it's okay, and so he says like he says like it's a good thing that, actually you do a lot of things but the how do I put this like the the the workload doesn't get to you in a sense that


that like even if you when you feel like you have a lot of things on a plate then that's when you start to get stressed what so <tamil>அந்த விதத்துல:antha vithathula</tamil> you're quite lucky like <tamil>உனக்கு அது உரைக்கல உனக்கு அது:unaku adhu uraikala unaku adhu</tamil> feel <tamil>ஆகல நிறைய பன்றேன்னு:agala niraya panrenu</tamil> but you're doing more than a lot people what so


especially december holidays,


what the how how can you dentist clinic <tamil>ங்கிற:ngira</tamil> but it's a start up ah like


oh,


ah okay


not bad not bad, impressive, what what's been your take away so far like the biggest take away from the internship


like technical <tamil>ஆக கத்துக்கிட்டு இருக்கியா இல்ல:aga kathukitu irukiya illa</tamil> it's more, occupying time


so I you know I play this one football manager game right every time the temperature gets to like sixty plus right my heart says that because of the fans like I can hear the fan I'm like <tamil>ஐயோ வலிக்குதே நெஞ்சு வலிக்குதே:iyoo valikuthe nenju valikuthe</tamil> I feel like I'm destroying my laptop


breathe come on breathe, ya


okay lah as in bought for uni lah so basically some essential


it's not student discount <tamil>ஆகணும்னா:aganumna</tamil> I think is about one point five K, so it's quite, reasonable


mine is about one point five so I don't know, I don't know I I think for the difference in price at I'm also see <tamil>எனக்கும்:enakum</tamil> technology <tamil>க்கும்:kum</tamil> I if I buy something right it needs to it needs to look sexy if it looks like a <tamil>டப்பா:dappa</tamil> thing I cannot bring myself to buy it like it has to appeal to me aesthetically first


and then it like it has to be good lah I I like see some things that I compromise on like err I don't know like I don't need like high end mouse or things like that I don't need high end like you know the stylus right I was using the, the twenty dollar stylus before I got this because I didn't it didn't matter to me lah


but, it's it's bad is a bad obsession to have because it's expensive


right right I I mean <tamil>அதான் நீ:athaan nee</tamil> at least your decision making its practicality attached


I would be willing to pay err for for the same internals but for something that looks a bit better also ya


, how do you do at home


, ya ya the the the cheap I mean the, ya right right


oh okay K, if you can customise customise what do you use the bike for though like


besides MRT and


retail therapy is the best therapy


are you are you using the voice mic now are you using the mic now is it a mic or is it a recorder


, hello by the by


oh okay okay,


eh, I mean <tamil>நல்ல பண்ணுச்சுனா அது:nalla pannuchuna adhu</tamil> lucrative <tamil>இல்லனா அது:illana adhu</tamil>


and that's it, on youtube


not bad, twenty K


ad revenue


I mean ya, my mom is doing some I think I think it's part of future I don't know <tamil>பெரிய:periya</tamil> future skills future I think something like that like she's getting paid


to study like, she's doing some accounting course lah I think gets about one point one K per month, and is like based


and she still has six more months to go apparently so she's getting a free cert she's getting more certification and she's also getting paid, so it's I I hate it I look at them like you have so much ambition <tamil>எனக்கு அதுல துளி கூட வரல:enaku adhula thuli kooda varla</tamil> how is it possible <tamil>இந்த வயசுலயே:intha vayasulaye</tamil> she's like eh I got full marks for my exam


okay lah, I think I got my #ah pa# side of things for this, possible, there's a recommendations <tamil>கொடு:kodu</tamil> man what to watch


it takes too much like it takes so much investment of time


like I had have you heard of it


no no no I don't want to get it's not just one hour ehepisode one hour <tamil>அ இருக்கலாம் பட் எட்டு எபிசோடு இருக்குல்ல:a irukalam but episode irukulla</tamil> I'm not the kind of person to stop halfway also like if I'm if I start then I I I'll just watch everything so


it'd be a huge waste of time lah


<tamil>தம்பி:thambi</tamil> listen to me <tamil>நான் ரசிச்சு ரசிச்சு:naan rasichu rasichu</tamil> tired <tamil>ஆகிட்டேன்:agiten</tamil> , no but I came home at like six thirty six thirty plus then I ate dinner and I was lying on my bed lah I was like looking at the you know I was looking at something lah I don't know


I mean bro see the instagram search feature right after awhile you you will get to tik tok you'll get to the tik tok anyway like all these people reposting the tik toks on instagram


so I'm like okay <tamil>இது கடவுளே நம்மள:idhu mathiri nammala</tamil> start <tamil>பண்ண சொல்றாரு:panna solraru</tamil>


feel like an old soul born in the wrong generation


and dude the food is damn good is epic okay I know it's only been two days but, the protein


ya man it's singers,


err her favourite was chocolate chocolate mint some raspberry thing if I'm not wrong you bought right, ya I think so, and we were


five KG ah


(uh huh),


it's okay, [dey] I looked on like it's all like seven bucks plus I'm like is it worth, ya shopee lazada all it's minimum is seven bucks


so I'm like


the eleven eleven sale is also quite profitable I bought this my old earphone stopped working this is my old one, this err used this for one year plus


oh the the left side stopped working, then, and then, black dot ah is that a local brand, ya no I I I think I looked at it also it's quite expensive like this was


this is an international I think there were this is usually sold for forty four dollars then it's only for thirty seven, thirty plus ya


fair enough, how do you get hundred and thirty grams of protein man


you, not yet, but <tamil>பார்க்கலாம் வாங்கு:paarkalam vaangu</tamil> I mean it's nice it's like a milkshake lah


I I just, ya it increases by twelve point five but it's not enough right you need get hundred grams right so you only from the protein you get so it's thirty six so eighteen grams per scoop <tamil>பால் ஒரு</tamil> per five grams thirty grams then I take two times so you have sixty grams so I need like still fourty plus grams lah


suppose can get from soya or some <tamil>சன்னா:channa</tamil> or something, it's like ya I have I have once school starts I'll go to the school gym lah but I don't think it's worth, as in I can use it as an excuse


but, we'll see how, I don't know I feel I'm conflicted I don't know whether should start, going to the school one


centre parting, sec two inspiration it's okay


and the the monica monica that reaction


what are you looking for actually,


so what have you been doing at home, right right


okay


<tamil>என்னாச்சு:ennachu</tamil>


fifty two more than twenty percent of it's supposed to be in tamil


, I like how the tamil version of there's not much to complain is <tamil>எனக்கு எதும் பெருசா எதும் சொல்ல முடியாது:enaku edhum perusa edhum solla mudiyathu</tamil> like conversation <tamil>னே மாறுதுல:ne maaruthula</tamil> one is more one is like severely positive one is like <tamil>பெருசா சொல்றதுக்கு ஒண்ணும் இல்ல:perusa solrathuku onnum illa</tamil> no comments simply waste


beautiful language, okay not bad, how's your,


is it so is it comfortable or


is it convenient


, , how dare you forgot


, that's interesting like her taking the pro life standpoint like usually it's the


pro choice ah okay okay


ah actually, labour is it slave labour or


cup <tamil>ஏன் கேட்டியானு சொன்னேன்:yen ketiyanu keten</tamil> so he has like a, so it was like


like as in you know the whole uh disney thing came up right like when he started posting it then I was like I feel like this is slightly hypocritical in the sense that where do you draw the line I feel like see this kind of advocacy you do it because it's easy and it's comfortable so if I will tell you things like uniqlo uses you know some of your clothes is a is a product of slave labour from these concentration camps and like things like those <tamil>உனக்கு உண்மையிலேயே அது மேல அந்த:unaku unmaiyilaye adhu mela antha</tamil> issue <tamil>மேல:mela</tamil> such a if you are such a stand on that issue then you should be doing things like boycotting major brands like you don't do those things because it's not as convenient as <tamil>இது இது உண்மையா பார்க்காததால:idhu idhu unmaiya parkathathala</tamil> boycotting <tamil>ங்கிற பட் அதுவே நான் சொல்ற:ngira but adhuve naan solra</tamil> for example if uniqlo also uses child labour <tamil>அதுவே:adhuve</tamil> uniqlo <tamil>போடாம இருன்னு சொன்னா:podama irunu sonna</tamil> would that be easy for you it won't that's why you don't do it right so I feel like as I as I told them lah like you do this because it's comfortable and <tamil>நீ சொன்ன மாதிரி:nee sonna mathiri</tamil> I think I told you all already that I don't think it's social advocacy I don't really consider it a true form


ya that's why I'm saying there's a bit it's a bit hypocritical lah like not just not just kaplan but even even monica like when she says things like I'm against this but sometimes the clothes is very nice it's uh it's it's hypocritical lah


it's quite funny, ya I was going to ask that


tough quotes


is it youtube fan for <tamil>அசிம்:asim</tamil> , oh like a


okay three two one, [orh] okay okay fine fine don't miss okay you were saying


eh you made a video for scouts right if I'm not wrong red cross red cross, there was some a joker themed, for camp


, it was fine ah ya in terms of quality or


ya but, ya at least you have the avenue to like uh express your skills


it just EXCO


not bad , wanted to ask something but I forgot, oh is a monica a early sleeper early riser, ay same


aggressor


one million ah


, (uh huh), but


okay I mean there's more inhibitions to open yourself up lah so you're saying, the okay


ah okay okay so that's kind of negated by the swiping and matching,


, <tamil>செம்ம சி அதுலாம்:semma si adhulam</tamil> bad word


cancer, what is he studying again,


, !huh! but how old how much older is she she's twenty, four is it


and she's already working and we're in year two


that's she she was <tamil>வழுவுனா அதான் நான் பார்த்தேன்:vazhuvuna athan naan parthen</tamil> was like <tamil>என்னடா படிக்கிற புள்ள:ennada padikira pulla</tamil> like she is just leave her <tamil>இப்போ தான் புரியுது:ipo thaan puriuthu</tamil> actually already working so fine, not bad


(uh huh)


which condo, what the friends' house also a condo ah


oh my god, so as in the parents condo they they paid for her right and then she's like <tamil>இல்ல இதுலாம் செட் ஆகாது:illa idhulam set agathu</tamil> so who stays in the parent condo


not the friend's oh my god she has , what the, not bad, so weird


are they coming back, for the colleges, oh okay okay okay


oh I thought the her parents are like rented a place for her to stay


for the, I what I was thinking is her parents rented a place for her then is like eh <tamil>அதுலாம் வேணாம்:adhulam venam</tamil> then her parents are paying rent for no reason


!hey! why not man, those whole house, , you know we can be like we can use the place for we can stay over there for one night yes for


have you met her friends already


oh ya ya


okay okay, how long has this whole thing going on for five months


eh two months is okay what to meet friends


okay it's picking up lah


I'm unique,


ya I mean whatever vicky's doing on insta stories you might as well just put it on tik tok right


it was supposed to do two together or separately ah


eh then like , shuffled together how, because that, ya ya, but the submission form right that you were looking


okay so part one part two <tamil>சொல்ல போறாங்களா இல்ல:solla porangala illa</tamil> or should we add it both together


, what the


you know in my like I think I was lucid dreaming lah or whatever like I was thinking <tamil>சக்திவேல் கூப்பிடணுமே ஒரு:sakthivel koopidanume oru</tamil> eleven thirty nine I'll go to sleep for ten more minutes I was like ah shit


, sorry about that technical difficulties, so tomorrow what's your plan same routine,


hello dubai <tamil>யா:ya</tamil> signal weak <tamil>ஆ இருக்கு:aa iruku</tamil> hello


dude I use it so annoy this, eh no lah I don't think so I I why, I don't mind I don't mind honestly


it was created purely out of spite


, okay I mean


it's it's quite sad, oh have I told you err I actually don't know if I supposed to but whatever one of the guys that acted as my recent play is her current boyfriend


(ppl) <tamil>ஏய் அஞ்சு ஆகல:yei anju agala</tamil> (ppl)


ya same, ya can hear you, wait when did they tell you about this


!huh!, oh my god so, like short notice


expecting (oo), how do you, I'm okay I mean, err school next semester <tamil>ஆரம்பிக்க போவுது:aarambikka povuthu</tamil> then like


uh <tamil>அதான்:athaan</tamil> time <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> like I have so many things want to do but err time eh <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> then ya, no but like


january err nine, eh err, let me check


, , ten ten ten january


oh man okay, bread, ya


!woo! so !huh!


, , , I mean <tamil>வீட்ல இருக்குனா வீட்ல இருகாங்கனா வேல செய்வாங்க:veetla irukkunaa veetla irukkaanganaa vela seivaanga</tamil> is okay


I I I, ah she's okay <tamil>ஆமா:aamaa</tamil> I mean ah err if people like she's getting she's a lot better like last last month was a bit hard but ya


not like school


, oh my god


(uh huh)


the ex err polytechnic, !wow! you know <tamil>அங்க:anga</tamil> like <tamil>மேல:mela</tamil> I think err rooftop


oh damn good, ,


, ya but oh my god the swimming pool is seriously very ya very nice ya just go once lah


, oh man, ,


(oo), you know <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> hotel <tamil>கு போனா:ku ponaa</tamil> like super favourite is the breakfast buffet


right <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> oh my god, ya like <tamil>நா தூங்க மாட்டேன் அதுக்காக:naa thoonga maattaen athukkaaga</tamil> like oh my god like breakfast buffet really really really ya is my favourite


, ya but like got space for other things also, like whatever they have lah, okay like !wow! the muesli !wow! is damn nice I don't know if I don't know if they called it muesli or muesli but like


I think muesli <tamil>அது அது கேக்குறதுக்கே:athu athu kekkurathukkae</tamil> like, muesli


(hmm) ya oats likely but like


(hmm) ya but some crispy, what are you saying, ya, ya but what the heck are you saying okay oh ya so usually what's your favourite buffet food


no no no no that hasn't to be,


, oh hotcakes but I feel like hotcakes <tamil>சாப்டா அது:saaptaa athu</tamil> very plain ah <tamil>இருக்கு:irukku</tamil> like <tamil>அதுல என்ன வச்சிக்கிட்டு சாப்பிடுவாங்க அது அது மட்டும் சாப்டா:athula enna vachikkittu saappiduvaanga athu athu mattum saapttaa</tamil> it's like


okay okay so let me let me make the list okay first one is #ya kun# #ya kun# lah <tamil>என்ன சாப்டுவ:enna saapduva</tamil> like Kaya toast or eggs or what,


err <tamil>நேத்து நான்:nethu naan</tamil> NG <tamil>கூட:kooda</tamil> like uh toast box <tamil>கு போனன்:ku ponan</tamil> then like oh the size of bread oh <tamil>என்னோட கையோட:ennoda kaiyoda</tamil> size <tamil>கூட இருக்காது அது கூட:kooda irukkaathu athu kooda</tamil> like <tamil>சின்னதா இருக்கும்:chinnathaa irukkum</tamil> then it was so expensive leh is like three


<tamil>தெரியாது:theriyaathu</tamil> super expensive is like not worth ya then she said #ya kun# better, <tamil>ஆனா எல்லா:aanaa ellaa</tamil> bread <tamil>வேற ஏதோ:vera etho</tamil> colour <tamil>ஆள தான் இருக்கும்:aala thaan irukkum</tamil> correct


okay okay, okay so is brown okay, okay


<tamil>அவங்க அவங்க:avanga avanga</tamil> like the whole day ah Roti <tamil>இருக்குமா:irukkumaa</tamil> just morning, , because you know the breakfast wonder uh only afternoon three PM can start on


okay okay, you know is <tamil>அது என்:athu en</tamil> like <tamil>இஷ்டம் இல்ல:ishtam illa</tamil> is like no choice then you have to do you know


no, okay like <tamil>நீ நீ:nee nee</tamil> err <tamil>நீ:nee</tamil> I was going to australia


#ya kun#


yes yes oh my god I love waffles, freak I'm hungry now okay, I screw you


err ten


school <tamil>கி போணும்:ki ponum</tamil> school leh meeting <tamil>இருக்கு:irukku</tamil> like until ten ten, or nine nine o'clock welcome meeting okay then nine <tamil>கு வீட்டுக்கு போன:ku veettukku pona</tamil> then like ten o'clock <tamil>என்னோட:ennoda</tamil> competition meeting <tamil>இருக்கு:irukku</tamil> like some case competition


then, eh okay then like tomorrow, err go to school to some cafe for some like dinner for some team dinner then


err ten o'clock have to film some video in school for something, and then saturday sunday I don't know if I will still have tuition, then !wow! finally I I really really can't wait to sleep on saturday


ya ya ya the ah the , ya ya you know <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> like the older one <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> PSLE <tamil>முடிச்சிட்டாங்க:mudichitaanga</tamil> then like she got score like two, ya err PSLE october <tamil>லையே முடிஞ்சுது:layae mudinchuthu</tamil> like err early november


no no no no primary six !wah! then like <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> like, two three seven I think, except for science


, but then <tamil>அவங்க அம்மா:avanga amma</tamil> like two sixty two fifty <tamil>அப்டி:apdi</tamil> expect <tamil>பண்ணாங்க:pannaanga</tamil> it doesn't like


expectation ya, !wow! <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> like forever holiday mood lah <tamil>தான் இருப்பாங்க:thaan iruppaanga</tamil> like


uh even with tuition <tamil>கு போனா:ku ponaa</tamil> like, three hour tuition there like only but maybe one hour <tamil>படிப்பாங்க:padippaanga</tamil> like, we waiting time <tamil>அவங்கள:avangala</tamil> like


oh next year, err <tamil>இப்பவே:ippavae</tamil> like december lah <tamil>இருந்து:irunthu</tamil> like


ya like what the heck like let her live, ya


ya ya ya, I thought you meant like <tamil>அவ கேட்டா:ava kettaa</tamil> means <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> ask <tamil>பண்ணாங்கனா:pannaanganaa</tamil> then, but is same meaning right


really


I think like err anything err like racially sensetive <tamil>இல்லனா அது அவங்க:illanaa athu avanga</tamil> okay like as long as it's not like


but can it , can you imagine like <tamil>அங்க:anga</tamil> work <tamil>பண்றவங்க:pandravanga</tamil> like <tamil>எல்லாரோட:ellaaroda</tamil> like recording <tamil>கேக்கணும்:kekanum</tamil> like <tamil>எவ்வள நேரம் படம்:evvala neram padam</tamil> like one day how many recording


<tamil>நா கூட:naa kooda</tamil> I will vomit blood <tamil>நா இவ்வள நேரம் என்ன:naa ivvala neram enna</tamil> oh my gosh is like torture, ya, so


ya oh my god okay


ya, like of course of course, ya,


err another one err ya, okay but anyway <tamil>நாங்க சாப்பாட்டுக்கு போவம்:naanga saappaattukku povam</tamil> like again so we finish err #ya kun#


!huh! we finshed #ya kun# then we finished <tamil>என்ன:enna</tamil> finish <tamil>பண்ணோம்:pannom</tamil> #ya kun# and cereal, oh my god, yes, yes hotcakes okay al~also like <tamil>நீ:nee</tamil> like again UK <tamil>கு போனா:ku ponaa</tamil> like remember the shop


what is it called err, oh ya oh my god the scone !wah! the cereal you know, okay


!hey! !hey!


like stuck <tamil>ஆயிட்டு:ayittu</tamil> like you can just stuck in the supermarket then you can just eat whatever you want then the snoop, ya correct but with aircon and everything, and then like there should be milk well of course lah is refrigerated so there should be the electrocity than I can eat whatever cereal I want the CCTV are not working (hmm) then I can just like have a cereal buffet then uh after I am done with cereal then I will move on to like yogurt then


err after the yogurt then need something a little, yes I need something a little bit crispy so maybe go on to the granola and then after that, if there's is still space then eat some biscuit like the blueberry one !wah! the blueberry jam (hmm) very nice the blueberry one


I prefer the blueberry, ya same you know actually now I'm in a I'm sitting in the phone booth like in the office then apparently is soundproof but I do not know if it is soundproof or not and I keep getting conscious that I, I was like people can hear me but apparently it supposed to be soundproof


okay eh <tamil>என்னா:ennaa</tamil> did you try your cauliflower rice, then <tamil>நா அவங்கள ஒனக்கு:naa avangala onakku</tamil> text <tamil>பண்ண முடியாதா:panna mudiyaathaa</tamil> the teacher or something ya


oh ya very long ago, oh my god also Mister Coconut like, ah <tamil>அன்னிக்கு நான் கொஞ்ச:annikku naan konja</tamil> case <tamil>பண்ணல:pannala</tamil> like <tamil>உன்னோட:unnoda</tamil> drink leh !wah! so good oh my god I can't forget it since then


ya, what the shit, okay !wah! is damn sweet like even without sugar I am a bit shook


okay,


(uh huh), eh but it's really no sugar right the zero percent is not like they're faking it right, ya


ya, but I don't want them to be like tricking us you know like zero percent then you think oh no sugar then you drink then (hmm) actually has so much sugar inside


, !huh! really meh, what it doesn't make sense I thought you eat yogurt at night what are you talking about, my mum keep saying you must eat yogurt like before you sleep so is like cool down the body then easier to sleep


okay okay, but eh I thought like you must eat yogurt before you sleep then is like probiotics then plus, it cool down the body then is easier to sleep


okay fine, but yoga is like metro natural you know, you what you greek yogurt


oh yes yes there's another one that's like slightly flavoured is also damn nice but !wow! honestly yogurts is so expensive also like the nice one, oh and also right recently I tried creamier the ice cream like <tamil>என்னோட வீட்டுக்கு கொஞ்சோ:ennoda veettukku konjo</tamil> like friends <tamil>வந்தாங்க:vanthaanga</tamil> then <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> err ice cream order <tamil>பண்ணாங்க:pannaanga</tamil> like err roasted pistachio and earl grey and oh my god I think I fell in love with roasted pistachio is so good freak is


no ice cream, like <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> usually ice cream <tamil>புடிக்காது:pudikkaathu</tamil> like <tamil>நான்:naan</tamil> ice cream <tamil>சாப்ட்ட மாறி:saaptta maari</tamil> I just don't like the texture right and, is just of the thing for me but it was so good like it was holy crap is so good like I


I'm salivating already is so good, ya, oat I oh I think is oat I love you


(oo), , , the ice cream or the milk


, , no I have after this


waffles then, like this cafe but honestly ah #vimbli lu# all these cafe very far, but I think after you try one then is like meh


I guess I guess ya I think maybe we should we should just start a cafe you know then let's sell first less, the waffle maker lah


ya correct, yes then we just eat only and then, oh my god and remember we wanted to travel, !huh!


I want to say bye to singapore I don't want to say bye to travel, ah okay so where are we going is it still korea or somewhere else


five years, okay boss, !hais!


oh shit then err <tamil>எப்ப:eppa</tamil> holidays,


singapore time , ,


oh great great santa claus is coming, , , okay but remember <tamil>நீ போர முன்னாடி:nee pora munnaadi</tamil> at least <tamil>இன்னொரு தரம்:innoru tharam</tamil> we meet okay


oh yum, okay, ya how's your party


oh, you really making use of it ah


, oh, and what's <tamil>ஒரப்பு:orappu</tamil> means


(oo), err <tamil>கத்துக்குறேன்:kathukkuraen</tamil> is it correct


okay okay


ah yes


!aiyo!, ya <tamil>நா கூட பண்ண மாட்டேன் இது ஒரு தரம் தான்:naa kooda panna mattaen ithu oru tharam thaan</tamil> torture already then like


!wah!


yes hang in there, ya maybe you should say in english you turned off your fan you switched off your fan you didn't turn on your aircon you close your windows you closed the door just for this recording so please don't cancel this


!hais!


oh my god Pooja, on Pooja


ya, okay anyways ya so we finish already we finished breakfast then err time to go for lunch okay so what what do you want for lunch


okay actually what's the difference isn't nasi lemak chicken rice the same


isn't nasi lemak means chicken rice what, okay sorry sorry okay I I think err people going to hit me already that what is nasi lemak which which meat isn't it chicken I thought nasi lemak means, chicken like nasi means chicken


okay, okay, okay I'm going to Google okay


eh what the freak nasi lemak means chicken rice what, okay is a chicken right, okay


okay ya I Google already I see chicken I see rice, ya, no but it also has chicken right, so the only difference is just the rice right


what the heck, what like you literally you literally just put you literally just put chicken and you also put rice in both the things and then you tell me is different !wah!


oh okay but all my life I thought like they were the same thing, (hmm)


err okay ya, ah !huh! the dome shape , isn't is rocher okay but ya anyway (uh huh), okay rocher do you say Ferrero Rocher or you, Ferrero Rocher


okay okay okay fine okay, rochor okay, okay fine rochor rocher


, (mmhmm), okay I guess I'm not singaporean so it makes sense lah


(mmhmm) okay,


okay so okay (hmm) okay let's go back to your lunch you want chicken rice or you want nasi lemak which one you want, same thing but okay, okay chicken rice okay now, okay okay then what's next other than chicken rice


okay, so adamant okay


that's great isn't it near err school saint mark's, I feel like eating #pad thai#, ya freak I love Nakhon, the one in the


wait not botanic ya ya holland what the freak why, how come so sad I wanted to go back oh my god but it was great oh my god I love Nakhon, other outlets ya but it's so far away


!hey! but it's still quite far, err, (mmhmm)


!wow! say it louder for the people at the back okay, okay okay


okay, , !huh!, walk


ya, , , connectivity right


at least all time, (oo)


, ya,


mine okay mine is, actually I don't really have like lunch or breakfast food but like generally I love love waffles I love cereal, I love I don't know okay I actually hate cheese but recently I've been wanting to eat


like macaroni and cheese but haven't eaten but keep wanting to eat macaroni and cheese, even now right I'm scrolling through oh where, okay


oh ya I heard I heard before, okay, is it the the the #paolo gastronomia#


ya it's like it's like, it's like spilling out of the containers I don't know is it just the way they, so case ya


, but I feel like Lasagna is not filling because they only give you like one small square, okay sounds good,


err, one fifty one <tamil>அத:atha</tamil> tamil lah <tamil>பேசனோன்னு:pesanonnu</tamil> try <tamil>பண்னேன்:pannaen</tamil> but like, , okay okay, ya for sure uh actually <tamil>இன்னிக்கி:innikki</tamil> some pinic plan <tamil>பண்ணோம்:pannom</tamil> like <tamil>என்னோட:ennoda</tamil> team <tamil>காக:kaaga</tamil> wise like <tamil>மழை பெய்யுதுன்னு:malai peiyuthunnu</tamil> like weather forecast


so no choice, ,


ya of course, ya


err #paya lebar#, ya, but I mean <tamil>என்னோட:ennoda</tamil> school <tamil>கிட்ட தான் இருக்கும்:kitta thaan irukkum</tamil> like #ni bava# five stops


city hall, actually <tamil>ரொம்ப இருக்கு:romba irukku</tamil> like #dhoby ghaut# city hall #bras basah#


(hmm) which one school or work ya they're both is near ya,


I have to film some video


oh my god, oh my god oh when I was in the plane from nepal last december I think, oh my god ya it's been a year


right I feel like just <tamil>நேத்துதான்:nethuthaan</tamil> like january <tamil>முழு~:mulu~</tamil> like start <tamil>ஆயிச்சி:aayichi</tamil> but, oh my god I still remember like when first COVID first happened like eh so fast


I mean other than that


, but what do you mean by lectures to finish like,


so fast


, , okay you make it sound really sad but


err, okay stay safe okay


(uh huh), !huh!


like our age, (oo), , the malay one


oh, my god so fun, you can you can ah you can take a picture and show me I can help you choose


okay fine, okay fine


, that's ah very different meaning but very similar leh, ya


oh my god,


!huh!, oh !chey!, oh no no no you didn't tell me that, yes I do the very small place with the table near the window


, ya I will call, ,


I'm looking at food like Foodpanda you know you know you can order anything and is like at least ten percent, err less on pick up ya no like it's been there for a while already lah as long as you pick up like by yourself from the restaurant is a fifteen percent discount minimum


no but if you do it on grab right they don't give to shit whether you pick up or, what not they will still charge you the same amount


, okay


ya that's why you go and collect lah then saved them the trouble


oh ya ya ya, I mean I don't get the link but okay I guess, no because I said like you can go collect then is cheaper then you said you prefer to deliver then you say it's very hard for the drivers


, (oo) okay okay now make sense, ya


ya dude like they get such little like, fees per and it's so hot you know


(mmhmm), oh oh my god I read the article so ya <tamil>அவங்களோட:avangaloda</tamil> wife <tamil>ஓட:oda</tamil> like because yes yes yes he sells he makes burger on the street


ya then he Google online on how to recreate the burger,


oh what for, ya ya


oh !wow!, !wow! what does he sell,


, why you already know chinese very well


, okay, not yet, oh my god actually we are quite fast right


you know eh <tamil>நா:naa</tamil> ya <tamil>இன்னொரு:innoru</tamil> person ah reply <tamil>பண்றேன்:pandraen</tamil> then I'm trying to think what to say to them, then, I forgot what we're talking about


okay, I got a bit scared for a moment, okay, oh my god I think I'm so proud of ourselves I mean ours us ourselves us ya


okay, you have to do what


what that what does it mean, ,


oh okay, oh, okay so what's your conclusion


oh, okay, okay let me know, ya


honestly I think it just mean people have more screen time, like they use screens a lot more, like phones like because you know everything is online now, so then it will affect the screen time


, oh my god, oh my god that's that's a bit scary like how do you how can you how would you know you don't even the


ya ya,


(oo)


, that's quite cool, but like do you have the re- like information though


, , , change everything, ya all of that


back to square one, , ya ya yes it's just like exercising


, , why


(mmhmm), yes I know what jem is, okay what, why why why Jurong though


okay, okay


, ah theriyum</tamil> ya, , (mmhmm)


, !huh! so enough or not


(oo), nice, okay


!huh! means the ice cream, the, you said magnolia right isn't isn't the ice cream


oh that was oh magnum, !oops! I confused it with magnum


okay summarise okay, it's not the same as magnum


!aiya!


because <tamil>நா:naa</tamil> first <tamil>ஆரம்பிச்சது:aarambichathu</tamil> then like I


maybe <tamil>நா நா முன்னாடி தான்:naa naa munnaadi thaan</tamil> start <tamil>பண்னேன்:pannaen</tamil> I don't know, okay


then after uh I need to go toilet and I'm so thirsty drink some water, okay okay okay fine yes


fan ah <tamil>தொறந்துட்டு:thoranthuttu</tamil> then aircon on <tamil>பண்ணிட்டு:pannittu</tamil> then door open <tamil>பண்ணி:panni</tamil> then live a little bit, eh want to ask is Krispy Kreme better or Dunkin' Donuts better


is , ya, ya there have a lot, ya, but it's very dry like I want I want it to be moist


but is is so much is more expensive but ya no I can't stop at one


oh I didn't know that


like is you you means is literally a ball of dough then the Sprite, !wah! <tamil>இது:ithu</tamil> tamil leh <tamil>பேசனுனா ரொம்ப கஷ்டம்:pesanunaA romba kasHtam</tamil> but okay great job to you


I am you know, okay,


for every A, what the heck, how did I not know this, ya what the freak I could have gotten so many free doughnut, subtle flex (ppl) subtle flex


alright I've started the recording, okay, alright okay anyway I'm flying by next month


ya, actually, I think like I've already been err


anticipating it ya, what about you how have you been, (uh huh)


(hmm), nine


!wow! that's not a lot of difference but okay , ya


uh , Roti


, actually <tamil>ஓர்:or</tamil> like <tamil>ஒரு:oru</tamil> like <tamil>ஒரு வாரத்துல வந்து:oru vaarathula vanthu</tamil> I think friday <tamil>மட்டும்:mattum</tamil> she doesn't go to work, like I I I think is is called work from home on fridays but like we try to like you know do like


our own stuff like clean the house and all those you know redevelop stuff yup , , ya


oh okay okay I see I see I see, , worry, no


err you know their friends go there, no like my err university friends, yes err MBS


like I've been to the the rooftop, to like see the view but I haven't really err


you know ate there, because it's look I mean is MBS so the price is like you know my god


so ya but I mean like still I still have fun lah so, is okay hopefully next week I can get to spend a little bit more time


so is just like ya one night , actually same I think that's like the highlight of


, staycation <tamil>னுக்கு:nukku</tamil>


but you only eat you only like the the cereal and and all the stuff right, like what what do you usually eat


but ya, muesli silent S R,


muesli <tamil>ஒரு கேக்குறதுக்கு ஒரு மாதிரியா இருக்கு ஆனா பரவால:oru kekkurathukku oru maathiriyaa irukku aanaa paravaala</tamil> ,


I think is like similar to granola, oh honestly I'm I'm not a ya not a cereal person so I have no idea


err, err, oh depend on whether you are asking like you know <tamil>காலையில:kalaiyila</tamil> or <tamil>மத்தியானம்:mathiyaanam</tamil> or like <tamil>ராத்திரி:raathiri</tamil> so you need to ask me like accordingly, I have different answers for different timing


must it be buffet like hotel one, okay my favourite I have like top five


like the Roti is like as hard as a biscuit, so I really like Kaya butter toast and then I like you know the classic McDonald's breakfast like hotcakes, you know


uh no I be <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> hotcakes <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> is like sweet, like you know in itself, like I don't even have to like other that the fact that it is dry, ya like I can just pour I can just like you know spread very little butter and


(hmm) that's true that's true


okay, no actually I don't like the half boiled egg, like <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> like err how to say <tamil>சமைக்காத மாதிரி ஒரு:samaikkkatha maathiri oru</tamil> taste , ya but no okay definitely the half boiled egg is like a


is a how to say is a I want to say I won't say delicacy but like <tamil>எல்லாரும் விரும்பி சாப்பிடுவாங்க:ellaarum virumbi saappiduvaanga</tamil> like <tamil>நான் சின்ன வயசுல இருக்கும் போது அதயும் நான் சாப்பிடுவேன்:naan chinna vayasula irukkum pothu athayum naan saappiduvaen</tamil> but I think as I grew my tastebud is kind of, teeth like just went away from that


so I only eat Kaya butter toast, ya, (hmm) ah #ya kun#


ya as in err personally I feel #ya kun# is better but you see like the the bread at toast box is like, like <tamil>வெள்ள:vella</tamil> colour you know, and then #ya kun# is like is like


no <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> okay #ya kun# Roti <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> is like toasted fully you know, is like so the crisp is there but then err ya okay let's go to #ya kun# Kaya toast next time


no no ya it's a whole day thing, ya


!yay!, !aiyo!


yes, I don't know how many times I have to tell you to sleep early like I don't know why you like to overwork yourself


you are literally the most hardworking person I know it's not even like I'm not even joking, yes


I think ya then you know where we're going to go, yes exactly but I think we should have time lah


oh wait I know you love peanut butter waffles, amazing, okay sorry , !oops!


ah, why so late eh wait what time did you start, ten O'clock okay that's not bad but you stayed night like so late though last night


okay okay


once again you are over working yourself, (mmhmm)


okay, is sunday the tuition you are telling me about last time


like the <tamil>அந்த ரெண்டு பொண்ணுங்க:antha rendu ponnunga</tamil> , oh finished already, oh it was this year <tamil>நான் நினைச்சேன்:naan ninaichaen</tamil> primary five


okay, and she got A for everything, okay I think that probably pulled it down but I think two three seven is good though


ya, ya, you know, yes of course indian parents are on another level of


ya exactly, well


ya I remember, but like wait so this year she is primary four


oh next year she is P four, okay lah,


!aiyo!, oh well once again indian parents expectation are next level so


like if she listens to you lah, , ya


<tamil>ஆனா:aanaa</tamil> I mean <tamil>எனக்கு புரியுது:enakku puriyuthu</tamil> so I think it's fine


ya <tamil>நா நினைக்குறேன் நம்ம ரொம்ப நேரம்:naa ninaikkuraen namma romba neram</tamil> tamil leh <tamil>பேசிட்டு இருக்கோன்னு:pesittu irukkonnu</tamil> , actually


uh


okay, yes


the thought of it already just ya


ya, , (uh huh)


I think it's okay lah I think we can do it by to like hopefully by today if everything goes well, ya, oh okay, interesting so <tamil>இது வந்து எந்த:ithu vanthu entha</tamil> university


I forgot what what my second my second one was oh wait no McDonald's breakfast yes, Tesco


yes, then I will just let you know, when err like I don't actually I don't even know what you want all the cereal boxes look like exactly the same so


I mean I not like a cereal person but <tamil>நா அங்க போனா நா படம் எடுத்து அனுப்புறேன்:naa anga ponaa naa padam eduthu anuppuraen</tamil> brand you just let me know lah


so you just want to be lock inside the supermarket overnight lah, it's a very interesting dream, !hais!


, (hmm) full course meal over here ah


, oh the blueberry or strawberry, I think I like the blueberry one also


don't worry <tamil>இந்த நாம இப்ப பேசுறது யாராவது ஒருத்தர் கேக்க போறாங்க:intha namma ippa pesurathu yaaraavathu oruthar kekka poraanga</tamil> so


okay,


we met at the NTUC then <tamil>நம்ம வந்து:namma vanthu</tamil> we bought some stuff right, ya then I grated the cauliflower, honestly I can't remember it's been so long I think like I think in august


so I grated the cauliflower and then I, okay speaking of Mr Coconut right


do you know right at first like my friend recommended me first right oh you have to get Mr Coconut like get like hundred percent sugar and I'm like no because I never get anything with hundred percent sugar, I feel like, no no


ya exactly so I was like so that day I think before I went to buy the drink I think I was I had something sweet so ah so I told myself err maybe don't get so much lah so my usual, go to sugar level <tamil>வந்து அம்பது:vanthu ambathu</tamil> percent, so I was like


(hmm) fifty, so when I went eh so I decided to get twenty five, ya so I was like okay lah maybe, maybe it won't be that sweet because you know when you go to buy like regular bubble tea like KOI or Liho


I usually get like twenty five to fifty so I was like oh maybe not that sweet, ya and so I was like next time so everytime from that day I bought for like my <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> and <tamil>அப்பா:appa</tamil> also from after that we are like let's just buy zero percent


for like future purchases you know, honestly I don't know because there's like I it still sweet you know zero percent is still sweet to me lah, ya so


but I think is also not good to like drink it so much because like it's still coconut remember I think I feel like I when like I was young I like my grandma will always tell me err coconut is very cooling


like I think that's a bad thing because it's like it will give you a flu or I don't know it's like basically saying don't eat yogurt at night or something like a indian thing I don't know whether like, no


okay is basically like eating cold things, or maybe eat don't eat too much of cool things maybe that was the ya, I honestly <tamil>எனக்கு ஞாபகம் இல்ல:enakku nyabagam illa</tamil> so ya


if we are talking about probiotics then we can drink Yakult also what, I mean it's just a, I I like greek yogurt, no I like greek yogurt


, like roasted pistachio yoghurt, oh ice cream


, actually you do like oatmilk, you okay then they have I think they have this okay like this brand of milk called oatly


ya so they have like the regular I think the, original flavour and then they have the chocolate one like I tried the chocolate milk when I was in UK


but ya, err no the the milk I I think the icre cream was like a very recent thing or is like it just came, I never seen it before, so ya


have you had lunch, okay


thirty,


those, what waffles again, is it like those hipster cafe things


sorry who is going to be making the waffles, then we just what be the owners lah, interesting (hmm) sure


is a we were carried his plan ah, ya we can say bye to that, okay no postpone its uh, remember it's a five year plan


hopefully COVID will be done, honestly I don't know I I we have to see according to, you know, let let's go with the flow


ya, ya,


because I end school next, next friday I end school and friday I also have a test at five PM


so I <tamil>அத முடிச்சிடோனே:atha mudichitonae</tamil> it's like a christmas break, but it's good that they take christmas very seriously, ya so I'm very I'm very thankful for that, so I'm gonna be taking a break


until ya lah then I have to start packing and all those stuff lah, , okay okay I'll probably come over to your house and have some carrot Alvaa


I have to learn how to make that though, like I always do anyway and then err she's always cooking so I told her to let you know cook for me until I have to fly off


ya like because when I go there is like I have to eat my own food and not say that I cook bad or anything but it's just like, it's hard to say


ya is like I just buy the chili, err what's that called the sambal paste


and then spicy, yes, and


actually I think I'm also, oh you mean, okay okay that's good yes


red, ya <tamil>எனக்கு சில:enakku sila</tamil> red colour line lah <tamil>தெரியுது:theriyuthu</tamil> but I will


ya is okay lah I mean, is like in like in like let's say if <tamil>நான் திருப்பி பண்ணொன்னா:naan thiruppi pannonaa</tamil> I don't think I will be doing it lah,


aircon <tamil>தொறகல:thorakala</tamil> so <tamil>நான் ஓர் இல்ல ஏன்னா:naan or illa yaennaa</tamil> I don't want them to like say the audio is bad, you know, ya but for that I have to move and then I don't want to destroy the audio so <tamil>அதுக்காகவே நான் இன்னும் ஒரு முப்பது நிமிஷம்:athukkaakavae naan innum oru muppathu nimisham</tamil> I need to


err hang in here, I probably should have turn the aircon on but it's fine


okay lah you said already means I don't need to say lah, okay wait


very very disappointing behaviour, like Pooja you know Pooja, whoever listening this if you don't know Pooja please please just contact me back so I can educate you on whose Pooja


oh I don't even know if the content we are speaking is okay but you know what doesn't matter,


okay lunch, honestly I like everything lah but okay I would love to choose my local singaporean local food so my number one is no my number one is chicken rice


ya so I, is unless though not means chicken rice wanton, no, what did you just say, no


oh my god Reshma you are I can't believe what I'm hearing okay let me let me help you out here, chicken rice is hainanese chicken rice so the the the rice tastes different from like regular white rice


yes please do educate itself on this man this is important, no oh my god where are you getting this rubbish from, okay Reshma can you Google can you Google chicken rice


you see the photo you see the chicken and the rice right, okay nasi lemak rice is coconut rice, meaning they cook the


ya okay how do I explain, yes it's it's two different dishes just because there's the same meat and the same rice doesn't mean it's the same dish and is not similar it's not similar in any way


okay whoever whoever's listening to this please oh my god I can't even deal with this girl right now , !aiyo!, please don't tell this to anybody else


okay and then I like err anyway I didn't I I'm not like I'm like okay with nasi lemak but I prefer chicken rice like I think rochor has this very nice err chicken rice place but instead of putting the rice normally like you know they put in a bowl then they will put on the plate


to give it that shape, ya so at like rochor they have this one where they make it into a ball, no is rochor, hello this one is the MRT station lah


R O C H O R, rocher is R O C H E R, okay so rochor no no no okay no anyway so rochor has this err chicken rice ball it's like the it's like the ones in Malacca


if I have not sure if you've been before but I feel like every, singaporean kid like has been brought there like for some kind of school, no like you been studying here since primary school what


ya, so it's like this chicken rice balls that's quite famous in Malacca I think, ya then ya you can said lah so it's like a it's like a thing but I haven't like tried it yet


chicken rice, no oh my god is not the same thing at all but okay, I will not be forgetting this today but anyway yes and then there's Laksa


okay so my workplace is near adam road, okay, like, that's very lame but anyway adam road is near like adam road is one of the very popular food places, so they have chicken rice prawn Mee err mee soto mee siam Prata like basically every cuisine under one roof


which is essentially any hawker place so, I mean just happy to be working near there, yes, ya correct it is, ya, honest dude you remember the Nakhon that we went to


but it closed, holland the one at holland V, I don't know


I mean I think they have like other outlets, like what harbour front lah, honestly wish my having travelled the world and living in UK right


I am very thankful for singapore's transport system, yes exact I I can't say louder the red line will come out then they will disqualify my audio but I ya I mean on it like because in UK they like


how to say like <tamil>நா என்னோட வீட்ல இருந்து வெளிய போனுனா:naa ennoda veetla irunthu veliya ponunaa</tamil> like how ah like let's say even a shopping mall, , ya and then you know over here it's like you can you just hop on the on the alight okay ya you can walk depending on which like shopping mall lah walk pavilion or if you take train just have to train like change a line


instead of taking like you know like random bus to go to one place and then, ah how do I say it's just so much easier living in singapore because of the lack like you know if you own a car like if you own a car or there's also like you can rent a car at very affordable prices like electric car or if you want to use BlueSG I guess and then you can just go buy all your groceries than dump it in the back and then drive home it's very convenient


ya maybe when I go back I'll see how because like right now Glasgow is like level I think from today it's like level three, like UK has this system they are like, different states they have different levels of (hmm) safety precautions for COVID ya so there's that


okay anyway what's your favourite food for lunch, (mmhmm)


there's this nice place, err near my near my work I think it's near botanic gardens is called gastronomia I think they have it like


ya is near our school though so I think you may have seen it so it's called gastronomia and they have like they have spinach Lasagna, yes yes yes it is it is


they have Gelato ah, I actually have never seen them have Gelato but they have like very they make very good spinach Lasagne so since you are vegetarian I think that will go very well


, ah yes then after that you can go to cold storage behind and buy cereal, yup


ya, , I think I mean because news leh <tamil>சொன்னாங்க:sonnaanga</tamil> you know err uh the december first week offers first half


it's gonna be like wet wet weather kind, but I guess indoor activities are fine,


(mmhmm), I mean you can't right just ya


oh my god Reshma, it's very far away


oh ya that's true because there's like <tamil>வேற வேற:vera vera</tamil> school right


, okay lah #paya lebar# lah not not too far I think what what I was thinking of for #pasir ris# you know like the end of the life, ya


but isn't near the MRT, #paya lebar#, I know SMU is near the MRT so,


so <tamil>நாளைக்கு என்னா:nalaikku ennaa</tamil> plan, oh, okay as usual a lot of work anyway when was the last time we watched a movie


!wah! it's been a year, oh gosh


ya, , exactly it's been a year


like I'm revising my lectures because I have a test and I haven't examine, so after my exam then I have to pack and fly off


ya, but I think I should be, sorry, , honestly no I just want to like spend time with my family


and friend and then I will just go off, don't really I'm happy going I am flying right into the heart of COVID


it's true, can you hear me


my friend, ya, no she's like I think she's err twenty eight


but like I work with her, , no my friend is chinese, ya anyway, so ya I'm invited to her wedding so I was picking out like


picking out like a dresses and I was thinking like you know what to wear and, I have already choosen the wedding is in two weeks, so ya, and then what else so ya so I was like I think the whole of like


novemeber <tamil>வந்து நான் யோசிச்சிட்டு இருந்தேன் என்ன போடணும்:vanthu naan yosichittu irunthaen enna podanum</tamil> then <tamil>என்ன சாப்பாடு முடிய எப்படி பண்றது:enna saappaadu mudiya eppadi pandrathu</tamil> all that


you mean food and slipper, yes, not similar at all but I can ah ya


anyway did I tell you that I am moving into a new new house, in a err in UK not in singapore singapore I am still staying in #bukit panjang#, yes


eh wait but you remember like my my old apartment right, ya, ya I think my other my new one is not against the window


ya but I will show you I will FaceTime eh no not FaceTime I will, video WhatsApp video call you when I'm there lah,


oh now, oh ya lah mean delivery is more ex


I mean honestly I would just pay the delivery because, like you know you know I saw this this post on Instagram or somewhere like some news thing about how these Foodpanda guy was delivering and he was like


super heavy rain, you know so it was like flooded and he was still carrying the food and just, I don't know man it's just tough you know like they had they still have to do their job despite the weather conditions, and it's not like they're in cars


no I'm just saying that there are people out there who still have to do their jobs, yes, what you don't get the link


I no I said I said I might as well like if I can't go out I might as well pay for the delivery because you know they also have the option of tipping them I mean I feel like they are also just I mean they are also working very hard to make a living


and it's especially like harder now like like I think it, ya, and I also saw this like, article but I think this one is in malaysia like <tamil>அவள் வந்து ஒரு:aval vanthu oru</tamil> pilot


did you, and so like <tamil>நிறைய பேர் வந்து:niraiya per vanthu</tamil> visit <tamil>பண்றாங்க:pandraanga</tamil> because he said like I think he saying when he used to fly he that was the burger that he really liked


no but I came to city hall like I I think I went to city hall not like last week, because my you know my friend the the one who studies with me the guy, ya he has a shop there


ya and I think it's at peninsula Plaza, glasses lah, is a optical shop, so I went to get some frames because my frame broke


ya, also I used to go for chinese classes at city hall like the same peninsula Plaza, ya but I need to like continue in, learn more


it's not good enough, ya, I can't believe we made it fifty minutes, ya


I'm sweating buckets here well I guess is fine


okay <tamil>ஆமா கேக்குது:aamaa kekkuthu</tamil> ya


no I'm still here, okay anyway, yes I got it the first time you said but yes, anyway did I tell you my this I had like because since I am in my final year I have to do like this dissertation


ya I have a dissertation, err, dissertation is like a essay, like an essay but it's like based on critiquing other people's literature reviews


yes anyway <tamil>என்னோட:ennoda</tamil> dissertation is about COVID, ya


hello I haven't even finish lah I just finished I just started my introduction is due like next year next year april, this girl, let you know what how it affects the eye


sure, what do you mean, oh no no okay okay no that's not my topic that I I understand what you're saying but mine is the ocular manifestations so is like COVID <tamil>வந்து எப்படி கண்ணுல கண்ணு மூலமா ஒடம்புல போலாம்:vanthu eppadi kannula kannu moolamaa odampula polaam</tamil> you know so it's like how


like, there are so no there are a lot of papers that have been showing that you know you know what's a conjunctivitis like pink eye, ya so usually it can it's been reported that people who have tested positive have actually traces of the viral DN the RNA inside the #honja thaivar#


ya so <tamil>அந்த அதுல இருந்து நாம எப்படி:antha athula irunthu naama eppadi</tamil> err like in future how do we prevent there and sort all those stuff, ya, thank you


I have to read up a lot lah but I guess like the bad part is because it's COVID and it's like so current I have to keep reading because things can just keep changing


ya so I have to like like imagine <tamil>நா எல்லாமே:naa ellamae</tamil> like <tamil>எழுதிட்டேன்:eluthittaen</tamil> and then <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> news marichunaa</tamil> then I have to exactly ya, , but I think the most difficult part about writing something it's the starting you know like starting it of it ya


okay, sure


but it's fine I guess, , that's funny, okay anyway oh ya I wanted to say I went to err jem


jurong east mall to get like a candle because, I know I know you don't live in jurong I have to I have to say, wait what was I gonna say so I'm having


ya so I went to get like one of my colleague set up this website, so like <tamil>நம்ம வந்து எல்லாரோடயும் பெர வந்து உள்ள போட்டுட்டு:namma vanthu ellarodayum pera vanthu ulla pottuttu</tamil> then you will draw the names so once we do that and then I got like this the intern name so I don't really know her so like we thank god <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> website leh <tamil>வந்து கேள்வி கேக்குற:vanthu kelvi kekkura</tamil> option <tamil>இருக்கு:irukku</tamil> but like anonymously


ya so I ask her lah like what do you like and all those stuff so I think one of the things that she chose was scented candles, ya so I went to yankee candle because at first I wanted to go IKEA


twenty dollars ya, ya enough actually it was on it was a very good thing because <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> candle <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> sale lah <tamil>இருந்துச்சி:irunduchi</tamil> so I got like a good one, I think it was like nine nineteen dollars so just nice, ya and then err what else


ya and then the candles scent is like magnolia and lily, so was nice, no the scent, magnolia is a flower


magnolia is a flower, oh dear lord


okay after all rooter MRT station and Ferrero Rocher not the same, but, , yes and what else, and magnolia is a flower but sure


ya what to do, well well


okay anyway I have like


okay, yes


yes, yes


like you know those Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Donuts the doughnuts whether they have a lot of flavour so there's like, I think cookies and cream so they have oreo and then they have the cream inside, so is either you like that or you like the OG ones


I think you can go for Krispy Kreme first like the regular glazed one just get one first, I mean up to you you know you do you


ya <tamil>ஆனா நா வந்து:aanaa naa vanthu</tamil> I think I tried err, Krispy Kreme I tried both lah but ah ya I prefer like those, ah you know they sell doughnuts in Swee Heng without the glaze and anything, just plain doughnuts I like plain doughnuts


thank you thank you I am you know


wait what else should I say, ya so as in I think you can try both lah but maybe get Krispy Kreme first you remember last time Krispy Kreme has this thing where for every A you get you get one free doughnut, ya like on your report card I think this was was back when we were in secondary school you wasted you wasted your opportunity


[oh] well okay don't need to flex the morale of face [lah] !huh! !huh! (ppl) not so subtle


okay I'm gonna clap ah, okay, okay <mandarin>现在我:xian zai wo</mandarin> okay, okay so <mandarin>现在:xian zai</mandarin> I'm on uh my headphones ah so since on notice


err <mandarin>应该是:ying gai shi</mandarin> started <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> mah, but err I think <mandarin>还有一点:hai you yi dian</mandarin> leh <mandarin>我们应该不要:wo men ying gai bu yao</mandarin> overlap


uh ya <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> phone <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> register <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> clap lah but <mandarin>不是红色:bu shi hong se</mandarin> lah but is, so what


[orh], ya ya, [orh] then I think I got few things that I can say lah maybe


ya, then, okay lor then ya you just start [loh] you just say, ya then <mandarin>怎样:zen yang</mandarin> leh virgin active ah


eh but then, eh <mandarin>你知道我有我有些朋友他们去:ni zhi dao wo you wo you xie peng you ta men qu</mandarin> sign up like hundred and thirty per month ah


(uh huh) and then like hundred thirty, and how does that work out ah, uh


no shit man, [orh]


oh looks okay never mind you, then like


it's in the red, ya you just like sit down there ya, then, err, oh right then <mandarin>上次我有跟你讲我有我去:shang ci wo you gen ni jiang wo you wo qu</mandarin> err, carousell actually <mandarin>我有没有跟你讲过:wo you mei you gen ni jiang guo</mandarin> right


ya lah <mandarin>上次我有去做过:shang ci wo you qu zuo guo</mandarin> grab food what then I think


I don't know lah, so I, ya so <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> no <mandarin>真的在这上面有花很多时间:zhen de zai zhe shang mian you hua hen duo shi jian</mandarin> then after that I went to


search at three different bikes right so


err what was it ah oh he was some engineer, then the engineer guy he wanted to leave singapore already so he, couldn't stay anymore mah so his flat to vacate cause of course <mandarin>他不要给那个租金:ta bu yao gei na ge zu jin</mandarin> lah


then <mandarin>最后他就他就全部把他的东西卖掉:zui hou ta jiu ta jiu quan bu ba ta de dong xi mai diao</mandarin> lor, then <mandarin>他就问我要不要他的脚车:ta jiu wen wo yao bu yao ta de jiao che</mandarin> but


ya so from the MRT station then I saw the bike there lah then <mandarin>本来要:ben lai yao</mandarin> meet


then <mandarin>他讲:ta jiang</mandarin> eh <mandarin>要不要:yao bu yao</mandarin> hundred eighty also can or something like that he say I need to go back home lah and then err, good <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> but then it's just that his bike never <mandarin>保养:bao yang</mandarin> then I see like


road bike <mandarin>因为要在马路上:yin wei yao zai ma lu shang</mandarin> what then, hybrid bike you can go on trail and you can also go on the road lah or you can go on


that if the the tires are really really fat then got this guy he lost ten KG cycling the fat type, just <mandarin>骑:qi</mandarin> the food, ya lah <mandarin>很重:hen zhong</mandarin> lah so


ya <mandarin>你看那些:ni kan na xie</mandarin> #ang moh# mah <mandarin>每次不是骑那些:mei ci bu shi qi na xie</mandarin> road road bike then like they go like, ya the road bike all super light, there's there was once I was in the MRT right I saw this #ang moh# guy then he just he use one hand he just carry like super light bike like he just carry up in the MRT


no not into the MRT okay err I forgot what to say it's like err the MRT gantry, and he just


then <mandarin>他本来好像在骑的:ta ben lai hao xiang zai qi de</mandarin> then


ah very like very slow lah, , ya oh then then back to the the the the bike purchase right so


then I was like, I was like thinking eh if like hundred and eighty I just take and Zao lah then I just cycle back home, but then after a while I was like, I was like thinking


I was like thinking like okay since this is my first bike that I saw right I confirm I'm not going to buy, then I was like very lucky very lucky, very lucky I didn't buy, ya


the <mandarin>脚车啊:jiao che a</mandarin> and the actually <mandarin>这个脚车可以讲很久:zhe ge jiao che ke yi jiang hen jiu</mandarin> because I went, to three different uh I went to check out three different bikes, ya


is from its from Kembangan lah, this guy he live in Kembangan then


then


it was


ya cause I park at my friend's house there cause he lived at the, #tanah merah# leh


eh, Kembangan, eh <mandarin>对:dui</mandarin> hor actually <mandarin>其实更远:qi shi geng yuan</mandarin> leh [orh] but, but anyway !huh!


doesn't matter ah <mandarin>因为我最后我去:yin wei wo zui hou wo qu</mandarin> #tanah merah# <mandarin>还是去:hai shi qu</mandarin> #pasir ris# only


cause <mandarin>他的家只是很靠近而已:ta de jia zhi shi hen kao jin er yi</mandarin> what one MRT station only


then I from there I just go back, the next day lor the next day I walk I not walk I cycled from, from #tanah merah# back, ya to woodlands


then Tampines <mandarin>你知道:ni zhi dao</mandarin> Tampines ikea <mandarin>有一个:you yi ge</mandarin> highway <mandarin>那边:na bian</mandarin> but <mandarin>你没有去那个:ni mei you qu na ge</mandarin> highway then <mandarin>你走:ni zou</mandarin> Tampines old road then <mandarin>你去到去到:ni qu dao qu dao</mandarin> #pasir ris#


then #pasir ris# farm way you go to #lorong halus#, #lorong halus# then you go to Punggol


from Khatib then then it's <mandarin>一条路:yi tiao lu</mandarin> Punggol #lorong halus# coney island then


ya I can imagine it's like by the edge of the sea lah yes not that's not the only way to go you can go by a inner way like, uh, ya


actually is, ya then, ya lah <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> west side you don't know anything about east side lah sorry, not my problem


!huh!


[orh], [orh] then let's say <mandarin>你住你住:ni zhu ni zhu</mandarin> NTU then <mandarin>我跟你讲你可以搬去:wo gen ni jiang ni ke yi ban qu</mandarin> pioneer <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> lor


uh


SMU !whoa! not bad, actually <mandarin>我有去过:wo you qu guo</mandarin> SMU <mandarin>的那个:de na ge</mandarin> campus <mandarin>那边也是不错:na bian ye shi bu cuo</mandarin> lah, ya correct


actually the other day <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> just <mandarin>去到:qu dao</mandarin> SMU <mandarin>那边:na bian</mandarin> then, ya I went to eat the, what was that called again, ah ya I know what else we can talk about now ah, ya just the other day I went for staycation


ya who else lah <mandarin>跟父母去:gen fu mu qu</mandarin> lor, boyfriend, boyfriend <mandarin>就是你了:jiu shi ni le</mandarin> lor


!hey!, guy guy friend <mandarin>也是可以住:ye shi ke yi zhu</mandarin> staycation what, Tio Bo


for couple leh, [orh] <mandarin>你知道:ni zhi dao</mandarin> actually the singaporean discount voucher <mandarin>很很奇怪:hen hen qi guai</mandarin> leh


ya correct lah <mandarin>一百块:yi bai kuai</mandarin> lor


eh, ya, that's my father's one then my mother's one and my one haven't used


ya, staycation <mandarin>其实:qi shi</mandarin> actually quite fun leh


no, it's not about the TV, ah <mandarin>不要:bu yao</mandarin> pause <mandarin>先:xian</mandarin> lah <mandarin>我只是:wo zhi shi</mandarin> I just take a water


ya okay ya actually I'm done Nah I took the water, ya so


ya #sim lim# square <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> like everyone <mandarin>去那边买电脑:qu na bian mai dian nao</mandarin> what, !hanna! <mandarin>我的电脑:wo de dian nao</mandarin> lor


ya I bought from err the actual brand, but also not from the actual retail shop, I bought from the


if you think about it, like if you think about it, if you think about it right challenger is all very expensive one so, I bought my own on the online shop, lenovo dot com


ya, then <mandarin>我去我去:wo qu wo qu</mandarin> (hmm), I think, ya it's only one point one K


for gaming laptop, the battery like shit though


[orh], it doesn't matter lah <mandarin>现在已经:xian zai yi jing</mandarin> like <mandarin>二十分钟了:er shi fen zhong le</mandarin> lah


ya, so


if you are familiar with the geography but I think you are not lah most people are not familiar


ya I mean but even before blue line I was familiar with that place already so eh, ya very good very good, then, Rochor MRT actually <mandarin>你走上去就:ni zou shang qu jiu</mandarin> #sim lim# square Liao


then #sim lim# square <mandarin>了你去:le ni qu</mandarin> #sim lim# square <mandarin>你知道:ni zhi dao</mandarin> burlington square mah it's just beside #sim lim# square, ya, there's a, there's the burger king down there


[orh], I actually thought suited the burger king ya, (hmm)


then <mandarin>就是:jiu shi</mandarin> NAFA <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> leh


ya lah arts school NAFA NAFA, that Nanyang academy of fine arts NAFA lah


eh intro leh, intro leh intro leh,


uh


oh ya eh <mandarin>那天我没有跟你讲:na tian wo mei you gen ni jiang</mandarin> right what I did that day the table tennis one, ya, eh, [orh]


!aiya! <mandarin>掺掺:can can</mandarin> one lah, #chin cai# also, ah eh I haven't even finish talking about the staycation leh, ya ya ya


then, then my mother she she decided to walk towards #dhoby ghaut# <mandarin>的你知道:de ni zhi dao</mandarin> #dhoby ghaut#, ya <mandarin>真的是:zhen de shi</mandarin> city tour leh <mandarin>走遍整个:zou bian zheng ge</mandarin> like downtown area


then, I think she she walked towards Smoo bar, (ppc), you know Smoo bar, ya she walked towards prinsep street


I fucking weird sia, I don't know like <mandarin>他平时不会喝酒的:ta ping shi bu hui he jiu de</mandarin> then like just hinting like, ya


it's a weekday lah, eh no no sorry


ya okay lor, ya


ah ya, (hmm)


[orh] <mandarin>你讲你自己的经验:ni jiang ni zi ji de jing yan</mandarin> lah, very <mandarin>老练:lao lian</mandarin> this guy, !wah! !wah! !wah!


Bo Lui Liao that's why must get this twenty five dollars right, uh, ya it does


ya, , secondary then after that uh I think <mandarin>我们再找一间:wo men zai zhao yi jian</mandarin> Bugis Bugis <mandarin>再找一间店:zai zhao yi jian dian</mandarin> ah


then, they got like the steam they got the steam seafood, then is like one one tier tier by tier right then the they stack the seafood


it's not really hotpot leh, like, actually I also not very sure of the idea


but after you go back already they close down already, !woo!


ya then, and then <mandarin>走走走啊:zou zou zou a</mandarin> walk like four KM leh, then what


go Geylang actually, but actually <mandarin>我没有去:wo mei you qu</mandarin> Geylang, oh sorry this guy


I know bro, I know everything, ya lah <mandarin>知道:zhi dao</mandarin> lah


then after that, err, ya I was gonna say <mandarin>猪润:zhu run</mandarin> but that doesn't exist


pig liver, oh okay you also don't know


it's like, ya, then we went we went err it's not Geylang it's like Arab street there ah ya, then we went to eat pig liver and <mandarin>沙煲饭:sha bao fan</mandarin> it was like


ah how would I say uh I will give it a rating of one, one out of, one out of five lor


no as in is good the ambience is good, the price is like too expensive


thirty dollars plus err, twenty nine ninety plus GST plus service charge, then plus the, the pig's liver is like <mandarin>十七块:shi qi kuai</mandarin> plus plus


ya the <mandarin>沙煲饭:sha bao fan</mandarin> is like <mandarin>淡一点:dan yi dian</mandarin> lor, it's like twenty nine ninety then plus another


I wanted to order another <mandarin>沙煲:sha bao</mandarin> pig liver mah so that's like, it's <mandarin>加一个菜:jia yi ge cai</mandarin> lor, ya then after that then I ordered, I wanted to order #kai lan# <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> they they don't have #kai lan# then I wanted to order like long bean then they don't have long bean


then in the end <mandarin>最后我们的菜只剩下:zui hou wo men de cai zhi sheng xia</mandarin> Sambal #kang kong# then like okay lah Bo Pian, just order just order like Sambal #kang kong# okay man Sambal #kang kong#, just left with that but it was it's okay lah I mean just that my parents gave one of five lah I would say ambience


ambience cannot beat Geylang uh cannot I mean it's a restaurant ambience ah, no it's the restaurant ambience lah so it's like four out five but the food honestly if you wanna tell me like local food ah maybe like one out of five for this kind of food


uh


bro you don't know your Jurong spring <mandarin>有好料:you hao liao</mandarin> leh


but <mandarin>他也是有些不错的:ta ye shi you xie bu cuo de</mandarin> leh, okay lah <mandarin>真的你要去到:zhen de ni yao qu dao</mandarin> like, #jalan besar# looks quite good


ah


uh #hokkien mee# ah, !huh!


oh, (uh huh), ya, (hmm)


(mmhmm), ya out of three stars


[orh], ya


[orh], but I think, cannot be, (hmm), (hmm)


is it <mandarin>你的胃口:ni de wei kou</mandarin> ha


oh


okay sorry lah but I have to I have to disagree with you lah because Ichiban sushi is just I don't know trash lah, I mean, I'm sorry I I have to say this right now, but, it's like actually I know people who work in those like japanese restaurant before lah like


err Ichiban lah like <mandarin>整个那些连锁店:zheng ge na xie lian suo dian</mandarin> lah, what Ichiban lah crap I can't think of any like, other food, like this kind of like places lah, but you know what I mean right like those those restaurant like


it's like all the group is open by some groups ah, ya then those like it's like, a lot of their stuff is like maybe microwave or what I don't know


a lot is like, not just Ichiban sushi got a few others like, err not not Ichiban sushi let me let me search it up I think


Watame or something Watame also got, sorry about it


ah, okay, [orh], (hmm)


(hmm)


uh <mandarin>好像:hao xiang</mandarin> err, if you drop everything to follow your dreams what would you risk but if you have any, it's a heavy topic ya you need to give them some heavy things to talk about ya


get rich ah


so like the first part of the question is like dreams right so that's your dream lah, [orh]


ya lor, , all or nothing, [orh], !huh!


if you, oh trash


oh, (uh huh),


!huh!, !huh!, normal chinese lah


oh, not bad lah, five years of higher chinese sorry four years of


[orh], !huh!


actually same for me you know I could have gotten distinction if let's say if I took chinese if I took normal chinese I could have, but my higher chinese grade was damn bad, it was like I don't know two point something three point something so


if I, eh try to, you know like your cursing right try to put to a minimum lah I know it's a bit difficult for you but ya, I, this from here what does it say


[orh] what are you, I'm trying to skip it no lah no okay I'm not skipping it, uh


I wouldn't risk my life but, okay actually I I will just not risk anything lor, ya just be comfy and sit at home all day


ya, I wouldn't, I'm not risk taker bro


yes, ya, yea simple, if anything


if anything right then just go and do grab food !woo!, uh


uh, uh, !wow!


oh


!wow!, (hmm)


[orh]


(hmm), ya, ya that's one drawback of meritocracy lah, ya, actually I I'm reading this book right now it's called


what is that again, inequality or something, ya it's like just talking about, it's not talking about poverty lah but it's like instead is looking at singapore's inequality lor, ah what's that ah this is what inequality looks like


ya, so actually <mandarin>我们新加坡:wo men xin jia po</mandarin> actually <mandarin>穷的人:qiong de ren</mandarin> hor like, like there are living in rental flats that kind lor then <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> professor then <mandarin>去那边做:qu na bian zuo</mandarin> fieldwork


poverty actually you all kinds of people can fall into poverty what


can be single parent, can be, families that, I don't know maybe one of like let's say one grandparent had like medical bill then you have to pay the medical bill, that kind then like you have to sell the flat ya so it's this kind of like


unfortunate situation lah then they land themselves in, that kind of situation then they, uh


uh, then <mandarin>最后真的要把他付掉:zui hou zhen de yao ba ta fu diao</mandarin> lah, uh, [orh]


then they what downgrade or what, but <mandarin>还是可以维持他的生活:hai shi ke yi wei chi ta de sheng huo</mandarin> what


ya lah if you, so if let's say that happen to uh not so rich people then, ya, oh, [orh]


oh, then you can financial independence, oh


east coast park or something then they will like, they all sleep in the van, then like when police come and check <mandarin>那种真的是:na zhong zhen de shi</mandarin> like


it exists there's people like park in don't know what, park and then they use the public bathroom to bathe at four AM, then they get their kids ready dressed and go to school that kind of thing


then <mandarin>从那边他就得知他们的生活状况:cong na bian ta jiu de zhi ta men de sheng huo zhuang kuang</mandarin> lor


ya it's it's not that they are currently living and it's not that they are currently homeless they live in the rental flat but before they had the rental flat right then what is their situation lah, ya like maybe like one family got six people and living in one van something like that


nobody deserves that, what but that's the that's the thing the book tackles it actually it says that


poor of their own accord but the thing is because meritocracy right we emphasise much of meritocracy in singapore


so you just talking about, how if you work hard then you can, climb the ladder or you can be successful but


that that's what I'm trying to say is just that kind of misconception, ya


[orh], just say english lah if you <mandarin>你不一定要:ni bu yi ding yao</mandarin> force what, ya


but then the thing is if you are saying that the lowest part of society is like then there will always be people living in rental flats there will always be people that bottom, percent that are still in poverty, so the solution is not to


because poverty poverty is not err, if you're thinking of it you have to look at, hundred percent of the people what


there will always let's say if the bottom five percent are living in rental flats there will always be people living in rental flats, if people somehow move up or succeed, ya


yup, ya you have to improve the you have to improve the baseline because, if you are looking at from a hundred percent what then there will always be that bottom one percent it will always exist in society you cannot just remove it


ya, but it's a lot better than other countries lah but the thing is, so you mean that <mandarin>新加坡很:xin jia po hen</mandarin> it still exist lah, ya


no but is it that's the that's the thing the stereotype is, you will just the first thought right like without actually go and like, without understanding them your first thought will be like thinking is it the person themselves


ya but the thing is meritocracy right emphasises that because, these people they can move up in society therefore they invalidates, their performance, so instead of, instead of recognising that their family or whatever uh provided an environment for them actually


and it's not emphasise its not acknowledging that is their background actually, that contributed to them, and, contributed to <mandarin>他们的成功:ta men de cheng gong</mandarin> lah


ya, correct correct


ya, ya


there are initiatives that I can I can say ya, (hmm)


but then the the the book explores really other themes lah it's not just about they themselves because, I read the front part they they trying to the professor is trying to prove that actually it's not just them itself there's more that we can do


ya of course, okay, ya, ya


!huh!, !wow!, best student oh #geronimo stilton#


oh, what the heck, the art of self control what the heck


ya you have the art of self control on your eh why is it translated into chinese I have no idea, diary of a wimpy kid !wow!


uh, [orh], that's why <mandarin>你去读:ni qu du</mandarin> accountancy ah ya work with numbers lah it's a good thing what, then you just go present your numbers, ya


philosophy, eh <mandarin>这边还有几个:zhe bian hai you ji ge</mandarin> like <mandarin>题目:ti mu</mandarin> leh


what everyday activity would be a torture if you had to do it for eight hour straight


ya, so <mandarin>那是一种折磨:na shi yi zhong zhe mo</mandarin> lah, ya


ya, so <mandarin>你要连续八个小时:ni yao lian xu ba ge xiao shi</mandarin> leh, is, is eight hour straight leh you cannot


it doesn't it's not like four hours then you take a break is like, ya but, just pick one just pick one just pick one


ya, there's so many right then you just pick one lah, that will be a torture, literally you paid you paid for it


ya lor


(hmm), eh can you just keep, please keep this like, just keep this like ya,


okay okay then what else ah, eh <mandarin>这个华文好像有语法错误:zhe ge hua wen hao xiang you yu fa cuo wu</mandarin> leh


ah <mandarin>死了:si le</mandarin> ah, sorry okay okay what's the one thing you wish was free


like, no like, ya, , can you think of something better like properties is very I can say ya I can give you a free computer


uh


a shelter above your head, eh <mandarin>对:dui</mandarin> hor, actually talking about our poverty just now then at least they have a place to stay they don't need to rent their place


ya, (hmm), !woo!, eh <mandarin>可以不要讲这种:ke yi bu yao jiang zhe zhong</mandarin> like we we just like uh


hello <mandarin>不会:bu hui</mandarin> lah


(hmm)


uh then where you go, !huh!, by the ocean !wah!


!wow!


okay I'm gonna clap ah, then you put inside, so


so our recording is started lah, okay lor


okay lor can lah can but your phone got register the clap or not


K okay lor can, so, here we go


brainstorming ah <mandarin>可以:ke yi</mandarin> lah, I mean ah I think we can talk about I don't know err


right, I went to gym ah ya, ya I also have lah so I mean


ya okay okay I start first ah, so okay lah I I went so you know that I sign up for this virgin active gym right


good <mandarin>我不是跟你讲过了那个是:wo bu shi gen ni jiang guo le na ge shi</mandarin> uh until the end of the year mah and <mandarin>他们有:ta men you</mandarin> half price discount


so I mean you you just err calculate lor so <mandarin>五十七块:wu shi qi kuai</mandarin> divide by two then times one month lor so about one hundred and thirty lah


ya lah so next year january onwards it will be fifty seven dollars per week, ya, ya twelve months twelve months is the fifty seven dollars per week price ah !hannor!


ya, !huh! is it very loud, err I think it looks okay leh


!aiyo! should be should be fine lah !huh! okay lah I I don't touch my laptop anymore , ya


the the


!hanna!


ya lah I mean ya lah ha ha


ah, (uh huh), okay


so do you buy from him


[orh] so wait you went to his house to see the bike lah, eh


[orh] <mandarin>你跑去那个:ni pao qu na ge</mandarin> MRT station <mandarin>然后他骑到:ran hou ta qi dao</mandarin> MRT station lah, [orh]


ha, !aiya! still too expensive leh one hundred eighty


uh, wait what's the difference ah, [orh], road bikes uh ya lah


I mean ya I mean but mountain bike right also can go on road what right, if you if you think about it lah !huh! <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> meh


(hmm), is it because <mandarin>很重骑得很重还是什么很:hen zhong qi de hen zhong hai shi shen me hen</mandarin> very hard to cycle


!hanna! <mandarin>他们有钱吗他们可以买:ta men you qian ma ta men ke yi mai</mandarin> road bike mah , wait he he he brought his bicycle into the MRT


so so he [orh] he passed through the MRT station with his bike


[orh] okay


oh wait he he was cycling inside the MRT station, oh my god <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> #ang moh# <mandarin>真是:zhen shi</mandarin> , okay


!wah!, !huh!


okay, you didn't buy right or nope, uh


ah, oh


okay okay, [orh] so you <mandarin>你骑一点:ni qi yi dian</mandarin> then <mandarin>然后:ran hou</mandarin> you park your bike somewhere and then you come back another day is it to cycle


Kembangan <mandarin>不是比:bu shi bi</mandarin> #tanah merah# <mandarin>更:geng</mandarin> eh less east what


eh !huh!, !huh!


so #tanah merah# <mandarin>去到:qu dao</mandarin> #pasir ris# <mandarin>然后去到:ran hou qu dao</mandarin> woodlands ah, oh my god


to woodlands, !walao! eh <mandarin>那你骑多久:na ni qi duo jiu</mandarin> sia <mandarin>这样子:zhe yang zi</mandarin> very long sia


!wah! <mandarin>我不知道:wo bu zhi dao</mandarin> sia <mandarin>这个这个:zhe ge zhe ge</mandarin> east side <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> geography <mandarin>我不知道:wo bu zhi dao</mandarin> sia sorry ah, okay lor


[orh] okay okay <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> so, okay okay, uh uh, ya lah


okay lor , but, but I mean, you know that last time I from the east side right <mandarin>我住在:wo zhu zai</mandarin> #tanah merah#


so, ah since P one lor P one <mandarin>到:dao</mandarin> P six lor <mandarin>住在:zhu zai</mandarin> #tanah merah#


ya lah then I move house to Clementi mah for NUS high school for another six years, I mean still now I still stay in Clementi lah but <mandarin>搬家多一次:ban jia duo yi ci</mandarin> mah


from, uh, to NTU right <mandarin>我现在在想:wo xian zai zai xiang</mandarin> ah NTU <mandarin>其实很:qi shi hen</mandarin> Ulu <mandarin>所以我在想要不要:suo yi wo zai xiang yao bu yao</mandarin> cause I applying again this year I applying for NTU SMU and NUS mah


SMU central area <mandarin>所以我觉得还:suo yi wo jue de hai</mandarin> okay


staycation with who sia vacation


eh <mandarin>这样子:zhe yang zi</mandarin> lah okay lor, !wah! but <mandarin>有一点:you yi dian</mandarin> sad leh staycation <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> whole idea <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> you know for more like girl and boy if you ya if you know what I mean lah staycation go hotel mah those kind


the by SingPass eh by the government ah give you hundred dollars is it, oh but that one <mandarin>只能:zhi neng</mandarin> split into what ten dollars times ten right you cannot use the hundred dollars in one shot


!huh! <mandarin>谁讲:shui jiang</mandarin> eh <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> meh


ah okay, (hmm), but but but staycation


no meaning to me leh like you go into hotel room then you what sleep what what else can you do their TV also quite shit, then <mandarin>你只是:ni zhi shi</mandarin> hotel room <mandarin>只是只是只能睡觉而已:zhi shi zhi shi zhi neng shui jiao er yi</mandarin> leh what what else can you do


!huh!, okay sure I mean I still can hear you lah but can you hear me, ya ya


uh, !hanna!


oh so you buy from a proper retailer lah, retail shop


very good, I I know lah but like uh I don't know what aftershocks


online shop so is, is it is dot SG or is it like


[orh], okay lor make sense ya, the <mandarin>电脑你:dian nao ni</mandarin> you're using right now


!hais!, legit so I


ya I I'm on a time limit here so we one hour up my <mandarin>电脑:dian nao</mandarin> probably no battery Liao ya, ya one shot one kill ah <mandarin>这个不可以不可以:zhe ge bu ke yi bu ke yi</mandarin> !huh!


I mean ya lah, !hais!


at at Bugis, it, okay


!aiya! blue line lah downtown line right, okay okay you you could you could oh, ya you could


oh shit !huh! burlington square


!wah! <mandarin>你讲:ni jiang</mandarin> burger king <mandarin>有一点:you yi dian</mandarin> vague leh <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> burger king ah <mandarin>哪里都有:na li dou you</mandarin> burger king , ya lor that's not a very good err indicator lah I mean


!huh!, NAFA, art school ah, the art school lah


[orh], oh ya <mandarin>我的朋友在那里读书:wo de peng you zai na li du shu</mandarin> ya ya ya, it's my is my mom's friend's daughter ya


dude I I don't think is a good idea dude, dude <mandarin>你你在:ni ni zai</mandarin> <mandarin>了那么多女孩子你还有我:le na me duo nv hai zi ni hai you wo</mandarin> intro <mandarin>我都没有女孩子找你你要我:wo dou mei you nv hai zi zhao ni ni yao wo</mandarin> intro <mandarin>你很搞笑:ni hen gao xiao</mandarin> sia


eh that day the ten ten people got any cute girls or not, wait how many girls there actually


ah uh the the orgy


ya and so what happened that day, oh okay okay, say ah say,


ya lor singapore ya, ya


Smoo bar oh prinsep street ah, ah yes yes, why why weird


she in the mood, family fun time


eh <mandarin>星期五不是很多人:xing qi wu bu shi hen duo ren</mandarin> meh


very fun


no but legit leh before COVID it's like, everything so good, see see <mandarin>看一下:kan yi xia</mandarin> if you know what I mean lah


!aiya!, I miss club man I wanna go back, no joke, that's kind of sad lah


<mandarin>这样子不要:zhe yang zi bu yao</mandarin> sound <mandarin>那么:na me</mandarin> despo <mandarin>可以吗:ke yi ma</mandarin> <mandarin>好像好像你的:hao xiang hao xiang ni de</mandarin> life depend on these twenty five dollars <mandarin>一样:yi yang</mandarin> oh my god you tell the person lor better give us thirty five dollars oh shit


(hmm)


[orh] like eh hotpot is it, like those, like err, what do you mean


so it's just multiple layers of steamed seafood, sounds like <mandarin>听起来不是很好吃:ting qi lai bu shi hen hao chi</mandarin> lah to be honest


, ya, you know why cause their food sucks <mandarin>没有人要吃:mei you ren yao chi</mandarin> mah <mandarin>不好吃:bu hao chi</mandarin> lor, ya lor


okay I guess, dude fourth camp is nothing eh come on, !huh! <mandarin>你去:ni qu</mandarin> Geylang <mandarin>做么买鸡啊:zuo me mai ji a</mandarin> eh eh <mandarin>你去:ni qu</mandarin> Geylang


ya <mandarin>我知道你你很喜欢吃的东西:wo zhi dao ni ni hen xi huan chi de dong xi</mandarin> lor <mandarin>吃鸡:chi ji</mandarin> lor


, !aiya! I know <mandarin>鸡肉:ji rou</mandarin> of course


if you know what I mean the chicken and the duck, , of course you know everything you experience everything


(hmm) (hmm) ya, pig liver ah honestly I don't know what pig liver is ah so you say that also


!aiya! I don't know lah this kind of thing


!huh! one out of what one ah or one out of uh five ah, one out of five isn't that like, very very shit


so is ultra garbage lah


okay what like that three to four people, thirty dollars so what seven dollars plus per person lah, okay what


oh okay okay nice, so


so <mandarin>沙:sha</mandarin> the <mandarin>沙煲饭:sha bao fan</mandarin> is just the base rice then you must add your own ingredients, !huh!, okay, then you


okay lor,


ya man, I mean ya, !huh! what [orh] okay


okay lah although I don't queue for the long food stalls lah but really nothing really


ya lah so I mean, I I don't mind going out to eat but, ah


ya lah, so, ha ha ha, !huh! <mandarin>真的是吃到:zhen de shi chi dao</mandarin> Sian sia don't know what to eat leh, !hais!


#hokkien mee# honestly I I cannot tell the difference between the good and the bad [ones] all tastes the same to me


eh <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> out of three stars <mandarin>还是什么是不是:hai shi shen me shi bu shi</mandarin> three star, do you know


okay, I mean that one is a singaporean content generally <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> cringey <mandarin>我知道:wo zhi dao</mandarin> but


the food king that one is like more like err, like a informative thing lah so is they not trying to be <mandarin>搞笑:gao xiao</mandarin> they just trying to tell us where is the good food in singapore, ya lah so


ya I I I really think is up to personal preference lah, right


no leh I I think I just like japanese food I I really like japanese food


really, I really like Ichiban sushi ya


ya it's okay


are you serious


don't destroy my hopes and dreams dude I I legit


so it's okay lah to me, but I mean you don't know mah like most restaurants also can be all microwave mah might not be just japanese food right


!whoa! bro bro that's err I mean there's so many things we can talk about


[orh] <mandarin>你在看他的:ni zai kan ta de</mandarin> prompts ah, !wow! !wow! !wow! that's that's a heavy topic my bro


drop <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> dreams <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> honestly my only dream <mandarin>真的是:zhen de shi</mandarin> get rich bro


ah money is really the most important thing so I don't really care how I get rich so I just need to get rich I don't know lah like people think I'm very shallow but


interested leh <mandarin>没有什么:mei you shen me</mandarin> passion leh, if you get what I mean lah like I don't know lah like people like oh I want to be doctor I want to be lawyer but to me like, I haven't found the thing yet you know


my dream is to get rich lah ya lah, so, so what what's what's the question again


go casino lor all or nothing bro <mandarin>当我二十一岁了那天我去:dang wo er shi yi sui le na tian wo qu</mandarin> casino <mandarin>我去不懂:wo qu bu dong</mandarin> lah you know ten K ten thousand dollars on black or red


all or nothing lor , I don't know any chinese saying, sorry <mandarin>我的华:wo de hua</mandarin> dude I failed


uh higher chinese for a reason, dude <mandarin>那天啊我我拿到我的那个:na tian a wo wo na dao wo de na ge</mandarin> A level eh, O level higher chinese <mandarin>我看到:wo kan dao</mandarin> E eight <mandarin>我哭:wo ku</mandarin> sia, like is my I think I remember is the first time I cried because of a grade


it's not because I I cry because I failed I cried because I have to take one more year of normal chinese


and I hate chinese <mandarin>所以我哭:suo yi wo ku</mandarin> oh no, oh my god, four years of higher chinese one year of normal chinese what garbage is that


ya so I took four years of shitty grades, so I can take one year of chinese and


ya I fuck, wait you you but you pass higher chinese right, what what is it


fuck you at least you pass what


dude you haven't answer your prompt you haven't answer that question


!wow!, if you don't risk anything you will never uh achieve your dreams my dude <mandarin>所以你是:suo yi ni shi</mandarin> you still haven't answer the question


, okay lor I guess you gonna be a normal person lor you'll just work your entire life ah


dude dude that's not what I want man I cannot live like that I would I I, oh my god dude I honestly I really want to retire early like <mandarin>四十岁:si shi sui</mandarin> I I only plan to work


like so I graduate, so I only planned to work what


ten years plus then I retire, then I have enough money to like, continue investing and then live off my like I don't know the withdraw that I can take out from my account or something


what what what else can I do lor to


to be rich lor like I need to, have a passive income lah I need to at least have like properties lah you know, to rent out or something then err what else ya those kind of things ah then honestly I think right starting a youtube account


is free money eh honestly but, but honestly that is the future that is the future like <mandarin>我跟你讲现在哦像像你父母这种人:wo gen ni jiang xian zai o xiang xiang ni fu mu zhe zhong ren</mandarin> hor <mandarin>像你父母这种工作工作:xiang ni fu mu zhe zhong gong zuo gong zuo</mandarin> hor


it will it will become like the poorer side of the people, like poorer side of the population already if you just work normally that's what I think, ya


meritocracy, okay, (hmm)


singapore <mandarin>英语:ying yu</mandarin> quality


(uh huh)


but before that they had her hospitalised for quite a long time so they had a quite a big hospital bill fee ya


but <mandarin>他们是比较有钱的啦他们是:ta men shi bi jiao you qian de la ta men shi</mandarin> quite rich lor <mandarin>住在:zhu zai</mandarin> condo <mandarin>然后:ran hou</mandarin> okay lor, that's it lah, so they've they give her a funeral then that's it lor


sorry, of course lah they rich mah right ya <mandarin>他们是有钱人:ta men shi you qian ren</mandarin> lah, if


I really heavily depend on my mother so, she must be healthy lah to work for uh another <mandarin>她讲她要做:ta jiang ta yao zuo</mandarin> another what five to ten years ah


ya so, ya lor single parent mah !huh! <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> single parent lah


wait it really exist in singapore ah


but do you think that they they deserve this, do you think is it nobody lah but I mean, is their own fault really like if they don't want to get education or they don't want to work or like you know those kind of people right


ya, (hmm)


climb the ladder !aiya! <mandarin>这是有钱人跟没有钱的人讲的话这种:zhe shi you qian ren gen mei you qian de ren jiang de hua zhe zhong</mandarin> climb the ladder the the ladder doesn't exist by the way, ya I understand ya I understand I I am I'm not saying that


you understand


so how to change the whole system ya


right so like you increase the you push up the bottom but they still will be considered the poorest lah cause, that's how it works mah like <mandarin>你不可以:ni bu ke yi</mandarin> suddenly everyone be rich mah that's that's not how it works


ya, it will it ya it will never disappear yes


I I I understand singapore government trying to help them but


but okay <mandarin>我知道:wo zhi dao</mandarin> but, you can, ya but no matter what it will still affect lah like let's say <mandarin>你真的是:ni zhen de shi</mandarin> born into a poor family there's nothing you can do about your circumstance but it will definitely affect


I understand lah how the poor stay poor then the rich will stay rich, it's really this kind of thing lor, but I also understand singapore government <mandarin>他们真的是什么这种:ta men zhen de shi shen me zhe zhong</mandarin> skillsfuture <mandarin>这种:zhe zhong</mandarin> they really trying to help everyone being more educated but


ya but they only can do so much and it's really based on the person itself, right


ah <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> okay, dude


I think, like aside from textbook wise <mandarin>真的是:zhen de shi</mandarin> probably primary school


, I never, !huh! I have their book


, ya it's better if I I think I like numbers better than words lah so, ya lor <mandarin>就是这样子:jiu shi zhe yang zi</mandarin> lah


I I don't want to go into politics really no, (hmm)


okay lor, oh very good question is, eight hours a day so you sleep eight hours a day but that's okay


imagine you have to, wait what is it, err I don't know like shit eight hours a day, , dude


dude everything in excess is torture dude so <mandarin>什么都是:shen me dou shi</mandarin> lah !huh! <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> question <mandarin>有点奇怪:you dian qi guai</mandarin> lah, pick one, working out lah I don't know going to the gym for eight hours a day


but <mandarin>真的会累死啊我不管那个:zhen de hui lei si a wo bu guan na ge</mandarin> gym <mandarin>多贵:duo gui</mandarin> but, eight hours a day a bit too intense ah


then <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> quote <mandarin>你自己:ni zi ji</mandarin> then <mandarin>不是要:bu shi yao</mandarin> proved <mandarin>自己的:zi ji de</mandarin> point by exercising


ya ya ya


it should be fine dude they're adults they can handle this okay


then <mandarin>他们不要给你二十五块钱:ta men bu yao gei ni er shi wu kuai qian</mandarin> oh !aiyo!


one thing I wish I was it was free ah, like


uh properties I don't know HDB, but but but it makes sense okay but it makes sense right like let's say like everyone has a free place to stay


isn't that doesn't that make sense cause like legit it's a, necessity what like a shelter under your head above your head


right right you you think about it, so <mandarin>我我在想因为政府:wo wo zai xiang yin wei zheng fu</mandarin> singapore government they are two smart so they will never give out free things you understand right so it will never work singapore government no matter like how much they want to help the people they won't give them free flat or free place to stay in


that is how rich people stay rich lah cause the singapore government is controlled by rich people


[orh] okay lor okay lor, but I mean is that wrong


but I mean okay lah true lah it's a bit sensitive lah but I don't know it's


ha


get the fish from the ocean like just beside, so everything is super fresh so it's damn good


K I'm starting the recording already, hello, okay you may clap now, clap louder, okay can


so now allow me to just plug in the earpiece, hello can you hear me now


okay yes can hear as in your recording is on right, on <mandarin>了很好:le hen hao</mandarin> lor then we can start okay so now <mandarin>我我们:wo wo men</mandarin> go through <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> process <mandarin>先:xian</mandarin> so <mandarin>看:kan</mandarin> err


so start from a quick set up okay <mandarin>你有:ni you</mandarin> take <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> right all the settings, for ticks hor record with two phone <mandarin>那个好了:na ge hao le</mandarin> okay then each speaker prepare two K


my convo partner and I wore back earpiece, okay take <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> then okay lor then we can, then you scroll down then you see the ten to fifty percent mother tongue, okay then err tick that one also lor time switching


then convo partner speak the same mother tongue, okay, tick <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> okay then we can start already lor, ya so just now you were saying <mandarin>什么:shen me</mandarin> ah err


you went to eat ah is it


!wah! <mandarin>一个人:yi ge ren</mandarin> seventy five ah


!wah! so good ah <mandarin>还有:hai you</mandarin> soups and salad ah but got drinks or not


[orh] it's just about the experience lah


cold from the fridge ah, is it supposed to be cold


!wah!


that doesn't sound appetising at all eh that soup, is sour because it's like fermented <mandarin>坏掉:huai diao</mandarin> like in the fridge ah or or what


does it taste like that, (uh huh) beetroot yes


!huh! cold both cold soup ah then how you how how is that appetising at all


he got finish ah, but did he enjoy it


but apparently <mandarin>他喝比较多:ta he bi jiao duo</mandarin> lah because you don't drink then just throw to him lor, oh then what what's after the the these two err appetising soup


(uh huh), okay, oh, it's like the korean <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> lah,


!huh! <mandarin>这么这么:zhe me zhe me</mandarin> Jialat ah, ,


, but <mandarin>他喜欢就好:ta xi huan jiu hao</mandarin> lor is a unique experience ah, the the place got a lot of russians or not, the place got a lot of russians or a lot of singaporean or nobody at all


oh, grown men then the daughter leh


of age ah young adult <mandarin>美吗:mei ma</mandarin> the daughter


[orh], so <mandarin>只是去那边做戏而已:zhi shi qu na bian zuo xi er yi</mandarin> lah and like just to


!huh! but <mandarin>你都讲:ni dou jiang</mandarin> of age <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> right then why still do these kind of thing, but is very rare lah the the case I think <mandarin>很少人会这样:hen shao ren hui zhe yang</mandarin> lah


that's why maybe <mandarin>她要她要在那个:ta yao ta yao zai na ge</mandarin> shop lor


the highlights ah but the dumpling in different different weird colour <mandarin>好好看:hao hao kan</mandarin> meh <mandarin>好吃:hao chi</mandarin> meh, oh then is there any like dipping sauce that comes with it


!huh! but dim sum with sour cream ah nice meh


okay but it's the dim sum like like tasteful like is it salty peppery <mandarin>还是还是:hai shi hai shi</mandarin> like like what kind, but it's like some dumplings is like <mandarin>里面没有味道:li mian mei you wei dao</mandarin> one mah then they need to make use of the dipping sauce this one maybe it's like <mandarin>的味道:de wei dao</mandarin> very strong then they need to use the sour cream to mask the taste is it or not


[orh], lamb lamb is like that one lah so no choice lor


(uh huh) that's caviar ah no but err debatable lah real caviar is the very expensive one lah but this one is like the the I would say like the fake version lor like like how you know the shark fin soup at #pasar malam# they got sell


err it's not the authentic one lah but two dollar you can get one lor so but they call it shark fin soup lah so, I think <mandarin>差不多是这样的:cha bu duo shi zhe yang de</mandarin> lor


[orh]


oh <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> any like dance or music or not or any form of entertainment that comes with it since you say it's a very good experience


(uh huh), [orh]


oh, so like every every time they everytime you finish your meal then they will serve the next course lah is it, oh but what if you cannot finish because it tastes so weird and bad then how ah


oh, interesting, then what are the other like main course, oh


oh, ya I think so too lah it's just err all the russians like to enjoy no wonder sour sour <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> lah maybe it's just the radiation that cause everything to be sour, oh


doesn't sound appetising to me