(Dance Instructor) Your hand on his chest.
On his chest?
Then my hand on her?
Chest.
(Someone dial 999 please)
(PD) Who do you think we should send on a date from the office?
John and Adria.
John.
Adria?
Brad.
So all of Creative?
Adria and Mandon.
Maybe it will be a #Mandria.
Johnathan Lim Wei Jie.
Jun Jie.
Hui Jie.
Jonathan Lim Wei Jie.
Adria Tham.
She’s (been) single for how long?
I feel like Adria should go.
Single for too long.
Adria and John.
(PD) Okay we're going to get the both of you to plan their date too.
(PD) Right now.
Are we good at planning dates?
Yeah what do you mean?
Do you think I'm not good at planning dates?
No you’re great okay, we can do this.
Yeah exactly that’s what I thought.
Hello, I'm John.
I am 32 this year.
Hello I'm Adria.
And my age is not important.
I have been single since 2008.
Well, I think it's (been) 15 years.
I don’t know.
Sorry I did not realise it’s 15 (years)
Because last time I always tell people 10 (years).
But apparently 5 more years have gone by.
I have been single for about a year.
(PD) When was the last time you dated?
I don't know.
No, I got meet people okay.
I think some are just excursions.
It’s an excursion when I realize like
I don't really like the person.
End up it’s just an outing right?
Just go out only what right?
Funnily enough, I went on dinner with somebody yesterday night.
(PD) So today you have been nominated by the office
to go on a date with your colleague.
HR say can?
(PD) I don’t know.
(PD) We don’t care.
Okay we don’t care about HR today.
Okay, got it.
Is HR aware of this?
(PD) 3, 2, 1.
Walao!
I’m not AI.
Okay actually right
I low key had a sensing it’s you
or I had a guess.
Because we have a (department) calendar.
(Adria) And then right (John) Then I put inside.
he got and put like ‘Dating Show’.
(PD) So we got people in the office to nominate who
we should send on a date
and they picked you!
(PD) And the date will be planned by
our resident office couple, Alastair and Kezia.
What the hell?
No way.
Okay la.
Let's go dating now la.
手牵手，我们 (hand in hand)
Hello, my name is Alastair.
My name is Kezia.
And we are the love gurus of TSL.
So the first activity of the day is kind of like the icebreaker right?
It’s to like get the nerves out you know.
What better way to get the nerves out
then to do something that will embarrass the hell out of them.
(Alastair) Salsa dancing. (Kezia) Actually I think that’s a good idea.
John sucks at dancing.
Sorry John.
Adria is not too bad.
But I don’t think she has salsaed before.
I think it'll be quite fun though.
Because it’s something that both people haven’t done before.
Here’s some role play you’re Adria, I’m John okay.
Oh my god I'm so bad dancing.
John you’re doing great but let me help you.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, this is nice.
Come closer baby.
So now we are out here in the rain.
But then I don't know what we're going to do.
What is it?
Time to wiggle your nips
and sway to the beat.
So producer-
(PD) Can you please say properly, please!
Producer’s handwriting looks like ‘N’ ah.
Time to wiggle your hips and sway to the beat.
A saucy salsa class awaits you.
I’m dead.
Salsa ah?
Welcome to Caliente!
My name is Janey.
We are here to learn salsa social dancing.
I hope you guys are ready.
I was a bit surprised right
when I realised “Huh salsa class?”.
Because to me it’s like salsa class has the sensual vibes.
Don’t know eh.
Must like hold waist all
or hold hands or something right.
Then I’m like errr...
Okay so now we can hold hands already.
Yes, yes.
So you are going to offer your hands like this.
Do I under?
Or I offer okay.
Yes you offer.
And then you're going to answer his prayers.
So you’re just going to open your hands
then you’re going to land on his hands.
Yes.
You're going to start with your left leg.
The girls, they are always right.
So they start with their right leg okay.
So guys you go front, ladies you step back.
Okay and then from here you take two steps and come back to the spot.
Two st-
Eh?
One step, two step, three step.
Like when we started dancing, that's when I realized that like
wah jialat sia my body cannot ah.
Step step.
Oh my god.
And step step step okay.
So a few things,
we are not doing gym.
So no need to lunge.
But the real question are we doing well?
We’re getting there.
Okay wait we try to go backwards.
Behind me.
So with this smaller (step).
Then this bigger (step).
Yeah yeah yeah.
From here you bring the lady forward.
Bring the lady forward.
Release her right hand,
raise your left hand,
and then you turn her to the outside.
Okay.
It was really really nice doing an activity like that with Adria
because I think that like
we have never really gone for like a dance class before.
(John) It was exciting.
Right.
5, 6, basic.
Then one small note when you do the right turn
try not to release her.
Because if not, you will lose her.
If there are many people and you turn right
then I can *drifts away*.
She will find someone else.
I think that we were both spontaneous enough to like try it la.
I have always wanted to learn salsa.
So then I was like “Eh, wow what a what a good opportunity.”
Of course I need to dance with someone.
So I felt that I was very happy actually.
Yeah.
Go forward.
(Janey) The other leg. (John) 1,2.
Turn.
Then 站马步 (horse stance) and lean.
Then you must look into her eyes.
Oh look into her eyes.
Look into your eyes.
(Didn’t even last a second.)
I’m trying my best.
Wah wah wah.
She’s a natural.
She got the moves eh!
She can still like try to sway her hips.
2, 3, 5, 6, 7.
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.
5, 6, 7.
1, 2, 3.
I don't know what's a good ending pose.
Say real I didn't think it was awkward at all eh.
Because we had to hold hands quite a bit
or like look into each others eyes.
Our chemistry and our friendship is quite long already.
so like as a result we are quite comfortable with most things.
So I think it’s not awkward at all and I think that was the best part.
Okay honestly for every single date I don’t know if you notice it but
I always take photos.
Yes.
I think photos are a very very important part of remembering our dates right.
So if you’re too paiseh (shy) to take a selfie right,
you know like hey meal time or whatever.
Let’s make them go to a photobooth studio.
I got some ideas for poses.
You do?
So the first pose is this.
I think this is a bad idea.
It’s the pregnancy-
You’re gonna make-
So now right we are at Orchard Road.
Huat ah, huat mall.
Lucky Plaza.
Not quite sure what we’re here for.
I’ve got a good guess.
I'm guessing right we’re here
to eat food.
And not just any type of food.
South East Asian food.
Filipino cuisine?
That's what I'm guessing Kezia has planned for us
then Alastair just “Mmm, sounds like a good idea.”
Okay we read.
We keep this love in a photograph.
Eh not bad the pitch is quite on point.
Thank you I’ve been improving.
Ready to capture this moment (wink wink).
Photobooth, photo studio.
(PD) So before you take the photos
(PD) Kezia and Alastair have actually given you some poses to do.
Wah damn.
Confirm gross.
Okay we'll see.
Oh my god.
This is like those-
Damn weird this one is like-
This is like those awkward
awkward class photo.
My god wait wait very stress wait!
Start already meh?
Oh shit 10 seconds.
Eh what’s the first one?
Oh okay like that like that.
Cannot eh cannot see.
Cannot ah?
*inaudible*
Okay we must squat, we must squat.
This lens is out of focus.
Honestly I feel that we were just vibing so well right that
I think that’s the hallmark of a good date as well.
You're just vibing well so much so that you don't think about
whether it's like necessarily very cute or if it’s awkward right.
Which is something that I thought was really really really nice.
I think we nailed it.
(John) We’re so good at this. (Adria) It’s not even difficult at all.
Alastair-
To Alastair, eh where’s the main cam?
To Alastair and Kezia...
Lame.
I felt most like a team with John
when like we had the bright idea
to like go and put the photo at the top of wall.
Then I was like “also cannot reach”.
Then I say “Eh you piggyback me ah.”
1, 2, 3.
Almost.
Yes!
So I feel I sometimes maybe I don't know like
quite cute if you go on a date
then you want to be intentional right
then you just do some of these things.
Yeah.
Then you can get closer to whoever you want to be closer to.
(Ownself say ownself embarrass)
So after all the activities right, you'll be hungry.
So what do you need to do?
Eat dinner.
Yes but the dinner cannot just be anywhere.
I think for dates you have to pick somewhere that is like reasonably quiet.
Cannot go to somewhere there’s like
you cannot really hear what the person is saying.
So somewhere quiet, somewhere romantic I think that will be very nice.
Good ambience.
Yeah wine.
Wine.
Yes wine.
You know because they got to reflect about the date you know.
Reflect about what they want in the relationship.
I think what you order is very important
especially if it’s like the first date.
You cannot order something that is like very messy.
Order something that is very easy to eat like pasta or what you know.
Can just use the utensils.
Ooh.
The date’s almost over, “sad face”.
Let’s slow it down and fill your stomachs.
Perfect, perfect.
Yes, yes.
A delicious spread is on the way.
On the way where?
On the way to this photo studio then we sit here and (eat).
Then it’s Alastair and Kezia choose one ah?
No okay.
This is the one time where I’m very happy
that Alastair got expensive taste in food.
Actually this place is really not bad.
Yeah it’s quite vibey.
Lucky they sent us to this kind of place.
(John) Lucky they had a good sense. (Adria) They are nice enough.
So one more thing that Alastair and Kezia said is that
apparently one of the meal items must be easy for ladies to eat.
Our food and drinks are here.
Oh my god let’s dig in!
Oh no!
Why does it keep dropping?
While we eat right
I actually thought of a little thing that we can do.
You all heard of the 36 questions to fall in love right?
Today you all will hear it again.
We do some questions.
Before making a telephone call,
do you ever rehearse what you’re going to say?
I do pre empt my conversations in my head.
And I already-
because I feel like I don’t want to shock myself with the answer.
Same same same.
Sometimes like before the call right
then I'll be like “Okay, what would they say?”
Yeah.
Then you're like okay if they say this, I will say this.
I would think that if you go on a date
a good way to end it or like to spend it
is to be able to converse
because I’m that kind of person.
I always talk to people until 3am.
Alternate sharing something you consider
a positive characteristic of each other.
Wah.
Okay you start first since I asked the question.
Sure.
I feel you’re an extremely sociable person and I think that is
usually not super common for ladies.
And I think that's cool.
I think and like that you are very spontaneous.
Anyone invites you to anything you will say okay.
Yes.
And I think you stay true to that.
I think you are somebody that I turn to
when I need emotional support.
All the sad things in my life, I will come and find you.
I think John is one of the people who is quite in touch with his feelings
and he's not afraid to share them.
He actually in fact likes to share them.
I think you're loyal.
I don't just mean that in terms of relationships
but like also friendships and stuff like that.
I feel like you are somebody right with a lot of love to give.
Yeah really really.
Even though you have,
you've mentioned before that you don't really like it right.
You still make sure like for example when you travel with your parents
you still make sure you give them a good time
and make sure that everything's planned nicely for them to go.
I like this kind of deep conversations.
And through deep conversations,
you always get to see the real side of people a little bit more.
And then because we both had wine
our inhibitions were lower a little bit.
We started talking about our feelings and our stories.
That was I think, my favorite part about the whole date.
I personally thought that today was fun.
(Adria) What about you? (John) Same same.
I had a great time.
We've been friends for like six and a half years.
Holy shit.
Yes we have.
Okay I think we’ve hung out like one on one before.
(Adria) And all that. (John) So many times.
Yeah.
But I think that it has never been in the context of a date.
Yeah.
And as I’m saying this my face is turning redder and redder.
I can feel it.
Because-
Can you feel it?
Because-
Can you feel it?
Yes you got it.
I think inside usually I'm open,
but most of the time I'm not that open.
But I think this shoot has given me an excuse to go on a date.
Full stop.
Oh, interesting.
So a toast?
We never make eye contact.
I got eye contact, the whole day!
Faster, faster.
1, 2, 3.
The basic ah?
So we’re not letting go?
Not what?
We not letting go?
Your hand...
oily or not?
Okay let’s eat la!
Okay just eat, I give you your favourite food.
Yes.
Okay I don't think I necessarily see John in a different light.
But I could still see like a glimpse of
like how it would be like if John is a romantic partner kind of thing.
I wouldn’t say that our relationship blossomed.
But our relationship definitely evolved.
Like I used to have a list.
Like what do I want in a guy right.
Like artsy, whatever.
Actually nowadays I do prioritize chemistry
or being able to vibe.
And I think that these things
you wouldn't be able to tell with a list.
Usually these kind of things I think you will only know
when you go out and hang out with a person and get to know them.
I mean, it's also a reminder to myself
that as much as I have a few things I look for in a guy,
I guess it's better to go with an open mind to, to the meet up.
I still struggle to say date.
To the date.
And then see how it goes.
Okay I think dating in our modern society right,
we need to be more like proactive.
You need to be able to like initiate things on your own you know.
You cannot hope for a fairytale ending
if you don’t even open the book what right?
Wah.
Print that on a tee shirt.
Walao I knew this question was coming.
I guess...
Respectfully to John,
I guess no.
Say real right I was open to the idea in the sense that
I went into it completely open minded.
So it's not to say that I didn't try.
I guess I’ll be open.
I mean like life is long
possibilities are infinite you know.
And then,
one episode how to tell right?
It's too early to tell.
So I guess I am open to the idea.
But I guess like I will now
be more open to going out
with other guys.
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