardens.
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  Speaker 2: Imagine watching the sunset over the city, having a picnic
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  Speaker 2: or exercising without having to travel far. Actually, um,
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  Speaker 2: Again, I know they have plenty of HDB blocks now,
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  Speaker 2: especially the newer ones that have a rooftop park or
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: a rooftop badminton court. The one over at Bishan, I
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: say Bishan a lot because I stay there and I
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  Speaker 2: love that area. Bishan Ridges. There is a block that
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  Speaker 2: has a badminton court and a playground at the top
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  Speaker 2: of it, but I'm just wondering, what if the shuttlecock.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: You whack it a bit too hard and it falls
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  Speaker 2: all the way down like 30 stories. Anyway, gonna read
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: more texts on WhatsApp saying good morning to Jenny. Jenny,
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: you say, I create a permanent Pasar Malam village that's
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  Speaker 2: open every weekend. Local food, thrift stalls, buskers, arcade games,
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  Speaker 2: somewhere that becomes part of Singapore's identity, but
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: Jenny, would your pasar malam be old school pasar malam
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: prices or new school pasar malam prices? Keep the calls
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: coming in over at 669-119-87 or you can WhatsApp us
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: at 90050987 again. So, we're on the topic of if
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: you were in charge of Singapore for a day, how
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: would you build a further sense of belonging to our country?
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: You never know who's tuned in. Sometimes we get people
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: who are in parliament saying, hey, Sonia and Joakim, we
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: love your show in the morning. So yes, they could
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: be tuning in and maybe your ideas could spark some discussions,
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: because this was inspired by an article that I saw
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: in the papers yesterday about perhaps a potential idea could
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: be public swimming in the Singapore River to bring back
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: the good old days, but
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: Again, I, I, I say this with tongue in cheek.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: If you tell me that we're gonna go through 60
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: rounds of cleaning of the Singapore River, then maybe I'll
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: feel that it's safe enough for me to jump in
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: without worrying about anything that might upset my stomach or body.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: But going to WhatsApp right now over at 90050987. I
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: wanna say good morning to
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Faisal, Faisal, you say I would organize small celebrations to
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: bring back memories growing up to charity elephant, courtesy lion,
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: and the environmental frog. This was what it meant to
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: be Singaporeans in the late 80s to early 90s, where
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: gracious living and kampong spirit is being shared. Wow!
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: When he said courtesy lion, I thought of the jingle,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: courtesy is for you, courtesy is for me. Wanna say
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: hello also to Edwin on WhatsApp who says, give more
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: CDC vouchers. I'll feel more sense of belonging to the NTUC.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: OK, we've heard from adults. I've got Chengi on the line. Chengxi,
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: the future of Singapore, what do you think? How would
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: you build a further sense of belonging here in our country?
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Like I bring the kampongs back because like it really
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: brings back old memories. I even had my teacher, like
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: she said her husband also has deep memories of it, so.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: I think I would like to bring like the kampong back.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: So what will be in your kampong? Like the old stuff,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: like the more vintage stuff from the old Singapore. Do
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: you know that we actually have one last kampong in Singapore?
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why I want more. Ah, because it cannot
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: be like that one kampong, like it's too less. That
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: is an idea coming in from Chengi. Thank you very much.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: I think it'll definitely get people talking. Keep the calls
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: coming in. Going to WhatsApp right now, and if you're
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: wondering what inspired this topic, uh, very quickly, yesterday in
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: the papers, I saw that.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: There was a World Cities Summit here in Singapore held
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: maybe say a few weeks ago, where there were some
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: discussions between us and other countries and their mayors were
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: in town, just talking about building a sense of belonging,
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: and some of the ideas floated up. It could be
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: an opinion piece or a commentary piece in the papers,
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: where maybe allow public swimming in the Singapore River.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: I mean, the, the idea is there. It was an
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: activity that was done a long time ago, but given
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: as to what is inside the Singapore River now, I
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: don't know about that.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: So there has to be other ways. I wanna go
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: to WhatsApp and just say good morning to a few people. Firstly,
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: I wanna say hello to Shi Hui. Shi Wei says, morning, Joakim.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: To build a sense of belonging among Singaporeans, I would
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: start a community of Singaporean supporters where we go support
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: a particular struggling hawker every week. The hawker can even
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: offer to teach how to cook the local cuisine, so
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: our local cuisine doesn't get lost across generations. Wow, Shihui.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: You're onto something here. This is, this is beach cleanups,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: but a different community altogether to support our hawkers. I
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: would love to see this happen, to be honest with you.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: One more coming in from Kelvin. Kelvin says, can we
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: get the Milo trucks doing daily runs at various estates? Kelvin,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: if this happens,
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: I think Milo and you should have a chat. Two
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: more texts to read you, very meaningful ones coming in
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: on how you would build a sense of belonging to Singapore,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: inspired by the World Cities Summit that was hosted, that
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: was hosted a few weeks ago in our country, and
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: there were some discussions on how to build a further
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: sense of belonging. Some of the ideas floated up was
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: public swimming in the Singapore River.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: To me, personally, sounds a bit drastic. I don't think
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: anybody would voluntarily jump in unless of course you sign
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: up for the T100 and yeah, I respect any triathlete
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: who has to swim in our Singapore river knowing what's
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: in there and knowing what's not in there as well.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Um, unless you tell me, of course, they're gonna go
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: through plenty of cleaning, plenty of rounds of it, then
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: maybe I might feel OK. I'll just give it a
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: try to cool off from the heat here in Singapore
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: that we are so used to. But there are two
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: texts coming in. The first one from Mirza.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: Who says, hey, Joakim, why don't we start building back
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: HDBs with long and large void decks? Think about it.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Where do you think our local football players started playing football? Voidex.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: Kids can have more space to play, not just football,
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: any games like hopscotch, or as simple as catching. They
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: can have a break from their devices, give their eyes
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: some rest, and bring back occasions like the old nostalgic
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Malay weddings, birthday celebrations, and also.
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: occasions like funerals. This is Singapore's identity, multi-functional void decks
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: that bring the community together. Yes, we have the multi-purpose hall,
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: but it's not the same. Often I find it very
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: cramped and stuffy. It's just not as spacious as our
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: void decks. So to MMD if you're tuning in, please
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: reconsider HDBs and void decks again to bring back Singapore's
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: identity and communities closer. Wow, Mirza, you definitely
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: I thought about this one, and thank you for wording
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: it so kindly and nicely. Wanna say also good morning
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: to Yanni. Hello Yanni. You say, morning, Joakim. Back in
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: the old days, the kampong spirit in Singapore was truly
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: something special. When there was a Malay wedding, neighbors would
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: gather under the void deck to help. Some would chop ingredients,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: prepare the food, cook together, and help with the wedding preparations.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: This was known as rewang. Hopefully I'm saying that correctly.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: A tradition where everyone came together, not because they were
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: asked to, but because of the bond, care, and sense
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: of community. It would be wonderful if this spirit could return,
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: not just to help with the celebration, but to rebuild
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: the neighborly connections that made the Kampong days feel like
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: one big family. Wow!
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Thank you very much for your texts, Yanni, as well
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: as Mirza. I'm gonna have a very hard time picking
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: the winner for today, but when we come back, let's
• 24:37
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• 24:42
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• 24:45
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• 24:49
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• 24:52
  Speaker 2: one hit music station. Thank you so much for all
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: your calls and texts, by the way, on how would
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: you foster a greater sense of belonging here in Singapore.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: All sorts of meaningful answers, but I think for today's winner,
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: I want to give it to Shi Hui. Congratulations Shihui.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Who texted in earlier saying, to build a sense of
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: belonging among Singaporeans, I would start a community of Singaporean
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: supporters where we go support a particular struggling hawker every week.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: The hawker can even offer to teach how to cook
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: the local cuisine so our local cuisines don't get lost
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: across the generations. Well, Shuei, if you do start this community,
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: get me involved. I would love to support them as well,
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: and I think you'll be very, very busy.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Trying to, in a way, rescue some of the hawker
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: stalls that could be on the verge of closing down.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: We're getting too many of them, so please, if you can,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: do support our local hawkers. Thank you very much, Su Hui.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: What's coming your way, of course, a very nice dining experience.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: All thanks to Cocoa Island, Singapore. Coming your way. It's
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: kickoff between Netherlands and Morocco, and it's looking to be
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: a heated clash. Loads of slight tackles and fouls and
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: some confrontations have happened already.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: And we're only 11 minutes in. Brace your sales people.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: We could be in for one open inverted commas, violent
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: clash of two big teams when it comes to football.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: That said though, do you have $31 million lying around
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: anywhere and you wanna buy for yourself a nice piece
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: of property that spans about 104,000 square feet across multiple levels? Yeah,
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: our friends
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Golden Mile Tower has put up for sale the Carnival
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Cinema Screening auditorium, which currently screens Bollywood and regional films. So,
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: I'm looking at the space and according to some suggestions,
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: that space could be converted into maybe say, an auditorium
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: for concerts with a seating capacity of close to 2000
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: or maybe even an event venue, a media production studio,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: or a gym.
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: Actually, a gym won't be such a bad idea. Maybe
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: that's where we can finally have a more Hrock-centric space,
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: but I don't know whether it's the hype for Hrocks
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: what it is as compared to maybe say 2 or
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: even last year, because Hrocks Jakarta just concluded.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: On my Insta stories, when it's Hirocks, I would know
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: because I follow loads of sports figures that do sports
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: here in Singapore, and they will always be going, but
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: this one seems a little bit quiet, so I wonder
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: about the whole Hirocks hype now. Now, in the world
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: of sport, it's interesting here in Singapore. I was just
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: looking at a few of the upcoming runs that we have.
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: I know this weekend, at least on Sunday, it's the
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Disney run.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Over at Sentosa. So if you're doing that, all the
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: best to you. Have a good one and make sure
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: you run safe, stay hydrated. And then, just around the corner,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: we have the KIPP run that's happening in Singapore. 10 km,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: 21 km, maybe even 5 km as well. And then
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: we have the Garmin Half Marathon. I'll be doing that one.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: I think it'll lead up perfectly to the BYD Singapore
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: International Marathon. Again.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: I think slots are still available for the BYD Singapore
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: International Marathon, and they release how the finisher medal would
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: look like. So there's like bronze for the 10 km,
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: silver for the half marathon, and gold for the full marathon,
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: and the medal spins.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: It's uh giving me the John Cena Spinner Belt Championship vibe,
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: so there you go. Hopefully, before you run, again, I
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: say this, make sure you get yourself tested. Go for
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: like a nice ECG reading, make sure your heart's in
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: good condition and make sure you don't have any underlying
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: medical conditions. We want you to run safe and hopefully,
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: fellow runners can support each other during all these runs
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: that we have here in Singapore.