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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 070826 · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Wake up
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: Good
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonia
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit, and welcome to your
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: long weekend. It's officially here. And tonight I cannot wait,
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: Satu Nada Satu Sutu. Shouldn't we be singing like Singapore
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: anthem or Singapore Indonesia sing our anthem. Singapore's number one
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  Speaker 1: hit music station.
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  Speaker 1: Your long weekend begins very soon. I know and maybe
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: over at the Causeway, it could be crowded already. People
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: trying to get into for a nice holiday or a
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  Speaker 1: golfing holiday. Could be, yeah, long weekend vibes, you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: I myself, I'm going for a day trip on Monday
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  Speaker 1: just to Batam for like a paddle thing, some wellness
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  Speaker 1: stuff going on there. They're opening a new facility, looking
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  Speaker 1: really nice actually. I think many big things happening in Batam,
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: Bali and then.
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  Speaker 1: Sometime in September, if I'm not wrong, there's that seaplane
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  Speaker 1: looking thing that is going to launch by our friends
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  Speaker 1: at ST Electronics. So that's gonna be taking you from
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  Speaker 1: Singapore to Batang and back, but I was reading up
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  Speaker 1: about it because we were booking our ferries and stuff, right?
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  Speaker 1: And they said, yeah, it's not launched just yet, probably
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  Speaker 1: in September, and it can fit about 8 people in
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  Speaker 1: one ride with the uh.
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  Speaker 1: That excludes the pilot. Do you know what it's called?
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  Speaker 1: Can't remember wing something, something Air Air makes sense because
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  Speaker 1: it's a seaplane. It's a hovercraft. There you go. Oh, not,
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  Speaker 1: not a seaplane. OK. I mean they call it a hovercraft,
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  Speaker 1: but essentially it looks like a seaplane plebeians call it
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: a seaplane. What seems to be looking like a 2027
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  Speaker 1: wedding for medicine beer.
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  Speaker 1: She officially got engaged, I think it was just a
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  Speaker 1: couple of days ago actually, 28th of July, if I'm
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  Speaker 1: not wrong. She announced, yeah, the proposal. So I don't
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  Speaker 1: know whether maybe this was something that happened like earlier
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  Speaker 1: and then she only shared it like a few months
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  Speaker 1: later or what, but
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  Speaker 1: Um, did a quick search and it seems like pop
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  Speaker 1: singers dating NFL players are very in right now because
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  Speaker 1: her fiance is also an NFL player. Um, he's younger though. He's,
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  Speaker 1: he's uh, the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback and he's only 28.
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  Speaker 1: She's only 27. I never realized that actually. Madison Beer.
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  Speaker 1: She's very young. Yeah, she's only 27. So, um, they,
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  Speaker 1: I think first were first spotted together in August of 2025.
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  Speaker 1: So that's pretty far.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they got engaged. Apparently their families are extremely excited.
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: Her mom is so happy about them getting engaged. So
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: does it say she's booking up Madison Square Garden as well? Well,
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  Speaker 1: just because the name Madison, is it with people queuing
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  Speaker 1: to pick up the leftovers of the food and all that.
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  Speaker 1: That that was, that was weird for Taylor Swift's wedding,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't know. I mean, this was just announced
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  Speaker 1: like what, like in July, so it's only been a
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  Speaker 1: week or so. Here's the thing, yeah, with a surname
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  Speaker 1: like beer, yeah, do you think the beverage of choice?
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  Speaker 1: Multiple beer sponsors. Actually, you know, the funny thing is,
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  Speaker 1: what if she doesn't drink? Let me check. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: she does. She, she looks like the kind of girl
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  Speaker 1: you want to party with for a while. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you never really know. OK. Madison Beer does not drink alcohol.
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  Speaker 1: She has stated in interviews that she does not consume
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  Speaker 1: alcohol because she never built a tolerance. She didn't go
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  Speaker 1: to regular high school parties and activities because I guess
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  Speaker 1: of her work and just isn't a drinker. When she
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  Speaker 1: goes to bars or social events, she has jokes.
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  Speaker 1: About asking for non-alcoholic substitutes like ginger ale, like a mocktail. Yeah, yeah. See,
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  Speaker 1: I had a feeling like when I looked at her,
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  Speaker 1: I was like this girl doesn't look like she drinks. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, well done medicine beer for acknowledging it
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  Speaker 1: and not binge drinking and all that. No, and you
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  Speaker 1: know what, I think at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: it's also because of the fact that she has had
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  Speaker 1: such a childhood, like she's worked, I'm guessing throughout her
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  Speaker 1: teenage years, right? She's a very young star. So that's
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  Speaker 1: probably one of the reasons. I mean, some people here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore, low tolerance.
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  Speaker 1: Still go and drink. Are you talking about yourself? Like
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  Speaker 1: when we're on our way to work every morning, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you lose track of like what day it is. You're just,
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  Speaker 1: you just want to sleep. We're not walking or running
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  Speaker 1: or driving. We're just floating to work, yeah, yeah, floating
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  Speaker 1: to work. That's right, at that time of the morning.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think anyone is floating to school this
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  Speaker 1: Friday morning because it's half day. It's National Day celebrations.
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  Speaker 1: You could be having a carnival. So back then when
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  Speaker 1: I was in school, I realized like every time we
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  Speaker 1: know it's a half day, everyone's very energetic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but when it's like a normal full day, we're like, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you get to come to school in red
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  Speaker 1: or white. Hopefully they made that rule for you and
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: you know what, I, I really hope today is the
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  Speaker 1: one day they let you use your phone to take
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  Speaker 1: pictures and some memories of a carnival, we'll see. Or
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: maybe someone has like a designated like phone for the
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  Speaker 1: pictures in the class or something I don't know. Yeah, anyway, um,
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  Speaker 1: opening our phone lines right now, 669-11987. We'd love for you.
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  Speaker 1: Call through and it has got to be an NDP
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  Speaker 1: song today, for sure, 100%. Request for it and also
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  Speaker 1: at just past 9:00 a.m. if you can tune in
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  Speaker 1: to us and on TikTok Live as well. We've got
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  Speaker 1: Gareth Fernandez and Drew Chen joining us. Good morning. I'm Ali. Hello.
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  Speaker 1: Please, which school are you headed to this morning? SCGS
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  Speaker 1: Singapore Chinese Girls' School. So what's happening today for the
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  Speaker 1: National Day celebrations? We get a carnival.
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  Speaker 1: What's your favorite thing to do at the carnival? The snack.
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  Speaker 1: What song can we get you this morning and who
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  Speaker 1: is it going out to? Giant. It's going out to
• 5:36
  Speaker 1: my father. Your dad, is he in the car with
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  Speaker 1: you right now? Yes. Hi, morning. There you go. Alisa's
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  Speaker 1: dad in a way, it's her giant. If you think
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  Speaker 1: about it. This song is going out to the both
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  Speaker 1: of you. Enjoy your day, OK? Take care. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much. OK.
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  Speaker 1: What happened on the roads that made you face palm? Alright,
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  Speaker 1: if you're on the PIE on August 4th, which I
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  Speaker 1: believe was Tuesday, three days ago, yeah. Yeah, Tuesday, and
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  Speaker 1: you're realizing why is there a jam at 5:40 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: on the PIE going towards Tuas? Nothing related to peak hour,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, uh, aside from that, aside from that, there
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  Speaker 1: was also a taxi.
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  Speaker 1: That are rear-ended the worst car to hit on the
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  Speaker 1: roads here in Singapore. Which government official or?
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: Which diplomat's car? Not exactly diplomat or government official, but
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  Speaker 1: a police car. No, no. I mean, obviously there's no
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  Speaker 1: getting out of that, but what, what happened actually? OK,
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  Speaker 1: so there's no video evidence as of yet that's on
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  Speaker 1: TikTok or the Rhodes SG page, but in a picture
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  Speaker 1: you can see the taxi's bonnet clearly damaged big time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but can I say the police car, it's a
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  Speaker 1: Poletar 2 Expressway patrol car. It did not appear to
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  Speaker 1: have any damage. Wow. Oh, yeah, what is this car
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  Speaker 1: made of? I want to know. The cab behind it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't look like a regular cab. I think it's a
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: six-seater cab. Oh, OK, like a maxi maxi cab kind
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  Speaker 1: of situation. OK. Oh well, I wonder how they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: settle this insurance claim. I know, but I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Rest assured there's enough evidence for the police car to
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  Speaker 1: claim something. I'm pretty sure that only has 6 cameras
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  Speaker 1: installed on it or something. You are absolutely right. It has, right?
• 7:25
  Speaker 1: It's on every, it covers every angle of the car
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  Speaker 1: if I'm not wrong. Coming up in just a few minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Remember how I asked you like whether or not there's
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  Speaker 1: a National Day draw or something for Toto, to which
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  Speaker 1: it's happening tonight. So there is 9:30 p.m. at $5 million.
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  Speaker 1: You told me you don't have. Sorry, I didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: Do I look like a gambler to you? Stop it.
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  Speaker 1: Don't. Anyway, um, here in Singapore we have our own
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  Speaker 1: version of that, right? Any special occasion, you know, CNY
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  Speaker 1: and all that, like there's a hongpao draw, there's this
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  Speaker 1: National Day jackpot or whatever they name it, I'm not sure,
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: but I want to take you across the causeway now
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  Speaker 1: where I feel like I want to shake the hand
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  Speaker 1: of this luckiest housewife ever. I want to dub her.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you more in just a while, but once
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  Speaker 1: you hear this story, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You, you want what she's having, I think. Whatever good
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  Speaker 1: luck charm she has, we need it. Hey, how about
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  Speaker 1: you shake my hand now and we can try some
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  Speaker 1: numbers for tonight. This one, you might lose 5 million. So,
• 8:25
  Speaker 1: Joe and I were just talking about the National Day
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  Speaker 1: total draw, OK, not that we're encouraging gambling, but
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  Speaker 1: Of course with every like big occasion in Singapore, there
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  Speaker 1: will be some sort of a draw, right? We are
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  Speaker 1: not encouraging gambling. We are encouraging you to win. We're
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  Speaker 1: encouraging winning $5 million just try one time, one time.
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  Speaker 1: This sounds like a gambling ad to me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, one of those like $5 million I get you,
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  Speaker 1: I get you. I spent about $10 worth of numbers,
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  Speaker 1: so hopefully maybe tonight something happens. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: the numbers that I gave you are any use, but
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: let's see, OK? We'll split it 50/50 if our ones.
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: So I won't, I won't come back to work on Tuesday, Monday,
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  Speaker 1: I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see. Anyway, speaking of not going back to work,
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  Speaker 1: I think for this particular lady, she can relax and
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  Speaker 1: live quite a nice life already. But for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of her life. I think it's possible. I think it's possible.
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  Speaker 1: She's 50 years old, OK, she's a housewife. Um, 3
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  Speaker 1: years ago, she actually won their equivalent of a toto.
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: So I'm not sure if they also call it toto.
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: I think they call it jackpot or something like that,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a different name.
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  Speaker 1: Um, so three years ago, she won almost half a
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: million dollars, Singapore dollars, OK. So 5000, about that. It
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: was like about 437,500, somewhere around that those lines, OK.
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  Speaker 1: So then, uh, three years later, which is right now,
• 9:49
  Speaker 1: guess what? She touched again. She won another total jackpot.
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  Speaker 1: This time around, it's $4 million Singapore dollars.
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: $4,047,039 that to be exact. So she's made the news
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  Speaker 1: walking away with that amount of money on the 1st
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: of August. That means she's 11 to $12 million. Uh, yes,
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: you're right. Yeah, 12.95 million.
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, if you, if you do the conversion over there.
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: I'm stunned because how did, how did this happen twice?
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: It's crazy. So, um, she shared that they, that she
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: and her husband both lost their jobs during COVID-19, um,
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: you know, difficult times and all that, and over the
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  Speaker 1: next few years, they started buying computer lucky pick tickets.
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: That's what they call it, computer. But the stress during
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: that time of losing the job and all that took
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: a toll on her health and
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: I think she experienced, you know, lots of health issues. Um, I,
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: I think her husband will also often take her back
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: to places they visited in their younger days because she
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: had bad memory, um, she was forgetting certain things and
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  Speaker 1: all that, very sweet love story, and all of a sudden, um,
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  Speaker 1: during one of these trips to the park that they,
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: I guess they used to frequent, right, they sat down
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: for a meal and just decided, you know what, I'm
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: just going to buy a lucky Pic ticket at a
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  Speaker 1: Toto outlet there, and that was the one that scored
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  Speaker 1: their first big win. It was one of those random things.
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  Speaker 1: So now, obviously, um her identity is not revealed, clearly,
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  Speaker 1: but what she plans to do with the money is
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: to set up a retirement fund. She said she wants
• 11:21
  Speaker 1: to set up a portion to donate to some organizations
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  Speaker 1: and vulnerable communities that may have experienced what she experienced
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: as well, and she wants to bring some joy to
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  Speaker 1: other people's lives. Well done to this lady. So sweet, right?
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: And you mentioned earlier she had a bit of memory
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: problems here and there, right? After winning almost $4 million
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: Singapore dollars, you better remember your past life.
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: Or your bank account number, you better remember where you
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: put your password and all that. But congrats to her.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: I'm very glad that her identity is not revealed. No,
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: they can't, I think because you're gonna get all these
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: long lost cousins or sisters who never knew, you could
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: be put in a dangerous or compromising situation. Yeah, thanks
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: for joining us this morning. So call me oblivious, but
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  Speaker 1: sometimes it's very hard to keep track with many of
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  Speaker 1: your different credits and all that that's going around, right? OK.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know about your SG 60 active SG credits?
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: Because they're expiring at the end of this year. Have
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: you touched them?
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: I'm looking at what you can use it for. You
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: can book facilities and all that. You can. It's a,
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: it's $100 but there are other activities also. So you
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: do you know how to roller skate, like inline skating?
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: You don't know how to blade rollerblades. Oh, the one
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: with the 4, yeah, yours is inline skating. Yes, OK.
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: So you can actually learn things like inline skating. You
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: can go for like a K-pop fitness class, um, yoga.
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: You can do aqua tabata.
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: It's not, it's not like a boy band or anything.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: It's like a workout in the pool, like HIT style
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: workout but in the pool. So that's pretty cool. There's
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  Speaker 1: this thing called boogie bounce and um other classes as well. So, yeah,
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: rollerblading and so on. Your credits remain until the end
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  Speaker 1: of 2026, but you have until the 31st of December
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  Speaker 1: to use it. Don't waste it, um, offset your facility
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  Speaker 1: bookings that you mentioned, you know, your gyms, swim passes.
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: I don't play badminton or pickle.
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: Just for that one sounds like a you problem. I
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: was gonna ask, is there a way to transfer? Actually
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: I wonder because for your CDC vouchers, I can hand
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: it over to my mom. I can pass her the
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: link because if she needs it more, you know, I'll
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: give her the supermarket ones at least.
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: So I'm sure this could be similar. I don't know.
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: We got to find out. We didn't even redeem ours.
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: If not, then it's OK. You'll find me signing up
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: for somewhat aqua classes maybe swimming class. You better learn
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: properly one time. I tried many times. Then, OK, yeah.
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I tried to teach you also on the.
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: Disney cruise that was more of a crash course. Didn't work.
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: Can is can, but because I don't go to the
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: pool often, naturally you'll forget. No, it's muscle memory. It's
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: like driving, OK, or walking doesn't for me though.
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: Yes, OK, you have other talents, I'm sure. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: I do. Funny enough, we were just talking about your
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  Speaker 1: Active SG vouchers. $100 worth of it and how it's
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: expiring at the end of this year, and we had
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: a number of people texting us in about that. And
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: some of you are actually telling us what you use
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: your Active SG vouchers for. There are other vouchers here
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: in Singapore as well, right? Like your pass. We got
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: the CDC vouchers.
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: We got the GST Usave vouchers and I think your
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: SG 60 vouchers, have they expired yet for some or all.
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: I can't remember because I think there might be some leftover, right?
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: I'm sure I've already. SG60 expiry date vouchers. OK, ready? Ready, ready.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: It expires 31st December 2026. OK, so similar to this
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: um active.
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: So, we got a question for you this morning. If
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: you had the power to decide what you can use
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: your government-issued vouchers on, what would it be? Like, imagine
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: there are no rules about it. Like you can just
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: use it to buy anything or do anything that you want.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: What would you use these vouchers to offset? Travel?
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: Oh really? You think so? Book a staycase somewhere in
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: Bali or Bintan. Yeah, if only, right, if they let
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: us use, but I mean it could offset like your
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: room 100 $200 if they say you must only use
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: it in Singapore, Singapore context, then maybe somewhere in Sentosa,
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: redeem one night at Capella. Sorry about that one. You
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: still got to pay another $600 or something. It's not
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: gonna be enough.
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: Give us a call 669-11987. If you had the power
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: to decide what to use your government-issued vouchers on. So
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: it can be anything, your CDC, your Active SG, whatever.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: Let us know what you think. Get creative with it,
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: and you might walk away with a gift from Dyson.
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  Speaker 1: Straight to our messages first before we get to the
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: phone lines and I guess in the spirit of being
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: absolutely Singaporean this National Day, and all these announcements about
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: please use your vouchers before they expire in December and
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: all that. We want to ask you this question. If
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: you had complete control over what you could spend,
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: Your government issued vouchers on, what would it be and why?
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: I think for your vouchers I use. I don't mind. I, OK,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind using it to books though. Yeah, OK,
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: there you go. But the thing is, can we book?
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: That's the thing because they're not active SGs. They must
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: be the, yeah, exactly. OK.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: Good morning on WhatsApp to Horo. Hello Horo. You say, morning,
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim. If it's up to me, I will
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: use it on paying my bills, phone, electric, internet, transport,
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: all the things that suck up your monthly pay for sure.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: And you know, it's the necessary things unfortunately, right? Like
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: there's no way around it. So and one coming in
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: from PJ I used it to get myself to the.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: SG gym to restart my gymming regime after suffering yet
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: another chronic back injury. I've since gotten better and my
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: gym regime continues. It's a good motivation for me to
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: pick up myself. OK, that's done. You should be the
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: ambassador for Active SG, PJ, be careful of your deadlifts
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: and all that, yeah. Make sure your technique is right, yeah,
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: because sometimes it can blow your back. I can't relate.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: I don't really do deadlifts.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: I do other things. What about squats? Squats, yeah, yeah.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: Squats is fine, yeah. Anyway, when we come back, we've
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: got a couple of callers hanging on the line. Still
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: time for you to get your messages in. 90050987 and
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: all these announcements about please use your vouchers before they
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: expire in December and all that. We want to ask
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: you this question. If you had complete control over what
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: you could spend,
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: Your government issued vouchers on, what would it be and why?
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: I think for your vouchers I will still use active
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: ones I don't mind donating. I, OK, I wouldn't mind
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: using it to book paddle ds though. Yeah, OK, there
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: you go. But the thing is, can we book paddle?
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: That's the thing because they're not active SG cords. They
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: must be under the, yeah, exactly. OK.
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: Say good morning on WhatsApp to Horo. Hello Horo. You say, morning,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim. If it's up to me, I will
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: use it on paying my bills, phone, electric, internet, transport,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: all the things that suck up your monthly pay for sure.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: And you know, it's the necessary things unfortunately, right? Like
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: there's no way around it. So and one coming in
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: from PJ. I used it to get myself to the.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: SG gym to restart my gyming regime after suffering yet
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: another chronic back injury. I've since gotten better and my
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: gym regime continues. It's a good motivation for me to
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: pick up myself. OK, done. You should be the ambassador
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: for Active SG, PJ, be careful of your deadlifts and
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: all that, yeah. Make sure your technique is right, yeah,
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: because sometimes it can blow your back. Oh, can't relate.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: I don't really do deadlifts.
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: I do other things. What about squats? Squats, yeah, yeah.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Squats is fine, yeah. Anyway, when we come back, we've
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: got a couple of callers hanging on the line. Still
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: time for you to get your messages in. 90050987. Lots
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: of response coming through right now because when it comes
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: down to government-issued vouchers, we're very passionate about it, as Singaporeans, right?
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: We want to utilize it, use it, but sometimes,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Some of them we may let them go to waste
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: because the expiry is coming up very soon, right? OK,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: so I checked, you are not able to donate your
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: active SG credits or vouchers pass it on to someone.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: No you can't. So if anybody wants to play badminton
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: or just use mine. Let me know. OK, then you
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: have to do the booking to show up and say, OK, yeah,
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: these guys are under me, and then you go home
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: after that. No, I can't. I have to stay there.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: And make sure they don't destroy the cord and treat
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: the cord with care, because if not, it's my responsibility.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Your SingPass is tied to it. Now I'm thinking twice. Anyway,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: the question is, if you had the power to decide
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: what to do with your vouchers, uh, what would it be?
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: We got one text coming in, no username at all,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: but you say, morning, Sojo. I've used the vouchers mostly
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: for my kids to buy their school essentials and toys
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: at neighborhood stores.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: If I was the person with the power to decide
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: on its usage, maybe I would let it be transferable
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: to my kids who are in primary school. Sometimes there's
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: excursions that requires fees and even book fairs in school
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: that happen before we get our monthly pay, so I
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: hope they can use that. True. That's nice. Yeah. One
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: more time, one more coming in from Dom. Dom says,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sonia and Joakim, Bishan guru.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, self-proclaimed. For me it's to purchase more Gatsby gels
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: and applied nutrition protein powders. That's so specific, but I
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: guess it's something he uses every day. Maybe that's, I mean,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: go to an active gym and they sell protein powders. Yeah,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: can you use your vouchers to buy from that gym?
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: I'm curious. I don't know. Farhan is on the line
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: right now. What do you think? I think
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: I'll use it to offset the prices of COE, but
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know how much can that help though. Yeah,
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: but, but we can accumulate with family members or your
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: friends or colleagues or whoever.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: combine it, offset a few $1000 or so.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Oh wow. But then you have to convince your family
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: members and your relatives to like, hey, do you think
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: you can pass it to me? I mean, will they
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: say yes? Yeah,
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: you can be their chauffeur or whatever. I mean,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: it's a trade-off. Like, the amount of tongs you have
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: to do good luck for free. Exactly. Thank you so
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: much for your call. You have a great day. OK.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: Bye bye.
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: More messages. We've got tons of texts coming through right now.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Our question was, if you had complete control over what
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: you can spend your government-issued vouchers on, what would it,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: what would it be? Wanna say hello to Chin Hong
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: on WhatsApp. Hello both. I believe everyone has the same
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: issue of needing to monitor when their vouchers and the
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: government will be having, and hopefully we can view it
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: all at one page and also when it's expiring. OK, OK,
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: so you're talking about like the accessibility of it.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: As for the vouchers, they should cater us an amount
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: perhaps to split into other components, and whatever we spend
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: is still contributing to our local businesses. And as for
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: what we can spend on things like our SP bills
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: or even flight tickets, if it's flight tickets, does it
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: only mean Scoot or Singapore Airlines? Maybe you have to
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: support in a way, right? One more coming in from
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: EL Morning, Sonia and Joakim. Happy National Day. Long weekend
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: to you both. Thank you very much, EL. If only
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: we can use our government vouchers for entertainment.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Like concerts and F1. OK, we have the culture pass.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: I was gonna say that, but I think she means
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: that your international acts like BTS coming. Oh, use the
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: vouchers to buy tickets. OK, I would say I like
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: the idea of the culture though, OK, because it supports
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: your local films and your local like performances and all that,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: and she carries on saying from queuing hours for merchandise
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: and then sound checks and then squeezing in those standing
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: pens for hours when you can hardly feel the air
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: when you're inside, those are like mini workout days. True, true,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: it's like a sauna, like a mobile sauna.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Anyway, we've got more callers coming up. Michelle is waiting
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: to be heard. Thank you for your patience, Michelle. Thanks
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: for joining us this morning. Time for your last few
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: messages and Michelle who's hanging on the line. OK, so
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: what would you use your vouchers on? Wow, this one
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: I haven't really thought about. If you've not used it already. I,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: the thing is, I love using it at the hawker
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: center and the supermarket, so I have no complaints there. None.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: I was half expecting you to say like.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Um, I don't think they will go there on your
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: favorite alcoholic beverage, to be realistic, I don't think maybe
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: to help Singapore's nightlife, we should, you know, pump some
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: money there. But the only beer you can drink is
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: Tiger beer for me though. Oh yes, a nice series,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: by the way. OK, I want to say good morning
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: to Glenn. Glenn says if I could use my government
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: vouchers for anything, I will use them to buy back
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: little pieces.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Of Singapore for our wildlife or I'm guessing uh inspired
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: by whatever's happening over at Maju Forest. 11 voucher, one
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: tiny patch of the forest. Actually, what could be useful is,
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: you know, a lot of adoption drives going to happen soon.
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: If only some of it could be used to like
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: donate to them for like supplies because they're always looking
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: for donors for food and and all that the topic
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: about dogs, there are a couple of.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: saying, oh, I will use the vouchers to offset my
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: pets Makan, the kibbles and all that. It's expensive, you know.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: Every time I look at Maxi, I'm like, girl, you're
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: not even paying rent. That's why my next life, what
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: are you doing? My next life, I want to be
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: a dog to someone staying at 6th Avenue. Yes, yeah.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Can we be neighbors? That could be quite funny. OK,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: I'll be the Doberman. You'll be the chihuahua. What? And
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: uh we've got Michelle on the line right now. What
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: would you use your vouchers for?
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna be super lame. I'm gonna tell you that
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna invest. Wow, that's not lame at all. OK,
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, tell us more, girl. Um, well, I don't know,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: I might buy some Singapore bank stocks, we put it
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: back into the, the, the, the country, right? And, and, well,
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: earn the money and then maybe use the dividends from.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: instead of using the capital. Yeah, you know what, you
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: are smart because you're also going safe, you know, not,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: not too risky. I hear our friends over at DBS saying, Michelle,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: call us. Michelle, we are here now. Yeah, I can imagine.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: Imagine all the RMs like reaching out to her after this.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your call, Michelle. Have a
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: great day. Thank you, thank you. I just wanted to
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: tell you guys, my daughter loves you guys. We listen
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: to you guys. Thank you. And what's her name? Uh,
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: she's Rebecca. She goes to IJ Toa Payoh, and yeah,
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: I know you guys have been there before, so yeah,
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: she's in love with you guys. Please send her our love. Yeah,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: give her, give her a hug for us, OK? Have
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: a great weekend. Take care, Michelle. Bye-bye. On that note,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: only one person is walking away with.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Final prize of the week thanks to Dyson. It's the
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: Dyson hush jet in Carnelian Sky. We are both using
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: it and it's kept me cool backstage for NDP. Yeah,
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: it's really like air conditioned under a very hot and
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: humid stage. I actually brought it while I was vacationing
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: in south of France and you know, Euroummer is very hot.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: I'm telling you first. Like it's, it's mad hot. It's
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: even hotter than Singapore, just that it's dry, so you
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: have the fan, it works. So when I say Carnelian sky.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: In English, it's red, but the official color is Carnelian sky.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: It's a Singapore special, so we hope that you can
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: get your hands on it. If you don't win it,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: it's available at all Dyson outlets, official retailers and online.
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: So let's give it to Michelle who called.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: Congrats, Michelle. Really hope that you enjoy your long weekend
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: and hopefully you can collect it before you, uh, go
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: off to do whatever picnic you want to do with
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: your daughter. Michelle saying that she wants to invest the
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: vouchers and hopefully earn some dividends. Yeah, love that for you. Alright,
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: congrats again, tag us in your photos. OK. Um, unfortunately,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: we can only reminisce good times when it comes to
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: this particular piece of food news today. It's.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: I know unfortunately I know, I know, but hey, the
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: good thing is that all your favorite chains out there
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: have their own National Day menu and dishes, you know,
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: like even friends at McDonald's and all that, they've got
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: their own stuff, right? But this one I wanted to
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: really address it because they've been around for 20 years. OK,
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: you ready? Let's go. Here we go. 123, news.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Food news. So sad news. What happened? So I'm sure
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: you have walked around Robertson when you maybe go on
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: a date or like, you know, just take a walk
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: around the river. I'm sure you have before, right? I
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: mean some parts are undergoing renovations, but only 11 portion.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: So the river area is unblocked. Can I ask, is
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: there or they moved to somewhere along Mohammad Sultan. They
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: are still around. So I'm sure that prior to that
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: specific area, which was Fraser's.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Apartments, I think, being torn down. There were some um
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: tenants there that moved. They already found a place to
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: move to. Yeah. So that, that's the only portion that's affected.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: The rest of Robertsuki is still very much open, didn't
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: get affected. However, if you've walked around the river after
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: your dinner on a date or something, you would have
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: noticed this cafe and chocolate bar called Laurent. Do you
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: remember it? They've been there for like 20 years. They've
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: got chocolates. I think they've got ice creams or ice
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: cream as well, desserts and everything.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: It used to be like a bit of a tradition
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: for us to just go eat and then we'll stop
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: by for an ice cream or dessert and we'll take
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: a walk around the the river, which is what I
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: see a lot of people doing.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: 20 long years they've been there um by French pastry
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: chef Laurent Bernard, that's actually his name, and his wife,
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: they opened in 2006. Unfortunately, they are closing and calling
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: it a day after 20 long years. Lots of problems
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: with the rent. I think they had some outstanding rent also,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: it's been very, very, very challenging.
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: And uh he did say he's very upset because for
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: 20 years you would have thought the relationship would stand
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: for something, but I think a new landlord has taken over. OK,
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: very unfortunate. Mr. Bernard, I'm gonna say this. What Robertson
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: Key can't appreciate, I mean, the landlords, go to the east, Chet.
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, perfect. We got plenty there. I think Chet
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: will love you. Yeah, so I think um what he
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: He said really hit us in the fields because he
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: said the biggest loss is not the financial part of it.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: It's actually emotional because I think he's got so much
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: feelings and memories tied to this. 20 years, that's like
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: half your life, you know, for some people, like, I
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: think at his age, half his life, he's been running
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: this business. Did they say when is the last day
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: or whatsoever? Yeah, so he told um 8 Days.sg, which
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: by the way.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: Shout out to Eight Days Eat because they always cover,
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: they're the first ones to cover very in-depth details about
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: food-related stuff. Um, they will continue operating online as much
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: as they can, but he has no plans to open
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: another cafe for now. So that's just the unfortunate thing.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: If you want to go check it out, the last
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: day is the 12th of August. So I know, just
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: a few days left to go. Less than a week.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: To go. Alright. All the best. Thank you for the
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: memories and we will continue to support you online if
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: we can. Now, before we let you go, I just
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: want to say all the best for this weekend, Joe.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: I mean, we've been talking about NDP this whole morning
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: because of Gareth and Drew as well here in the studio.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: I think they are riled up, ready to go. I mean, they're,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: they're very excited for the performance. Um, just because I
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: didn't get to be there in person this year.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: If the weather holds up, all's good, but if it
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: does have a little bit of drizzle here and there,
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: it's mostly sheltered, right? Is it? So people at the
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: yellow where I affectionately call it the opening of the
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: National Stadium, I can visualize it. Yeah, that's where you
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: might experience a little bit of rain. So I think
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: in your NDP packs there are the ponchos. Take it up,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: put it on, and carry on to enjoy the show. Actually, sometimes,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: you know, a little bit doesn't really matter if you
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: recall when Coldplay performed, it started pouring.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: You recall that? Yeah, and somehow it added on to his, uh,
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: his moment. I mean, the, the moments are there, but
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: you know, one or two people will post the video
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: of like the water flowing down on TikTok, and then
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: it overshadows and it spoils the vibe of NDP. So again,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: on Sunday, if you have tickets, please be seated by 5:30.
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: Don't go there at 5:30. Go early, have a book
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: on standby. Download some of your favorite shows. Go in
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: the stadium.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Early, get the best seats. Enjoy the cool air. I
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: think the air conditioning is turned on in the stadium. OK.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: In fact, I think if you go earlier, you will
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: actually feel more, you know, chill and calm and not
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: so anxious on or off, no la. Yeah, it's a
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: river for you regardless. Sail down the river that brings
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: us life. So yeah, that's what it is, but we'll
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: be watching. So all the best and I think we'll
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: all collectively have a lot of fun. Thank you.