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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 290926 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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Speaker 1: Waking up with you. It's Sonia and Joakim.
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Speaker 1: On the shock circuit on 987. So earlier on, I
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Speaker 1: was saying, um, this started off as a face palm
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Speaker 1: worthy moment. Then you realize, whoa, there's some actual um
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Speaker 1: punishment behind it. OK. And it's got to do with
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Speaker 1: AI and it happened here in Singapore.
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Speaker 1: So, um, in August, I'm not sure if you remember this, uh,
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Speaker 1: there was like a notification that there was a site,
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Speaker 1: a crocodile sighting in Pandan Reservoir. I don't know if
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Speaker 1: you remember this, but yeah, late August there was no
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Speaker 1: kind of panic a little bit panicked, yeah, yeah, and then,
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Speaker 1: you know, many members of the public were kind of,
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Speaker 1: you know, anxious about it and they were advised to
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Speaker 1: exercise caution.
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Speaker 1: Remain calm if you do see it, but activities around
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Speaker 1: the reservoir were suspended for a while. And some were
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Speaker 1: speculating crocodile was it? Was it the one from Sungai Bulo, our,
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Speaker 1: our bestie, right? Sometimes making an appearance, but no, it
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Speaker 1: was actually all thanks to a fake image. So so
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Speaker 1: face palm worthy because this man.
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Speaker 1: Um, he decided to Photoshop or AI in a crocodile
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Speaker 1: into this picture of the reservoir and sent it to
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Speaker 1: his friend at work, OK. As you know with these things, right,
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Speaker 1: it will spread like wildfire really quick. People like to
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Speaker 1: just press forward and then forward to like 10 or
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Speaker 1: 20 other group chats, something along those lines, right? OK, wait, actually, wait,
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Speaker 1: if I was the guy that did the, the crocodile
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Speaker 1: and Pandan Reservoir, and I sent it to you, would
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Speaker 1: I say, hey, hey, look at what I did. It's
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Speaker 1: a joke. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Exactly. So I think he didn't. He didn't. I think
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Speaker 1: it was no context. So it obviously that's why people
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Speaker 1: thought it was real. Maybe he said it too late.
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Speaker 1: Not all, not a lot of details about the private
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Speaker 1: conversation were revealed, but what was revealed was that he
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Speaker 1: attempted to delete the image to cover up his tracks.
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Speaker 1: But as you know, things that are sent out there
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Speaker 1: into the, not just the social media space, but your
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Speaker 1: chat groups, is pretty much there forever. I don't think
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Speaker 1: he just sent it to one friend. Perhaps a few.
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Speaker 1: Maybe, maybe he was testing to see if they could
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Speaker 1: tell if it was AI. Therefore, he didn't say anything.
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Speaker 1: He's like revealing it later. I don't know. Well, the
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Speaker 1: fact that most of us actually believe that there was
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Speaker 1: a crocodile in Pandan Reservoir and actually closed activities for
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Speaker 1: a while, quite a good picture. Yeah, it also shows
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Speaker 1: the detriments of AI if we really don't verify facts
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Speaker 1: like that. So, uh, the police said they're not gonna
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Speaker 1: hesitate to take action against anyone who does this, by
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Speaker 1: the way. So just so you know, the next time
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Speaker 1: you feel like.
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Speaker 1: AIing some random picture of something that's not real, you
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Speaker 1: might want to think twice. So you know now all
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Speaker 1: those accounts on TikTok, they actually create AI videos of
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Speaker 1: real life dramas. I get sucked in. Yeah, I see
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Speaker 1: a lot of the boys to firemen videos, for example,
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Speaker 1: where the AI or AI check you and all that, right? OK.
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Speaker 1: I wonder if they were to take action and sue
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Speaker 1: the account. Like how would that work out, right? Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I don't know. That would be interesting to see, but, um,
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Speaker 1: for what it's worth, it's great publicity for them for now.
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Speaker 1: I mean, if it's not doing any harm or spinning
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Speaker 1: any falsehoods and no one's complained, I don't know, man,
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Speaker 1: but it can be seen as a bit of bullying,
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Speaker 1: you know, if you're always gonna make someone the butt
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Speaker 1: of all jokes and publicly put it on an AI
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Speaker 1: platform like that, yeah, maybe they're on it, you don't know. OK,
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Speaker 1: congratulations are in order to Loan Yu, who's actually in
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Speaker 1: the finals.
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Speaker 1: Of the Asian Games badminton event. This is, this is
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Speaker 1: a record, right? Yeah, yeah. So it's more or less
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Speaker 1: guaranteed a silver medal for Singapore in the Asian Games,
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Speaker 1: but knowing he's gonna go for gold, yeah, for sure. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: So he takes on Vittison of Thailand and look, the
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Speaker 1: one thing and the one problem I have with the
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Speaker 1: Asian Games, I'm on the official site, right? I clicked
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Speaker 1: on men's singles final.
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to find the timings. It's today. Oh, but
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Speaker 1: the timing is not listed, I wonder what time it's
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Speaker 1: gonna be. So maybe even on Team Singapore's page it
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Speaker 1: might be available. I'm gonna check in a better bet
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Speaker 1: is they update Instagram quite often. Yeah. So you might
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Speaker 1: want to go there and see. So we, we do
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Speaker 1: know he is in action today. The moment I get
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Speaker 1: the timings officially, I'll let you know here on 987.
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Speaker 1: Yo man, I gotta say some of his rallies that
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Speaker 1: were posted up, uh, from the recent rounds on social media.
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Speaker 1: It was so heart-stopping. It was so fast. Their reaction
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Speaker 1: time is like insane. I was clenching the whole time.
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Speaker 1: My entire body was like clenching. Yeah, badminton is a
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Speaker 1: very sport. Yeah. So all the best. Can you cannot
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Speaker 1: wait to see whether we bring the gold home for Singapore,
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Speaker 1: but nevertheless, I'm very sure all of us are proud
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Speaker 1: of you. Yes, we are so proud of each and
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Speaker 1: every one of all the Singapore athletes.
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Speaker 1: So keep watching, keep supporting, be it on ground. I
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Speaker 1: think some Singaporeans are actually on ground and some, you know,
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Speaker 1: even on socials, if you can just leave a comment,
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Speaker 1: like or share, that would be great. So we go
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Speaker 1: from Asian Games to the FIFA ASEAN Cup. Congrats to
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Speaker 1: our boys winning 1-0 against Bangladesh. Actually, I, I saw
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Speaker 1: that um from my friend.
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Speaker 1: Oh yes, she's there, she's, yeah, yeah, yeah, because I
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Speaker 1: was following it. I think our next opponents for the
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Speaker 1: FIFA ASEAN Cup could be our Causeway rivals. Oh wow, Malaysia. OK,
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Speaker 1: that'll be a big one. I believe we're still in
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Speaker 1: exam season right now. Well, at 10:00 a.m. today we're
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Speaker 1: gonna hear cheers from the majority of those.
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Speaker 1: For taking the PSLE because it's the last paper. Science
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Speaker 1: paper one from 8:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. What about
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Speaker 1: higher mother tongue? That's tomorrow. OK, so it's still not
5:46
Speaker 1: technically the last paper, for most majority of P6s might
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Speaker 1: not do higher mother tongue. The one is if you
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Speaker 1: really want to pursue a job, is it?
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Speaker 1: In future, OK, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you know,
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Speaker 1: build diplomatic relations with Singapore. Here's a good start for you,
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Speaker 1: your mother tongue. Yeah, but regardless, uh, for majority of you,
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Speaker 1: if today is the last paper, yeah, hang in there,
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Speaker 1: do your best, and then you can celebrate. So you
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Speaker 1: someone doing their PSLE.
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Speaker 1: Even your exams in secondary school, ITE, poly or JC. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: ahead and do that, you know, we'll be very happy
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Speaker 1: to read it out for you as well. Got a
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Speaker 1: very sweet text coming in from Yanin. So, go ahead.
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Speaker 1: Hey guys, I'm a PSLE student taking science today, and
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Speaker 1: I want to shout out to all my friends and
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Speaker 1: classmates at Holy Innocents Primary School that the paper is
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Speaker 1: very easy and has everything we already revised for no
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Speaker 1: trick questions.
6:51
Speaker 1: Remember what my dad always used to say? You trick
6:54
Speaker 1: the question, don't let the Christian trick you. It doesn't
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Speaker 1: make sense, but it makes sense at the same time.
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Speaker 1: One more coming in from Oscar. Hello 987. I want
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Speaker 1: to wish the P6s good luck for their last paper
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Speaker 1: or second last for the ones taking their higher mother tongue. Alright, well,
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Speaker 1: we also have someone on the line right now. Hello,
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Speaker 1: good morning. Good morning. It's Y. Hello. Which school are
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Speaker 1: you from? And are you doing?
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Speaker 1: PSA today as well your way? What level are you in? E5. 0,
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Speaker 1: just one more year. OK. Anything you want to say
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Speaker 1: or dedicate on air? I hope the P6 get good
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Speaker 1: grades and they get to the school they want. Oh, alright,
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Speaker 1: good karma always follow you then your way. Uh, do
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Speaker 1: you have exams coming up? Yeah, today is my aura.
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Speaker 1: All the best for that. Good luck and we, we
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Speaker 1: hope that we can celebrate with you soon, OK? OK.
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Speaker 1: Have a nice day, Yowei. Bye-bye.
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Speaker 1: Bye. And I asked you earlier if you were to
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Speaker 1: ever get scammed, at what point do you feel you'll realize, hey,
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Speaker 1: I think I'm getting scammed. Again, this is a come
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Speaker 1: get me sort of phrase, but it isn't. I think
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Speaker 1: I've been very vigilant enough. It is a come get
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Speaker 1: me statement. No, I mean, I'll check every single email,
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Speaker 1: the link. I'll make.
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Speaker 1: Make sure my mom doesn't doesn't get scammed as well.
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Speaker 1: So I've been very vigilant. I understand, but as much
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Speaker 1: as you say that you see in the news, yeah,
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Speaker 1: like there are like professionals around our age, you know,
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Speaker 1: and it's not even an age thing anymore. Like people
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Speaker 1: just get fooled because they're too busy to verify things.
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Speaker 1: And was it Steve last week he said that even
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Speaker 1: a financial advisor.
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Speaker 1: Exactly, yeah. That's how sophisticated it is now, but this
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Speaker 1: one I feel can be quite tricky because it did
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Speaker 1: sound like a business opportunity, OK. So, as you know,
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Speaker 1: Rackett Sports has taken Southeast Asia over by storm. And
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Speaker 1: if you go to places like Bali or Thailand, right,
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Speaker 1: because they have the space and the land and it's
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Speaker 1: much cheaper to build like
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Speaker 1: Um, pickle or paddle courts or tennis courts there. It
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Speaker 1: has sprouted up like crazy. A lot of courts, a
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Speaker 1: lot of like merchandise are coming out of there. Yes,
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Speaker 1: and I know friends who are actually going to Bali
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Speaker 1: or Phuket for a weekend, yes, to play paddle or pickleballaddle, yeah.
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Speaker 1: So I mean, I went, I did that in Bali.
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Speaker 1: It was actually really fun because you can do other things.
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Speaker 1: It's not just about that, right? But this guy, he's Singaporean.
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Speaker 1: Unfortunately, he has an interest, OK. He has a big
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Speaker 1: interest in racket sports and he, he has loved it.
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Speaker 1: He's since picked up all kinds of racket sports, including paddle,
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Speaker 1: and um he actually met this woman when he was
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Speaker 1: in Indonesia for I'm guessing his own vacation or his
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Speaker 1: own holiday or maybe a racket sports weekend or something.
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Speaker 1: So he goes there quite regularly and in hindsight has
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Speaker 1: realized that this woman might be operating under a false name, OK.
9:46
Speaker 1: So she convinced him to invest a certain amount of
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Speaker 1: money to start a business when it comes to uh merchandise,
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Speaker 1: merchandise for racket sports. So like, you know, a bags,
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Speaker 1: you know, those tennis or paddle bags and all that, and,
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Speaker 1: and things that are manufactured overseas. Yes, exactly, and convince
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Speaker 1: him to do it. So initially it was like, OK,
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Speaker 1: you have to contribute, um, you know, small amounts of
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Speaker 1: money for the business and all that.
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Speaker 1: And um he started noticing, oh, OK, people are ordering
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Speaker 1: like paddle covers, towels, you know, sportswear, mugs, bikinis. So
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Speaker 1: clients range from individuals to like paddle courts based in Bali.
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Speaker 1: But then I think one of the red flags was
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Speaker 1: when he realized, why is this Pilates studio ordering so
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Speaker 1: many paddle bags from me?
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Speaker 1: Which is something that he flagged. No, I think it's
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Speaker 1: one of those things where it's fake orders, boss orders
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Speaker 1: and um I don't know how they operate back or
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Speaker 1: how many people are involved, but that's how they scam
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Speaker 1: him of his money.
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Speaker 1: Eventually, he transferred and invested about $368,000 in this sports
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Speaker 1: business with this mystery of a woman in Bali, and
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Speaker 1: he fears that he may not be able to recover
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Speaker 1: the money back at this point.
11:07
Speaker 1: But hey man, I mean, look, I don't know how
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Speaker 1: much he's able to recover, but hopefully at least some amount.
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Speaker 1: It does. I mean. Yeah, so the banks can help
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Speaker 1: because I think he's made many transfers at this point.
11:23
Speaker 1: Hopefully the bank can help him recover something like this.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, because if it's many transfers, I think in the
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Speaker 1: article it says over 84 bank transfers, amounting to almost $368,000.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely nuts. Hey, be very careful, man. Like just because
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Speaker 1: you may be very interested in a sports or a
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Speaker 1: type of like hobby or passion.
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Speaker 1: Be, be extremely alert because that's where people prey on you.
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Speaker 1: It's a reminder to ourselves as well to do your
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Speaker 1: research before you make any transfer of any sort. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: and another most common one, Pokemon cards. A lot of
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Speaker 1: scams with that right now. On the back of the
12:02
Speaker 1: announcement of way more being made available in Singapore very soon,
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Speaker 1: and I think they're testing it out right now. So
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Speaker 1: if I'm not wrong,
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Speaker 1: be speculation, but the way they test it is they
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Speaker 1: have drivers actually in the car manually driving it to
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Speaker 1: make sure they plot out the routes and the maps
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Speaker 1: correctly and then satellites, when it's ready, they will do
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Speaker 1: the autonomous driving, but of course someone is sitting at
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Speaker 1: the driver's seat just in case anything were to happen. Oh,
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Speaker 1: is that what's gonna happen for the testing stages? I
12:30
Speaker 1: mean for the testing, I mean, you want to monitor it, right,
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Speaker 1: and not cause any accidents where people will say, ah, see.
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Speaker 1: See, put AI or put AV somewhere, you know what
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Speaker 1: I mean? And in the comment section, people are wondering, oh,
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Speaker 1: are drivers gonna get replaced, you know, with, with the
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Speaker 1: incoming AVs and all that. So I believe the government,
12:48
Speaker 1: they actually announced some career pathways and career transitions where,
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Speaker 1: for example, if you want to take charge of the
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Speaker 1: safety or the monitor programs for the autonomous vehicles, you
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Speaker 1: can do so.
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Speaker 1: And then there is a new career path for taxi
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Speaker 1: drivers or private hire vehicle drivers. If they feel like, hey,
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Speaker 1: maybe I wanna go somewhere else where I feel secure, right?
13:11
Speaker 1: How about being a bus driver? OK, so they offer.
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Speaker 1: They will help you transition. I think they will sponsor
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Speaker 1: some of your training fees as well. Or if you
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Speaker 1: already have a Class 4 license, it could be spelled
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Speaker 1: out quite quickly for you. Can I ask though, like,
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Speaker 1: did they ever provide a reason why they decided to
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Speaker 1: bring Wei to Singapore?
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Speaker 1: I mean, I know it's huge overseas, like I always
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Speaker 1: mentioned to you, that's how I got to experience it,
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Speaker 1: and it started years ago, right? We're actually late to
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Speaker 1: adopt it, but is there a reason why they didn't
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Speaker 1: provide one? Maybe it's what you just said, we are
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Speaker 1: late to adopt something and perhaps maybe to keep up
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Speaker 1: with the times.
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Speaker 1: And not just that, I think I saw um there
13:50
Speaker 1: was an article a few days ago about how, I mean,
13:53
Speaker 1: we already know Singapore is an aging population, right? But it's,
13:57
Speaker 1: it's accelerating a little bit more now because of, well, low,
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Speaker 1: low childbirth rates. So yeah. So, you know, I think.
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Speaker 1: Very soon, a lot of your taxi uncles, right, might
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Speaker 1: retire and they want to just relax and chill. So maybe,
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Speaker 1: maybe I'm looking forward to when it comes to more
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Speaker 1: autonomous vehicles and all that, you know how sometimes you
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Speaker 1: have your taxi uncles or your, you know, private hire drivers, right?
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Speaker 1: For example, let's just say you finish a night out
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Speaker 1: with your friends and you're still very sober, OK, and
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Speaker 1: maybe you party at Clark Quay but you stay somewhere
14:42
Speaker 1: in Jurong, OK, OK. Most taxis or private hire vehicles,
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Speaker 1: they see your address, they might not take your job. Why?
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Speaker 1: Maybe different locations. Maybe they want to travel back to
14:54
Speaker 1: the east or the north. So with the way more
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Speaker 1: and the AVs, right, and given how it's an AV.
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Speaker 1: Right, they have no choice. I don't expect to be,
15:05
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? True, true, true. Although I
15:07
Speaker 1: will say I've experienced that less and less now. I mean,
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Speaker 1: most of the time when you use your platforms to book,
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Speaker 1: they already know where you're going unless you're flagging from
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Speaker 1: the taxi stand, I guess, right? Then it's dependent on
15:19
Speaker 1: where the taxi uncle is going. Yeah, I remember it
15:24
Speaker 1: used to be because uh back then when like we
15:27
Speaker 1: would call a grab bag, right, or a private hire
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Speaker 1: or whatever.
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Speaker 1: And if it's waiting, if we're waiting too long for one,
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Speaker 1: we'll walk to the taxi stand to see like which
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Speaker 1: cars are going where. And the moment you see like
15:38
Speaker 1: your area flashing up, you're like, yes.
15:41
Speaker 1: It feels like you want something, you know, and what's
15:44
Speaker 1: the sweeter feeling is, for example, there are 5 people
15:47
Speaker 1: in front of you and you got that one that's
15:48
Speaker 1: a shortcut, right? VIP.
15:52
Speaker 1: So, um, in case you just joined us and you're
15:54
Speaker 1: wondering whether it's very hazy or not here this morning.
15:58
Speaker 1: I think by the looks of our PSI which we've
16:00
Speaker 1: been updating every hour, but it has since changed since
16:04
Speaker 1: I updated it at the top of this hour at 7.
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Speaker 1: Currently it's between 101 to 155, which has already gone
16:11
Speaker 1: into the unhealthy range. Um, I think that, you know,
16:15
Speaker 1: just like you use a thermometer to test the temperature, right?
16:18
Speaker 1: My nose is the indicator on whether things are getting bad.
16:22
Speaker 1: I'm just like having a sneezing fit the whole morning.
16:25
Speaker 1: So yesterday, got into my running gear, left my house
16:29
Speaker 1: for a bit, and in Bishan, right?
16:32
Speaker 1: What I use as a barometer is whether can I
16:34
Speaker 1: see the Catholic high clock tower. Oh, if it's, if
16:36
Speaker 1: it's murky, then it was very murky, and I, OK, no,
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna run, and I checked the PSI yesterday. Yeah,
16:42
Speaker 1: it was above 100, and I think loads of clubs
16:46
Speaker 1: here in Singapore have canceled their Monday night trainings and
16:49
Speaker 1: the half marathon got reduced, right? Yeah, over the weekend
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Speaker 1: over the weekend and thankfully the runners actually understood it,
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Speaker 1: of course.
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Speaker 1: The majority of them did some are asking for refunds
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Speaker 1: and all and stuff. My, my mom just texted me.
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Speaker 1: She said, yeah, my Lauren got canceled this morning because
17:07
Speaker 1: of the haze. She means like it's like a, like
17:10
Speaker 1: an aerobics Tai Chi class in the morning. But you
17:12
Speaker 1: know what, now is a boom season for all your
17:15
Speaker 1: active SG gyms. I think people are going to go
17:18
Speaker 1: there and take advantage of it being indoors to run
17:20
Speaker 1: on treadmills or whatsoever. So please observe good gym etiquette.
17:24
Speaker 1: Hey, if you have uh sinus issues like myself, don't
17:27
Speaker 1: be shy to like wear a mask or something out
17:29
Speaker 1: there because I did notice a few people actually masked
17:32
Speaker 1: up and walking around because, you know, you just don't
17:35
Speaker 1: want to be, if you're easily affected, you just don't
17:37
Speaker 1: want the hassle. And for me, when I went to
17:39
Speaker 1: the doctor yesterday, he said, OK, this is, it's a
17:42
Speaker 1: sinus infection, um, easily diagnosed, but he was like, it's
17:45
Speaker 1: not that bad yet, but you're gonna need to like
17:48
Speaker 1: get take much stronger antihistamines during this time.
17:51
Speaker 1: So that's, that's the chronic issue that I have to
17:53
Speaker 1: live with. And to pet owners, please look out for
17:55
Speaker 1: your furry babies, OK? And also sending love to our
17:59
Speaker 1: friends who actually live very near the hotspots over at
18:03
Speaker 1: the affected areas. I mean, if we are complaining and
18:05
Speaker 1: suffering at the PSI being above above 100, can't imagine
18:08
Speaker 1: them right at the source itself. And not just that, um,
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Speaker 1: I was texting all my friends who live in Bangkok
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Speaker 1: like to check in on them. Oh yeah, the flood.
18:16
Speaker 1: Quite, yeah, it was quite scary when I saw the
18:18
Speaker 1: news a few days ago. So lots happening in the world,
18:20
Speaker 1: but in the meantime, we do what we can do
18:23
Speaker 1: here in Singapore. Just make sure that you keep healthy.
18:25
Speaker 1: I remember sometime last week we did a talk set
18:29
Speaker 1: and we shared our views about reviews. Yes, on Google
18:34
Speaker 1: because of someone posting fake reviews and all that and
18:37
Speaker 1: even sometimes, right, for one business to sabo another business.
18:41
Speaker 1: There's like a Google review bombard of one-star reviews and
18:44
Speaker 1: all that, right? Yeah, yeah, um, so apparently I think,
18:49
Speaker 1: I don't know why we are, we are entering the
18:51
Speaker 1: phase where some of your media outlets, right, they are
18:53
Speaker 1: doing investigative journalism. OK. Our friends over at Mothership were
18:57
Speaker 1: covering something about whether our malls having too much of
19:01
Speaker 1: China brands in it. Quite an interesting read, and I
19:03
Speaker 1: think one also from our mainstream media about.
19:06
Speaker 1: Restaurants or funeral parlors or even divorce lawyers right using
19:12
Speaker 1: paid bought reviews to review their services that you can
19:16
Speaker 1: get off Carousel. What? And the listing on the media
19:22
Speaker 1: page says $1 per review.
19:24
Speaker 1: Oh my God. So some of these people actually buy
19:27
Speaker 1: these reviews. They buy like 5 or 10. It's quite cheap,
19:31
Speaker 1: $10.05 dollars for a good 5-star review. What on earth
19:34
Speaker 1: are we living, living in this idiot age right now?
19:37
Speaker 1: But here's my question. Are you surprised? I'm not surprised.
19:42
Speaker 1: I'm surprised that they would buy it off Carousel, but
19:44
Speaker 1: you know there was also a case of this guy
19:46
Speaker 1: that engaged a lawyer on Carousel and turned out to
19:49
Speaker 1: be a
19:49
Speaker 1: Scam, right? Yes, yeah. So again, when it comes to
19:53
Speaker 1: reading reviews and going to a place based on reviews,
19:57
Speaker 1: I'm very skeptical. Yeah, because again, you never know it
20:01
Speaker 1: could be someone hiding behind 10 different email addresses, typing in, oh, wow,
20:07
Speaker 1: very nice service. Uh, look for this guy or look
20:09
Speaker 1: for this girl you know what, we will be our
20:12
Speaker 1: own critic. I feel like for you.
20:14
Speaker 1: You and me, we, we're the kind that like, even
20:16
Speaker 1: though people say it's bad or it's good or whatever,
20:18
Speaker 1: we still have to go and be the judge of
20:19
Speaker 1: it ourselves. Yeah, it's so subjective. And by the way,
20:22
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say this, it's not just businesses who
20:25
Speaker 1: are using Google reviews. Yeah. What else is it's all
20:29
Speaker 1: over social media. I'm not gonna say anything unless I
20:32
Speaker 1: get in trouble. Wait, tell me off air. I'll tell
20:34
Speaker 1: you off air. Yes, yeah. So early on, I was just, um,
20:37
Speaker 1: sharing with Joakim that
20:39
Speaker 1: Over the weekend I was desperate for like a foot massage, specifically, OK,
20:44
Speaker 1: 5 in 1. OK, I don't want to do like
20:46
Speaker 1: the whole full body massage, but I just want mainly
20:49
Speaker 1: like the feet, um, they do like, like your calf
20:51
Speaker 1: area as well, and then your neck, shoulders, and back.
20:54
Speaker 1: Can I ask, with your right ankle the way it is,
20:57
Speaker 1: do you say a chingching? No, I said, uh, sipian.
21:02
Speaker 1: Don't press here.
21:06
Speaker 1: Don't press here. And then he was like trying to
21:08
Speaker 1: ask why. I was like, uh, so sang, so sang,
21:11
Speaker 1: so so shang.
21:13
Speaker 1: Yes. We, we understood it. Yes, injured. Yeah. He, he
21:18
Speaker 1: was fine. He was alert about it. He didn't touch
21:20
Speaker 1: that area just in case, yeah. But everything was great,
21:23
Speaker 1: you know, because I, I specifically like this um outlet
21:26
Speaker 1: because it's a little quieter and it's very easy to
21:29
Speaker 1: park in this building. Fair enough. I can be, I
21:32
Speaker 1: can be clear with you about this one. It's at
21:34
Speaker 1: Valley Point. Nature land at Valley Point, OK? Yeah.
21:37
Speaker 1: And uh I, I, I felt like, OK, that was
21:40
Speaker 1: always the go to place like if I'm in town area, um,
21:44
Speaker 1: you know, and I want a massage, I think that
21:45
Speaker 1: that's definitely where I will go. Unfortunately, when we stepped
21:48
Speaker 1: out of the store,
21:51
Speaker 1: I saw a sign just at the exit area that
21:54
Speaker 1: said that they're closing soon. And this already comes on
21:58
Speaker 1: the back of like another Nature land closing near um
22:02
Speaker 1: our place as well. So I, I was just like, no,
22:05
Speaker 1: yet another one's closing. Where are they moving to Paragon.
22:09
Speaker 1: Which is like further in Orchard itself and it's harder
22:12
Speaker 1: to park and access. Paragon, I wonder. I, I don't
22:16
Speaker 1: know actually. I mean, I don't know yet. Maybe there's
22:18
Speaker 1: some shuffling around. Like I feel Paragon, and it's the
22:21
Speaker 1: site for me.
22:27
Speaker 1: So I don't know where they will be, but, um,
22:31
Speaker 1: I just felt, uh, I just felt just like, uh,
22:34
Speaker 1: them and, you know, kind of feeling because two outlets
22:37
Speaker 1: that I used to enjoy going to are just now closed.
22:40
Speaker 1: Just a tongue in cheek joke about Nature and Paragon, right?
22:43
Speaker 1: They're gonna do what they can to attract all the doctors.
22:46
Speaker 1: Mount Elizabeth and Paragon Medical Center. Doctor, you come, come, come,
22:51
Speaker 1: massage you for a bit. That's the thing. So they
22:53
Speaker 1: used to open like late, right? But they've since changed
22:57
Speaker 1: their opening timings. I wonder whether anything will be different
22:59
Speaker 1: with their new outlet. But anyway, um, this got me
23:02
Speaker 1: thinking about all the times where, you know, you get
23:04
Speaker 1: used to something that's near your area or where you
23:07
Speaker 1: live or the area that you frequent, maybe even your office,
23:11
Speaker 1: and one day, this place just shuts down.
23:14
Speaker 1: Has this ever happened to you before? Yes, which one?
23:17
Speaker 1: Pasta Mania Junction 8. He hasn't let that go yet,
23:20
Speaker 1: by the way. Guys, come back. Please come back, huh.
23:25
Speaker 1: Ever since you all left, so many stores have taken
23:28
Speaker 1: over the place. There was a, there was a fire
23:30
Speaker 1: that broke out over at Junction 8 as well. See,
23:32
Speaker 1: all this happened because you all left. Hold on, hold on,
23:35
Speaker 1: hold on. The fire broke out at the same. No, no,
23:37
Speaker 1: the store 2 stores down.
23:40
Speaker 1: Just finding some excuse, you know, trying to be dramatic
23:43
Speaker 1: to bring them back to Junction 8. Yes, I don't
23:46
Speaker 1: know if they can come back just for one person,
23:48
Speaker 1: but you know, how about learn how to cook some
23:50
Speaker 1: pasta instead? I tried the same lah. Oh no, OK. Again, again,
23:56
Speaker 1: I have my uses, yes, just not in the cooking
23:59
Speaker 1: is not one of them. Yeah, I can follow instructions.
24:01
Speaker 1: I can do the dishes. OK, good. Fine, fine, fine.
24:04
Speaker 1: If we were roommates, it will work out. Yeah. Anyway,
24:06
Speaker 1: give us a call 6691.
24:08
Speaker 1: 1987 or drop us a message 90050987. Um, after hearing
24:14
Speaker 1: our stories, has this ever happened to you before? Something
24:17
Speaker 1: that you love to go to all the time or
24:19
Speaker 1: a place that you frequent, maybe near your house or
24:21
Speaker 1: near your office or workplace or whatever, and then one
24:24
Speaker 1: day it shuts down. OK, to, to give you maybe
24:27
Speaker 1: a better answer, right, um, because Kallang Wave Mall, they're
24:31
Speaker 1: going through a bit of renovation and revamp and all that,
24:34
Speaker 1: so the place where I go to get my spot.
24:36
Speaker 1: Massage done. OK. I want to give a shout out
24:38
Speaker 1: to Boon of Sports Zone. Uh, they've now shifted over
24:42
Speaker 1: to Tampines Safra. Oh no, that's quite far off from
24:45
Speaker 1: where they were. Yeah, so, so from Bishan to stadium
24:48
Speaker 1: there's like a direct train and I can also go
24:49
Speaker 1: for my run or run first and go and get
24:51
Speaker 1: sports massage. But now Tampines Safra change train you still
24:54
Speaker 1: go there, yeah, because he's very good, at least in
24:57
Speaker 1: my opinion he's great, even though I go there and
24:59
Speaker 1: cry all the time. We sent me a video of
25:03
Speaker 1: him sobbing.
25:05
Speaker 1: Like from a sports massage, and then after that, my
25:09
Speaker 1: IG and TikTok algorithm became sports people getting sports massages.
25:13
Speaker 1: I swear it's listening. I'm sure it is. Anyway, like
25:16
Speaker 1: we said, give us a call 669-11987 or drop us
25:20
Speaker 1: a message 90050987. Have you ever experienced a beloved shop
25:25
Speaker 1: that you always go to close down near you? Or
25:28
Speaker 1: maybe you can tell us about
25:30
Speaker 1: Um, the shop that you'd be very sad if it
25:33
Speaker 1: ever closes. You can also tell us in that direction. Yeah.
25:36
Speaker 1: We're talking about the shops that might have been in
25:39
Speaker 1: your neighborhood for the longest time.
25:41
Speaker 1: That you always frequent. It could be, I don't know,
25:44
Speaker 1: mama shop. It could be a place where you eat
25:46
Speaker 1: at a cafe or maybe a massage place like what
25:48
Speaker 1: I said earlier, and then one day they decide to close.
25:51
Speaker 1: How did that make you feel? Nando's Junction 8, come back, please.
25:56
Speaker 1: Why so many things that Junction 8 closed? I didn't
25:58
Speaker 1: realize Pastamania is gone. Nando's has got, uh, Shake Shack
26:02
Speaker 1: took over Nando's. Ah, OK, OK, OK. If you think
26:04
Speaker 1: about it. Anyway, I wanna go to some text messages
26:08
Speaker 1: right now and say.
26:08
Speaker 1: Saying hello to Liz. Liz says, Morning, Sojo. I used
26:12
Speaker 1: to work around Kambangan, and almost every day I'll go
26:15
Speaker 1: to this Vietnamese stall. They sell super awesome beef soup noodles.
26:20
Speaker 1: When I got married and expecting my first child, I
26:22
Speaker 1: was craving for their beef soup noodles. My husband and
26:25
Speaker 1: I made the trip to Kambangan, but the store was
26:27
Speaker 1: no longer around, so we settled with something soupy nearby.
26:31
Speaker 1: Have a great day y'all. Yeah, but I, I understand
26:33
Speaker 1: that because there was this um.
26:35
Speaker 1: Teochew Porridge Place at the Outram area and it was
26:39
Speaker 1: like a, they opened quite late and it was always
26:42
Speaker 1: like the go to comfort food place. One day, um,
26:45
Speaker 1: you know, Jeremy and I pulled up and we drove there.
26:47
Speaker 1: We found a magical parking lot somewhere like right, right
26:50
Speaker 1: in front of the stretch of uh shophouses. OK. I
26:54
Speaker 1: got down and you know, me being quite blur sometimes, right?
26:56
Speaker 1: I'm like,
26:57
Speaker 1: What was the unit? Where was the unit? Ah? Was
26:59
Speaker 1: it here or at the end? Or he looks at me.
27:01
Speaker 1: He goes, We're standing in front of it. I looked
27:03
Speaker 1: at it, gated up, closed. There was a sign in
27:06
Speaker 1: front that said they had, you know, they had shut down.
27:08
Speaker 1: So I was like, No, my favorite Teohuwai.
27:13
Speaker 1: One coming in from Yanti. Yanti says, Hello, good morning, guys.
27:17
Speaker 1: I live in Sengkang. Normally when I want to go
27:19
Speaker 1: to Batam and I'm craving for Western food, I will
27:22
Speaker 1: go to Harborfront Center. So I normally will eat there
27:26
Speaker 1: while waiting for my ferry. There's a very nice kopitia there.
27:29
Speaker 1: The food's really good, but when I heard the Kopitia
27:31
Speaker 1: shut down, it hurt me. I got nowhere else to eat. No,
27:35
Speaker 1: it's true. No, we have deep feelings about these things.
27:39
Speaker 1: Sometimes these aunties and uncles who are running the shop,
27:41
Speaker 1: they don't know the kind of impact they've made on us. sentimental.
27:46
Speaker 1: When we come back, more of your messages and calls
27:48
Speaker 1: as well. The question is, in case you just joined us,
27:50
Speaker 1: have you ever experienced a time where, you know, you
27:52
Speaker 1: grew up with um your favorite shop near you? Could
27:55
Speaker 1: be an eating place, could be a cafe, could be,
27:57
Speaker 1: I don't know, like a mama shop or something.
27:59
Speaker 1: And then one day it just closed. How did that
28:00
Speaker 1: make you feel? I, I got one more carrot cake,
28:07
Speaker 1: which is also in Bishan. Yeah, I know. Talking about
28:11
Speaker 1: the places that, you know, we grew up just going
28:13
Speaker 1: to very often could be food, drinks or a service, whatever,
28:18
Speaker 1: and then one day it just closes. How did that
28:20
Speaker 1: make you feel?
28:21
Speaker 1: Hello to Johans, who has given us a place on
28:25
Speaker 1: it where maybe we might have some memories there as well. Timber. Oh,
28:29
Speaker 1: at substation at Arts. Is that substation? The one that, no, sorry,
28:33
Speaker 1: the one by the Singapore River. Yeah, yeah. So two
28:37
Speaker 1: iconic ones closed. One was substation and one is the
28:40
Speaker 1: Arts house. I was more of a substation guy and
28:42
Speaker 1: then with you I had a drink.
28:44
Speaker 1: I remember this a nice adding a wipe before they closed.
28:47
Speaker 1: It was, I think it was after one of our
28:50
Speaker 1: NDP rehearsals 2024, yeah, yeah. One more coming in from
28:54
Speaker 1: Vincent saying, Hey, Sonia and Joakim, I'm vegetarian and I
28:58
Speaker 1: work around Havelock. So last time I will always go
29:00
Speaker 1: to People's Park for lunch. There's this vegetarian store that
29:03
Speaker 1: I really like, so I eat there almost every day,
29:06
Speaker 1: became very familiar.
29:07
Speaker 1: Familiar with the auntie and uncle. Then one day I
29:09
Speaker 1: went there for lunch as usual. Eh, the stall disappeared.
29:13
Speaker 1: I looked around thinking maybe I went to the wrong place,
29:15
Speaker 1: but no, it's really gone. No notice, no announcement, nothing,
29:20
Speaker 1: just poof. Oh man, you know, like if I were
29:23
Speaker 1: the owners, right, I will feel so sad to say
29:26
Speaker 1: goodbye to the regulars because they become like your friends, right?
29:29
Speaker 1: Like how.
29:30
Speaker 1: How would I have done it? Maybe put a notice
29:32
Speaker 1: or a note or something? Yeah, and most of our
29:35
Speaker 1: hawkers who are maybe in the, they, they might not
29:39
Speaker 1: be so social media savvy. They won't know how to
29:41
Speaker 1: put up a post because they already have their regulars. Yeah, yeah.
29:45
Speaker 1: It's if you know, you know kind of place, right? OK,
29:47
Speaker 1: Audrey is on the line. What about you?
29:49
Speaker 2: So, um, my husband and I, we actually frequent this
29:52
Speaker 2: outlet called So Ti So Nice at Seletar Mall, and
29:56
Speaker 2: it closed. Yeah, I think it closed around.
29:58
Speaker 2: COVID period.
30:01
Speaker 1: No. Wait, so how long, how long were you going
30:03
Speaker 1: there for before they closed?
30:05
Speaker 2: I think we went there
30:06
Speaker 2: almost every weekend we were staying there. I
30:09
Speaker 1: remember 987, we used to do some giveaways with soy
30:12
Speaker 1: Thai so nice. Oh really? And I realized when you
30:14
Speaker 1: say it properly, it gives like a bit of an
30:16
Speaker 1: Australian accent. It's soy Thai, so nice. You're right, you're right. Wait,
30:22
Speaker 1: but what's so good about that Thai place that you
30:25
Speaker 1: feel cannot be replaced?
30:26
Speaker 2: OK, actually,
30:27
Speaker 2: we really love this dish called the waterfall tofu. So
30:31
Speaker 2: it's actually made with um some Thai sauce, garnished with
30:34
Speaker 2: a lot of garlic, onions, shallots. They shifted to Raffles City,
30:39
Speaker 2: but then I think it closed down as well. Oh
30:42
Speaker 1: no, no, it's gone. They're missing the Seletar magic lah.
30:45
Speaker 1: They should move back.
30:47
Speaker 2: said so too. Yeah.
30:49
Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for making us hungry this morning, man.
30:51
Speaker 1: You guys have a great day, OK. Thank you, Audrey.
30:53
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
30:55
Speaker 1: Plenty of your stories and um your experiences coming through
30:58
Speaker 1: right now asking you about the shops that, you know,
31:02
Speaker 1: maybe you grew up with in your neighborhood that you
31:04
Speaker 1: were at all the time and you just don't remember
31:07
Speaker 1: a time that they were not there. Then all of
31:09
Speaker 1: a sudden one day, they're closed. How does that make
31:12
Speaker 1: you feel?
31:14
Speaker 1: I mean, I think this has happened to most of
31:15
Speaker 1: us before. Like I, I described my experience earlier. I'm
31:18
Speaker 1: just trying to think of other places that I loved
31:21
Speaker 1: here in Singapore that are not in Bishan, OK, um,
31:26
Speaker 1: Billy Bombers. OK, yes, yes, that's one,
31:32
Speaker 1: Tony Ramos, the one that you worked at, OK. Oh
31:36
Speaker 1: my goodness. Was that the only one, the only outlet?
31:39
Speaker 1: There were 21 at Suntech and one at Orchard. Oh wait,
31:43
Speaker 1: what about that chain, um.
31:45
Speaker 1: The guy that plays the saxophone, but he also has chicken.
31:49
Speaker 1: That's Kenny Roger Rogers. The saxophone is Kenny G. Sonia.
31:56
Speaker 1: Sorry, shall we move on? Wait, wait, then what did
32:00
Speaker 1: Kenny Rogers play? Lady, he's a singer. He's a singer. Sorry,
32:04
Speaker 1: I didn't know that.
32:07
Speaker 1: No, not me thinking that the saxophonist owns a chicken shop.
32:12
Speaker 1: If this talk set were an audition for Gold 905,
32:15
Speaker 1: we have failed it miserably. OK, I'm so sorry. Want
32:18
Speaker 1: to go back to WhatsApp.
32:21
Speaker 1: And say hello to Veron, who says, morning, Sonia and Jokim.
32:24
Speaker 1: For me it has to be the McDonald's at Hougang Mall.
32:27
Speaker 1: It's been there for as long as I can remember.
32:29
Speaker 1: So when it left sometime last year, it was honestly
32:32
Speaker 1: quite sad. My family eats McDonald's almost every other week. Wow,
32:36
Speaker 1: your McDonald's points confirmed very high, Veron. So it really
32:39
Speaker 1: feels like something was missing from the neighborhood. But good news,
32:41
Speaker 1: it's finally been announced that it's coming back. Can't wait
32:44
Speaker 1: to have our neighborhood McDonald's back again. Wow, OK, that's good.
32:47
Speaker 1: You know, something, it's like once you're
32:49
Speaker 1: to a routine, right? It just feels weird when you
32:51
Speaker 1: don't do it. Yeah, uh, we got one coming in
32:54
Speaker 1: from your, your username is a semicolon on WhatsApp. Hey
32:58
Speaker 1: Sonia and Joakim, so when I was in secondary school
33:00
Speaker 1: in JC Raffles Institution, there was this really popular stall
33:04
Speaker 1: that served delicious Hokkien mee and fried rice. There will
33:07
Speaker 1: be long queues for it, and we would rush down
33:09
Speaker 1: from the secondary school site to the JC site during
33:11
Speaker 1: recess to queue up for the food. Portions were huge,
33:15
Speaker 1: freshly cooked, and only $2.
33:17
Speaker 1: One day the stall just closed and later we found
33:19
Speaker 1: out the stall owner was quite ill. Unfortunately, we couldn't
33:23
Speaker 1: get in touch with him. I do hope he is
33:24
Speaker 1: well now. There we go. Yeah, sometimes I just wonder like,
33:28
Speaker 1: we didn't have a chance to say goodbye, you know
33:30
Speaker 1: that feeling. Yeah, yeah. Talk about being sentimental, right? OK. OK.
33:35
Speaker 1: I want to say good morning to Amy on WhatsApp.
33:38
Speaker 1: Hey guys, for my children and I, we missed the
33:41
Speaker 1: Shaw cinema at Seletar Mall. It is a short walking distance.
33:46
Speaker 1: Distance from our place. We love going to the movies
33:48
Speaker 1: there since it was open and we really miss it. Oh,
33:51
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, especially if you grew up with it, right?
33:54
Speaker 1: For sure you miss it. I'm guessing the closest to
33:57
Speaker 1: Seletar Mall if you want to go watch a movie, right,
34:00
Speaker 1: would be, I don't want to get this wrong, but
34:03
Speaker 1: I really think it could be Punggol, you know. No
34:06
Speaker 1: way so far. Either Punggol or Compass One if there's
34:08
Speaker 1: a cinema over at Compass Ones walking distance? No, right?
34:11
Speaker 1: Not exactly. You gotta take a bus or something, yeah.
34:14
Speaker 1: OK, um, well, I think we got more, one more
34:17
Speaker 1: message to read out before we get to our calls
34:19
Speaker 1: in just a minute. Yes, we got one coming in
34:21
Speaker 1: from a comment you made earlier, Sonia. So who has
34:25
Speaker 1: the restaurant? Kenny Rogers, who plays the saxophone? Kenny G.
34:29
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I want to say good morning
34:32
Speaker 1: to user name Xiao Ming. Morning, Sojo. I wouldn't mind
34:35
Speaker 1: trying out some Kenny G chicken. It might be the
34:38
Speaker 1: latest craze. Thank you for making me laugh out loud
34:41
Speaker 1: in my car this morning.
34:43
Speaker 1: That's George Michael. Then what did Kenny G compose.
34:48
Speaker 1: OK, you let me try again. OK. It's a popular
34:51
Speaker 1: elevator music.
34:57
Speaker 1: Oh yes, I do.
35:00
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've heard it in the elevators before actually. You're
35:02
Speaker 1: not wrong in the older hotels. Thank you. I'm so
35:05
Speaker 1: sorry to, you know, just the world right now. I
35:08
Speaker 1: have no idea what is up with me. I swear
35:11
Speaker 1: the mats are getting to my head. Kenny G. Wow,
35:15
Speaker 1: that'll be interesting. We're talking about the shops that we
35:18
Speaker 1: might have grown up with that, you know, just decided, hey,
35:21
Speaker 1: they're going to close one day and we just can't
35:23
Speaker 1: find it anymore.
35:25
Speaker 1: Got a text coming in from Ari. Ari says, Hey guys,
35:28
Speaker 1: how about a petrol kiosk? Unfortunately, the one over at
35:32
Speaker 1: Mei Chin Road, the SPC, it's closing. And he sends
35:37
Speaker 1: us a picture. Oh, this station will close, poor thing. Actually, why?
35:42
Speaker 1: I mean, isn't it a necessity? I feel with the
35:44
Speaker 1: rise of EVs, perhaps, but a lot of, uh, petrol
35:48
Speaker 1: stations actually now have EV charging points, like fast charging,
35:51
Speaker 1: so they might have, you know, switched to that in
35:53
Speaker 1: time possibly.
35:54
Speaker 1: OK, uh, last but not least, we've actually got Ejin
35:57
Speaker 1: on the line right now. Ejin, what about you? Yeah,
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Speaker 2: so basically my family and I grew up, um, in Pioneer,
36:03
Speaker 2: and my three siblings and I, we love this Hong
36:05
Speaker 2: Kui store that we have always eat since young. And then, um,
36:09
Speaker 2: when they moved to Gimbo and when we ourselves moved
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Speaker 2: to Toloklanga and even after I got married and moved
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Speaker 2: to Sengkang, we still drive down frequently to eat like
36:19
Speaker 2: maybe once every 2 or 3 weeks or so,
36:21
Speaker 1: yeah.
36:24
Speaker 2: You know, the mihong kui broth is like you can't
36:26
Speaker 2: replicate if you really like someplace you definitely have to
36:29
Speaker 2: go back, yeah, so we are so used to eating it.
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Speaker 2: And then, um, so basically Uncle Tommy grew up from
36:35
Speaker 2: a student to a working adult, and then after that
36:39
Speaker 2: becoming a mom with my baby. So yeah, and then
36:43
Speaker 2: about 2-3 weeks ago we realized that they just closed
36:45
Speaker 2: all of a sudden and we don't know what happened, yeah.
36:49
Speaker 2: And then um the thing is we have this, we
36:52
Speaker 2: love that chili sauce that we frequently buy to eat
36:54
Speaker 2: with our home cooked meal and then my mom is
36:57
Speaker 2: trying to replicate it now, but it's very difficult
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Speaker 1: because all that there is a memory you have to
37:03
Speaker 1: replicate based on memory, can I ask what is the
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Speaker 1: Kui stall name?
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Speaker 2: Uh, it's, it's called Tashitai Panmian, but I really don't
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Speaker 2: know why, uh, or, or whether or not they did
37:15
Speaker 2: relocate somewhere else, but the
37:17
Speaker 1: uncle retired.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, because like, I mean, while the uncles see
37:22
Speaker 2: us grow up, we also see the uncle grow old, right,
37:26
Speaker 2: because he's becoming a bit more thrill. So with the
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Speaker 2: sudden closure, we are just a
37:29
Speaker 1: bit concerned, right? Yeah,
37:31
Speaker 2: stop it. Like this makes me,
37:33
Speaker 1: this makes me want to tear up in the morning. Yeah,
37:35
Speaker 1: to Google reviews, it's still open, but I'm guessing it's
37:38
Speaker 1: it's not, yeah, OK, well, if you ever get news
37:41
Speaker 1: of it, let us know because I think we, we
37:43
Speaker 1: definitely want to.
37:44
Speaker 1: Support and try it as well. Now you got me
37:45
Speaker 1: craving some Mei hong Kui, man, in the morning. Thank
37:48
Speaker 1: you so much for your call. You have a great day, OK.
37:51
Speaker 1: Thank you. Bye bye. On that note of Hong Kui
37:53
Speaker 1: and Panmin and all that, right, there was one popular
37:56
Speaker 1: one at Bishan used to be at S11 Chew Lian
38:00
Speaker 1: Pan Mee. It was very good. And then I checked,
38:04
Speaker 1: thankfully it's still open, but at various places here in Singapore.
38:08
Speaker 1: OK, but very far. Where, where, where's the nearest one?
38:12
Speaker 1: In the east, Changi Airport, Tampines, Chang Sime. OK. Pay
38:15
Speaker 1: Lebar Quarter not so bad. Yeah, yeah. circle. Maybe they
38:17
Speaker 1: live in the east la. Yeah, they got some over
38:20
Speaker 1: at the central and south side of Singapore as well. Anyway,
38:22
Speaker 1: we want to say thank you so much for all
38:24
Speaker 1: your calls and your messages, and we apologize if we
38:26
Speaker 1: didn't manage to read yours out. Gonna be a very
38:29
Speaker 1: interesting month of October onwards for motorists here in Singapore.
38:33
Speaker 1: Yourself, Sonia Chew, as we are moving towards removing some
38:37
Speaker 1: of the, actually not some, almost all of the ERP
38:40
Speaker 1: physical gantries, right? So starting October, you're going to be
38:43
Speaker 1: seeing the blue oval signs that says ERP, so it's
38:50
Speaker 1: like a zone, yeah, on ground and before you actually
38:53
Speaker 1: approach the signs, you will see the ERP charging zone
38:56
Speaker 1: sign that will be on a stand.
38:58
Speaker 1: And then they're gonna use some satellite technology to deduct
39:01
Speaker 1: the costs as they would on a physical gantry, but
39:05
Speaker 1: it's now being removed. Yeah, so, um, just make sure
39:08
Speaker 1: that you have enough money in there at all times.
39:11
Speaker 1: So enjoy and maybe if you see the oval signs,
39:15
Speaker 1: don't be alarmed or don't think, hey, what's happening here?
39:17
Speaker 1: Am I being pranked or what.
39:19
Speaker 1: It's a real thing. You know, you know what I'm
39:20
Speaker 1: most curious about? Like, how did they gradually paint the
39:24
Speaker 1: signs on the road? Just, I mean, I know they
39:27
Speaker 1: do it in phases, most likely, and then sometimes maybe
39:30
Speaker 1: during off-peak hours, but I just still find it incredible. Like,
39:33
Speaker 1: it almost feels like overnight suddenly everything changed. Yes, again,
39:37
Speaker 1: shout out to all the workers who made this possible.
39:40
Speaker 1: And and let's see what happens because I know a
39:42
Speaker 1: long time ago when the gantries were first introduced, right
39:46
Speaker 1: now all your uncles and aunties at the coffee shop saying, hey,
39:49
Speaker 1: very ugly, so such an eyesore. Then we got used
39:52
Speaker 1: to it and now they're gonna remove it. Yeah, yeah,
39:55
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess moving with the times also, right.
39:58
Speaker 1: Something that will be part of history now. Yeah, and
40:01
Speaker 1: on that note about motorists, again, don't forget if you're
40:03
Speaker 1: driving an EV you have from now to October 9th
40:06
Speaker 1: to vote for the number, the number plate that you want.
40:09
Speaker 1: I haven't voted yet. Motoring, so please go and vote.
40:12
Speaker 1: I wonder whether they are gonna show like the stats
40:15
Speaker 1: as we, as we continue voting, like which ones winning.
40:18
Speaker 1: There are 3 options, but have a look for yourself.
40:20
Speaker 1: I can only hope that, you know, our future kids
40:23
Speaker 1: next time if we ever have any, will be half
40:25
Speaker 1: as entrepreneurial as this guy.
40:28
Speaker 1: Are you ready for food news? Let's go. Let's go. 123,
40:31
Speaker 1: food news, news. Sonia with the good news. Where are
40:37
Speaker 1: we going to? OK, firstly, um, I want to highlight
40:40
Speaker 1: this particular shop that they are currently already running that's
40:43
Speaker 1: not related to F&B, OK? I'm not sure if you've
40:46
Speaker 1: heard of Solace Studios before.
40:47
Speaker 1: Oh wait, the photo thing, photo booth, yes, they've got
40:50
Speaker 1: a lot of, so even you know Solar Studios. How
40:52
Speaker 1: do you know them? Uh, I've seen all the Instagram
40:55
Speaker 1: girlies and TikTok baddies use it. True. Um, aside from that,
40:58
Speaker 1: they've been quite smart. Like I've realized that a lot
41:00
Speaker 1: of events that I've been to, they actually provide the,
41:05
Speaker 1: the photo booth to the event.
41:07
Speaker 1: Did they supply the photo booth? Um, yeah, I think
41:10
Speaker 1: they must have some time. They've, um, been customizing, you know,
41:14
Speaker 1: even at the Uniqlo event we were at recently, it
41:16
Speaker 1: was Solace Studios as well. I remember seeing their logo.
41:18
Speaker 1: And whenever I go to Hajji Lane to get my,
41:20
Speaker 1: you will see them there, yeah. So, um, saying hi
41:25
Speaker 1: to Keith, he's the founder of Solace Studios. It's become
41:28
Speaker 1: so popular and since they opened in Hajji Lane in 2022,
41:33
Speaker 1: guess how many locations they have right now.
41:36
Speaker 1: 2020 locations and now he's decided to go into something
41:41
Speaker 1: that he's always been passionate about, Froyo. So he's decided
41:45
Speaker 1: to start his own Froyo brand with his business partner, Dorian.
41:49
Speaker 1: They're both 25, by the way. Um, it's a self-serve
41:52
Speaker 1: Greek frozen yogurt shop also in Hajji Lane, and I
41:56
Speaker 1: have to say I think this one's going to be
41:57
Speaker 1: a hit. They're using one of my favorite yogurts, uh Chobani.
42:02
Speaker 1: Greek yogurt with a lot of protein, right? So they,
42:05
Speaker 1: they actually want to target, uh, fitness, fitness enthusiasts out
42:11
Speaker 1: there that might be very conscious. Yes. Yeah, so, um,
42:15
Speaker 1: you can do it yourself and you have toppings and
42:19
Speaker 1: sauces included as well. Um, price point.
42:21
Speaker 1: Wise, they did note that yeah, it may seem a
42:23
Speaker 1: little bit pricier compared to some of your other froyo places,
42:26
Speaker 1: but they said it's for a good reason, you know,
42:28
Speaker 1: like we're using good quality stuff, we want you to
42:30
Speaker 1: have the best, especially if you're health conscious. You know
42:33
Speaker 1: what I was most curious about over at the Haji
42:35
Speaker 1: Lane Arab area? There's this one place that has this
42:39
Speaker 1: coffee thing, right?
42:40
Speaker 1: And after you order it, it comes out of the wall.
42:43
Speaker 1: Is it all of a sudden you see a guy
42:45
Speaker 1: wearing a monster glove going boom. Yeah, yeah, it comes
42:47
Speaker 1: out of the wall. It's very cute. It's very cute. Yeah,
42:49
Speaker 1: I don't want to confirm or deny that I might
42:53
Speaker 1: have shouted at one point when that came out of
42:55
Speaker 1: nowhere and you didn't even order it, right? You were
42:57
Speaker 1: just walking by, right? I knew I was filming something
42:59
Speaker 1: that I remember. Oh gosh, help me. Anyway, um, just
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Speaker 1: want to say a big congratulations to them because at 25,
43:06
Speaker 1: knowing what you want to do and
43:08
Speaker 1: The ability to actually raise the funds from, I'm guessing
43:12
Speaker 1: his previous um business as well, Solid Studios just really
43:16
Speaker 1: is such a, it's such a good sign for young entrepreneurs,
43:20
Speaker 1: you know, actually, you know what, um, our friends over
43:24
Speaker 1: at Haji could be onto something here maybe aside from
43:26
Speaker 1: your usual, you know.
43:28
Speaker 1: Or whatever prominent brands that open there, right, why not
43:31
Speaker 1: make Hajji Lane a space for young entrepreneurs to try
43:35
Speaker 1: out ideas and see if it works or it does
43:36
Speaker 1: not work, you know, the rental there, I don't think
43:38
Speaker 1: that's cheap, you know, yeah, work out a program with
43:42
Speaker 1: NYC or, you know, maybe not, maybe not the whole stretch,
43:45
Speaker 1: maybe some units, one area could be that.
43:49
Speaker 1: But if you want to support them and fuel his passion,
43:52
Speaker 1: YoGeek is located at 65 Hajji Lane. They're open every day,
43:56
Speaker 1: 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. or until they are sold out.
43:59
Speaker 1: So you buy the YoGeek, then go to Solace Studios,
44:01
Speaker 1: take a picture, yeah, 360 experience. Now whenever I scroll
44:05
Speaker 1: on Instagram reels and TikTok, if I see something Avengers related,
44:10
Speaker 1: I'm scrolling up straight away your phone out of your
44:11
Speaker 1: hands immediately. I don't want to spoil it for myself though, unfortunately.
44:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, everything is available for you online already. I don't
44:21
Speaker 1: know when it became cool to record things in the cinema.
44:23
Speaker 1: I wonder what the security people are doing, not just
44:26
Speaker 1: here in Singapore but worldwide. No, I have to say
44:29
Speaker 1: in Singapore. I've seen people out.
44:34
Speaker 1: Text or use something, but the moment the ushers see
44:37
Speaker 1: you take that, they are immediately coming towards you. OK,
44:39
Speaker 1: I'm still here to see it because I was watching
44:44
Speaker 1: the movie for the second time, there was a row
44:45
Speaker 1: in front of me recording the whole thing. Did you
44:48
Speaker 1: say something? No, I mean.
44:50
Speaker 1: They were doing it discreetly. So if I, I didn't
44:53
Speaker 1: want to cause a fight in the cinema during the
44:55
Speaker 1: movie itself, but I did tell the ushers after the show, like, hey,
44:59
Speaker 1: I want to check this row, and the ladies are
45:01
Speaker 1: still inside. Please check them and make sure to delete
45:03
Speaker 1: the footage. So I wonder whether did they do that
45:06
Speaker 1: or not. Yeah. So for Avengers Endgame On Call, again, look,
45:10
Speaker 1: it's about a 3 hour plus run time, longer than Odyssey,
45:13
Speaker 1: by the way, and there'll be 3 to 4 minutes
45:16
Speaker 1: of additional footage, but apparently it's very important.
45:19
Speaker 1: To understand the link between that and Avengers Doomsday. OK,
45:23
Speaker 1: and the, the thing is, most of it happens.
45:27
Speaker 1: You know how Avengers Endgame ends, right? With the Captain
45:31
Speaker 1: America Steve Rogers choosing to stay with Peggy Carter and
45:34
Speaker 1: they're dancing. Yeah, apparently there are things that will happen
45:37
Speaker 1: from then on, mid-credit scene and the end credits. Oh wow,
45:42
Speaker 1: that says a lot to take note of and the
45:44
Speaker 1: Russo brothers themselves have said that you need to really
45:47
Speaker 1: watch Loki, the series on Disney Plus it again to
45:51
Speaker 1: really understand the concept of time and time.
45:54
Speaker 1: Timelines and multiverses. You know, um, sometimes I feel like
45:58
Speaker 1: that meme of the girl with the maths going at her,
46:01
Speaker 1: you know, the, the math equations. Yeah, sometimes I'm like that,
46:04
Speaker 1: like when it comes, it's like getting really complicated. I
46:07
Speaker 1: need to recap, you know. I mean, it got a
46:09
Speaker 1: bit confusing with the destroyer and then the actor who
46:12
Speaker 1: played in, but now it's apparently OK. OK, well, you know,
46:16
Speaker 1: we just got to do what we can to prep ourselves. Yes,
46:19
Speaker 1: we can. So enjoy the shows.