they like they like stopped listening to you like in few minutes like they have no skills of listening like I feel if you listen to a person you will know the situation and you can find out the solutions also


cause I once went to a meeting lah my school meeting got this business meeting, then my my president was talking to this guy K and this guy just started to like his mind was somewhere I can see from his face so after the meeting was over I asked him like so what's meeting about he only can tell me half of the things that the president told him


then he was like he don't know he cannot understand what the president was saying, that's why I feel like if you listening to a person should listen hundred percent


obviously mac spicy, no but mac spicy oh my god dude mac spicy is so delicious mac spicy <tamil>போல:pola</tamil> mac spicy


but now I'm not looking in terms of health effects you know what I mean I'm looking for like happiness like


if I got a chance to eat a food for rest of my life will be mac spicy, drinks


I will go for the meal lah coke lah I will just drink water lah I don't mind water for the rest of my life how about you


(hmm) I'll choose, I love ice cream soda so I think I will choose ice cream soda


steak meal, is it well done do you like well done medium rare or


that's nice that's nice, then how about drinks


okay there's no health, related diseases involved then what would you choose


to what


oh no more already ah


no lah they have the one they put the sauce in the burger right


oh my god I craving for macs now, that's why I tell you I can eat mac spicy for the rest of my life


, it's okay lah I will still eat it it is so delicious dude, how can you say no to mac spicy


favourite TV genre ah


I will say err comedy like I watched my favourite TV show is always will be friends, friends was an amazing show like, I watched it recently during circuit and I love it to the core man like


ya I watch all the ten seasons it was funny it was heartwarming it was sad it had all the emotions you can see them like from nineteen years old to all the way to like thirty years old like, you can see the differences


I like comedy, ya that long ten years, ten seasons one season got like, twenty episode, one episode thirty minutes


ya it was a fantastic show, is a that's why I love comedy reality show is like, take away your worries and stuff you know it's better than some serious drama


how about you


but what's your favourite


what what's the name


what's the show name again, in netflix ah now


he was spy for syria or spy


so he spy for american government or what, so he got hang in the end, are you sure is it a true story


Elliecohen ah, so he got he died, !wah! how he managed to enter in politics sia


I feel like , something that is , is, ya is sad but he managed to pull off


the what's the show name again I will watch it, is directed and produce by Sachabohana


so there was no comedian ah there's no comedy, then err how about


, can I will watch it soon, so that's your favourite show in netflix


[orh] you watch peaky blinders ah, I feel like watching you know my exams just ended I don't know what show to watch


okay <tamil>பார்க்கலாம்பாக்குறேன்:parkalam pakuren</tamil> what do you think about ah different streaming platform compared to like like okay let's compare netflix and prime prime


no because netflix got basically got more shows and more, no but prime prime will be more expensive once they start to release more shows more movies prime also will increase in price


don't I have to agree with you lah, K let me ask you this question now because of this COVID period right many countries still in lockdown and now the cinemas are closed so what do you think of O T T versus err watching in the cinema


we think this will be a new normal or not like people watching in O T T like, like imagine Mulan Mulan suppose to be released in cinemas but they came out in ah disney plus, like now everyone are watching shows online so you think this will be the new normal


that's that's true that's true I agree with you, like, I miss going to cinemas actually


and it's like a perfect place to go on a date you know, now is difficult but now okay lah since there's no cinema we can, we got more chance to talk to each other you know you know what I mean


true, err okay let me ask you another question, err


you are dining at a new restaurant called karma, okay, it doesn't have a menu you simply get what you deserve, what food will you be served


why do you say that


I think that's the same case for me like I will go for cheap clothes and stuff and what's the point of buying expensive clothes from gucci


okay so how was your err childhood do you remember your childhood memories <tamil>முந்தி சின்னதுல என்ன பண்ணுவீங்க எனது பண்ணுவீங்க என்ன பங்கிட்டு இருந்த:munthi chinnathula enna panuvinga eathu panuvinga enna panitu iruntha</tamil> and what happened during your childhood


oh yes yes yes yes, uh okay uh there used to be err like a big van err usually uh there few different types of vans <tamil>ஒன்னு வந்து:onnu vanthu</tamil> sometimes ah the uh you know like the Roti we call that Roti man you know <tamil>அது உள்ள:athu ulla</tamil> Roti <tamil>அப்புறம் அந்த அந்த:apram antha antha</tamil> err uh bun <tamil>அதுலாம் விப்பாங்க:athulam vipanga</tamil> buy yeah correct <tamil>அது வந்து:athu vanthu</tamil> so and then of course uh like my in my mother-in-law's side near the garden area you know usually uh you have uh provision like err they sell vegetables things like that yeah instead of people going to the market the market comes to them you know yeah


okay that was the that was the uh sikh the uh Bayi uncle lah he will he will have you know the he will come in a motorbike but the one I am talking about the rotis and all that comes in a big van you know so at the back of the van you have all these provisions and all that they come and sell things like that


yeah yeah oh yes of course market <tamil>வந்து அந்த:vanthu antha</tamil> the market always like the how you have the wet markets <tamil>ஆனா என்ன:aana enna</tamil> there were not many supermarkets


uh there were not many supermarkets so err there you will have to go to the wet market basically you need to go to the wet market lah, you know yeah


uh vegetables yeah I mean uh to, not fish and all that


ah yeah yeah yeah, yes yes yes yes yes yes


yeah yeah they they had one they had taxis they had what you call like so call pirate taxis lah exact they call them you know uh <tamil>என்னாச்சின்னா அந்த:ennachina antha</tamil> taxi <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> you just have to hail them like now you do grab hitch right, so under grab hitch <tamil>மாறி தான்:maari thaan</tamil> but of course lah you know it was err it's a different kind of uh uh they didn't have like a like a normal taxi service you know <tamil>அந்த மாறி இல்ல:antha maari illa</tamil> so you hail the taxi and you have four or five people from different uh you know whoever is on the road <tamil>அந்த மாறி அந்த மாறி இருந்துச்சி:antha maari antha maari irunthuchi</tamil> yeah a bus service also <tamil>எப்பிடி வருமான ஒரு:epidi varumna oru</tamil> buses like half an hour <tamil>பிற்பாடு வரும்:pirpaadu varum</tamil> you know and then we stay in #changi village# generally so uh you have one-one-A two-two-A so the ones that are A <tamil>எல்லாம் வந்து:ellam vanthu</tamil> #changi beach# <tamil>கடற்கரை பக்கத்துல போகும் அப்பிடியே:kadalkarai pakathula pogum apidiyae</tamil> uh changi beach <tamil>ஓட போகும்:ooda pogum</tamil> uh yeah uh


uh <tamil>அப்போல்லாம் வந்து இதே:apolam vanthu ithey</tamil> bus <tamil>இந்த மாறி:intha maari</tamil> bus <tamil>தான் எடுத்துட்டு:thaan eaduthutu</tamil> then <tamil>பாட்டி சில நேரத்துல:paati silla nerathula</tamil> she'd go to Johor #johor bahru# you know and uh yeah those days of course we have the train station the train will still you know but somehow rather travel used to be seems like it's so far awayyou know not like nowyou know it's like every uh <tamil>அணிஜி நிமிஷம் அஞ்சி நிமிஷம்:aniji nimisam anji nimisam</tamil> MRT <tamil>வரும் இத்தலம் அந்த:varum ithulam antha</tamil> time lah <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> you get what I mean


yep that's right, yeah


of course not uh #changi village# of course err it has changed it has evolved in you know in recent times <tamil>முந்தி உள்ள:munthi ulla</tamil> rustic look <tamil>இப்போ இல்லாத:ipo illala</tamil> you know an- anyway <tamil>முந்தி வந்து நம்ம:munthi vanthu namma</tamil> time lah <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> british guard ah you know the british were here in singapore so uh wednesday wednesday we have #pasar malam# night market


you know and uh so you see all the Angmohs the <tamil>வெல்ல காரன்ஸ்:vella kaarans</tamil> the caucasians will always come out every wednesdays and then they have #pasar malam# you know so we have uh we have uh it's like a very vibrant area you know Changi so it's a good time


yeah, yeah,


some of the shops if you notice, Kaka


like kampung err shops lah, yeah, yeah, okay basically if you notice they they they when you say Kaka shops ah is like now the now people call it Mama shops so so there were those days people were like I think they come from different a ethnic group <tamil>என்னனா இந்த கேரளா லந்து வருவார்களா அந்த மலையாளீஸ்:ennana intha kerala lanthu varuvangala antha malayaales</tamil> and all I think maybe the <tamil>மலையாளீ:malayale</tamil> muslims if I am not mistaken lah so uh they set up small shops everywhere in singapore and uh Kaka <tamil>கடை:kada</tamil> they is like basically is like provision shops you know selling all the <tamil>சுந்தரேஸ்:sundrees</tamil> and rice grains and uh can tin can those kind of shopes


yeah, #tikam tikam#


yeah, #tikam tikam# is a is a game right yeah, yeah is like a big err uh cardboard lah , lucky draw or something like that


yeah, yeah


yeah, yeah you don't you don't yeah


ah my time was Rounders Rounders <tamil>விளையாடுவோம்:vilayaduvom</tamil> you know <tamil>செபகத்ரா:sepakathra</tamil> you know it was <tamil>ஒரு மாறி:oru maari</tamil> it like a kind of a ball you know and then you throw you kick the ball or something you know and uh <tamil>அந்த மாறி:antha maari</tamil> err <tamil>உள்ள:ulla</tamil> games <tamil>தான் விளையாடிட்டு இருப்போம்:thaan vilayaditu irupom</tamil> and uh of course back in the day we didn't have internet and all that leh and life was so so much different you know uh we <tamil>பின்னால பாகத்து வீட்டுல பி காரங்க இருப்பாங்க சினவங்க இருப்பாங்க ஒரு:pinala paakathu veetula bhai kaaranga irupanga chinavanga irupanga oru</tamil> bench <tamil>இருக்கும்:irukum</tamil> you know sit down there and we we we talk you know we communicate with our neighbours and and that's how we pass our time


yeah


err I did not but uhuh great your great grandmother used to live in a Kampong house, which is where your father used to live so of course life there was different because they didn't have a toilet


you know they used to have what you call a pit latrine a pit latrine is something like <tamil>அது அந்த:athu antha</tamil> six feet <tamil>கீழ வந்து அந்த மன்னா நொண்டி அத தான் அங்க தான் வந்து:keela vanthu antha manna nondi atha thaan anga thaan vanthu</tamil> you know people do those kind of err your toilet yeah so you know yeah so it wasn't like now you know life is so much easier you know you open the door and you have a toilet


uh <tamil>அதுவும் இருந்துச்சி:athuvum irunthuchi</tamil> I think uh our house in in in my yeah <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> house uh we had the kerosine uh uh stove


uh tank <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> Bedok <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> of course Changi <tamil>லந்து:lanthu</tamil> Bedok <tamil>கு:ku</tamil> we went we we shifted to uh Bedok and then err we started using the the gas tank lah


you know so that was so annoying


you need to boil your water you know and how <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> boils in a in a in a to for your bathing is in a no no you know those oil those big kerosine uh err uh tank not tank lah is like a big kerosine pot like that, it used to have it contained oil inside


yeah simple life, yeah, correct, yeah


nobody, yeah


, no yeah correct so uh the diary book was it was like a holy bible <tamil>அது இல்லாம அந்த:athu illama antha</tamil> diary book <tamil>இல்லனா நம்மளுக்கு:illana namaluku</tamil> number eh <tamil>தெரியாது:teriyathu</tamil> you know so and I think in a way the memory also you know you store it up there in our brains you know but now we don't keep we don't use our brains we don't store it there and uh that's why you see people having dementia things like that I don't know I mean we don't we everything is there in our fingertips


yeah, yeah <tamil>ஆமா:ama</tamil> yeah that's right, yeah


correct I mean good and bad lah, correct online that's right uh


yeah of course, correct but you see lah like today's newspapers the straits times


yeah so you know, cornea cornea, yeah, correct


yes, yeah


yeah I mean life yeah I do miss the the my childhood days except for some some you know err childhood traumas we have and things like that we overcome <tamil>அத வந்து எல்லாத்தையும் அது பொய் அதுக்கு பின்னால பொய் தான் நம்ம வந்து ஒரு:atha vanthu ellathayum athu poi athuku pinala poi thaan namma vanthu oru</tamil>


uh talking talking about movies you know what happened <tamil>எங்க:enga</tamil> time <tamil>ளலாம்:lalam</tamil> the movie theater was fifty cents okay and fifty cents and it's actually what we call an open air theatre theatre <tamil>நடூலலாம் ஊட்ட இருக்கும்:nadulalam oota irukum</tamil> you know side lah <tamil>தான்:thaan</tamil> the shelter you know it's all shelter at the sides but in the centre is actually an open air so basically it's an open air theatre no roof yeah so while the movie is being played if it rains there you go the whole thing is gone because is the rain rain will fall


I mean that one is of course it's it's probably sheltered but of course this I am talking is way when I was much much younger you know I think through the year <tamil>வந்து எல்லாம் னால பாடிய:vanthu ellam nala padiya</tamil> shelter <tamil>போடு:potu</tamil> uh movie theatre <tamil>பாப்போம் அனா அந்த:paapom ana antha</tamil> time <tamil>அப்போ அந்த:apo antha</tamil> time lah fifty cents you know motive theatre so uh after in the night uh <tamil>ராத்திரில வந்து பட்டி வந்து:rathirila vanthu patti vanthu</tamil> all and we go in a group of people you know <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> her friends and all that uh you know going back at home walking back home you know there were no not many street lights


so, ah yeah yeah yeah yeah of course outside you have hawkers lah that's how these hawker started because you'll have little little hawkers <tamil>வாங்கலாம் வந்து சாப்பாடு அந்த மாறி வாடா அந்த மாறி:avangalam vanthu sapadu antha maari vada antha maari</tamil> #kacang puteh# #kacang puteh# yes the #kacang puteh# man that's how it came about the #kacang puteh# man


yeah I know where it is exact I because I when I went for my course at cosmoprof he's still I still buy that the you know that <tamil>அவச கச்சா இருக்குல்ல அவிச்ச கச்சா இருப்பாரு:avacha kacha irukula avucha kacha irupaaru</tamil> and uh just as as as new as I think two years ago I sued to <tamil>அன்னான்:annan</tamil> the your I'd never eaten #kacang puteh# for like the longest time you know


I think is about a dollar plus if I am not mistaken yeah I think so I think so, yeah he's still there he's still there, yeah have you have you patronise him I mean


#kacang puteh# yeah he's still there yes


!huh! oh <tamil>இது பம்பரம் பம்பரம்:ithu bamparam bamparam</tamil> yeah yeah yeah


beyblade ok let me tell you that because that beyblade is the one that my son used to play, no no because that was the big he his I think his era when it started so he had he had a lot of beyblades a lot of beyblade beyblade is actually a like a Macam like a yeah quite similar yeah I don't know what you call it in malay lah I forgot


uh I forgot I forgot so anyway yes, the wood I know it's a top yeah yes yes yes yeah yeah


five stones, no no no, ah yeah, (uh huh) okay okay okay okay okay oh that's what it's called hopscotch yeah


ah Chapteh Chapteh, Chapteh Chapteh Chapteh yeah, so life I mean like I've said lah you know <tamil>முந்தி அந்த காணிநிலம் எல்லாம் இல்ல பாரு அது இல்லாத நேரத்துல வந்து நம்மளுக்கு இந்த மாறி ஒரு:munthi antha kaaninilam ellam illa paaru athu illatha nerathula vanthu nammaluku intha maari oru</tamil> very interactive kind of things you know monopoly


yeah, yeah


yes, yes yeah, correct, yeah


correct yes


I know they have a lot of benefit


you know those days ah they used to say oh the indians stink <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> fenugreek <tamil>நாறும்னு:naarumnu</tamil> but now we realise fenugreek is good for uh uh a mother who is breastfeeding, because it boost her the milk in her body you know so things like that


yeah, skin, you know skin


correct actually in in now the current I always tell my friends, it does not cost much money, to you know err do things for your own body, like I for me ah I I do for my good hair growth lah


correct, (mmhmm)


the tea time started because of the british you know that right because what happened the british <tamil>வெல்ல காரன்ஸ் அவங்களுக்கு வந்து:vella kaarans avangaluku vanthu</tamil> tea time tea uh scones tea <tamil>நம்மள வந்து அந்த:nammalam vanthu antha</tamil> the uh the british time <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> because our parents I mean your your grandparents uh they worked for the british you know during the royal airforce and all that so <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time lah <tamil>அந்த வெல்ல காரன்லாம் வந்து:antha vella kaaranlam vanthu</tamil> the tea time <tamil>குடிக்கிறது:kudikirathu</tamil> the uh tea <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> we don't eat scones so <tamil>நம்ம வந்து என்ன:namma vanthu enna</tamil> curry puff #goreng pisang#


you know uh uh #ondeh ondeh# you know my neighbour ah my so those days people wanted they needed money to you know wasn't enough for them so in the when we were living in the quarters our malay neighbours and all that they used to earn extra now of course they do baking and all that and they do uh house <tamil>அப்போல்லாம் வந்து:apolam vanthu</tamil> salad


yeah


yes, yeah,


yeah so it's not fun anymore that's why, yeah


yeah, and those days right those days during the feastive season right what happens is like so we live in a quarters when when you say quarters meaning you have like from row number house number one to house number twenty on one one side and then <tamil>அந்த சைடுளையும் அதே மாறி ஒன்னுலந்து இருவது:antha saidelayum athey maari onulanthu iruvathu</tamil> house so you know people we we our parents used to work for the british so the british will have a big quarters for all these people living in there so what happen uh is during feative seasons like especially hari raya or chinese new year or christmas we exchange food within our neighbours


you know <tamil>நம்ம வந்து தீபாவளி வந்துச்சின்னா நம்ம முறுக்கு எல்லாம்:namma vanthu deepavali vanthuchina namma muruku ellam</tamil> can you imagine if your my <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> was friends with like you practically know twenty neighbours okay so of course out of the twenty neighbours maybe I would say you have to give go to ten houses on deepavali morning with uh <tamil>தோசை வாடா:dosa vada</tamil> uh all the biscuits all the cookies and all that and you have and they used to hate that sometimes


because you have to deliver to all the neighbours, so when the neighbours return see there is something they don't want to give you an empty tray back, instead of giving you uh like now what happens is <tamil>உன் பக்கத்து:un pakathu</tamil> the neighbour they will uh if you if your neighbour your chinese neighbour gives you something so you probably give them oranges or or maybe now now maybe not maybe a box of cake or a box of cookies something like that lah but those days <tamil>வந்து ஆளுங்களுக்கு காசு இல்ல வாங்க:vanthu aalungaluku kaasu illa vanga</tamil> so <tamil>அவங்களுக்கு வந்து ஒரு:avangaluku vanthu oru</tamil> cup sugar


yeah, that's what that's what I'm missing right now because uh those days we didn't have maids or had domestic helpers and things like that we depended <tamil>பக்கத்து வீடு காரங்க:pakathu veetu kaaranga</tamil> Makcik we call them Makciks lah you know or aunty whoever you know so like <tamil>பாடிஸ்:paatis</tamil> used to have err now what you call a community centre lah <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time lah boys club or community club <tamil>கூப்புடுவாங்க:kupuduvanga</tamil> so <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> will have to go and learn uh stitching I mean sewing so where where did she leave the kids she leave me at my our malay neighbour lah Makcik'S house so when we go to the malay neighbour's house I I think was very young uh I still remember uh mum <tamil>பாட்டி வந்து:paati vanthu</tamil> will leave me there and then she will go away for a few hours and then she comes back home so the neighbours help each other you know and our our houses were never close


yeah close knitted


yeah she did a lot


correct, correct and and and I think coming back to uh using our you know activating our brains you know all the brain cells the brain cells always work harder


if you want to learn now, people don't want to travel


lazy yeah, yeah


yeah everything is done so again you know it's we yeah means it's different lah you know so you know they were talking about travelling but you know those days travelling , uh it wasn't like airlines were not like before


uh different different ship <tamil>இருந்துச்சி:irunthuchi</tamil> uh they have uh I still remember Chidambaram the name of the ship


you know and uh people uh to go from singapore to india, you you you'd need to travel by ship seven days, can you imagine I'm not talking I'm not even talking about luxurious cruise liner you know <tamil>எல்லாம்:ellam</tamil> dormitory <tamil>மாறி இருக்கும் உள்ளுக்கு:maari irukum ulluku</tamil> uh you know so the number of people dormitory <tamil>மாறி இருக்கும்:maari irukum</tamil> uh <tamil>அது வந்து என்ன போய்க்கிடயே இருப்பாங்க அப்புறம் ஏழு நாலு வந்தோனே அப்புறம் தான் ஊரு வந்து சேரும்:athu vanthu enna poikitae irupanga apram eazhu naalu vanthoney apram thaan uuru vanthu searum</tamil> seven days in the sea sometimes people get seasick


you know uh <tamil>அந்த கப்பல் அப்பிடியே நாவூற நேரத்துல:antha kappal apidiyae navura nerathula</tamil> very expensive yeah yeah


no usually of course I think if you go to london uh because don't forget I think there were ship travelling but I think for because don't forget that that was during the british time what malaysia singapore airlines I think they had you know so they they did people do boeing uh no uh DC ten if I'm not mistaken <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time <tamil>ளலாம் அந்த பணம்:lalam antha panam</tamil> time <tamil>அந்த மாறி இருக்கும்ல:antha maari irukumla</tamil> yeah


expensive yeah that's right


yeah mostly they travel by ships, ah


really, yeah but that time they had airmail what


really because when <tamil>நான் தாத்தா வந்து ஊருல இருக்க நேரத்துல அப்போ வந்து:naan thatha vanthu uurula iruka nerathula apo vanthu</tamil> it wasn't but airmail was just thirty five cent


so <tamil>அது வந்து ஒரு மாறி:athu vanthu oru maari</tamil> blue colour that is cheaper yeah yeah that is cheaper you didn't knew that you'd actually wrote


oh my goodness, ah


of course of course yeah


coolies coolies, is it called pulley, like the yeah I know I know I know rickshaw ride the rider yah yah they have a specific name for that right I'm not sure


I'm not sure, yeah I've seen them, no no no it was way before mine, yeah Becak Becak is a Becak Becak is what you call a trishaw yeah the other one there's a difference between a trishaw and a rickshaw


right I think a rickshaw is the one that the guy who uh auto is the other one auto is at three wheeler, no auto is the other one auto is the three wheeler, like #tuk tuk# off auto <tamil>லாம் வந்து:lam vanthu</tamil> #tuk tuk# <tamil>மாரில:maaarila</tamil> so <tamil>அது வந்து அது வந்து:athu vanthu athu vanthu</tamil> like the thailand one the thailand


ah ah yeah, rickshaw <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> I think in in india uh there's a two wheeler and then the man pulls behind yeah rickshaw puller


yeah correct correct, no no no that was way before me lah, I know I am old but I am not that old yet lah, , yeah Becak Becak


uh err usually not in Changi but in uh where your father was staying wheelock road that area they they had lah, then from there to go to like he said to go for marketing right so <tamil>அத:atha</tamil> marketing <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> ten milestones ah which is now the current ah Suma park


where the singapore expo is yeah the SIA training centre, so uh that's where the the there was a market area, and they even had a cow shed there that means uh they had a lot of cows peoples were rearing cows there


yeah uh dairy farms sorry, uh go and eat some nice uh, uh #yong tau foo# you know the uh nice food lah #tau huay#


all these they used to have there then at the corner they have the cow uh uh a dairy farm there, uh not really I'm not a fan of uh cow's milk yeah so but I I I I'm alway very excited about going to the market with my grandfather


because uh it means that we will sit down at the hawker centre better than that those days no hawker centre there were hawkers so we sit on the you know very low stool, and then you eat the wonton Mee they don't call it wonton Mee those days, called


portable yeah, the carts yes yes


I think about fifty cents <tamil>அம்பது காசு ஒரு வெள்ளி:ambathu kaasu oru velli</tamil> ah was cool money oh my lord <tamil>பாத்து காசு:pathu kaasu</tamil> lah, , okay, uh Changi <tamil>லந்து துலாபாகு அஞ்சி காசு:lanthu thulapaku anji kaasu</tamil> bus eh


five cents, my bus fare was five cents, and then of course five cents back, okay and <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> will give me twenty cents meaning ten cents for the bus, so my food #mee goreng# was five cents


uh no #mee goreng# I think was ten cents if I'm not mistaken so where do I have water to drink so probably you have to bring water from home lah, probably you have to bring water from home lah, I bring water from home but uh I I I don't remember carrying them, but uh there were days ah there were days that uh there was a hole in my pocket


in my uniform, so there goes my, bus fare, okay so okay I can go I can starve I I don't have to eat but don't forget my house is from #telok paku# there you know whether the uh airline house is right now the current airline house I have to walk all the way to Changi village


but if it's afternoon school you'll only finish at six PM, yeah those days you have morning session and you have afternoon session, so you know if if there were days I had I had lost money during when I was doing the afternoon session


you know <tamil>அப்பிடி எல்லாம்:apidi yellam</tamil> yeah, oh same lah


twenty cents was for Makan and the bus fare, oh walk to school, yeah yeah it was of yeah


and how much how much was yours, ah


sardine bun, five dollars, oh in in uh Jegan'S uh school a dollar twenty ah oh okay not so bad lah


oh !wow!, school no school money


ah, oh, uh that's the reason why I gave emergency money, you know yeah if I I have the fear yeah because I have that fear that you know what if the child loses the money along the way you know I don't want to be in a situation where uh <tamil>அந்த பிள்ளைக்கி வந்து:antha pillaiki vanthu</tamil> !aiyoyo! <tamil>என்னக்கு காசு இல்லையே நான் வந்து எப்பிடி வீட்டுக்கு வைரவன்:ennaku kaasu illayae naan vanthu epidi veetuku varavan</tamil> and I don't want the child you know to to to ask or borrow money from friends


so I I <tamil>இன்னிக்கி வந்து அந்த அந்த:inniki vanthu antha antha</tamil> emergency money <tamil>எங்கேயாச்சு ஒரு:engayachi oru</tamil> bag lah <tamil>ஒளிச்சி வெப்பம்:olichi veppan</tamil> and I'll tell him okay ashwin you know when you need money you can use it you know anytime you need to buy books or you know any anything you need to buy for school then <tamil>அந்த அந்த அந்த பணத்தை நீ பாவிக்கலாம்:antha antha antha panatha nee paavikalam</tamil> yeah


yeah correct, so <tamil>அதுல தான் நான்:athula thaan naan</tamil> ashwin eh <tamil>சொல்லுவான் நம்ம குடுக்குற காசுல வந்து நீ எப்பிடியாட்சி வந்து:soluvan namma kudukura kaasula vanthu nee epidiyaachi vanthu</tamil> save <tamil>பணிக்க:panika</tamil> you know you must learn how to save money you know you cannot just, that's how you you learn the value of money


you know we can yeah we can give him ten dollars if we want, but will he learn the value of the money, so <tamil>அந்த அந்த வாழிய வந்து நம்மளுக்கு வந்து:antha antha vaazhila vanthu nambaluku vanthu</tamil> I think <tamil>இப்போ உள்ள:ipo ulla</tamil> children <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> they are very blessed


you know yeah that's right


yeah


yes of course yeah <tamil>வீடே:veedey</tamil> you see <tamil>இப்போ இந்த:ipo intha</tamil> the BTO lah <tamil>பாரு எப்பிடி அவங்க காலத்துல எப்பிடி வாங்க போறாங்க:paaru epidi avanga kaalathula epidi vanga poranga</tamil> I'm not sure how they're going to survive you know, ridiculous isn't it


correct


master's PHD, correct I mean I always stress to ashwin you know, , uh <tamil>அந்த அந்த:antha antha</tamil> degree lah <tamil>இல்லாம இருந்து:illama irunthu</tamil> of course ashwin and I we differ, because for ashwin he always says, look mum degree is not important to me at the end of the day where is you know what I earn how much I earn that makes a difference


but I I beg to differ <tamil>என்னக்கு வந்து எப்பிடின்னா எப்பிடியாட்சி இருந்தாலும் உன்னக்கு அந்த:ennaku vanthu epidina epidiyaachi irunthalum unnaku antha</tamil> degree <tamil>வேணும் தான்:venum thaan</tamil> you know per paper chase qualifications definitely <tamil>உன்னக்கு வேணும் அவன் என்ன சொல்றது பாருங்கம:unnaku venum avan enna solrana paarungama</tamil> you know the friend <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> ITE student


does it matter


yeah they no jobs and they look down


I'm sure


yeah very good, yeah they very good yeah


I agree I totally agree, yeah, yeah


actually <tamil>ஆமா:ama</tamil> it's true, uh it is pointless, you know for me I always tell this to my my my child you know <tamil>நீ வந்து எவ்ளோ தான் படிச்சி இருந்தாலும்:nee vanthu evlo thaan padichi irunthalum</tamil> humility is a big


basic thing you know, humility kindness you know these are all the basic things that you need to learn you know it doesn't mean yeah it comes from home, so it does not mean that you know you have money


you have the education you have everything in life, and you don't have compassion for any human your fellow friends


my favourite guest


yes yeah father father yeah father goes fishing a lot uh either they take a boat err or else <tamil>கீழ ஆளுரு ஏகாதசி இருந்துச்சுன்னா அங்க பொய்:keela aaluru eathachi irunthuchina anga poi</tamil> fishing <tamil>பண்ணுவாங்க:panuvanga</tamil> prawning <tamil>அது அவங்களோட:athu avangaloda</tamil> childhood so I think <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> childhood was more fun <tamil>நெறய:neraya</tamil> interactions <tamil>இருந்துச்சி:irunthuchi</tamil> they have a lot more friends they had uh lot more fun in that way not uh very rigid lifestyles so <tamil>அந்த வகையில:antha vagaiyila</tamil> yes <tamil>அப்பா:appa</tamil> have shared uh not only fishing uh err <tamil>விடுறது:idurathu</tamil> you know things like that fence eh fence eh <tamil>தாண்டி போறது அந்த மாறி:thandi porathu antha maari</tamil> childhood


(hmm)


okay


right is it like the motorbike and behind there is a glass cupboard with the bun uncle


ah, but there was market also you you all used to go to market to get things also


ah


ah nice nice nice so the the the van which comes will sell only vegetables, mainly oh, ah ah okay okay but father have shared once I think he was pretty six or seven years old and then he they they used to they used to count by stone mile milestone so father used to say ten miles was where the market was and his house is at eleventh mile but <tamil>பதினோராம் கல்லு பதங்கள்ளு:pathinoram kallu pathankallu</tamil> <tamil>அது பதங்களிலுள்ள தான் இருக்காமே அப்புறம் ஆத்தாவும் அப்பாவும் நடந்து அப்போல்லாம்:athu pathankallula thaan irukamey apram aathavum appavum nadanthu apolam</tamil> bus eh taxi <tamil>லாம் இல்லையே எவ்ளோ கொஞ்சம் தூரம் இருந்தாலும்:lam illayae evlo konjam thuram irunthaalum</tamil> they would just walk err a good twenty twenty five minutes or so they would just enjoy walking <tamil>அந்த மாறி:antha maari</tamil> father used to share a lot of Changi stories


you still hail, ah


oh yes father used to say there was this shop called Kaka Kaka shop Kaka <tamil>கடை:kada</tamil> Kaka <tamil>கடை காக்க கடை வந்து:kada kaaka kada vanthu</tamil> near the prison somewhere there uh <tamil>படிக்கல்லு:padikallu</tamil> with zinc roof top and uh


yeah because I think <tamil>பின்னலாலம் கம்பத்து வீடு:pinnalalam kambathu veedu</tamil> so <tamil>அவங்க அந்த:avanga antha</tamil> whole area <tamil>கு அவங்க ஒண்டி தான் அந்த:ku avanga ondi thaan antha</tamil> shop <tamil>அப்பள:apala</tamil> and <tamil>காக்க கடை:kaaka kada</tamil> was what like provision shop or was it basic needs


ah and and you do you remember this thing called #tikam tikam# , yes yes yes father's okay I am glad and I err I must say I am grateful that I have enjoyed that


that uh phase of my life because I've gone through that part of uh childhood so tikam tikam I believe because during my childhood


you only have the nearest will be supermarket oh no minimart that would be the nearest now you don't have a provision shop under the block <tamil>அது வந்து பாடி:athu vanthu paati</tamil> house yes yes I remember that was the last


, uh yes


ah correct


we have more interactions we had more personal interactions I feel <tamil>அது வந்து நம்மள ஒரு நல்ல:athu vanthu namala oru nalla</tamil> bonding <tamil>உருவாக்குச்சி:uruvaakuchi</tamil> and <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time lah we had a lot of neighbours to interact <tamil>ஒரு ஒரு பண்டிகை வந்துச்சின்னா அவங்க சாப்பாடு குடுப்பாங்க நம்ம சாப்பாடு கொடுப்போம்:oru oru pandiga vanthuchina avanga sapadu kudupanga namma sapadu kudupom</tamil> and uh our neighbours kids and us we'll be like so good friends outside we'd be playing five stones


, , you have not lived in like Kampong Kampong right actually


yes yes yes yes


toilet I've seen it I've seen it yes yes, correct, oh did you had gas stove at that time already


you've to start up


yeah but gas <tamil>வந்து இருந்த கூட:vanthu iruntha kuda</tamil> it used to be the tank leh, you know the electric grill <tamil>அது இன்னும்:athu inum</tamil> tank <tamil>அப்போ தான் நீங்க மோதலை:apo thaan nenga mothala</tamil> Bedok


like every two three weeks you need, ,


many,


pot,


it wasn't easy but it was a simple life, was not complicated <tamil>இப்போ வந்து இப்போ உள்ள வழக்கை வந்து:ipo vanthu ipo ulla vazhaka vanthu</tamil> it's a bit more complicated because of techonologies <tamil>என்ன இப்ப:enna ipa</tamil> now uh <tamil>தோட்டத்துக்கெல்லாம்:thotathukellam</tamil> gadgets <tamil>முன்ன அது இல்லாத வாசி:munna athu illatha vaasi</tamil> we uh the communications just feels a bit phone <tamil>யாரு இப்போ:yaaru ipo</tamil> phone numbers to remember <tamil>பண்ணி வெச்சி இருகாங்க எல்லாருமே:panni vechi irukanga ellarumey</tamil> because it's already stored in your handphone you just dial the name type the name and the number comes <tamil>ஆனா அது முன்னவந்து:aana athu munnavanthu</tamil> I <tamil>இன்னும் நியாபகம் இருக்கு:inum neyabagam iruku</tamil> because <tamil>அது அப்போ வந்து:athu apo vanthu</tamil> it has to be within <tamil>மிஞ்சி மிஞ்சி போன எழுதி இருப்போம்:minji minji pona ezhuthi irupom</tamil> diary


yes yes yes, correct


we became dependent, we are no longer independent we became dependent on gadgets uh handphones laptops ipads so <tamil>அதுல வந்து நம்மக்கு நல்ல தெரியும்:athula vanthu nammaku nalla teriyum</tamil> old fingertip lah


as young as one year old


handphone charging handphone <tamil>நம்மள சுத்தி முத்தி அது தான் இருக்கு:nammala suthi muthi athu thaan iruku</tamil> we can't run away from it of course that is because life has changed already <tamil>அனா அனாலும் என்ன சின்னவயசுக்கு போவியனு கேட்ட:ana analum enna chinnavayasuku poviyanu keata</tamil> I will say yes


I do miss, childhood


it is so true actually at the end of the day no matter how much the trend has changed <tamil>இது எல்லாமே நம்ம கைல தான் இருக்கு நம்ம வந்து அத தற்காத்து நிற்க போறோமா இல்ல அத தண்டி போ போன்றோரது நம்ம கைல தான் இருக்கு:ithu ellamey namma kaila thaan iruku namma vanthu atha tharkaathu nirka poroma illa atha thandi po poromarathu namma kaila thaan iruku</tamil> of course handphones gadgets <tamil>அத மத்த முடியாது:atha maatha mudiyathu</tamil> it is already there and we also cannot live without it but


uh things like what you've just said when having dinner when watching a movie together don't don't no need to use handphone then we can be a bit carefree <tamil>அனா அந்த:ana antha</tamil> carefree <tamil>வாழ்க:vazhka</tamil> at least something


, no roof nothing


and uh the the tv the projector


but uh you can bring your own food, good thing, ah


#kacang puteh#, yes you know in singapore now we have one and only #kacang puteh# #peace centre# yeah


ah, so nice, and he never increase the the money is just one dollar


so sweet I miss that I miss that I think during, during my eighties I remember that uh #kacang puteh# that for sure, I don't remember probably yes but I don't remember maybe <tamil>ஒரு வெள்ளை:oru vella</tamil> but ah <tamil>அது எதோ ஒரு ஒரு:athu eatho oru oru</tamil> top ten old <tamil>இதுல வந்து:ithula vanthu</tamil> I saw him #peace centre# #kacang puteh#


top <tamil>பம்பரம்:bamparam</tamil> <tamil>பம்பரம் அப்போ அப்பா:bamparam apo appa</tamil> because <tamil>அப்பா:appa</tamil> was a very Kampong man I think that's how he related things to me so <tamil>அப்பா ஒரு நாள் அந்த அந்த அந்த பம்பரத்தை தள்ள கீழ பிடிச்சிட்டு கயிறு போடு சூத்து சூத்து சுத்தி சுத்தி வெச்சாங்க இறுக்கமா ஒரு விட்டு விட்டாங்க:appa oru naal antha antha antha bamparatha thalla keela pidichitu kayuru potu suthu suthu suthi suthi vechanga irukama oru vittu vitanga</tamil> that's when I know oh this is top and guess what now you know what it's called beyblade


oh Ashies' time beyblade was, ah, right, similar ah is similar ah is just that


ah ah yeah but I know father he taught me was the wood one it came with the nail at the bottom it can be really painful if you really don't know how to do it so my childhood uh games were top <tamil>பம்பரம்:bamparam</tamil> five stones


yeah do you remember zero point rubber band they be tying rubber band then you you you will hop over the rubber rubber bands which is being tied two people will hold at the end it's called zero point hopscotch skipping of course uh yeah yours was called rounders and then after that they changed it over the time <tamil>என்ன பெரு மாத்துங்க உங்க:enna peru maathunanga unga</tamil> time lah <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> rounders


ah Chapteh yes Chapteh Chapteh yes yes yes and then of course card games uh if you still can recall old maid donkey happy family snap


yes <tamil>அது நான் உண்மையிலே ரொம்ப:athu naan unmayaley romba</tamil> miss <tamil>பண்றது அந்த:panrathu antha</tamil> family <tamil>ஓட உக்காந்து விளையாடுறது:ooda ukanthu vilayadurathu</tamil> it takes two three hours of your time but <tamil>அதுல ஒரு:athula oru</tamil> bond <tamil>இருந்துச்சி:irunthuchi</tamil> you know we we there's lots of fun


, , healthier


, we used to be squatting nobody complain but <tamil>இப்போ பாருங்க எல்லா வீட்டுலயும்:ipo paarunga ella veetulayum</tamil> sitting toilet and a lot of health problems start to kick in <tamil>என்ன:enna</tamil> squatting <tamil>தான் உங்களோட:thaan ungaloda</tamil> the rectum will <tamil>ஓட நல்ல:ooda nalla</tamil> position to uh to in the ease yeah and <tamil>அனா இப்போ வந்து அது இல்லாம போயிடுச்சி:ana ipo vanthu athu illama poiduchi</tamil> because nobody practices squatting going toilet and of course like what you just said <tamil>சித்தி:chitti</tamil> traditions have it's also leaving us whether we still want to practice it or not whether we still want uh uh celebrate feastives <tamil>அது வந்து நம்ம அத அத அது முலாயம் அத எடுத்து நடத்த போறோமா றது வந்து:athu vanthu namma atha atha athu mulayama atha eaduthu nadatha poroma rathu vanthu</tamil> of course shortcuts here and there due to you to working your under time <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time <tamil>இப்போ உங்களுக்கு இல்ல:ipo ungaluku illa</tamil> and all that uh but


and it stinks it stinks


because they boost the maternal, I am not sure the english <tamil>என்னனு பொன்னாங்கண்ணி:ennanu ponanganni</tamil> is very good for uh breastmilk and hair


uh is is the ingredient


, uh <tamil>ஆமா அதே மாறி:ama athey maari</tamil> ah yogurt <tamil>பாயிக்கலாம்:paayikalam</tamil> cucumber <tamil>பாயிக்கலாம்:paayikalam</tamil> uh <tamil>என்ன இத்தலம் வந்து:enna ithulam vanthu</tamil> I think it is


you can do this you can put honey you can put yogurt and I don't think so it costs much because all these ingredients are in your house so you just need to <tamil>அதுக்கு:athuku</tamil> time <tamil>எடுத்துட்டு:eaduthutu</tamil> this is like now right whether we have the time


his first job, he finishes around four


three something or four, how good can the time be when you go in the morning and you finish up at three something or four you still have that nice evening <tamil>இது நாலா தான் அப்பாக்கு இந்த:ithu naala thaan appaku intha</tamil> tea time <tamil>வந்துச்சி:vanthuchi</tamil>


, yes


, , cake


yes yes yes clayday clayday,


(mmhmm), ah


what are the difficult ones <tamil>முறுக்கு:muruku</tamil> they never bought them in a shop


ah


ah okay okay, oh oh oh oh


yes yes, , sweet, , see that's that's the gesture that we are missing


people are probably health conscious or maybe you don't have that much of that many a friendly neighbours under <tamil>அந்த ஒரு வாழ்க்கைல நம்ம போறதுல வாசி:antha oru vazhakaila namma porathula vasi</tamil> but yes <tamil>அது நன் ஏன்:athu nan yean</tamil> childhood Bedok lah especially


are all the neighbours we know and uh knowing me I was so friendly I just go to the this house the malay aunty's house everybody will just entertain but during festive was like if it's not only their festive that they're celebrating it was <tamil>நம்மளும் சேந்துக்கிட்டு அத:nammalum seanthukitu atha</tamil> celebrate you know <tamil>அது ஒரு சாப்பாடு இது பண்றதோ:athu oru sapadu ithu panratho</tamil> we had reasons to visit for chinese new year visitings hari raya you know that that's something that it it was a beautiful moment


-EMPTY-during childhood


, ah


I believe we had more sharing and caring at that time leh <tamil>இப்போ வந்து அது உண்மையிலே இல்ல:ipo vanthu athu unmayiley illa</tamil> yeah we do have playgrounds and all like if I'm going to tell my kids to go down to the playground, they do not have that close friends that they look forward to go to the playground


because, that's children over there <tamil>அதுங்க எங்கயோ வளர பிளானிங்கா தான் அங்க வருதுங்க:athunga engayo valra pilaninga thaan anga varuthunga</tamil> so <tamil>அதுங்க வந்து இது தான் எவனோட:athunga vanthu ithu thaan yeanoda</tamil> friend <tamil>னு சொல்லி அந்த மாரி ஒரு இது இல்ல:nu solli antha mari oru ithu illa</tamil> we were very knitted so that was the thing that really realy miss at this point of time food uh helping hand things like that was


it's just really nice the traditions all that like you see <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> when she was younger days not only sewing, crochet, what else <tamil>பாட்டி:paati</tamil> did


crochet sewing flower arrangements, , so many but all that was, why because uh we find that hobby


yeah


exactly, !alamak!


oh <tamil>உகந்த எடத்துலயே:ukantha eadathulaye</tamil> I'm going to learn things just on my fingertips youtube oh I just need this oh ok so I can do yes the learning capacity has became easier, but you became lazier that's the thing you don't want to travel you go for class you sit with


friends in the classlearn together, all you want to do is just at home okay I can do I can do myself so <tamil>அந்த மாறி ஒரு இது:antha maari oru ithu</tamil> uh cooking <tamil>சின்ன வயசுல வந்து பாட்டி இது சொல்லி தரீங்களா எப்பிடி ஆக சிட்டி:chinna vayasula vanthu paati ithu solli tharingala epidi aaka chitti</tamil> can you tell me what's the recipe


now I don't need anybody, they are close knitted that's the word they're close knitted


seven days ah,


maximum, india, china,


but no matter what you still when you want to travel to europe and all you you still there's does people still travel by ship, you never know lah


correct


ah yes yes but during that time also because, not much of travellers and aircrafts the air tickets were very expensive so probably that's the thing and now I understand why uh those days where the caucasians


I should check this with you when I was long distance with nanda, I sent him a letter handwritten letter so send him guess what forty five days by ship because I took the cheapest stamp


forty five days to reach singapore, by ship, (ppc) because back then in twenty O five, but airmail it could have been cost me more money so I took the the the the the uh the cheapest stamp so the cheapest airmail is by ship


yes , , ooh, (uh huh)


ah


so then I then regret uh uh, I got reminded so yes father used to say that at those times anything to be posted <tamil>எல்லாமே கடல் மூளியம தான் அப்போ ரொம்ப ரொம்ப:ellamey kadal muliyama thaan apo romba romba</tamil> cheapest


I don't okay talking about this cargo and all, Shruti you have you seen pulley as uh the guys who, no no , no uh okay it's like rickshaw but the guy who pull them and go


yeah I know I know I know rickshaw rider yeah, have you seen them, like, so your time, ah your time was Becak


you Becak was the trishaw, trishaw, trishaw, oh uh auto, uh


so rickshaw, correct ah, ah correct correct


yeah rickshaw rickshaw is something, pulls behind ah yes we used to have that also to date but in your by the time your time I think that one would have died off right so


Becak, yes yes Becak yes, in Changi


and then, ah, ah, yes or the current SIA training centre yes


right, ah, okay, yes


you used to drink a lot of milk,


you used to drink a lot of milk, cow, ah


ah, hawkers meaning those uh portable uh err carts carts ah yes yes, !alamak!


yes yes, because they travel, they don't just come, okay, how much will your food cost a dollar, I see, of course is cool money


, ten cents, okay


money


oh you have two shifts ah, oh morning


, !aiyo!, oh dear okay then yes father that means he is of course, much back then


because father used to say, his school money was five cents, uh school no no yours is twenty cents isn't it


so five cents really three five cents cause one cent was valuable last time it was a lot of value to it so for him was five cents, was it five cents what can I say


okay mine right I think by then it was about a dollar ifity, two dollars ah but was bit back a bit much advance then because my time I think uh one cent was


but one cent <tamil>என்னக்கு நியாபகம் இல்ல:ennaku neyabagam illa</tamil> ah five cents of course usually


ah noodles <tamil>வந்து:vanthu</tamil> thirty cents, one bowl of noodles, primary one


okay but I mean the ones of ours days were all less than a dollar milo packet one dollar, so, , he can't be having it both in one day because I'm my his school fees I'm only giving him two dollars


school money so uh for one day he can't have, best of both worlds milo and uh noodles nope, not enough what, now now, right yeah yeah yeah, emergency money is good


there are days, ,


, ah very good habit because uh you never know you are prepared use it


!aiyo!, , true true


gifted blessed that to say Jegan I will always emphasise two dollars is your school money


have your food drink water but that <tamil>அந்த வாரத்துல:antha varathula</tamil> one day I'll give extra money so that he can drink milo, everyday no matter what you have to come back home, put your money in the, piggy bank


it will still go a long way, you know <tamil>அது அது அது அந்த உண்டில நீ போடு தான் ஆகணும்:athu athu athu antha undila nee potu thaan aaganum</tamil> uh <tamil>யாரு நீங்க வந்து பணம் குடுப்பிங்க இல்ல அப்பா வந்த அப்பா பணம் குடுப்பிங்க எல்லாம் யாரு பணம் குடுத்தாலும் உண்டில தான் போடணும் தொட்டில் பழக்கம் சுடுகாடு வரைக்கும்:yaaru nenga vanthu panam kudupinga illa appa vantha appa panam kudupinga ellam yaaru panam kuduthalum undila thaan podanum thotil pazhakam sudukaadu varaikum</tamil> so it's whatever habits you have


at a young age it just goes a long way and especially savings lah <tamil>சித்தி:chithi</tamil> whether rainy days or whether whatsoever look at now medical, it's so expensive, their time


I don't know I think our life insurance <tamil>இல்ல அந்த:illa antha</tamil> savings lah <tamil>இல்லனா:illana</tamil> then you can't even afford to go and see a doctor now,


in #toa payoh# mature estate it's about a good seven hundred thousand dollars, seven hundred why because it's mature estate, but seven hundred you top up a bit more it's a good money to buy a condo that is how HDB is going now


well, this is how it is <tamil>நம்ம:namma</tamil> time <tamil>வந்து எதோ ஒரு அளவுக்கு படிச்சி:vanthu eatho oru aalavuku padichi</tamil> we kind of, ah with a bit of skill we kind of had a good job, then came diploma, argued every uh career path they will like you have to have minimum diploma <tamil>அதுக்கு அப்புறம் வந்துச்சி:athuku apram vanthuchi</tamil> degree


without a PHD, you are going no where


, , uh mindset


but now because remember I shared with you I went to west ITE, to dress up these girls for one of the competitions


they were as good as a polytechnic, all what uh automobile so many nursing because why west ITE is the first ITE to have hospitality


guess what I went up to their uh level four, they have a hotel built in their school just for them to gain experience how housekeeping is all about how is hospitality so I was telling myself this is as good as poly


so I mean you see it does not matter which path you go might be a longer path, but <tamil>ஆனா:ana</tamil> as long as you go on a right path, longer path the right part is what we are looking at not a wrong path and you know short part and then you become the wrong part then there's a problem because there can be so many of them I think you and I have we have always spoken about it uh there's so many of them where uh


unfortunately


, all these comes from home


exactly, absolutely I think I should share this with you because I am working in a hotel, so I used we we uh we we have a lot of VIP coming over right so one of uh


the very important V_I_P was #barack obama#


I I really can't say lah it's err quite tough for me


I have been doing some work


oh right ya heard I've heard of it before, how's the food


my favourite meal let's see err okay sure, err


actually I I I don't have a preference I I I just watched, movie for


like, ah ya the comedians don't matter, penguin err no, err quite interesting lah but it's that it's like a


does the serial killer thing right ya, oh <tamil>ஆமா ஆமா:aamaa aamaa</tamil> oh ya


eh the the the, ah I think it's indian lah but does it matter does it matter, muslim is religion


(mmhmm) mutton chicken which one, oh <tamil>அப்டியா:apdiyaa</tamil> wait you went there is it oh


!wah! you went so far what what did you have there probably some Schakaar there's a stadium there right, oh okay okay, my hobbies let's see I I like to read books as in like fake novels lah


err <tamil>என்ன:enna</tamil> book ah


people are, I I'll tell you I'll tell you the name of the book later,


ah ya for now lah, (mmhmm), ya,


really, ah that's my favourite game now they have released the new DLC <tamil>அது பேரு கூட:athu peru kooda</tamil> it's the heist


no it's something else uh


who who uses cheat codes, but but online I don't think you can use cheat code, work <tamil>ஆகா:aagaa</tamil> I I use I I play online, story mode ah


ah ah the game release like twenty thirteen then you just started that's seven years later, ya you're very outdated, I I don't play that kind of games I


ah no the first person shooting I'm not a big fan of, I I'm more into the story type like you know err life is strange, oh last of us ya that's quite good but it's for PS four only what


please keep please keep


oh syria, oh K K


ya that that it's been heavily raining in singapore for the past few days it's a mystery you know, but cannot predict lah ah it's quite unpredictable the the climate here I mean


there there isn't a climate to begin with, in in singapore it's just summer, err ya to an extent <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> snow <tamil>ரொம்ப புடிக்கும்:romba pudikkum</tamil> err chance <tamil>கடைக்கல:kadaikkala</tamil> lah ya


, err ya I I've been thinking of getting iphone twelve I I went to the store err like on sunday


but when I went there I asked for err twelve pro they said err out of stock already so <tamil>நா என்ன பண்ண:naa enna panna</tamil> automatic ah call <tamil>பண்ண:panna</tamil> err <tamil>அவங்க சொன்னாங்க இந்தமாரிஅடுத்த:avanga sonnaanga inthamaari adutha</tamil> stall <tamil>இருக்குற நமக்கு தெரியாது நீதா:irukkura namakku theriyaathu neethaa</tamil> call <tamil>பண்ணி கேட்டுக்குனும்:panni kaettukkunum</tamil> so <tamil>நா:naa</tamil> call <tamil>பண்ண:panna</tamil> they the the they said


err the whole phone right out of already so I have to wait cause they have like some err shipment delay from like err, apple lah, there's been like quite err major disruption due to COVID and stuff so have to wait


how how about you, you why wait so long


ah ya, err, netflix ah <tamil>நா பாப்ப:naa paappa</tamil> but err


anything <tamil>எல்லாமே பாப்ப:ellaamae paappa</tamil> but but I'm not that much into like shows lah series like you know I've been watching like high seas, you know high seas that's that's a series


oh okay ya, no I I, lah oh okay


, I mean we have our websites for it right, as in as in like no err I was talking about amazon prime


ya no that's an app , err I'm a huge fan of DC yes


oh <tamil>அது அது ஒரு சத்தமா அது கீழ போட்:athu athu oru sathamaa athu keela pot</tamil> don't worry don't worry it's nothing


my favourite superhero will always be batman, ya <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> err err <tamil>வவ்வால்:vavvaal</tamil>


err <tamil>மிகப்பெரிய பணக்கார:migapperiya panakkaara</tamil> like, they are they are very rich they have they have the wayne industries like that's a


big building and err what you call it the gotham city, err no that one is the err police department err it's that that's another tall building but ya so the wayne enterprises if I'm not wrong that's the name


then he inherited all of their assets lah naturally err and then he also got inherited the err the family what do you call that servant maybe err helper his name is err alfred, do you know alfred


so <tamil>அவருதா வந்து கொஞ்ச கொஞ்சமா வளப்பாறு:avaruthaa vanthu konja konjamaa valappaaru</tamil> but <tamil>அந்த:antha</tamil> time lah <tamil>என்னாச்சுனா அவங்க:ennaachunaa avanga</tamil> parents <tamil>சாவுறதுக்கு முன்னாடி அவன் வந்து:saavurathukku munnaadi avan vanthu</tamil> you know you know well


so he fell into the well but, luckily there wasn't any water the well was err underground he had an underground cave which err, was used by with err bruce wayne's which is basically black man's err grandfather to like he he use it to like help the refugees to like move around there was a cave there


he he didn't know like, err he was so scared of it lah and then from then on he develop the fear of bats


err so during that time err he somehow managed to uh go to jail or I mean he was a prisoner, walk a Mathin and then , he was err he was trained by err


one of another fictional super villain his name I I I don't remember, is it's something, it's a mix of like arab arabic or I don't know I'm not sure, ya


(uh huh)


(mmhmm), (mmhmm), (mmhmm)


(mmhmm), (mmhmm)


(mmhmm)


well <tamil>உனக்கொரு:unakkoru</tamil> err <tamil>வித்யாசமான:vithyaasamaana</tamil> err, you know


mind control


(mmhmm), (mmhmm), which scenario can you tell me a scenario in which you would use this


job, right that's a good thing, nice nice nice, ya ya, ah that's good but err let's hope that you use this err for betterment civilisation and not for your personal needs


, (mmhmm)


ya ya ya, sense


okay but we shall hope, that joe biden does a much better job


but not not like a very long time lah but err err a short span of maybe fifteen minutes or or thirty minutes


so, like, no no no that's like like you know


if you are talking to another person, you you you can't you know as in like you, there's a lot of things going on in their mind, you can't read it or you can't like hear it so I want to be able to hear what they're


thinking,


I don't need to waste, like I mean you have other options like cutting the tape and then like editing it but it's a waste of time, yup


oh that one, err <tamil>நல்லாதா இருந்துது வித்யாசமா இருந்து:nallaathaa irunthuthu vithyaasamaa irunthu</tamil> but err ya that wasn't my intention though , he was able to stop time lah


what are the top and rivers I think ya ya lah you you she stopped and reversed it, ya ya ya he stopped and reversed it, but quite weird, it's nuts it's scientifically impossible to reverse time but you can go forward in time or you can't move forward ya time dilation our in or the uh, ya time dilation


light <tamil>தெரியுல:theriyula</tamil> if you if you reach the speed of light or like almost reach the speed of light you'll age much slower than almost reach the speed of light err you will age much slower


people who are living normally, they they have a concept of this this thought this not like a conspiracy theory or something but it's like actual err scientific theory there has been proven and was found by einstein err gerat einstein


ya, ah it's impossible man, it's three times ten to the power of eight per second ah


it's it's a theory it's not a fact right


uh and and I like to surf reddit


ah memes <tamil>சொல்ல முடியாது:solla mudiyathu</tamil> there's a lot of forums as well, like I like to read stuff from it, ya there's a lot of memes as well


it depends on the interest lah like which err sub reddit you follow and stuff, err


<tamil>இதுக்கு முன்னாடி சின்ன வயசுல:ithukku munnadi chinaa vayasula</tamil> primary school lah, err <tamil>உனக்கே தெரியுல:unakkae theriyula</tamil> I used to read a lot of books, if ya


I I will just like come back home err err read some books and then err play my X box for awhile


err watch netflix and then err, err I'm I'm trying to start a website, let's see that that's for another day lah so plan but, wix ah <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> wix <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> like HTML like


build my own website, through coding lah, err you need a lot of memorisation <tamil>கொஞ்ச நாள் விட்டுட்டனா மறந்து போயிருது:konja naal vittuttanaa maranthu poyiruthu</tamil> err that that's just one bad thing about it lah ya you have to be consistent


I I still haven't decided man err I have to do some research


find out what I'm interested in, then lah, ya choose my subjects for next year


, track and field lah, err, err like you know track and field you know


ya five KG, I I


Kappa <tamil>பன்னண்டு பக்கத்துல வருனு நெனைக்க:pannandu pakkathula varunu nenaikka</tamil> meter,


four hundred hurdles, (mmhmm), discipline ah


oh, oh, double heel


right right, (mmhmm), (mmhmm), science I see


do you have interest in science


oh [orh] so you did chem and physics I see, no I took all three, I took all three


no but I I I I used to have troubles with physics lor, ya, in singapore, as in like err


as in to like learn more about singapore itself or like in singapore like as in the context, (mmhmm), [orh] for my life


err, err


you you can, everything is inter related I guess like you know all all three sciences are inter related like err you can't just like separate like physics away from chemistry or like bio away from chemistry they they have these things called biochemistry <tamil>நீ கேட்டுப்பாரே இந்தமாரி:nee kaettupaarae inthamaari</tamil> err <tamil>பல்கலைகழகத்துல வந்து:palkalaikalakathula vanthu</tamil> err


err <tamil>நமக்கு நறைய:namakku naraiya</tamil> err


oh like, err, you know different institutions offer different different subjects so err like, if you go like one school they they won't have have the same subjects as like other school so for me I I think the psychology they don't offer in my school so err psychology will be quite good


as in like they uh ya, it's quite interesting lah I mean like it's it's it's the fundamental


err, err <tamil>புடிக்கும்:pudikkum</tamil> ya


you cannot you cannot


no no no no no that's too time absorbing man I've other things to do


how long has it been since your last return the tamil word


months I see, oh like for your exams lah


what, I oh <tamil>ஆமால அவங்க:aamaala avanga</tamil> so this was your last tamil paper that you took like your act three


err, so, (mmhmm)


Thuva so what time did you sleep yesterday


now that you're so sleepy, oh my god, insomnia man, insomnia, alright I think everyone does that after after a hearty meal and you just go to sleep


, okay, fashion ah


ya like, ya, err like you know I I I'm not a big fan of like err branded goods


you know like, ya just just wear what you like lah don't need to be branded all lah, err I , I I usually wear err sports apparel so I would think adidas maybe


ya, uh you just wear dry fit and then like err a windbreaker, ya that's all you're you're done you're done for that day man


alright ya but they don't last for a long time, I mean err ya, (mmhmm), right I see , so do you have a favourite


music artists, Kalid, as in !wah! I also listen to this one correct, Kalid or coloured, you know there's like DJ Khalid that


, (mmhmm), no no as in like seventies, err you have the beegees and then you have the beatles


ya uh ya I I'm more into like the mellow gold period, ya <tamil>தெரியும்:theriyum</tamil> but I don't listen to that music I like elvis presley


john lennon, lennon lennon not legend, legend is the all of me guy, but, mine is the lennon is ya I think he's part of the beatle


, alright that's true


(mmhmm), ah ya that's true I get you I get it


they they're target audience should be kids, entertain the kids,


ya, ya, ya ya it's him, oh you listen to you listen to nineties late nineties


err early two thousand songs I see, , Hardijudge


right, err rod iron, ya iron is Suria and then err


err


my my first wish would be asking for infinite wishes, , ya I know right okay but err jokes aside I would ask for


, err, let's see, err, maybe ten trillion dollars in my bank account, ya you're done I mean that's that's enough for generations man


you will be the first to trillionaire in the world, if you do that, ya, second one that would be err, abolish poverty and uh


ya food food poverty includes lah, ya that's true , ya and naturally the last wish would be, uh yes time reversal


I will ask I will ask for my uh, so what is your three wishes what would be your three wishes


what are your three, (mmhmm), I mean if you have ten trillion all of your family members would be err living good right


oh okay, (mmhmm)


(mmhmm), nice, so yours is a wish that does not involve monetary at all


ya that's true, so financially successful you mean, what is your favourite car


mercedes


yes , err


ya like you can't stick to one, honda ya sure honda civic uh I mean I'm talking about the eighties one, okay that it's like a hatchback, it's ya


NSX yes err honda NSX


ya that's why I say there's no best car like every car has its own speciality you see, , like if you talk about the uh naturally I'm going into like


olden days so I would think the ninety six supra would be my favourite car, well it's a toyota supra


so , uh what are you going to do for like the tomorrow ya


(mmhmm), [orh] I see


!wah! you work on weekend, oh so did you didn't go for work today, oh you can do that it's a very flexible thing I see


this is the owner of your restaurant err, like minded no what's it like how do I say, ya MNC yes,


that doesn't make sense right, it's probably err a native mexican who who , started the shop because he was like living in migrated


(mmhmm), which where is it located,


uh but they are McDonald's and KFC overrate


ya, shaker fries no no not yet, I don't , no I don't know ya as often as err majority of the youth


maybe err, two months or three months, no as in like


yes, really


oh, ya it is it's unhealthy so how they got popular was by


so like subway was the first err restaurant to prove that they actually can like people can actually lose weight by eating their product so they ya that's how they got famous but then now it's just


just another junk food lah, ya but it's like depends on what you like you can just go for bread and like vegetables and you're done for the day but


burger king okay I I like their own onion rings, really, I I ya it's it's quite nice for me


cheese fries ah sure err I like KFC's cheese, what


no it's not nacho cheese ya, I see so you probably like doritos, uh


(mmhmm), I see, ya, err no I don't


not at all ya I'm an introverted guy, ya I guess , oh err so what do you think about climate change and global warming


err now that it's so hot and stuffy in the room without a fan, so ya


(mmhmm),


ya that's true I I


at anytime lah basically, yes err err it's not an individual thing lah but it's more of a collective thing where


ya uh and I read err overpopulation also plays a part, , when the demand increases, I mean ya when the demand increases the supply has to increase and an effect for industries they don't care like how they make their supplies go high


they just do it and ya then, damage is what you get lah


err


yups <tamil>சிறு துளி பேரு வெள்ளம்:siru thuli peru vellam</tamil> yes exactly


err, really, (mmhmm)


(mmhmm), (mmhmm)


ya lah


err I think we have to live I mean we will you will enjoy the time while at the same time we have to make some difference lah, and like uh the it doesn't need to be big like err you you don't need to be the second greta turnberg but you can


uh do it subtly like by, offing the instead of using the air con you can just like use fan lah something like small things lah basically, ya, at ya every every act counts


in this case basically


favourite , uh


err, I was watching man on fire yesterday, err it's err he was you know denzel washington, ya he he acted lah he he was the err actor


err is quite different ah ya, what is it about it's about how, err he's a ex CIA agent, at err at err in err, in mexico and then


err he decides to be a bodyguard for a nine year old child, and then err the guy's depressed this girl makes him happy and then err so why this girl needs a bodyguard in the first place is because of err child kidnapping that takes place


, in mexico so err every sixty minutes, one err kidnapping occurs in mexico, ya this was back in two thousand four lah, uh so uh the rich girl the the family was quite err well to do so they err hired a bodyguard


and then, the child gets have abducted because someone the like the the corrupt officials involved who shot err denzel washington down and the, the no he he won't die lah but basically err


ya injure him and then like err, uh the the trial is abducted and then she goes missing the people think she's dead and then he goes to find her and then the mysteries behind why she was kidnapped


ya is quite different, it's a very old movie lah two thousand four


(mmhmm), dying ya


really, oh that's so sad, no I didn't I didn't mean it I didn't mean it, uh, so err do you, prefer reading books


of like or or like watching uh, no as in movies of the book, like you know, oh you don't


ya, oh you you like you don't like non fiction books, fiction, ya fictional books you don't like fictional books ah


ah I see


(mmhmm), COVID <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> COVID <tamil>க்காக தடுப்பூசிக்காக கண்டு புடுச்ச நிறுவனம் பேர்:kkaaga thaduppoosikkaaga kandu puducha niruvanam per</tamil> pfizer <tamil>அது வந்து இப்ப நடுவுல ஒரு எங்க இருந்து வந்ததுனா:athu vanthu ippa naduvula oru enga irunthu vanthathunaa</tamil> err UK


UK, ya the UK ya, so err <tamil>அவங்க:avanga</tamil> vaccines <tamil>லாம் குடுக்க ஆரம்பிச்சுட்டாங்களா:laam kudukka aarambichuttaangalaa</tamil> UK lah but err


is not it's not compulsory lah, uh but I I I, how do I say, everyone has to play a part lah


err I don't think it should be mandatory cause of like health reasons if you do not have like allergic reactions to it, I I strongly recommend you to take, (mmhmm)


, err, food err FNB


unique


(mmhmm), [orh]


(mmhmm), (mmhmm)


ya, ya


ya, oh oh you asking me if it's fun oh err ya it is fun, err err depends on your position lah I enjoy the front position so


[ah] <tamil>பண்ணிர்கே:pannirkae</tamil> [ah]


hi bro,


what work are you doing


oh, training and I'm also working at a mexican restaurant


, ya it's good environment fun place to work but it's very fast paced it's a


what is your favourite meal


okay first we go indian lah since both of us indian, favourite tamil comedian


[orh], you got watch penguin


ya, eh but the <tamil>ராட்சசன்:raatchasan</tamil> the <tamil>கடசி:kadasi</tamil> part the nun


(uh huh), err, I think , I think no not Prata, that's why indian no like


india is so tough, Murtabak indian ah <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> indian muslim, actually ya still can lah Murtabak, ya oh ya that's true indian is is a race indian was ah I like Murtabak


chicken Murtabak but the one at pioneer mall fire station not nice yes, ya bro last time I went cause I had something on at pioneer so I went all the way to pioneer then I was hungry right so I just went down and there as the hawker centre there then I got it it wasn't even nice that's why


ya there's a stadium I went there to train, ya what are your hobbies, !wow!


[orh]


, (ppc) <tamil>ஏன்னா படிக்கறதுக்கு ஒன்னும் இல்ல:yaenna padikkarathukku onnum illa</tamil> so just play PS four lah I mean ya it's, it's addictive you know you know I'm like so outdated you know only recently I got GT five only recently because my ya that's why


ah ah Q <tamil>பேருக்கோ:perukko</tamil> heist, music sneaker


oh do you use cheat codes in GTA five, I don't know the ya I mean it's useless, oh, oh online


oh I play I now miss started story mode ah ya, that's why that's why I said I was so outdated, eh but I still play call of duty modern warfare


oh you don't play the shooting games, (mmhmm), life is strange no


the last of us, ya, err, I


oh <tamil>நா:naa</tamil> oh training <tamil>சொன்னலெ:sonnale</tamil> , so, ah


syria, <tamil>இல்ல:illa</tamil> lah december season <tamil>எப்போது இப்டிதா:eppothu ipdithaa</tamil> last year also everytime december rain this year also rain


do you wish singapore got snow


, never mind lah can go snow city budget, eh okay iphone twelve pro, are you gonna get iphone twelve,


but when I went there I asked for level or draft bro this is out of stock


I also want I wanted to get iphone twelve pro but I still haven't went to the store yet I I actually decided to wait until say end of december like beginning january then I go and get my iphone twelve


actually now already out of stock, ya, now, anything anything


oh


cruise !wow!, oh


I watch umbrella academy, have you watch umbrella academy, you should consider watching it's actually very nice and very cool, okay lah err


ya, wait what do you think of netflix and tamil movies do do you think that they'll put in more tamil movies, oh ya tamil netflix


oh ya, ah everytime only got tamil guide and watch my movies, you now do you do you like marvel or or DC


oh, uh


oh you like batman


okay, okay


big building and uh, oh the one where you can put the light lah, oh


(mmhmm)


heard before alfred, err I know I know ya


, okay


okay


uh how about robin hood ah it's his sidekick right


like emotionally cause you know when you watched err end game right, loki dies and when you watch err thor ragnarok his own sister dies and also again in endgame err his father would vanish


ah


obviously how strong he is you know god of thunder like you know everytime he lands then even got thunder all will spread and then so cool like


it's just amazing ya


superpower, super power <tamil>னா:naa</tamil> mind control, (ppc) it can can be used in the real world


like you see ah, uh <tamil>அந்தமாரி சொன்னா ஏனா வந்து:anthamaari sonnaa yaenaa vanthu</tamil> you see imagine you some people ask oh I want to be able to like spit fire or spit venom all that


that seems a bit illogical in the real world


job job job job, job interview, job interview they don't I don't mean by the same way I just need to go there and control their minds to give me the job so that I get the job


ya yes yes, of course, say to benefit the society would probably be to mind control donald trump you know how like the decisions he do or whatever he does right


it's just like very I'm just speechless lah like all the things he does is like everybody just like what what are you doing so if I can right because somemore he's like the president he was, the president of america <tamil>அதனால:athanaala</tamil>


sense, chance <tamil>கொஞ்ச போட்டா நா நெனைக்கிற:konja potta naa nenaikkira</tamil> the world would be a better place not only america


uh


uh, okay, okay


oh hypnosis is that italic


know their intention,


a reversal of time


ah, like I mean you have other options like cutting the cliff and then like editing it, is not is not as natural, doesn't go with the flow eh there was a tamil movie right uh reversal of time <tamil>பேரென்ன:perenna</tamil> Suria twenty four


, he was able to


uh stop and reverse I think, , oh you can move forward ah


people who are living, oh


test <tamil>பன்னல அவங்க எப்டி:pannala avanga epdi</tamil> confirm ah


oh okay okay I get it,


oh


[orh], actually <tamil>உன்னோட:unnoda</tamil> holidays <tamil>இப்ப:ippa</tamil> holidays lah <tamil>நீ என்ன செஞ்சிட்டு இருக்க:nee enna senjittu irukka</tamil> how are you spending your holidays err people are are


(mmhmm)


wix lah <tamil>இந்து:inthu</tamil> wix dot com, oh


how is it tough, okay


actually <tamil>நானுந்தா:naanunthaa</tamil> actually I still don't really have a preference for my job like <tamil>எனக்கு வந்து இது செய்னும் அது செய்னும் ஆனா:enakku vanthu ithu seinum athu seinum aanaa</tamil> like <tamil>அதுல இன்னும் கொஞ்ச:athula innum konja</tamil> deep research <tamil>பன்னல:pannala</tamil> so I don't really know if I want it, ya


field throwing events


short put <tamil>வந்து எவ்ளோ:vanthu evlo</tamil> KG five five KG ah


as in <tamil>நாந்தா நானு:naanthaa naanu</tamil> shot put try <tamil>பண்ணிற்க தெர்மா சும்மா:pannirka thermaa summaa</tamil> competition <tamil>இல்ல சும்மா:illa summaa</tamil>


so you know different people have different body types it depends on your calves like some people you see people with big calves or more, uh uh you can say that they that kind of people right it's better for them to be sprinters because the amount of power they can generate is much higher


but you see from my like for me personally I do not have that big calves so it's like it's better if I could do err longer distance cause you know err you know if you are more streamline it will be more easier for you to run


ya, no but I am okay normal physics I did physics right, chem and physics


ya <tamil>எனக்கு வந்து:enakku vanthu</tamil> physics <tamil>னா:naa</tamil> okay easy lah, actually you took bio did you take bio, oh sorry boss


oh, what do you think is the best subject to learn in singapore


which subject you think is the most useful subject for your life, uh


movie


<tamil>மொழி:mozhi</tamil> , months, like okay <tamil>இல்லல்ல:illalla</tamil> like not months just two months ago


<tamil>அது வந்து என்க்கு:athu vanthu enkku</tamil> interests lah <tamil>எனக்கு வந்து:enakku vanthu</tamil> business <tamil>செய்ய:seiya</tamil> interest I don't know what I'm gonna study so I hope lah


ya, actually <tamil>நா வந்து:naa vanthu</tamil> seg one lah, uh


exam <tamil>முடிஞ்சட்டோன எனக்கு இப்ப சந்தோசமா இருக்கு:mudinjittona enakku ippa santhosamaa irukku</tamil> lah


ah, (uh huh) I like I sleep in the afternoon, everytime in the afternoon ya that's why, then after that err when you wake up then I cannot sleep anymore already


oh sneakers


, my favourite brand in clothing lah


adidas adidas adidas fashion is also quite nice


actually <tamil>எனக்கு:enakku</tamil> brand brand Nupak cotton on <tamil>நா எப்போதும் சட்ட வாங்கும்போது:naa eppothum satta vangumpothu</tamil> everytime cotton on <tamil>வேன்:vaen</tamil> cause cotton on is cheap and it's nice, ya recently only I went to cotton on then I got the shirt is like only seven dollars and it was actually quite nice


music artist, Kalid, Kalid ya, cause he sings really well, Karlid


oh not the DJ Karlid who always screams the other guy Kalid the one who sings stalk and young dumb and broke him cause his voice he's just so mesmerising like I don't know how he does it but he just sings so well


how about you, oh, oh


elvis presley ya but I, I have never heard john, john I have never heard I've only heard of john legend


, actually , I want to say you know they say right the older you grow the more your music taste will stagnate


so like when we, sooner or later right what the music that we like now it's going to be the music that you like forever, I find I find that's like a challenge for artists like you see like you when music artist right when you want to make music they need to consider all of this


that's why , then after that the kids will hear the song all the way until they grow up so that you have strong influence


, AR Rahman, Anirudh he's just like like all the time like hip hip hip and blah blah blah but ya I like his songs


ya Huan sings for <tamil>அலைபாயுதே:alaipaayuthae</tamil> right, and the jeans movie is also it's him, ya then I like I like Yalahuan what about you


it's nice what, oh Hardi oh ya ya that guy's good but I forgot what songs he


ah, iron is Suria right


oh, oh K K okay if you had three wishes what would it be


first wish


ten trillion dollars then you're settle for life, second wish so first wish is all for yourself, second one


I think you can use your first wish the amount of money then you go and you can use that to abolish poverty


what is one event right, mine, mine would be in what my first two I want my parents to live a good life, like as in my family everyone must be a live a good life everyone must be safe


no I mean not like in money wise like bonding everyone must bond very well and all you know live a good life then, , my second wish would probably be to


also be successful you know I want to be in a good job, and I want to be stress my last wish would probably be to be stress free, I don't want to have any stress I just want to be happy because in singapore singapore <tamil>பாக்கபோனா எல்லாரும் வந்து வேலைலயே நெறையா மன ஒலைச்சல் அவங்களுக்கு மன ஒலைச்சல் கிடைக்குது:paakkaponaa ellaarum vanthu velailayae neraiyaa mana olaichal avangalukku mana olaichal kidaikkuthu</tamil> I don't want to be a victim of that so you know like I wish that I can have no stress and like you know being a good job you know might is something like maybe owning your own business where you where you are your own boss you know that kind of things


ya, maybe the probably the second one lah when I want to be successful


that's probably like you know money, ya you can say that, I car my favourite car is probably mercedes like I don't know like I don't have a favourite car but I like uh I like the brand cause


mercedes is so classy, germany, uh


oh


oh okay <tamil>உனக்கு:unakku</tamil> what's your what what okay since you're into cars is it


okay your okay K let me ask a car person which car brand you think is the best car brand in the world,


which do you think is the most like there has to be a one at the top not confirm everything not everything also like it's good


oh toyota ah, I need to know the brand you tell me the model I wouldn't know, tomorrow, tomorrow I uh finally tomorrow is a weekend


so you have time to chill continue playing my PS four I don't think I'm ever gonna let go of my PS four, !woo!, damnuh, err for me oh tomorrow I need to go to my grandmother's house


spend sometime there and I got work, uh ya I work on weekends, no no I mean I work on one depends lah when I want to work I can just


ya I got, ya it, ya it's very flexible actually, , MNC, ya my this my work eh is a MNC


it was actually it started in australia even though it's a mexican restaurant, ya it start he started it, ya probably I'm not too sure about that but ya it then ya I think it just spread out all across the globe will have it in


australia in singapore, and mexico obviously, this one


but yet like it's not as popular as McDonald's or KFC or whatever


ya you think like McDonald's or KFC overrated, I ya I like McDonald's fries like have you tried the shaker fries, it's kind of nice, don't eat junk


how often do you eat, you can control yourself ah


oh subway okay, there's a very unpopular opinion I don't know why so many people don't like subway, ya that's a lot of people who don't like subway


but for me I find it okay I mean it's not bad their <tamil>அவங்களோட:avangaloda</tamil> but B cooking style <tamil>ரொம்ப நால்லாருக்கும்:romba nallaarukkum</tamil> but you know they say subway is very unhealthy


I think cause of all the because of uh because of all the sauce that they add


ya, do you like burger king, oh I don't like onion rings, ya I don't like, do you like cheese fries


oh, KFC's is like I phobia so we are opposite I don't like that cause I do I like the burger king one, cause of like I feel KFC one is not nacho cheese you know, ya I like I only like nacho cheese


ya everytime you know you watch movie in the theatre ah, then after that they will give, the uh like the corn chips then after that they put like uh nacho cheese by the side, eh how you think


oh you know phase three coming twenty eight december right, are you gonna bring friends over do you usually bring friends over to your place, at all, so you have like a small group of friends ah


, ya when you can't on because of the audio


I I okay K like personally I feel like the world leaders are not putting it uh are not putting it in in my , much importance in the global warming <tamil>அது கொஞ்ச நா நெனைக்குற அது:athu konja naa nenaikkura athu</tamil> global warming <tamil>வந்து ரொம்ப:vanthu romba</tamil> serious <tamil>ஆன ஒரு:aana oru</tamil> matter <tamil>ஆனா எல்லாரும் அத வந்து கண்டுக்க மாட்டாங்க ஏனா:aanaa ellaarum atha vanthu kandukka maattaanga yaenaa</tamil> like <tamil>அவங்களுக்கு வந்து எல்லா:avangalukku vanthu ellaa</tamil> selfish lah


uh


and if it's not treated right I think the world can go extinct in thirty years


do you think there's err a solution for global warming, it's cause of the industrial revolution right, that kick started all of this


imagine if a company was created just to solve the problem for uh global warming do you think they will get enough do you think that they will get the good , err how to say like good


and good profits


oh my god actually it's very scary like seriously, global warming, ya like okay you see ah, let's say you look at one particular okay let's say Jurong island, is like located at don't know where in sing Jurong at the west side of singapore and like you see the amount of err factories they have there like all the exhaust fumes like that small area in singapore which is already a small country is releasing that much imagine the whole entire world


and like in I don't think anything is stopping you know like it just keeps on going, the best they do is what the, uh ways to remove the toxic gas like the desulfurization and all that but like it's not gonna make much of a difference what


I don't know lah I think we just need to live our best life in case the world goes extinct soon


also do something


uh, common ah okay <tamil>சரி சரி சரி:sari sari sari</tamil> ah


man on fire what is this movie about, (uh huh)


what what is it about, ex CIA agent okay


in mexico, okay


oh so he will die in the movie, injure him lah


oh, you know my, my favourite movie is endgame it is so like err is like so normal so cliche but I like endgame like I just for me it's all about like


how they catch your attention you know like I endgame for me was a very eye catching experience like how the, the at the last part all the marvel heroes came together and how at the err they fought right at Wakanda


and how they like how the assemble you know everytime they will say avengers assemble at the last part when they say that it was like so cool of course there were sad moments like iron man and all but, but like it's still a, personally my favourite cause I was like I remember I was watching the movie in the theatre and I was just like in awe I was like !wow! this movie's amazing you know part of my friends cried


when iron man passed away, that sounds sarcastic, that's so sad


the documentaries ah, actually you know I don't like to read books which are like, like you know like there are some people like they do the movie and they also do the book, ya I don't like to read that kind of books I I like to read factual books like


ya I like non fiction is so I mean shit ya I mean err fiction is, fiction is all the superhero and all that right, no I'm I like non fiction like like recently there was this book


that I read about psychology, it was like actually not recently it was a few years ago but I remember, err I forget psychologist I lend I borrow from the library, but I remember when I saw that right then I was very interested in that


book then when I saw the other fictional books right I wasn't really into it cause, I also don't know lah I rather read facts and all, like real world context you know that that kind of things, eh if you okay can


business, ya lah what business you think, would publish err would flourish like right now


uh, (mmhmm)


oh united kingdom


optional, mandatory


okay let's say you are businessman


what business would you start, ya FNB cause like, singapore everybody loves to eat


and I would probably be in FNB because is also err a industry that will never die because people need food right, so I'll probably be in FNB but the thing is I have to think about something err ya unique and out of the box cause the the competition for food


ya in FNB is really high, so like, , if I ever am a businessman then of course lah I'll be in food business, and also like you see in time of COVID like how you see grab food flourish so much cause everybody just using grab to get their food


like I I want to create a like a company right which is like technologically advanced like the food, that we do is is still err how to say like normal food that we eat like technology's involved in it you see now like McDonald's and KFC not much technologies involved in it but I want to find a way where I can instill technology in it in my company and make it somewhat more advanced than the rest


ya, oh


rugby fun ah


so what you what what do you have for lunch


!wow! you got eat with the sugar, coconut


ya that one the burger king beside lah, oh, oh


farm farmway ah, anchorvale got station meh, oh the other side, but anchorvale station is not this way is not the west side


no west side don't have the name, ya lah farmway lah, my cousin house there


you talking about the coffeeshop I go also a bit further the the there's a bridge there then there is some Kampung, ya, yes


how much, whack only`


after I finish work twelve o'clock twelve plus lah I went down to one one plus sorry one plus went down to the the coffeeshop near the driving centre, then in front of me there was one she keep looking you know she was eating a a chicken noodle lah and then she was on the phone with someone lah


then, I see that oh chicken noodle okay I'm gonna go and find so I went to the the to the store oh closed only left one guy selling #char siew# #char siew# noodles it is #wanton mee#


so #wanton mee# order <tamil>பன்னி அத சாப்பிட்டு அப்பறம் பக்கத்துல போனு அடிக்குது:panni atha saappittu pakkathula appe aparam ponu adikkuthu</tamil> my instructor call I Kanchiong Kanchiong then I look he's in front <tamil>அன்கச்சீ அன்கச்சீ: ankachie ankachie</tamil> then she start looking everybody


he say no no no because I book uh circuit for you you have to go you know uh uh we cannot be late because uh one hour circuit mah fully utilise it then uh okay lah then I quickly <tamil>சாப்பிட்டு:saapittu</tamil> the food and went to to to see him lah


I told him that there's circuit, first time the circuit for car it was okay lah actually nothing much eh only parking only most of it is actually parking parking parking, ah


bike one was different figure eight lah engine break lah !walao! crazy man


ah


but what is parallel parking, oh I saw the thing lah there, a bit lah but I I didn't know is parallel parking my instructor never say


so how many session of gym have you been going can I know the count do you want the coupon thing or not I was telling you, ya ya I have a booklet for it


ya lah something like that lah you know government give and then after that the people will, will will, take advantage of it the one I don't know lah, but normally I only know that NTUC thing I don't know about this


I already finish so, last year


but I already out already, oh, but I already out of the service uh even though reservist what, NS man oh


ya lah then is correct that means NS men I got


marriage, what cash or what what is it, oh


oh online online NTUC voucher first time I heard this one


oh


Igi lah the tall one lah the tattoo one ah big brother, no no no it's it's only ya just I can supposed to bring a partner lah but my partner is not free today so I tell her to !aiya! it's always like that every time got event ah I I she's not available


no no I won't call uh amanda but amanda I'm working I'm working amanda is my colleague ex colleague the chinese girl this girl likes me, ya until now every time I talk about swimming swimming swimming always raining raining raining


that's my cousin lah Igi lah ah, Babufrik you never watch star wars ah the Babufrik this very cute eh you know this is <tamil>சரக்கு:saraku</tamil> how many people say edmund !wah! damn nice man your picture damn cool lah


and then she smile they were just there japanese dining there posing posing bikini no not from here I was walking back coming back ah


every guy will see bikini only !wow! but I see auntie only turn back


ya they will no just because just because it is COVID period all the women exercising because they want to keep uh you know alive they are very exercise release the serotonin ya it's true last night I was just boxing only


and dancing I was boxing and dancing so I want to show that I got the rage at the same time I've got the peace


why why cannot dancing it's my own house, I know that one that that one is because of singleton okay singleton <tamil>நால:naala</tamil> okay this one is is the normal the the Senorita you know the Senorita I'm just practicing my moves lah you know


on top of the of the of the of the of the of the you know the anger thing and all that then you want to release your your tension it's also a form of exercise and then after that you must be able to show that eh I'm not I'm not angry I'm not no no no no, I'm a peaceful guy this is my form of exercise is boxing then after that when you know time to like like take a break I'll dance because there's this girl Indi from indonesia in the Bali the dancing one she was dancing for the Senorita video I'm like oh my gosh that is gonna be my wedding song and my me and my partner is gonna perform for everybody that song


tinder <tamil>ஆமா:aama</tamil> tinder<tamil>ல வந்தவ: la wanthawa</tamil> ya lah everyday there will be one girl drop me on tinder but I know it's a scam lah china girl especially, yesterday one oh I'm from japan oh this that then after that I ask ah uh speak japanese she speak in chinese what is your name japanese name she give me chinese I translate <NEN> or something then she say ya


glad that I know you're from in some taiwan or hong kong and then you trying to you know bedek-bedek she say !wah! you so handsome !wah! !wah! you look like !wah! very this lah you know you know women are supposed to be like that all the time but the problem is nowadays the women is more on materialistic or intention you know they'll uh there's a group of them that is doing this to cheat people lah you know


so so this is the time when men like me or lonely men easily fall for this oh the girl only very nice to you nice to Abang that one in the Batam one Abang Abang, Abang can I come singapore Abang can you buy me ticket Abang I tell peter peter say don't fall for this scam


she's only, at least this one different mother of one twenty five also quite okay looking she also <tamil>பாக்க:paaka</tamil> but at the same time she also got different like like you know looks good and wants to come I don't know lah I doubts I'm in doubt I don't want to go through another kind of dependent relationship


eh I don't understand why the local <tamil>சரக்கு:sarakku</tamil> ah and the local <tamil>பொன்னுங்க மட்டும்:ponnunga mattum</tamil> and the <tamil>இந்த மாரி:intha maari</tamil> you know so many you know the the Komolas villas the girl name is Komolas call her Komolas villas lor Komolas villas girl


uh last week I was talking to her, keep asking her uh phone <tamil>ல பேசுவம்:la peasuwam</tamil> lah uh <tamil>ஏன் எப்போதும்:ean eppothum</tamil> message message message <tamil>உன் குரல கேக்கனும்:un kural eh keakanum</tamil> uh no no no no not uncomfortable then I say the thing I feel like I'm talking to a robot then she say oh if that's the case then you go and find a human lah


ya but guess what I saw her recently the the instagram picture she post she's like that hot one the picture man remember we scrolled through the picture I think that's not her that's the mother or what lah


I got screenshot the picture of of the of the instagram later I'll show you <tamil>அபரம் காட்றேன்:aparam kaatrean</tamil> but this one is play very hard to get but she's also so she's like I don't know lah what is happening to all these single women or it's just me


okay this chinese girl, what what expectation they want what they just want a man they want to marry want to have kids


want to be you know that's their life what more they want want to milk money, then what what they want they want


no what challenge they want basically they want the man to meet their needs and then put up to their bullshit basically lah ah their demands lah in in I can say in, nonsense lah it doesn't make sense ah most of the time ah but the man must still gently nice to them uh okay lah basically is someone to Sayang them I tell you now I look at the girl any girl also I can't Layan I don't Layan anymore


I don't even have the the the the the, no no no no no


no lah, if if I'm gonna get the same kind of pattern beautiful girl you know beautiful <tamil>சரக்கு:sarakku</tamil> you know uh you know then their intention they come is only for the money the house the the the car only


so it's going to be another same thing, no what what what kind of life is this <tamil>என்ன வாழ்க டா இது:enna vaalka da ithu</tamil> !huh! then every ten years then I <tamil>இதுதான் வாழ்கயா:ithaan valkaya</tamil> fella in the walking stick eh who's this lah


I that's olden culture kind of mentality and it is very important that we embrace and and go back to that way because now what is happening divorce !wah! three marriage divorce no I don't want get a fella marry a vietnamnese !wah! so many time


three time divorce three time actually it's a norm ah people are talking uh actually what the fuck is wrong with your people you know I mean just get married and live like our olden day ya go through of course, everybody goes through problem every couple but most of the time they divorce is because they both one one party is not or both party is not want to work on it anymore maybe because they don't have kids or maybe because of of they are too how to say they are flirtatious that they already got somebody


they are the type that already the like function ah the function of it is if they not needs met by their partner ah or the spouse ah they will easily flirt and and and find someone and and and and have an affair compared to trying to resolve the issue in the marriage by having uh a conflict they're scared they got no guts okay most of them are like that ya


their man men most husbands are pussies in the house uh I mean I mean scared of the wife I mean what is why must you be scared, if you are if you are unhappy if you if you feel that that you're hurt you must be able to talk openly, ah everything is on the favour of the woman this is not fair for the man what right


ya lah don't have to put it so that way lah you can put it in a more


nice nicer way lah, I think, ya but she stayed for quite long she she was


ya but I mean because ya she already had a kid she had two kids here, okay


ya lah she mantain herself lah she didn't put on weight like the rest of the people in the world ah they they naturally after a certain age family settle down they put on weight you know they become become like like ah so because of that it's normal and it's okay they will settle down they will stick to the members but now this type of pattern


I have got a competition is she doing that to make to to make me feel like oh, I cannot like like like like I will not be able to to to to go find another woman you know I'll not be attracted by another woman by she keeping her maintaining like that or, she she's she's just doing that because she she just gonna be doing the same thing when she's fifty years old auntie you know you see !wah! makeup lah this lah that that you know we'll see people like that then you thinking !walao! why they are dressed up like this


they'll be fifty year old lah you know old means old lah not say cannot lah a bit classy is fine, but not like the make up thing all like like as though you're gonna go for party you know and all this things


ya it's not difficult it it sounds easy when you say it but is she in the in the state to do it now, the the thing ah I keep thinking ah of <tamil>நான் சொல்றென் உன்கிட்ட நீ வந்து முதல்ல என்ன மன்னிக்கனும் அதுக்கப்றம் தான் உனகு காதல் வர முடியும்:naan solrean unkita nee wanthu mudhalla enna mannikkanum athukkapparam than unakku kadal wara mudiyum</tamil> cause if you're having this this uh kind of uh of of of you're holding something back cannot forgive the person you know you you you you easily get get get anxiety


uh uh emotions you feel you feel defensive whenever he's around when he changes his tone or or when you feel like like a flight or fight move like you know like like like like he says some things that you feel hurt but you cannot express it in a way where he can understand