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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 240726 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: Wake up
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  Speaker 1: Up next
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonnya
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit. And congratulations, you have
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  Speaker 1: made it to Friday, 24th of July, and also when
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  Speaker 1: we come back, I'll give you some fireworks timings to
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  Speaker 1: look forward to for tomorrow when it comes to preview
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  Speaker 1: one for National Day Parade 2026. Singapore's number one hit
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  Speaker 1: music station.
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  Speaker 1: Now, during the World Cup, if you followed England's journey,
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  Speaker 1: you would know the player Jude Bellingham, the man who
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  Speaker 1: wears number 10 going viral on TikTok as well. I'm
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  Speaker 1: seeing loads of fan cam edits and people thirst trapping
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  Speaker 1: Jude Bellingham. I don't know why, but OK, whatever works
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  Speaker 1: for him. And you would know that when England wins,
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  Speaker 1: and for example, it's credited to Jude Bellingham, the fans
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  Speaker 1: would sing this song to him. Hey.
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  Speaker 1: There are loads of videos of Jude Bellingham actually crying
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  Speaker 1: when the fans sing him this song at the stadiums
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  Speaker 1: during the World Cup. So the singers of the song.
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  Speaker 1: It's the Beatles. If you have no idea who the
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  Speaker 1: Beatles are, it's OK. Go ask your parents, go ask
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  Speaker 1: your grandparents. Only one of the biggest bands of the
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  Speaker 1: world in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and their music will
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  Speaker 1: always stand the test of time. John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, these four names, be absolutely familiar with it. So,
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  Speaker 1: 2 of the 4 Beatles are still alive, Sir Paul
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  Speaker 1: McCartney and Ringo Starr, and I've been to Liverpool, England before. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I went to Enfield. I went to Goodison Park when
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  Speaker 1: it was still Goodison Park back then before it became
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  Speaker 1: Everton Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: And for Liverpool, it is Beatlestown because that is where
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  Speaker 1: the Beatles are from. And everywhere you turn, especially at
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  Speaker 1: the Kevin Street Club area, there are loads of tribute
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  Speaker 1: bands to the Beatles, paying tribute to the Beatles. Their
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  Speaker 1: costumes are on display in museums and all that, and
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  Speaker 1: they have this thing called the
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  Speaker 1: Magical mystery bus tour where they will show you like
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  Speaker 1: maybe Penny Lane and going to all the childhood places
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  Speaker 1: of the Beatles. So what happened in Liverpool, England two
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  Speaker 1: days ago was during the magical mystery bus tour when
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  Speaker 1: they pulled up at some random traffic light. Who was
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  Speaker 1: to be the one pulling up next to them by chance?
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  Speaker 1: It's Sir Paul McCartney himself.
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  Speaker 1: And it's no coincidence, he was on a video call
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  Speaker 1: with Ringo Starr. So people who were on that magical
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  Speaker 1: mystery bus were treated to a once-in a-lifetime experience, a
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  Speaker 1: money can't buy experience, and Sir Paul McCartney actually took
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  Speaker 1: pictures with them until the lights changed back to green colors.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, there you go.
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  Speaker 1: It's an experience I really wish my dad had because
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  Speaker 1: he was the one that introduced me to the Beatles
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  Speaker 1: and this song, Hey Jude, the one I just played
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  Speaker 1: you earlier, it's whole special meaning for my dad and
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  Speaker 1: I because our middle name is Jude and of course
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  Speaker 1: that one popular part that everyone sings in a bar
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  Speaker 1: or in stadiums.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so there you go, some music history for you.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, if you're wondering, are the Beatles
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  Speaker 1: are so old, no. Some of the bands you're hearing
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  Speaker 1: play on 987, who were their inspiration? The Beatles. There
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  Speaker 1: you go. And in case you just joined us and
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  Speaker 1: you're wondering, eh, where's our darling Sonia? Well, she's actually
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  Speaker 1: in Belgium right now for Tomorrowland Weekend too. I believe
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  Speaker 1: she's on a campaign. So tonight, or rather Belgium time,
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  Speaker 1: night time.
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  Speaker 1: You might want to stand by on her Instagram stories
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  Speaker 1: or maybe even her Instagram. She might be posting loads
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  Speaker 1: of stories of all the DJs and the amazing stage
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  Speaker 1: layout and her experience on Tomorrowland. It's something I was
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  Speaker 1: hoping that both of us could go together with close
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  Speaker 1: friends and with Jeremy, but never mind. She goes first.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe she gets a taste of Tomorrowland.
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  Speaker 1: so she can better advise all of us on what
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  Speaker 1: to expect if we ever are making plans to go
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  Speaker 1: to Boom, Belgium in the month of July for weekend
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  Speaker 1: one or weekend two. When we come back though, the
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  Speaker 1: phone lines will be open over at 669-119-87. I, I
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  Speaker 1: love this part of the show because we get to
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  Speaker 1: hear from you.
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  Speaker 1: And whether you're a primary, secondary, ITE, poly, JC, uni,
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  Speaker 1: as long as you're schooling, you call us. You could
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  Speaker 1: be a teacher as well. 669-119-87, maybe say in less
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  Speaker 1: than 5 minutes. Tell us about your school. Tell us
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  Speaker 1: about your day. Was there anything exciting? Maybe you can
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  Speaker 1: share with us how was your Racial Harmony Day celebrations
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  Speaker 1: in school as well, and the biggest
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  Speaker 1: Take away from you, for you rather, is we play
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  Speaker 1: you your favorite song here on the shock circuit. So
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  Speaker 1: all that and more coming up here on the show.
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  Speaker 1: Now's the time we open the phone lines at 669-119-87. Again,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're a student of any school of any level,
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  Speaker 1: you could be a principal, you could be a teacher,
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  Speaker 1: discipline master, canteen, auntie, anything, call us right now, 669.
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  Speaker 1: 11987. Tell us what is amazing about your school. How
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  Speaker 1: has your week been? How has your month of July been?
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  Speaker 1: I think we are one month into the post-June holidays already.
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  Speaker 1: Let us know about your weighted assessments or anything. Have
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  Speaker 1: a conversation with me. It gets a bit quiet here
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  Speaker 1: in the studio, so I could use you for company.
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  Speaker 1: And the biggest takeaway is I play you your favorite
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  Speaker 1: song here. 987. Hello, what's it.
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  Speaker 1: Name. Hello Jovan, and how's your Friday morning so far, buddy?
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  Speaker 1: Very good. And which school are you off to? Maha.
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  Speaker 1: Maha Bodhi. OK, I don't think it's the first time
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  Speaker 1: we had someone from Maha Bodhi School calling us. What's
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  Speaker 1: amazing about your school, man? What do you love about school? Friends.
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  Speaker 1: And how do you usually spend time with them? t,
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  Speaker 1: tag recess. Your play tag is like catching, is it?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, OK, Ken, at least it's still called the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Can I ask what's good to eat or anything eventful
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  Speaker 1: that happened for you in Maha Body School the past week?
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  Speaker 1: How are your racial Harmony Day celebrations?
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  Speaker 1: Very good. What do y'all do?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, dress up, do art and crafts. So what do
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  Speaker 1: you dress up as or which, which, uh, racist costume
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  Speaker 1: did you wear?
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  Speaker 1: Outfit Chinese. Chinese. Ah, alright. OK then. Jovan, what song
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  Speaker 1: can I get you to play here on 987? Gabriela. Sure,
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  Speaker 1: why not? Very popular for our requests here on the show.
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  Speaker 1: You take care, man. Enjoy school, OK. Bye-bye. With how
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  Speaker 1: popular this song is, I'm surprised it's only over a
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  Speaker 1: year old. Yup. It was released June 20th, 2025, so
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  Speaker 1: it's about what, 1 month and 4 days old? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: One month, no, one year.
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  Speaker 1: 1 year, 1 month, and 4 days old. There you go.
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  Speaker 1: It's Joakim Gomez keeping you company right here on the
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  Speaker 1: shock circuit. I can't math right now, but what I
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  Speaker 1: can do and maybe say just past 7 a.m., how
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: about handing you a pair of tickets to preview 2
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: for this year's NDP. Yup. And apparently our friends over
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: at Channel News Asia, they've very kindly given you an
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  Speaker 1: article where they say, here are some of the best
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  Speaker 1: spots in Singapore to book for a staycation over.
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  Speaker 1: NDP weekend. Let me give you some of my picks
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  Speaker 1: as well from this article where hopefully, if you pick
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  Speaker 1: the correct facing side, you'll be able to see some fireworks.
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  Speaker 1: All that and plenty more here on the shock circuit.
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  Speaker 1: Stay with us. Shen Sonia, of course, in Belgium for Tomorrowland.
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  Speaker 1: She'll get to enjoy Martin Garrix's live and I'm waiting
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  Speaker 1: for all her Insta stories and Instagram pictures. That's it,
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  Speaker 1: just across, I won't say the river or the sea,
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  Speaker 1: but
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  Speaker 1: A train ride away from Belgium. It is France, and
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  Speaker 1: what happened over at the Louvre nine months ago, it's
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  Speaker 1: a certain jewelry heist that you might have read about.
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  Speaker 1: The jewelry heist, by the way, saw the Louvre losing
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  Speaker 1: close to $102 million worth of crown jewels. It's been
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  Speaker 1: 9 months, it's unrecovered over at the Apollo Gallery, but
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  Speaker 1: some
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  Speaker 1: Is good news the right phrase to use? Some good
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  Speaker 1: news for you if you have if you have plans
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  Speaker 1: to go to the Louvre to tour the entire museum
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  Speaker 1: and have a look at all the art exhibits and
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  Speaker 1: maybe uh artifacts from days past. The Apollo Gallery has
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  Speaker 1: been reopened to the public. Yay! Should we clap? I
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  Speaker 1: I I think we should. Yeah, well done, OK.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, my, my only wish is, yes, you've reopened to
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  Speaker 1: the public. Let's hope your security measures are a lot
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  Speaker 1: better than what it was 9 months ago, OK? And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the moment they find the jewels, we'll let you know
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  Speaker 1: here on 987, but I'm just speculating here, highly likely
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  Speaker 1: it's already been fenced somewhere.
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  Speaker 1: That, that, that's my opinion. And you just know, our
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  Speaker 1: friends over at Netflix, they are preparing a documentary series
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  Speaker 1: about this particular jewelry heist. There you go. It's Selena
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  Speaker 1: Gomez with Boyfriend, right here on 987, your number one
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  Speaker 1: hit music station, also sharing the same birth date as
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  Speaker 1: yours truly. She's 34 years old this year. Congratulations to
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  Speaker 1: Selena Gomez.
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  Speaker 1: Not just her, Prince George as well, becoming a teenager,
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  Speaker 1: Shawn Michaels, if you follow WWE, it was his birthday,
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  Speaker 1: also 22nd of July, and this one, when I was
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: just googling who I share the same birthday with, it, it,
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  Speaker 1: it gave me goosebumps. The man who wrote our national anthem,
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  Speaker 1: the late Zubir Sayed, 22nd of July 1907. Wow!
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. I don't know what that means,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't believe in coincidences anymore. When we come
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  Speaker 1: back though, speaking of the late Zubir Say and our
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  Speaker 1: national anthem, how about singing it proudly for National Day
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  Speaker 1: Parade preview to come August 1st. Yes, I'm preparing you
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  Speaker 1: for something that we have next week here on the show.
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: Shock circuit, but I'll give you more details at just
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  Speaker 1: past 9:00 a.m. But for now, I have a small,
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  Speaker 1: very easy National Day parade quiz coming your way, maybe
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  Speaker 1: say in less than 5 minutes. So be on standby
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  Speaker 1: over at 669-119-87. I'll be opening up the phone lines.
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  Speaker 1: If you get through and you answer 3 questions correctly.
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  Speaker 1: You're walking away with that pair of preview 2 passes. 987, hello,
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  Speaker 1: what's your name? Cameron. Good morning. Good morning, Cameron. How's
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  Speaker 1: your Friday morning so far, buddy?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's good. I'm guessing you're headed to work then.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, yes. What do you do for a living out
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: of curiosity?
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: Uh, I work in the finance sector. OK, busy times
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: for you, I guess. The grind never stops. All right, Cameron,
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  Speaker 1: so hopefully, you walk away with a pair of preview
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  Speaker 1: two tickets to this year's NDP happening 1st of August.
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  Speaker 1: I have a list of three questions. I'll give you
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  Speaker 1: A or B options. Are you ready? Yes. All right,
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  Speaker 1: here we go, Cameron.
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  Speaker 1: Your very first question, what does Singapura mean in Sanskrit?
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  Speaker 1: Is it A, fishing village, or B, lion city?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, B, Lion City. Lion City is absolutely correct. Well done.
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  Speaker 1: Your next question, who is the original singer of Home?
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  Speaker 1: Is it A, Stephanie Sun or B, Kit Chan?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Kit Chan. Kit Chan is correct. You almost kept
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  Speaker 1: me for a while with that silence. OK. And your
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  Speaker 1: last question, what is the name of the NDP mascot?
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  Speaker 1: Is it A, August the Merlion, or B, Singer the lion?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Singa the lion, Singa the lion, the courtesy one,
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  Speaker 1: change your answer.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, August. August the Merlion is absolutely correct. Well done
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  Speaker 1: to you, Cameron. Thank you. That pair of NDP preview
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  Speaker 1: two passes coming your way. Who are you gonna bring
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  Speaker 1: with you?
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: Uh, I'll probably bring my fiance. Yeah, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: have a great one. Hopefully get a good view of
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  Speaker 1: the fireworks from inside the stadium. We'll see you there
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  Speaker 1: August 1st, OK, Cameron? OK, thank you so much. Well,
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  Speaker 1: next week here on the shock circuit, we have a
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  Speaker 1: small surprise for you. I think Sonia and I, we
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  Speaker 1: have secured you.
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  Speaker 1: NDP actual day tickets. So if you want to win it,
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: all you have to do is tune in to us
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: next week, more of such quizzes, and I promise you,
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  Speaker 1: I'll keep it easy. I, I, I'll keep it very basic. I,
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  Speaker 1: I was quite scared that Cameron kept a little bit
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  Speaker 1: quiet when I asked who was the original singer of Home,
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  Speaker 1: whether it was it Stephanie's son or Kit Chan.
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  Speaker 1: Easy questions, OK? Level 1 or level 2 questions will
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  Speaker 1: be asked next week. I was scrolling through Channel News
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  Speaker 1: Asia earlier this morning, I was looking for content and
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  Speaker 1: I realized they actually released an article where they were
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  Speaker 1: giving you tips on where to do your staycations if
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  Speaker 1: you want to catch the fireworks over NDP weekend or
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  Speaker 1: preview one or preview two. Places like
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  Speaker 1: Ritz-Carlton, it was mentioned, Park Royal, at least the hotels
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  Speaker 1: that are able to face towards the Kallang Stadium site,
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  Speaker 1: National Stadium site, yeah, they were all in your news articles.
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  Speaker 1: If you're wanting to catch the fireworks, places like Nicoll
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  Speaker 1: Highway MRT station, Kallang Riverside Park, and Tanjung R, it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be very crowded, so you gotta do.
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  Speaker 1: It's more Singaporean thing. You got to go there early
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  Speaker 1: and camp. Bring your picnic mats, bring your lunch, dinner,
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  Speaker 1: bring your sunblocks and all your umbrellas in case it rains,
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  Speaker 1: or if it gets really hot and glaring, at least
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  Speaker 1: you're protected from the sun or the rain. But if
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  Speaker 1: you want to go to other places, there are some
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  Speaker 1: places like Golden Mile, Kapa, people are going there to
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  Speaker 1: camp over there, or if you have friends over the.
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  Speaker 1: Tanjong Ru area. Now's the time to call them and say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: can I come over for dinner, or can I just
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  Speaker 1: come over and have a look at the fireworks and
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  Speaker 1: we have some wine or some drinks. Timings though, OK,
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  Speaker 1: for the flag fly pass, it's when the reviewing officer,
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  Speaker 1: or for the actual day, the president, it's when he
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  Speaker 1: shows up to the parade, when we sing national anthem.
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  Speaker 1: That's when the flag fly pass would happen.
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  Speaker 1: 6:30 to about 6:50 p.m., point your camera to the
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  Speaker 1: sky and be on standby. Maybe if you're at Marina Barrage,
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  Speaker 1: you might see this clearly. And for the fireworks, it's
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  Speaker 1: just past 7:30 p.m. There'll be some random bursts. And
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  Speaker 1: for the finale, it's closer to 8:00 p.m. or slightly
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  Speaker 1: past 8:00 p.m. where you get the full show. So hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: you take nice pictures. I'm seeing loads of nice videos
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  Speaker 1: on TikTok already. I think my algorithm.
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  Speaker 1: Rhythm because I've been clicking on so much of the
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  Speaker 1: hashtags NDP 2026. Uh, I'm just liking all the NDP
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  Speaker 1: videos that I see. Thank you so much and I
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  Speaker 1: really hope you've had fun. If you were there inside
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  Speaker 1: the stadium or with friends and family outside looking for
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  Speaker 1: a nice view. I don't know why two good words
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  Speaker 1: like good life. Here in Singapore, when we say, there's
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  Speaker 1: always like a negative connotation or a condescending tone to it. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: good life, huh?
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  Speaker 1: You see what I mean? But anyway, it is Joakim
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  Speaker 1: Gomez keeping you company here on the shock circuit and
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  Speaker 1: as promised, uh, I asked you to have in mind,
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  Speaker 1: who would you call to rescue you from a creepy
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  Speaker 1: crawly situation? Because I want to upsize this story a
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  Speaker 1: little bit and take you to a small village in Rajasthan, India.
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  Speaker 1: Where a shopkeeper was just going about his day and
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  Speaker 1: by the way, this entire incident is available for you
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  Speaker 1: on video, so I'm very sure it's on TikTok or
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  Speaker 1: on Instagram reels somewhere. Just go search up Rajasthan Shopkeeper
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  Speaker 1: and what you will see is in the middle of nowhere, suddenly,
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  Speaker 1: a leopard.
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  Speaker 1: I kid you not, a leopard enters the store and
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  Speaker 1: the leopard almost mauls the shopkeeper. Thank God he was
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  Speaker 1: able to get out in time and close the shutters
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  Speaker 1: of his store to trap the leopard inside. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: too sure what has happened to the leopard, but in
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  Speaker 1: the CCTV it looks quite cute lah, but it was
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  Speaker 1: going towards the alcohol section.
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  Speaker 1: The leopard was thirsty for some drinks. So again, thankfully
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  Speaker 1: nobody was seriously hurt, and I'm very sure the leopard's
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  Speaker 1: taken care of. Maybe he was set free somewhere else
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  Speaker 1: far away from this little shop in the village of Rajasthan, India.
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  Speaker 1: So with that situation, I mean, obviously you can't call
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  Speaker 1: anyone to come and save you from all that, but
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  Speaker 1: I want to bring it back here to Singapore, OK?
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  Speaker 1: And this might make you shudder. I know if Sonia
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  Speaker 1: were here she would go, Hey, hey, don't say, don't
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  Speaker 1: say it, please don't say it. Yeah, but I'll say
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  Speaker 1: it since it's in Belgium.
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  Speaker 1: For example, if there's a cockroach, lizard, creepy crawly, a
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  Speaker 1: moth or a bee or whatsoever, and if you don't
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  Speaker 1: have the courage to approach it and you know, put
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  Speaker 1: it somewhere else or get rid of it, who do
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  Speaker 1: you call? What happens then? Who is your life and savior?
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: In a situation like this, tell us this hilarious story.
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  Speaker 1: Has it ever happened to you? 669-11987 or you can
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  Speaker 1: or your dramatic story this Friday morning, what's coming your way,
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  Speaker 1: They want to focus on Straits heritage cuisine, so we're
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• 18:25
  Speaker 1: told you a story, a real-life story that's available on
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  Speaker 1: video of a little small village in Rajasthan, India, where
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: a shopkeeper just going about his everyday business and all
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: of a sudden, a leopard enters his store.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Yup, the leopard almost mauls him. Thank God he was
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: able to run out in time. He closed the shutters
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: to trap the leopard inside the store, and if you
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: watch the CCTV you're just wondering why is the leopard
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: going towards the alcohol section. So I searched, are there
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: beers named after leopards? There's one called Leo, apparently.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Maybe you wanna drink its own product, but anyway, uh,
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: I want to downsize the leopard to simple things like
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: the cockroach, the lizard, a moth, a bee, anything that's
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: creepy crawly here in Singapore.
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  Speaker 1: If a case were to happen to you and if
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: you're not brave enough to confront it, who do you call?
• 19:18
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• 19:25
  Speaker 1: say good morning to Jasmine. Jasmine says, hey Joakim, when
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: my son was younger,
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Younger, when he needs midnight feeds, I will go to
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: the kitchen to make milk for him. Every night without fail,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: I will spot a cockroach at my countertop. I will
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: often wake my husband up to catch it, but by
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: the time he wakes up, the cockroach is gone. It
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: has come to a point where I'm no longer afraid,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: and I'll just pick up my courage and I'll smack
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: it with my bare hands. We, wow, OK. One coming
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: in as well from, let me just get your name
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  Speaker 1: on WhatsApp. Hello, Amanda.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Amanda, you say, morning, Joakim. I live in an HDB
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: and town council will normally have a monthly pesticide cleaning
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: for the rubbish chute. Yeah, the, uh, fogging. Normally they'll
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: inform the the cleaning date on a letter pasted in
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: front of the lift lobby, but I totally forget to
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: look at it. I came home and one day the
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: floor was infested with dead cockroaches.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: I ended up calling my dad to come down and
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: pick me up and he ended up piggybacking me home.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: Mind you, my dad was 68 and I'm a full-grown
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: 24 year old woman, but luckily I'm petite. Aiyo! I mean,
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: it's a core memory for you, Amanda, but in a very, uh, yeah,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: interesting manner. Going to our phone lines at 669-119-87. Carrie,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: what's your story?
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: OK, so give me a scenario where this has happened before. OK,
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: at home, obviously, you know, you walk into the kitchen,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: there's a cockroach crawling, and then after that, I will
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: like freak out and then I'll go and look for him,
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: scream for him. But then I think he's scared as well.
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: But then he has to master his courage in front
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: of me. Yeah. Can I ask, has there ever been
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: a situation where he's not at home? How do you
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: handle it? Yes, yes, yes, uh, my kids.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: I asked my daughter, is not very reliable. Yeah, my
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: daughter is better. She will pretend to take like, you know,
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: a crushed up paper and then she will wait there.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: Uh, wait, yeah, and then I'll walk away. So I
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: don't know what happened to whatever cockroach or lizard. Yeah,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: I see. Well done to your daughter then. Thank you
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: so much for your call. You take care, OK, Carrie.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Bye-bye. Have a good day. Keep the calls
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: coming in over at 669-11-987. You can WhatsApp us at 90050987.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: In a time of an emergency. When I say emergency,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: I mean a cockroach or a lizard or a moth, bee, anything. Caterpillar.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: When you see it, and you're not brave enough to
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: confront it, who do you call? 669-11987. Let us know,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: or 900-50987. Again, if you do like your answer, what's
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• 22:11
  Speaker 1: over $300 to Racine, Singapore Airlines Singapore.
• 22:15
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• 22:18
  Speaker 1: She's performing, I think, at the Padang stage, if I'm
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: not wrong, a song called Lush Life on 987, your
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: number one hit music station. Joakim Girma is here with you. So,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: inspired by a story I read on the news and
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: even this video that I saw as well, a village
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: in Rajasthan, India, a shopkeeper was just minding his own
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: business and all of a sudden a leopard enters his store.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: The leopard almost mauls him, but thank God he was
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: able to get out in time and he closed the
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: store's shutters to trap the leopard inside. So I'm not
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: too sure what the update is for the leopard. Hopefully
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: it was captured humanely and released in the wild, far
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: away from where the shop was. I think the leopard
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: was lost, to be honest with you, but I'm gonna
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: downsize it to a.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Singaporean context when it comes to creepy crawlies, who do
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: you call for help? Really? Gonna go to WhatsApp 90050987.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Wanna say good morning to Jovian. Jovian says, Hey Joakim,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: this sounds funny and wasteful, but two years ago it
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: happened to our family at 2 a.m. I was working
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: in the living room and I heard a noise like
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: something was scratching like.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. So out of curiosity, I went
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: to investigate. I found out it was a cat that
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: went into our shoe cabinet. We tried to fish the
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: cat out but we failed. None of us were brave
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: enough to grab it. Ended up we called the friendly police.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: Must have been the best call the Abang police or
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: the sister police would have received. They came and tried
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: and asked for food, and it works. Just a can
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: of tuna and the cat happily walked out. Just not
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: a pleasant yet funny experience for wasting police resources. Also,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I wanna say hello to Angela. Angela says, morning Joakim.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: Before I got married, it used to be my dad.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: Now that I have my own home, I rely on
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: my husband, but if he ain't around, I'll dispatch.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: My 5 cats, 3 of my cats used to be strays,
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: so it is second nature to them. One of their
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: kill count is like 2 beetles, 3 cockroaches, 1 lizard,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: and most recently 1 grasshopper. But of course, I'll wait
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: for my husband to do the disposal. Well, there you go.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: I have Yana on the line. Yana, who do you call?
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: So
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: I will probably call my pet cat. So there is
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: this bug called June bug. I mean, I'm, I'm sure
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: a lot of Singaporeans have.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Experiences, but this bug, this brown, it's not a ladybug,
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: but this thing will just fly around, hit against the
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: wall and just die eventually.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: Yes, I know the sound is very loud,
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: very loud, yes. So one time, uh this bugger just
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: flew onto my head and I had to call my
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: cat to rescue me.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: So how does your rescue you?
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: I would just take his head and just, you know,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: hit on my own hair.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: so cute. What's your cat's name?
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: Lo,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: Loki, what a yang. Thank you so much for your call.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Take care, OK, Yana. Bye-bye. Keep the calls coming in
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: over at 669-11-987 or you can WhatsApp us at 90050987.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Just about enough time to read out a few more texts.
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: When it comes to creepy crawlies here in Singapore, who
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: do you call to rescue you? Inspired by an upsized version,
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: how about a leopard?
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: In a small village in Rajasthan, India, a shopkeeper just
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: minding his own store, minding his own business. All of
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: a sudden a leopard enters his store, almost mauls the fella.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: Thank God he was able to get out and close
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: the shutters, and if you have time, you can go
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: watch the video on TikTok or on Instagram reels. I
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: think it's captured on CCTV. Now, I wanna go to
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: WhatsApp and say good morning to Hamir. Hamir, you say morning, Joakim.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: There was one time there was a cockroach at my home.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: My wife and I are terribly afraid of it, but
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: my daughter isn't. She just took my slipper outside and
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: crushed it. We were stunned. Shame on us. Until now,
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: we are still very embarrassed with ourselves. Wanna say hello
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: to Irfan. Irfan says, morning Joakim at 987. I have
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: to be honest, for me, I have a big fear
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: of cockroaches. So every time at home, when I want
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: to throw rubbish, when I want to shower, if I
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: see that thing crawling anywhere near me.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: I will call my superhero wife. She will be the
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: one who handles it so much for being a man, right?
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: No lah. You know what? We, we all have a
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: fear of something. Look at me. Cockroaches and lizards. I'm
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: OK with, but I fear crows. But crows, I tell you,
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: you know, yesterday on my grab on the way to
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: work when I passed by Bishan CC, I actually saw
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: an uncle.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Having a huge rice pack, feeding the crows at 6 a.m. plus,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: or rather 5:45 a.m. plus in the morning, I wound
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: down the window and I shout, Oi, stop feeding the birds.
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: The uncle ren lah. Yeah, I wish I caught it
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: on camera. Oh no, I'm becoming the kind of Singaporean
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: that records things on cameras and then go to the
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: one service app.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: When we come back, let's pick a winner of the
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: very nice Racine dining experience. Wanna say a big thank
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: you for all your calls and all your texts, but
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: as always, we pick one winner and you always give
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: Sonia and I a headache, especially on a day like this,
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: where we have plenty of calls and WhatsApp messages coming
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: in over at 90050987. In case you missed it, it
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: was inspired by this leopard entering a shop.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: In Rajasthan, India, and thankfully nobody was hurt. So I
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: downsized it and I said, if a situation like this
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: were to happen to you, when it comes to a
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: cockroach or a lizard or a creepy crawly here in Singapore,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: who do you call to rescue you? Loads of answers
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: I got saying my cat, my husband, someone said my wife.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: It's OK, Irfan. No one's judging. But I wanna give
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: today's winning prize, today's prize rather, to Jovian who texted
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: us earlier. Jovian.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Jovian sharing how a cat actually entered his shoe cabinet.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: The entire family wasn't too brave in grabbing it out.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: They tried to lure it out. No, they called the
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: police lah.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: Jovian, whoever the officers were that came down to your house,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: you bring them for this meal over at Sophieel Singapore
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: City Center. It's a very nice traits heritage buffet. We're
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: giving you a dining experience for two worth over $300.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: Enjoy yourself. If you go to any girl group, maybe
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: K-pop group as well.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: Singaporean girl group, Indonesian girl group, everywhere around the world.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: If you ask them, oh, name us your inspiration, you know,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: what's behind your dance moves and all that, chances are,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: they might say, Destiny's Child. If you're wondering who Destiny's
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: Child are, it's the trio made up of Beyonce, Kelly,
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: and Michelle.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: And this is where I give you news. I'm gonna
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: give you a massive throwback of all throwbacks. Of course,
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: who can forget Destiny's Child, one of their hit singles,
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: Say My Name.
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: And how about Lose My Breath?
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: Or respectfully, bootylicious.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: If you're wondering, hey, Joakim, why are you giving us
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: a massive throwback? Destiny's Child, they have not been in
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: action for very long. This is where I correct you.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: They were actually known as a different name in the
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: year 1990, and then in the year 1996, they rebranded
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: themselves as Destiny's Child. This year being 2026, they are
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: celebrating 30 years and there is a huge rumor.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: That there could be new music coming out from Destiny's Child, wow! OK.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: I'm down. I, I'm down if you're down because they
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: could be releasing remixes, a bit of urban dance tracks,
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: and perhaps a new single. Whether it will be part
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: of a new album, it remains to be seen, but yes,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: congratulations to Destiny's Child, 30 years now, and their music
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: still lives on. So with the Hungarian Grand Prix gonna
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: start this weekend and hopefully you enjoy the race on
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Sunday at 9 p.m. We are about what?
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: 2 to 3 months away to the Singapore Grand Prix.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: And if you're still wondering about the lineup on Friday
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: at the Padang and WAF stages, you got the likes
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: of Split Enz, CITIs, they've got the Formula One Drivers
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: Fan Forum, and JJ Linn takes the stage. On Saturday,
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: the likes of the Goo Goo Dolls, Zara Larsson.
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: And the Killers will be on stage. And on Sunday,
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Lana Del Rey, James Arthur, and Janet Jackson. And for
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: the DJs on Friday, we got DJ Snake, only one
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: of the best DJs in the world. You got to
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: watch him live. We got Major Lazer, we've got Toy Monster,
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: the likes of Hio, and on Sunday, Mark Ronson and Jew,
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: they will be spinning the night away if you want
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: to go enjoy.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: Enjoy the Formula One lineup and not forgetting, of course,
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: the Formula One race that we have here in Singapore. OK,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: if you're a football fan, if you can, and if
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: you feel compelled to, please support our boys in red
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: for the AFF championship, which kicks off tonight. We have
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: an away game to Cambodia next Monday, twenty-seventh of July.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: We are at home against Timor-Leste at the Jala.
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: Basar Stadium. Tickets are still available, though limited. And then
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: next Friday, 31st July, we are away to Vietnam, and
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: then 7th of August. It's an age-old rivalry, Singapore against Indonesia.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: I think it's so age-old to the point where tickets
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: are sold out already. So thank you very much for
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: doing that. Well done to you if you bought tickets
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: to support our boys. Yes.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: Come on team Singapore, come on Harris and Co. Just
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: do well, play well, and make us all proud. And
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: there is a piece of update when it comes to
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: the jerseys for our national team, and this is very
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: timely because it's just before National Day. You would know
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: that the current jersey sponsors are Nike.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: If you follow Adidas Singapore on Instagram, you would have
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: seen they've started teasing a few things already when it
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: comes to the next jersey that our boys would wear,
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: and hearsay it could be out before National Day. So hopefully,
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: if you're coming to the National Stadium for NDP 2026,
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: rather than wear your Liverpool, Manchester United, or Arsenal jerseys,
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: if you can purchase a Singapore jersey and wear it
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: for NDP 2026. It'll be beautiful to see.