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987 THE SHOCK CIRCUIT REPLAY🔁 210526 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: Wake up.
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  Speaker 1: Good
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  Speaker 1: Kicking off your day in the best way. It's Sonya
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  Speaker 1: and Joakim on the shock circuit. So hands up if
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  Speaker 1: you slept like a baby last night and found it
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  Speaker 1: absolutely difficult to wake up this morning because of the rain. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I was snug as a bug in my bed. Full
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  Speaker 1: details coming your way and welcome to your show on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Singapore's number one hit music station.
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  Speaker 1: I think I was at the National Stadium area yesterday
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  Speaker 1: and they are preparing for Gem's concert. Yup. Her name
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  Speaker 1: is Gloria, if I'm not wrong. One of the biggest
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  Speaker 1: names in the Mandda pop scene from Hong Kong, and
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  Speaker 1: they call her Hong Kong's Taylor Swift and to which, um,
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  Speaker 1: there was a few years ago I got very curious
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  Speaker 1: about Gem, you know, she speaks very good English, speaks
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  Speaker 1: very good, uh, Cantonese and Mandarin, of course, she should.
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  Speaker 1: And when I heard her sing, my God, her vocals
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  Speaker 1: are amazing. If there is a Mandopop superstar, aside from
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  Speaker 1: Jay Cho, whose concert I want to attend at least
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  Speaker 1: once in my life, maybe I wanna catch Jam in concert.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, if you're going down the Kallang area the
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  Speaker 1: next few days, you might see them sound checking and
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  Speaker 1: very soon it'll be her concert live in Singapore. And
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  Speaker 1: in terms of maybe say a festival happening in our country.
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  Speaker 1: In the month of July, Friday, 17th July, Saturday, and
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  Speaker 1: Sunday as well. It's Glow Festival by Prudential. The likes
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  Speaker 1: of Jason Derulo will be in town at Dea as well. Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: you got Hugo and Bad Bad Not Good. And on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: you have this.
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  Speaker 1: This particular artist who has a song that people still
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  Speaker 1: relate to even though the song is now almost 10
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  Speaker 1: or 11 years old. It's Alessia Cara. This song called Scars,
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  Speaker 1: You're Beautiful, and yep, slept like a baby last night,
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  Speaker 1: all thanks to the rain. I don't know about you.
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  Speaker 1: And hopefully you sleep better too when it rains here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore, but the problem about the rain is having
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: to wake up at 4:45 a.m. to get ready for
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  Speaker 1: the morning show. Yeah, that part is extremely difficult and
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  Speaker 1: waking up early to head to school as well. So
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  Speaker 1: if you're doing that, you know what? I wanna send
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  Speaker 1: you love and all the energy. Well done, well done
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  Speaker 1: to you. You're awake.
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  Speaker 1: You are driving your kids to school and to the kids,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to school to learn more and hopefully collect
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  Speaker 1: good exam grades. Hang in there just 9 more days
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  Speaker 1: before the June holidays. So, yeah, just whatever energy and
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  Speaker 1: strength you have left, just claw on.
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  Speaker 1: And carry on and then 30th of May you celebrate. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the holiday for June. Please, really, if you can travel overseas,
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  Speaker 1: go across the Causeway. I hope your supplementary and remedial classes.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe not as packed as it would be during the
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  Speaker 1: March and September holidays. So, two days ago, Levey was
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  Speaker 1: in town and 19th of May, Tuesday night. She performed
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  Speaker 1: over at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. If you're having your
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  Speaker 1: post-concert blues, well, here's to, I, I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: use the phrase make it worse because if you see
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  Speaker 1: Pictures or videos of the concert, you might go, No,
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  Speaker 1: I wanna go back to Tuesday night. But Lewe has
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  Speaker 1: very kindly posted her highlights of the Singapore tour. Go
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  Speaker 1: to her account right now, and she's one of the
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  Speaker 1: very few Instagram accounts with the golden circle that represents
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  Speaker 1: her Insta story updates and all that. So please go
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  Speaker 1: have a look, give it a like and thank Lewe.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps she can come back next time.
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  Speaker 1: And you know what, I, I hope the next time
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  Speaker 1: she does 2 nights here in Singapore, maybe one night
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  Speaker 1: at the indoor stadium again and the other night at
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  Speaker 1: the Esplanade concert hall. I think her music and given
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  Speaker 1: the Esplanade acoustics, it would sound absolutely amazing, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: very sure.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe if she were to stage a more intimate show
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  Speaker 1: over at the Esplanade, ticket prices might be quite high. 987, hello,
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  Speaker 1: what's your name? Hi, hi, I'm Elijah. Hello, Elijah, and
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  Speaker 1: what school are you headed to today? Primary School. Oh, OK.
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  Speaker 1: So are you excited as the new MRT station coming up?
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  Speaker 1: Is it near your primary school?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, yeah. All right, all the best. What level are
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  Speaker 1: you in, man?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, primary 6. Primary 6. So, OK, the standard question
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  Speaker 1: to ask any primary 6 student, how is studying for
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  Speaker 1: your PSLE?
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  Speaker 1: Um, good. OK, are you stressed by anything? Uh, not really. OK,
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  Speaker 1: so what is your best subject? Which one do you
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  Speaker 1: think guarantee you do well for? Math. Math. OK. So
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  Speaker 1: if you were to tell me one fantastic thing about
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  Speaker 1: Cantonment Primary School, what would that be?
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  Speaker 2: Um,
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  Speaker 2: We have like a place in our canteen, which is
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  Speaker 2: called the Reading Nook where students can go there to
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  Speaker 2: like read books.
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  Speaker 1: OK, what kind of books are you into?
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  Speaker 2: I like comics.
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  Speaker 1: Comics, of course. Loved my comics when I was back
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  Speaker 1: in primary school as well. Return of the Condor Heroes.
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  Speaker 1: I think millennials might know this one. OK, Elijah, time
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  Speaker 1: to ask for your favorite song to play here on 987.
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  Speaker 1: What song would that be?
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  Speaker 2: Beauty and the
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  Speaker 2: Beast by
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  Speaker 2: Justin Bieber. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: going old school, OK. Do you want to give this
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  Speaker 1: to anyone, to your friends or whoever?
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  Speaker 2: Um, to my father,
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  Speaker 1: to your father who's driving you to school, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm in a school bus. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: you're in a school bus. OK, so to your dad,
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  Speaker 1: enjoy it and thank you very much for your call. OK, Elijah,
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  Speaker 1: take care, man. OK. Bye-bye.
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  Speaker 1: Elijah of Cantonment Primary School, that song going out to you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for calling us and letting us
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  Speaker 1: know about the reading corner that you have over at
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  Speaker 1: the school canteen and the people who live in the
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  Speaker 1: Cantonment area, Prince Edward, as well as Keppel. Congratulations. By
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  Speaker 1: July 12th, all three Circle Line stations.
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  Speaker 1: will finally be open and the circle line is the
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  Speaker 1: circle at last. We had to wait a while, but
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  Speaker 1: we finally got there in time. When we come back
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: here on the shock circuit, uh, you know, us here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore, we have a bit of a bird situation
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  Speaker 1: with the pigeons, the crows, the miners, but
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  Speaker 1: Be, be, be thankful we, we don't have many seagulls
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  Speaker 1: to deal with. Because if you go to places like
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  Speaker 1: Australia or maybe even the UK to a coastal town,
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  Speaker 1: your number one public enemy, open inverted commas, could be
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  Speaker 1: the seagulls, them trying to soup your food, and seagull droppings.
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  Speaker 1: Not even royalty was spared. So you don't know, here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore, we're dealing with the crows, the pigeons, the miner.
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  Speaker 1: And uh yeah, I, I hope it's improving. Haven't read
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  Speaker 1: much about it in the news as of yet, but
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  Speaker 1: the crows in Bishan still out and about. They always
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  Speaker 1: have meetings, you know, at 4:15 or 4:30 p.m. at
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  Speaker 1: the barricade railing towards the Longkang where Bishan Stadium is. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they're always there, and it's like they're meeting and shower time.
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  Speaker 1: Even they are having an ice bath club of themselves, uh, sauna,
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  Speaker 1: they sit in the railings for a while, then go
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  Speaker 1: to the water, then back to the railings again.
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  Speaker 1: But in the UK and maybe even coastal towns like
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  Speaker 1: in Europe or Australia, you would know the seagulls, they
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  Speaker 1: are next level. They are next level, violent, inverted commas.
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  Speaker 1: They don't care. They'll swoop down at your food, and
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  Speaker 1: I remember when I was in Australia, Melbourne, this is
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  Speaker 1: almost 10 years ago now. Bought myself some nice fish
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  Speaker 1: and chips, wanted to go to Saint Paul's lookout just
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  Speaker 1: to sit there by the beach and enjoy the view
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  Speaker 1: and the sound, the waves and all that, but the
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  Speaker 1: moment I stopped the car,
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  Speaker 1: The seagulls, they know, they're not flying above you. They
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  Speaker 1: are hovering above you, waiting for you to come out,
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  Speaker 1: and the moment you do, they'll swoop down, try to
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  Speaker 1: steal as many fish or french fries as they can.
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  Speaker 1: No one is spared from the seagulls and even royalty
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  Speaker 1: because in the UK in a coastal town, King Charles
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  Speaker 1: himself was doing a visit and unfortunately, in that video
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  Speaker 1: as covered by the BBC.
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  Speaker 1: The moment they cut to a back shot, you can
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  Speaker 1: see a very obvious.
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  Speaker 1: Well, stain that is seagulls droppings. Yup. The BBC reporter
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  Speaker 1: actually reported on it as well and they were able
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  Speaker 1: to get a small audio of King Charles interacting with
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  Speaker 1: people who came to get his autograph and take pictures
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  Speaker 1: with him because they were saying, oh, your Your Majesty,
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  Speaker 1: there's there's something on the back of your jacket, and
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  Speaker 1: here is what he said. If you can't hear it,
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  Speaker 1: he said, at least it did not land on my head.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, the, the amount of memes that would have happened
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  Speaker 1: if that actually did take place where the droppings landed
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  Speaker 1: on his head. So there you go. The Kid Leroy
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  Speaker 1: with Girls right here on 987, your number one hit
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  Speaker 1: music station. He will be here in Singapore very soon
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  Speaker 1: for a concert, and I think for 987, given how
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  Speaker 1: we are the official radio station, we might be having
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  Speaker 1: a simple chat with the Kid Leroy very soon via
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  Speaker 1: maybe say a Zoom call to ask more details about
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  Speaker 1: what we can expect from his concert.
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  Speaker 1: Tour and not forgetting new music. And speaking of concert tour, well,
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  Speaker 1: today is the day the weekend tickets go on sale
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  Speaker 1: for general sale. So I don't know how many tickets
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  Speaker 1: are left because I'm looking at the seat map right
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  Speaker 1: now in terms of the artist pre-sale, the visa pre-sale,
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  Speaker 1: and the Live Nation pre-sale. Yeah, they were all getting
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  Speaker 1: snapped up, but hopefully, general sales open and you can
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  Speaker 1: get the ticket that you want.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, when I checked yesterday during the Visa pre-sale, the
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  Speaker 1: more expensive sections, some limited tickets were still available, and
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  Speaker 1: the standing pens, it was fully available, but of course
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  Speaker 1: selling fast and limited. So let's hope there's enough for
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  Speaker 1: you today. If you wanna go on either October 2nd
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  Speaker 1: on a Friday and October 3rd, Saturday. This is why
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  Speaker 1: both nights are actually proving to be very popular, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm very sure.
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  Speaker 1: There are a few who might want to go for
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  Speaker 1: both nights. Maybe one seated and one at the standing pen,
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  Speaker 1: because that is what I'm trying to do. I want
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  Speaker 1: to sit down the first night to enjoy it and
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  Speaker 1: plan my photos, and then the next day, if I
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  Speaker 1: can get one ticket, standing pen, and I post it
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  Speaker 1: for you on 987. This right here on 987, your
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  Speaker 1: number one hit music station. Joakim Gomez here with you.
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: Not too sure about you, but woke up this morning
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  Speaker 1: and while on my ride, coming to the office, was
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  Speaker 1: just scrolling through social media, catching up on news articles,
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  Speaker 1: thinking about what to share with you and how to
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: share it with you here on 987, but it seems
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: like in the jobs sector,
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: Wow, it's been hit after hit after hit. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about how Meta's cutting loads of jobs. If
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: I'm not wrong, Google as well, and then you have
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  Speaker 1: the Stand chart CEO.
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: Using the phrase, what was it? Lower capital, sorry, lower something.
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: Let me, let me get the exact words for you, OK,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday I was having a field day reading about this.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, lower value human capital when he was
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  Speaker 1: talking about this and how they're gonna use more AI
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  Speaker 1: technology in the banks and all that, to which I
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  Speaker 1: was just thinking, sir, you are the CEO of a company,
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  Speaker 1: you're going on a, you know, platform that's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: broadcast to the entire world.
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  Speaker 1: You could not have asked Chad GPT on a friendlier
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  Speaker 1: way to say the phrase, lower value human capital to
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  Speaker 1: the point where even our ex-president, former president, Madam Halimah Yacob,
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  Speaker 1: had a thing or two to say about it on Facebook.
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: You can go read it for yourself. And then also
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: on the back of H&M shifting their East Asia headquarters
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: from Singapore to KL Malaysia.
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  Speaker 1: And a few months now, I guess ago, we shared
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  Speaker 1: with you about how Tiger beer breweries, that they are
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: no longer gonna brew the beer in Singapore. They might
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  Speaker 1: shift it to Malaysia and Vietnam. Joining in the ranks,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sad to say Gardenia. Gardenia bread, yes. It's so
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: good you can even eat it on its own. That's
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: the tagline and that's the jingle, right? Oh, gardenia, it's
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: so good it could even eat it on its own.
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  Speaker 1: Um, I was just checking, is it a Singaporean brand? Apparently,
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  Speaker 1: it's Singapore-based and it was opened at Bukit Timah Plaza
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  Speaker 1: a long time ago before it became a bakery over
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  Speaker 1: at Pandan Loop.
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  Speaker 1: And now it's gonna be shifting over to Johor Bahru. So,
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  Speaker 1: Singapore will still be used as a headquarters for, you know, brand, uh,
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  Speaker 1: to make sure the brand is doing well, brand, brand, uh,
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  Speaker 1: checks and brand quality. That's the word I was looking for.
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  Speaker 1: But in terms of where the bread is being made,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be in Johor Bahru, and the last day of
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  Speaker 1: operations at the Pandan Luke Bakery will be 30th of
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  Speaker 1: June this year. Again, jobs have been cut.
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  Speaker 1: It's an interesting time. I'm just staying close to the
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  Speaker 1: news to find out what really is going on. Are
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: we entering a recession? Are we in one? And how
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: is AI really benefiting all of us in the job
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  Speaker 1: sector because it is tough and to the point where,
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: if I'm not wrong, in the US, loads of schools
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  Speaker 1: are having graduation ceremonies, and some of these schools, they'll
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  Speaker 1: get very high profile people to come down and talk.
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  Speaker 1: Some even got the ex-CEO of Google, some got the
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  Speaker 1: Media chairman and all that. And it's interesting because whenever
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  Speaker 1: they brought up AI and how AI is the future,
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  Speaker 1: what happens? The entire student cohort, they booted the speech.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. It's available for you online. You can
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  Speaker 1: go search it up. Wanna give local stand-up comedian Rishi
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  Speaker 1: Budrani a huge shout out. Congratulations, Rishi.
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  Speaker 1: So, we had Rishi in the studio a few weeks
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  Speaker 1: ago to share about his 3rd staging of Can I
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  Speaker 1: Make You a Suit Mate, to which yesterday over at
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  Speaker 1: Wild Rise Theater, we had a very nice show staged
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  Speaker 1: by Rishi, of course. I brought my dad to go
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  Speaker 1: watch this. So this is also a mixture of Rishi's
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  Speaker 1: storytelling ability.
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  Speaker 1: And as well as his stand-up comedian side to him
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  Speaker 1: and audience interaction. I'm not gonna spoil too much for you,
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  Speaker 1: but it, it really was a great storytelling by Rishi,
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  Speaker 1: filled with laughs, couple of moments where your heartstrings were
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  Speaker 1: tugged on as he told the story about his father,
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  Speaker 1: who's an actual suit maker here in Singapore over at Abbas.
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  Speaker 1: Taylor's. Number 4 Smith Street at Chinatown. Hopefully, I got
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  Speaker 1: that right, Rishi. So, tickets are still available. If I'm
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  Speaker 1: not wrong, they are priced at $68.58 dollars, and $48.
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  Speaker 1: If you wanna take your dad for an early Father's
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  Speaker 1: Day gift or a Father's Day laugh, I recommend this show.
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  Speaker 1: Take him to go see Rishi for Can I Make
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  Speaker 1: You a Suit Ma and
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  Speaker 1: At the curtain call, Rishi was sharing that how this
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  Speaker 1: is the last staging of it here in Singapore, but
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  Speaker 1: he is in talks to take this show overseas. So
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  Speaker 1: to Rishi, congrats again. Have a fantastic run once again
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  Speaker 1: over at the Wild Rice Theater at Funan. So, inspired
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  Speaker 1: by Mr. Rishi Budhrani, where he's staging a show called
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  Speaker 1: Can I Make You a Suit Ma. It's a show
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  Speaker 1: loosely based on the life of Rishi's dad.
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  Speaker 1: And the way Rishi Budhrani told that story on stage,
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  Speaker 1: incorporating his stand-up comedy experience, audience interaction. Yeah, it's a
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  Speaker 1: funny show, but it will also tug at your heartstrings.
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  Speaker 1: I actually found myself tearing up at a few moments,
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  Speaker 1: so I don't want to spoil too much of it.
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  Speaker 1: I'll leave it for you to go find out for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: If you wanna go catch it over at Rao Rice Theater.
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  Speaker 1: Tickets are available, but inspired by that, I wanna bring
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  Speaker 1: that combo to my dad, lah.
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  Speaker 1: This man, I believe whatever I'm doing now for a living,
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  Speaker 1: being in the entertainment scene and all that, if you
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  Speaker 1: know my dad, you would definitely say, what, Joakim, you're
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  Speaker 1: truly your father's son, because he was an entertainer as well.
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  Speaker 1: He played music. He, he loved to speak to crowds
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  Speaker 1: and make sure they are all welcomed and they feel
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  Speaker 1: Comfortable at the location they're in. He's even emceed a
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  Speaker 1: few weddings and a few shows to which I look
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  Speaker 1: at him and I go, oh my God, yeah, I,
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  Speaker 1: I really am following in his footsteps, even though him
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  Speaker 1: and my mom separated a long time ago, at least
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  Speaker 1: I still have my dad somewhat present in my life
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: growing up and as I got older and I entered
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  Speaker 1: the industry, I did ask him for some tips and
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: all that. But the one quirky habit my dad has,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: and I don't know about you.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm very sure I've shared this before here on 987,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a few years ago.
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  Speaker 1: It's, for example, yesterday, OK? The agreed meeting time was
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  Speaker 1: 6:00 p.m. I told my dad, Dad, I know your habit,
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  Speaker 1: but please, tomorrow 6:00 p.m. means come at 5:55 or even,
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: you know, 5:50 or 6:05 or so, OK. 6:00 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: is the meeting time.
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  Speaker 1: My dad has this very interesting habit. He likes to
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: show up half an hour or 45 minutes early.
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  Speaker 1: And then the standard text, hey, I'm here, where are you?
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  Speaker 1: I replied, Dad
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: 6 p.m. You are there at 5:24 p.m. What am
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: I supposed to do? You know, I, I don't have
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: your habit of coming so early, and he goes, OK,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: never mind, I'll walk around. So he walks around the
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: entire area and about 5:50, he texts me, OK, I'm
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: at a control station. I walked around enough already. So I,
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: I was there early by my standards, OK, 6:00 p.m.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: meeting time, 5:55 I was there, so I'm happy.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: And I just say, what do you do? And he
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: tells me, wow, son, the CBD area really changed so
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: much about the food here, the price is very expensive.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: Last time I used to work here, it wasn't like that.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: I said, Dad, yes, last time. Times have changed, inflation
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: and all that.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: So, inspired by my dad and it doesn't have to
• 18:17
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• 18:20
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• 18:26
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• 18:31
  Speaker 1: What is the one quirky habit your parents have that
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: you just like, hey, can you all please stop, huh?
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: Could be a similar thing my dad has about coming early,
• 18:40
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• 19:38
  Speaker 1: quirky habit your parents have. Inspired by my dad and
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: his penchant for coming super early, not early, but super early.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Took my dad out for dinner and
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: Rishi Budhrani show over at Wara Easter Theater, that one
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: called Can I Make You a Soup, mate? The agreed
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: meeting time was 6:00 p.m. but I know my dad.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: I know my dad too well. Fellow shows up at
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: 5:24 p.m. What what what do I do? I just said, Dad,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: you wait.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: I'll be there at 5:55, OK? I'm still early. 669-011-987
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: or 90050987. Well, what's a quirky habit your parents might have?
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Wanna say hello to Alim. Hello Alim. Regular texter here
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: on the show and almost like family already. Morning, Joakim.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: My mom has this quirky habit of vacuuming the house 24/7.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: One hour after vacuuming the house, she will vacuum again.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Even when the floor is clean. If she sees even
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: a speck of dust, there she goes, vacuuming the whole house.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: You have to replace vacuums even faster than changing handphones, wah.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Wonder what brand she's using now. It could be Dyson perhaps.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: One coming in from WL. WL you say my mom
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: video calling me and my wife at 1 a.m. and
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: 3 a.m. in the morning cause she accidentally pressed.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: Aiyo, your mom is scrolling TikTok or playing Candy Crush
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: and she butt dials you. Go to the phone lines
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: to 669-119-87. Doris, what about you?
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: No, it's actually my sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: OK,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: what does she do? Yeah, and
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: she's really quite old. And then every time when we
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: go out, she will come one hour earlier just like
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: your dad. And because she's so old, right, I can't
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: just leave her. So every time I'm like in a panic.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: And, and, and like I have to leave very, very,
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: very early. And then when I go there, I wouldn't
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: be able to find her. And then I panic again.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Does she say why she enjoys coming super early?
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: She's afraid she's late.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Wow, OK, you gotta admire that, I
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: think.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a better deal than being late lah, you know,
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: so I, I, I can't really complain, but, you know,
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: just old people being old people, no matter how much
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: I tell her, every single time when we have an appointment,
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: she will reach 1 hour early or sometimes 1.5 hour early.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: So can you imagine if I want to meet her
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. she literally
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: She will be there like 6+.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: Have you tried giving her a later timing like you
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: tell her 9 a.m.? No,
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: I have not. I have not.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid that then she has to wait too long.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: Oh
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: no. Yeah, in case
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: she doesn't follow her method, then what am I supposed
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: to do? I, I, I can't let her wait so
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: long with her, her kind of
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: age,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: right? On the topic.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: Of a quirky habit your parents might have or maybe
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: anyone around you, inspired by my dad and his penchant
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: for coming super early. Again, I tell him 6 p.m.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: he'll be there at 5:20, 5:24 p.m. This happened to
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: me yesterday, to which he spent his time walking around
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: the CBD and then he was telling grandfather stories now.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: About how he used to work there, this building, that building,
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: he played at this club before and all that. Interesting
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: stories really from your parents. Going to the WhatsApp number,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: 90050987 and saying hello to Jay. Jay says, morning Solo Joe.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: It's not about my parents, but I used to have
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: a friend. She would leave the house the time
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: We meet. For example, if the meeting time is 6,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: she will only leave the house at 6 and she drives,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: whereby I'm the always on time person or early bird,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: but early by 5 to 10 minutes. I'll feel panicky
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: if I'm gonna be late, just like now, I'm an
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: orientation at 9:00 a.m. I've just started eating. I took
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: so long to get my food. Well, Jay, all the
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: best for you and your orientation.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: Let's go to the phone lines right now. 669-119-87. Cindy,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: any stories you wanna
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: share? Oh, not really, but my father does not like
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: spending money on us, I mean on us or we
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: spend it on him and doesn't like to go out
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: to dinner with us. But there was one day.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: He decided to go downstairs with me for lunch and
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: ice cream. Thereafter we passed by a general store, and
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: I told him, we should change your booster.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: And he agreed. Then 2 weeks later he passed on.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: Oh no,
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: I'm so sad, but also because we had the best moment.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for sharing with me though. So
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: who ended up paying for the bolster, if you don't
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: mind me asking Cindy?
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: I mean, I spend, I spend on him. So I'm
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: so happy that we spend so much on time with
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: him and we spend the kind of little money, the
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: thought that counts.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for calling in and sharing this, um,
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: memory of yours with your dad, Cindy. I really appreciate it.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: Take care, OK? Yeah, yeah. OK. Take care. Bye bye.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Wanna say good morning to you on WhatsApp. Efafa, you say, hey, Joakim,
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: my best friend is the kind that only gets
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Ready at the time that we're supposed to meet. So
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: if you're meeting at 8:00 a.m. she's just hopping into
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: the shower at that time, but if you're flying for
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: a vacation, she's at the airport 3 to 4 hours
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: before the flight. It's weird, but at least we won't
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: miss our flight.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: I Wanna say good morning as well on WhatsApp to Sri. Shri,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: you say, blessed morning Joakim. My dad has this weird
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: habit of standing in the kitchen when we're cooking and
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: waiting to wash or put back the used items even
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: before we're done.
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: This is, this is interesting. I will cut the meat
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: and jump to stir the gravy for like 5 seconds,
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: and before I can get back to chopping, he'll be
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: washing the knife and we'll just laugh it off. He's
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: old and I don't know when will be the last smile,
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: so cherishing the quirkiness whole while it lasts. Thank you
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: so much for your text, Shri. Going to the phone lines, Jen,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: what's your story?
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: So one quirky
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: habit that my mom actually has is that she loves
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: replanting her leaves. So you know there's some plants where
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: you can grow a new plant from the fallen leaves,
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: and she'll start collecting those. So then like every corner
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: of our house there's like plants in plastic bottles and
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: there's in pots, and sometimes the plants even end up
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: in our toilet. So it's like, yeah, our house is
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: becoming like botanic gardens. So there's like
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: greenery.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: Do you have green fingers or is it just your mom?
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: I think just my mom, but it spread to my
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: dad also.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: OK, and have you told them, Mom, dad, I think
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: enough is enough. Please enough plants in the house.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: But you know what, to be fair, it makes our
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: house look kind of nice.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: OK lah, then at least he's doing it
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: with
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: a
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: reason.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your call, Jenny. Take care,
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: OK? Thank you. Bye-bye.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Bye-bye.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: You know, it's amazing how radio can connect with anyone
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: who is tuned in. So, I was speaking about my
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: dad and again, if you are an old-timer musician, and
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: if you're tuned in to 987, you definitely know his name,
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: Steven Gomez. And I just received a text from Humphrey Conceal.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: What up, Humphrey?
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: He is talking about my dad in his text. So
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: let me just read it to you here on 987
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: and share it with you, OK? Morning, Joakim. Just a
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: follow-up story on your dad. He is one of the
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: few remaining people who I can count on as a
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: responsible and dependable.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Artist. When we used to get him for our gigs,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: we know he would always be there very early to prep.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: We never had to worry. This has developed good characteristics
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: in the man. He and I come from a time
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: where without phones, we had to make prearrangements and turn
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: up on time.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: I think like me, we buzz you early so that
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: we can gauge how long for you to get to us,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: so we can scout the area. I hope the younger
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: people learn this discipline, unlike many who, because of the
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: convenience of phones, at the 11th hour, will call to
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: say they'll be late as a habit. I really appreciate
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: your dad, Steven.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: I, uh,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: Crying in the studio. Very quickly, thank you so much
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: for all your calls and texts earlier, really.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: Sharing about the quirky habits our parents might have, and
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: I want to give today's Luche dining experience to Jen,
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: who called us earlier sharing about how her mom has
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: somehow turned their house into Singapore Botanic Gardens. Jen, for that,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: bring your mom and dad to a very nice meal
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: over at Luce Frasier's house. Congratulations. If they love pasta
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: and fusion food,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: And OK, before I kick off the interview with our
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: friends from the Lego Group, I wanna share with you
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: about another interview that we're doing tomorrow, live on the
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: shock circuit. I'm very happy to have lived in a
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: generation where I got to see them play football. They've
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: now retired from the game and I believe one of
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: them could be a pundit, the other one just enjoying
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: retirement life but still keeping active. Tomorrow, if you're a
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: football fan,
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: We have Chelsea legend Joe Cole and Manchester United legend
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: Emanja Vidic joining us in the studio.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Together with our friends from StarHub, we have Mr. Jan
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: Kolku coming back to the studio. He was here last
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: year with Joe Hart. Gonna share with us more about
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: the final day screening activation StarHub will be having over
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: at the Clark Quay Fountain Square. I cannot wait. And
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: of course, yes, I got all my football questions lined
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: up for Joe Cole of Chelsea and Nemanja Vidic of
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: Manchester United.