You Might Wanna Sit Down For This

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You Might Wanna Sit Down For This is (maybe) Malaysia's most unhinged, entertaining, sometimes educational, most times funny podcast hosted by Ming Han and Ming Yue! Join us as we share our stories, thoughts and unqualified advice on pretty much everything under the sun. It's gonna be a crazy ride so you might wanna sit down for this.

  1. #242 MILLENNIALS EXPLAIN DATING: IS LOVE TRANSACTIONAL?

    3D AGO

    #242 MILLENNIALS EXPLAIN DATING: IS LOVE TRANSACTIONAL?

    Is love still about feelings… or are we all just doing cost-benefit analysis now? How transactional is modern dating now? Are we all secretly materialists? And is it ever valid to treat someone like a “project” and try to upgrade them? We know we sound old, but hear us out… We’e get painfully honest about our value in the dating market, the unrealistic expectations we carry, and what we actually bring to the table.  You might wanna sit down to find out. ____ CHAPTERS00:15 - Bizarre happenings 02:15 - Dating bio intros 12:00 - PICK ME CHOOSE ME LOVE ME.12.49 - Uncle Ming thinks dating is transactional 14:30 - The Materialists16:20 - Do you value realism or true love?18:20 - Dealing with LDR22:00 - The mother of my kids26:30 - What do you bring to the table?28:20 - Are you acting or is this real?33:00 - Being a trad wife33:30 - The urges to cook for guys36:50 - Diluting the date with friends38:00 - Auditioning the friends41:00 - Garlic chopping insecurities 41:30 - The salty food test45:00 - Anti passenger princess agenda 48:50 - Does age drop your market value?56:00 - Just love and get divorced??56:30 - Guys don’t know their types59:30 - I think I like a big forehead.01:01:00 - Hairiness vs Hairless men 01:03:00 - Dating pool so bad I should move

    1h 5m
  2. #241 STIRRING UP FAMILY DRAMA FOR CNY

    FEB 2

    #241 STIRRING UP FAMILY DRAMA FOR CNY

    As if last year wasn’t enough, we’ve found even hotter takes that would probably have our Ma’s kicking us with both hind legs.This is our 2026 guide to surviving Chinese New Year. From talking to kids, to dealing with undeniable unc energy, and stirring shit up with the family just to keep things entertaining.Saddle up. This episode is about to get rowdy. You WILL be seated for it. CHAPTERS 00:16 - Stop horsing around  01:00 - In a very Chinese stage of life right now  02:00 - Why they release MV so early?? - Shame on you 02:25 - Who decides CNY? Moon? Sun? - Solar New Year 03:00 - Our Favourite Horse Words  07:15 - How to tell someone they got uglier 08:57 - Zodiac elements and morning wood  09:25 - Lemong Bananang Sequel  10:15 - I want to eat your Ma  12:30 - CNY sill too close to Christmas?? 13:20 - January in Malaysia’s economy is trash 13:30 - CNY MVs are too predictable  18:20 - Influencer MV Rankings 20:00 - 35yos should give angpao apologies 23:35 - Exposing Jenhan’s Jason Leong beef  24:40 - Swaying in my aunty’s house  27.20 - Making my ma cry  28:12 - CNY on the wife’s side  30:15 - Electric chair to FaceTime families  31:00 - Minghan’s new Mandarin word  32:10 - Out of pocket Lou Sang wishes 35:16 - Reading our Zodiac predictions 36:44 - Ox there’s a rat behind you  39:00 - Rabbits get moving 39:38 - Be careful of your bird  40:50 - Ruining lives with predictions 43:35 - It’s worse to not get weight questions  45:20 - How do you talk to kids…  47:50 - Kid Talk FAQ 52:35 - Destroying Mingyue’s dreams 55:40 - Thought starters to stir shit up with your family  54:45 - Hot Takes of 2026 54:55 - WATCH YOUR KID NOT THE LION DANCE 57:15 - Open houses no neighbours allowed  01:00:00 - Regifting neighbour gifts 01:01:00 - Taking leave as a smelly dog  01:01:50 - Sacrilegious WET Lou Sang 01:07:00 - Buy CNY clothes for what

    1h 11m
  3. #240 CAN WE SURVIVE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE???

    JAN 19

    #240 CAN WE SURVIVE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE???

    Forget resolutions. Forget personal growth. We’re fast-forwarding straight into the end of the world and figuring out how we’d actually survive when society collapses. From eating each other, to starting cults and turning into Geishas. Here’s who survives, who won’t make it to Day 3, and who somehow makes it everyone else’s problem. You might wanna sit down for this zombie apocalypse. Follow Jenhan on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/kuahjenhan/#youmightwannasitdownforthispodcast Follow The Takeaway Table!https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ ____CHAPTERS00:19 - NEW YEAR, UNDEAD ME!02:00 - 2026 Updates04:00 - Jenhan’s… accent.06:00 - Aussies Jenhan is getting in you12:00 - THIS is the stationary year.13:15 - You’re welcome London15:00 - Zombie breeds that deserve our yumyums 19:00 - Timeline before character death24:30 - Going out by tongue 24:55 - My mom ruins my profit value 27:20 - Barricading One Utama 28:25 - Would you save your children?32:30 - Hunter, gatherer, traitor. 35:40 - Don’t trust Jenhan’s loyalty 37:00 - Political moves start with internet 37:40 - The Strategy 38:40 - Jenhan is front line bait 41:00 - Spiralling into head emptiness 42:30 - Becoming The Pharmacist 44:25 - We’re eating every oyen on the street 45:15 - Is it okay to eat a humans46:50 - Big backing medicine 48:00 - Prolonging human jerky and diarrhea 49:40 - The moral dilemma of delicious human51:00 - It’s more fun to be Rat King 52:22 - Weapon of choice 58:00 - Most likely to hide their zombie bite59:40 - Human Spirit vs. Zombie Bite1:01:00 - A bite on your buttcheek 1:02:10 - Chain me up baby 1:03:55 - Caleb the interbreeding Sewer Emperor 1:09:50 - Living off the scraps of the world1:13:20 - Becoming a sneaky Geisha1:18:40 - Evil one man utopia1:20:45 - This Is The End plagiarism 1:23:30 - Will you hide your bite?1:23:46 - Save your pet, spouse, or family?1:20:20 - DON'T LET JENHAN SNAP.

    1h 27m
  4. #239 2025 PURCHASES THAT NEED TO BE ILLEGAL

    12/22/2025

    #239 2025 PURCHASES THAT NEED TO BE ILLEGAL

    IT’S TIIIIIIIIME.For everyone who’s been keeping score, this is the grand finale of our impulse buys saga. Just saying, if retail therapy was a crime, lock us up. Find out whether that RM13K coffee machine is collecting dust, and how Mingyue’s RM600 goatskin cover trigger a journaling meltdown. Stay sat for the ultimate 2025 show-and-tell that’s about to go down. While our bank accounts suffered entirely by choice, don’t let yours take accidental damage. Activate WhatsApp’s 2-step verification so scammers don’t go shopping with your identity! CHAPTERS01:30 - Self Intros incase you forgot us already 04:15 - Follow Graeme for the Meta Glass bet14:00 - This changed the trajectory our lives17:00 - Family flights to Melbourne 24:00 - The first lick of McD after a blood spike25:10 - Graeme’s One Day Home Cafe27:00 - THE TOTE you need.28:45 - Big back big bag EDC Community watch out32:30 - Fixing brown water out your pipes 33:40 - LOTTERY POKEMON HOT OFF THE PRESS39:00 - To Rob List: Grade 10 Pokemon Card 41:00 - Misdiagnosing a whole PC to bankruptcy 45:30 - Shopaholicism is an office plague 46:00 - Yummy toasty burnt Daiso trays 48:40 - GOATSKIN 2.01:00:00 - Repairing Minghan’s project car1:01:50 - 11.11 was a FLOP1:03:20 - Fattening next year’s shopping cart

    1h 12m
  5. #238 CARTOONS THAT AWAKENED THINGS IN US

    12/15/2025

    #238 CARTOONS THAT AWAKENED THINGS IN US

    On this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into the movies and TV shows that shaped our personalities… and awakened things we only understand now as adults.From banned childhood shows to content our parents did not screen properly, we’re unpacking the characters that altered our brain chemistry and created the menaces we are today.Just like how our ‘Hear Me Outs’ make our knees weak. Hearing them will definitely have you sitting down for this. Our inner child's have some explaining to do.Some childhood shows were questionable… your WhatsApp chats don’t have to be. Block & report the weirdos. CHAPTERS01:00 - Quintessential childhood shows05:00 - Big brother is recruiting Totally Spies07:35 - Watching CSI as a baby08:15 - Kuantan programming 08:45 - The Martin Mystery x Totally Spies crossover 09:45 - Having 0 watch-time restrictions11:45 - There’s a PUPPET WINNIE THE POOH?12:30 - Getting cultured in America kaww14:30 - Touching grass and Pokemon15:00 - Steves notebook has a chokehold on us16:05 - The pipeline from Twihearts to Kpop17:30 - Starting a Jo Bros hate page18:40 - High School Musical traditions 19:30 - Ellen Degeneres to conspiracies 20:50 - Gold Disc vs. Purple Disc22:50 - Naruto, Bleach, Power Rangers23:00 - Choosing your Power Rangers colour24:10 - What’s happening in Power Rangers world25:20 - Back to the Future vs. Minute Men27:00 - Star Wars is 2 star crossed brothers?28:30 - Harry Potters stir the hormonal ages 29:30 - The Harry Potter, Pokemon, Winx Club ban31:10 - The Philosopher’s Stone and church elders33:20 - Anti media revenge binge spree35:40 - Childlocking Astro channels38:30 - The pipeline into Kpop spending39:40 - Harry Potter wand slander41:00 - Being attracted to Disney characters42:50 - JUDGEMENT FREE “HEAR ME OUTS”43:10 - The b3heading of Carlisle44:18 - HEAR ME OUT: Jerry from Totally Spies47:00 - Chinese boys love red hair 47:50 - HEAR ME OUT: Hades from Hercules 48:20 - EVERYONE has the hots for Itachi49:50 - Gabriela THE PERFECT GIRL50:00 - The ‘cloths’ in Atlantis 53:00 - Lola Bunny vs Goofy Movie Roxanne54:00 - Simba AND Mufasa at the same time54:50 - Robin Hood paved the way for Zootopia 55:15 - HEAR ME OUT: Quasimodo55:50 - Give me 10 shots and I’m in 56:20 - The High School Musical Situationship 58:00 - Megara & Shego are the same people58:45 - Emperor’s New Groove 01:00:00 - HEAR ME OUT: WILLIAM DAFOE 01:00:20 - Is Tobey Maguire too sad to be hot?01:01:20 - HEAR ME OUT: Strip ‘The King’ Weathers01:03:20 - HEAR ME OUT: Gantu 01:06:20 - HEAR ME OUT: XLR801:09:00 - Was this a show or a fever dream01:12:50 - Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills

    1h 16m
  6. #237 MOVING TO JAPAN TO BE A HOUSEHUSBAND?? ft. Arnold Loh & Lucas

    12/08/2025

    #237 MOVING TO JAPAN TO BE A HOUSEHUSBAND?? ft. Arnold Loh & Lucas

    Imagine packing up your entire life, moving to Japan, and realising… you don’t actually speak Japanese. That’s Arnold’s new origin story.From radio DJ to full-time househusband, we’re unpacking his life abroad; the English-teacher shame, Pokémon adventures, living on hard mode, and what it really feels like to start over in a brand-new country.Joined by his partner-in-crime from The Fashion Weak, Lucas, this is the reunion episode you’ll have to sit down for.And hey, life overseas already comes with enough confusion and miscommunication, at least keep your existing chats safe on WhatsApp with 2-step verification. The only thing you should be lost in is translation!Follow Arnold on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/arnoldloh/Follow Lucas on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/notlucahs/ CHAPTERS00:45 - Reviving the dead: Arnold and Lucas 02:50 - Malaysian Househusband in Japan 12:00 - Infinity mode tai tai life15:45 - Doing homework at 40 years old. 19:00 - Ragebaiting in the garbage bin 26:00 - Why is everyone an English teacher?31:00 - Is it too late to start again?37:46 - Boomers still love Labubus 42:00 - Sneakers don’t hit the same anymore 50:00 - Loving them Gundam robot legs52:30 - GET CULTURED BEFORE JAPAN 54:40 - Shouting at your ex boss

    1 hr
  7. #236 CRITICAL ILLNESS: THINGS WE SHOULD’VE DONE…

    11/17/2025

    #236 CRITICAL ILLNESS: THINGS WE SHOULD’VE DONE…

    Health scares. We all think they won’t happen to us… until they do. This week, we’re opening up about the most unhinged (and terrifying) things we’ve gone through with our health. From losing organs overseas to ignoring symptoms until it was almost too late. In partnership with @fwd.malaysia, we’re talking about how it really feels to deal with sudden health scares, critical illness, and the price you pay - physically and financially - when you keep saying “I’ll deal with it later.” From now until 31 December 2025, customers who purchase FWD CI Intense Shield will stand a chance to win one of ten 0.1g yellow gold wafers from FWD Insurance. Contact FWD Insurance's Wealth Advisor today and mention the code TTFWD when you sign up! This episode might make you call your doctor… and your insurance agent. You might wanna sit down for this. Comment FWD FTW if you’ve watched till the end!  #FWDInsurance #CelebrateLliving #CriticalIllnessAwareness Follow FWD Insurance on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/fwd.malaysia/Follow Joyce on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/joycicle_/Follow Caleb on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/calebbbby/ CHAPTERS01:16 - New Familiar Faces 01:10 - The sickest lineup thus far02:20 - Do sick people like being pitied?!04:50 - Worst things we’ve done to fake sick 07:40 - Microdosing food poisoning 09:20 - THE MAN FLU. 10:24 - Is your doctor fear irrational?10:50 - “You have psoriasis because you’re depressed”12:50 - Self medicating till you’re choking 15:00 - I can fix myself vs SEE A DOCTOR15:30 - How Caleb lost a gallbladder in Korea 18:40 - Heartburn located under the ribs 21:00 - Getting your organs trafficked 23:10 - “You wait another day you would’ve gone blind”30:15 - Having the insurance against cats31:00 - Getting diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis)33:00 - Washing machine your plasmas 34:00 - “I’ve only seen this in literature” 35:00 - Getting discharged straight into the ICU38:15 - Symptoms so you don’t brush things off40:00 - Waiting 3 months for treatment43:50 - If it lasts 36 hours, GO SEE DOCTOR. 46:11 - The Price of Waiting One Week (RM28K)47:00 - Spending a few RM100K on hospitalisation 48:30 - When you get baby insurance too late50:20 - Is insurance a scam?52:30 - Treating cancer without insurance 56:20 - Pseudosymptoms 58:00 - Self diagnosing Stage 1 Arthritis 01:00:00 - Can we sue???01:00:50 - Don’t choose work over your health!!!01:02:38 - Crisis level acute high blood pressure

    1h 6m
  8. #235 WE MET INDONESIA’S PRINCE OF BALLADS?! Ft. Afgan

    11/10/2025

    #235 WE MET INDONESIA’S PRINCE OF BALLADS?! Ft. Afgan

    Don’t need to wipe your glasses, your eyes do not deceive you. Yes, that’s THE Afgan on the pod this week. We’re diving deep into the lore of Indonesia’s smoothest R&B icon: from writing baby-making music and doing vocal warmups in the toilet, to his love for Japan, defining relationships, and whether he’s actually an expert on romance. Also featuring a first look at Mingyue’s fanboy moment. Put on your kacamata, you might wanna sit down for this one. Pre-save Afgan’s album Retrospektif out Nov 19! https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/10tlHAa3lqLk2AA4MDus2P?si=f604942fe46b4aaf Follow Afgan on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/afgan__/ Shoutout to Gibson for this sick set! https://www.instagram.com/gibsonguitaravenue/ #youmightwannasitdownforthispodcast Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ CHAPTERS 01:00 - It’s Afgan! 02:20 - What are yall feeding him?? Nasi Chi-Maeng?? 03:20 - Afgan was a Monash guy?!?! 05:00 - Mingyue fanboying out thanks to Sezairi  07:00 - Acting, Singing, or Dancing? 08:00 - Announcing the Japan tour? 14:20 - Do angels from heaven get nervous?  17:00 - Pre-Show Rituals in the toilet  23:30 - The Infamous Pocket Pose  23:20 - Being Retrospektif   26:00 - Keeping imperfections in the album  29:00 - Mandated songwriting potty time   33:10 - Baby making music butter in the toilet 34:00 - The rhythm is always going to get you 41:00 - Being the HTS final boss 42:30 - Indonesian slang vs. 2 chinese boys 47:45 - BAPAK KAU!!! 51:35 - WKWKWKWKWK  52:30 - Explaining Mak Kau Hejau 55:25 - The Malaysia showcase in Zepp 58:00 - Reflecting on Retrospektif  1:05:18 - Kacamata Live!

    1h 8m
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You Might Wanna Sit Down For This is (maybe) Malaysia's most unhinged, entertaining, sometimes educational, most times funny podcast hosted by Ming Han and Ming Yue! Join us as we share our stories, thoughts and unqualified advice on pretty much everything under the sun. It's gonna be a crazy ride so you might wanna sit down for this.

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