{"id":29733,"date":"2026-02-19T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29733"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:17:40","slug":"busker-gets-a-surprise-after-spotting-sm-lee-watching-his-performance-at-rainforest-wild-asia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29733","title":{"rendered":"Busker gets a surprise after spotting SM Lee watching his performance at Rainforest Wild Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cStunned like a vegetable,\u201d Wong captioned the clip, helpfully reminding followers that the Senior Minister was also Singapore\u2019s former Prime Minister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, no, he wasn&#8217;t performing at an event where he&#8217;d expected SM Lee to show up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wong shared that when he spotted SM Lee in the audience, he was internally debating whether he should acknowledge him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know if he [wanted] to be low-key or not, but then, my face [was] already stunned, and the audience saw it. So I said: &#8216;Um, sir, I don\u2019t know if I should have acknowledged you, but I\u2019m sorry, it\u2019s a bit too late now, so everyone, that\u2019s our ex-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong!&#8217; and everyone just cheered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wong added that after the initial shock, he tried to treat SM Lee like any other audience member. \u201cSir, you are really cool, but this is still my show,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not surprising to spot SM Lee at the park, as he often shares photos of his\u00a0visits to the Mandai Wildlife Reserve (which includes the Zoo, River Wonders, and Bird Paradise).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Wong said it wasn\u2019t his most ideal performance, especially to have such a distinguished guest watching.<\/p>\n<p>He had decided to use a larger performance wheel; one he hadn\u2019t touched in two years. The new prop is 3kg heavier, and midway through the routine, fatigue kicked in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so tired and made so many mistakes,\u201d he confessed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/sm-lee-hsien-loong-spotted-busker-performance-578666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStunned like a vegetable,\u201d Wong captioned the clip, helpfully reminding followers that the Senior Minister was also Singapore\u2019s former Prime Minister.\u00a0 And, no, he wasn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}