if I go down to the actual <mandarin>士林夜市:shi lin ye shi</mandarin> which is at Kranji I just have to take a train my train ride max like <mandarin>来回:lai hui</mandarin> is like maybe <mandarin>四块钱:si kuai qian</mandarin> it's like so different and then I go down there I can experience the <mandarin>气氛:qi fen</mandarin> then can take picture with my friends can share the food with my friends now that like everyone is still kind of like quarantined at home I buy back home I have to eat it myself or at most shared with my parents then if my parents not interested then is like !aiyo! <mandarin>就是没有那种气氛:jiu shi mei you na zhong qi fen</mandarin> lor like what


going down there is so so different


ya exactly, but the thing is I felt I feel like if they wanted to do this online concept for <mandarin>士林夜市:shi lin ye shi</mandarin> then maybe they should have like a central kitchen or something like that you know like even grab has a central kitchen right like there's one okay for me there's one grab central kitchen north so like they actually have food from a few store there like you could actually order a few things and you are only charge one delivery fee


so I felt like that should be how it's done for the <mandarin>士林夜市:shi lin ye shi</mandarin> or like #geylang serai# bazaar all these so that okay lah I mean at least if I pay one five dollar or eight dollar deliver fee by card but I get like food from different stores it's much better what it's much more cost efficient also and if they have a central kitchen then the respective store don't have to arrange like their own lalamove or arrange like their own delivery man to go and send it out


so they can just have like err like hire a bunch of delivery personnel so they can collect the food from the central kitchen and then they can just go and dispatch to different people who order it all around singapore right


feasibility


talking about grab ah, !huh! what you mean like people go like, (uh huh), why so specific though


I know I know, I not sure I only know the Bishan one


but they are still doing it what because it because now that like because of the whole COVID period like they're losing a lot of business so they still have to do it to get more business


but how do they how do they get them on board like what's the benefit of being on <mandarin>士林:shi lin</mandarin> like what you say like no they could have just set up their own Oddleme you know like how was using Oddleme to order right now right they could just set it out and then arrange their own delivery people like if you if like for okay for a consumer perspective I find that <mandarin>士林夜市:shi lin ye shi</mandarin> wasn't attractive enough if like if it if it isn't even attractive for like


audiences right then no one will be visiting it like as in like visiting the website or purchasing anything from the website so it actually doesn't really bring any like awareness or attention to the vendors who are on board


I saw it on social media I think but it's probably things like the smart local all these talk about it lor, let me finish first so for example like they advertise already but like what I say the <mandarin>回响:hui xiang</mandarin> is not as expected like for example okay like at first I as the audience lah like I felt quite hyped I was like oh <mandarin>士林夜市:shi lin ye shi</mandarin> online eh means I have a lot of food option then I can just order everything that I want to eat all my taiwanese craving and then I can order to the comfort of my house then I go online and see like go on the website and see all the very


ridiculous like high delivery charges then I'm just like I'm no longer interested I believe a lot of people will feel the same way lah


but it will be the <mandarin>少数:shao shu</mandarin> what, okay what's your explanation, I will go to like ASOS I think


ASOS ah ASOS really sells a lot of shoes what, I don't really buy shoes on non online platform eh


IMM, ya, IMM is an outlet store what and there's quite a lot of branded stuff at a cheaper price what like for example like marc jacobs ah coach all these they are branded what and is


IMM also have what LV chanel, why it's at Jurong Jurong is so convenient Jurong has everything


no eh I legit of IMM first eh


no eh I don't think there was eh there's also a lot of non taiwanese food okay to be honest


no what that one only for sneakers what


but now closed down already what, so you have to find somewhere else to go lah so no this just proves the point that can you listen that everyone thinks differently cause I mean like for me I thought of IMM first but you go Changi city point it's the same thing what Changi city point is also outlet mall what if I go online there's also a lot of shoe stores what there's like adidas there's like nike there's like Onitsuka tiger


no there are a lot of people who goes to IMM it's still very packed people who live in the west, there is a lot of people who live in the west okay what are you saying


no IMM is better than Jurong point


what riverside lakeside, no the thing is IMM is a outlet store everything is supposed to be cheaper leh, it is though like I would eh I would just travel to IMM just to get cheaper stuff eh


I mean that's but now you are saying from non online non online I will go to IMM, why that's so fast lor, okay that's why that's why I said that everyone's perspective is different like what like the brand we call is also different like everyone will think of different things even if you were just mentioned one thing for example like the best fast food chain everyone will have different answer as well what


mcdonald, no but not everyone would answer mcdonald there are people who will answer something else like KFC or something like some people think KFC is superior if you like chicken more than burger maybe you would choose KFC


but okay objectively like I think mcdonald is like a successful brand but it doesn't necessary have the best food do you agree


you can do that in singapore also what, you talking about which outlet just random outlet like mcdonald's eh okay you know okay peaking of US in mcdonald right then recently I saw a very interesting video so it's like is talking about okay so the first video was okay so the first video was comparison between UK and US mcdonald and then the second episode was about UK and US KFC


yes the size is very very different so I think I watched the mcdonald one a few months back then I just watched the KFC one recently, oh my god I don't think the pieces is the most drastic one I think right no the most drastic one is the fries you know like the large fries in US eh in UK is hundred fifty gram the large in US is three hundred gram for one pax you know how big that is three hundred grams of fries you know so like okay the drink


I think the large drink in UK is five hundred ML then the US one is like eight hundred and ninety and then like the chicken okay I think there's no err difference in chicken for like one person is like three piece meal right but because of the difference in the drink and fries the calories difference is very different also so like the US mcdonald adds up to one point nine K calories eh sorry not mcdonald US KFC adds up to like


one point nine K calories for a three piece meal large drink and a large fries but then the UK one is only one point one K calories for like a large drink large fries and a three piece chicken which is quite


no the there's no difference in the chicken, no as in there's no difference in the calories of the chicken is only the fries serving and the drinks serving that has a difference


no they never compare the chicken no you know what in fact that crispy chicken right has lower calories in the US than the UK so actually the UK chicken has higher calories is just that the serving size is smaller there


US !aiya! US fast food is really damn cheap, are you serious


you you know right when you go to thailand like if you go to different area of thailand the mcdonald price is super super different like okay so okay I have I've been to quite a few cities in thailand lah like I've been to #hat yai# I've been to Bangkok I've been to Krabi


so right I noticed that for example Krabi is a very touristy spot right the mcdonald there is super expensive in comparison to for example like #hat yai# and then even in the same city if it's a touristy spot for example like a very famous shopping mall in comparison to like a random mcdonald on the street that is not near like tourist spot the price range can be two times different you know like for example like one thai mcdonald meal at touristy spot could be like up to


ten dollar but then when is at the non touristy spot it could be only like around five dollar, is much more expensive


no but as in now I'm talking about only mcdonald okay like I agree that even singapore mcdonald there is a price difference but it's not that much what it could be like five dollar meal somewhere then maybe seven dollar another place but in thailand is like two times eh


no lah as in coke coke you are talking about those mama shop coke right I'm talking about mcdonald only


I mean that's another case what like you know zoo coke they put it in fancy cups that has like animals on it


ya not bad not bad, e-learning today was quite smooth


oh ya I think today ya actually <mandarin>我没有那么多:wo mei you na me duo</mandarin> lecture today lah so, mostly I went to study today lor so mostly just study for the whole day, ya I think that is that is my life now ah, so err I sounds like your first week of school was quite interesting


ya sia I think every class got this kind of these kind of student one leh, ya I think my class also so even during the zoom lecture they were misused the Q&A chat functions ah


ya so like even though <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> professor <mandarin>在讲:zai jiang</mandarin> halfway hor then suddenly they will spam the spam the Q&A with all the the funny questions and then it's like all the useless question lah so maybe quite tilted sometimes, ya so actually in fact some of when the professor answer some of the questions hor is like


he he he was saying that some of the answers will be given in week eleven, ya so basically the this I I think this singaporean students just very Kanchiong lah, the thing is they just very Kiasu you know they just like to ask a lot of err question cause they they scare lose err this kind of thing


oh my god all your classmates so far like cannot make it then your professors leh how long your professor so far I think some of my professors I think so far err ya all my professor not bad lah, I think I quite lucky to get all the good professors you know


like the way they they ask question then they guide the the lesson also very good so I think is quite, quite lucky ah cause I know some people get like those err ya lor those those very bad professors you know maybe like the the professors very <mandarin>懒惰:lan duo</mandarin> this kind of thing


the professor like, just, not good at teaching lor ya how's how's all your professor


!wah! sounds like you just <mandarin>没有缘分:mei you yuan fen</mandarin> to study some mixed topics leh, so err for my vibes for this sem is not bad because you know <mandarin>我在我在读法律:wo zai wo zai du fa lv</mandarin> mah so


err


err I think err a bit stressful but


err ya I think we go back to the professor point is a is, ya I think the professors are very important I <mandarin>完全跟你同意:wan quan gen ni tong yi</mandarin> that you know the professor is like inspiring err us to, put learning first or so that's like, the the <mandarin>重点:zhong dian</mandarin> I think in uni in university cause now <mandarin>我们都长大了:wo men dou zhang da le</mandarin> is


really about taking control of our own learning lah it's not just about the grades anymore, then I think that is ya at that at this level is like, that's , that's what the professor is trying to instill in us lor which is good and I feel it lah like


ya so now at least I really like, even though there's a lot of the workload is quite big but I like interested in, what I'm learning so far lah so it's not that painful, and err, ya so at the vibe for this sem is err


I think just go with the flow lor and just do do my best in whatever subject we learning right now, and uh I guess my main worry would be to err, just wondering err like all the academics <mandarin>以外:yi wai</mandarin> whether I should


err joined any more clubs ah joined anymore ya external clubs outside of my, my studies ah, so so far there's a, nothing much that interest me maybe


err <mandarin>只是只是那个:zhi shi zhi shi na ge</mandarin> football you know, and uh <mandarin>只是踢球一点:zhi shi ti qiu yi dian</mandarin> ya err <mandarin>踢足球:ti ju qiu</mandarin> this kind of thing ya but err, err other than that I think not much ah how about you are you thinking of joining any other club


!wah! that's that's true Liao ah <mandarin>我也是觉得:wo ye shi jue de</mandarin> sia this semester like <mandarin>好像感到非常:hao xiang gan dao fei chang</mandarin> err <mandarin>孤独因为每天都要呆在家里:gu du yin wei mei tian dou yao dai zai jia li</mandarin> you know then everyday online learning <mandarin>我我也是:wo wo ye shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> worry how to make friends ya


ya so I think it's good lah maybe we should try to look for more clubs to join, err <mandarin>不然:bu ran</mandarin> don't even know whether like in school got enough friend or not, ya so but I think no need to don't need to be worry about whether you make the the cut or not for the school team ah but ya is is true I guess that cause NUS I think the frisbee team


you know you have to compete with like all the seniors wanna join is it that's why like maybe <mandarin>那个难度比较高:na ge nan du bi jiao gao</mandarin> that's why very difficult to get in but ya lor I mean err, if you want to play just just go and try lah if not there's there's no harm trying


that's crazy


ya I think ya I also exercise usually is a form of recreation for me also but it's also


err <mandarin>感到很小累小跑完了还是觉得很累然后:gan dao hen xiao lei xiao pao wan le hai shi jue de hen lei ran hou</mandarin> like I think exercise is just like that lor sometimes your body just don't want to listen to you sometimes it's just a bad day to exercise but that's when I think err exercise is like about discipline also like even though you you don't feel like doing it but you know that it's good for you so like sometimes you just have to push yourself to go and do it and


err ya it's just that that is the <mandarin>成就感:cheng jiu gan</mandarin> for the day lor that you that you went and complete that run or you complete that that err that time in the gym lor for the day even though you don't feel like doing it but ya I think exercise also good because you know


we cannot just like study everyday lor like, if you know if you become like robot lah if you study everyday and then , you know it's just about finding a life outside of studying and err just don't like make sure you don't stress ourselves too much lah


err but ya why you gonna compared to national runner that's crazy ya of course, at that level is like, at that level is like you don't have it's not just about err whether you like it or not already is about putting in like


that that effort you know they're like three hours a day or something to get to that level and for them that is like their <mandarin>成就感:cheng jiu gan</mandarin> lor like to be able to be to be first lor running thirty two minutes for ten click that's that's really so ridiculous that's like squinting for half an hour straight lah ya


maybe someday we will be at the top of our field also lor like that's how much effort that we have to put in, and uh ya lah you must have love it so much and willing to sacrifice so much in order to like reach that level ah, ya but I don't think you know personally I also don't feel like I have anything to get there


I that I love so much until I will want to put in that much effort like err, well like you say <mandarin>我们现在:wo men xian zai</mandarin> uni <mandarin>因该:yin gai</mandarin> like focus more on err studies and you know get our degree but then also I feel in singapore nowadays


the sentiment is that degree is not enough you know like for a lot of people it's just like <mandarin>一张纸而已:yi zhang zhi er yi</mandarin> right so like you need to be, you need to have a degree and then on top of that still have like so many expectations to do other stuff outside of it ya like be first or something or like


be like a expert at some very niche field or ya so I also don't know maybe a bit, stressful but for now, for now sem sem one ya I think we just focus on getting used to the uni life first and err ya lor settling in so that we we we know how to study


we know how to study and then in future when err we workout our schedule already then we we have you know more freedom and more experience so that we can plan our schedule and then know what to join ya maybe don't need to be so ambitious now to join everything


actually I think err I agree with you like the most important is, err <mandarin>这些经验中:zhe xie jing yan zhong</mandarin> like <mandarin>学到什么:xue dao shen me</mandarin> and how to apply it in our future life which I think sounds like you learn a lot lah and sounds like very fulfilling which is which is good ah happy for you


the circuit breaker everything and COVID, err suddenly put a lot of stops to my plans lor, so err I think ya are actually a lot of jobs that I wanted to take


end up err I couldn't take because everybody ya including myself we're stuck at home and we have to stay at home to serve quarantine so I think it was during that time you know err I also took the opportunity and err a lot of free time to go and do some self learning lor like


err ya so for example and and like pursue all the interest that wanted to pursue like for example like err <mandarin>去学弹吉他:qu xue tan ji ta</mandarin> lor <mandarin>自己去学学学一下:zi ji qu xue xue xue yi xia</mandarin> like cause <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> err, for for very long you know I wanted to learn an instrument so I decided to err ya lor just take this free time during


err COVID and during, you know my holiday to to go and learn the guitar by myself and I think that was err so I guess in some ways COVID was a blessing and in some ways of course is a curse lah, but just in general is just about making do with what we what we have lor ya then after that


finally err, I managed to go into one of the internship lor which was care office one lah which is quite quite relevant I think two <mandarin>我现在学到的东西是在学的科目:wo xian zai xue dao de dong xi shi zai xue de ke mu</mandarin> lah is err law so


ya what I did after NS was very relevant today is also like I said about like <mandarin>扩大眼界:kuo da yan jie</mandarin> or like the the pay wasn't good it was a internship but err I think from there it's like you're about making connections than I was also very lucky to meet a lot of good mentors who you know who teach me more about this uh career and this a few of study that I was about to go in to answer the thing reassuring and also you know inspired me ya before I entered err school inspire me to


you know what to study the subject more lor, and ya I think that that was what was, err important to me ah during this time of err <mandarin>出去:chu qu</mandarin> like <mandarin>打工:da gong</mandarin> or do internship is more about like during this time before uni is more about


ya lor getting the experience lor learning more about the world around us learning more about own interest or what we don't like ya but like you say lor that you know after we are in uni already maybe like, a bit worry about how to <mandarin>赚钱:zhuan qian</mandarin> or maybe how to


take the time during you need to go and do some part time job and earn money or now is about making and trying to earn like pocket money or something maybe, err find the time during ya during the week lor find the time after lesson to go and


, find some part time job to do also lah, how to say <mandarin>钱不够用:qian bu gou yong</mandarin> lah always always not enough lah but still need to <mandarin>省钱:sheng qian</mandarin> you know still need to live frugally I think


ya that's good, now is about you can volunteer also volunteer your your talents and your time to to help people cut their hair


well personally, and I think that cutting hair also, sounds quite interesting ah, but err maybe I won't be


so interested in making a business ah like ya I think sometimes your career like must like your job must be something that, you that you like to do ah, ya but,


ya lor your job sometimes you know your job must be something that you like to do ah but sometimes I think something you should just stay a hobby ah cause or maybe is, just something that you you cannot be like that that good at level because you just not talented enough so I think maybe hair cutting is one thing for me so I think ya lor studying here is quite cool


and see everytime I see the barber cut the very cool hair style also want to learn how to cut lah, but ya so maybe one day I will just take it up as a hobby but, personally I don't think that is something I want to pursue as a business ah


the thing in future maybe studying law I just want to continue being a lawyer, and then I will on the side maybe I join you and do some volunteer hair cuts lah can volunteer then maybe you train me how to to cut people here, the


ya I agree like, you should be ya lor in everything that you do is not just about the degree you know so even though what you study is different, but ya lor life on ya it's like in the end is about results or whether you can deliver or not


so ugly <mandarin>也是:ye shi</mandarin> nobody want to want to go and cut their hair like go and get their hair cut by you one mah, ya so, ya this is like


like cutting hair just one of one of those businesses that is just about you know whether you cut hair and err I think another good idea is, another good idea is a ya lor it's all about ya lor <mandarin>那个社交媒体:na ge she jiao mei ti</mandarin> you just go and get some celebrity if you really know you super good at cutting hair then you just need to get a few celebrities right you cut their hair very nice !wow! then influencer you know nowadays is like all about influence post on all the tiktok <mandarin>抖音:dou yin</mandarin> ya so once


there are all the influence you just need to to, you get those people you know <mandarin>很多很多:hen duo hen duo</mandarin> follower <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> err so once once they see already ya that's when your your business world will skyrocket lah then maybe that's where I start to invest in your business lah


but must prove yourself first lah before I can put my put put the money where my mouth is you know


that sounds very meaningful I agree <mandarin>我们做事时候一定要有意义:wo men zuo shi shi hou yi ding yao you yi yi</mandarin> so that sounds really very meaningful I think I think maybe I will invest in your your business


hello how are you today darren, oh okay lah <mandarin>还好:hai hao</mandarin> lah <mandarin>就这样:jiu zhe yang</mandarin> lah hor, how is e-learning for you today


oh, okay lah actually for me <mandarin>我也是差不多一样:wo ye shi cha bu duo yi yang</mandarin> lah actually e-learning, then the teacher was quite cool about it lah right because she go in she just set the expectations right


err she just mainly say that oh err got questions you know just asked on the main forum if not just ask during the lecture itself, err I don't go and just PM her lah off off hours ah because like that like <mandarin>不公平:bu gong ping</mandarin> mah to the other people, ya so it's like, err makes sense ah


err <mandarin>有道理的:you dao li de</mandarin> lah so, uh that was me so like today twelve to two, it's just <mandarin>我我向着那个电脑这样:wo wo xiang zhe na ge dian nao zhe yang</mandarin> just, after that I shag so I just went to sleep for a bit


I KO for like one hour, so like err, ya <mandarin>小累:xiao lei</mandarin> actually <mandarin>我本来今天是要跑的要跑步:wo ben lai jin tian shi yao pao de yao pao bu</mandarin> but


then, you leh what you do today


ya actually not too bad lah err it's better than I expected cause like, err, it's better than expected cause right from the start so I had a few of my professors right who actually quite witty about it lah, then err


you know they gave some guidelines on like, how the classroom should be conducted you know how their expect their basic baseline expectations of us, ya but got some people quite cheeky ah you know they will, err give all kind of nonsense comments on the online forum portal


then it's like err, you just been thinking like oh what the hell you know why got this kind of err things one like you know you expect <mandarin>他们比较成熟一点:ta men bi jiao cheng shu yi dian</mandarin> lah but apparently not lor <mandarin>是令人失望的:shi ling ren shi wang de</mandarin> lah, ya so it's like


then she gave some like ukraine reference then <mandarin>我有点惊讶:wo you dian jing ya</mandarin> lah I thought like eh, oh I think she talking nonsense also but then <mandarin>我去我去搜查一下:wo qu wo qu sou cha yi xia</mandarin> right eh actually quite legit eh is actually some ukraine kind of reference when like they talked about the NS thing, ya so okay lah


err <mandarin>升级了:sheng ji le</mandarin> lor, so ya I learnt quite a fair bit that day, ya so, err I think overall the lectures is pretty cool alright it's just that


ya because err, I think for me, is <mandarin>比较容易适应:bi jiao rong yi shi ying</mandarin> right because, err, last time in ITE we will quite used to this kind of rigour right but a lot of people like maybe in, fresh out a levels you know they may not


it may be quite different from them lah ya, so it's a bit of an eye opener, then, ya but from what I see some of the people they asked also kind of weird questions, like like err oh prof should we study this like eh <mandarin>想都不用想的答案是就这样的:xiang dou bu yong xiang de da an shi jiu zhe yang de</mandarin> what <mandarin>你都不用想的浪费时间:ni dou bu yong xiang de lang fei shi jian</mandarin> ya so I hate this kind of people when they talk so much nonsense lah


but, ya, I hope your classmates was as good as mine, or better experience


okay lah actually some people they will ask a lot of question now people <mandarin>很多问题:hen duo wen ti</mandarin> but <mandarin>有点:you dian</mandarin> Wayang lor, err <mandarin>多余的:duo yu de</mandarin> lah so they they really ask like oh ya oh must I know this must I know this then it's like !wah! eh bro we haven't even touch leh why you so why you so scared for no need so Kanchiong lah right


ya but actually sometimes they really, does all talk no actions one, ya <mandarin>讲老实话:jiang lao shi hua</mandarin> because right so for for your instance ah I actually went out with like some of my err orientation group people


ya then, err so does this guy who when I sat down with him right then I shall someone eh bring the packet drinks over then <mandarin>拿过来:na guo lai</mandarin> Liao hor then <mandarin>他就立刻讲:ta jiu li ke jiang</mandarin> leh eh these drinks are shit, sorry do you bring anything <mandarin>他就:ta jiu</mandarin> diam diam Liao


ya I don't really like don't always fancy this kind of people


but what to do I'm stuck with them for the next four years hopefully my only hope cross finger these particular group of people <mandarin>我以后就不要遇到他们:wo yi hou jiu bu yao yu dao ta men</mandarin> Liao, ya all the modules tutorial all no need to meet them forever and ever and ever


oh actually <mandarin>我刚才不是有讲过一下:wo gang cai bu shi you jiang guo yi xia</mandarin> lah but err the professors actually not too bad lah so, err, like I say actually some of them quite witty so


even though got all these like NS kind of comments as kid that kids getting thrown out like that right but then they actually take it quite lah then they can <mandarin>随机应变:sui ji ying bian</mandarin> lah, ya anytime also like eh just answer out with something, err some, for more yet like eh sounds like a witty response then she just move on with her life that kind of thing


like don't need think so much about this all these kind of nonsense people lah which is something I appreciate, ya but I think one thing that was really struck me for the professor right was that they really emphasise on the spirit of learning so to them is, uh


student you know the first and foremost is really getting, to understand the content you know marks is secondary lah <mandarin>成绩是没那么重要的:cheng ji shi mei na me zhong yao de</mandarin> lah, end of the day <mandarin>还是重要:hai shi zhong yao</mandarin> but not as crucial or or pertinent to, understanding the whatever you are learning


ya so they actually willing to set aside a time for us to, consult them on anything lah so what happen during the zoom chat was that a lot of people will use the text function like to ask like legit questions like then <mandarin>他会耐心的一个一个去回答他们:ta hui nai xin de yi ge yi ge qu hui da ta men</mandarin> lor so which is something I appreciated cause like eh


okay maybe is only start of the term so like they don't feel so tired yet but I feel like there's the kind of dedication that and professionalism ah that is shown from them so <mandarin>挺专业的:ting zhuan ye de</mandarin> lah I must say, ya so, , ya that was mainly my professor


err so far this week I only took econs and psychology ya the rest of my tutorial, teachers haven't see I got one is like, the writing academically, err and also another statistics class so like okay lah


err <mandarin>这个学期我有很多:zhe ge xue qi wo you hen duo</mandarin> stats hor so, ya, then , oh but the thing about, my


writing academically class right so is quite interesting because, we are given certain like writing prompts right and then err, we have to eventually right a one thousand word essay, about, err one of the one of the pre chosen topics lah right we choose so the one that I maybe wanna do is about language


so it's really about, so the prompt that we drew that drew me in right was to what extent does english as a language kind of empower at, err, empower certain groups of people and when does it this empower other groups of people ya something like that <mandarin>不会太清楚:bu hui tai qing chu</mandarin> lah can't really remember


I thought it's quite interesting cause like you know when you talk about social linguistics, err


ya so, err then I also did some research online, err, you know chinese culture err <mandarin>我们的文化没落的现象:wo men de wen hua mo luo de xian xiang</mandarin> lah right so I was thinking eh maybe I can use that to talk about


to to come into this aspect when I say like oh you know this this empower certain groups of people like doesn't really need them to engage with the community lah, ya so I was thinking eh actually especially for those <mandarin>独居老人:du ju lao ren</mandarin> right <mandarin>他们每次孤独:ta men mei ci gu du</mandarin> mah <mandarin>因为他们没有他们没有的机会跟别人沟通:yin wei ta men mei you ta men mei you de ji hui gen bie ren gou tong</mandarin> right then


ya so <mandarin>这些人:zhe xie ren</mandarin> maybe they feel kind of alienated in a sense ya so I was hoping that some of these aspects can actually like, help supplement my essay ya in in in a way


ya then, you know the hope is that you know when I go in the class next week, err you know you can like kind of super see everyone eh <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> you know, err worry so much lah cause I think by


the third week I have to come up with a, the <mandarin>写那个搞:xie na ge gao</mandarin> already so write down the outline then by week six, err must write err <mandarin>一千个字:yi qian ge zi</mandarin> kind of essay lah, ya so it's like eh okay quite manageable <mandarin>以前:yi qian</mandarin> extended essays <mandarin>是要写四四千个字:shi yao xie si si qian ge zi</mandarin> so okay


err <mandarin>还:hai</mandarin> manageable lah ya but <mandarin>看情况:kan qing kuang</mandarin> lor ya I think this semester my worry the classes is mainly the statistics one and then hopefully econs still okay I think so far the math


the the math portion for econs is a bit challenging, ya cause like, ya <mandarin>幸亏其他的问题我都还:xing kui qi ta de wen ti wo dou hai</mandarin> okay lah


so, then I just whack eh come out eleven out of twelve okay lah <mandarin>只差那个:zhi cha na ge</mandarin> err question lor that I just cannot solve which I don't understand why


but ya lah sometimes life is like so really this sem I think <mandarin>我看一步走一步:wo kan yi bu zou yi bu</mandarin> lor what's your vibe for this sem, ya


err okay lah actually <mandarin>是有想过:shi you xiang guo</mandarin> then


err frisbee ya so, right but then so last time it was quite fun


but also very tiring and it was only like twice a week kind of thing and I think, the tone that they trying to set for the frisbee team in NUS right like right now it's actually very very competitive one, and to them is like, err we looking for people with good attitude you know if err we don't looking about quota if


we actually feel that zero people can make we will have zero people that make it, ya <mandarin>所以是:suo yi shi</mandarin> err <mandarin>挺严格的:ting yan ge de</mandarin> lah their standard, ya, so err hopefully, I will be able to pass the trial because honestly that is a bit of a concern for me lah


when it comes to, err managing you know, repeated or like heavy frequency kind of, err, heavy frequency kind of trainings, and then you know it's quite tiring <mandarin>很累的:hen lei de</mandarin> lah ya lor so actually by right <mandarin>明天八点多早上:ming tian ba dian duo zao shang</mandarin> I supposed to be at west coast park


to for the try outs, then, err at first they say like oh you know you are holding a bunch of trials starting this saturday then I was like a bit worry <mandarin>有点担心因为讲说如果这个拜六来不:you dian dan xin yin wei jiang shuo ru guo zhe ge bai liu lai bu</mandarin> Liao does that mean that I cannot, err


participate in frisbee forever, ya then


cause like no point now I, twelve a m, I now is like friday now twelve AM I still awake then <mandarin>明天八点多要到那边有点小累:ming tian ba dian duo yao dao na bian you dian xiao lei</mandarin> lah <mandarin>就算我驾车:jiu suan wo jia che</mandarin> but okay ah


ya <mandarin>所以: suo yi</mandarin> ya lor so so that's my main hurdle so far lah for frisbee in that lah I don't know whether or not, physical wise I can meet their criteria right cause actually <mandarin>老师说:lao shi shuo</mandarin> I two years plus never touch a frisbee already last time I touch was really in JC lah which was like


three years ago, ya so eh <mandarin>有点小:you dian xiao</mandarin> rusty, err but see how it goes lor <mandarin>真的:zhen de</mandarin> actually now I quite scared cause like eh I scared I won't go find a CCA in general lah so actually I also from frisbee ah so found their ah their investments society there so I actually quite interested in their project management


err team lah for that some of the house, then like err hopefully your know err through the applications and the tryouts I'll be able to make it in, ya but <mandarin>是有点担心的:shi you dian dan xin de</mandarin> lah I just worried that, I won't be able to find a CCA that will take me in and then like <mandarin>怕怕我怕我我是担心的事我会有点孤独:pa pa wo pa wo wo shi dan xin de shi wo hui you dian gu du</mandarin> lah


ya so so that's my worries lor for when comes to CCA like I think end of the day I just want to be able to fit in and right and be able to do something and like leave a mark do something meaningful that I can


ya it's my own efforts and come about, you know such that when I walked away I don't have any regrets lah in a sense ya so, what about you


okay lah actually <mandarin>我是有这个考虑过:wo shi you zhe ge kao lv guo</mandarin> so like even say I can't get a CCA right


ya so doritos not that strong yet <mandarin>因为我还在学:yin wei wo hai zai xue</mandarin> so like am still beginner kind of thing, eh <mandarin>最起码:zui qi ma</mandarin> I think I think as of now still treading water lah still holding myself out the the profit margins not say that high but see how it goes lah you know that kind of thing so


ya so that's why I say like err, I just march off lah drop lah I don't mind even when I don't stand an hour but eh at least you, can earn a little bit on the site, just to support myself because I don't really want to take money from my parents ah <mandarin>要独立一点:yao du li yi dian</mandarin> lor


because like ya it's just something I hope myself do lah that kind of thing, ya so is an aspiration then hopefully there, you know I will do, make it on all these steps, ya but I hear what you say, err I don't need to worry lah right cause like something will find an figure it's way out


ya so, err, ya I mean all these things with is just the side concerns and worries lor but honestly I just, I just have this attitude that night or you know really <mandarin>看一步走一步:kan yi bu zou yi bu</mandarin> then I just <mandarin>往前看:wang qian kan</mandarin> lah you know that kind of thing


ya because I think end of the day priority for uni is really the studies right end of the day I need to be good and my subject matter field lah right if not <mandarin>我出来的也是没有什么成就的:wo chu lai de ye shi mei you shen me cheng jiu de</mandarin> mah, ya, then just err so so now <mandarin>干脆:gan cui</mandarin> just put in the effort


just err do the best I can lah ya for the NDP song, ya but ya, it's a bit like a side job, err ya so err, ya so actually on my side, err by myself ah so


I also, tried occupy my time lah right because especially now e-learning, ya, so, you kind of balance it out, I


I actually go for runs right sometimes I at night then I run so actually yesterday, I ran three click, ya then it wasn't too bad cause like eh finally I could get a negative split up so negative split is basically like for your first click you take this amount of time like say I five and a half minute


then subsequently the second click third click you know you just like, err take lesser and lesser time ah so you actually moved progressively faster, ya so you know when for me when I am able to hit is kinda like milestones right then eh <mandarin>是有点成就感:shi you dian cheng jiu gan</mandarin> lah then it just makes you feel better about yourself


then you are also a bit healthier lah right for that day ya so for me I try and maintain this like, exercise regime kind of thing, ya, err so it's not always that I can I'm able to get all this negatives splits sometimes very hard to control your heart rate your pace and sometimes it just turns out to be a very bad run lah


ya then you just come out just end the run like oh feeling quite dizzy <mandarin>有点头有点晕:you dian tou you dian yun</mandarin> but then it's like eh you know really, feel very accomplished for the day, ya then it just makes you feel worse lah so I think for me there's a lot of these like that, ya, err


one of my friend told me to try try to go gym right just to check out the routine but for me I try and I really really don't like their weights, and then I just start to do my own lifting I can't really get behind the regime for that so


for me is like, err, I always prefer going out onto the roads lah because when I run is just a form of escape from, ya like it's just me and the road so <mandarin>我什么东西都不用想:wo shen me dong xi dou bu yong xiang</mandarin> just


ya so is just, it's just a distraction for me lor, ya so I think if you talk about sports that's what I'm really, err inclined to lah for running oh and funny thing about running is that so, err I recently set my record for like fifty six minutes


for ten clicks ya which I thought was pretty good then I thought maybe I got chance eh <mandarin>有机会去加入那个:you ji hui qu jia ru na ge</mandarin> cross country team, eh but then I go then I go and see like oh what's the average a national results then I see first place for ten click is like thirty two minutes


ya that's crazy so it's basically every, kilometre they just running in three minutes which you can't for me I can't even do it like it is really just within just one one KM and they they take the adverb a few minutes and then extend multiply


ya then like they just can get thirty one minutes then the last place is like what just a forty nine minutes which is like, what the heck have to work so hard so from fifty six I have to cut down like, eh, ya <mandarin>真正七分钟:zhen zheng qi fen zhong</mandarin> must <mandarin>减:jian</mandarin> right then I can hit the last place then after that


I saw their score sheet right forty nine minute was at a sixteen place I think there were twenty people, but then forty nine minute after that right is all like did not finish


err <mandarin>再三考虑:zai san kao lv</mandarin> yes <mandarin>再三考虑一下:zai san kao lv yi xia</mandarin> lah on whether to join the running ya ya don't think there is a rush for me to to join the running team I think maybe for now I will still take running leisurely lah


ya a few months back err one of my bosses just speak the idea to me eh why not uni you go and try do for all the track and field events, ya about now I see, a hundred meter or the fifty metres pace !wow! okay I think I just train by myself a bit better lah just for my own general fitness and maybe


err, use it to apply to other sports, ya so I was like okay man, err take it easy, ya, err <mandarin>算作自然:suan zuo zi ran</mandarin> lah, so, ya, do you go exercise one usually


oh okay lah ya err kinda agree on what you say, err recently the education minister also, err also got talk lah then he was saying like what oh actually nowadays, what you will study in school and really


ah then he also like raise his own example lah personal example of like how err you know when he, first finish uni then he stepped into the his first business ministry job and then it was like a for him lah like he couldn't really keep his bearings and then the work you know he was really very different or survey


a very big jump from what he was used to lah when the rigours and all that, ya so err I think that's I think I think is is quite a reasonable sentiment I think a lot of people <mandarin>他们现在是需要:ta men xian zai shi xu yao</mandarin> the faster they understand the better for them lah


cause I think a lot of people especially those fresh out of JC, they are still very stuck in a very err <mandarin>很幼稚的:hen you zhi de</mandarin> mindset lor


ya cause like, err, for them is they not really, thinking ahead to them is like oh I just study study study as so long as I can get the marks, life is good for me, ya I can make it


ya a lot of times is also <mandarin>靠自己的努力:kao zi ji de nu li</mandarin> how much hard work you put it, err <mandarin>面对的人的同事:mian dui de ren de tong shi</mandarin> lah, ya so there is some work places whereby like, you know err is a very toxic kind of culture


ya then err, you will feel very frustrated working one ah, ya <mandarin>所以这些地方你:suo yi zhe xie di fang ni</mandarin> last <mandarin>不多久的:bu duo jiu de</mandarin> lah, ya <mandarin>你承受不了的:ni cheng shou bu le de</mandarin> just after awhile you just kind of feel like eh actually what's the point <mandarin>我做那么多是没有什么意义的:wo zuo na me duo shi mei you shen me yi yi de</mandarin> lah


ya then you know from there, ya you have to kind of find a way to adapt because, err I think the reality is that you know people are not really gonna, the world isn't going to, adapt to you so you kind of need to adapt your way around it lah I think


part of growing up is that you know you have to kind accept that, there's really all this kind of people and, so what is the added value that you have you know that actually can kind of, err, bring you a step forward right to transform you and make you a more valuable kind of team player asset to the company or organisation


ya, so, uh, ya so ya that's that's just my two cents worth lah honestly about like, ya that kind of thing, ya


ya, then <mandarin>而且:er qie</mandarin> err


ya <mandarin>不什么划算:bu shen me hua suan</mandarin> lah but, I think, err <mandarin>可以遇到不同的客人跟不同的人交流:ke yi yu dao bu tong de ke ren gen bu tong de ren jiao liu</mandarin> lah


but yet they ask me question so it's a bit on up to up to me right to kind of figure eh actually what's the underlying intend you know what is it that they really, looking out for, ya that kind of thing so I think that's part and parcel of every, every job experience you know err and is part of the things I learnt lah right a lot of human management


err how to interact with other people that kind of thing, ya so, err that's that, err and actually also for NS I also got extend my service right to a period of time because I actually did of NDP this year so to me I was quite enriching lah because like


ya how often can you actually see the national day parade from behind the scenes


err explore something new that you know otherwise or maybe you wouldn't have the chance or, ya we wouldn't have the chance of time to go and do so, ya so err I think it was quite interesting I think, my working experience previously, err working in a in a


ya then, err, ya so you learn how to manage this kind of different bosses lah, ya then at the end of the day you must stand firm your ground right like make a stand or like you know what is it that you know you can actually


provide or like offer your services for and like what is it that you know where, err you you have to say that you know you are being unreasonable err this is impossible you know stop asking these things wrong, ya so err funny story is that you know I actually


had a argument with one of the one of my bosses not not my direct boss but from another department ya basically he was asking me like, err why can't you supply me like so and so equipment then I just tell him okay cause you know prudendency right I can't, I only have so many limited things right err


there ya there's only one I can give you lah then he said that, err okay don't need talk so much I just trying to question, my decision making process I say yes I am it is my job to challenge you, and to me question yourself why do you need so many of these things when actually you can


obviously do without some of these things and he got quite angry lah then <mandarin>他就直接:ta jiu zhi jie</mandarin> just, you know what I don't want talk to you so much just tell me how many you can give you cannot support just tell me how many you can give I say you can ah sure ah I give you how many you go and support yourself


sure ah confirm ah he said okay then okay can I just hang up the phone, ya so, then <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> in the end Jitao


so like <mandarin>一般:yi ban</mandarin> lah so eh I thought eh okay lah not bad it's quite a victory for me, ya ya ya then after that my bosses they know the conversation, then they say okay lah think for politics wise


then, for me is like <mandarin>因为我我不甘愿:yin wei wo wo bu gan yuan</mandarin> lah cause like eh, he cause so much trouble for me but you you cut the twenty the margin like not that high ah like one third, ya to put it simply, ya


ya I just I just not willing to go and provide for him only, ya, then err, ya but in the end I think we give twenty, then ya lah that was that lah that day then I don't even see the guy until like


weeks later, then I see, then I saw oh wait he is actually a very big and quite strong muscular kinda guy then I thought to myself I don't think I can take him on in a fight face to face it if I had to so ya probably I think that just reflected on me as like keyboard warrior


but I think at the end of the day you know if it was face to face confrontation may be I wouldn't have been so macho or to be able to, err stand up against him so fiercely, ya, then err, ya but nonetheless I think was quite interesting lah right because like


like I say err <mandarin>扩大眼界:kuo da yan jie</mandarin> lor so you really see, the workings of NDP from behind and also actually you got to see like a lot of, our sponsors like I go work with the sponsors at the office and how they actually work


err at Changi down there ya so I saw that AI labs they gave us a tour, like the kind of capabilities that they can offer lah, ya so, err there was a lot of huge screens all around


err, you know showing showcasing their all their different kind of equipment and their, and their, research and development kind of lab lah


err charge you <mandarin>五块而已:wu kuai er yi</mandarin> that kind of thing, ya it's like really student price and it's actually cheaper than what I believe some of the NUS facilities kind of offer you lah, right then today actually they said oh actually when they charged


but actually rather right is more than, it's the psychology of things because when they actually offer, err these things for free right, no one will actually come but the moment they jack it up to five dollars right just <mandarin>加多五块:jia duo wu kuai</mandarin> right in the end everyone feel like coming was like eh how to use how to reserve I'm on the waiting list like that !huh! so their popularity for that actually really search


adjust cause they put a five dollar price tag, ya but I think it's good lah I think, huawei is incentive to kind of attract all this kind of different partners in, but because I think that cultivates a very healthy ecosystem for them, right err to really leverage upon their expertise that technical expertise and hopefully


you know let consumers have a greater dependency lah or like integration of all their things towards their everyday kind of systems, then I wish I thought it is quite a interesting err business strategy lah right, ya so, this is one of my key takeaways ya then sometimes you know like


people ask or so what do you do or after NS you know then I just tell them oh I tell oh I extend for NDP, ya and then I just you know share some of these stories lah just <mandarin>分享我一些经历:fen xiang wo yi xie jing li</mandarin> lah then they like !wow!, and then they're quite impress you know


ya then they will start to like, their eyes will just go very big and then some will question like oh okay actually so what do you do !wow! then some of them actually go away thinking that !wow! I wish I was in that guy's position, then I wish I could have been able to, do all the things that he managed to do over the course of these few months for NDP


ya so okay lah I think all of this is quite rewarding experienced I think that's what most important first and foremost is that a kind of a, personal journey that you walk through you know, I think, err <mandarin>最起码:zui qi ma</mandarin> you kind of need to strive to be as meaningful as possible lah then only so when you've done something


well you know then ah, ya you can take a step back say eh actually, and that kind of thing I think that's something that a lot of people, led by the kind of err ethical


professionalism, that kind of ethical professionalism is something that, err, you know it's quite lacking lah in a lot of people these days ya and that's why you don't really get a lot of quality kind of workers


that's why you get a lot of like err stuck up kind of snobs that is working around, ya so, err, ya that was my working experience so far, so actually back to you right, after you finish your NS what is it that you would did did you like do any work or internship outside


oh ya actually


speaking about earning money right, actually when you talk about, err learning new skills over circuit breaker and then you talk about earning money I kind of make me like have this this kind of connection, cause I remember that


ya I only remember like how to cut people's hair then I see like, got charged people money one leh ya so like, err, at first I at first I didn't think that you will work, right so, the first time I tried it took like forty minutes and the guy's ear kind of black cause I accidentally poke him with the scissors


ya, then err we didn't even notice it lah until like one of our friends come in, eh <mandarin>真的流血:zhen de liu xie</mandarin> leh ya that kind of thing ya so that was quite a


traumatic experience for him because I just kind to cut the size of its head only and come out one red colour one, ya but after that I cut my own hair that one took also about, one and a half hours of cut not easy but I think I was quite cool because after people say, eh <mandarin>不错:bu cuo</mandarin> leh <mandarin>看你头发不错:kan ni tou fa bu cuo</mandarin> leh then after that I had my first customer then at first I jokingly tell him


, then ya


then after that <mandarin>我去剪他头:wo qu jian ta tou</mandarin> right, ya, it was quite long okay err I was a bit tired also but after that right, he legit gave me one dollar eh and then I at at first we thought whole three dollar thing was kind of joke lah I I didn't actually expect one then <mandarin>他真的给我一块:ta zhen de gei wo yi kuai</mandarin> leh


even though I earn more than him but <mandarin>他给我一块:ta gei wo yi kuai</mandarin> leh <mandarin>他是:ta shi</mandarin> eh <mandarin>不用:bu yong</mandarin> lah, but after that then he wet his head everything like just to try, then err when we met for like a run afterwards our bosses actually said !wah! eh <mandarin>你像刘德华:ni xiang liu de hua</mandarin> leh <mandarin>谁帮你剪的他们指着我他剪得的:shei bang ni jian de ta men zhi zhe wo ta jian de de</mandarin> ah


and not bad leh, ya then they give the approval kind of face you know and the first guy which I made his ear bleed when you come after me !oi! <mandarin>做么你剪我头发这样你剪他讲像刘德华这样你对我是有偏见是吗:zuo mo ni jian wo tou fa zhe yang ni jian ta jiang xiang liu de hua zhe yang ni dui wo shi you pian jian shi ma</mandarin> like you know lah <mandarin>你丑就是你丑:ni chou jiu shi ni chou</mandarin> lah I can't do anything you ugly what right then ah ya so it's just ya I mean yours is better but actually eh


now that you talk about it right I think we could, make it into a business maybe I can start my own hair salon at NUS ah, and just need invest in like, the hair cuter the shaver and then like some scissors, the broom


maybe vacuum and I'm done, you are looking at your future entrepreneur here, from rags to riches how I started my fortune cutting people's hair, ya eh actually there's quite a good entrepreneurship idea ah, I think there is a lot of people out there who cannot afford hair cuts


so you can give them haircuts, ya ya, ya correct, and ya ya ya like I can you change to other volunteers also then you know I train the volunteers and the volunteers go down and cut people's hair then maybe I can I can inspire


a future generations that would be, to like you know when they were young !hey! someone cut my hair I will return the favour, I will carry on this tradition this trademark this legacy, ya then <mandarin>同样的回馈社会:tong yang de hui kui she hui</mandarin> lah, you know just like


err, start their own, start out cut hair also and ya then I'll be running like a multi chain, kind of hair cut shop, then I'll be the next cue cards, in singapore the next in thing you know started up as a social venture social enterprise venture


!wow! I tell you that they going to love me at the awards dinner you know when the came in like !wow! eh this guy is so innovative how could we never have thought of him before this day, right how is it possible that, civilisation and mankind


without this kind of genius ideas that come in and better our lives as a whole, well I tell you <mandarin>他们真的会享受到:ta men zhen de hui xiang shou dao</mandarin> !wow!, tell you, ya, it's gonna be quite, a fruitful journey ahead ya do you want to be my business partner darren


ya <mandarin>就搞定:jiu gao ding</mandarin> Liao, so, err ya maybe it's just you know I just need to practise my craft a little bit more, then afterwards I can join more people then you can practise our craft together it would be like <mandarin>武术:wu shu</mandarin> or <mandarin>太极:tai ji</mandarin> you know masters stand down there with all his expertise over disciples


well then that they just, they they just mirror after him you know, so when I sneak the seasons they also sneak the scissors, everyone will wait together you know it's like kung fu panda


everybody like kung fu fighting, ya so, err ya, ya hopefully you know I will do start a revolution, about, about err cutting hair


ya I think cutting hair can be really be like new found fashion going ahead maybe you are given those with success stories you know, err the kinda that you know I don't need to do anything that is related to my degree one lah but I also can make it rich


just cause why I'm majoring in psychology and econs, like eh hair stylist by profession, you know there's like global err hairstylist err like hair cutting competitions <mandarin>真的是有人会参加这种比赛:zhen de shi you ren hui can jia zhe zhong bi sai</mandarin> ya all across the world <mandarin>到处是借多有了不同的国家:dao chu shi jie duo you le bu tong de guo jia</mandarin> ya so I know a friend whose friend actually drop dropouts of school


but <mandarin>他现在是挺挺有成就的:ta xian zai shi ting ting you cheng jiu de</mandarin> leh he got his own barbershop he is paying the rent, you know, err and there's a lot of repeat customers as compared to as getting a lot of publicity <mandarin>是因为他们在社交媒体:shi yin wei ta men zai she jiao mei ti</mandarin> right they just <mandarin>宣传他的:xuan chuan ta de</mandarin> all his work


ya so then we shall talk actually not bad maybe I can be the next trendy guy you know


you know you just take photo can already, publicity free publicity mah right there don't need to pay my own err marketing kind of fees I am my own marketing manager


they are my marketers, so you can really save a lot of money or this kind of innovative ideas you know, maybe one day you can join me ah on my innovative business err trends you know I'll be a trend setter


maybe outside my shop, then all the photos right harmony <mandarin>放上网:fang shang wang</mandarin> right then you just instance share onto the onto the TV


so eh then people walk past they see oh eh <mandarin>这个不用钱的:zhe ge bu yong qian de</mandarin> leh, ya then I got more customers, you know right you know right ya I also know


so the next time, ya probably you know I'll have this kind of opportunities ahead eh maybe you can, come on board as my investor so once you make it big as a lawyer, ya then


err we can make a lot of money together


ya I agree I can I think sometimes is really about meeting the right people at the right time so, ah I see, today I read on a news lah at the the founder of the world toilet organisation <mandarin>他名字就叫:ta ming zi jiu jiao</mandarin> jack Sim


ya but he started his own business and construction but <mandarin>他也是失败者:ta ye shi shi bai zhe</mandarin> as first cause <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> right, he he under calculated like a tender bid


for like one point one million, and then he compare coin a, was a nicer <mandarin>放工了:fang gong le</mandarin> lah <mandarin>不用坐:bu yong zuo</mandarin> Liao, give him the tender then he like oh no messed up, you know but in the end he just say he just thought to himself actually honestly this is the best policy and just go and or admit lah right I think it was to


to capital mall or something like that ya, but then the the people were still who are actually quite okay actually okay since you're honest I give you one chance we are okay to pay the extra one point one million for the tender to do the work just like you got certain terms and conditions ah which he accepted


you know then eh from there his business <mandarin>越来越好:yue lai yue hao</mandarin> lah right, so only the, then, err <mandarin>一落千丈:yi luo qian zhang</mandarin> lah but it was really really quite bad but then


err he saw this video I about right about, err I think #goh chok tong# he was talking about how you know a society's etiquette can be measured by how clean our toilets are that kind of inspired him


ya so the wife actually kind of supported him ya it wasn't a easy journey, but then at the end of it, I think in made it work lah as a world toilet organisation an internationally recognised


ya so, you know maybe that will be the next me err, world hair cut organisation WHO you know now got world health organisation right, one there's there is always room for another, err you know another organisation and the same


the acronym one so instead of world health organisation they call themselves world hair cut organisation, I will invite you to be my executive director but I'm the chairman and you know and I will never forget my first few investors who come on board with me, for the very first time in my early stages on the days you know I'll never forget those who help me up those who help me succeed


ya and then together we will rule the world with beautiful haircuts everyone can do like <mandarin>刘德华:liu de hua</mandarin> even after <mandarin>刘德华:liu de hua</mandarin> is not around, maybe you can cut <mandarin>刘德华:liu de hua</mandarin> hair also then from then on


moses what did you do today, oh, but your hair still very long, ya, your hair is almost the same length as mine


uh we went to holland V got some drinks and now I'm a bit tipsy lah, err , err you don't know one lah I went with #kar wing# and bernice


uh they my church friend, oh you the same church as me, ya ya ya ya, err ya ya same school I mean


like <mandarin>大学很大:da xue hen da</mandarin> you know I mean so, not really lah I do what's that ah info systems then they do business so <mandarin>有点不同:you dian bu tong</mandarin> lah


info system <mandarin>是那个:shi na ge</mandarin> you know ah coding, you know coding, ah coding ah coding like, then


you know every time the hacker, will uh will will code one zero one zero one zero that kind, you know people hack your account that kind, something like that something like that that is one part of information systems but there is more to it so


ya lah, ya, ya


ya but ya lah they my good friend lah you know, oh, ya usually I click with girl more lah you know <mandarin>她们:ta men</mandarin>


got the, the female vibes if you know what I mean, it's just like, ya so can relate a bit more


it's different you know so for example once a month I get my period you understand or not <mandarin>你不明白:ni bu ming bai</mandarin> right, but it's very different because uh they can empathise but you


you don't, you don't understand lah ya so this kind of thing I can talk to the girls but I cannot really talk to you, and you know !aiya!


you know girls are a bit more emotional guys are a bit more cold and I feel like, because we are a bit different so I cannot really relate to guys that well


I think, no, eh you are very mistaken okay <mandarin>我有男朋友的:wo you nan peng you de</mandarin> so I understand


K, but, it's just different, right


you got girlfriend or not you tell me, who, but


what thing,


correct so it always start from a <mandarin>同一个:tong yi ge</mandarin> interest but then when you want to deepen the friendship right then that's the , the relatable mah the vibes mah you don't know meh, so who are your close friends that's what I'm asking


so the girl the girl close friend, err what you share with them, interest <mandarin>而已:er yi</mandarin> so surface


personality so what you mean by personalities, !aiya! anyway anyway why you grow up your hair ah


[orh] eh, [orh] err don't mind I ask you ah


I'm just asking, I just asking only I just asking only no offence no offence, but like


people the <mandarin>同性恋:tong xing lian</mandarin> people might, act, might not act in the same way what, no but it's just that


, in singapore, , !aiya!, I know this topic is a bit sensitive you know but <mandarin>我们朋友:wo men peng you</mandarin> mah so I really just asking you from the bottom of my heart I want to know and I want to


I I care lah, no


I never judge since when I judge, ya, okay lor, settle


okay, I'm a girl, normal ah, you think it's normal meh


okay never mind we talk about something else okay, so moses, ah, what do you value in a friend


loyalty ah, so that means


(mmhmm) okay okay why leh why is that the most important


okay, but just cause of movie, [orh]


okay, okay, err <mandarin>其实咧我认为:qi shi lie wo ren wei</mandarin> hor, friends ah friends the most important thing hor


is can, (mmhmm) same interest, (mmhmm), (mmhmm), ya


no I'm not saying that kind of interest like oh watch the same netflix show or things like that <mandarin>我是讲那种:wo shi jiang na zhong</mandarin> deep down <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> interest, ya, err <mandarin>如果在学校发生什么事情:ru guo zai xue xiao fa sheng shen me shi qing</mandarin> hor <mandarin>我跟我朋友讲话:wo gen wo peng you jiang hua</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他们可以:ta men ke yi</mandarin> relate


you know <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> understand, ya, [orh]


mah, something like that I think you are getting what I'm saying


(mmhmm) okay, (mmhmm) actually moses I'm also quite curious to know what's your favourite holiday, no lah ah public holiday or not don't have to be public holiday


just has to be a date where, , , got celebration, err something like that lor that's one of it


why leh, [orh], uh, so <mandarin>你是那种很传统的人:ni shi na zhong hen chuan tong de ren</mandarin> ah


[orh] actually I prefer like, christmas that kind, err


then


ya so chinese new year, ya err, like chinese new year chinese new year <mandarin>我有学校:wo you xue xiao</mandarin> you know


(mmhmm), ya


ya, err


<mandarin>就是没有那种气氛:jiu shi mei you na zhong qi fen</mandarin> lor <mandarin>因为我头脑一直在想:yin wei wo tou nao yi zhi zai xiang</mandarin> !aiya! I still have this work to do I still have that assignment to do things like that so I cannot really get a good break, ya but then err for christmas hor


ya you can hear all the, ya the you can see all the lights that are being uh shine on uh orchard road you know everywhere just reminds you of christmas I like it ah


ya, ya


err why, (hmm)


(mmhmm) eh by the way by the way have you watched frozen, frozen one and frozen two, movie


err I think it's disney I'm not very sure about that I know it's a movie err, I, is cartoon lah cartoon you know, ah, okay never mind you want me to explain to you maybe a bit too childish for you


eh hello, <mandarin>谁讲我:shui jiang wo</mandarin> childish, eh we are the same age okay


no we are the same age, err


ya, so, in fact hor you are two years behind me <mandarin>因为你有:yin wei ni you</mandarin> NS


you the one who say I childish eh, fine I let it go okay, so frozen is about, actually I don't really remember okay I try my best to explain to you so frozen number one hor is about two girls


so one hor whatever she touched, it become ice, ya, then the other girl is the sister the sister is a bit more loving a bit more kind,


!aiya!, actually I'm not very sure about frozen lah <mandarin>有点忘记:you dian wang ji</mandarin> Liao like I think come out in twenty sixteen or something like that I don't really remember, you can go and google it lah, next time we can watch together also


I just asking whether you have watched or not I never even


whether <mandarin>你有看还是你没有看:ni you kan hai shi ni mei you kan</mandarin> is just, it's just it's just you I just wanted to know, , okay, okay, talk about something else what do you want to talk about moses


!huh! , to be honest with you <mandarin>我家庭没有那么多钱:wo jia ting mei you na me duo qian</mandarin> lah, okay so <mandarin>吃的地方:chi de di fang</mandarin> hor


err normally I go to hawker centres or I go to Kopitiam, ya I think the most expensive place I go to you got hear of Makisan before, ya finally one thing you heard before


ya I went there <mandarin>有点贵:you dian gui</mandarin> lah, (mmhmm) <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> hor


ya but <mandarin>是挺好吃啊挺好吃因为你可以:shi ting hao chi a ting hao chi yin wei ni ke yi</mandarin> uh <mandarin>自己放自己的材:zi ji fang zi ji de cai</mandarin> uh <mandarin>饮:yin</mandarin> Liao ah


you know you you know Makisan has the small Maki and the big Maki even though I get the big Maki right


ya <mandarin>我我是那种:wo wo shi na zhong</mandarin> hor <mandarin>我要去:wo yao qu</mandarin>


!ee! salad all the leaf and the, is rabbit eat one lah


!huh!, then like that how much is it


!wow!, okay, so, , ah <mandarin>怎怎么样讲:zen zen me yang jiang</mandarin> ah


ya so salad hor is there a lot of rice for me too, oh, then how can they call it a salad it's not a salad anymore


where


then like that my chicken rice is it a salad


[orh] but my chicken rice got coriander, coriander raw


holiday


ah land of the rising sun I have never really heard that before uh but anyway I like to go to japan because I like


I totally agree <mandarin>你知道:ni zhi dao</mandarin> hor <mandarin>新加坡:xin jia po</mandarin> hor <mandarin>我们去那超级市场:wo men qu na chao ji shi chang</mandarin> hor <mandarin>去买那种:qu mai na zhong</mandarin> salmon ah <mandarin>便宜是便宜:pian yi shi pian yi</mandarin> lah !aiya! <mandarin>没有讲很便宜:mei you jiang hen pian yi</mandarin> lah <mandarin>是挺便宜而已:shi ting pian yi er yi</mandarin> possible lah


ya ya possible that is uh not bad sometimes depend lah see your luck see your luck so sometimes is more fresh at the cold storage there ah usually I go cold storage to buy uh in singapore lah cause it's a bit cheaper ya but in japan right


!wah! I tell you <mandarin>真的很新鲜:zhen de hen xin xian</mandarin> leh the sashimi ah <mandarin>你我吃我吃那种:ni wo chi wo chi na zhong</mandarin> uh <mandarin>叫什么啊我吃:jiao shen me a wo chi</mandarin> ah salmon <mandarin>的也有我也吃:de ye you wo ye chi</mandarin> tuna then <mandarin>我也吃那个:wo ye chi na ge</mandarin> eh got one fish you know the white colour one


white colour one, no no no octopus is not is a fish is a fish, is it swordfish


, ya, err I don't know if I want to taste the sea ah I don't think there's a very


[orh], ah <NEN> ya ya <mandarin>我有听过那些日本人叫:wo you ting guo nei xie ri ben ren jiao</mandarin> <NEN> lah it means <mandarin>好吃:hao chi</mandarin> right


okay I learn something new every day, okay, <mandarin>你有没有去过:ni you mei you qu guo</mandarin> Hokkaido, ya, ya so


I feel like at every season right Hokkaido is a different place, ya


eh sorry sorry I meant winter winter


no lah we didn't stay in the you know I know people stay in the resort or something like that no we just went for a day trip for skiing only


so we just rented the equipment then got uh got a guy to kind of teach us and then that's about it lah we never stay overnight, ya <mandarin>我们是用:wo men shi yong</mandarin> airbnb <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> actually <mandarin>挺划算的:ting hua suan de</mandarin> you know airbnb <mandarin>如果你真的去:ru guo ni zhen de qu</mandarin> scroll hor scroll through <mandarin>那:na</mandarin> airbnb <mandarin>你可以找到:ni ke yi zhao dao</mandarin> hor <mandarin>挺便宜的:ting pian yi de</mandarin> and right my mother always like to say this she like to live in the authentic japan house this means hor must have the and then you know !aiya! you know a japanese style house is very different from a like say american style house (mmhmm) <mandarin>有一点那种传统的:you yi dian na zhong chuan tong de</mandarin>


, ya ya exactly so when I believe this lah


why because you cannot experience the culture, , that's good


how about you what do you do in japan you say you until you like japan a lot like that


!wah!


(mmhmm), , that sounds very that sounds very very beautiful


uh <mandarin>你有没有去过:ni you mei you qu guo</mandarin> Tokyo, (mmhmm), actually it's okay I can tell you more about Tokyo I really like Tokyo actually


yes so you know Harajuku


ya so Harajuku is a street right, err then a lot of people say Harajuku fashion, it's a real thing you know in japan


so when you walk down the streets right <mandarin>如果你穿一个:ru guo ni chuan yi ge</mandarin> plain <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> T shirt and you wear jeans like that, you will look like a loser


ya so, as as in , how do I say this, uh, uh colourful exaggerated but


it's nice lah of course it's nice when you take a picture you look at them and you are like !wow!, they look awesome ya so that's Harajuku lah, so I I feel like Tokyo is a place for fashion, ya and also nightlife nightlife if you really like to party right maybe Tokyo is the place for you and I know you lah you would like to party one ya


, but


uh so for one right, in japan <mandarin>是有冷天气:shi you leng tian qi</mandarin> lah <mandarin>如果你冬天去:ru guo ni dong tian qu</mandarin> japan, uh <mandarin>你叫他们的:ni jiao ta men de</mandarin> Sake, , <mandarin>就是不同:jiu shi bu tong</mandarin> lor <mandarin>新加坡那么热:xin jia po na me re</mandarin> then <mandarin>你喝:ni he</mandarin> Sake hor <mandarin>你的肚子那么有那种温暖的感觉:ni de du zi na me you na zhong wen nuan de gan jue</mandarin> hor then ya <mandarin>就是不一样:jiu shi bu yi yang</mandarin> lah


yes you need to warm your body ah


beer ah, but, okay lah maybe <mandarin>我是我是女的没有什么喝啤酒不太喜欢我比较喜欢那种:wo shi wo shi nv de mei you shen me he pi jiu bu tai xi huan wo bi jiao xi huan na zhong</mandarin> wine you know what I mean


uh Sake is not bad also but I like my red wines I like my white wines, ya or cocktail I like cocktail eh actually do you like to drink cocktails


!wah!, !huh!


then like that you drink for what, but then <mandarin>我喝酒是要:wo he jiu shi yao</mandarin> taste <mandarin>到那酒的味道:dao na jiu de wei dao</mandarin> mah <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> meh


so it taste like fruit juice lah


this is very difficult for me to understand so, !wah! bring me go spain ah, wait until the virus over then you bring me


marina bay marina bay <mandarin>不是有点贵:bu shi you dian gui</mandarin> lor <mandarin>没有通常去那个那种地方的:mei you tong chang qu na ge na zhong di fang de</mandarin> leh


feed you


!aiyo!, ya but you are my good friend too moses,


it's just different types of friends !aiya! now we are back on the friends topic again it's okay lah let's talk about something else , so, actually right I've always been quite curious ya


what is, not say what is what kind of exercise do you do, if you do exercise, ya


calisthenics err no not really what's that eh no I think I hear before uh something to do with the pull up bar one I think a lot of people use the pull up bar I see a lot of boys lah they tag on instagram they hashtag calisthenics but I never really seen before what is that


!huh!


what are you talking about, superman


!huh!, , err superman <mandarin>你讲那个:ni jiang na ge</mandarin> movie superman, so people who do calisthenics can fly


I don't really get it, [orh] but the two hands holding onto what, that's a handstand


ya, but then how, oh I get it so is more perpendicular lah is that what you are talking about


!aiya!, okay understand, err so actually is like a guy version of yoga


err okay


normally I go to the gym lah


(mmhmm) <mandarin>很难找到那种那种很大的地方也有冷气的地方:hen nan zhao dao na zhong na zhong hen da de di fang ye you leng qi de di fang</mandarin> err ya my my my room is very small and


there's not much space for me to move around lah ya then <mandarin>我的客厅没有冷气所以有点难:wo de ke ting mei you leng qi suo yi you dian nan</mandarin> lah <mandarin>如果我要做那种那种:ru guo wo yao zuo na zhong na zhong</mandarin> <mandarin>你叫什么:ni jiao shen me</mandarin> calisthenics ah then I have to go to the field downstairs which is very hot you know so sometimes singapore the weather is so hot then sometimes raining is either super hot or super rainy so


so where do you do calisthenics I'm very curious I want to know


no lah but it's not about that more <mandarin>比较喜欢有冷气的地方:bi jiao xi huan you leng qi de di fang</mandarin> mah so <mandarin>我去我我我去:wo qu wo wo wo qu</mandarin> I go to the gym that kind and exercise lah but the gym over there they don't have open empty space for me to do calisthenics what


actually right, , have you heard of active SG


err it's a singapore it's actually a singapore company lah ya so then they actually have, gyms so, in singapore we call it active SG gyms, ya and err these gyms are very very cheap to enter two dollar only


ya you <mandarin>换两块:huan liang kuai</mandarin> hor <mandarin>你可以进去那就什么都可以用有冷气:ni ke yi jin qu na jiu shen me dou ke yi yong you leng qi</mandarin> , actually the equipment is also quite new you know, err is is is not bad ya two dollars only


ya, I think singaporean lah <mandarin>你也你也是:ni ye ni ye shi</mandarin> singaporean what


ya, err I'm not sure about that lah I think it's heavily subsidised but, uh !aiya! <mandarin>改天我带你去:gai tian wo dai ni qu</mandarin> lah


!huh!, [orh] okay lah maybe I not very self conscious about my body in the gym or whatever you know what I mean


but okay I agree with you ah <mandarin>改次我去你的家你教我怎么做:gai ci wo qu ni de jia ni jiao wo zen me zuo</mandarin> lah ah, okay okay, let's talk about something else right,


, , moses actually I'm quite curious, don't be sensitive ah, this is just I really concern as a friend


eh you don't say I not a friend okay, I want to introduce you to some girls but I want to know your type mah maybe cause you very picky sometimes eh I'm not saying that you are picky I say maybe okay maybe you have some expectations ah <mandarin>有些女的有点太丑:you xie nv de you dian tai chou</mandarin> things like that


eh, eh you don't know close friend is close friend but, but but but, I have a lot of uh, , acquaintances


you know you must seize the opportunity there's opportunity right here in front of you I'm offering to link you up with some of my friends you should take it


uh I tell you that's why I'm trying to matchmake you all what you don't know meh I know you are like that precisely because I know you are very shy so I'm trying to be the middleman over here you know


I'm trying to help you


!wah!, [orh]


I understand understand okay lah so you don't mind being single lah is that what you are saying, okay, I agree I agree I won't force you okay but I'm just saying err <mandarin>如果你有兴趣:ru guo ni you xing qu</mandarin> lah <mandarin>如果你感觉到有点寂寞:ru guo ni gan jue dao you dian ji mo</mandarin> feel free to text me don't say I'm not a friend I have a few girls to recommend you you know and I


because I'm also a girl lah so I can maybe teach you some ways to you know talk to girls you know charm them a little bit


err okay lah this one is a bit uh a bit


, !aiya! a bit embarrassing I won't say their name okay, I can call him guy a real story ah real story this one real story, , so right, this one happened in secondary school


okay <mandarin>有个男的他是挺帅的:you ge nan de ta shi ting shuai de</mandarin> lah, it's not bad lah one of the more handsome ones in class okay, then hor


one day right, he started, ah meowing at me, ya, eh <mandarin>你不要笑我是真的他真的:ni bu yao xiao wo shi zhen de ta zhen de</mandarin> come up to me hor and meow like that


so that's when I found him a little bit weird, ya this is one of the more interesting ones, then, I was very confused, so I went to ask a good friend of his, why is he meowing at me


then the good friend say, you know is very clear so I like, (mmhmm), that's very weird, I don't really want to date a cat, so


!aiya! at that point of time I was young you know a bit scared I don't know how to say no ya so <mandarin>我就不理他:wo jiu bu li ta</mandarin> lor, ya, so then it just ended over there it was a bit bad lah so that was the more


interesting experience ya so for you hor, you just need to know you don't meow at girls lah, !huh!


that guy lor


err I think that's one of the more extreme examples lah but then when it comes to like regular guys right there's also a lot of err , like small actions that they do that that is a bit weird


ya so for example, err <mandarin>如果你们不是男女朋友:ru guo ni men bu shi nan nv peng you</mandarin> hor, err


I tell you this is what hollywood has done


here's a few number one, they want someone who's caring so instead of buying flowers why not ask them how's your day, you know what I mean, ah they want someone who listens okay so after you ask them how's their day don't interrupt them let them talk let them talk


then, they will rant to you about a few things okay then after that all you need to say is it's okay, all is well tomorrow will be a better day you need to be caring you know what I mean is not just like <mandarin>买东西买巧克力:mai dong xi mai qiao ke li</mandarin> ah <mandarin>买花:mai hua</mandarin> ah like <mandarin>不知道:bu zhi dao</mandarin> lah <mandarin>什么都卖:shen me dou mai</mandarin> it's not about that females are not very money minded you know what I mean


, for ha, , I I think that's one factor lah


but err, you know these are just some tips and tricks I cannot guarantee that you will get the girl, you know so for me right yes of course I want a guy who's caring, but


I also want a guy who's smart, some girls hor, uh they cannot really take a guy who is not as smart as them, you know, and I'm one of those girls lah it's a bit bad to say but <mandarin>就是这样:jiu shi zhe yang</mandarin> lor ya <mandarin>我就喜欢比较聪明的男孩子就是这样:wo jiu xi huan bi jiao cong ming de nan hai zi jiu shi zhe yang</mandarin> lor


ya so how can you show them you are smart that's tip number two okay, you need to, ya okay okay you going university soon right I'll teach you, , you, hang out with them


and study with them, then any question they don't know you teach them you be the <mandarin>大:da</mandarin> #kor kor#


!oi! I tell you is different you know these two tips right they must be used in conjunction you cannot use one and not the other okay so if you only show caring and everything right you just look like a loser


then if you only so your smart side right you just look like a nerd, but, if you add both together, ya


maybe


ya maybe maybe, , (mmhmm), so the more time you spend with a girl the more likely is it that you guys will develop something


!aiya!, sorry I knock my arm on the table, !hey! how can you say that about me <mandarin>我最近有进步的:wo zui jin you jin bu de</mandarin> hor


no no no no no not just care and concern care and smart, ya, okay fine let's talk about something else


so I'm just curious lah normally around what time you sleep are you the night owl kind or are you the early bird kind


ya true actually you're right lah everytime I text actually I'm also a night owl so everytime I text right I you are the only one who reply me so, actually we are quite the same kind of person you know what I mean


err I don't understand lor is like


all the party happens at night what


oh ya gareth gareth that's one special creature, ya actually


, ya, most people most people army only two years right !wah! <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> gareth <mandarin>为什么当三年:wei shen me dang san nian</mandarin> ah <mandarin>他自己:ta zi ji</mandarin> volunteer <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> ah


!huh!


!wah!


that's that's very very poor thing maybe I should catch up with him soon ah he must be a very sad person right now he must be very very depressed also ya eh <mandarin>他当兵出来:ta dang bing chu lai</mandarin> Liao mah ah


, ya, ya okay okay, ya but <mandarin>他要开始大学:ta yao kai shi da xue</mandarin> Liao right


[orh] no lah but moses you have to understand I don't think he's a very party party kind of guy you know what I mean I think he's just a simple guy he likes to sleep early wake up early that kind err not really the


, !aiya!, but it's okay we all have our differences and we have to learn how to accept it, that's why, he's our friend, right


uh I am sorry for my bad language I got a bit agitated there, but, ya as I was saying that's not what makes us friends you know what makes us friends is common interest, common interest err


you know <mandarin>同样的话题:tong yang de hua ti</mandarin> which I feel like he has


yes moses I think that is how you mature, that's how you grow, ya


, ya


eh so basic, why do you like dog, !aiya! but


dog will like I don't know how to say sometimes <mandarin>你不觉得狗有点烦:ni bu jue de gou you dian fan</mandarin> meh


uh I think yes is yes okay so when you want a companion right a dog is pretty good but hor sometimes you just want alone time you get what I mean and a dog


but sometimes I just want to be alone alone I don't want to be alone together and I think that a cat can respect that


but you must be crazy you want your cat to do what for you, [orh]


uh so if you are the affectionate kind of guy lah


ya but actually inside you're quite a softy ah, !wah! you are liking these dog phrases ah I see you are a dog man, that's very interesting well it was nice to get to know you moses and err I feel like our friendship deepen lah


okay


okay see you bye bye


what about you, my hair long meh, your hair then long lah


!huh!


[orh] <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> #kar wing# <mandarin>跟那个:gen na ge</mandarin> ah


what kind of <mandarin>不同:bu tong</mandarin> sound the same to me eh, ,


[orh]


[orh] I see, so


is like


but it's only these issues what, what about all the


guys talk to guys also got other issues, I think right


more nice and more, confirm never meet before that's why you think guys all like that


ya I got so many, got one korean one <mandarin>一个从中国来的:yi ge cong zhong guo lai de</mandarin> and all over the world also have


share <mandarin>一些:yi xie</mandarin> interest lor <mandarin>一些:yi xie</mandarin> hobbies, like


oh what every, friendship always start from <mandarin>一个同一个:yi ge tong yi ge</mandarin> interest <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> what


my close friends of course got guy got girl one ah doesn't matter what, I share <mandarin>我已经讲过:wo yi jing jiang guo</mandarin> Liao what share <mandarin>同一个:tong yi ge</mandarin> interest our personalities our personalities also


quite vibe, you know, I just want to feel what's it like to be a girl lor, and also I think it looks cool now even for guys no


you think eh you see how I look how I act


what you mean, Nua Nua #ah gua# <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> meh


care about what, but even if I'm <mandarin>同性恋:tong xing lian</mandarin> then what, just cause I'm <mandarin>同性恋:tong xing lian</mandarin> then judge me already


okay, okay


but you got long hair, so, ya so it's not normal for a guy to have long hair


<mandarin>跟你讲:gen ni jiang</mandarin> hor, friend


of course lah must have <mandarin>那个忠心:na ge zhong xin</mandarin> you know, cause what cause the toy story watch all the different friendship movie, and you see


the friends always stick together to the end, no ah I'm just giving example what


it's true


same interest, then <mandarin>刚才妳不是讲:gang cai ni bu shi jiang</mandarin> same interest <mandarin>就是很:jiu shi hen</mandarin> shallow lor


personality empathy understanding


, ah okay


I see why that's important too


[orh]


my favourite is definitely the chinese new year ah, see the, then the <mandarin>拜年:bai nian</mandarin> and all that


Shiok what, ya, hundred percent chinese, why leh


chinese new year, then isn't that a good break


I see


christmas got the vibes every year on the street, but you see ah, chinese new year also got the same vibes okay maybe that's where we are different lah


so <mandarin>我讲那些那些:wo jiang nei xie nei xie</mandarin> vibes oh the chinese year <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> vibes, got that, and all the, , family the warmth then got the <mandarin>团圆的:tuan yuan de</mandarin> feeling


you know,


got that icy feeling the snow and all that you know, it's the vibes lah it's more it's more toned down okay maybe <mandarin>冷漠:leng mo</mandarin> was too extreme to describe, maybe like, less on the very warm side


no, never mind lah I already know you childish just <mandarin>跟我讲:gen wo jiang</mandarin> lor


no I say like cartoon


okay <mandarin>不用那个不用:bu yong na ge bu yong</mandarin> rub it in lah, !walao!


!walao! then <mandarin>讲这么多废话:jiang zhe me duo fei hua</mandarin> you also don't know the movie


okay I don't know, okay, I don't know, about


!wah!, ah


but <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> Makisan, worth what


ah then <mandarin>你应该是不知道:ni ying gai shi bu zhi dao</mandarin> Makisan ah <mandarin>其实:qi shi</mandarin> ah


no no no no no <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> leaf <mandarin>不是:bu shi</mandarin> leaf, you're you're very wrong, you know why or not


salad <mandarin>你可以:ni ke yi</mandarin> choose, carbs <mandarin>全部:quan bu</mandarin> pasta, then, pasta <mandarin>之外:zhi wai</mandarin> ah <mandarin>可以加肉加:ke yi jia rou jia</mandarin> cheese


salmon


ya, definitely they also got the sushi rice option, you know why or not, salad hor, singaporeans they like to think of things


as, either this or that, but actually you know where the term salad came from not, salad <mandarin>其实:qi shi</mandarin> ah


no lah that one different lah cause that one got, that one got what do you what do you call that , lot of cooked stuff salad means you are mixing some raw stuff with some cooked stuff you know


!walao! like that also can <mandarin>你才讲废话:ni cai jiang fei hua</mandarin> lah, , okay okay enough about <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> salad


how about, your, holiday, travel <mandarin>旅行那个:lv xing na ge</mandarin> holiday


okay of course the land of the rising sun


!wah! must go by the sea mah like the fish market that kind, !wah! I tell you, the way they cut ah the way they slice the sushi the sashimi ah, them fresh


ah <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> octopus ah, I think is swordfish


ya ya ya I agree singapore ah <mandarin>妳吃那个:ni chi na ge</mandarin> tuna ah !walao! cannot make it ah but <mandarin>妳去妳去日本:ni qu ni qu ri ben</mandarin> ah !wah!, the tuna suddenly, damn fresh can taste the sea one


no lah I just describing how delicious it is you know


okay, what else you like about japan, ya


skiing skiing <mandarin>怎么在秋天:zen me zai qiu tian</mandarin> possible meh, [orh] <mandarin>冬天:dong tian</mandarin> lah, [orh], okay, I also went I also went in the winter


I didn't go skiing, I thought you say your family poor one !aiya!, but ya skiing skiing <mandarin>很贵的:hen gui de</mandarin> leh <mandarin>不知道:bu zhi dao</mandarin> meh, !wah! <mandarin>需要十多千才可以:xu yao shi duo qian cai ke yi</mandarin> ski


[orh] then what where you all stay airbnb ah


actually I also like <mandarin>这些传统的:zhe xie chuan tong de</mandarin> guest house, got the you know <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> japanese vibes


okay I tell you other than the food ah which is really really damn delicious, I think, <mandarin>那些风景:nei xie feng jing</mandarin> you know the scenery


!wah!, that one also damn good, so, me and my friends ah, and Osaka got this, very , this mountainous part ah, and we climbed the mountain climb all the way up


!wah!, !wah! the view, amazing, really catch your breath away unlike <mandarin>那个那个小小的:na ge na ge xiao xiao de</mandarin> #bukit timah# hill !walao! that one cannot compare, ya so really the the nature ah the natural scenery there


it's really amazing, that's why I , that's why that's what was my I don't know


for all the times I've been to japan ah actually, no eh


ya ya I hear before, uh


(uh huh), oh okay tell me more


okay


they look awesome, so I I feel like Tokyo isn't a place for pension


of course I go singapore ah of course must everyday <mandarin>去那个:qu na ge</mandarin> zouk lah, no, life you only can live one time, no


okay, like what <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> Sake ah


[orh], [orh] so it's like, because everywhere is so cold already and then need to <mandarin>喝那个:he na ge</mandarin> Sake to


warm your stomach up lah, okay okay tell that before, Osaka was quite, we just had a few cans of beer, ya


even beer I don't know the beer just uh help to warm our bodies up, ya it was quite Shiok


ya okay okay, ya actually I tell you ah


I also went to spain, then spain ah got this one bar, !wah!, they made the best cocktails man you know what they say not, cannot taste the <mandarin>酒分:jiu fen</mandarin> one


really, no that's the point of a good cocktail is so good right, you cannot even taste the alcohol


no no no a good cocktail can mask the alcohol <mandarin>味道:wei dao</mandarin> then you don't even know that, by the time you finish ya you already got the alcohol with us and it was a good drink after all


ya ya ya I'm saying you know it's alcoholic but then when you drink it, case different, no no no <mandarin>不像:bu xiang</mandarin> fruit juice <mandarin>一样那个味道:yi yang na ge wei dao</mandarin> ah <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> complex one


there's a certain level of depth to the flavour, !aiya! next time I bring you lah get a proper cocktail, no not just spain


singapore also have confirm one, I hear of this bar I think, the south ah marina bay area, they serve pretty damn good cocktails ah, next time <mandarin>我们一起:wo men yi qi</mandarin> go <mandarin>喝:he</mandarin> lor


!aiya! <mandarin>我跟你讲你要喝好的:wo gen ni jiang ni yao he hao de</mandarin> cocktail then <mandarin>你要准备花多钱:ni yao zhun bei hua duo qian</mandarin> [orh], treat you, K lah maybe next time when I get a pay rise in my lawyer job


okay, cool, is it


[orh] exercise ah, I don't go gym one


it's not just the pull up bar, is about knowing how to control your body, in a limited space, so you're basically using your own body weight


to push your body to further boundaries that's the beauty of calisthenics, so ah <mandarin>妳看那些:ni kan nei xie</mandarin> pull up <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> exercises, that one right is just to use your body to fight against gravity vertically, ya so what it mainly trains right


is your back, and your arms, then you got other exercises <mandarin>像那种:xiang na zhong</mandarin> handstand, ah, then these exercises right, to train your


ya then these exercises right they train your back, I mean it train your shoulders, ah ya then not just that you got other exercises like


you got see people just lift their bodies with their two hands before or not, superman, ya, they can literally just balance their whole body on their two hands


legs off the ground, that's the ultimate


kind of, it's like they're flying, like just imagine you're balancing your entire body horizontally on two hands, the floor


ground lor


ya so, is, everyone can do one, even you can do, all you need to do is just train your body up to it


what you need to do just have an open space


calisthenics ah, in that small ass cell ah, they can really do calisthenics, so your room confirm bigger than <mandarin>那个坐牢的人们:na ge zuo lao de ren men</mandarin> what


no ah <mandarin>如果你已经花钱去那个:ru guo ni yi jing hua qian qu na ge</mandarin> gym then you might as well make full use of the equipment


so, what active SG <mandarin>我只花两块钱什么:wo zhi hua liang kuai qian shen me</mandarin> singaporean citizen PR, !wah! sounds good a deal eh


what <mandarin>阿公:a gong</mandarin> sponsor one ah, but ultimately I think <mandarin>我还是懒得去:wo hai shi lan de qu</mandarin> ah


then <mandarin>家里已经:jia li yi jing</mandarin> shower Liao, then, own time own target can do one


of course


!walao! this one you say not sensitive


just know say <mandarin>妳只有两个朋友:ni zhi you liang ge peng you</mandarin> what <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> bernice <mandarin>跟那个:gen na ge</mandarin> #kar wing# what <mandarin>他们两个:ta men liang ge</mandarin> ah


okay, anyway, don't need to worry so much one


I know that when the time is right hor, someone will eventually come


you think I'll just randomly go make friends out there meh


!aiya! <mandarin>跟你讲:gen ni jiang</mandarin> who needs a girl as long as you can make your own money be your own man right, be good at what you do, then, <mandarin>这些人:zhe xie ren</mandarin> ah, you don't even need another


what you call that uh companion, to make your life complete, fulfilled life, and <mandarin>一个:yi ge</mandarin> fulfilled life hor, don't necessarily need to come with a girl


yes being single is a gift, is a choice


okay okay <mandarin>其实我很好奇:qi shi wo hen hao qi</mandarin> [orh], what are some experiences you have about, that, you know


that


eh


okay okay, that's a that's a pro tip don't meow girls wonder


who have thought of that, right, okay okay, I don't think I'm as I don't know I'm as dumb as this guy so think all all should be fine for me right


I don't know romantic <mandarin>的电影:de dian ying</mandarin> then the guy will always give the <mandarin>花:hua</mandarin> to the girl !wah! then the girl will, instantly fall in love with the guy eh it's like magic


I don't know just <mandarin>一些:yi xie</mandarin> how's your day <mandarin>那些:nei xie</mandarin> questions


then seeing that the girls see my care and concern for her, then she will start, fall for me, ah <mandarin>就是这样讲:jiu shi zhe yang jiang</mandarin> mah


!wah! <mandarin>但是我跟你讲:dan shi wo gen ni jiang</mandarin> hor, I did exactly the same thing, you know what the girl did she just use me as a tool just a study tool just for her own grades


!wah! after that whole experience ah, !walao! <mandarin>真的不要理:zhen de bu yao li</mandarin> girls Liao


ah, so you saying <mandarin>那时侯我应该:na shi hou wo ying gai</mandarin> show <mandarin>一些:yi xie</mandarin> care and concern


to <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> female friend ah, then, maybe, it'll be different now, or maybe she's just like that lor


it's okay it's okay you are very clumsy person you always do that, okay okay <mandarin>我要记得妳的:wo yao ji de ni de</mandarin> tip


care and concern okay I take that back, okay so, !aiya! never mind lah you won't understand lah


ya ya ya definitely


no you must understand <mandarin>这种人:zhe zhong ren</mandarin> ah, my our good friend gareth !wah! he really regimentalised until right he cannot sleep late one


the whole body will just Toh


ya <mandarin>真的很可怜:zhen de hen ke lian</mandarin> leh what a poor thing, I tell you I tell you is it's an example right of what happens when you realise you don't know


you know what you don't want, so, after he commissioned ah he thought that was it, this is his career so he sign on even though I told him ah <mandarin>我已经跟他讲很多很多次:wo yi jing gen ta jiang hen duo hen duo ci</mandarin> ah <mandarin>不要:bu yao</mandarin> sign on


but he just had to sign on so right, !wah! from that day on ah I knew he's gonna make make a make a big mistake already ah so he just realise that there's this big gap in his life, and !wah! is really not yours to do then <mandarin>他的:ta de</mandarin> performance ah <mandarin>也是很:ye shi hen</mandarin> Cui <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> leh !wah!


and he realised this career's not for him so he had to break the contract


this kind ah


august ah


ya but


you need to inject some fun some, some excitement into his life you know


okay okay sometimes I think maybe he he shares that with us too lah


so ya maybe let's respect him a little bit ah you know give him a little space <mandarin>一一些体谅:yi yi xie ti liang</mandarin> you know understand a tough life itself lah you know !wah! <mandarin>三年的:san nian de</mandarin> NS <mandarin>真的真的很累:zhen de zhen de hen lei</mandarin> ah


eh


why cannot like dog, no what I think dogs very cute one


you know you throw the stick there then your, woof woof woof then pick it up then come back to you


no no no, which shouldn't be


you know it's like, being alone but then together


sometimes hor, you know why or not I see all the videos of the cat, absolutely no love to the owner one, you feed the cat a bit of food, then one moment the cat wants the food so he will do what he wants then the next ah


want the cat to do something for you !wah! than the cat <mandarin>就不理你:jiu bu li ni</mandarin> Liao lor, just cause no food, I don't know maybe come here let me pet a little bit you know show it some love


that's why lah that's why I like dogs lor


of course you know the phrase, the bark is always louder than the bite, of course


ya I think this is a very , interesting conversation that we had ah eunice


definitely, so, okay okay, see you see you see


was that too loud, ya we shouldn't be doing this at one AM


that's philosophy though we're not here for the philosophy, but is okay