12-Year-Old Malakai Shares His World: School, Friends, and Chocolate

Twelve-year-old Malakai sits down for his first-ever podcast appearance, revealing the unique perspective of a pre-teen navigating the complexities of growing up in today's world. From the moment he adjusts his headphones and rates his current mood "a five out of five," his authentic voice shines through.

The conversation delves into Malakai's recent transition to high school at St Patrick's Shorncliffe and the social challenges that come with being the new student. "It's hard because everybody in my class has friends from year five and six," he explains with remarkable self-awareness. Despite these difficulties, he's found success in science and media arts, proudly sharing his recent A grades.

Beyond academics, Malakai offers a refreshing glimpse into the balanced life of a modern pre-teen. While he admits to once being "addicted" to gaming before his iPad broke, he now prefers outdoor adventures—particularly biking to "Lilybrook" with three close friends from his old primary school. This mix of digital and physical play paints a hopeful picture of today's youth finding balance in an increasingly screen-dominated world.

The rapid-fire questions section reveals a personality both relatable and unique. From his passion for KFC and Cadbury chocolate (which he once spent his last $20 on) to his thoughtful selection of desert island companions (including "Grug the caveman" for survival skills), Malakai's answers showcase both childlike enthusiasm and surprising wisdom.

Listen to this heartwarming father-son conversation that captures the universal experiences of growing up—making friends, navigating sibling relationships, discovering passions, and developing identity. Whether you're a parent, educator, or simply curious about the minds of today's youth, Malakai's story offers valuable insights delivered with disarming honesty.

Transcript

Meeting Malachi

Speaker 1 0:16

Welcome to another edition of GW Unspoken Connect Beyond the Plan , and I have a very special guest with me today , his first time ever on the podcast Malachi . How are you ?

Speaker 2 0:27

Good , how are you ? Good , mate ? Thanks for asking . Welcome to the podcast . How are ?

Speaker 1 0:32

you feeling Nervous , nervous . You look good . You look like you've got the headphones on . You look pretty casual , ready to have a chat .

Speaker 2 0:36

Yeah , I'm ready .

Speaker 1 0:37

All right , let's have a bit of a chat to get to know you , because people can't see you , but they want to hear your voice and who you are . So tell me right now , between five , say , one , two , three , four , five , one you're feeling really bad . Five you're feeling really good . How are you feeling right now ?

Speaker 2 0:52

I'm five , I feel good , you feel good , that's nice .

Speaker 1 0:54

That's very good . Give me something that you're really grateful for . What are you thankful for in life ?

Speaker 2 1:00

My parents .

Speaker 1 1:01

Yeah , very good , we'll get to talk about your parents and get to know your family too , very shortly . Okay , let's talk about you . How old are you ?

Speaker 2 1:08

I'm 12 , turning 13 .

Speaker 1 1:10

When do you turn 13 ?

Speaker 2 1:11

December .

Speaker 1 1:12

Ooh end of the year , Is it near when Santa Claus comes .

Speaker 2 1:16

Yeah .

Speaker 1 1:16

When is it ? What date is it ? December 18th oh it's only like a week .

Speaker 2 1:20

Yeah , exactly .

Speaker 1 1:20

Exactly a week . So when you have presents , like you know from Christmas , do you get like combined presents or do you still get separate ones for your birthday and Christmas ?

Speaker 2 1:30

I actually don't know . I think I get like one . Do you get one big ?

Speaker 1 1:33

one . Yeah , yeah , that's good . Would you rather have one big one or lots of little ones ?

Speaker 2 1:37

Lots of little ones .

Speaker 1 1:39

All right , so you're 12 turning 13 . So what grade are you at school ?

Speaker 2 1:44

Year 7 . Year 7 .

Speaker 1 1:46

So first year of high school , mm-hmm . Okay , well , let's go through a bit of that . It's going to be your journey , get to know you a bit . So what primary school did you go to ?

Speaker 2 1:54

I originally went to LA the Way at Petrie .

Speaker 1 1:57

Yep , how was that ? It was good , it was all alright , yeah , okay , nice , and then good friends there .

Speaker 2 2:04

Yeah , I had a lot of great friends , yeah , nice .

Speaker 1 2:06

And what was your favourite ? Did you have like a favourite subject in primary school ?

Speaker 2 2:09

Subject you mean , yeah , it was drama .

Speaker 1 2:13

Oh was it . Yeah , Bit of a performer .

Speaker 2 2:16

Yeah , I was .

Speaker 1 2:17

Yeah , really Dancing , music singing or was it Normally ?

Speaker 2 2:20

or was it Normally acting ? Was it yeah ?

Speaker 1 2:22

We'll have to get some look at this tape .

Speaker 2 2:24

Next time We'll have to get some video stuff , See ya , yeah , I remember like last year there was like this Christmas act at the end of the year and I was actor Santa you were the main character ?

Speaker 1 2:34

Yeah , so would you have to put like big stuff on you to like make yourself bigger and fat and stuff . That's funny , and how long did you have to practice for that ?

Speaker 2 2:43

It took like a long time , like three weeks , of like rehearsaling .

Speaker 1 2:49

Wow , and how did you go with learning all your lines ? Was that hard ?

Speaker 2 2:52

Yes , it was hard because I had like huge lines . Oh my gosh .

Speaker 1 2:56

And did you get to practice at home as well ?

Speaker 2 3:00

I didn't really .

Speaker 1 3:01

You didn't yeah , you didn't walk around and annoy your family and say ho , ho , ho .

Speaker 2 3:04

Yeah , I did a lot .

Speaker 1 3:06

You did . That's awesome , all right . So then , after that school , where did you go then ?

Speaker 2 3:11

I went to St Patrick's , Shorncliffe .

Speaker 1 3:14

Okay , into high school . Did you go there in grade five ?

Speaker 2 3:17

Pardon , did you go there in grade five ? No , grade seven .

Speaker 1 3:20

Oh , so straight there . Grade seven , yeah , alright . Now how are you finding high school ?

Speaker 2 3:24

Be honest , I'm finding it kind of hard .

Speaker 1 3:27

Is it ?

Speaker 2 3:28

How , like I just moved and like everyone went there from year five .

Speaker 1 3:33

Yeah , so they have like a lot of bonds .

Speaker 2 3:34

Yeah , and then , like now that I'm in year seven , like everybody in my class has friends .

Speaker 1 3:39

Because they knew each other in year five and year six .

Speaker 2 3:41

Yeah , so that's really hard .

Speaker 1 3:43

That's tough , isn't it ? How did that make you feel ?

Speaker 2 3:46

Well , it doesn't really make me feel anything , it's just hard because like they always sit with their friends and like I can't really bond with anyone new .

Speaker 1 3:53

Okay , right , and you've only been there for like six months , haven't you Like since the start of the year .

Speaker 2 3:58

Yeah , yeah , do things there like sports or drama there .

Speaker 1 4:07

Like what's some things you do there that you like Last term I did soccer Okay , yeah , is that right .

Speaker 2 4:09

Yeah , it was all right . And now this term , I'm going to do league .

Speaker 1 4:14

Oh , rugby league Very good , a bit like Queensland Origin .

Speaker 2 4:17

Yeah .

Speaker 1 4:17

Did you watch the game last night ?

Speaker 2 4:18

Yeah , I did Very good . We demolished the Blues .

Speaker 1 4:22

We smashed them . I couldn't believe it . Unbelievable , so good . My wife's not happy because she's a Blues supporter . Ah yeah , terrible hey .

Speaker 2 4:30

Hideous .

Speaker 1 4:31

Yeah , terrible , and everyone at your house .

Speaker 2 4:34

oh , you said you went to a mate's house , didn't you ?

Speaker 1 4:35

Yeah , I did , and they're all Queensland supporters too . Yeah , that would have been a happy house , pardon , that would have been a happy house then when Queensland won .

Speaker 2 4:42

Yeah , happy little house .

Speaker 1 4:43

Yeah , did you watch the whole thing ?

Speaker 2 4:45

Watch the whole thing ? No , I didn't watch the whole thing .

Speaker 1 4:47

You didn't .

Speaker 2 4:48

Yeah , it was too long .

Speaker 1 4:50

So would you just go and play with your mates ? Yeah , yeah nice .

Speaker 2 4:53

We left at like nine . Okay , stopped at nine .

Speaker 1 4:59

Yeah , cool . And so , Pats , you're going to play a bit of league . Tell the people who are listening today what are some of your favourite subjects , Pats , that you do like at the moment . Subjects yeah , what sort of learning you do like Science , maths , english , pe Like favourite subjects ?

Speaker 2 5:16

Yeah , oh yeah , Like . My favourite subjects are science , media arts and those .

Speaker 1 5:27

What about PE ?

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Speaker 2 5:28

PE is good . I like that .

Speaker 1 5:30

What about English ? No , what about math ?

Speaker 2 5:36

Oh no , thumbs down , thumbs down .

Speaker 1 5:40

Thumbs down for maths , no good .

Speaker 2 5:42

No good , oh wow .

Speaker 1 5:44

But science you do well at , that's good .

Speaker 2 5:45

Yeah , what did you get in ?

Speaker 1 5:46

science this term .

Speaker 2 5:47

What did I get in science ? I got an A .

Speaker 1 5:49

Did you ? Yeah ? What about media arts ? What did you get in that ?

Speaker 2 5:52

Media arts , I got an A minus .

Speaker 1 5:54

So you are a bit of was that performing as well ?

Speaker 2 5:57

No it was like jangled up .

Speaker 1 6:03

Yeah .

Speaker 2 6:04

So we had to like sort it out and make it like 30 seconds long .

Speaker 1 6:07

Nice , so we could actually tape this podcast in the future and you could try and edit it for us and put it on YouTube .

Speaker 2 6:14

Ooh , that sounds fun .

Speaker 1 6:15

It does sound fun . It sounds like I need someone like you , because I'm hopeless at that stuff . We could work out a bit of a deal here . We could do some free podcasts and I could probably pay you to do some editing for me . What do you think ?

Speaker 2 6:25

Yeah , sounds good .

Speaker 1 6:25

How much do you charge ?

Speaker 2 6:27

Oh , $10,000 .

Speaker 1 6:28

Oh cents .

Speaker 2 6:29

Oh , no dollars .

Speaker 1 6:31

Too clever , too clever , all right , so that's school at the moment , so struggling a bit with that , have you got a couple of good ?

Speaker 2 6:39

friends . At least Do you have any Like new friends ?

Speaker 1 6:41

from St Pat's or , like old friends , just new ones at Pat's oh yeah , oh yeah , I got some new friends from St Pat's . Yeah .

Speaker 2 6:48

Okay , yeah , I got some like probably 10 , maybe in classes . Oh , that's good , yeah , that's good .

Speaker 1 6:57

And does much bullying happen at Pat's ?

Speaker 2 6:59

No , no , I haven't seen any bullying .

Speaker 1 7:01

That's good , so I haven't seen any bullying . That's good , so they're pretty strict yeah really strict .

Speaker 2 7:07

Do you have a favourite teacher at St Pat's ? My religion teacher .

Speaker 1 7:10

Okay , nice , yeah , because I did a bit of work at Pat's . Seems like pretty good teachers there .

Speaker 2 7:15

You did .

Speaker 1 7:16

Yeah , before you were there , obviously , but yeah .

Speaker 2 7:19

Were you there when my brother was there .

Speaker 1 7:21

No , I don't think so . No , I was back then , probably about 10 years ago , oh wow . Maybe eight years ago , but yeah , some good teachers there , some good students . Do you play on that big oval out there ?

Speaker 2 7:36

Not normally .

Speaker 1 7:37

No , yeah , where best do you hang out ? At Pat's ?

Speaker 2 7:41

We play tag on the concrete .

Speaker 1 7:43

Do you ? I bet that's not allowed . Shh , no one's listening to this from St Pat's . Okay , not allowed , not allowed , not allowed . All right , so tell me some things you do now . Let's get out of school for a sec . What about if you have a weekend and you've got some free time ? What do you like doing ?

Speaker 2 8:02

Calling up my friends saying do you want a bike ride ?

Speaker 1 8:04

Oh , I like that . Going outside for a bike ride , Pardon .

Speaker 2 8:10

Going outside for a bike ride . Yeah , yeah , what kind of bike have you got ? I don't know what bike I got , I just got a bike .

Speaker 1 8:13

Which bike

Weekend Adventures and Biking

Speaker 1 8:14

? Yeah , you got gears in it , yeah .

Speaker 2 8:16

I got gears .

Speaker 1 8:17

Like it's a mountain bike sort of thing Thick tyres or thin tyres .

Speaker 2 8:20

Thin tyres .

Speaker 1 8:20

Nice , I think they go faster . Where best do you guys go ?

Speaker 2 8:24

Normally to like Lilybrook . I don't think you know where that is no . How far is that Old Gympie Road ?

Speaker 1 8:36

Okay , so is it a long ride or not ?

Speaker 2 8:38

Yeah , it's kind of long .

Speaker 1 8:40

Okay .

Speaker 2 8:40

Yeah , it's like 15 minutes , I think .

Speaker 1 8:44

Okay , and then how many guys do you ride and do you hang out with ?

Speaker 2 8:49

Normally three .

Speaker 1 8:50

That's good . Yeah , that's nice . And do you do jumps and stuff ? Or is it not those kind of bikes ?

Speaker 2 8:55

Oh , not those kind of bikes .

Speaker 1 8:56

Okay , and so when you ride down there , what do you do then ? Nothing .

Speaker 2 9:02

Ride back .

Speaker 1 9:03

Okay , so it's just like riding around .

Speaker 2 9:04

Yeah , having fun , just time wasting .

Speaker 1 9:06

That's good . Are you one of the fastest riders ?

Speaker 2 9:11

I don't know actually . Okay , we never race , you don't race , yeah .

Speaker 1 9:14

So you don't do little naughty things and dog bite each other or try and knock each other over . You're just well behaved . Yeah , that's good we're mature , that's good . We're mature . That's good . That's good for 12 years old and 13 . Are they all your age as well ?

Speaker 2 9:26

Yeah , same age as me . Yeah , nice .

Speaker 1 9:28

Okay , so ride your bike .

Speaker 2 9:30

What else do you do ? Chill in the backyard , yeah .

Speaker 1 9:36

Yeah , my friend's backyard .

Speaker 2 9:38

That's good , we sometimes play baseball . I think it is it's when , like my friend has this tree , yep , baseball . I think it is it's when , like my friend has this tree , yep , papaya tree , and we take off a papaya and grab a shovel , at least like a whack it .

Speaker 1 9:51

Oh , that's cool , yeah , that's awesome . That's awesome . Um , and talk about what about your family ? Who's involved with your family ? Who's in your family ? Oh um , like your names well , is it mum dad , 12 kids , what have you ?

Speaker 2 10:05

got Mum dad , one older brother , one younger sister .

Speaker 1 10:09

You're in the middle , yep . Is that good or bad ?

Speaker 2 10:12

I don't know .

Speaker 1 10:14

I'm in the middle too .

Speaker 2 10:15

You are .

Speaker 1 10:16

Yeah , I always say we're the unloved ones . It's not true . What were you going to say about dad ? Pardon what were you going to say about dad ?

Speaker 2 10:25

Pardon , what

Family Dynamics and Gaming Habits

Speaker 2 10:26

were you going to say about dad ? Oh no , I was saying like you said , you were in the middle , but you're the dad .

Speaker 1 10:29

Yeah , now , yeah , yeah so older brother , younger sister .

Speaker 2 10:34

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1 10:35

Mum , dad , yep , and no doubt there'll be no fights with you guys . You guys all get along , no doubt ? Kind of it's normal to have fights every now and then with your siblings , isn't it ?

Speaker 2 10:46

Siblings are annoying .

Speaker 1 10:50

So how old are your brothers and sisters ?

Speaker 2 10:54

My brother's 14 , turning 15 this year . My sister's , I think , 8 , turning 9 . Okay , Nice .

Speaker 1 11:00

So , yeah , sometimes we get on with siblings , sometimes we get on with siblings , sometimes we fight with our siblings . It's just normal , isn't it ? Yeah , it gets frustrating . Really frustrating it does , are you a gamer ?

Speaker 2 11:14

A gamer ? Yeah , I actually don't know . Sometimes I think I am , sometimes I think I'm not .

Speaker 1 11:23

Okay .

Speaker 2 11:24

Yeah .

Speaker 1 11:25

So you're more of like an outdoors kind of guy . Yeah , sometimes you like getting outside .

Speaker 2 11:29

Yeah , it just depends on what I feel like . If I feel like going outside , I go outside . Yeah . If I feel like I'm tired , I'm sore , I don't . I become a gamer .

Speaker 1 11:36

Okay , okay , so a bit of everything .

Speaker 2 11:38

Yeah .

Speaker 1 11:39

That's good that .

Speaker 2 11:42

You mean like my addicted , like the games , yeah .

Speaker 1 11:45

I know lots of people I work with . They go sometimes . I don't go outside because they're so addicted the whole time . But that doesn't sound like you , because you like go outside with your mates and stuff too .

Speaker 2 11:54

Yeah , I used to be addicted .

Speaker 1 11:55

Did you ?

Speaker 2 11:56

Yeah , I used to .

Speaker 1 11:58

How'd you get over it ? Mum and dad kick you in the butt and say , get outside . Is that what happened ? No , that's not what happened ?

Speaker 2 12:07

I had an old iPad that broke . So , I stopped and then I stopped becoming addicted . Yeah , but I really like how you said . That's how it worked .

Speaker 1 12:15

Yeah , but see , sometimes things happen for a reason , right , and I think it's really good you go outside with your mates . It's really important to have mates , good mates .

Speaker 2 12:22

Yeah , where are they friends from ? It's lucky how close they live ?

Speaker 1 12:25

Are they from just around the neighbourhood , are they no ?

Speaker 2 12:28

like the friends from school , from our lay of the way .

Speaker 1 12:30

Oh , you still stayed friends with them .

Speaker 2 12:32

Yeah , I was friends with them .

Speaker 1 12:33

That's awesome . That's really good , yeah , so these friends you've had from lay of the way , are they friends since , like prep or year one ?

Speaker 2 12:44

Oh , yeah , from prep .

Speaker 1 12:46

How come is that Prep year ?

Speaker 2 12:47

six .

Speaker 1 12:48

That's amazing . That's so good . So what school do they go to now ?

Speaker 2 12:52

They go to St Benedict's .

Speaker 1 12:53

Oh , Benny's .

Speaker 2 12:54

Yeah , far away from me .

Speaker 1 12:56

Would you like to go to Benny's ?

Speaker 2 12:58

Yeah , I would love to see them .

Speaker 1 12:59

Would , you . Yeah , yeah , we talked about friends . Let's talk about your favourite type of music .

Speaker 2 13:09

Music I usually never listen to music that much .

Speaker 1 13:14

And I find that hard to believe , because you like the arts kind of stuff , arts Like you like dancing and performing and that kind of stuff , don't you ?

Speaker 2 13:21

Yeah , like .

Speaker 1 13:23

Acting .

Speaker 2 13:23

Yeah , like I'm supposed to dance . I don't have an option . Oh okay , yeah , like Acting .

Speaker 1 13:26

Yeah , like I'm supposed to dance Like I don't have an option . Oh , okay , yeah .

Speaker 2 13:29

Like music isn't my thing , I'm like listening to it normally .

Speaker 1 13:35

What type of music do you listen to ?

Speaker 2 13:38

I actually don't know , because I don't really listen to music much .

Speaker 1 13:41

You don't .

Speaker 2 13:41

I normally just listen to my dad's playlist . All right , I listen to his music's playlist .

Speaker 1 13:45

All right , listen to his music . It's all right . Yeah , all right . What's the best thing about ?

Speaker 2 13:49

dad . Hmm , I don't know , I can't think of one .

Speaker 1 14:00

Has he got good dad jokes ?

Speaker 2 14:02

I don't get dad jokes .

Speaker 1 14:05

So dad jokes ? Does dad say jokes around the house ? Yeah he does , does he and they're not ?

Speaker 2 14:14

funny Kind of . Usually dad jokes are terrible , my dad jokes are terrible . Me and my dad like our own little jokes .

Speaker 1 14:18

Yeah , that's cool , that's good . Yeah , we just joke around the house , that's good , well , no , that'd be fun .

Speaker 2 14:21

Yeah , yeah , we'd just joke around the house .

Speaker 1 14:22

That's good . Well , no , that'd be fun .

Speaker 2 14:25

Yeah , what's the best thing about mum ? That she's stupid of a kind ?

Speaker 1 14:30

Yeah , she's nice yeah .

Speaker 2 14:32

She doesn't whip me . That's always a good thing , isn't it ?

Speaker 1 14:36

It hurts . Times have changed . I think when I was a kid , my mum would go with a belt that hurt .

Speaker 2 14:42

Wow that , hurt , wow that hurt .

Speaker 1 14:44

We had this . I shouldn't say this on the podcast , but I will . We had this little cattle dog , right , and his name was Rex , and if anyone used to wrestle me like grab me and pretend even pretend wrestle he'd go around and bite their ankle . And so one day the next door neighbour threw a rock at me and I used to be pretty fast so I thought I'll get you . So I ran after him and I grabbed him and I shook him . So guess what happened .

Speaker 1 15:04

The dog bit , you Bit him , Ow . So then my mum saw it and said come inside , Gary . And she had the belt .

Speaker 2 15:13

I was scared as .

Speaker 1 15:15

And I got a few swacks . I didn't do that again , so that wasn't fun .

Speaker 2 15:19

You always learn from mistakes .

Speaker 1 15:21

You learn from the belt . All right here , nice , you learn from the belt . All right , here we go . I'm going to ask you a few little quick questions now so , again , our audience can get to listen and know you even better . You ready for this ?

Speaker 2 15:32

Yep , hit me .

Speaker 1 15:33

Favourite food .

Speaker 2 15:35

Favourite

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Speaker 2 15:36

food .

Speaker 1 15:39

KFC Zinger or the normal .

Speaker 2 15:41

Just chicken .

Speaker 1 15:42

Just normal chicken , yeah , okay .

Speaker 2 15:46

Favourite vegetable ? Does the potato count ? Yeah , yeah , potato .

Speaker 1 15:53

I like how you're taking your time to think . That's really good . I actually like that Favourite fruit .

Speaker 2 15:57

Fruit banana .

Speaker 1 15:58

I'm with you , same here .

Speaker 2 16:00

Yes , so yum . About time We've got someone else who says a banana .

Speaker 1 16:04

Yes , they're relatable , correct , I agree . What about ? Ooh ? Here's one that might take you a while to think about Ready yeah , favorite movie you've ever watched , like if it comes on TV you have to watch it again .

Speaker 2 16:18

Probably the new Toothless movie like how to Train a Dragon .

Speaker 1 16:22

Oh yeah , nice , yeah , in cinemas . Yeah , I watched that yesterday , did you ? It was amazing , was it ?

Speaker 2 16:27

Yeah , I loved it .

Speaker 1 16:28

Oh good on you . You can see you're starting to smile on your face . It must have been good . Do you have popcorn ?

Speaker 2 16:32

Popcorn yeah yeah , we had that so good . You can't listen to music that much .

Speaker 1 16:42

Okay , what about favourite drink ? Drink Fanta oh orange Fanta I get .

Speaker 2 16:51

Fanta yeah Orange .

Speaker 1 16:54

What about your least favourite drink ?

Speaker 2 16:56

Hmm Sprite .

Speaker 1 16:58

Don't like Sprite .

Speaker 2 17:00

Yeah , too , like sprightly .

Speaker 1 17:02

Too fizzy . Yeah , fizzy , that's the word . Fizzy Too fizzy ? All right . What if I said Malachi , what's your favourite chocolate ? We're going to the shops right now . I'm going to buy you your favourite chocolate . What would it be ? You've got to say your answer without smiling Go .

Speaker 2 17:13

Okay .

Speaker 1 17:15

You can't do it .

Speaker 2 17:18

Just plain chocolate Cadbury .

Speaker 1 17:20

Oh nice , the dairy milk one .

Speaker 2 17:21

Yeah , dairy milk . Nice , I love that one .

Speaker 1 17:24

I think you should go and buy me some now .

Speaker 2 17:26

Oh what , I'm just joking . Walk down and get it yourself .

Speaker 1 17:30

Well played . Okay , what about Malachi's favourite ? Gary's just given you $10 and you're going to get your favourite lolly Not chocolate , but lolly .

Speaker 2 17:38

Lolly , do you know ? Like the red ? It's like cream outside and like red in the middle .

Speaker 1 17:47

Oh yeah .

Speaker 2 17:48

Yeah , that one .

Speaker 1 17:49

Yeah .

Speaker 2 17:52

I forgot what it's called .

Speaker 1 18:00

I think it's like red and then like white around it .

Speaker 2 18:01

I don't know what it's called . Is it like a hard lolly ? Oh no , a chewy lolly . I just screwed that , probably like red frog .

Speaker 1 18:09

Oh , they're good too , yeah red frog I like that . Is there any bad lollies , like the lollies you don't like ?

Speaker 2 18:14

Bad lollies Like the banana lolly .

Speaker 1 18:17

Oh , you don't like them . Yeah , that one . So you like real bananas , but not Can you peel them ?

Speaker 2 18:25

No , no , okay , the Lolli Bananas you can't .

Speaker 1 18:28

No , okay , on a real banana you can . You can . What about do you have like a least favourite chocolate ?

Speaker 2 18:35

Least favourite chocolate , white chocolate .

Speaker 1 18:37

Oh , really yeah .

Speaker 2 18:39

I'd like it . It's like once I eat too much , like it feels weird in my throat .

Speaker 1 18:44

I don't like Turkish Delight . Turkish Delight Do you know what that is .

Speaker 2 18:50

Yeah , I've seen it . It's like jelly in the middle .

Speaker 1 18:51

Do you like them ?

Speaker 2 18:53

Yeah , I love them .

Speaker 1 18:54

I've got another guy who comes on the podcast . He absolutely loves them too . His name's Oscar . He loves them all the time .

Speaker 2 19:00

I should meet Oscar .

Speaker 1 19:01

You should meet Oscar . You'd probably get along with him . He's your age as well , too . He is . Yeah , you guys connect really well , actually , all right .

Speaker 2 19:09

Favourite kind of pet Pet . I'm more of a cat person , oh yeah , you're a cat guy yeah . Cat's cute Okay .

Speaker 1 19:19

What do you think ? Do you prefer going to a motel to stay the night like a flash unit ?

Speaker 2 19:30

or would you rather go camping out like in a tent and stuff ?

Speaker 1 19:31

I would prefer that going to a motel , would you ? Yeah , okay , do you like fishing ?

Speaker 2 19:36

Fishing , not normally . I'm not a type of a fisher guy .

Speaker 1 19:40

You're not .

Speaker 2 19:40

Yeah , I don't really fish much .

Speaker 1 19:42

Okay .

Speaker 2 19:46

Do you like milkshakes ?

Speaker 1 19:47

or thick shakes , thick shake .

Speaker 2 19:49

Thick shakes or ice cream .

Speaker 1 19:50

Pardon , thick shakes or ice cream .

Speaker 2 19:52

Ooh , that's hard Ice cream .

Speaker 1 19:55

Favourite ice cream Thick shake .

Speaker 2 19:58

Napoleon ? No , it's called Neapolitan , I think .

Speaker 1 20:02

Neapolitan , is it the three colours ?

Speaker 2 20:04

Yeah , three colours .

Speaker 1 20:05

Let me guess Raspberry . Let me guess which one you like the best . Ready Ooh chocolate is your favourite Nope . Strawberry is your favourite Nope .

Speaker 2 20:14

Oh I got that wrong Too wrong .

Speaker 1 20:16

Let me guess . So what's the second favourite ?

Speaker 2 20:22

The pink one , what's it called ?

Speaker 1 20:25

Is it strawberry ?

Speaker 2 20:25

Yeah , strawberry , sorry , it's pink , I was thinking raspberry .

Speaker 1 20:29

So you like all of them really .

Speaker 2 20:30

Yeah .

Speaker 1 20:30

It's like vanilla the best .

Speaker 2 20:32

Vanilla the best . Yeah , chocolate's the least .

Speaker 1 20:34

Okay , all right , all right . Here's a question for you . What about ? You're answering these very well , by the way . What if , answering these very well , by the way , what if I said to you um , would you rather ?

Speaker 2 20:45

go to the movies and watch a movie or sit at home and watch netflix . Oh , movies , because like the movies are new , it's like they they put in new shows before they launch into netflix yeah , that's cool .

Speaker 1 20:54

That's cool . Um , what's the most frustrating thing about people ? What kind of behaviors do you think suck when people do what ?

Speaker 2 21:05

I'm confused here .

Speaker 1 21:06

Well , if I said to you what's some things that you don't when people talk , smack or say stuff , or they don't do stuff or they lie , what's some things you actually hate humans do ?

Speaker 2 21:17

Hmm , wait , I'm still really confused .

Speaker 1 21:21

So if you're talking to someone or a group of friends right , or a group of it's in Pat's example and you see they might not even be your friends , what are some of the things they say or do that you actually don't like ?

Speaker 2 21:34

Oh , like saying mean stuff .

Speaker 1 21:37

Yeah .

Speaker 2 21:38

Or like heads on , like punching or something Physical stuff . Yeah , that's what I don't like .

Speaker 1 21:44

Yeah , that's fair Good answer . It's actually a tough question , so you did well . I don't like people who talk it up and then don't do it .

Speaker 2 21:52

Or bark , no more .

Speaker 1 21:54

Oh , I like that . I like that . That's good , that's a good saying . Who taught you that one ?

Speaker 2 21:58

It was from a show .

Speaker 1 22:04

Was ? Who taught you that one ? It was from a show , was it ?

Speaker 2 22:05

Yeah , do you have any other good sayings . You have , like , any quotes or stuff like that . I got one . I remember this one . I had my English assessment . Yeah , I forgot . It was like I forgot that's all right , it might come back . Yeah , it might come back no , that's good .

Speaker 1 22:22

I love how you got that . It's good . A lot of people just go no , don't have any . You're just actually trying to think of it . It's good . Do you like the summer months or the winter months ?

Speaker 2 22:31

I'm more of a winter guy because , like it's too hot , yeah , if it gets too hot , you .

Speaker 1 22:37

No , fair enough . If you could live anywhere in the whole world , where would it be ?

Speaker 2 22:42

New Zealand . Why ? Because my dad lived there . Like my dad's parents are there . Yeah , I want to go there and see them . Yeah , because I only seen them once . Okay , yeah , I want to see what they look like now Okay .

Speaker 1 22:58

So have you been in New Zealand before ? Nope .

Speaker 2 23:01

But you like to go there ? Yeah , I like to .

Speaker 1 23:03

I heard it's different to Australia because they don't have like spiders and snakes and we do . Apparently , new Zealand doesn't have spiders or snakes . They don't no . How's that ? It's pretty cool .

Speaker 2 23:13

Wow .

Speaker 1 23:14

That's good , yeah , okay . Well , we'll have to talk to mum and dad about this , won't we Get you a trip to New Zealand ?

Speaker 2 23:20

Yeah , what do you think ? I think it's good . We'll have to suck up time and work out a way to do that .

Speaker 1 23:27

So that sounds good , Alright . What about favourite sport ?

Speaker 2 23:31

Favourite sport Union .

Speaker 1 23:33

Oh , rugby union . Yeah , do you watch it on TV or just play it I ?

Speaker 2 23:36

just play it Okay .

Speaker 1 23:38

Yeah , if you did watch it , would you go for the Queensland Reds ?

Speaker 2 23:42

Probably . Yeah , yeah , my dad goes for the Queensland Reds .

Speaker 1 23:46

Does he ? Yeah , he doesn't go for the New Zealand teams .

Speaker 2 23:50

He goes for Warriors , does he ? And ?

Speaker 1 23:52

he really goes for Warriors , does he ? Yeah , yeah , that's fair enough . They're pretty good players too .

Speaker 2 23:58

Does dad actually was he born in New ?

Speaker 1 24:00

Zealand ? Yeah , he was .

Speaker 2 24:01

He was . He's a Kiwi , yeah , kiwi .

Speaker 1 24:02

Very good , do you and dad have wrestles ?

Speaker 2 24:05

What do you mean by wrestle ?

Speaker 1 24:06

Do you tackle him when he's not looking and get him on the ground ? Or does he walk past you sometimes and tackle you , wrestle you ?

Speaker 2 24:12

Yeah , sometimes Not like tackle , Just like a little push Bear hug . Does he yeah , does he yeah , they're like pushing , like get out of my way . Punk .

Speaker 1 24:21

Do you ever beat him ?

Speaker 2 24:22

Beat him .

Speaker 1 24:23

Yeah .

Speaker 2 24:23

Oh no , he's like twice my size you have to play dirty . Yeah , I have to play dirty . I have to call out Mom .

Speaker 1 24:33

All right . Oh , here's a good question . I think I know the answer to it already , though I think we've already talked about this . Your favourite takeaway , food Takeaway . I know what it is already .

Speaker 2 24:48

You've already answered this one , haven't you ? Yeah , it was KFC .

Speaker 1 24:49

Very good , good memory . What would be your second ? Are you like a Macca's guy ? Do you like Macca's ?

Speaker 2 24:53

Yeah , I like Macca's , but I prefer KFC

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Speaker 2 24:56

better .

Speaker 1 24:56

Yeah .

Speaker 2 24:57

Yeah , I like the Macca's cheeseburgers .

Speaker 1 25:02

Yeah , yeah , they're yum . That sounds good . What about , like the old ?

Speaker 2 25:05

school at Red Rooster . Nah , I'm not a fan of Red Rooster .

Speaker 1 25:08

What about Guzman and Gomez and Gomez GYG .

Speaker 2 25:14

I actually don't know . It's been so long since I've been there .

Speaker 1 25:17

Okay .

Speaker 2 25:18

Yeah .

Speaker 1 25:19

Okay .

Speaker 2 25:20

I don't normally go there often , okay .

Speaker 1 25:22

Yeah , okay , I don't normally go there often , okay , all right . Well , I've got two more questions for you . Ready Malachi is down to his last $20 .

Speaker 2 25:28

Oh , I'm broke .

Speaker 1 25:30

What's he going to buy , chocolate ? That's a quick answer . You knew that straight away , didn't you ?

Speaker 2 25:37

Yeah , I was expecting you to say like some kind of KFC box , because that did happen to me like a week ago . I had $20 and I bought it on chocolate .

Speaker 1 25:43

Did you All the dairy milk chocolate ? Yep , yes , very good , very good , all right , all right . Now here's a challenging question for you . Ready If you were stuck on an island full of bananas because you love bananas ? Obviously , all right . So that would get you through bananas and Fanta .

Speaker 2 26:03

Ooh , you'd be hyperactive all the time Like paradise country .

Speaker 1 26:07

Yeah , if you were stuck on that island and apart from the yummy food and drink and you're only allowed to take three people with you on the island to live forever and they can't be your family .

Speaker 2 26:20

Oh .

Speaker 1 26:20

But they could be anyone in the world , like famous or non-famous , or alive or dead . Now , who are the three people you would take on the island , and why would you take them on the island with you ?

Speaker 2 26:30

I'll choose Grug from the caveman guy , you know .

Speaker 1 26:34

Yeah , yeah why .

Speaker 2 26:35

Because he's like the caveman he's strong , Okay good , I've never heard . That's very Okay . Good , I've never heard that . That's very good thinking .

Speaker 1 26:46

by the way , Someone's very buff like John Cena . Oh yeah , the wrestler .

Speaker 2 26:48

Fight someone so he can protect me someone .

Speaker 1 26:50

That's a smart way I love your thinking here yeah , you say you've got protection , yeah , yeah , yeah , all right , now you're allowed to bring one more person . I like how you think it's . Either you've got a caveman who loves , who knows to live on the island someone to actually protect everyone and yourself .

Speaker 2 27:03

Yeah , now I need someone smart .

Speaker 1 27:06

Okay .

Speaker 2 27:06

But I don't know anyone who is smart .

Speaker 1 27:11

Keep going , keep thinking , that's a very good time Dwayne Johnson . Oh is he smart .

Speaker 2 27:17

I don't know . I've chosen .

Speaker 1 27:19

He's another buff guy . Yeah , isn't he massive .

Speaker 2 27:22

Yeah , he's just massive .

Speaker 1 27:23

So there's more protection . Yeah , that's good .

Speaker 2 27:26

I can't think of anyone smart .

Speaker 1 27:28

That's good . Some people say , like , have you heard of Bear Grylls ?

Speaker 2 27:31

No .

Speaker 1 27:34

He's a guy who can live off the land and like they say , oh , we'll take him on the island because he stuff to eat and that kind of stuff .

Speaker 2 27:38

Oh , I should have chose him you can choose him , you can have four , four to save me .

Speaker 1 27:43

That's good . Well , malachi , you've nearly spoken for half an hour on your first ever podcast , of which , when I first talked , about doing a podcast .

Speaker 2 27:51

You were like eh .

Speaker 1 27:52

And when I talked about it more , you were like , okay , yeah , I'll give this a go .

Speaker 2 27:55

Yeah , I loved it .

Speaker 1 27:56

Now you've smashed it . Yeah , now is there anything on the podcast that we haven't spoken about , that you'd like to speak about ?

Speaker 2 28:04

I don't know . There's nothing to talk about All right .

Speaker 1 28:07

Should we not talk about how we had donuts and milkshakes before we came in , in case we get in trouble ?

Speaker 2 28:11

Shh my ear .

Speaker 1 28:12

Oh , that was an accident . We might get caught . We didn't have two cinnamon donuts and a chocolate milkshake did we , we had healthy sandwiches and a chocolate thick shake .

Speaker 2 28:18

We had healthy sandwiches .

Speaker 1 28:19

Yes , that's right . Healthy sandwiches , yeah , ham and salad , wasn't it ?

Speaker 2 28:23

Yeah , I'm pretty sure with cheese too .

Speaker 1 28:26

Okay , we have to get on the same page here when we talk to them and then we get home . So what exactly was on it ?

Speaker 2 28:31

It was… .

Speaker 1 28:33

Multigrain bread .

Speaker 2 28:34

Yeah , multigrain bread , ham , tomatoes mayo lettuce and cheese . Okay , ham , tomato , lettuce and cheese .

Speaker 1 28:39

Okay , Tomato , lettuce and cheese and mayo multigrain bread .

Speaker 2 28:43

Yeah , healthy sandwich .

Speaker 1 28:44

So you're going to have the same story when we go back .

Speaker 2 28:47

Yep , and if I get caught I'm blaming it on you . I think this is still recording .

Speaker 1 28:51

Oh , this is awkward now . Well , mate , you've done really well . I'm proud of you . Your first time you've opened up , we've spoken of you . Your first time you've opened up , we've spoken about you , we got to know you . All the listeners get to know about you and congratulations on being on GW Unspoken Connect Beyond the Plan . Thanks .