I also don't know aku baru tahu then mak aku pun like told me I'm like, ya then #cik na# was very angsty about it cause like bro you you as a mum like your daughter like don't like Faiz is just started work sia don't anyhow just give like okay ten K for my daughter take it or leave it like cannot what


and must understand Faiz situation also what like he just started work, ya like cannot what, so your mum was damn angsty, about it


exactly, exactly, , ,


, for himself ya ya ya, , and his reasoning was


the body kit, if it's fine if if it's fine now you don't have to


ya that's I don't know what he wants it's like just casually Ijal, ya dia dah order, then how you order


oh my god, ya already ten K is too much


ya sia ya ya, , but luckily aku I got talk to Mahirah, like she say, ya I just I told her


you want how much, like, I just ask her like the sister berapa hantaran sister cause the first sister dah married [pe] and the hantaran that one was eight, it's quite recent what I think they only married like two years or is it one year ya


ya, , think when they think when they married the sister was like twenty eight or twenty nine


ya worth ya, then but she Mairah told me like her mum her parents not the, ya not the malay


malay, ya, I think was seven seven seven


ya atau seven eight eight eight either one I forgot, I don't know it's like some weird, weirdest combo, no leh, but the dad looks damn, chinese


ya, oh ya ya, ya ya then he then he tap back right, ya ya


they coming back, ah five five #chai chee#


ya, tiger dah accept, tiger was like who are you who is this woman


but okay ah


it's not that much


for now aku ada just saving for own selves like just put it under one lump sum but mama got another account for me at OCBC, I don't know what for


oh really, oh, ,


twenty five Ijal you're old oh my god oh then Mahirah showed her family yang gambar kita semua like the cousins then like Mahirah tunjuk ah like kakak dia ah this one is her favourite cousin then I was like how old is he


twenty five no seventeen, oh ya hor


only ya only the older sister there dengan mak dia [kan], only only three of them right came, , ah really


, ah she's the youngest ah ah ah ah


she is one I have a younger sister, , seventeen aunty


twenty three meh when we go, nineteen meh


oh oh ya ya twenty eighteen aku nineteen correct, eh we eh when we went there it wasn't his birthday ah or is it, on the month


oh, we went on the twelve right something like that, ten september, it's calling us


oh my god, wait what's my last trip, Bangkok, is it Bangkok


I think it's Bangkok, okay toodles


oh


same


isn't that daniel guy ya, !huh!, the one dekat basement selalu is, and you have another friend called daniel,


hustle the bustle sampai dapat like a few hundreds sia in a day aku rasa ah, but he was at his riches when he was doing that Deliveroo thingy


motor lah sia basikal buat apa , do you have a choice


it's either kau drive atau kau took a, apply [kan] I heard macam Grab whatever you must have, experience like in, one year punya what is it called driving experience or something like that


ya something like that


GrabFood pernah order [pe] then the driver, is a car what you can see the plate number what, if it's something then is a, it's a car


kau nak apa sia motor is F [kan], motor nya plate [kan] F plus,


it's GrabFood, , and GrabFood got different modes of transportation what, car and stuff


, , Decathlon


the one at #chai chee# or Kallang, why you mean tiring [kan] ada more hours, so chances


if you're night shift you won't be having to go home like the wee hours what confirm your shift will start before the transport punya things end and you go home when it starts


suffer then who will


wait kau dah apply ah, oh Mairah, her intern everyday meh, (uh huh) serious ah, how is that intern if it's everyday


no no choice right oh, what tuition centre is that Kumon, I don't know


KRTC is at eastpoint meh, isn't NTUC the last floor already, I went there before isn't that NTUC the loop that one


what really meh


they have a roster meh, monday and tuesday got off


oh every monday memang close ah, tuesday is her off, so technically her off is, tuesday


nevermind it's her it's her first day today [kan] so,


ah oh yang macam movable tu eh, that's her desk


so she's a side table nya girl ah, but that's the internship, wait this internship is how long again six months, (uh huh) if she's gonna do the exact same thing for six months and


we'll see how she stretch okay, ah proper position ah okay, but intern got a lot of scallops you know


I feel like is, it is lah it is, it is what it is but okay what everything is there and she so near home


if she walks home, then she, she don't have to cross [kan] kalau naik thirty [kan], both, [kan]


if she goes to work, I rather


fight me


!huh! everyday, and then, she end what time, which her break is an hour


eh one PM is, a good time to start but, she misses a lot on like dinner and stuff ah


ah sia, or will be occupied, but at least she starts, late, I mean if she's a night person at least dia boleh like lepas kerja boleh merayap boleh lepak and stuff


ya if she that haram kind, but, why who said that


then why do my friends all dah dapat license and insurance hari-hari dorang drive hari-hari dorang practise


isn't there an agreement or something, but if the insurance works like that [kan] so touch wood lah if anything happens


it will happen once what, what are the odds of it happening twice and then they they catches like they caught you doing the same shit twice in a week, as


but dah buat belum the insurance


so mama kau pun tahu ah, (hmm), wait let's see, soon kalau ah when when I pass my license I'll see what kind of insurance my dad does okay maybe like not even one day a week maybe half a day a week


!huh! one week the hell, !huh!, , and then how does the insurance work wouldn't it be nonexistent then


okay but your dad didn't buy that, ya hor why so macam takut semacam aku pun macam very curious wasn't he the one who keep pushing kau to get your license so that kau boleh cepat-cepat drive tak menyusahkan dia and then tiba sekarang kau dah ada license tiba kau tak boleh pegang kereta


Azrul selalu keluar I remember


ya and last time kereta dia is family friendly meaning like young or old fits the person cause it's Fiat Fiat Punto [kan] ya, I think it's the


!huh!, surrounding dia punya vehicle, ya lah I know lah but


what what is he thinking , I can tell that ah with or without license can tell, !huh!


eh but kau kereta kau kereta pula motor kau lawa though, Afif eh, ah for sure, rental rental pun at least kalau dia keep paying if he can afford


he can eventually buy off the bike what no meh,


, that duke tu what or what, oh bummer


oh really, motor apa [seh]


I never know what is cafe racer, ah


oh Nadia, Nadia punya is that one meh, Yamaha, what's the model again


cafe, oh very dia lah very dengan kind macam gini eh


very that, that one, yes dia pun macam macam Rumi juga a bit lah


you know the same vibe, somehow but Rumi is different Rumi is, different what, it's just the pelik for me , I think dia dah gonna get


engaged eh ke kahwin tak tahu lah cause dia I don't know aku selalu nampak dia on Instagram dengan this one indo girl, ya I know she's not local lah cause, in the video I think I got hear before dia berbual indo macam indo punya kind


so that time dia dengan dorothy together


what kind of three way ke apa binatang it's called is going on with them it's just damn weird pelik also, then that time yang aku pergi tengok thai punya performance kat monti


then kita invite Rumi also lah cause Rumi cakap dia nak tengok like drag performance those LGBT nya kind, and then banyak-banyak then


know thai punya friends those gay friends keep asking ah like apa tu oh ah where's your girlfriend and stuff no girlfriend you single or what dorang macam nak menggatal [kan] then macam like


and then just damn pelik ah sia and he host around with anything that moves, but I know Zul tak comfortable dengan Rumi also


they been friends for damn long ah but, Zul pun petty nak mampus kau tahu dia cakap like I don't want to talk to Rumi cause he never wish me happy birthday, macam apa kau merepek eh


girl kalau aku lupa nak wish kau macam mana eh how ah and was like I probably won't talk to you ah


justin also quite petty when it comes to birthday dia macam like dia cakap birthday is important what it's once a year what so hard, what's so hard about wishing some happy birthday, then aku cakap like if you're not, in good terms with that person why you expecting that person to wish


it doesn't make sense wouldn't you be more boiled up then, than happy, ah aku tak faham ah, but Zul know I know Zul tak comfortable cause of tu ah, Rumi I think Rumi macam menggatal dengan dia also


, yes, unfortunately for his case lah but I think that time Zul was with dylan dengan mata air dia ah


kind of, give the weird weird vibe


, you know when it's not touchy cause you are naturally touchy but, but first night is cool cause


(ugh), yes boss, ya, but I like to see dia punya Instagram cause dia selalu pergi merayap makan and he eats good food


ya and dia ada motor I think, I think dia ada motor Vespa


a little mainstream but not so mainstream, if it's a lot of people but, ya dia macam gitu [jer]


maybe ah the dorang just what one year apart [kan], Afif is what year, ninety nine Rumi is ninety eight, Rumi is Zul age ah


cause dorang cousin, !huh! , eh no meh


ya similar, Rumi is very people pleaser also, acceptable acceptable


but aku just stress ah, I think dorang tu lah, cannot be secondary school, in secondary, your friend went to ITE, west side ah


culinary, culinary but I don't know if it's ITE ke tak I think he went to SHATEC or some, cooking school cause aku nampak dia selalu masak [jer]


I think masih ada kat dia nya Instagram dia post, probably NS eh cannot be NS dia baru enlist baru juga enlist, I think the


he doesn't look like he works out leh Rumi, maybe ah,


no like I think Suria ada this advertisement where, , anak kambing saya and then dorang pergi macam this farm abeh ada advertisement kambing lari-lari Rumi was, Rumi was that boy in the in the kambing video that's why when aku jumpa dia [kan] at times like eh


eh you look familiar ah, where where got see you before ah


and then keep keep keep guessing then thought he really is the kambing boy but dia tak pernah post ah, ya, [kan] from what he is now lah


[kan], then he turned out to be gay


always , when he talks is different


fun ah fun to be with, I don't know many picture ambil budak Whampoa ah sia, the epitome of OG


what's OG, original gangster


but dia berbual melayu ah I think


no as you age it gets smaller it's


ya sia, got pros and cons lah, pros is that more contacts easy contacts but cons is that everyone knows everyone so


words travel damn fast one, disgustingly fast, a few of my batch people, cause kau ninety nine, ninety five


ITE higher NITEC and then poly cause ITE higher NITEC poly is almost six years what, got one year two year so if NITEC higher NITEC can be three to four years


poly itself is already three years kalau kau remote remote, four years but I know, no choice I think NS last boleh ambil kau twenty six twenty seven, [kan]


twenty aku masuk twenty fourteen twenty fourteen, twenty fourteen atau twenty thirteen ya, then ada satu budak ni from nineteen ninety, so it's like what twenty four gitu and he's one of the oldest


eh kau graduate is what month


april oh that means kau aku punya intake ah, should be masuk may atau june aku june intake what, girl aku that time tak ada choice


oh cause your enlistment is too soon also so we cannot accept your deferment, ya , it doesn't makes sense but aku aku tak faham but aku masuk anyway, if aku defer I have a feeling I would go into army


for sure cause abang aku not in recruit anymore what, hell am I supposed to do there, that time I wanted to lah I die want to cause aku nak main combat combat nak main tembak-tembak semua cause


like, weapons weaponry and shit is different is more to apa tu defence atau macam whatever protection lah


army is all offense, !huh! I don't even know what that is which I thank god I don't know


singapore made rifles out the out out of our tax money, , what the hell


is it #pasir laba# or something


!huh!, what does a marksman even do what is the title even for


good for what for iraq , we'll see lah we'll see kalau kau masuk army ke tak okay


petition for apa eh, , of course lah dia nak standardise dia nya family, no cause that time I did remember I had a talk with your mum kat tempat the car wash kat JB then macam like


hot spot nya vocation then macam like tak nak ah mama nak dia masuk army that's it, okay, ah okay , sister aku dah macam gitu macam okay but ya lah I mean


for sure kau better off in, army lah cause kau dulu NCC [pe], ya so there are a lot of relatable things just that


ah boys punya experience, ah brotherhood dia dia cakap yang oh SCDF tak ada brotherhood, macam what where my sisterhood


SCDF ada tu ada lah tapi macam you know nanti korang dah pergi station terus kau pecah like go scattered elsewhere, which is not, not wrong is correct lah, but ya kau masuk army Sua


enter army and nowhere else, technically budak-budak sekarang dorang cakap ada choice [pe] apa benda before enlistment you can apa tu fill up the options and stuff then they will look through cause dorang cakap banyak orang depression cakap yang dorang kena campak to different organisation and then dorang suffer


instead of going through the proper life skill punya shit, ya, it's like holiday camp already is they are pampered so I don't know what


could they possibly be complaining about, it's not like macam dorang bagi kau an empty bag then like my time I, was given my empty bag


helmet dorang campak bottle dorang campak [jer] eh macam like, don't drop it , so dorang macam kat table dorang [kan] dorang macam like S size S size then budak-budak store dia macam like keluar [kan] barang abeh macam like campak campak kat pile lah so that pile is all S size another pile is XS so


, fall in kat tempat kita punya coy apa benda tu and then kita alpha so alpha tingkat dua [jer] tak payah nak naik like five six storeys but alpha alpha and bravo


kita nya bunk is, single bed is not like double deck so I think charlie and delta delta paling worst ah obese [kan] so delta is the last floor plus dorang bunk bed ya so the entire macam kau tahu the spiral stairs


is, closed, it's not an open stairs dia macam ada window ah but tutup so kadang-kadang bila dorang dah habis training dorang nak naik [kan] nanti dia punya tingkap all like foggy, cause dorang punya body sweat and heat [kan] naik atas and especially dorang kena sampai tingkat enam ke lima girl aku tengok dorang you know bau lah cause they have cause we have to share the stairs ada tiga so


but anyway bila aku nampak aku [kan] nak tidur [kan] dorang macam kena brief debrief eh kau punya before kau boleh tidur kau kena drink up drink up aku is like


cause I think it's a litre eh, ya I think the bottle besar lah sia, I don't know how many ah I think one litre atau five hundred cannot be five hundred this is not much this is five hundred, so it's one litre ah tu so one litre kau tahu aku dah gini gini means half [kan]


so, then


have water you know, so basah then aku dah habis [kan]


aku first first tengok dia like


go pick up your bottle ah


so like legit everything have to do ah


my god abeh sekarang aku tengok budak-budak semua dah bed sheet dah pasang and then ada nama dorang at which bed and then nama dorang I think macam CMPB apa know their body size lah so kalau macam dorang punya baju are all S then


to a point where I don't think they broke a sweat unless it's hot they probably broke sweat cause of the heat only


no I mean like alpha are the worst treated people lah, but, he's on light duty so he was, treated like shit less, and yet he bila book in [kan] dia selalu AWOL


parents dia was fine or something like that just that, ah dia dia cakap dia kena bully, I didn't bully we didn't bully him


I don't bully people okay people tried to bully me but I had people to take care of me , I was one of the youngest so I cannot, stir shit I cannot create shit okay


correct


at least me and Faiz proved our point already okay I made it to paramedic Faiz made it to firefighter Hairi, Hairi , no I think he he held the sergeant rank but I think dia store man eh initially he was some other thing but aku tak faham ah orang-orang yang masuk NS abeh dia macam down PES


and then kau nak down PES because kau nak lepak wouldn't that make your NS life more shit, cause tak ada benda sia kau nak buat and then kau drag yourself to work cause of your


incapability of doing such jobs, ah aku macam tak faham but abang aku is one of them, a'ah abeh dia no ada orang bangga gila down PES eh I managed to down PES sia some people say that to me during my SCDF then aku macam like


proud eh I thought people are rooting for each other to, go achieve better goals or some shit then macam like oh aku just malas ah sia lagipun NS [jer] [pe] then ya exactly NS


who the hell wants nine to five unless it's stay in lah, Azlan, Azlan is


store man but he seems to be okay with it


are you serious, , it's a it's a one experience ah obviously but the hell dia nak commit suicide


but at least he's army what, ya


productivity ah thanks to him lah, damn, it's a Azlan condo for me, , ya ya ya ya


ah sia I cannot imagine, or was he looking for other organisation, just NS in general lah oh okay I thought dia menjerit army cause, army or some shit


that time dia masuk apa it's not dia punya fresh eighteen or seventeen plus years old [kan]


cause I know Tahir [kan] after secondary school, he didn't get accepted to any school in ITE so dia one gap year, literally NS didn't even, took him or whatever


so, he he was eight almost nineteen ah when NS so Azlan should be


he should have went somewhere, I thought dia punya makeup is after NS, Cosmoprof [kan]


what the fuck know, , that must be, Kimak confirm mama kau confirm like


Azlan


ninety one, oh dorang one year apart [jer]


unplanned , !alamak! nak kena financially prepare for this this thing , that means I was in secondary school


I was sec two or sec one, a'ah sia, , primary two lah [kan] should be four years what


, , yes Shahdri good math, primary two then aku sec four then kau primary six ah


no aku pakai gel primary two until primary six I think


ah, wait primary three rambut aku wave meh, primary six lah


disgusting Tahir all hated me so bad, Tahir Yati Nad semua tak suka aku cause I was the only, , not smart not smart but the one yang six five


cause, doesn't primary six [kan] ikut stream [kan] six one six three pandai six four six five and then six six six seven is and then there's the EM three six eight, err in in my batch is those six seven six one six six so six seven six six ada banyak orang so they know each other I'm the only one from six five


ya, and then dah masuk like oh and some more in primary school primary six also, I was the only malay from six five to be sent to the last class of malay, [kan] ada EM one EM


EM one EM two then the EM two second one and then EM three, Ahmad


#ahmad adham# dia macam this dark dark dude lah


no dulu ada cikgu Wati lain Idawati [kan] secondary school, no no I mean primary school, ya ya ya itu aku nya form teacher form teacher then dah masuk ah


sec one, then semua tengok aku semua macam tak nak kawan aku ah sia but aku kira budak-budak six six ah budak-budak takraw cause we are all guys [kan] and some more dorang tinggal like all around my block, and then I remember


eh kau tak tahu angkat air betul-betul [pe] dia macam like


, during the orientation then aku make my own clique ah my own wolf pack, no lah sia Filin aku sec three sec four get closer cause I realised aku nak kena buck up on my studies


and she did not do any better, so so aku dengan dia kena buck up, but sec


and then after that know what never mind aku pergi track and field, ah CCA days are not


aku tak faham ah sia apa benda yang friday [jer]


most uniformed groups and those like heavy punya apa tu CCA are, school-based are mostly friday, run with them is who


no saint patrick budak-budak thirsty kat situ budak-budak female thirsty not only female thirsty male thirsty also I can't


cause, it's macam low-key prestigious for being an all guys slash all girls school cause sana CHIJ dengan saint [pe]


ah lah, they have a, that is for sure be it malay or chinese or indian they are all


one type , I cannot believe it


no, ya but you're only limited to that time to jerit what, even, ya but outside of the CCA hours


school week eh, ya but why jerit during CCA when can jerit everyday and not be in that CCA also


just go around and shout at people then, yes


but I didn't even take what I only started medical in NS, no what the, I think the only thing they gonna teach me is ropes, I think they gonna teach me to tie knots, boys brigade


for what ,


you do this for what why not


ya, cause it's the biggest uh macam parade [kan], in between blocks, cause I remember D&T block like really kecil and then in between the classes


, no the centre one banyak pokok the the gardening the science block one is slightly bigger the space


what is a PDS, oh, they do that for what, , to apply when, eh


!huh!, they do that really really really for what, but ya I I mean is the foot drill [kan] macam side side foot drill nya competition macam korang buat foot drill cause of footwork so korang buat the PDS or whatever shit it is called is for precision


timing and then some tent is to see your skills how fast you can do it , (uh huh) katrina's here, ma'am katrina is here to beat you up


!ee! ada what what uniformed group ada eh, , there's no all boy [kan], boys brigade don't have [kan]


I know primary school ada scout, there's only four


oh ya different colour, but wouldn't they have to like, be together also


a'ah [kan], oh Faiz Faiz NCC, our eh I realised, east side tak ada NCDC eh, national civil defence cadet corp


got I realised most of them are in west, west coast ada NCDC cause that time I remember ada this budak book in, boy, was holding the lieutenant rank then I was like


how is it how is this possible I am, eighteen and I hold like like corporal how are you lieutenant then I realised aku zoom [kan] it's not civil defence


I don't get hannah why would she let go of such person but


she let go cause of the parents [kan], ya kind of lah, but this one slightly extreme, ya and then dia dia nya mum


say no more


I can't believe it, my mum my mum knows


how you know, ah really, , merlin merlin semua camelot semua ada


and Faiz didn't tell my mum anything about ten K


ya cause, !huh!


I don't know anything, I don't know, no eh nothing was done eh, cause when Faiz bilang [kan]


maybe lah but how can no one told me shit , okay


ya, , [kan] exactly


how's my mum gonna fork out ten K then, how his mum gonna fork out ten K I mean you have to understand Faiz is an only child habis tu dia nya parents also, work humbly lah like kerja enough for dia punya own small family he's not a richie boy a richie solo kid


and all his earnings are to his family and his his own allowances dia tak minta pun ibu dia duit that's for sure I know lah, so kalau dia minta a'ah minta aku two hundred, disgusting eh


what the hell is that, is that necessary, it looks fine


aku terus pelik sekejap


but ten K is too much, I need to really, recollect my brain, out of this ten K


they should, be thankful we are all guys okay we have money we can afford and shit, how much you want to pay pay ah


, by that time was how long ago, but they are quite old [kan] and they have been working [kan] they are not like twenty three or twenty two what


ya they have like a couple of years worth of like savings, to support each other


I malay melayu , , ah sia aku bagi dia eight eight [jer] lah


seven seven seven seven, are seven eight either one, she got chinese blood lah


ah dengan kau lah, [kan] aku keluar lift then aku cakap eh ni nak salam ke tak eh, then mak aku cakap itu [kan] bapa pengantin that's the one [kan]


ya ya, oh ya ya he got the sepet eyes, ya think wednesday [kan], damn kau ada kau ada new member


new member to the what is it five five #chai chee# eh new member to the five five CC , eh good luck, tiger dah accept, who is this please introduce yourself


no I mean like there's a difference what between kau nya savings for your own self savings for


tying your knot what, like mine lah


cause my dad got do the whatever insurance thing investment thingy, so it's like, every month atau year annually got money lah store in so can take out once cause dia nak let go let go of all so that we all have our individual punya insurances investments and shit so he keep forcing me to be more independent so aku macam like apa ni I am still seventeen at heart but cannot lah


twenty four, twenty four, ,


, , but we met what that time yang kat airport all all her sisters were there except for the youngest one


two of her oldest sisters there, Mairah was with us, ya the yang kecil tak ada cause that time me and Tahir didn't know that the youngest sister existed ya and then when dia tunjuk adik dia aku macam siapa ni this one my sister !huh! your older sister no this one my younger !huh! Tahir pun macam like no cause we thought


all youngest cause Tahir youngest aku youngest kau youngest so we thought she also youngest she don't give off the slightly older sister vibe, but she she is one


but ya got see the two sisters lah there, cause the mum tanya apa like ah this one can trust or not go overseas this one how old already twenty nine twenty three we are turning twenty two


I was, I was twenty two I think, cause we are what nineteen birthday kau dah lepas [pe], ah kau nineteen lah twenty eighteen what,


Tahir nya birthday belum lagi apa so, before on the month


, eleven, , eleven cause that time you I got apa tu notified it's on my archive, it's too much already eh now banyak sia kawan aku dah post macam like


much needed eh apa tu much misses holiday either Bali lah Patong beach lah all those, my last trip was Langkawi


is it, I was only nineteen [ah] as in like flight flight kind, okay that's it for now


, [orh]


AirAsia ke Singapore Airlines, oh Jetstar, okay, oh okay tapi kalau depa dah refund sepatutnya okay lah


I ada dengar juga kawan I cakap AirAsia tak boleh refund langsung atau partial refund atau


dah lima kali okay, [orh]


perth ni bila I gi kat situ


so I can like eat and sleep and relax or maybe because I'm on leave juga lah


ah, okay okay


okay boleh juga ajak you lah ah okay lah, melbourne sekali yang dua-dua kali dengan mum I lah dengan my mak , and then we've also been to perth


three times already in, the whole of, last year and I think probably, , next year kalau boleh I nak gi lah tapi


, oh betul ke and you tak pernah visit, okay so because [kan] you are the type of, person that suka holiday suka keluar err


for new adventure tengok new adventure see new things so (ppc) during, err tahun ni [kan] semasa lockdown uh semasa COVID you ada rasa macam you


, (ppc) during circuit breaker at that time (ppc) I was renting my room dengan ni house mates I, and at that time there was like five of us in the house so tak rasa macam lonely sangat lah


because sebelum ni [kan], then I had to macam ask


like all my house mates like how to cook and surprisingly, all of them knew how to cook lah so it was very easy , and they taught me how to cook rice taught me how to cook a lot of things lah so I felt like, I was very lucky that during the lockdown I tinggal dengan mereka lah at that time ah


, I didn't know what fish I was supposed to cook with , so I just bought salmon lah then I wanted to cook salmon curry but then


uh, salmon salmon I okay boleh makan tapi curry dia I think sebab I added too much water, so rasa dia macam air instead of or is rasa dia macam salmon soup instead of salmon curry lah


so it was a bit weird lah ya, I know right oh my gosh ya, , !hais! you tahu tak hari tu because I'm thinking to myself, that you ni [kan] memang drive and I take public transportation


so I was thinking hari tu [kan] you know outside rumah I ni I was sleeping very soundly by myself and you know just, enjoying my sleep lah , then after that leh, the car outside [kan]


and I was like apa jadi ah, the but then I try to look out the window lah I wanted to Kaypoh lor


then kereta depan dia memang hempas sampai the whole thing is spoilt lah, and uh, ah so ya like that lor


so that's what happened, then after that


oh, (mmhmm), , ,


ah, okay


oh, oh my god, eh that's so bad leh, , oh


video tu [kan] I think ya no bukan nampak kereta dia kat Tampines tapi I think I rasa I nampak video dia kat TikTok


so that's where I get my news also lah TikTok and Instagram, ya, the presidential debate


, , ya so, I understand, so ya so then [kan], ah you know actually this year


you know kena save money lah, save money so that I can like buy a house here


and then you know uh tapi I rasa macam the houses here pun sekarang , getting more expensive and kalau tak I kena you know buy like somewhere further away from the city and it's not convenient sebab I tak pandu kereta [kan]


oh I tak tahu pun you ada siblings, ah okay


oh, oh, oh oh that's very good, , okay, ya, so that's why that's why like you know my parents I kena take care of them lah


so that's why during this COVID nineteen time I worried sikit lah sebab [kan] they are walking around in singapore, so then it's like, I takut lah kalau ada apa apa yang jadi especially bila that time when the domestic workers the numbers were increasing and


you tahu lah parents ni tua-tua yang semua tua-tua ni [kan]


it's like if you have in the reports [kan] it's already been stated that if you have any underlying conditions , you know or uh, err like macam mak I she's had a stroke before it's it's dangerous lah to to bahaya lah to go out


and actually touch all these, ah, ah, so that's why memang tak nak dengar lah so susah sikit lah so like I was very worried for my parents but then it looks like


the numbers here in singapore is dwindling is is sudah semakin kurang , so nampaknya macam okay we're getting better , and looking forward to phase three lah


okay, ya, oh, , okay, okay


, ah, ya


ya lor that's true, if let's say you were the prime minister


okay


because philippines is uh dengan indonesia, ya because the two of them sekarang ni memang tengah competing and then philippines competing to be the winner, of the highest number of COVID cases


ya, , , , , , , ah new zealand new zealand is good ya memang cantik and I heard the prime minister is very good also


so ya I heard she has been doing her very well with the number of the COVID nineteen cases lah di di negara dia [kan], ya, so macam tu lah so biasanya you ada baca news [kan] Channel News Asia


, okay


oh that's not good,


ya, uh kerja memang kerja from work from home lah tapi once I think about kerja I macam stressed sikit because I've been working twenty four seven


so I rasa macam I need a break lah, ya, , as if lah it's so easy [kan],


I tak boleh visit rumah orang tua lah sia COVID , , (mmhmm)


it, everytime tak boleh tidur because got problems trying to sleep lah insomnia [kan]


so, but then I don't want to take too much ubat also I want to make sure that I can fall asleep naturally, so ya, so then, so today


, boyfriend dia tak ada so boyfriend dia tinggal kat tempat dia sendiri lah so, , so then oh uh so that's why this morning, I'm, managed to buy me McDonald's breakfast dia ada buy one for one


so the breakfast wrap was only four dollars sixty five cents, but, uh it's one for one so end up the thing became only two dollars lah, so ya, so macam tu lah eh you tahu tak rambut I [kan] lepas I dye dia merah dah [kan]


ha and some more my pillow covers are all white, so it's like the thing turned red lah because, you know my hair ni memang [kan] red


so I rasa macam , the hair dye that the hairdresser used tak berapa bagus ah because everytime I after when it's wet it's wet, it will stain or if I wear anything white it will stain


ya but whose hair will be after you dye, exactly, ya exactly this is lepas dua minggu dah and then dia masih stain baju dengan


but only bila dia basah , , ya but then but when it's wet it will stain my towel lah


, so ya lor like that lor


Harvey Norman singapore ada sales, and then, ya it was a a birthday surprise dia order dari Harvey Norman singapore, Harvey Norman singapore tu deliver kat I lah and I didn't know then when they ring the doorbell I was like


eh, !wow! and I didn't, this is for you and I was like oh, okay actually I didn't order this uh, there was memang kelakar lah because the guy was like this one is for you I said I didn't order this he said oh your mum, uh ordered it oh okay, it's a local delivery


ya lah, sometimes my mum is okay lah, so macam tu lah, then, oh, the


mini golf [kan], Holey Moley, and then kita masih belum pergi Holey Moley [kan]


Norza, a'ah I went with her, ya tapi I ajak you you tak reply


ah tak boleh lah exercise


[orh] I nak tapi I tak tahu macam mana nak start


[orh]


!wah! that's very good, okay but it's not too late for me to start, because I because I masih muda lagi [kan]


, , so I ni kena like willing to take the risk lah,


, okay tapi I nak start dengan DBS, okay,


okay bagus , ha, !huh!


okay, for DBS lah oh okay, if you want to invest in the share market you kena apa ni you kena start an account with with your bank right


ah, so macam macam lah,


, oh okay okay, ha betul lah, okay


, , then like worried about like money and then sekarang job I ni pun tak ada commission


so I kena that's why I sekarang ni sibuk nak cari back a sales job so that I can get a bit of commission, unless we have this type of project lah, project project macam ini kalau kita ada lebih then I don't have to worry so much


, ya you know a little bit of extra do no harm lah [kan], , so


, so rasanya tak tahu lah kalau , the share market investment I memang interested lah but then like , not right not right now only that I want to take my time and then we see what happens lah


, memang nak ah sebab tu that's why originally I was saving up my money untuk apa ni , untuk MBA sebab I nak belajar MBA sepatutnya


ya, so and and then actually, I rasa macam kalau boleh I nak study medicine juga tapi medicine [kan] I was thinking should I actually like


just, you know, have a career change, so but then career change susah sikit because like


medicine is kira kira kalau kita study dekat australia, , ,


ya and then we ya so, and then so that's why it's a bit like


but then medicine tu mahal lah so , these kind of things you need money also if you want to switch your career and how you want to start all over and get certified so susah sikit lah


, , I nak kerja untuk diri sendiri I nak make sure that you know the money in the bank is mine and that


I tak dependent lah on anybody, so ya, , parents okay lah [kan] parents kat singapore macam tu lah


like singapore living cost is a bit high, so when you have two old parents here in singapore you kena , save a little bit more to make sure that you know that your parents are well taken care of lah so ,


step by step I guess one day at a time,


, , so tengok macam mana lah


, , I bawa dia pi !aiyo! banyak tempat lah sebab the job before this [kan] memang I had to travel and at that time


hong kong Paris Dubai , mana lagi I brought her to


, at first originally kita nak pi vietnam this year sepatutnya I nak bawa dia pi vietnam especially end of the year when it's cold, either vietnam ke #chiang mai# because she likes cold places lah, and then I wanted to take her to cold places that is not expensive tak terlalu mahal [kan]


so susah sikit lah duduk rumah tengok Netflix [jer] lah, [kan],


ya, eh, the furthest he will go is Changi


the furthest he will go is Changi, he won't go anymore where further than that,


ya, ya lah mak I pernah pernah lah she wanted to go via this, travel agency pi holiday tapi susah sikit lah kalau you pi with travel agency I takut , that travel agencies will bring her to all these weird places [kan]


oh, tapi kalau they travel with travel agent [kan], that like you know that akan charge you like really high prices


, , (mmhmm) betul lah,


lazarus island tu yang paling jauh I pergi ah duduk ferry tu pun I tertidur dalam ferry


oh betul ke you pernah pergi ke lazarus island oh


ah, oh my gosh, aku ambil umbrella tu abeh aku jalan from one from since the jetty


, you nak tukar ke another day ah because


right, uh reda dah ah so kita continue with our trip anyway, so I cakap okay lah continue with our trip and then


oh ya betul juga I terlupa lima orang (ugh)


ya kenapa pula I boleh terkira tambah seorang ah okay tak apa so ada lima orang [kan], and payung tu memang kecil kecil ha


and then almost lah the wind blew away the payung and everything so end up we all just sat kat jetty tu waited for the ferry for two hours, ya, [orh]


only when I'm at home, , ya that's true, [kan] I nak pergi tapi tengok lah kalau weekday I memang tak boleh sebab I kena ambil leave kalau weekend okay lah tapi weekend susah juga sebab I takut ramai orang lah


I tak nak ambil leave on a on a weekday that is like a random day [kan] because I takut like, my boss will also kacau I, so then that what is the point of taking the leave you see


ah the the most strategic way of doing this is bila boss I, on leave, then I also take the leave, ah so dia tak akan kacau I,


so macam tu lah


(ppc)


oh so biasanya you pandu kereta pergi situ bukan ambil uh apa ni ambil uh train lah, , (mmhmm)


okay okay I see I see, I see , ya, so ya so you know I wrote an email to my management err my housing management because like


no or sometimes dia memang dah buka itu chute, so like tapi dia tak tutup properly so then or or they didn't push the rubbish properly into the chute all the way down


ya, ya so I wrote an email to management lah then I suruh management please remind everybody to, to , you know make sure that the the rubbish is thrown properly and responsibly lah ya


management cakap okay ah do you know who is in err who is the culprit, you mean I stand outside the rubbish chute and wait for the person to not throw the rubbish


no lor on the floor every floor or itself don't have the CCTV lor only CCTV got is in lobby, , macam tu lah


oh okay


korean drama K drama is like


not really my thing lor but then I can try lah see how lah, because I scared later I fall asleep lah when I tengok K drama


a'ah, (mmhmm), ya exactly, so kalau dia nak hire I I boleh cakap this is the amount of time I spend on your product I memang boleh join product you


tak nak lah


is that the word you were looking for , , ya


malay song macam boleh juga tapi I rasa macam bila I cakap malay it's smoother lah kalau nyanyi malay not so, not so well because I'm not used to it, more of like english songs lah


eh you tahu tak hari tu [kan]


this one seorang lelaki ni dia memang kerja kat situ as a waiter, uh if if he dia memang singaporean lah tapi dia ada relatives kat malaysia


so dia ambil nombor I, you boleh call I so I cakap okay that's fine I'll do it


then, after that, and I dah bagi tahu dia yang memang I dah ada boyfriend, and dia cakap oh, uh kalau dia dia cakap hari tu dia cakap apa ah, uh dia cakap oh,


bila you free, , I nak bawa you keluar uh and then dia then dia cakap I nak bawa you keluar dengan Vespa I, , ya, Vespa dia then aku cakap


so then I was like a bit like, then tapi ya so no lah but it's not just that it was like I dah memang dah bagi tahu yang I ada boyfriend


that's really weird so I I just straight up was like honest dengan dia and I bagi tahu lah that like, I don't think that it is, nice for me to, have err to go uh with you on the Vespa one on one


because it would be disrespectful to boyfriend I you know so it's like, and I don't and and I don't think it is it I don't think my boyfriend would be cool with it and I don't think that, it would be cool of me to do it also, ah so I rasa macam dia tak ada boundary actually the thing was


that kalau next time I nak reserve table I boleh call dia so I ingat like service dia bagus ke apa I wanted to write like a feedback on Facebook


weirded out, macam tu lah,


I memang dah berterus terang I dah cakap I ada boyfriend, then after that dia ah then dia masih muka tebal lagi dia cakap oh, , oh I okay [jer] uh because dia cakap oh , so my birthday dinner is coming up


only you and me, , ah then aku rasa aku tanya dia only you and me, then dia cakap tak lah then they said uh then he said, , then dia cakap with a group of friends bukan you dengan I [jer] then the then he said


I tahu you you you tak you tak nak hang out one on one, then I rasa macam the way he responded to it was very, disrespectful because it's like, it doesn't matter if you are okay with it ke tidak because you are


like, you know single so of course it's okay with you, it's nice of you to do that, ah so macam tu lah, then then aku tanya dia just you and I then dia cakap tak lah dengan kawan kawan I


so I was like okay then I straight up told him, ya because if it's a birthday dinner just you and I it will be very weird, ah


tuesday wednesday thursday I'm free, like asking me to pick the day of, where he is free, but not when I am free, so I was but bukan I yang ajak dia keluar dia yang nak ajak I then I was like


okay, then I said oh weekday I maybe cannot make it, so, time and and happy birthday in advance


, oh uh don't worry other days I will be spending with my friends then he said you tell me when you are free, but I thought before this you said it will be with your group of friends, and then now you are asking me


I not interested and like you should not be disturbing me, a'ah, I memang dah tak bagi signal apa I tak uh it it's totally no signal it's disconnected


okay, so ya, so I rasa macam it's just, disconnected signal because, he is just not getting it, maybe his brain waves are not getting it but we will see but, ya but any way aku dah tak reply dia lah


, ya


, !huh!, , no lah I mean uh no but anyway ya that was just off topic so coming back to this apa ni COVID [kan] so


in london COVID nineteen memang dah , the cases it reemerged again, and now they are all back in lockdown, macam that time dalam kat australia,


so they are all back in lockdown, , I think so, , yang tu pernah happen dalam japan pun and then now they said that the


the virus dah mutate, and the infection is is more , the the virus is more infectious,


, so yang tu yang susah lah


tapi vaccine sekarang pun macam ada side effect, because I think sekarang ada tiga company yang tengah buat vaccine, uh, no there is one that's Sanofi albert dengan AstraZeneca


, job offers, for a number of albert punya infectious disease department


, , ya


you, US ada lah US I think now they are busy with the campaign the presidential campaign it feels like I feel like this COVID thing has, become prolonged because, err USA, could not handle this COVID situation properly so that's why


ended up the entire, uh nationwide, everybody in the world, did not manage to contain the virus because the two largest countries which is the US and


china, were not good at managing it, so that's why it turns out everybody pula yang terkena COVID, ya, if it happened in a much smaller country or a much smaller nation it would have been easier to contain


I rasa lah yang ni I rasa lah, , , ya, exactly


, , (mmhmm)


you when you compare to


and it's very diverse that's why people like it here, and, nationality lah kat singapore


ya, ah #ang moh# tu apa #ang moh#, oh #ang moh# tu orang putih lah


oh okay okay ha betul lah , yes lor, (hmm) so ya


then dia ada like I pernah pergi dah lama dah , and then dia ada yang rooftop tu memang glass rooftop and dia transparent and then boleh nampak everything


uh and then it's right in the middle of botanical gardens


I nak balik tidur ,


so okay kalau tak pergi orchard then kita nak pergi mana lepas ni eh


ya, , a'ah


, (mmhmm), ,


boleh juga tapi [kan] you sebab you pandu kereta so senang sikit tapi kalau untuk I I kena like, , you tahu lah I ni memang singaporean, kalau jauh sangat I tak nak travel


ya betul lah


because I rasa macam malas nak kerja cause every day I've been working non-stop [kan], (hmm), (hmm) so rasa macam tired sikit lah but I need to finish this project


uh kawan dia punya husband ke apa atau mungkin kawan dia lah dia ni memang pilot, dengan apa ni SIA ke apa lah and then after that lost the job and now buat kat macam customer service or something lah


and then had to like, pay but have to still pay for the mortgage and such so ya susah sikit lah, ,


, , oh so wife dia tak ada job lah, oh tapi dia ada apply ke tak untuk job, [orh]


presentation, oh


ya, ya, oh, oh, so dia ada like that has she reached the level whereby like


ya very like uh demotivating lah,


oh, oh media agency lah, (mmhmm)


, oh dalam IT pun kena retrenchment, like err


betul then dia tak ada commitment


, , ya so, anyway


err, weekend nanti kita akan maybe jumpa lagi kat botanical gardens makan breakfast ya


(mm) ya, (ppb) okay, okay thank you bye bye


!whoa! babe kalau saya sudah habis uh ini err quarantine [kan] saya rasa saya nak pergi uh japan Okinawa untuk holiday


ya mereka bagi saya voucher boleh guna sampai satu tahun next year lah


oh, uh mungkin five times,


ya Okinawa saya punya first time, virgin trip lah


[orh], ah


ah


, ya


kamu buat apa during uh circuit breaker


, uh oh, ya lah


uh, , ,


, !huh!, !huh!


ah, ah


[orh], ya lah, pernah dulu


after that, (ppc)


so that's why tak boleh speed, ah, recently saya punya customer dia pun kena accident


then keluar newspaper lagi dalam CNA, ya kereta yang langgar dia ialah Toyota Vios so customer saya dia pandu Mercedes, then yang ini Toyota Vios [kan] dia pergi langgar err customer saya


ya on fire tau


, ya dekat Tampines, yes, ah betul


, oh, !haiyo!, !wah!


, , ya


, ah brother


uh big brother saya dia jual dia kerja , then adik pun the uh kerja dengan dengan Pepsi mereka jual Pepsi punya ya


!eeyer!


oh banyak orang tahu dalam MRT saya nampak kawan saya ambil photo


ya, , okay actually saya pun tak tahu tapi kawan saya cakap sudah mahu phase three


so ini phase three kamu boleh buat lebih banyak benda macam sekarang semua restaurant [kan]


then macam pergi masjid atau pergi temple atau pergi err, err praying, places kamu boleh banyak orang sikit and mungkin mungkin orang yang sudah nak mahu err


so, ya saya rasa banyak event ah lebih lebih banyak activity boleh buat lah during phase three, ya lah tapi semua countries other countries banyak case


err safe tapi saya rasa lebih baik kalau singapore ada travel bubble


!hais!,


ya, ya ya ya


, COVID, , ya betul pun okay saya nak pergi australia


Bangkok, err vietnam, malaysia, ah new zealand, ah


ha, !whoa!, oh ya, ya


, (ugh), !aiya! banyak rapist punya case, ya


so, [ho], ya, so saya rasa mereka sangat stress lah


oh , , !hais!, okay lor then, then pergi lah buat something macam hiking atau cycling


shopping, ya kamu pun tak cukup tidur [kan]


!whoa!


, !wah! sangat murah ah


ah, !huh!


[orh], you kena lah dry dulu dry hair dulu lah, ha


first few days, [orh]


at least won't stain [kan], ya you cannot let it wet, eh mak mak kamu beli itu Dyson hairdryer bagi kamu eh


!walao!, , !wah! surprise visit eh


, (ppc), !whoa!


!whoa! , eh kamu memang lucky lah ada mum ni , ya


Norza


ya, ya lah kamu tak ajak saya pun kamu cakap dia punya sister pun pergi [kan], !hais!


(ppc), eh hari tu saya pergi #pulau ubin# tau


!hais!


okay kalau kamu nak buka account, ya boleh dia baru buka bagi #chia yut# boom


ah, so dia baru buka bagi kawan saya so kawan saya akan invest lah dalam share market, ya saya ada invest lah


ya, ya


err savings ah, , (ppc)


keep lah untuk long term long term investment, yes


(ppc)


ah banyak macam so saya tak mahu saya guna balik err #hui wen# punya account


(hmm)


eh betul pun lah, (hmm)


(ppc), a'ah ya lah project yang baik [kan]


ya lah eh kamu pun cakap kamu nak pergi belajar [kan]


!wah!, eh kalau kamu study dekat australia kamu boleh practise dekat singapore meh


[orh],


so kamu nak buat apa lah, ,


alright, ya lah some more the only child


okay lah kamu punya mak suka travelling kamu boleh bawa dia pergi travelling


so fetch you pergi airport, stubborn lah


ya betul lah tapi saya punya parents mereka suka travelling dengan tour agent


ya !hais! saya miss travelling lah


eh kamu ada pergi lazarus island eh, eh itu cantik tau itu macam uh uh uh itu Bangkok ah macam Bangkok punya beach tau


oh


ya saya ada sunburn ah,


ya betul lah boleh tidur boleh relax


eh kamu [kan] kena clear leave


, and tak boleh buat apa-apa lor, , eh kamu pernah pergi massage tak dekat JB, Johor, !aiyo! saya sangat suka saya sangat miss massage


saw her you go all the way for a massage don't you think that's like really far away then


!eeyer!, disgusting lah


so apa management reply, , ,


[orh]


hor, oh Netflix eh Netflix ada apa movie


ah, ha, [orh] saya tak pernah ah, then eh, recently saya tengok korean drama tau


eh


(mmhmm), ya


eh kamu selalu spend time dalam TikTok, oh my god


!wah! kamu nak kerja dengan TikTok eh, , !wah!


eh kamu pergi buat lah video nanti kamu jadi popular [kan]


(mmhmm), (mmhmm) , sangat merdu


oh, more of like english songs lah


oh okay lah, not too bad,


!whoa!, !huh!, Vespa


hesitant ah, boyfriend


, oh,


ah


ya tapi saya rasa dia nak dating dengan kamu tak boleh bagi wrong signal nanti susah nak reject, ya


ya lah biarkan dia lah, ya, so ini kali pertama lah


!huh! seriously, , (ppc)


oh, oh


then mereka boleh ambil vaccine lor yang yang selainnya kita hanya tunggu herd immunity lor, Pfizer [kan]


eh kenapa saya nampak macam Pfizer, [orh]


, !aiya!, [orh]


opinion kamu ah


, ha orang yang kena import datang err singapore mereka kena quarantine tapi singapore pun sangat strict, that's why semua orang takut nanti kena fine


Wildseed eh


okay, !huh!


, !aiya!


, !aiya! jangan pergi botanical gardens lah, ,


, !huh!


, , so


!huh!,


oh tak apa lah masih ada benda nak buat [kan], so, ada banyak yang lost their jobs


so sekarang hanya saya punya colleague


during interview mereka akan err buat project


uh baik punya candidate, so sangat sangat competitive lah


!huh!


uh dia kerja dalam uh advertising punya sector


ah media, so, ah satu lagi pun err kena retrenchment, eh ya dia dia kerja sana enam belas tahun tahu then kena retrenched


ya lah tapi tak ada kerja lah, but best thing is dia tak ada any children, ya so masih,


so okay lah !aiya! harap-harap mereka dapat err jobs, soon, err cut


freeze hiring, ya then


ya this year, ya sangat teruk eh


ha, ya,


ya thank you lyn


so <malay>saya jumpa kamu minggu ni</malay> okay, okay thank you bye bye


I'm in here in the room mah


actually is I'm okay lah but you know today morning Rina call me you know then she was asking me about my how ya how am I going to spend my celebrate my birthday


ya mah that's what I was telling her also in the beginning of the year was telling her that you know, I had a big plan I got special plans to bring my children over to australia and then you know mah you know like we spend time together and since your brother also getting married next month I'll missing also right so I thought this is the best time for the wedding I mean best time to celebrate but


I never know mah this COVID has made everything you know turnaround <tamil>எல்லாத்தியும் பொறுத்தீ போட்டு ரிச்சி:ellattiyum porutti pottu ricci</tamil> COVID


(mmhmm)


no I was really was very waiting for this day <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> really was waiting and waiting and then


you are terrible <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> no she was saying about you know her best friend joyce you know the joyce is a single mother right then she has one son called jonathan and then you know that


boy ah is very close with his mother I mean her mother his grandmother lah, ya but then you know she feel very inferior mah because he he would come back from work he spend time with his granny looking after her talking to her feeding her you know spending quality time with her and then she felt like a zoo she's been left out mah


ya that's what I also told Rina about it you know this this situation ah it's very hard to advise you see maybe she'll fell you know instead of saying some good words or comforting word and then we say something wrong it'll be you know more hurting to her right, ya that's what I also think lah


no she was also saying asked me then you know whether we already bought all our dresses for the your brother's wedding


ya it's a dinner mah evening dinner so must be a gown right


but then you know I thought okay lah then I said wait I ask my daughter first lah then we all can go together if she say if she's okay with it and then like that lah


so now only that lah now talking about norman's wedding ah your brother's wedding ah you know so fast ah next month ah, I feel very you know, ya it's a good thing that he is going to start a live for himself but then it sad mah because you know when he go is going away and then staying in a different house you know


ya there's a delay it seems that they delayed for about, six months at least well


that one I don't know he was thinking you know he haven't decide yet maybe he thought you know get a rental place to stay or you know they haven't decide yet lah mah, you know because he's the only one in, this house is very very noisy and very cheerful and any you likes a joke around at lot of noises in the house


I know mah not that noise <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> I'm talking about uh, then you know as a mother you know as a single mother know I mean you know one out only you and I alone right


ya there's goes without saying


mah don't be so naughty mah then not only that lah mah you know because it's something new for us right don't you agree with me, ya but then it's okay lah he also


ya ya ya I can now I remember, ya he was telling me about his father I was shock, what about is it what is it about


wait wait wait after send operation (uh huh) heart attack wait <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> normally stand they won't immediately have heart attack what,


got such thing mah


[orh]


a'ah


thank god


!huh! what is it eh wait diabetes at this age


(hmm)


but this year is terrible mah so scary also ya but then what to do we have to take it what


I mean what do you coming to say, ya, ya but then you most of them you ordering then I said okay lah


really mah that means what you're coming to say, I can't cook well


well at least you know mah first I was cooking for three person and then now, on the long run I got to reduce right


mah how can you say that mah, no is not that mah every child is precious to the mother mah


but anyway you know something the other day norman was telling me you know what he tell me, as in when he is free he'll come for lunch, isn't that a good news


ya you will say this and that but then when the brother is missing you start finding for him that's you, !huh! how's your day by the way how's your work


how's your day


maybe eh how's your friend ah the one your colleague ah the jane she went for some kind of surgery


cyst ah <tamil>அதே ந என்ன:athe naa enna</tamil> mah


, (mmhmm)


oh


what sixteen days ah, !wah! thank god you have a good boss man, then


oh ya lah you know not nowadays <tamil>வேல கடிக்கறேதே ஆளுங்கெக்கே காஸ்தேம்மா இருக்கு அப்பறோம் இந்தே மாறி:vela katikkareteare alunkekke kastemma irukku aprom inthe maari</tamil> understanding ah <tamil>இருந்த:iruntha</tamil> not many people are like that right, (mmhmm)


ya


believe in prevention better than cure right,


ya that's why I never stop you I said because <tamil>நீ வந்து எல்லாத்தியும் இழுத்து போட்டு இல்லாட்டியும் அல்லி சாபேரேட் இல்லே:ni vantu ellattiyum iluttu pottu illattiyum alli caperete ille</tamil> type <tamil>இல்லே:ille</tamil> you pick and choose and eat and little things so


market those days don't have all this like things <tamil>இப்பெ:ippe</tamil> packet packet ah sell leaves lah


try lah then since she force me so much that I got no choice right then I just take and dig


then then I say


no no it's not forcing <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> no harm in, trying something you know something nice when mummy say nice it should be nice right, no lah I know you ya that's why when vegetable is something very hard to make you like but I'll try one of these what lily taught me and then I see if it really nice for you then


why not (mmhmm) ya


, (oo) portobello mushroom ah ya


it's nice you know actually it's nice you know, shall I try this weekend


I make in the small portions see whether you like then you like then we also now we change the way of eating style of eating


, try <tamil>பண்ணாம நாம:pannama naama</tamil> decide <tamil>பன்ன கூடாது ல:panna kuudathu le</tamil> you can try one or two try exercise classes I mean yoga classes and then see whether it suits you or not because there's so many type mah


no lah mah you are my buddy right my future buddy right


(hmm)


new things are in store mah like you see pasta leh <tamil>எட்டேனோ வகை அப்பெரும்:etteno vakai apperom</tamil> then you know one corner ah teaching how to cook fast and healthy <tamil>அதெல்லாம் பார்த்தே இருந்தேன் நம்மளும்:atellam partte irunten nammalum</tamil> change <tamil>பண்ணேனோம் இல்லேயா:pannenom illeya</tamil> change with time right


brown rice ah


oh


I only know couscous but quinoa, ya nice right, (mmhmm)


okay that means I must go more for the shopping centres lah <tamil>போயி:poie</tamil> supermarket lah <tamil>போயி என்ன என்ன சப்பாதே வைகை என்ன இருக்கு பார்த்தே:poie enna enna sappaate vakai enna irukku partte</tamil> then I start doing then I come tell you lah mah <tamil>இது இருக்கே அது இருக்கே:ithu irukke athu irukke</tamil> then you know at least I can do different different dish for you right


ya that's what now we need to do mah health very important mah I see the way sickness are coming in the way of all


some missing thoughts you know it's quite disturbing you know


so used to at least three holidays a year <tamil>பிள்ளைங்க கூட போயிட்டு:pillainga kuuda poyittu</tamil> spend the time and then <tamil>அது ஒரு சந்தோஷம் தான:athu oru santhosham thana</tamil> mah what more mother want


oh okay


(mmhmm) something different ah,


good lah mah you very positive mah I like it


<tamil>நீ சொல்ரதும் சரி தா:nee solrathum sari thaa</tamil> mah movie <tamil>கூட போய் பார்க்க முடியல:kuuda pooi paaka mudiyala</tamil> mah theatre leh no nice movies movies <tamil>எல்லாம் வந்து தமிழ் படம் பாக்கணும் னு ரொம்ப ஆச:ellam vanthu tamizh padam paakanum nu romba aasa</tamil> but then you know


ya <tamil>பொழப்பு:pozhappu</tamil> ya <tamil>ஆனா:aana</tamil> one, I really appreciate <tamil>நம்ம நாடு:namma naadu</tamil> ya man <tamil>நம்பலாம் வந்து:nambalaam vanthu</tamil> like at least in the safe distancing <tamil>அப்படிலாம் சொல்றோம்:apdilaam solrom</tamil> lah <tamil>நம்பலாம்:nambalam</tamil> follow <tamil>பண்றோம்:panrom</tamil> lah TV


ya lah but still ah india is number two you know


ya we are blessed very blessed, maybe it's a bit difficult to adapt lah but then it just for safety reason ah, don't know where the where it came from and how so fast, ya ya ya


ya really I agree I really agree with that lah you know sometimes is quite difficult but then is for our own good lah you know sometimes some people will be thinking you know why so difficult you cannot go out as a family, you can out you know like spend time in the hawker centre but now they are leaving know giving way mah I mean now they already open up a


a bit you know, ya, ya so even I yesterday when I went to the market I see now it's back to a bit normal like you know like people sitting down there eating and being happy it's nice to see lah mah


that's why there are so many months and then we are getting used to this type especially wearing masks and walking around ah


true true that's true, ya ya <tamil>அது ஒரு:athu oru</tamil> lesson <tamil>thaa</tamil> everything happens with, a good reason lah


will only know about it later lah but whatever it is okay lah we move along lah what you say


comedy movie ah <tamil>என்னா:enna</tamil> movie okay


(uh huh),


really, what time <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> seven o'clock ah okay lah then then after you take your dinner you fresh up yourself really ah <tamil>அந்த படம் நல்ல இருக்கும்:antha padam nalla irukkum</tamil> ah


oh, oh <tamil>ரொம்பே சிறப்பு கலந்தேர்க்கும்மா:rombe sirappu kalanterekkumma</tamil> lah, ah


no mah I'm not complaining mah about you but I'm seeing lah because all along those days when I was working I didn't find this type of things now I'm at the home you know ya that's why


mah shy lah mah,


ya lah but then you go to a class when everybody do things for us and then I'll be slow how


no going


okay


(oo), (oo)


really, but then I must find out about the courses whether <tamil>எது:ethu</tamil> suitable ah <tamil>இருக்குனு பாக்கணும்:irukkunu paakanum</tamil> lah


!oho! <tamil>அப்டி சொல்றியா:apdi solriyaa</tamil> no mah I saw the letter I thought courses courses I got worried, ya


ya mah then especially (oo) ya I forgot to tell Rina was also telling me shall we go course together I said no lah at this age I don't want lah, ya


I take long time to learn things mah that's all, ya <tamil>கத்துகிட்டேன்:kathukitthen</tamil> yes lah but then if I go to class I take my own sweet time what would people think think about me really


<tamil>அப்பிடிங்கேரியா:appidinggeriyaa</tamil> daring ah <tamil>போலாங்கரியா:polangriya</tamil> ah, that's what Rina also was telling me you better go and


upgrade yourself if you feel that you are going alone I come along with you lah <tamil>நம்ம ரெண்டு பேரும் போய் இது பண்ணலாம் னு சொன்னாங்க:namma rendu perum poi ithu pannalam nu sonnanga</tamil> class, ya ya she just feel you know because sometimes she see me like emotionally down then she will say eh come let's go lah eh come let's meet up for a coffee lah


, but she can pick things faster than me mah ah


ya that's what she was telling me lifelong learning must learn must upgrade ourselves don't depend on the children all the time to do this and do them


, it's a good thing and then she also was telling me you know the government is giving about really about a thousand dollars you know mah


so I thought it was not necessary lah because you know I thought doing housework and stay at home is more than enough I thought that way but then now you asking me to go and upgrade and then you say that I can do it so I think maybe shall I try


okay lah <tamil>நாளைக்கே:naalikkee</tamil> Rina uh phone <tamil>பண்ணி சொல்றீ:panni solree</tamil> I talked to my daughter about she also encouraged me to go for the classes lah I tell you she will be very happy lah


she said !wah! she has been telling me all the while what I only quietly you know <tamil>ஏனாட்டுக்க்கே நம்ம போ நூ நம்ம நாள்லே முடியாது அங்கே போயி எல்லார்கியும் கிட்ட நம்பே ரொம்பே:ennatukke namma ponuu namma naale mudiyathu angge poyi ellaarkiyum kitta nambe rombe</tamil> slow ah <tamil>இருப்பும்:iruppum</tamil> people look around say what is wrong with this


okay lah I will tell her lah tomorrow see how is it lah and then are not only that lah she was also telling me one more thing you know she was telling ah don't do one course after one course you can do another course you know if you want to know you have confidence go another course


, and she was also telling me that you know <tamil>அதே வந்து:athe vanthu</tamil> time eh <tamil>வந்து நல்ல வந்து:vanthu nalla vanthu</tamil> occupy your time your mind also you know like mind <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> refresh ah <tamil>இருக்கும் மற்ற:irukum matre</tamil> thoughts <tamil>வாராதீ:varathe</tamil> you know like


okay lah I will try lah see how is it but if I'm so how, (mmhmm) really


all the all the veggie veggie recipes


no no I won't scare you one at a time I'll go one at, time no lah I'm not, I


no lah I won't push you I try new new things that also will keep my mind occupied also right, , !hey! forgot to tell you the other day ah the your brother apply the the for the seeds you know


for gardening <tamil>அது கூட ஒரு:athu kuuda oru</tamil> corner lah <tamil>வச்சிருக்கேன்:vachirukken</tamil> lah <tamil>நானு இல்ல:naanu illa</tamil> lah <tamil>பன்ன கூடாது னு இல்ல அந்த:panna kudathunu illa antha</tamil> seeds ah <tamil>வச்சது மறந்துட்டேன் அது:vachathu maranthuten athu</tamil> gardening <tamil>கூட பண்ணலாம்:kuuda pannalam</tamil> lah


of course not lah put into small small ah pot and then you know this, seeds <tamil>குடுத்து இருக்காங்கள:kuduthu irukangala</tamil> government <tamil>ல இருந்து seeds குடுத்து இருக்காங்க:a irunthu seeds kuduthu irukanga</tamil> maybe I plant that and we can have some fresh vegetable that's a good idea <tamil>இல்லமா:illamaa</tamil> vegetable is a must nowadays <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> that's why


ya lah I think I do what you know do some cheating work you know how I cook more more meat less vegetable and then something like that lah


no mah for the start cannot be no carb must be low carb


a'ah <tamil>அது பரவால:athu paravala</tamil> mah straight away you go no carb and then you feel very you know like, ha exactly exactly <tamil>அதுனால தா:athunaala tha</tamil> mah, (hmm)


of course lah you are small eater what you are not a big eater you like desserts so much but then you not don't eat in big portions only small portions it's okay mah,


because you know why then I thought lah you know because <tamil>எல்லாரும் செய்றாங்க னு நம்ம செய்யறதுக்கு னு இல்ல:ellarum seiyaranganu namma seiyarathukku nu illa</tamil> maybe this is something good for us why not, (mmhmm),


no it's not that lah mean without trying we don't know mah, ah you must try <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> when tonight when your brother comes back I also tell him about these ideas maybe he will also say excited about it because early morning


it's good mah actually the way I see him eat also sometimes I feel like uh I feel like shall I try shall I try but then it's okay lah but then I tell you about it maybe he also have some nice recipes from his friends, will share with me how is it good


why, no lah it's not but it's because just yesterday you got yourself wet in the rain right, ah, ya I didn't take any vitamin C I told you and you forget about it


that's why, , ya lah because of COVID nineteen has made everybody scared what, ya ya ya


, normal lah later after dinner I'll give you a vitamin C you take lah then you you'll feel better but anyway what time you will going and refresh yourself suddenly so long how <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> don't be so lazy I think by now your food ready must re-heat ready it's already cold


I know but then just now when I tried a bit it was a bit more spicy but then it should be okay with you right, (oo) what about the dessert I bought ice cream for you you want or not


that's why that's why no ice cream I forgot you got flu cannot cannot ice cream, tomorrow I put it in the freezer back again I just give you the bread pudding which have made today morning


, oh I made a mistake mah I told you about the ice cream right no lah mah I forgot that you got flu right, cannot, I already go goes off then you eat lah mah,


(hmm) (hmm)


I know I know where this coming from <tamil>அம்மா பொய் சொல்லாத நா இவ்ளோ நேரம் சொல்லும் போது பேசாம இருந்த:amma poi sollatha naa ivlo neram pesum pothu pesaama iruntha</tamil> I just slip of my tongue I said about the ice cream inly you suddenly become very excited right ice cream can wait <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> tomorrow


but will ice cream make your flu happy really, then I must put the ice cream in the milkshake


what she did a'ah


can eat as a kuih right so complaining ah your friend


(oo)


ya (mmhmm), ya lah poor thing ah so bad <tamil>அவுங்க அம்மா எவ்ளோ:avungga amma evlo</tamil> feel <tamil>பண்ணிருப்பாங்க ஆசை ஆசையா தான வாங்கிகிட்டு வந்தாங்க:pannirupaanga aasai aasaiyaa thaana vanggittu vanthanga</tamil> ya but then nowadays ah now


ah


ya that one was very nice ya, then ya then I wonder especially the one with yam also is nice, ah !huh!


[orh], ya lah once a year no problem lah, ya lah once a year thing


mah at least something you don't don't


I said because of flu <tamil>நாளைக்கு சாப்பலூம்:nalaikku saapalaam</tamil> mah can always eat another day right, (mmhmm)


okay that's good I will wait until I see anything any nice result in you then I'll give you how <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> it's not controlling one not controlling better you know ah better you know take prevention better than cure right


(oo) then you can sleep longer lah (oo)


(mmhmm)


oh like that okay lah you can sleep a bit longer lah, ya tomorrow you can sleep today cannot mah


you eat ready then we sit awhile we watch movie and and see if it's things are good with you then I'll give you a ice cream okay,


ah <tamil>சரி ஆ சரி சரி சரி:ceri aah ceri ceri ceri</tamil> mah bye


!wow!


mummy where are you mum, why you sitting in the room come out in the hall, what's wrong what what happened are you okay is everything okay


oh ya next month is your sixty fifth birthday right my god time flies ah


right ya


it's for it's for our good


it will like go higher and higher if you, if you don't stay at home and all so it's a good thing


ah Sentosa <tamil>போலாம்:polaam</tamil> Sentosa <tamil>போய்:pooi</tamil> family <tamil>ஓட:ooda</tamil> ya you know there's so many things to do in singapore <tamil>நம்ம ஊரே செரியான அழகான ஊரு:namma uure seriyaana azhagaana uuru</tamil> mummy so many things we can do we can go Sentosa we can go marina bay sands


of course you just have to be positive and don't sulk because you can't travel it's okay, ya <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> if now you cannot go this year next year we can still do this like after all the numbers have gone down and this you know they they would definitely find a vaccination for COVID


after all that we can go big big big celebration we can celebrate your sixty fifth and sixty sixth birthday together and make it a big bash, of course you just have to be happy and, be you know at home and safe I think health is more important than going overseas you know <tamil>இடம் ஏவல் பொருள் னு நீங்க தான சொல்லி கொடுத்து வளத்திங்க:idam eaval porul nu neenga thaana solli kodutthu valathiinga</tamil> this is not the time


ya that's true but I'm sure she wouldn't have stopped at just talking about your birthday what else did she say, ah ya (oo)


okay her her mother's mother right


but <tamil>அது நல்ல விஷயம் தான:athu nalla vishayam thaana</tamil> nowadays, children <tamil>வந்து வீட்டுலே இருக்க மாட்டாங்க:vanthu veethule irukka maatangga</tamil> they won't spend time err they won't even spend time with their parents let alone grandparents so it's actually a good thing right


so it's best that you don't say anything don't advise anything or it's not , good for you and your friendship


ya that's why it's it's best not to say anything I'll just be a good listening ear I think that is what Rina aunty's friend needs in this time I guess, (hmm)


okay so that's it that's all she said, oh ya what have you decided what you want to wear like a least you thought about you wanna wear like a gown or what


(oo)


okay that that I mean I don't mind sounds good, I'm okay I'm okay with it lah means your friend it's okay


(mmhmm)


eh speaking of house what's the situation with his house construction and whatever is he getting the house key and all that I'm sure there's a delay right, then what is he gonna do


okay okay so why you said about your son going to


never mind I can make a lot of noise, , ya I know, but I'm the best company anybody can ask for


then what's the problem


!aiya!


okay you will be fine okay, okay I mean I already said I'm here that's I think more than enough for you okay lor


ya lah I mean I also feel sad that my brother is not going to be here annoying me but, I mean he has to start his life so I guess we don't have a choice right


ya that's true mummy eh sorry sorry mummy were you say something <tamil>இல்ல:ille</tamil> I was talking to my friend Ajay ah don't wait I told you about him right do you remember


ya he was telling me about his father I was shock, no his father had first had stand to operation like sometime like a few months ago I think after that after they send operation


he had another heart attack, ya it was like a matter of few months ya I was I was shocked when he told me that also


then after that uh recently he after the attack a few months later he had this thing called trigger finger it's like I I don't know what is it but something the the finger like, I don't know doesn't trigger or doesn't work doesn't come up or something and like I don't know


ya I also was very shocked like I mean I've never heard about it or maybe I don't know so you also don't know right, ya <tamil>அதா எனக்கும்:athaa enakkum</tamil> like ah <tamil>இது என்ன அப்டின்னு பாத்தா அது:ithu enna apdinu paatha athu</tamil> trigger finger <tamil>இது எல்லாம் வந்துச்சு அந்த:ithu ellam vanthuchu antha</tamil> operation <tamil>கு அப்ரோ இப்போ :ku apro ippo</tamil> recently <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> check up <tamil>போகும் போது திடிர்னு அவரோட:pogum pothu thideernu avaroda</tamil> calcium high ah <tamil>இருக்காம்:irukkam</tamil> potassium high ah <tamil>இருக்காம்:irukkam</tamil> I I don't know


what is the cause behind it but I know the root problem is the father used to be a heavy alcoholic and smoker, so I think that what cause this series of problem in his health


and then after that now the after this potassium calcium all being high right they wanted to do something call jar I think jump start


ya exactly it's like you know the CPR thing where you jump start the heart something like that I was really shock then I was telling him I don't think, you should do or like let your father do this because <tamil>அது வந்து:athu vante</tamil> like


he said that the the recent medical appointment


the doctor said that okay everything is okay we don't have to do the jump start ya exactly I was was like !wah! if not it's very difficult for him to manage you know he also has to go work what, I don't know actually I I'm very confused also the


I I I really have no idea what's happening in the house


but ya and then I told him like I don't know watch your diet and all that lah he said he doing that even with the medication some people sugar level won't come back to normal right thankfully his sugar level with the medication is


like in a in a way under control lah he just have to like not over eat sweet things I guess I I don't know how that work ya so it's like very


when you one day you have to die like is whether you is you die peacefully or suffer and die <tamil>அத:atha</tamil> ya I know it's all started with this COVID


ya but


eh !wow! that's been long no no not you I always ask you to buy food outside I always like order online and all that it been long since we homemade food right


ya but then you most of the time you ordering then I said okay lah, ya lor but then it's also boring to eat home cook food all the time but I think I've been eating out for, too much no


it it will be a great lie if I said my mum can't cook well, ya, my mummy is amazing cook you know


ya oh well, ya actually, that's not a big problem cooking from one another person I think it'll be more peaceful just me alone at home, with you, okay lah every time talk about the son only so defensive


okay fine whatever, what, !aiya! so it's not a complete escape like


okay fine, ya so whatever, okay I don't know what to say lah mah I'm so tired


uh (mmhmm), I can't I don't know why am I tired it's actually a very relax day there wasn't a lot of work but I don't know why I'm tired maybe is because I woke up early I don't know


oh ya ya ya actually that is also another I couldn't accept it that she said that she has a cyst on her feet because she's a very very active person that should be like even when the office you know sometimes she will go out and buy food for us


and all that and she's like although she can walk fast and all that then suddenly


so she went for a surgery and err actually she went it like last week she thought would be fine she went she went on err


the hospital gave her sixteen days of hospitalisation work or leave ya but luckily my boss give it gave her the approved the leave and all that lah like he was very understanding about it ya


ya that's why I think he understands that like <tamil>இந்தே மாறி:intha maari</tamil> health issues lah <tamil>வருதே:varuthu</tamil> normal, and and like , wait ah sorry I got a message I got distracted ya so he understands that it's normal lah for people you know to fall sick and all that so they are she he understands lah


ya, ya ya he is a good boss ya I I guess that's why I'm still in this company if not I would have run away


ya that's why, I don't know


ya but basically what we need to do is stay happy and live life lah <tamil>நம்ம என்ன பண்ண முடியும் நம்ம சந்தோஷமா இருக்கனும்:namma enna panna mudiyum namma santhoshama irukkanum</tamil> and be caring to other people and just be good I guess that's all you can do


you want me to go classes, ya you know right, I don't have time you know I'm very busy working


okay fine you mean you go and research and you let me know if I can make it I would, go


ah


mummy you know <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> dessert <tamil>னா ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும்:naa romba pidikkum</tamil> but have you ever see me eat like the whole bar myself no I will eat a bit for the taste and then I will leave it in the fridge and then the next time I'll continue the bar so that is, okay I think if you eat in moderation is all fine


vegetable ah, a'ah


!huh! that sounds like my brother he likes to eat salad raw in the morning right, ya but then


!aiya! ask me eat vegetable very difficult to do you know, (mmhmm)


but then, you see you see I know I know that's why you're trying you do then <tamil>நல்லா இருக்குனு சொல்லுவிங்க:nalla irukkunu solluvinga</tamil> make me try force me to, to


not all the time nothing in the vegetables is nice, (oo)


I mean I have seen some people post on their food things on social media right I'm quite surprised that some people actually use like, instead of bread like bun like instead of that you know I'm a western food person right and instead of using the burger they use like I don't know


portobello mushroom, ya so I don't know maybe we can try all this


maybe it might be I mean, I guess you have to try see for if I like it ya you can, I don't mind


yoga class <tamil>நல்லது னு கேள்வி பட்டிருக்கேன்:nallathunu kelvi pattiruken</tamil> but, ya I mean ya


ya <tamil>போய் பண்ணி பாத்தா தா தெரியும் பிடித்திருக்கா இல்லையா னு:poi panni paatha thaa teriyum pidichirukka illayanu</tamil> right


ya lor, ya that's true I mean I'm not complaining just don't make me active


what I'm still your buddy now,


[orh], oh


oh like


but I don't know ya you mean doesn't look good lah but <tamil>அது:athu</tamil> apparently is okay ya


quinoa I don't know the name but ya apparently


oh couscous eh there was once you mean the Briyani, ya ya <tamil>அது:athu</tamil> not bad <tamil>நல்லா தா இரு‌ந்துச்சு அந்த மாதிரி செஞ்சிங்கனா:nallatha irunthuchu antha mathiri senjinggana</tamil> I wouldn't mind I would consider


becoming healthy


ya I guess I I don't mind ah, (oo) okay ya mummy I like it I don't mind, ya what do you want me to do you want me to talk about healthy food and be happy


ya ya ya lah but


ya I know but that kind of thing can be done


even without holiday <tamil>பிள்ளைங்க கூட இருக்கனும்:pillainga kuuda irukkanum</tamil> right then actually ah, mummy if all is good we can go for the holiday no issues but <tamil>இப்போ இந்த மாதிரி:ippo intha mathiri</tamil> problem <tamil>இருக்கும் போது:irukkum poothu</tamil> you have to make do with what you can do <tamil>அதுக்குன்னு அந்த:athukkunnu antha</tamil> sad thought <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> negative thinking <tamil>எல்லாம் இருந்தா:ellam iruntha</tamil> depression <tamil>தா வரும்:thaa varum</tamil> mummy


ya, yes definitely, ya I mean we can


no Sentosa <tamil>கு ரெண்டு நாளு அப்ரோ வேற எங்கயாவது:ku rendu naalu apro vera engayavathu</tamil> place hotel marina bay sands you know mbs <tamil>ல வந்து:la vanthu</tamil> rooftop leh swimming pool <tamil>லாம் இருக்குனு கேள்வி பட்டேன்:lam irukkunnu kelvi patten</tamil> I mean I haven't gone there I heard about it quite sometime ago I heard about it but I have not been there


ya you can do stuff like that ya, that's why I say singapore were so many nice things, to see <tamil>நீங்க வீட்டுலே இருந்துடிங்க இல்லாட்டி:nenga veetule irunthuteenga illatti</tamil> holidays <tamil>போவிங்க உங்களுக்கு தெரில:povingga ungalukku terila</tamil> you don't know what else in singapore has to offer you


ya, ya lah in this time when all that we don't have any other choice right, ya and be happy about it not like sad and sulk


ya lor ya lor, wait lah I mean that's not our fault


ya, ya that's why they don't open theatres there no cinema thing shooting all that I guess they put on hold


and all that lah, (hmm), ya exactly


ya I don't know when where it came from and how so fast the numbers shot up in singapore suddenly you know it was very scary but now is like really low, so it's only because our government is doing a great job with taking care of


about everybody


ya ya at least can go out like five people with your friends and all that it's no at least better than circuit breaker we couldn't go anywhere at least now you can go out go to work and all that,


ya, but at least after maybe through these right going rs and the vaccination can do per channel


ya just right, ya mummy TV <tamil>பாத்திங்களா எதாவது இருக்கா:pathingala ethavathu irukkaa</tamil> TV leh,


you mean you mean check the TV guide, eh mummy there's a comedy movie that I don't think you have seen, seen ya is one is one comedy movie is like uh they it's like two friends who go to ah <tamil>அவுங்களுக்கு வந்து:avungalukku vanthu</tamil>


like wait ah let me let me think ah <tamil>அவுங்களுக்கு வந்து:avungalukku vanthu</tamil> financial difficulties <tamil>இருக்கு:irukku</tamil> so they will go, brought people in their houses or like sell fake stuff to earn money and all that lah and then how they get caught


and all that but you it's I mean it sounds a stupid story line but was very funny movie I think you should watch it at least you'll be happier seven ah o'clock


ya


(oo), eh I'm going to work okay it's not that I'm leaving you and going out partying right


ya actually last time you are not a very high tech person right,


<tamil>வாயிலே வரல:vaayile varala</tamil> , eh but, our government giving something for that also right


mummy they will understand that you're older and they will teach you accordingly mummy you cannot be shy and let you see how convenient I am, you have to learn I mean is this


they would understand that you're not young generally young generation they don't get it they will teach you diligently and very like in your pace it won't rush you to do anything


ya ya correct oh mah oh my god you couldn't do that ya, it's small thing going to school I mean going back to class it's like it's not something you don't know at all I mean it's school


because you were young, there's nothing to be shy about lah


he very confidently presents and uh shows his ideas at all leh ya so ya definitely, if my classmate could do with a fifty


why can't you do at sixty five age is just a number mah yes, that's why you must read the letter and not leave it on the table, ya


ya but you're not doing anything and home and you said you were bored <tamil>நீங்க:nenga</tamil> bored <tamil>யாரும் இல்ல வீட்டுல அப்டின்னு சொன்னிங்க இத படிங்க:yaarum illa veethula apdinu sonninga itha padinga</tamil> and you said google is your friend you can search what, why


then (oo)


they will understand your age <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> they won't they won't like !wah! you slow book ah you stupid ah <tamil>அப்டின்னு நெனைக்க மாட்டாங்க:apdinu nenaikka maatangga</tamil> mummy they will understand yes


ya definitely you have to, try if, ya cause the way you better away upgrade yourself if you figure you're going alone I come along with you lah I'm going to go employee partner for longer


but she's very good friend lah I want to buy dresses she want to come with you class also ya she drags you everywhere, ya <tamil>இந்த மாதிரி:intha matiri</tamil> friends <tamil>இருக்கும் போது ஏன் வந்து இவ்வளவு சோகம் வருது இவ்வளவு:orrukum mothu en vantu ivvalavu sogem varutu ivvalavu</tamil> class <tamil>போனா:ponaa</tamil> people make fun lah <tamil>தோணுது:tonatuu</tamil> if you go to class with your friend there's no room to be shy what


mummy it's all reasons and excuses you are giving to stay home yes


ya, I mean you can depend on me I got no problem but you need to also for yourself lah


like without, putting all this into your mind, to, I don't know upgrade yourself it's a good thing


see that's why I say people are all around you are pushing you to do it but you don't want to


ya, , definitely there's no shall I try thought you have to


ya, why


ya definitely,


so bad <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> you


ya, ya, (mmhmm)


ya but, I don't know okay lah I mean <tamil>நீங்க எல்லாத்தையும் திணிக்காம இருந்தா சரி அப்போ அப்போ:nenga ellathayum thinikkama iruntha ceri appo appo</tamil> you know right


ya and I thought you like gardening why did you forget about it


ah, can no problem


vegetable leh <tamil>இருங்க:irungga</tamil> lah


what, (mmhmm) I think ah the best way to healthy right is


I've heard no carbs, do you think we can stay without carbohydrate, ah


but then whatever it is don't touch my dessert ah that one must have ah,


okay fine


I don't know, if it's good for you physically but emotionally you are not happy is that still good for you


he will be excited he, such a vegetable person <tamil>அவனுக்கு:avanukku</tamil> all this vegetable and <tamil>பச்ச பசேல்னு பாத்து சாப்பிட ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும்:pacha paselnu pathu sapda romba pidikkum</tamil> he's weird


ya we're so eh I google where did I get this flu from you know, is our house dusty


pardon , it's quite scary you know when you get flu or someone sneezes in the train everybody like (ugh) you know so


ya but then I I also have to be responsible and sensible lah I need to I don't know take vitamin C or whatever flu medicine and get this out of the way if not people might be like scared it's COVID but I did not go to any COVID err


okay I'm still lazy, wait <tamil>அம்மா:amma</tamil> later when you want to reheat reheat and make it so hot


(hmm), ya ya I'm okay with spice don't you know


ya just drink more water lor, now with the flu you bought I can lah


but that that's what I eat for breakfast right, oh again again the same thing ya but it just came and go off I'm sure


uh , no really no but I didn't say with that really


ya but ice cream makes you happy


ya it will go away, really ya, mummy don't be, it's like what you are saying is like what my friend's mum didn't know she bought snow skin mooncake the mum


I think she doesn't about mooncake or what lah, I should put it in the fridge they she wanted to heated up <tamil>அத வந்து:athe vanthu</tamil> microwave lah <tamil>வச்சு:vachu</tamil> heat up <tamil>பண்ணிட்டாங்க வந்தது:pannithaanga vanthathu</tamil> like, it's completely melted ya then my friend she's like you know what you can have it no lah she didn't


you know ya , , ya I don't know lah because uh


ya , ya then she was there I also tell her like his mum your mum did it for your like because you like it she bought it ya then you like say her scold her I don't know whether she scold or not lah but she like okay you can have it like that ya


ya, ya , it's funny lah some people ya but then nowadays ah


!wah! but that day I no was it no last year I ate this one snow skin mooncake uh milk snow skin mooncake, it was very good was really nice, wait I remember use eighteen right directly without you ya


so actually like snow skin mooncake I mean I heard that it's high fat like it's very fattening but, once a year right what's the big deal nah it's like eating a log cake for christmas is once a year ya I saw like everyday you eating you won't become fat like that


ya that's true I mean like


ya lah because you already eat and you tasted it


you know <tamil>உங்களுக்கு பிடிச்சிருக்கு:ungalukku pidichirukku</tamil> ya, ya that's why (hmm), but then ah <tamil>இதெல்லாம் பேசிட்டு:ithellam pesittu</tamil> don't forget that I want that ice cream in the fridge ah


ya, no you didn't I didn't, hear you say that I ya but I also said that I'll take the vitamin C then like I don't know after bathing in a hot warm water I'll be fine okay after food


I won't drink ice water okay but I will eat ice cream, why so so controlling one


ya and also have ice cream, so no I can have my ice cream today because tomorrow I'm sleeping longer


<tamil>எழுந்திரிச்சு மா:ezhunthiruchu</tamil> mah


eh Senaka it has a been long time since we see each other eh the last time we saw each other <mandarin>是中学:shi zhong xue</mandarin> right, oh my gosh it has been so long, you want to talk a bit like about our secondary school stuff like for example our like first impression


so we met in like sec one right so oh I remember <mandarin>你坐在我后面因为我们的:ni zuo zai wo hou mian yin wei wo men de</mandarin> register number <mandarin>很:hen</mandarin> close


I think <mandarin>我是:wo shi</mandarin> twenty two and you're twenty three right so !wah! I remember <mandarin>你是那种:ni shi na zhong</mandarin> like very quiet person very reserved so I you know like what you said I'm a very loud person so I just decided to just you know <mandarin>讲话:jiang hua</mandarin> lor <mandarin>聊天:liao tian</mandarin> lor like <mandarin>跟跟你做朋友所以:gen gen ni zuo peng you suo yi</mandarin> I realised that <mandarin>跟你做朋友:gen ni zuo peng you</mandarin> hor realised that you are not quiet you are actually very loud you are very talkative but very fun to be with and


oh ya hor oh ya <mandarin>我记得那些:wo ji de na xie</mandarin> like incidents !hannor! <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他们用你的东西:ta men yong ni de dong xi</mandarin> right <mandarin>所以我我就是跟他们讲:suo yi wo wo jiu shi gen ta men jiang</mandarin> lor eh err don't don't take things without permission you got ask Senaka a not you never ask right that kind of thing but then <mandarin>你知道他们:ni zhi dao ta men</mandarin> like <mandarin>你跟我讲他们:ni gen wo jiang ta men</mandarin> err <mandarin>用的时候:yong de shi hou</mandarin> hor then <mandarin>他们离开你的家:ta men li kai ni de jia</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他们还回来:ta men hai hui lai</mandarin> leh


I think <mandarin>那时候你没有那种:na shi hou ni mei you na zhong</mandarin> like err confident to like speak to them about this kind of thing like confrontation so I guess that time it was a bit hard but I'm so glad that like everything turns out well right


and I think like what you say ah <mandarin>我每次都是:wo mei ci dou shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>每:mei</mandarin> I think there was a period of time <mandarin>我每天都是来你的家我来你家的时候:wo mei tian dou shi lai ni de jia wo lai ni jia de shi hou</mandarin> hor err, then <mandarin>我们每次都是:wo men mei ci dou shi</mandarin> do whatever we want lah then take selfie and all these stuff I think is quite funny


how we became best friend because we are so different you like you like dogs, !wah! but, but


yes oh ya you oh I haven't told you this but I actually entered a poly after secondary school I mean I think you have err probably some hints about it how about you


I think yes I think firstly right I mean err in <mandarin>中学我们已经:zhong xue wo men yi jing</mandarin> together for a, five years so meeting new people and trying to make that connection again right is a bit hard


so I mean of course <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> orientation <mandarin>我就是:wo jiu shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>交一些朋友:jiao yi xie peng you</mandarin> but then I feel like it will never beat secondary school friends because we have like we have gone through so many things together <mandarin>在我们的幼稚的时候:zai wo men de you zhi de shi hou</mandarin> ah


oh man it's such a like, oh man okay wait, you didn't tell me why you enter into like a art school


well what makes you like decided to join a arts school because I remember <mandarin>你很:ni hen</mandarin> music music <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> leh


err be it like err students or classmates teachers I love to talk and I also want to find a like a job a career that I can <mandarin>跟他们聊天也是:gen ta men liao tian ye shi</mandarin> lah like socialise interacting with people and help people so


I realised that maybe I'm quite suited for hospitality and tourism because that relates a lot err in interactions and, I easily got into poly through EAE err but


thank goodness <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> O level hor <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> O level score hor <mandarin>有点高但是:you dian gao dan shi</mandarin> managed to get in through EAE


<mandarin>我就是去:wo jiu shi qu</mandarin> appeal <mandarin>我去:wo qu</mandarin> appeal <mandarin>的时候我也是有一个:de shi hou wo ye shi you yi ge</mandarin> interview I think err <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> two types <mandarin>一个是:yi ge shi</mandarin> , first first thing that <mandarin>我们要写一个:wo men yao xie yi ge</mandarin> six hundred words of like paragraph and then we have to send it to them and then


then comes the interview in the interview <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> I think <mandarin>有三个老师三个老师或是:you san ge lao shi san ge lao shi huo shi</mandarin> lecturer ah err then <mandarin>还有另外一个三个:hai you ling wai yi ge san ge</mandarin> students <mandarin>所以不是不是:suo yi bu shi bu shi</mandarin> one on one <mandarin>所以我们要跟他们讲:suo yi wo men yao gen ta men jiang</mandarin> lor <mandarin>为什么你要:wei shen me ni yao</mandarin> join <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> course err <mandarin>你有什么:ni you shen me</mandarin> question about this course err what makes you stand out from other contestants or other students ya


then <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> leh


<mandarin>我觉得:wo jue de</mandarin> poly ah (hmm), I think it depends on like err each and everyone I think for me right, , for some reason right when you go to poly right !wah! <mandarin>那边的人:na bian de ren</mandarin> hor


okay <mandarin>有些人:you xie ren</mandarin> lah <mandarin>不是全部:bu shi quan bu</mandarin> ah okay <mandarin>那边的人:na bian de ren</mandarin> hor <mandarin>有时候:you shi hou</mandarin> hor like they're very competitive so like they don't want you to win or like they don't want to help, only if you are in the same like group project


, like let's say there's five people, then


it depends but I I would say that it will really err, I think for me I really work hard lah in my poly and like what you said right it's been three years, we are almost done we are we are almost almost done


okay, oh speaking of err someone that like enter poly right, err <mandarin>你记得:ni ji de</mandarin> #xiao ming# <mandarin>吗:ma</mandarin> #xiao ming# <mandarin>他进:ta jin</mandarin> poly eh <mandarin>他进:ta jin</mandarin> err RP


okay, err #xiao ming# ah #xiao ming# <mandarin>在:zai</mandarin> RP <mandarin>的时候:de shi hou</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他也是:ta ye shi</mandarin> take something about like err hospitality, err <mandarin>他:ta</mandarin> oh <mandarin>是我在:shi wo zai</mandarin> gaming mah then <mandarin>我就认识到他:wo jiu ren shi dao ta</mandarin> then <mandarin>又:you</mandarin> reconnect with him !wah! then <mandarin>我有另外一个朋友:wo you ling wai yi ge peng you</mandarin> hor <mandarin>叫:jiao</mandarin> amanda <mandarin>你记得:ni ji de</mandarin> amanda right


amanda <mandarin>只是在他:zhi shi zai ta</mandarin> lunch <mandarin>他的:ta de</mandarin> err canteen <mandarin>在那边吃他的:zai na bian chi ta de</mandarin> lunch right <mandarin>他在:ta zai</mandarin> peacefully eat <mandarin>他的:ta de</mandarin> lunch but hor #xiao ming# hor <mandarin>大声叫:da sheng jiao</mandarin> eh amanda amanda <mandarin>我不行啊:wo bu xing a</mandarin> then amanda hor <mandarin>就是很害羞那种:jiu shi hen hai xiu na zhong</mandarin> reserved <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> person


and then , okay so


eh this one my friend leh this one my friend leh and then <mandarin>在那个时候:zai na ge shi hou</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他去:ta qu</mandarin> err poly <mandarin>的时候她穿:de shi hou ta chuan</mandarin> err PE attire <mandarin>我们学校的:wo men xue xiao de</mandarin> PE attire <mandarin>还有另外一个:hai you ling wai yi ge</mandarin> jacket <mandarin>所以是:suo yi shi</mandarin> her whole entire outfit is very dark can you remember it


like the same type of outfit and the funny thing is that #xiao ming# <mandarin>跟他讲:gen ta jiang</mandarin> hor, eh you terrorists ah you just like terrorist ah which which school you gonna bomb ah today


oh my gosh so I thought that story was quite funny and hor !wah! <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> #xiao ming# have you heard , err <mandarin>你记得你记得:ni ji de ni ji de</mandarin> #hui min# mah


so the funny thing is that oh my you know corliss she's very like skinny that kind, err #hui min# <mandarin>很很瘦的那种:hen hen shou de na zhong</mandarin> mah, and then err <mandarin>他就是那种很瘦很瘦在中学的时候他每次他也是蛮美的:ta jiu shi na zhong hen shou hen shou zai zhong xue de shi hou ta mei ci ta ye shi man mei de</mandarin> lah <mandarin>他是那种:ta shi na zhong</mandarin> cutesy cutesy kind of person and then err I think in a way guys like her but


, #hui min# <mandarin>现在:xian zai</mandarin> hor <mandarin>变胖了:bian pang le</mandarin> leh <mandarin>他不是他不是他不:ta bu shi ta bu shi ta bu</mandarin> err she not only became fat, #xiao ming# use words like <mandarin>他:ta</mandarin> she became obese


!wah! oh my gosh my head leh how can you be so rude and then like he was saying he was saying that !aiya! at least <mandarin>我没有在她面前讲:wo mei you zai ta mian qian jiang</mandarin> that kind of thing, !aiyo!, I think hor, #xiao ming# hor <mandarin>还有:hai you</mandarin> #hui min# hor a bit


I think, it's nice to reconnect with them


[orh] <mandarin>你是讲的是:ni shi jiang de shi</mandarin> todds, ya he sat for me for a period of time !wah! he was such a fun person to like talk to ya and then he's always very lively one leh he's like he's a bit of like class clown he always make people like like laugh and things like that I think like he's one of like the good <mandarin>中学朋友:zhong xue peng you</mandarin> that I always you know look up to but what what why you bring up about him


, then <mandarin>你要我:ni yao wo</mandarin> make <mandarin>个:ge</mandarin> guess ah uh, err


[orh] <mandarin>我记得:wo ji de</mandarin> todds <mandarin>跟我们讲跟我讲:gen wo men jiang gen wo jiang</mandarin> like err <mandarin>做他的:zuo ta de</mandarin> photographer then <mandarin>叫你们去:jiao ni men qu</mandarin> model <mandarin>给他所以:gei ta suo yi</mandarin> I think it's for a project ah, what what about it


oh my gosh don't tell me !huh! <mandarin>你们:ni men</mandarin> #pak tor# ah


and then <mandarin>你们:ni men</mandarin> #pak tor#


err todds ah