constructions using ice cream stick and like those are like impossible those kind leh it's it's like really like, constructions using ice cream stick and like those are like impossible those kind leh it's it's like really like


like , like , uh how say, very very <mandarin>仔细:zi xi</mandarin> those kind, and and and there's like carvings and all those all that crap, it's like super intense can you imagine


cannot lah it's damn like three three print maybe I can ah <mandarin>复杂:fu za</mandarin> sia right ya, (mmhmm) but I oh my god ya and then you know what's the what's the best part her bicycle right <mandarin>那个那个:na ge na ge</mandarin> chains you know bicycle chains and is <mandarin>很小很小很小:hen xiao hen xiao hen xiao</mandarin> she use ice cream sticks also


chains eh chains eh, and the other already, I I don't know why she did it eh, per persevere I won't say preservation perverse and dedication my god she she damn like


NUS high school student <mandarin>就是不一样:jiu shi bu yi yang</mandarin> her that's why, for our what's that our project, she did the cupboard right then her precision is like accurate until cannot accurate already ya but your wire lor , the wire is another issue <mandarin>很乱:hen luan</mandarin> sia I also <mandarin>不要看了:bu yao kan le</mandarin> I see the whole scene you know that time right I think we accidentally dis～ err connect wrongly so <mandarin>我们要全部:wo men yao quan bu</mandarin> pluck <mandarin>出来:chu lai</mandarin> then reconnect it was


so <mandarin>麻烦:ma fan</mandarin> I I think cause you guys got too many cupboard already like too too many different layers, it's too tough right I guess we had thirty seven motors eh ya I think too much already then also like so first of all there's the pop out power we had to use like five portable chargers I think to power all the all the the the Arduino then also like if something screw up you don't know what went wrong because there's so many wires connecting to each other and you can't even tell ya that's the thing


I I think if you guys like cut short right into like a just a few only right I think you will be better sia, no but then originally you wanted the idea of like <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> memory <mandarin>盒子:he zi</mandarin> so when you you you press right then there's a lot like a selection to choose from so


it will be like a collective kind of memory thing but well


okay hi I'm charmaine and err <mandarin>今天我们会做:jin tian wo men hui zuo</mandarin> the speech eh no the singlish speech recognition test data collection ya seems quite interesting and oh no problem man I just saw cause err it's


err quite a high pay cause it's twelve dollars per hour like you know <mandarin>很好赚:hen hao zhuan</mandarin> right then is plus I'm a little unemployed now this is a rather good way to get some cash I guess err ya cause we are that <mandarin>无聊:wu liao</mandarin> lah !wah! how many like <mandarin>几十年:ji shi nian</mandarin> already sia no lah haven't <mandarin>十:shi</mandarin> yet not so old not so old


okay so err what did you do today oh !wow! <mandarin>出去:chu qu</mandarin> where


oh the mexican food right I ate but that time I <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> though so I don't know whether it'll be as good as I ate there but I bought the burrito bowl is quite good leh I think better than Stuff'd


err I think that time what did I take ah


(hmm) true but the chicken like looks good though and then I don't know also lah and then !wah! <mandarin>十五块:shi wu kuai</mandarin> so expensive and it's not even a restaurant though


not worth ya <mandarin>有钱啦我们没有钱:you qian la wo men mei you qian</mandarin> Sian err today I woke up damn early at like seven seven thirty ya cause I have to follow my like accompany my mom to go to the hospital for some check up thing then I had Ya Kun for breakfast very good old singaporean breakfast ya remember we wanted to eat that day at Takashimaya we <mandarin>走:zou</mandarin> all the way to Takashimaya then end up there's no more toast what ya and everything is closed


yeah at least you had something out there if not it's a rather unfulfilling trip <mandarin>就会蛮失望的嘛:jiu hui man shi wang de ma</mandarin>


(ppc), what are you doing later after this <mandarin>去哪里:qu na li</mandarin> #bukit timah# ah <mandarin>差不多:cha bu duo</mandarin> <mandarin>小笼包:xiao long bao</mandarin> the upstairs one


Prata at the Al-Azhar is it but I thought eh the <mandarin>小笼包有开那么迟:xiao long bao you kai na me chi</mandarin> meh, oh <mandarin>九点:jiu dian</mandarin> ah, okay okay


then how you going there, !wah! <mandarin>逼她:bi ta</mandarin> sia okay lah but nice enough to fetch you so


(mmhmm), later I got nothing on actually I just <mandarin>留在家:liu zai jia</mandarin> lor probably just <mandarin>看一下:kan yi xia</mandarin> Netflix <mandarin>看一下:kan yi xia</mandarin> Youtube this kind oh but maybe I will finish up what I was doing just now before you came cause I was I was trying to err alter some clothes that I bought


cause I went to err what's that place called lucky plaza oh shifting with my friend, so we bought and it's damn cheap you know I think you try thrifting it's damn worth cause especially for us this kind like cause like <mandarin>我们很喜欢买衣服:wo men hen xi huan mai yi fu</mandarin> what then the amount of money that we spend on clothes is really <mandarin>很多钱了:hen duo qian le</mandarin> but then thrifting it's like if you dig hard enough you can find pretty decent clothes and like that I managed to find a pretty good like black colour turtleneck top from Forever Twenty One and the tag is still on looks pretty new


and it's like the, and it's like the format there is there's different sections then for my section that I choose the clothes that is like <mandarin>三个五块:san ge wu kuai</mandarin> sia damn worth so it's really damn cheap but the sizings are all a bit off ah so need to alter lor which is very testing muscle skills and considering that I don't have a sewing machine it's a little tough <mandarin>没有钱啦这样贵一百多块:mei you qian la zhe yang gui yi bai duo kuai</mandarin> sia <mandarin>还是一百块嘛:hai shi yi bai kuai ma</mandarin> maybe when I like find a job like <mandarin>赚:zhuan</mandarin> err <mandarin>赚一些钱:zhuan yi xie qian</mandarin> then maybe I will consider investing but I scared like if like


if I'm like actually <mandarin>下手:xia shou</mandarin> and <mandarin>买:mai</mandarin> the sewing machine then I scared like I may under utilize it then it's a bit always err oh my god you know last time I bought it's it's the children type ah from kiddy palace I remember very clearly it's thirty dollars it actually works you know but it's not it's not it's like not all the time it works it's like sometimes it sews quite nicely like the seam will sew err quite straight one but then sometimes it's really haywire lor but then cause err last time like when I was still doing ballet then we had to sew like err the ribbon on the shoe lor then sometimes I will use that to sew


but then the machine is not very reliable so after a while it broke then yeah oh really


oh, oh, oh mine is the sewing machine I think quite legit lah it starts and ends okay just that, it's <mandarin>小孩:xiao hai</mandarin> one lor it's really <mandarin>小孩:xiao hai</mandarin> one cause it's like the but it's quite irritating lah cause the thread you know the thread loop is supposed to like have the like supposed to fit the premade one ah but then the <mandarin>小孩:xiao hai</mandarin> one is what is the small one so you have to manually loop the stupid thread around the thing ya and it takes damn long to do


yeah but anyway it's spoilt and my mum like throw it away so I am now once again sewing machine less, I mean not that I sew a lot of thing it's just like if I got things that need to like alter or like I need to <mandarin>剪:jian</mandarin> that kind then I will hem my own clothes sometimes but like the way I hem it's not very accurate so it's like <mandarin>很歪咯:hen wai lo</mandarin> the hem as long as it's not too obvious from far it's okay like as long as it's <mandarin>从远看:cong yuan kan</mandarin> okay <mandarin>就好了:jiu hao le</mandarin> you know just don't come so near and as long as it fits okay and it doesn't look that bad


ya it's okay especially nowadays all the clothes you buy from <mandarin>淘宝:tao bao</mandarin> ya and the sizing always like not accurate that's always <mandarin>太大:tai da</mandarin> especially at the the <mandarin>腰:yao</mandarin> part ya you have to bring in uh ya ya ya then !wah! then <mandarin>会一直掉:hui yi zhi diao</mandarin> right damn irritating


but okay lah <mandarin>淘宝:tao bao</mandarin> clothes cheap lor yeah but there's a lot of reviews so, quite <mandarin>可靠:ke kao</mandarin> lah I would say yeah but I mean it's fast fashion lor which is


kind of err not good thing but yeah I mean, if you can do I mean if you can choose sustainable fashion if you have the err what's that word the, capacity capability to afford sustainable fashion then you should but like


for us I think is a little bit, not as possible not that it's not possible but it's not as possible ya but because it's more ethical lor yeah yeah yeah yeah


but maybe next time when we <mandarin>赚多点钱:zhuan duo dian qian</mandarin> or like if we strike Toto strike four D, ya thrifting, can but when you free


oh school start already is it just started


oh is still at home like online is it because of COVID, oh !wah! that's pretty Sian though ah !huh! normally cannot meh


oh, like definitely <mandarin>会去:hui qu</mandarin> record <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> some people like, uh true


but also in a way is it like is it uh own time own target thing like <mandarin>没有定的时间:mei you ding de shi jian</mandarin> that you need to go and watch


I thought you said like that <mandarin>不错:bu cuo</mandarin> leh yeah then you can like you like


err then if it's like that you like got <mandarin>蛮多时间:man duo shi jian</mandarin> to like go out to meet your friends, as no wonder like that's why no wonder I think you haven't to start school yet because like all my friends like <mandarin>很有空这样:hen you kong zhe yang</mandarin> like last week I just went out with another friend then we walk for damn long so like it's a whole day affair so yeah


oh no wonder, , (hmm) okay okay interesting, interesting


(mmhmm) oh yeah yeah yeah yeah


okay oh that's !wah!


uh that's true that's true


oh !wow!, but that's !wah! that's so weird though cause it's like, he's older than you but he's under her yeah right


, uh like <mandarin>很酷的:hen ku de</mandarin> vibe uh


that's a, that's a weird thing to think about, err I don't know lah as in


but I mean this kind is, the is like err so called it's a set program what it's like everybody is doing and plus, they also stay in the same hall so it's I mean it's understandable lah eh as long as you don't go psycho can already lah oh !wow!


eh cannot cannot paranoid lor just don't go psycho but I mean somemore both of them like stay same hall somemore so it should be okay what, yeah ya as in yeah probably they are quite chill


oh true but okay lah actually she also what she she also need to like be in her own world sometimes


ya then err , so now with this COVID thing, now that it's okay lah at least the measures are like easing up slowly but


the community cases also Improvingish I guess oh really, imported yeah but we can have imported case meh, oh


oh, but I actually honestly right this is just for like the <mandarin>经济:jing ji</mandarin> only if not I think that if if we don't have to consider the economy right <mandarin>我们根本就不会:wo men gen ben jiu bu hui</mandarin> like <mandarin>这样快就:zhe yang kuai jiu</mandarin> open up like singapore or global oh really I think honestly I think is global yeah cause like the impact of COVID is really quite big like


a lot of major brands like Zara H&M and everything like Airbnb especially those especially in the tourism industry, they are very badly affected like I like from somewhere that I read I'm not sure like <mandarin>不记得了:bu ji de le</mandarin> lah is I read from probably from Instagram that kind of somebody repost


they were like oh Zara H&M all close like over two thousand of their store ya then I think Airbnb said that all their like the past <mandarin>十年:shi nian</mandarin> of their efforts has went to waste because of COVID ya cause I mean Airbnb this kind is heavily reliant on the travel industry like tourism industry so obviously it'll be quite badly affected lor ya then my friend's mom also cause she also work in tourism industry then my friend say that she recently lost her job also


and it's like, the way that the company told her mum is quite bad lah it's just suddenly like the HR department one day just <mandarin>叫她下来:jiao ta xia lai</mandarin> then after that say that err she's retrenched cause of, like is not feasible to keep that many people in this kind of situation lah which is quite bad ya then my mum said her company will have a forty percent pay cut this year I think most of the company have to pay cut honestly is Bopian err like honestly like


they say that if, yeah, (mmhmm)


oh the <mandarin>上衣:shang yi</mandarin> ah uh oh


oh


oh that's true that's true oh yeah


, yeah, I guess not <mandarin>没地方做了:mei di fang zuo le</mandarin> I also I think I need to <mandarin>找一个工作:zhao yi ge gong zuo</mandarin> soon


I've been idling around too much like the entire circuit breaker I've been doing nothing cause last time I used to work at a bar what ya but then cause of the circuit breaker actually before circuit breaker started, I was already like cause a lot people scared to go out


then like err like cause there's not enough crowd at the bar, so like my manager like they will like <mandarin>十点叫我回家了:shi dian jiao wo hui jia le</mandarin> which is damn early cause you know the bar is only later then will to start to get crowded what like the nine o'clock ten o'clock eleven o'clock then <mandarin>就会有很多人开始来:jiu hui you hen duo ren kai shi lai</mandarin> but then it's like it's really like especially err friday and saturday like it's supposed to be the damn peak hours like on a normal work day we are damn busy one like we got no time to like talk to other people it's just like we'll just keep serving clearing taking orders that kind of thing


but then it's like when the COVID thing start to like get more err <mandarin>严重:yan zhong</mandarin> in singapore then, is really like you can really see the impact, in real life like at on friday and saturday at like nine PM ten PM is still got empty seat like I think half the bar is empty yeah and my manager just ask me to eh <mandarin>你回家啦:ni hui jia la</mandarin> then I was like Sian lor


then after a while then they don't like they say that they don't need part timer anymore for the time being yeah I guess like the <mandarin>大老板:da lao ban</mandarin> said that they cannot schedule part timer cause I think for the cost and everything lah


then after that circuit breaker then I am jobless ya so I've been doing, nothing, everyday, err planning to but like, I don't want to do those kind of like <mandarin>散工:san gong</mandarin> yeah like I want to do something like


more meaningful I guess like or not not say exactly meaningful but more relevant, to my life or my future,


(mmhmm) oh


, yeah true, yeah I know all the this kind of activity events or cancer like also supposedly supposed to have a dance performance in like


and then, COVID happened then it's not happening anymore but like <mandarin>我们还有排练:wo men hai you pai lian</mandarin> lor every week then I think is <mandarin>现在换成:xian zai huan cheng</mandarin> err those kind of short video


yeah I mean if, not as like, fun and thrilling as a live performance but like the err, the big guy on top say that it's err it's going to be like a feature film type of thing so it's like a concept video lah which is not as exciting as live honestly but it's a different experience lor


like we will need to do filming, which is I don't know how is gonna go lah, yeah but then the thing is that


for us I think most of us are, we a bit like <mandarin>我们看了:wo men kan le</mandarin> is like we see the idea is a bit no point okay not exactly say no point lah but it's like, it doesn't exactly like makes sense like <mandarin>不合理:bu he li</mandarin> lor cause it's


err if we do a live show, that is the cost spend like on the renting of the space the lighting the production and everything but then you earn back the money from the tickets, but then in the short film you will still spend money on the


err you still spend money on like the like cause you probably need to rent some space also then, like we need to like <mandarin>请那些:qing nei xie</mandarin> like a videographer and everything still, which will also <mandarin>会花钱:hui hua qian</mandarin> lor but then like <mandarin>赚不到:zhuan bu dao</mandarin> yeah <mandarin>你根本就:ni gen ben jiu</mandarin> like is basically <mandarin>赚不到钱:zhuan bu dao qian</mandarin> is just from it is probably going to be just a video for like everyone to watch


but the, pro side of it is that like, the reach is a lot bigger like it's already global in a sense lah cause it's like online what so like, yeah


, by then


wait choir online, but it doesn't make sense though


(uh huh) oh wait voice lessons online oh !wow!,


ah national anthem


oh, but that time you all record is <mandarin>做什么的:zuo shen me de</mandarin> like what purpose


!huh!


(mmhmm)


oh it's like very <mandarin>尴尬:gan ga</mandarin> also right


true, , oh


true true, then oh my god you know there's talking about national day right <mandarin>你有没有看那个:ni you mei you kan na ge</mandarin> you know the the one that they <mandarin>驾那些车:jia nei xie che</mandarin> like the you know the police car ya did you see the Foodpanda driver <mandarin>很好笑:hen hao xiao</mandarin> sia


yeah <mandarin>我们也笑到:wo men ye xiao dao</mandarin> !wah! it's really very funny like the guy he really saw an opportunity and he took it , yeah true especially since this COVID season


, (mmhmm), (mmhmm), for a picnic


uh


oh !wow! so <mandarin>她现在在一起:ta xian zai zai yi qi</mandarin> ah


oh !wow! so exciting yeah man


yeah, , that's true that's true I know a lot of people err <mandarin>在:zai</mandarin> CB <mandarin>的时候分手:de shi hou fen shou</mandarin> it's a little bit sad, ya but okay lah good for her lor


oh true true true, ya but I think that she has a, good judge for character lor <mandarin>她会:ta hui</mandarin> err <mandarin>很会看:hen hui kan</mandarin> like <mandarin>其他人的人格:qi ta ren de ren ge</mandarin> or so I think it should be fine unless like the guy is


really like two faced then <mandarin>那个就很难讲很讲了:na ge jiu hen nan jiang hen jiang le</mandarin> oh !wow! essential worker oh !wow!


the guys the amount of guys that we know


err I, err <mandarin>因为我有一个朋友已经:yin wei wo you yi ge peng you yi jing</mandarin> like <mandarin>她很早就:ta hen zao jiu</mandarin> enroll <mandarin>了因为我是:le yin wei wo shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>上个礼拜才:shang ge li bai cai</mandarin> enrol <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> so ya cause they extended the err what's that called ah the time


the closing ah application closing date cause maybe cause of COVID I don't know but, because they err extended so I decided to apply cause at first I was thinking whether I should, apply for cause as you know I didn't manage to get a this year like local unis didn't accept me but then


I was thinking of maybe trying, early childhood in SUSS next year I didn't apply this year but I thought about trying that cause I do have an interest for like children like early childhood that kind of course, and it's like I also have experience with like young kids


so I thought it's err some it's an interesting course lah that I don't mind doing but then I ask my friend cause she took a gap year last year and she said that she regret taking a gap year like she took a gap year, to try to like build up her experience like sort of like she went to work and all that


then, she said it's like she regret cause end up it's like <mandarin>浪费时间:lang fei shi jian</mandarin> she also end up applying to SIM in the end, cause SUSS <mandarin>也还是:ye hai shi</mandarin> reject <mandarin>她:ta</mandarin> then she say that SUSS also like


so for me it's <mandarin>根本没有机会:gen ben mei you ji hui</mandarin> lah, but we did advance no err according to her she said like minimally must be all CS yeah, so we will just like okay lor apply SIM then since like <mandarin>我已经有一个朋友:wo yi jing you yi ge peng you</mandarin> apply to the course that I would go also


then I just apply lor then for my that friend she said that her sem is starting in I think october so if they accept me yes, I don't know but from what I heard is as long as <mandarin>你付的了:ni fu de le</mandarin> school fees they will accept you yeah but I'm not very sure just


it's a waiting game now, (mmhmm), , so, nowadays the weather very hot hor


okay only this week lah honestly yeah true true true no I think it's week by week honestly like <mandarin>上个星期是蛮热的:shang ge xing qi shi man re de</mandarin> then <mandarin>这个星期一直在下雨:zhe ge xing qi yi zhi zai xia yu</mandarin> right


yeah but it's like but I think it's the last month that is very hot then everybody start to cut hair you know oh my god when I see also like a bit tempted to like


grows quite slowly, and it's like was <mandarin>我现在是进不了:wo xian zai shi jin bu liao</mandarin> malaysia <mandarin>去剪:qu jian</mandarin> so I will wait ya <mandarin>比较便宜:bi jiao pian yi</mandarin> lor <mandarin>新加坡蛮贵的:xin jia po man gui de</mandarin> triple the price because malaysia is times three


yeah, (mmhmm), I mean for me is not that I need to cut but is that, I feel like cutting cause of the weather like with short hair is more Shiok mah then like your long hair won't like stick to your body when you sweat then you don't have to keep tying of hair then when the wind blow it will stick to your face and all that kind of thing


it's just damn like irritating lor, and plus everybody cut right all my friends cut sia,


oh uh yeah yeah yeah, for mine ya like the the the <mandarin>地上全部都头发:di shang quan bu dou tou fa</mandarin> right right


same lah


then, err <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> malaysia <mandarin>的时候有做:de shi hou you zuo</mandarin> lah but <mandarin>在家里懒得做了:zai jia li lan de zuo le</mandarin> yeah and <mandarin>懒:lan</mandarin> lah basic the main reason is that <mandarin>我懒得放:wo lan de fang</mandarin> it's damn troublesome lah mostly like yeah yeah like <mandarin>你做一两天:ni zuo yi liang tian</mandarin> then after that after that <mandarin>你就忘了:ni jiu wang le</mandarin> right same same


no leh skin care like I quite consistent one yeah, oh don't want lah that's a bit too troublesome already


yeah, oh yeah it's supposed to help, to clear my pores because nowadays when you go out you need to wear mask right then it's when you wear mask is, because you keep touching your face then it's like there's a lot humidity in the mask wearing area of your face like the cheeks especially then my cheeks start to break out like quite badly


yeah same same it's like damn irritating lor it's like cause of the mask wear if not before that right is actually okay one just hope that my this new product works and it will err unclog my pores maybe I hope lah


err I think can put all over <mandarin>脸:lian</mandarin> or you can do like spot treatment type like if you got <mandarin>一个:yi ge</mandarin> like pimple then you <mandarin>可以放在:ke yi fang zai</mandarin> pimple <mandarin>上:shang</mandarin> then it will supposedly <mandarin>消失:xiao shi</mandarin> lah but I don't know how well it works okay then I will <mandarin>推荐给你:tui jian gei ni</mandarin> yeah


oh ya then you know cause yesterday I had vetting for like my <mandarin>表演:biao yan</mandarin> okay not <mandarin>表演:biao yan</mandarin> anymore lah it's a short film then cause for the performance item like


err <mandarin>我们要用气球:wo men yao yong qi qiu</mandarin> like you know balloon, then we need to cause at our like the dance studio <mandarin>楼下:lou xia</mandarin> got a few party shops so normally we will just go downstairs and buy from the party shop, then when we need to buy <mandarin>气球:qi qiu</mandarin> like I went with two of my other friends then <mandarin>我一个朋友是:wo yi ge peng you shi</mandarin> err a bit more Angmoh <mandarin>派:pai</mandarin> type it's like cause she is I think she study in australia for a few years


then the the party shop the auntie right the entire time she was just blaming her about her chinese then she was like saying that like <mandarin>新加坡人应该会讲华语:xin jia po ren ying gai hui jiang hua yu</mandarin> cause honestly is quite true like I think it's a good thing that we are bilingual especially for like for us lah our mother tongue is chinese and chinese nowadays is very powerful language like the global context cause of china like growing


economy force thing yes, then the auntie was just going on and on like oh yeah <mandarin>你们:ni men</mandarin> err <mandarin>学华语是好的:xue hua yu shi hao de</mandarin> lah then <mandarin>不会华语这么可以是讲你是新加坡人:bu hui hua yu zhe me ke yi shi jiang ni shi xin jia po ren</mandarin> yeah


ya definitely oh aunty ah I mean <mandarin>不是很好:bu shi hen hao</mandarin> lah but it's barely like is decent enough, I mean it's not that she never learn it's just that she just didn't really like what lor I know a lot singaporeans is the singapore education system doesn't do well in chinese I'm not sure of the CLB that type yeah which it's quite funny lah


I mean I guess they can converse a little but it's really bare minimum


ah oh yeah yeah yeah <mandarin>有那个华文字:you na ge hua wen zi</mandarin> , that's quite bad actually !huh!


that's quite bad sia, !huh!, then did he ever pass, okay lah but I know like one of my friend


cause you know if you pass higher chinese in O level then you don't have to take A level chinese right ya I mean good for you I guess I didn't do that but I got one friend don't know what's wrong with her lah she passed her high chinese in O level like she got it's not ideal lah it's a C six but she's still pass


but then she, don't know why she just wanted to do better then she decided to take A level chinese, which is yeah it's honestly a waste of her O level higher chinese days cause I know it's not easy yeah and honestly I think A level chinese is much easier than higher chinese and then I don't know why she's still decided to take normal chinese A levels then after that her A level chinese she didn't do well also I don't know why but she didn't do well she got a C eh then she retook chinese at A levels again in J two ya I I that's something I cannot understand


right and so many times somemore I wouldn't have taken like since if I passed at O level cause honestly chinese at the A level standard is not that useful unless your grades is really shit like mine then it will really help because of the percentile thing


the not percentile the percentage


then the I forgot already it's been a while since I took A levels chinese but it's the standard chinese paper, then the <mandarin>理解问答:li jie wen da</mandarin> basically the same but for O level cause we don't have, I think the summary we don't have summary for O levels but for A level have then I know you all higher chinese you all have right so err in our A level standard we have that also that's about it basically it's just the typical <mandarin>作文:zuo wen</mandarin> then the chinese people with the summary at the end


yeah, oh !wow!


yeah I guess but like !aiya! that's true I know higher chinese is damn hard and A level chinese is


honestly pretty easy, it's like I would say like if your chinese is really likes standard like <mandarin>还不错:hai bu cuo</mandarin> like <mandarin>不是很差:bu shi hen cha</mandarin> that kind as long as like you day to day got like speak a little bit of chinese here and there like <mandarin>你跟你朋友讲话:ni gen ni peng you jiang hua</mandarin> that kind it's like you have a bit of chinese in your conversation or like <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> like <mandarin>听华文歌:ting hua wen ge</mandarin> that kind like you know err J J Lin and <mandarin>周杰伦:zhou jie lun</mandarin> that kind and oh I know like quite a few of my friends they like to watch like chinese taiwan hong kong drama it will help in your chinese what honestly you won't do that badly yeah so actually I think A level chinese is manageable and it doesn't affect your grades that much so yeah


sure I think like sometimes I do regret taking, but you didn't have to take chinese in A levels <mandarin>很多:hen duo</mandarin> meh


oh oh yeah you all it's a bit more Angmoh <mandarin>派:pai</mandarin> one right,


nevermind <mandarin>及格就好:ji ge jiu hao</mandarin> mah okay lah it's true chinese lesson like in JC was quite fun cause honestly like


like all my classmates and I were just playing around lah like weren't it's we always <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> stuff up to eat in class then the <mandarin>老师:lao shi</mandarin> will get damn angry at us then she will be like <mandarin>你们以为这边是茶餐厅吗:ni men yi wei zhe bian shi cha can ting ma</mandarin> we will all still buying food then when she say that <mandarin>茶餐厅:cha can ting</mandarin> comment then we will like


err like <mandarin>把那个食物藏在那个桌子底下吃:ba na ge shi wu cang zai na ge zhuo zi di xia chi</mandarin> yeah then then we will pass the food around like pass all those like <mandarin>饼干:bing gan</mandarin> that kind then the <mandarin>老师:lao shi</mandarin> will be damn angry at us then like we don't do homework we don't pay attention


but yes a pretty fun experience but time consuming lor cause got homework and all that, ya that's why I retain no lah kidding my chinese did well ya


cause yeah, yeah at least I well enough it was reassuring considering that I failed everything else especially math, my A level math was a nightmare


ya cause of thE math right the <mandarin>数学:shu xue</mandarin> right, I know I also scared that's why at first I didn't that's why I considered early childhood


like I know that business came with a lot of like maths stats and econs oh my god I dropped econs somemore when I retain I just completely ditched that subject, I was a bit scared to apply for business, but then my friend like I ask my friend cause she's already in business is in NBS I got few friends NBS ah


then they said that thE math is not like A level math type of math is a different type of math, so she said is manageable lah compared to like, honestly A level math is, quite terrifying


like, it's damn hard I honestly don't know what's going on and it's not even relevant like in my life in the future and she said it is okay and she said that the econs is also not very very complicated acting especially I think is for business is just you have to learn the basic mods


then after that when you learn to specialise you don't have to do as much of it anymore unless you specialise in that mod then ya lah but I definitely <mandarin>不会:bu hui</mandarin> lor yeah oh there's accountancy though which I never done before cause I did A math in O level yeah no a lot of content apparently not like the A level math type like trigonometry algebra that kind


I mean your oh gross oh gross A level ah, I can never do A level math so I'm a bit scared honestly but


I think it should be fine I think but apparently I have, like one of my friends in dance it's in the exact same course I applied for, so maybe I can ask her for like advice I guess but have to wait for them to accept me first then I will see how


yeah I hope it'll be fine and I think the curriculum quite slack like from err according to my friend it's like, five lectures per week, but one lecture is three hours though ya but if you stack lectures like monday you can have like one or two days free eh when is your free days


oh okay, well I'm trying to make my fridays free I mean when I get the when I can actually arrange my schedule I probably friday free then <mandarin>我们可以出去吃:wo men ke yi chu qu chi</mandarin> oh yeah can can yeah


ya at orchard there, I don't know sia that one is like <mandarin>我朋友带我去的:wo peng you dai wo qu de</mandarin> it's not that I know to begin with but, is apparently lucky plaza is the best place to thrift lor


oh I always come across this kind should be cause the I mean okay maybe it's not the exact same place but like the places to thrift right lucky plaza like I think is the highest and I think level six then there's like a shop that is


I think it's almost okay not the whole level lah but it's like two to three shops that the entire shop is like thrift one, then it's like <mandarin>可以进去慢慢去选然后去翻那个衣服:ke yi jin qu man man qu xuan ran hou qu fan na ge yi fu</mandarin> yeah


then we will go there then after that <mandarin>我们去吃:wo men qu chi</mandarin> but honestly orchard there like not a lot of


oh but I don't know leh like not all hawker centres got good food honestly like must really go to the


good ones at specific areas unless you really <mandarin>随便:sui bian</mandarin> lah then ya


at some shopping mall, oh I think there got not bad food sia


(mmhmm) oh, oh okay lah then good lah the the typical Kiasu spirit


yeah that's true, that day I also went to, what I forgot the name of the food court the Bugis one


the wanton mee <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> queue also quite long, then we decided to try it's not bad ya, ya I forgot what is it called though maybe it's called albert court but I'm not very sure if there's a correct name


then you walk a bit further down like <mandarin>福禄寿:fu lu shou</mandarin> complex slightly before that if I'm not wrong it's that one but it's that day is <mandarin>我第一天吃:wo di yi tian chi</mandarin> lah, ya then yesterday I ate <mandarin>麻辣:ma la</mandarin> at #liang seah# street not bad sia, quite worth like they go by weight one


not by item so it's like you can like <mandarin>拿多一点肉:na duo yi dian rou</mandarin> as long as it's <mandarin>不会太重就好了我们三个人吃差不多二十块吧:bu hui tai zhong jiu hao le wo men san ge ren chi cha bu duo er shi kuai ba</mandarin> so <mandarin>一个人六块多:yi ge ren liu kuai duo</mandarin> lor <mandarin>还是蛮划的:hai shi man hua de</mandarin> I think


can choose yourself eh ya hor, yeah we pick ourselves oh !oops! actually I don't know yeah a bit suspicious


no, I don't know yeah


I mean <mandarin>辣:la</mandarin> is not okay lah it's heaty, true true but then it's good though like once in a while <mandarin>还可以:hai ke yi</mandarin> lah it's like bubble tea ya like now I


my <mandarin>泡泡茶:pao pao cha</mandarin> drinking has err reduced, ya, err I mean not exactly say don't crave I guess I guess you just cause sometimes eat until very full there's like <mandarin>没有位:mei you wei</mandarin> like <mandarin>喝一个泡泡茶:he yi ge pao pao cha</mandarin> and it's like <mandarin>省一点钱:sheng yi dian qian</mandarin> lor yeah


oh yeah it's really <mandarin>看心情:kan xin qing</mandarin> lor, err depends on which <mandarin>泡泡茶:pao pao cha</mandarin> lor


no leh the Partea is two ninety !wah! but that day no it's ten cents cheaper man and Sharetea is also eh Sharetea less than <mandarin>三块:san kuai</mandarin> eh then eh that Liho got the student price but Liho not that great honestly


there's that one place oh err I tea oh I tea is <mandarin>便宜:pian yi</mandarin>


okay lah some but sometimes I will crave iTea though sometime sometime, I know it's like the if I want to like, drink the those kind of like neighborhood <mandarin>泡泡茶:pao pao cha</mandarin> kind of taste then I'll go for like I tea that kind <mandarin>我家附近没有:wo jia fu jin mei you</mandarin> mine is the oh <mandarin>我搂下我楼下下面是那个:wo lou xia wo lou xia xia mian shi na ge</mandarin> Sweet Talk !wah! that one is the damn old school one yeah but I don't know whether is they rebranded or it's under a different thing


but it's called Sweety not Sweet Talk yeah but <mandarin>很甜:hen tian</mandarin> though yeah !wah! their syrup like <mandarin>免费:mian fei</mandarin> one sia they just pour


err now the diabetes rate is a little high also yeah so I think it's good that everybody also try to like reduce their sugar and salt intake good for health lah and like like CB suddenly got a lot of people go exercise yeah then everybody suddenly start to run sia never see singaporeans so fit before


it's quite funny though cause it's like last time the singaporean government always asks us to like oh healthy living HPB especially then like oh you must exercise like two three times a week that kind of thing then after CB the government was like don't exercise because <mandarin>太多人了:tai duo ren le</mandarin> yeah


, but ya okay lah but !huh! I only went running like once or twice I lazy lah honestly honestly like no CB period I just really stay at home and laze


same same oh okay lah at least at least okay mine is cause before this to begin with I was already on the more active side I would dance like four times a week that kind of thing then on like during CB I was like okay now that I got no more dance to go


then I will like exercise at home to like try to like retain my strength, to like err like to try to maintain consistency lah, so like I won't like weaken that kind cause for dance like the strength is very important but I was lazy man so I like


but then like when I think when they first and after phase one I start to like to go out, then when my studio reopen then I started to slowly train back, so now I'm at least more fit


but like I never lose the fats ya so I'm still heavy but at least I'm fit yeah but not ideal not ideal slowly slowly october is coming soon I will lose weight it's my end of year metabolism kick up I'm waiting


two more months, oh <mandarin>因为你没有吃:yin wei ni mei you chi</mandarin> what,


(mmhmm) oh like then she will <mandarin>回来:hui lai</mandarin> eh <mandarin>你们要吃吗:ni men yao chi ma</mandarin> right oh !wow! <mandarin>这样好:zhe yang hao</mandarin> influencer


ya but I'm the opposite lor like during CB we order like delivery quite a lot, yeah, yeah no and the thing is that


the thing is that err it's very repetitive especially for CB is like a whole two months right I think yeah plus phase one I think about three months it's very repetitive like you cannot just keep going downstairs to buy the same food everyday for the next like three months after a while already get like damn sick of the food that you eat and like we even like go to beauty world and try <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> but then after awhile we got sick of beauty world food also so it's like every now and then we will like <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> the food like to <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> western from some like cafe or we will <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> the sushi from Genki that kind <mandarin>不错蛮好吃的:bu cuo man hao chi de</mandarin> like it's good for a change lor ya like <mandarin>每次都吃一样的:mei ci dou chi yi yang de</mandarin> Sian please


oh I <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> chicken for me pizza we never order pizza but we order a lot of chicken cause beauty world got the the korean <mandarin>炸鸡:zha ji</mandarin> yeah and it's like <mandarin>蛮好吃的:man hao chi de</mandarin> then we will always order especially the the spicy the spicy one I think the


don't know what is it called lah but it's spicy fried one and it's like <mandarin>蛮辣的:man la de</mandarin> so eat already quite Shiok oh yeah I think so you bought that day right oh like the typical hawker downstairs that kind right


same if not everyday I eat <mandarin>菜饭:cai fan</mandarin> sia oh man and my <mandarin>菜饭的:cai fan de</mandarin> ingredients all standard one, in the beginning yeah in the beginning like got cook a bit


like my mother will buy stuff from NTUC then she will cook then I'll help out a bit, then I also just, never bake


plus my sleeping schedule is a bit screwed up


but okay lah, yeah that's obviously my my holiday sleep schedule but just that it lasted three months and I'm and plus I never go at all cause like you know holiday sometimes like <mandarin>你跟你朋友出去:ni gen ni peng you chu qu</mandarin> right then you will obviously have to meet earlier lah you know everything will be closed but the time we all meet like <mandarin>你们要出去吃:ni men yao chu qu chi</mandarin> that kind of <mandarin>出去:chu qu</mandarin> then you will like meet like mid afternoon that kind maybe one o'clock lunch time ah


then like I nothing to do except for watching show so <mandarin>我是没有定的时间要起来睡觉了:wo shi mei you ding de shi jian yao qi lai shui jiao le</mandarin> so I just live my own life for three months


oh, ya lor <mandarin>我们我们是一样的人:wo men wo men shi yi yang de ren</mandarin>


ya but, okay lah I managed to accomplish many dramas like I managed to finish a lot, I watched, I think <mandarin>三十:san shi</mandarin> over drama


that's very little oh it's because I think I also just got into like the K drama scene <mandarin>很多:hen duo</mandarin> it's like the world is an oyster <mandarin>这样:zhe yang</mandarin> then I really just <mandarin>一个:yi ge</mandarin> after <mandarin>一个:yi ge</mandarin> after <mandarin>一个:yi ge</mandarin> it's just


so okay lah at least I got, a new thing that I did which is finish my K dramas and I'm more exposed to the K drama world now which is pretty interesting yeah but then after like it's really okay lah but I will say my drama watching trip lasted <mandarin>蛮久的:man jiu de</mandarin> like for three months I managed to keep watching dramas I know a lot of people like like <mandarin>看一半就会:kan yi ban jiu hui</mandarin> like very like Sian but yeah I managed to keep it up for three months kept me occupied for that amount of time


but now I'm a bit Sian of drama already unless really got a interesting one then I will watch, like a bit repetitive


same, yeah but okay lah like nowadays like I switch up the genre, like before that I switched it up to like movies, but now I watch like the slightly more reality type of show like I'm watching


yeah so it's a very interesting but like but I haven't finish err <mandarin>我看到:wo kan dao</mandarin> like <mandarin>第八集:di ba ji</mandarin> only I think one season only I think it's new I think it's quite new yeah but there's only like err ten episodes


err <mandarin>会:hui</mandarin> lah like especially like when the drama is a bit dry like there's no value add when you watch like you when you pay attention but you know some dramas is like <mandarin>真的要:zhen de yao</mandarin> like <mandarin>去看的:qu kan de</mandarin> then if not you miss it right you don't understand anything anymore


yeah especially I don't understand korean somemore so I better watch man ya need to read the subtitles I blink right then I miss already okay lah I think korean not so bad, not as bad as like !wah! spanish one you know money heist same I kept I kept rewinding then it's like you blink one second right you miss the important part you don't understand


closer to chinese like some parts yeah yeah I know it's like I think korean like you watch a while you will understand like slightly like here and there like similar phrases here and there you will slightly get like the gist of it but for spanish it's a completely different language for me lah yeah


but spanish is a very nice language show right yeah same I would learn spanish honestly, but ya, it's a bit tough to learn though I think yeah during CB right I got lazy I tried one day then I got lazy already I got you know it was after that then I got err sucked into the K drama hole then <mandarin>我一直看戏:wo yi zhi kan xi</mandarin> then <mandarin>就没有学了:jiu mei you xue le</mandarin> yeah but is that only phrases so you don't know how to speak korean but you know like the typical


yeah it's just phrases like yeah, err ya lah considering that we know chinese it's a big advantage I would say


yeah yeah I know and I appreciate the fact that we learn chinese cause for like the intonation wise for chinese we have is more err how do I phrase it it's like more complete more rounded intonation


but for like korean they like they their F and their P is the same pronounciation I think like the B and the P is about the same


then <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> is like they try to like ask their parents to speak english like they ask like they have a fork, then they have, I think pork then they asked what is this then they will like pork after that they point to the pork then they like what is this then he will be like pork it's quite funny yeah is harder especially english with the more like rounded like clearer intonations


(mmhmm), you thanks bye


plus <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> like don't mind doing this kind of thing lah right ya and we are like <mandarin>多年的朋友:duo nian de peng you</mandarin> already


I think like haven't <mandarin>十:shi</mandarin> yet <mandarin>六年:liu nian</mandarin> ah, oh ya <mandarin>我们我们二十岁:wo men wo men er shi sui</mandarin> hor so old


err cause we wanted to try the Guzman Y Gomez ah you tried before or not oh <mandarin>你选什么:ni xuan shen me</mandarin> meat


oh <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> pulled pork ah oh <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> like ya oh <mandarin>那个牛肉是要加钱:na ge niu rou shi yao jia qian</mandarin>


err <mandarin>那他他选了个鸡:na ta ta xuan le ge ji</mandarin> ya <mandarin>他是有钱:ta shi you qian</mandarin> ah Sian then <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> leh <mandarin>今天做什么:jin tian zuo shen me</mandarin> so early oh oh my god I very long never eat Ya Kun already ya and then <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> like go and try to go to three Ya Kun or something right


ok lah but at least that day <mandarin>我们买到:wo men mai dao</mandarin> Tai Cheong egg tart ah, ya


then, oh <mandarin>我跟朋友出去去吃:wo gen peng you chu qu qu chi</mandarin> supper <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> Bukit eh <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> Bukit err beauty world <mandarin>那边:na bian</mandarin> ah <mandarin>去吃小笼包:qu chi xiao long bao</mandarin> <mandarin>然后去吃:ran hou qu chi</mandarin> Prata


ah <mandarin>我不知道:wo bu zhi dao</mandarin> leh err close at nine, so <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> may be going early lah but, yeah yeah


ya never I never yeah


then what about you, oh oh oh what was it like what you do


oh,


oh, oh oh then <mandarin>你去买啦:ni qu mai la</mandarin> !aiya! <mandarin>可以找到:ke yi zhao dao</mandarin> one hundred dollar <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> mah oh okay lah oh


ya ya I understand I understand I almost got like time also because I used to like sewing like random stuff like you know I also wanted to make like clothes from scratch and stuff so I bought the cloth but then <mandarin>我没有买那个:wo mei you mai na ge</mandarin> sewing machine oh oh ah


oh <mandarin>我有用过那种:wo you yong guo na zhong</mandarin> cause my grandma gave me one before but then but then it didn't really work in the sense that the start and the end like, like it didn't


it didn't lah it's so it was just, then you can just pull out the thread anytime all that, so it's like, what <mandarin>烂的:lan de</mandarin> lor, uh oh oh


yeah of course so you hand sew everything right, I gets I gets I also ya I agree like as long as it fits like okay right


ya and then it's like always got clothes that don't fit properly one so you will have to ya , oh ya ya ya ya ya or sometimes in <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> strap <mandarin>会很很长:hui hen hen zhang</mandarin> ya ya


ya I think everybody should like try


yeah, oh err yes


ya I agree also because sustainable fashion tends to be like <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> like <mandarin>贵两百多:gui liang bai duo</mandarin> like that right a lot of dresses ya and it's like a lot of them are made to order also


ya good for environment yes yes , for now we just go thrifting ah we should go thrifting one day together, err


but nowadays I got school ah ya school start already like started it started like one week ago last tuesday it's been exactly one week lor, err <mandarin>只有:zhi you</mandarin> lecture tutorial haven't start yet so is just


it's just watching lecture at home every day uh <mandarin>很闷很无聊:hen men hen wu liao</mandarin> lor, uh yes, is damn Sian and also because !hey! but it's also good lah because err we get to like <mandarin>可以从看:ke yi cong kan</mandarin> you know so like as in normally got some lectures they won't go and like record


so then because of e-learning then <mandarin>他们会去:ta men hui qu</mandarin> record lah, like definitely you could she record <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> some people like


is like they say got <mandarin>定的时间:ding de shi jian</mandarin> but then if you don't want to follow then <mandarin>可以可以不:ke yi ke yi bu</mandarin> follow lor <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> is like, it's like


up to you the lah because some prof will like they won't go and restrict they they won't go and take attendance during the the lecture or whatever and they won't go and like require the students to be there, so then yeah


got uh


oh because tutorials haven't start yet, like only err week three ah, that kind is that kind you must be there


yeah, oh you know, like, last time I stay at hall right then like <mandarin>我们朋友现在:wo men peng you xian zai</mandarin> still stay hall right ya cause the recently she told me that that you know <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> SNDC ya she was in SNDC so this year she has to have a new


like a new guide right so then she suddenly ask me one day err <mandarin>你知道这个是谁吗那个那个:ni zhi dao zhe ge shi shei ma na ge na ge</mandarin> okay <mandarin>那个男孩叫:na ge nan hai jiao</mandarin> paul okay <mandarin>我们叫他:wo men jiao ta</mandarin> paul so err <mandarin>她问我你你知道他是谁吗:ta wen wo ni ni zhi dao ta shi shei ma</mandarin> then I was like oh yeah <mandarin>我知道:wo zhi dao</mandarin> cause err <mandarin>他是我:ta shi wo</mandarin> J one the OGL


then she was like !huh! <mandarin>他是我:ta shi wo</mandarin> SNDC leh then <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> !wah! damn small world then I was like are telling her okay you don't tell him that you know me cause I he confirm don't remember me one cause in J one what then after I'm like quite long ago and then I was like


it was dark dark times you know you just look worse in everything ya so then right, he's like okay okay then I don't tell then, then like damn weird I see see him on her stories and stuff then I'm like oh this this guy it's like, her SNDC


and then err turns out she went to ask if he remembers me ya interesting lah I don't want to feel about that, ya right and then it's like


in JC people used to think he is cool I mean it's not good looking but <mandarin>他是:ta shi</mandarin> like, ya and people this will be like <mandarin>他是他是个酷的:ta shi ta shi ge ku de</mandarin> senior then like suddenly <mandarin>是他的:shi ta de</mandarin> SNDC then like <mandarin>很奇怪:hen qi guai</mandarin> ya


ya but what do you think her boyfriend thinks about SNDC like if you were if you were her, if you had a boyfriend that had to, like watch ignatius and then had to have a SNDC like how would you feel about it


right it happens, yeah yeah I guess but I hear a lot of stories of like SNDC couples actually getting together so it's like it's like the more you hear then


the more <mandarin>害怕:hai pa</mandarin> lor like you will get towards about this thing that's true oh yeah and I think like they both are the not get jealous kind so


ya he got she got tell me that her boyfriend, kind so I guess yeah


that's true, uh,


yeah today got zero community cases but then there are six imported, yeah like for business stuff lor


like go and agree to allow business travel, into singapore today so I think yeah it's easing lor it's easing now, ya I think so too yeah I think so too like you see that recently <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> articles <mandarin>出来说:chu lai shuo</mandarin> that we are in like the biggest crisis


in like ten or two twenty years or something singapore I think global also lah ya it's definitely global ya, oh


two thousand !wah! yeah yeah <mandarin>很惨:hen can</mandarin> leh oh


!wah! oh !wah! it really <mandarin>很多人:hen duo ren</mandarin> yeah, yeah actually I heard that too


like talking about like all these tourism thing right that day I went back to the place I used to work, yeah cause I wanted to try


and then, like they seem quite sad I would say, then later when I went up to try then my bosses told me that they're closing this month their physical store, then I was I was like damn shocked cause


like cause <mandarin>那边那边:na bian na bian</mandarin> Bali lane <mandarin>那边很多:na bian hen duo</mandarin> tourist <mandarin>来:lai</mandarin> ya so <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> rebrand then I think because they double their prices or something then a lot of singaporeans don't want to buy already and then right, the tourist cannot go and buy so I don't think they're earning a lot so they decided to just close down the store


but then it's damn sad because they really revamp the store like they added they bought like a lot of decoration then they paint the walls, and and all that ya, so it's damn sad lor, yeah


oh yeah


oh


!aiyo!


, oh so they technically fired you !wah! damn sad oh


jobless , are you going to find a job soon, yeah I gets


, uh, we're talking about, like COVID right I wanted to mention that, it impacted my sem two a lot actually


because like I went for a total of two two or three tutorials per, per mod only and then afterwards tutorials got shut down and then everything went to e-learning, so then I then I was in hall and I wanted to join like activities but also cannot because


I was going to say


then


, oh


oh actually yeah is, it's good like <mandarin>你们:ni men</mandarin> experience <mandarin>这种:zhe zhong</mandarin> cause you'll never get to experience in your life again so it's like, like while COVID is happening then you just <mandarin>趁这个机会:chen zhe ge ji hui</mandarin> to learn from him ya whatever


uh


, you don't get back <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> ya money


oh,


my <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> cause I'm in choir right then, but then, I'm not sure how it go also they are trying to start practices now then <mandarin>他们他们说是:ta men ta men shuo shi</mandarin> online <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> practices <mandarin>然后我们要:ran hou wo men yao</mandarin> like <mandarin>唱:chang</mandarin> through the camera


that kind of thing yeah it's going to start like next week eh no in a few weeks ah I think, it really doesn't make sense like <mandarin>最近我们的老师跟我们讲:zui jin wo men de lao shi gen wo men jiang</mandarin> you've got the


then it's like err before that I think the choir try to like, engage in more, like activities lah like to, so like they don't forget the members and all that, then they tried to like, like we had to go and learn how to


video record ourselves singing, what's the anthem national anthem ah then, but quite <mandarin>麻烦的:ma fan de</mandarin> like I think some people will say that, err they have good experience but


personally I found it quite troublesome ya, oh, cause we had to, like is


then <mandarin>会他们会:hui ta men hui</mandarin> like <mandarin>吵:chao</mandarin> lor then you want to record also they will have like background noise, and whatever so then err had to re-record like, yeah, it was okay so we recorded like twice the first time was for some festival thing


then it was, I <mandarin>我不知道什么什么电影啊那个:wo bu zhi dao shen me shen me dian ying a na ge</mandarin> prince of egypt <mandarin>的的:de de</mandarin> song ah then we had to record that song, err then it's like, record in four part and then everybody sing together as in everybody like they combined and then we sing together


and then , err secondly was national day like cause national day was coming up, then they require us to go and sing national anthem and then it was just like they pick like <mandarin>五个人:wu ge ren</mandarin> from each section to like sing


the national anthem lah then they go and combine so at first <mandarin>是我们五个人去:shi wo men wu ge ren qu</mandarin> meet <mandarin>在:zai</mandarin> #ang mo kio# <mandarin>那边:na bian</mandarin> err <mandarin>去拍:qu pai</mandarin> so <mandarin>我们拍一个:wo men pai yi ge</mandarin> video <mandarin>是五个人在里面的:shi wu ge ren zai li mian de</mandarin> but then right <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> CFA <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> NUS <mandarin>的上面的人:de shang mian de ren</mandarin> they go and reject our video so then like damn annoying right cause like <mandarin>我们去到:wo men qu dao</mandarin> #ang mo kio# <mandarin>那边去拍:na bian qu pai</mandarin> then like #ang mo kio# err ah <mandarin>对咯对:dui lo dui</mandarin> then like <mandarin>我们都:wo men dou</mandarin> like damn angry so we decided that like at first we don't wanna do one but then like after all we felt bad for the president all that so we just okay lor <mandarin>做:zuo</mandarin> lor


then <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> had to individually record again, then like damn damn hard to err, a place in my house just to record and also because everybody's like around and all that then it was damn inconvenient yeah, then is like I have to


ya lor I have to, I have to be careful [loh] like not to disturb also yeah, like I mean it was, somewhat a good experience but then <mandarin>我不会再做:wo bu hui zai zuo</mandarin> like <mandarin>我不会去:wo bu hui qu</mandarin> record <mandarin>这种事:zhe zhong shi</mandarin> lah I don't think I don't think it's like there's no point in it also


I mean they are also they also <mandarin>辛苦很多:xin ku hen duo</mandarin> ah yeah


oh you know during CB right err I got story cause the other day I met my friends, for picnic


<mandarin>在:zai</mandarin> CB <mandarin>的时候:de shi hou</mandarin> ah she went on okay so she wanted to do a prank ah like cause she bored right so she she and her friends


then err, yeah so <mandarin>她去:ta qu</mandarin> OkCupid then <mandarin>她做一个:ta zuo yi ge</mandarin> like one male account and one female account then like


at first they did it as a group, then <mandarin>然后她自己一个人去做:ran hou ta zi ji yi ge ren qu zuo</mandarin> and but then she really wasn't looking for a <mandarin>男朋友:nan peng you</mandarin> like she really wasn't cause like she's not that kind of person what so then , but then I think somebody just like really want to talk to her or something so then they just continued the convo


and then throughout CB so then during CB that they were just talking right, then like err, yeah uh so then <mandarin>那天我们:na tian wo men</mandarin> met meet <mandarin>的时候:de shi hou</mandarin> hor then she told us like


she damn sheepishly that like oh yeah


so is like quite cute lor,


and like, I just hope that she doesn't get like cheated or something lah cause she is like quite pure and she really wasn't looking for a relationship, when she went to do this kind of thing so


yeah yeah <mandarin>那个很贱:na ge hen jian</mandarin> lah but <mandarin>我觉得还:wo jue de hai</mandarin> okay lah <mandarin>她她是:ta ta shi</mandarin> nurse <mandarin>来的:lai de</mandarin> uh <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> healthcare worker


<mandarin>我没有人介绍给你:wo mei you ren jie shao gei ni</mandarin> <mandarin>对:dui</mandarin> lor


, ya lor, , <mandarin>我我不是很容易找到的:wo wo bu shi hen rong yi zhao dao de</mandarin> mah <mandarin>那个是:na ge shi</mandarin> yeah oh yeah yeah yeah <mandarin>对:dui</mandarin>


you apply for what, uh


okay


oh


oh oh I don't think you did that badly though


but SUSS <mandarin>这种会:zhe zhong hui</mandarin> accept <mandarin>你的:ni de</mandarin> oh, oh so like you have one or two months like before if they oh


hopefully they accept you lah I think it's okay do you have to go for like some interview or whatever oh okay


okay cool cool, no I think like recently quite cold no it's been like <mandarin>上下上下的:shang xia shang xia de</mandarin> like some days really damn cold then some days just oh that's true


err oh , oh I I also eh


eh <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> yeah yeah <mandarin>我去:wo qu</mandarin> perm lor


oh, oh I agree cause malaysia <mandarin>剪头发:jian tou fa</mandarin> quite cheap right <mandarin>新加坡:xin jia po</mandarin> is like double the price oh triple ah oh


oh that's true that's true, yeah I need to cut also, oh yeah yeah I agree and then like


recently it's been hot what like you said so then it's like even more annoying , err kind of, the thing is I have issue with hair like, the longer my hair is, the more likely it is to drop


then like quite <mandarin>可怕的:ke pa de</mandarin> like if you see the hair on the floor end of the day ya I really <mandarin>很多:hen duo</mandarin> it's so scary how much you will lose in a day


oh oh <mandarin>我的很重:wo de hen zhong</mandarin>


oh, yeah, oh I agree lah I mean it's like treatment <mandarin>要别人帮你做的:yao bie ren bang ni zuo de</mandarin> mah <mandarin>要自己做:yao zi ji zuo</mandarin> meh like no point also I also yeah I've been trying to put some serum for the hair growth but like <mandarin>很懒就是很懒因为:hen lan jiu shi hen lan yin wei</mandarin> everyday must put right then


think the same skin care also !huh! I'm not consistent at all ya I mean I don't really do much so like


then you just then you just like <mandarin>放:fang</mandarin> the hair the hair treatment routine into your skincare routine lah , okay recently you bought new skin care right


oh I also like it's pretty bad then like like before this <mandarin>我的脸:wo de lian</mandarin> like quite smooth <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> leh <mandarin>人家会人家会说我的脸:ren jia hui ren jia hui shuo wo de lian</mandarin> like <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> smooth like, like <mandarin>他们要我的皮肤:ta men yao wo de pi fu</mandarin> lah but then like nowadays it's just like breaking out everywhere and all that <mandarin>是放:shi fang</mandarin> all over the <mandarin>脸:lian</mandarin> is it


oh okay lah tell me if it works okay


uh,


yeah I agree, but she knows english or not


so like <mandarin>她是她是可以:ta shi ta shi ke yi</mandarin> no <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> aunty ah oh then <mandarin>她也是不可以:ta ye shi bu ke yi</mandarin> like, blame the girl for not knowing that well what cause <mandarin>很多人是去:hen duo ren shi qu</mandarin> like <mandarin>很多人是因为因为父母没有让他们去学然后:hen duo ren shi yin wei yin wei fu mu mei you rang ta men qu xue ran hou</mandarin> ya lor oh <mandarin>我也知道我也知道:wo ye zhi dao wo ye zhi dao</mandarin> ya actually really some is like the government will force the all kids to go and learn right their mother tongue but don't know why a lot of them like


they can't they can only read like one sentence at most and then like, they can't converse or like say anything at all in chinese, I have a friend that like


got some you know Telegram the <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> stickers right then <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> stickers <mandarin>有些:you xie</mandarin> stickers <mandarin>是有那个:shi you na ge</mandarin> ah <mandarin>然后有些是那个很容易很容易:ran hou you xie shi na ge hen rong yi hen rong yi</mandarin> err <mandarin>读的那种字他一个也不知道:du de na zhong zi ta yi ge ye bu zhi dao</mandarin> ya it's quite bad like <mandarin>小那个字他:xiao na ge zi ta</mandarin> read <mandarin>成:cheng</mandarin> like I don't know like


like something like <mandarin>气:qi</mandarin> or something it's damn bad, I think is he took normal mother tongue, so like, I have no idea


that's me ah


what ya higher chinese is really very hard it's like the the type of thing you learn and the amounts were a lot more oh seriously it's not worth it


, that's is really not worth it I mean like, I know that chinese is very important and all that but then like you really have to retake, ya if I were her I wouldn't lah oh


you got a right oh very good, actually in A level chinese what you all learn ah


like you all learn, like literature stuff no right oh ya I know I see before I got friends who take it


, oh !wow! oh I remember in O levels


like we got we got, learn literature stuff leh like <mandarin>排笔式的:pai bi shi de</mandarin> or like exaggeration <mandarin>那种:na zhong</mandarin> then <mandarin>我们要在作文里面放:wo men yao zai zuo wen li mian fang</mandarin> and you know


then it has to be like graded lah so then the part was like damn tough because we don't understand, then like I remember my teacher like when my teacher asks who takes english literature in this class then <mandarin>我举手:wo ju shou</mandarin> right <mandarin>她很:ta hen</mandarin> shocked cause like usually she she thought that nobody would take higher chinese and literature at the same time because that's stupid lah apparently


cause like I guess it was low key like, taking introduction to literature in chinese or something yeah lucky I did okay


ah yeah yeah definitely


sure I think like sometimes I do regret taking, higher chinese, ya but then is like when you are in JC then <mandarin>你朋友都去:ni peng you dou qu</mandarin> like chinese lesson <mandarin>很多:hen duo</mandarin> lah my whole clique


ya err cause <mandarin>我去的:wo qu de</mandarin> JC, so then like <mandarin>我自己一个:wo zi ji yi ge</mandarin> lor it's like <mandarin>那边读书还是用用电话还是什么:na bian du shu hai shi yong yong dian hua hai shi shen me</mandarin> then like not as fun lah and then it's like I really suffered a lot during


err like higher chinese I guess but the teacher was so scary and also like, I think higher chinese was the only ya it was only subject I got tuition in and it didn't even help cause, like <mandarin>我做的很差:wo zuo de hen cha</mandarin> in the end so like eh <mandarin>及格就好:ji ge jiu hao</mandarin> oh oh


oh oh yeah yeah that one was eat in other lessons yeah


ya it's true true in JC got other stuff to like focus on, ya oh err, checks so you only did chinese in year one right I mean J one


yeah, at least you had that security that <mandarin>你华文:ni hua wen</mandarin> got A so it's, !wah! I know that you really hated it


then aren't you scared that, aren't you scared that when you do like business in, SIM then <mandarin>你你会做不好:ni ni hui zuo bu hao</mandarin> you know


ya so


ah that's true yeah


oh yeah actually I understand I think I think ya in business it's like not a lot I think even if there is math is also like the basic kind like the useful kind lor I heard that it's quite simple it's more like logic and a lot numbers but yeah but not a lot of like thinking I feel yeah I'm still doing that though


like last time <mandarin>做的:zuo de</mandarin> A level,


oh


oh oh mine is thursday friday


like friday is alternate weeks then thursday is always free, <mandarin>普通人都会放:pu tong ren dou hui fang</mandarin> friday free <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> lah okay <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> thrifting


you went lucky plaza right oh where else have ah, that day I saw a TikTok on


places to thrift I think it was this person like, like she post <mandarin>两个两个:liang ge liang ge</mandarin> videoes on where to thrift in singapore then one of them was lucky plaza so I was wondering if it's the same place you went


oh then it will be three for five is it


oh one day <mandarin>我要去我要去看:wo yao qu wo yao qu kan</mandarin> <mandarin>很好玩:hen hao wan</mandarin> hor


ya <mandarin>都很贵:dou hen gui</mandarin> I agree like


shops like Saizeriya <mandarin>那种:na zhong</mandarin> right ya oh yeah agree


yeah yeah oh no you went all the way there oh


it's err <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> , where was it ah it was #bukit merah# food centre, yeah it's like there were two so at first we went to the wrong one because it was like five hundred metres apart or something so we had to walk under the hot sun to the other one


then when we reach there then <mandarin>我们要吃:wo men yao chi</mandarin> err #kway chap#, cause the #kway chap# there quite famous lah but it's closed , okay but then down there got a lot of like <mandarin>很多东西都排长龙:hen duo dong xi dou pai zhang long</mandarin> lah, yeah we just <mandarin>排:pai</mandarin> like some random one and then we just try everything it was still good lah yes


, cause you know you can trust in the singaporeans


Bugis got food court


oh oh, oh, oh


oh yeah oh <mandarin>三个人:san ge ren</mandarin> okay lah so <mandarin>是他们他们帮你捡的还是:shi ta men ta men bang ni jian de hai shi</mandarin> you choose yourself


but now COVID I thought they must help you pick one, so you all pick yourself so <mandarin>他们没有:ta men mei you</mandarin> follow <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> guidelines ah


ah very long never eat <mandarin>麻辣:ma la</mandarin> already no actually that day I ate right, I also don't know but then cause last time in school got a lot of <mandarin>麻辣:ma la</mandarin> places then I always eat so it feels like I eat a lot lesser now


but ya like it hurts your throat I guess, oh speaking ah you still once in a while ah I drink like every day sia oh


that's good, why did you reduce though you just don't crave it anymore, oh oh I gets I gets but it's still like <mandarin>对我来说:dui wo lai shuo</mandarin> quite <mandarin>重要的:zhong yao de</mandarin> lah


it's like I will buy it before meal or something or like I will eat it with the meal, yeah, but <mandarin>很贵:hen gui</mandarin> hor, I think recently the cheaper ones also like three dollar already


meh, oh that's three dollars okay yeah yeah yeah


oh iTea is <mandarin>便宜:pian yi</mandarin> oh the Bobatea also, ya not great lah but I mean all the <mandarin>便宜:pian yi</mandarin> ones are like, you won't crave it that much I guess


I won't leh I will crave share Sharetea, oh I gets I gets okay but I don't have iTea like <mandarin>我家附近没有:wo jia fu jin mei you</mandarin> iTea then but then got it's own


got its own like neighborhood bubble tea shop so <mandarin>我常从那边买:wo chang cong na bian mai</mandarin> lor oh oh yeah can imagine they use all the syrup and stuff right


yeah


, oh yeah because the parks and beaches are the only place you can go right yeah is damn funny like


yeah yeah but


oh ya <mandarin>太多人:tai duo ren</mandarin> like at the parks then like too crowded, , !wah! damn funny you got go or not did you go to any parks


ah <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> ah <mandarin>我跟自己讲:wo gen zi ji jiang</mandarin> like during CB I must like <mandarin>运动:yun dong</mandarin> more, but then


nothing happened, and CB over still nothing happen it's like forever nothing happen for me


oh, oh it's good lah oh that's great


!wah! that's a lot okay that's actually about, how much I lost yeah <mandarin>大概:da gai</mandarin> ya during CB was like


ya then <mandarin>然后:ran hou</mandarin> oh then err <mandarin>因为我我的妈妈现在:yin wei wo wo de ma ma xian zai</mandarin> like she dieting lah she on keto diet right so she will stop asking people if they want food cause usually usually she will go like err here and there to go and buy food right ya she ya <mandarin>她会这样的:ta hui zhe yang de</mandarin> but then like because she on diet then she never ah then I think she influenced like <mandarin>全家人:quan jia ren</mandarin> to like diet also yeah so maybe that's why we all lost weight


oh I think most people are the opposite, like cause, everybody's at home and stuff so then there is more chance of eat together and to eat more also to stock up oh yeah


like, always <mandarin>打包:da bao</mandarin> like pizza or chicken also I feel like I increase my yeah my chicken and pizza consumption during CB oh


oh my one is because my <mandarin>家附近的:jia fu jin de</mandarin> MRT nearby there got Dominoes yeah you got see before yeah right yeah I bought on the way so then it's damn convenient lah it's really just go downstairs pick up and then it's a different food option from like what we usually eat yeah


ya I also, I thought your parents cook


yeah yeah I gets


, mine one now and then the same it's always the same, anyway <mandarin>对对对:dui dui dui</mandarin> yeah


ah


oh yeah for me it's like I still have projects to do so <mandarin>要跟朋友:yao gen peng you</mandarin> like, discuss stuff so I have to be awake to


do my stuff lor so I guess that's why it wasn't like that bad, like the same if not I really I really like be like you <mandarin>我每天:wo mei tian</mandarin> lie in bed watch drama <mandarin>对的:dui de</mandarin> , , !aiya!


I think I watched a total of like


, that's great oh yeah ya sia


ya I understand also like I wouldn't watch unless it's damn interesting also cause, but it just gets, boring too like to keep binge watching everyday ya and like, I feel dead


I don't, oh


oh oh <mandarin>第八集:di ba ji</mandarin> err got how many seasons one season oh really meh oh no wonder


oh to understand right I get it


need to read the subs, oh yeah I watched that also I had to rewind or like pay attention cause a lot of things <mandarin>我是不懂的:wo shi bu dong de</mandarin> yeah and then need to yeah


ya I think korea is okay in the sense that, oh I guess also you can feel through their emotions it's more lighthearted eh, yeah for me also


I don't know what is it about, my western languages but I don't understand yeah it's very nice to listen to I kind of want to learn it , wait weren't you going to learn korean how did that go yeah oh okay lah <mandarin>你看的多就会学得到的嘛:ni kan de duo jiu hui xue de dao de ma</mandarin> like can pick up along the way oh I guess


, , I think it's easy language to learn,


yes, and the accent and everything also yeah like you hear you hear western people and asian people speak try to speak korean it's like damn different


oh I get what you mean yeah yeah sort of the same yeah, it's like very subtle differences


oh !wah! <mandarin>很好笑:hen hao xiao</mandarin> oh my god oh yeah yeah yeah I think when koreans try to speak like other languages then <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> <mandarin>会有一点难:hui you yi dian nan</mandarin> yeah yeah especially english


okay thanks bye


, (mmhmm), counting timer, okay


okay okay, mystery shopping so I'm in retail ya consumer behaviour


cause the the arrow pointing at us, okay, this correct not pointing at this way right, ya is very clear !yay! mystery shopping I'm fascinated by consumers behaviour


(mmhmm)


ah the mystery shopper <mandarin>神秘顾客:shen mi gu ke</mandarin> !wow! okay


(mmhmm), actually pay yet ya (mmhmm) okay


these agents are following the, (mmhmm)


uh, (hmm), (hmm), (hmm) (hmm), ya


right, right right, right (mmhmm)


(hmm) (hmm), in training they will cover that to that insurance agent, is mystery shopper they get paid,


!wow! <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> project hor <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> interesting


phone call, (hmm) (hmm)


(mmhmm) (hmm)


!wow!, (mmhmm), (mmhmm)


!yay!, (mmhmm)


per project, sure is a good money, ya err if you are linking to this !oops!


yea yea people who are probably in their lead way, ya ya it's fine


(mmhmm), (mmhmm), (mmhmm)


sophia monitress yvonne <mandarin>也可以:ye ke yi</mandarin> hor


very open when people say I have something to share with you first thing I say sure, sorry hor I need to read about it can you sent me the link first does it make money or can you sent me the the customer's feedback first before I have a meeting with you


it's really does the interest is like, try lor


<mandarin>对我来说:dui wo lai shuo</mandarin> every err


I can already, proficiently is more than good enough, yes err <mandarin>我被逼的没有办法我这边荷兰话那边荷兰话比较:wo bei bi de mei you ban fa wo zhe bian he lan hua na bian he lan hua bi jiao</mandarin> Chim


when the kids speak to daddy in dutch, I have to learn how to, infer, what they are talking about, they speak dutch they speak and write dutch, my kids from young learn japanese for six years already


, what you call third culture kids hor


but <mandarin>他们就是环境所逼的:ta men jiu shi huan jing suo bi de</mandarin> they have to survive, they were in the playground, play the swing so my my kids were turning thinkable I've been waiting for my turn, that the girls are pushing me aside


and they are not letting me go, I say you speak to them in dutch, so later on he had to shout and said we have been waiting here for, for already err ten minutes for our turns, can you let us go first then the kids let them


ya so this life, life err lessons


and where does she stay in singapore, apparently she plays with an indian neighbour,


ya, is exposure


not local school definitely not local school ya difficult


local school they are not that embracing in terms of, foreign languages, err <mandarin>不能够:bu neng gou</mandarin> err <mandarin>不能够拿那个:bu neng gou na na ge</mandarin> third language requirement so I wrote to MOE


I show them proof of certification during the GLPT, level one level two <mandarin>我说她已经:wo shuo ta yi jing</mandarin> level two <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> standard <mandarin>了:le</mandarin> can you


he can read and write already, MOE <mandarin>直接说:zhi jie shuo</mandarin> law by law, then <mandarin>我就说:wo jiu shuo</mandarin> but I can show you the certification he already pass his GLPT test


based on a child's interests and he's been nurtured in the past six years already <mandarin>还有:hai you</mandarin> prove <mandarin>她老师的那个证书这些:ta lao shi de na ge zheng shu zhe xie</mandarin> certification


MOE <mandarin>说不可以啊:shuo bu ke yi a</mandarin> we wish you all the best in the secondary years anyway err secondary school <mandarin>的活动很多小朋友到时:de huo dong hen duo xiao peng you dao shi</mandarin> err <mandarin>压力会可能压力的到时你可能很清晰你孩子没有学这个:ya li hui ke neng ya li de dao shi ni ke neng hen qing xi ni hai zi mei you xue zhe ge</mandarin> third language


no lah law by law mah


she definitely gifted prove lah hor


ya because she is very bored


she stimulated it is at the level that she's looking for stimulation


local school and then kindergarten err, yeah <mandarin>他早上就去荷兰的:ta zao shang jiu qu he lan de</mandarin> school play play play play and play, so she's not stimulated, ya <mandarin>所以她自己要求她不要上课他自己跟我讲:suo yi ta zi ji yao qiu ta bu yao shang ke ta zi ji gen wo jiang</mandarin> Ma I don't want to go to school


they would lie to you, smart (mmhmm)


I agree I agree


the daughter stressing the mother


!wow!


mama the school already have a lot papers already I don't need


so they're all the GP kids ah raffles raffles


so that


ah okay


!wow!,


(mmhmm) (hmm)


, !wow!


so she taught you, so she awarded your certification, nine years old, gosh gosh


now she starting as sport coach already, where did she go for secondary school afterwards


I don't think I want to pass paper two I said why


I think I will let it fail, I said why


so they after the first test that means you qualify the first test then you can go to round two do paper two, yeah and primary three already start streaming so after you do the paper two and you pass, then you can officially enter GP program


but, from primary one two three there are many kids in singapore are hot house, they go to special GP program school they teach you, techniques how to spot GP questions ah how you tackle the question in order to fit the criteria of being selected so you pay money


to be a GP kid, ya hot house, ya, how do you solve issues in life later on


absolutely


, ya ya <mandarin>就是最近小我孩就跟我讲:jiu shi zui jin xiao wo hai jiu gen wo jiang</mandarin> mah I want to quick debate club I say why


mama a lot of pressure on me you know I have to go and do the debate, err competition in the debate team and I'm selected, I say why pressure you are given the privilege you should take up the opportunity and embrace it and try to rise above, the standards that we are at obviously you teacher see the potential she's giving you the platform and she said


being err able to err live up to the responsibility versus running away from responsibility


by end of this year she has to make a decision, Nanyang, ya I think so and then the competition they are suppose to prepare


you have to enjoy the process


, oh


, ya please enjoy your meal and enjoy your tea


(mmhmm)


(mmhmm), (hmm)


oh


right, right, right


oh gosh, , !huh!


they are oblivious to yes, oh


ah


high level skills, ya, (mmhmm)


!wow! very clever


, (mmhmm), (mmhmm)


(hmm), (mmhmm), you don't pay for it but cause you being a sponsor is like, (mmhmm)


(hmm), (hmm) (hmm), , !wow! <mandarin>这句话很容易讲:zhe ju hua hen rong yi jiang</mandarin> eh


(hmm),


, ya


oh, ya, ya ya


ya, right, ya love to take a look


, (mmhmm),


, , , sponsor by so and so aesthetic medical surgeon then <mandarin>你才美图啦:ni cai mei tu la</mandarin>


oh, (mmhmm), right right


yeah


ya I will try try it tonight try it tonight I tried and I tried to be in bed by eleven today cause I slept at one AM yesterday, usually I sleep by twelve midnight but yesterday I slept at one, five


five thirty ya ya I should try to sleep early can can possible, can can possible, ya actually that time when I ushered my kids to go to bed but sometimes I stay awake talk to about work with my husband brainstorm about his project he is in a bootcamp right now with the


this the what you call enter program where they do entrepreneurship with err all this err bootcamp so sometimes he will discuss with me how to approach so ya so just brainstorm


this is not a conversation this is a monologue I actually feedback


then err, after awhile ya things didn't work out when, you know when you appoint someone as a co-founder, easily if you are not talking about fifty per fifty percent share at least have a bit of respect forty sixty percent share or thirty seventy percent share <mandarin>知道哦他的:zhi dao o ta de</mandarin> proposal <mandarin>是什么:shi shen me</mandarin> because you need to pitch to the venture capitalist already one percent


I said darling you work twenty four seven you know, you will sleep it talk, shit nothing but just this business thing venture


try to pacify him and say you know but I can stretch up to eighty eight percent for you


so where is the rest of the ninety two percent


you are paid nothing given nothing no respect and you're building someone else's dream, ya so after that he exit


he left already ya


make the kind of income to sustain our lifestyle ah


you you you learn how to be thrifty


right, (mmhmm)(mmhmm)


how can you put the burden on the husband ya


same routine mah ya, I think that's very wise not to stress yourself


make sense why give yourself extra stress


which is wise


it's nice area


is it confirm, ok, ah,


ya it is, to the Angmoh to the very easy, ya this is like a studio this is almost like a studio


we have the same thought, but is a nice neighbourhood


oh <mandarin>去看一下就开车来看:qu kan yi xia jiu kai che lai kan</mandarin> lor


so nice so nice


so nice so nice so nice


he got a trained eye people like me ah, okay got roof not leaking okay no holes okay okay


!wow! so nice


it's help a lot


!wahseh!


he so nice


ya, very nice very <mandarin>很温馨哦:hen wen xin o</mandarin> ya it's a nice


Paiseh <mandarin>不好意思:bu hao yi si</mandarin> eh Paiseh <mandarin>没有看:mei you kan</mandarin> eh Paiseh ya I will err, okay okay that will be great


(mmhmm)


(hmm) (hmm), (mmhmm), ya I'm a I'm a I'm a regular I'm I'm a kind of shopper I need to touch and feel


ya, but do they upload all the new pictures or the , ya


!wow!, Kallang Kallang avenue, okay


can walk in just like that


(mmhmm) (hmm)


ya ya, oh <mandarin>你看:ni kan</mandarin> !wahseh!


!wow!, !wow!


yes yes


(mmhmm), ya


right you actually look very new, honest people


right, eh <mandarin>这个照片很美:zhe ge zhao pian hen mei</mandarin> eh


very nice where where is this place, oh gosh very pretty !wow! you are eighteen ah at that time, very pretty


very pretty eh <mandarin>很有心啊这个这个这种:hen you xin a zhe ge zhe ge zhe zhong</mandarin> bling bling


, when she do live


, but this is not from hotel right


right, okay, ya ya, near my warehouse


(mmhmm), (mmhmm)


(mmhmm), no no


something don't matter anymore ya, ya, (mmhmm)


so we can standby, almost done to finish this conversation of code switching ya


four three two one off ah one minute already one hour already


K so you clap, , okay, that's kind of it and will set the timer here so it's counting now yup sixty minutes


that's kind of it okay so !yay! so I wanted to ask you something because my company actually does one of the thing that we do is mystery shopping yeah you retail you will know yeah so you know


ya, ya, it's okay, oh it's fine it's fine no issues they can record it's fine it should ya it will be very clear ya cause I do recording all the time so one of the the thing I do is I I don't really do a lot of it


in the past I do a lot, because my company one of the main services is mystery shopping in the past but in this current company I'm doing so I'm considered a mystery shopping expert, for, few things ya


what we do so so one of the things that we do is I have a a lot of clients in insurance so currently I have a project where we actually get somebody to pretend


to want to buy a policy but because and then you know you go through the process of saying okay I want to buy I select one and then after that, u, purchase so called lah you know you sign the documents but you don't, you can don't pay yes and then you have fourteen days right you can cancel the policy so the process of this is to make sure that these agents are following the


the regulations the right steps so that you know you know there are a lot of people who are not aware of certain things and they sign blindly so err certain measures are put in place to make sure that these agents are doing the right stuffs during the rights


ya <mandarin>以前不是有那个:yi qian bu shi you na ge</mandarin> Lehman Brothers the case law lor <mandarin>就很多老人家:jiu hen duo lao ren jia</mandarin> <mandarin>因为这样子所以变成:yin wei zhe yang zi suo yi bian cheng</mandarin> <mandarin>很多年很多年前:hen duo nian hen duo nian qian</mandarin> so <mandarin>很多人买那个:hen duo ren mai na ge</mandarin> policy <mandarin>然后:ran hou</mandarin> after that in the <mandarin>跑了吗拿不到拿不回钱所以:pao le ma na bu dao na bu hui qian suo yi</mandarin> so MES has certain regulations that you have to follow on top of that the company itself usually every insurer we have a set of conduct that they have to follow as well make sure that you fill up this form getting your customer information getting your profile so that I can recommend it to you


but your profile ya, ideally, cause you are university graduate you know you are business person you should understand certain financial stuffs better so I can recommend you certain plan


so this kind of things they have to go through in order to, by right by right yes so so mystery shopping is to make sure in this case for the insurance industry to make sure that they follow these


so yes so so that's what I'm telling you I'm looking for I'm looking for mystery shopper I have a very small project that my colleague is managing we need about two to three mystery shoppers a month, yes so right now the agents are not allowed to meet


so you do your meetings via Zoom or via phone calls and messaging and emails primarily meeting will be Zoom lah primarily and so in a way it's easier actually for shoppers to say no


because face to face they made it very difficult a lot of people cannot get, ya so we are given the the the the what you called that the


, ya, the permission from this company this insurance company to record, their agent so that we can support with our findings or feedback so at the end of so you need to go through the process it could take


primarily maybe about one and a half to two hours in total of the, calls plus the meetings and so on to two hours plus two, be at the stage where you say okay I will buy and then they said okay I will send you the documents you sign or they sign and then they emailed to you when they email to you the documents are incomplete


you know so the so, so that's the thing so you need you just need to use your phone to record whatever conversations hopefully you need to you need to put it on speaker otherwise I cannot hear both of course I cannot ask you to video record because it doesn't make sense so we're asking you to


voice record only and then after that sent us a recording fill in the survey form that we will give you to ensure that the people are actually filling it up as in whatever they tell you err you are they are supposed to you tick yes no things like that put in your feedback in qualitative to support anything that you felt you know not right correct


you know things like that and that's kind of it so is about two hours job in total lah cause there is first visit first call second call or second visit something like usually is is is it over a period, of a, a few weeks because when you reach out to for example our first step is not nowadays ah is to reach out to the advertisements online Facebook and say okay I'm interested then you wait for them to call you back or reach out to you so that this company is not that proactive lah so it may take one or two weeks but is okay everybody is working from home so is alright


so if you are interested in this err we pay I think for that, well we pay about hundred and twenty, per per submission for this you finish this then we pay you hundred twenty dollars, ya of course this is like sixty dollars per hour you know more than eighteen per hour is okay doesn't really matter but what I'm saying is that you are interested than


uh because you are the, a good profile, right profile lah because we have certain profiling to be able to do I can correct correct so in september when we have slots right what my colleague will do is, I will give her the contact she will reach out to you to explain and that after that she will do the training if you are selected


it's not about whether your memory your memory has to be pretty good of course you have to be detailed, you have to be okay with various different things but


ya sometimes, , try lor


is okay even if they don't give me eigtheen dollars per hour, I can still survive right


ya but yes I have to say I'm quite proficient in both languages yes, but you ask me to learn another one that I thought about it for years I simply cannot french almost killed me you know


!wow! they learn dutch, !wow!, !wow!, !wow!


okay, alright high flyer


(mmhmm)


true, ya my colleague err she she's french, so she speak four to five languages right like I said


so her daughter speaks to her in spanish, speaks to her husband in french, speaks to me in english, speaks to her teacher in chinese, and then she's only five years old ya ya singapore


and she, apparently she plays with an indian neighbour, so I don't whether she speak indian or not but I mean this is how trilingual they are are more than trilingual you know and then that one is really a linguist you know she picks up languages like very easy


ya I cannot I'm like , so because of that she purposely did it this way so she's purposely speaks to her in spanish husband so that they can actually do to and that in school she speaks in english anyway so they don't really need a lot of training for it and english is much easier to pick up !yay!


she sent her child for chinese classes and so on because she stays in china for a couple of years, ya ya


(hmm)


!wah!


!yay! that's the way the way, the way it works lah


ya <mandarin>新加坡没有这样多:xin jia po mei you zhe yang duo</mandarin> gifted <mandarin>的事真的没有这样的:de shi zhen de mei you zhe yang de</mandarin> approval process lah, ya <mandarin>不:bu</mandarin> flexible


oh <mandarin>会跳班啊跳级跳多少级不要跳太多哦这样还好:hui tiao ban a tiao ji tiao duo shao ji bu yao tiao tai duo o zhe yang hai hao</mandarin> okay


oh


the local school, ah, ya, okay I see !huh!


!wow!


(mmhmm) that's true, because, ya, I guess err from what I read lah I mean our family have, have very very smart, people or rather children err but I wouldn't call them gifted I guess I'll just call them smart people ya smart I wouldn't say they are gifted


although I think one or two of them are can be on the borderline of gifted, but we just want them to be, usual and not stress them too much yeah so I have a niece who is, she's what primary six this year


so one of my cousin had three daughters, #do re mi# lah


so <mandarin>我就跟他们孩子玩所以我跟过很多不同的:wo jiu gen ta men hai zi wan suo yi wo gen guo hen duo bu tong de</mandarin> cousin <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> holiday <mandarin>真的不同:zhen de bu tong</mandarin> family <mandarin>我都去过:wo dou qu guo</mandarin> so anyway back to that three daughters right so my cousin was telling me she said I'm super stress I say why


say my daughter, I said PSLE lah you should be very stress you know try to push things to your daughter make that she study she said no


correct is the other way round so she go back home ah she felt very stress, very funny <mandarin>她不要啊就要她妈妈帮她改:ta bu yao a jiu yao ta ma ma bang ta gai</mandarin> oh


you know then


so how's kelly <mandarin>她讲:ta jiang</mandarin> I'm so stressed


I'm sorry in my this family is err all high fliers in terms of, the school they are actually studied in in no no they actually studied in neighbourhood school in Yishun


but these these these three ah have especially good mark, they are always the the top students and so on after that of course they go the other one just got a NUS scholarship, previously was err almost the first one, she was almost err she wanted to go for the err


SAF the scholarship


she taught her mum how to swim really and she has a process and procedure so the mother don't know how to swim


so she taught her mother in their own condo pool ah to swim, and everytime she pass a certain level she got a certificate you know the daughter drew a certificate for her you know congratulations you pass level what, you know et cetera is so cute so in the end right I said eh


eh ya I was, no lah but what I mean is her process of thinking that is fascinating you know because she's so structured


ah


(mmhmm) that one is for primary school oh primary three, oh


oh !wow! okay, oh I didn't know there's such thing, really


I don't know but to us is err, we want them to be interactive and not ya so when we want them to be able to say out what they want and don't want to a certain extent to be able to


even I at this stage right I'm still trying to learn how to, voice out clearer and easier of what I want and what I don't want is not so easy actually ya how about children they don't even know how to craft their sentences well everytime I have to ask so what do you mean


you need to tell me exactly what you mean don't just tell me yes or no, what do you actually want what actually makes you happy you know things like that they can't tell what makes them happy even my friends can't even tell me what makes you happy you know talking about children ya that is a very difficult part actually ya


(hmm), oh, (hmm)


oh but she's not in a those she's in what what school is she in oh okay, maybe her peers and that their expectation is stressful lah


ya, true


it's okay we just have half an hour to go


very fast, I finish already so it's okay but, I mean err, ya the school are very I I feel lah my cousin was telling me that


ya <mandarin>她讲说我的我的:ta jiang shuo wo de wo de</mandarin> cousin is an analyst ah is in <mandarin>她是指:ta shi zhi</mandarin> FOC you must have structure ah your reason your whatever <mandarin>我就听:wo jiu ting</mandarin> lor


this is your conclusion steady, just copy and paste , let's say very good this, copy and paste right


make sense, you know <mandarin>我又不是没有:wo you bu shi mei you</mandarin> common sense right then <mandarin>我就:wo jiu</mandarin> copy and paste <mandarin>就好了:jiu hao le</mandarin> oh <mandarin>改成我自己的版本:gai cheng wo zi ji de ban ben</mandarin> lah


in terms of life, of course if you are talking about you know work, you know IP and everything else you shouldn't copy and paste, but for people like us for example you go to a conference conference, you go there, you want to so as long as you take away one or two things ideas


that people are doing that you can, implement in the office or in current situation it's consider copy already, it's just that your are customizing it or you are adapting it to your scenario, so, that anything in life is all copy and paste


I put it this way to make it easier the only thing is you edit, to whatever you need whatever you want you may you will you most likely will not follow, you know err exactly what they do because you don't know how they do anyway, they are just telling you the process of it they give you the highlight


but all the challenges and so on they don't tell you in actual fact, you have to experiences is just different a lot of things in life you just copy and I told them ah the easiest parts, copy and paste ah, but then copy smart ah don't copy stupid ah basically, I always teach my, folks right do its way


if, you really have no idea because singaporeans or rather asians ah they have a problem a lot of things they say, I have no creativity, ya they they give themselves this, I wouldn't call it a excuse ah it's probably a reason, then you ah rosie you have a lot of creativity than I'm very stressed eh


err, draw a zoo or draw animals I'm like I can't even draw, so what I did was I got desperate in the end I painted the whole thing black


and then I just leave it, just submitted <mandarin>我是那完全没有:wo shi na wan quan mei you</mandarin> clue <mandarin>的真的不懂怎样:de zhen de bu dong zen yang</mandarin> draw, learn or rather be more creative in the way I engage with them


in a way I, err, play games with them so for example children in the, err, they tend to ran very fast cause they started to learn to walk, so, my parents for example they are very afraid they will knock themselves they will fall down etc they will run they don't have what so ever what care et cetera


so I invented a game they always want to win right, so I invented a game called reverse lah psychology I said, the winner will be the one who, ran the slowest, ya then <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> kids will like !huh! what, what's the rule again


ya, you try it if you see any two or three year old ah you tried it is very difficult they cannot control their limbs because they, already like this right then you suddenly ask them to control they slowdown is very difficult so but


after err one or two years they find it fun, because why my niece ah she's the older one, she learnt how to control, so that when she want to win right she say goodness play the game who's the slowest can win, you know very smart


so <mandarin>这对他们来说就就是那个:zhe dui ta men lai shuo jiu jiu shi na ge</mandarin> reverse psychology, is very easy what actually I just change the rule of the game I never did anything else, ya so this is the kind of so called ideas of creativity that you can easily replicate


in life so I share this with my friends I say eh, some games you don't need a lot of things you just need to, sit down and look at the children and think about it, you know what kind of effects are you trying so I it came out of me because my parents wanted me to wanted


them to slow down, and then the kids want to play, so I we try and match both lah


and ideas does not have to, be very difficult to understand or whatever it is, and can be very simple you know in fact the best ideas are always simplest ya so so usually I try to explain to


my clients my team members this way and, but then I get pressure as well because I'm supposedly creative right, in my techie world I'm the creative person, in the high tech IT world, if you go to a marketing or whatever I'm not creative enough


proactively and probably considered a bit, so, the other day I have a my we have a marketing , err we were we were we were


embarking on a as a new partner for another product, so they have a conference and one of the requirements err as a partner, as a sponsor ah you know was err, because nowadays they do online conference so since we are one of the sponsors


they have, err they have what they call commercial air time during those conferences where you will play, selected videos, K selected videos so but these videos have a few requirements, cannot talk about COVID