60 HOT TAKES, Dreams and Things To Do In SG! | The Hop Pod Ep.104

Singapore turns 60 this year, so we hit the streets (and the DMs) to ask three simple questions—What’s your dream? What’s your hot take about SG? And what’s one thing you have to do here?  00:00 Teaser 00:47 Topic of the day 01:15 What’s a goal/aspiration you want to achieve? 01:17 Consistently sleep by 10pm 01:58 Last through LDR and settle down in Singapore 02:53 Lose 10kg 03:44 Graduate with 3.7 GPA, open up bakery shop 05:46 Not sound like an angmoh when using singlish 06:58 Financial freedom and be in Code Raid 08:27 Have the courage to quit job and go for working holiday 10:15 Bring wife to all the Disneylands in the world 10:56 Be finally ready to commit 11:43 Get better at small talk 12:36 Not be unemployed upon graduating 13:57 To have visible abs 14:36 Own a baby goat 15:23 Move out and live alone (be independent) 16:02 Be stronger at 67 16:39 Kpop backup dancer 18:09 Let my parents retire comfortably 19:37 Do sports at the national level 20:43 Complete a purple tag boulder problem at Chevrons 21:15 Be the best version of myself to proudly marry the love of my life 21:43 To enter local university 22:10 Be there for my parents more 22:43 Work at YGW, start own business 23:12 Remember to subscribe! 23:45 Hot takes about Singapore 23:55 There’s no such thing as Singaporean cuisine 24:36 Singapore is not small, travelling from east to west takes an hour 25:15 Singaporean men should be putting more effort into their fashion sense 26:23 Singapore hate is overrated 27:21 Singaporeans too used to efficiency, impatient and critical when things go wrong 29:11 The government does look out for the people of Singapore 30:36 Heartlands are better than CBD 31:12 Most singaporeans have strong/no opinions, but overall weak activism 32:19 Singaporeans are just Malaysians on the inside 33:00 Singapore is not really expensive compared to Europe countries 33:56 Every public toilet in Singapore needs to have a bidet 34:57 West can also find fun things 35:05 Singaporeans don’t know how gorgeous they look 35:28 Singaporeans are book smart but not street smart 35:53 Singaporeans don’t know when to take a break 36:10 Singaporean men are not very dateable 36:46 Singaporeans hate on ourselves more than others hate on us 36:59 Singaporeans need to stop glazing international F&B brands and support local 37:28 Singaporeans are so talented 38:43 Most people are earning enough, anything more is luxury 40:10 Singaporeans are bystanders 41:17 Singaporeans may be rude and selfish, but we’re all united as one 41:42 HDBs are not expensive 42:45 Singapore is not boring, Singaporeans are boring 43:34 Hokkien mee over chicken rice as nation’s favourite 44:19 Things to do in Singapore 44:30 Photobooth with friends 44:38 Listen to concert at stadium from afar with picnic 44:47 Sit on floating platform at Jurong Lake Gardens at night 45:07 Explore MRT lines 45:24 Playing block catching at HDB/airport 46:22 Getting to know history/landscapes 47:06 Pull an all-nighter at Changi airport 47:25 Play simple traditional games 48:16 Join neighbourhood community events 48:46 Make music videos to NDP songs 49:33 Outro 50:08 Bloopers _ FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS INSTAGRAM:   / yougotwatchsg   TIKTOK:   / yougotwatchsg   🎙 THE HOPPERS 🎙 Nicholas:   / nicholasyeam   Joie:   / joietan   Q (Yun Qian):   / lyqian   🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/thehoppod-spotify Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/thehoppod-apple MeListen: https://bit.ly/thehoppod-melisten Powered by Mediacorp, contact us at: [email protected]