You Might Wanna Sit Down For This The Takeaway Table

We’re four months into 2024: enough time to spend money on what we think are the BEST and WORST buys of Q1, so You Might Wanna Sit Down For This. 



In this episode, we invite Sophira and Desmond onto the panel to dish out their recent buys: from RM12 phone holders to RM800 Pokemon cards, we’re judging some of their most ridiculous buys of the year (that just started). 



Don’t ask so much, sit down first. 



00:00 Introduction 

00:25 Panel Ice-breaker 

02:08 YOU MIGHT WANNA WATCH US ON SPOTIFY 

05:18 Our spending habits

16:59 Hand Vacuum: Buss or Bust? 

22:18 The WORST phone holder

24:54 Stanley Canteen Flask: Overhyped?

30:20 Mingyue’s purchase of the YEAR

34:08 Sophira got SCAMMED? 

36:29 40% discount for LEGO?

43:14 Are digital drums worth it?

44:46 RM800 Pokemon cards 

46:55 New Balance: Lifestyle sneakers or Gym shoes?

48:10 Mingyue’s favourite tech organiser 

49:31 Closing 

We’re judging how messy our lives are lately, so You Might Wanna Sit Down For This.

Here’s the Singaporean-Malaysian crossover episode you didn’t ask for, but we’re definitely excited over. In this episode, we sit down with Christabel and Amanda to talk about life’s messes: from getting our tyres stolen to messy sleep schedules, we go from the light side of chaos to the deeper end with the hosts of our ALL NEW show: Messy & We Mean It. 

Don’t ask too much, sit down first.

For more MESS: 
Stream Messy & We Mean It here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xpTeqPeCUYBNkzQGwaLwT?si=cZD8KG5DTbu6aMFMWgrk6g
Follow Messy & We Mean It here: https://www.instagram.com/messynwemeanit/

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction 
00:56 Malaysian-Singapore content crossover 
01:20 NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Messy & We Mean It 
02:39 Who is Christabel and Amanda? 
06:02 Are Christabel and Amanda really besties? 
07:04 The origins of “Messy & We Mean It”
09:29 What is messy about this?
12:01 Is vulnerability a “branding” tool? 
13:40 We’re NOT gurus
15:20 What are your MESSIEST stories? 
19:19 Someone stole Minghan’s…? 
23:18 Christabel is always LATE 
26:25 Dealing with mess 
28:08 Stacking up our stress 
28:53 Misuse of the word “manifest”
30:20 Christabel’s breaking point 
33:15 How Mingyue deals with mess
37:17 Our stress thresholds 
39:39 How Amanda manages her emotions 
42:08 Minghan shares his favourite advice 
48:29 “Mess check” of the day 
57:04 Closing 

We’ve never had so many people on set before, and it was overwhelming in the BEST WAY.

If you grew up in the golden YouTube music era, then You Might Wanna Sit Down For this. In this episode, we invited Jesse Barrera, Albert Posis, Jeremy Passion, Gabe Bondoc, and Michael Carreon on the pod to talk about their music careers, “TikTok music”, and the beauty of collaboration among artists. PS/ We may have also introduced some of the (arguably) worst Malaysian childhood snacks to add on to the nostalgia.

Don’t ask so much, sit down first.



00:00 Intro 

00:35 Getting to know the panel 

03:05 Modern Nostalgia Tour 

06:33 Introducing our Malaysian snacks 

09:10 TikTok vs YouTube

12:37 Connecting with fans 

18:37 What triggers our nostalgia 

22:09 Jesse Barrera - Scary as hell but I do love the thrill 

23:03 Michael Carreon- Simple Things & Yesterday 

24:36 Strawberry Soju

26:48 Albert Posis - Cheeky 

29:30 Collaboration between artists 

31:00 Parallels Tour 

32:22 Gabe Bondoc’s journey in music 

34:35 Jeremy Passion’s growth as an artist 

40:01 Advice for the next generation of artists 

44:28 Closing 

Follow them here:https://www.instagram.com/jessebarrera/https://www.instagram.com/albertposis/https://www.instagram.com/jeremypassion/https://www.instagram.com/gabebondoc/https://www.instagram.com/michaelcarreon/

You heard that right! We were flown to New Zealand on an all expense paid trip and it was hands down one of the most memorable trips we've had! We're bringing you on the ride with us as we recount the shenanigans that went down - from Ming Han almost committing a crime to Ming Yue body slamming an elderly lady, you might wanna sit down for this.



0:00 Intro

0:49 Is Tolkien from New Zealand?!

1:50 How did we get a free trip to NZ?!

6:00 Realizing the trip wasn’t a dream

6:41 How much are flight tickets to NZ?

7:36 Air NZ has the best plane food

8:45 Plane was damn smelly

10:40 Extreme fear of flying

12:31 Ming Yue almost died during a flight *

14:55 First impression of Auckland

17:51 Funny scooter story

20:00 Food in Auckland: Hit or Miss?

20:40 The ONLY thing you should eat in NZ

22:47 The best gelato in Auckland

24:39 Meat in Auckland

27:00 Why we didn’t go to Hobbiton

29:08 Flying to Queenstown

29:20 Ming Han almost committed a crime?! *

34:22 CRAZIEST way we got to the hotel

38:51 Ming Yue bodyslammed an old lady

40:41 The most magical surreal weird experience

43:50 Activities in Queenstown

47:04 Onsen damn ons

48:17 The OG bungee jump

48:50 Going on a wine & beer tour

50:28 Visiting a farm on an island

54:41 Night life woohoo woohoo

55:49 Closing thoughts on the trip

59:03 Don’t drink lake water

1:02:59 Budget for NZ

Chinese New Year is around the corner, and we’re committed to ranking some of the best to worst parts of the rowdy festivities. 



Doesn’t matter if you’re a fan OR a hater of Chinese New Year, You Might Wanna Sit Down For This. 



Don’t ask too much, sit down first.



00:00 Introduction 

00:20 CNY wishes

03:13 How we spend CNY 

06:50 Ranking CNY festivities

07:31 Do we like Lou Sang? 

10:50 House-visiting: Love or Hate?

17:26 Leftover reunion-dinner food

20:17 BUSSIN’ CNY dishes 

22:20 Gambling during CNY: S-tier OR F-tier?

26:24 CNY decorations in malls 

29:09 Celebrating CNY in KL

31:14 Screaming kids during CNY 

33:17 CNY naps: Hit or Miss?

38:45 Resting from work 

40:06 Final thoughts

41:18 Outro 

We do this every year, but this year, we’re being extra judgemental about it. 



If you’re as jaded as we are about vision boards and new year resolutions, then You Might Wanna Sit Down For This. Bringing in Sophira and Vivian to the fold, we talk about some of our very unserious-serious goals in 2024. 



Don’t ask too much, sit down first. 



00:00 Intro

02:16 ON: New Year Resolutions

03:16 Our 2023 “resolutions”

05:31 Resolutions vs Regrets 

07:13 Our accidental successes 

14:06 Our very seriously unserious 2024 resolutions 

14:54 Vivian wants to be less of a HATER?

19:41 We want Jane Chuck to adopt us 

21:43 Minghan’s scariest regret 

22:52 Growing a beard in 2024?

24:18 Sophira’s 2024 goal

25:10 Mingyue’s fitness era

26:39 Winning lucky draws 

27:13 Rating the team’s 2024 resolutions

50:26 Final thoughts on our resolutions

54:04 Closing 

54:24 KL Podfest

54:39 Outro