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What’s in my bag: Joel Choo’s packing problems (and fails)

Joel Choo tells Toggle what are his travel necessities when he goes overseas to ‘Jalan Jalan’

What’s in my bag: Joel Choo’s packing problems (and fails)
Photos: Teo SijiaVideo: Charlene ChongAre you a light or heavy packer? Organised or messy? A last minute packer or a well-prepared traveller?These were a few burning questions we posed to the cast of Channel 8’s newest long-form drama series Jalan Jalan at the show’s press conference in October, where we invited them to bring and share with us some of their must-have travel essentials when they are on an overseas trip. It was an intimate session, to say the least, with the actors airing some of their insecurities and deepest, darkest secrets, and we had it all captured on camera.We picked up a couple of interesting celebrity trivia about the cast of Jalan Jalan: there is a self-professed fitness nut who needs to work out every day when he’s travelling because of his sweet tooth; a gadget girl who can’t live without her arsenal of techy stuff (even though it weighs a ton); and
Watch past episodes of Jalan Jalan on Toggle.

(Continued on next page: Joel's rationale for bringing extra bags when he travels)



#1 Extra bags“I’ll always bring extra bags. So this is a recyclable bag – sometimes when you buy stuff and they don’t give you a plastic bag, you’ll need a reusable bag. This is a smaller bag, in case you want to travel light and just need your passport and wallet, and this is a bigger bag to put your passport [and] more stuff, basically… but I end up using the bigger bag only and the recyclable bag will be in it. [As for] the smaller bag, I don’t know why I always bring it but I don’t use it.“You never know if in the middle of the night you just want to go to the convenience store and it’s dangerous [to bring all your stuff along]. (Ed: Why don’t you just use your bigger bag?) I’m not satisfied if I carry a big bag and there’s only a wallet inside, there’s no body to it and it just feels uncomfortable.”#2 Film camera“It’s a film camera ‘cos you know

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