You Might Wanna Sit Down For This The Takeaway Table
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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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#203 Is Singapore 3.5x Better Than Malaysia?
3 Malaysians vs 1 Singaporean - sounds like an unfair combination but hey when it's 3.5x, we gotta play the game right. In this episode, we have Darren (@thepantryboy) who's a food content creator from Singapore and Jenhan (@kuahjenhan) a local standup comedian! We critiqued each other's food, unearthed mommy issues and talked about our unconventional jobs, so yeah you definitely wanna sit down for this.08:05 PM
0:00 Intro
1:58 Making a Singaporean eat Malaysian food for 4 hours
3:32 The validation we wanna hear
3:50 Darren (The Pantry Boy) worked in a Michelin starred restaurant?!
5:33 Darren's tumultous childhood aka his mum calling him a dumb b!tch
7:30 How a slip disc switched his career
10:50 This is why we don't have a medical degree
11:35 Why Darren's ah ma is alive and ours isn't
12:30 The sickest self burn starts here
12:44 Actually Singapore got nice food (macam yes la)
14:29 Singaporean food is engaging
15:34 Darren standing up for Singapore
16:55 Shiok vs Syok
17:34 National anthem and NDP song is not the same
17:45 The iconic Wild Rice theater
19:13 Jenhan's comedian pipeline
22:40 Will comedy shows be the next thing?
24:24 Do our parents approve of our jobs?
28:00 Darren making us question every food creator
30:00 The struggles of being a comedian
33:30 How Jenhan ended up in a marketing agency
36:26 Darren's mom might have built him a prison cell
37:20 Presentation is EVERYTHING
38:15 What exactly is western food?
42:05 Do we regret this career path?
43:30 Darren advicing Jenhan on content creation
47:25 Darren's mom possesed him
48:11 Jenhan advicing Darren on his stand up comedian dream
49:30 Darren's mom possed Jenhan
52:36 Go to Jenhan's show!
52:55 Has anyone realized Ming Yue and Jenhan look alike yet
53:47 Sorry back to Jenhan's show
54:14 Follow @thepantryboy
55:16 Malaysia vs Singapore Hot Takes
59:19 Recommending Singaporean food -
#202 WHY YOU GOTTA TRAVEL TO JAPAN, TAIWAN AND GERMANY!
Everyone is travelling again and we’re back with another episode where we dished about our travel adventures and nightmares! From the land of sausages to the craziest Airbnb experience and to buying peach flavoured soy sauce, it’s never a normal trip with us.
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#201 What do guys think about in the shower?
If you've ever wondered what goes inside the heads of average Malaysian guys, this is the episode you wanna tune into! Find out who has bubble time and who goes through an existential crisis in the shower. Hinda (local stand-up comedian) joins us on this episode as well!
Follow Hindra on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/mamajammapuma/?hl=en
0:00 Intro
0:34 We don't watch podcasts lmao
0:58 Say hello to Hindra!
3:37 Hindra roasting Caleb's sock+sandal combo
4:33 Ming Yue is Ming Han's little brother
5:06 Finally introducing today's topic
5:40 Caleb doesn't know how to use a towel
6:39 Hindra is the only one here who knows Chinese
8:40 Ming Han's Chinese identity REVOKED
9:00 How long is everyone's average shower time?
9:48 Caleb likes to play in the shower. Yup.
11:50 Caleb is either no thoughts or thinks about the world's economy
12:46 Caleb's longest shower time
14:00 Hindra's take on showers
14:20 Hindra has bad knees after pooping
15:02 Caleb has to crawl after pooping. Pls help this man.
16:50 What Hindra thinks about in the shower
17:38 Ghosts in the shower?!
19:20 Guys vs Girls: Difference in shower time
20:00 Ming Han's ingenius shower product
21:25 Ming Yue shower thoughts go from dread to depression
22:30 Ming Yue's stand-up syndrome during shower time
23:31 Ming Han's shower time is functional
24:12 Double cleanse your scalp
26:00 Using phones in the toilet
27:12 Shower time vs toilet bowl time
29:05 How Ming Han unwinds in the shower
30:14 What's your shower order?
31:24 Don't let water hit your head first
32:18 They shower 40+ degrees water wth
33:14 Beefing with bathtubs
36:04 You need to have THIS in your bathrooms
36:59 Caleb's butt predicament
38:38 Ming Yue's hotel bath story that almost cooked him
41:10 Good ol baldi shower
43:20 How do you wash your butt with a cedok?
44:44 Ladies let us know if your shower thoughts are similar
45:00 Closing thoughts + follow Hindra! -
#199 The battle between the: Oldest Child, Middle Child, Youngest Child & Only Child
The oldest child, the middle child, the youngest child, and the only child. You’re going to fall into at least one of these categories, so You Might Wanna Sit Down For This.
Join Mingyue, Desmond, Sophira and Vivian as they get real deep, AND real heated about the age old debate of the birth order theory.
Don’t ask so much, sit down first.
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Topic: Birth-order Theory
02:52 Difference in punishment systems: Oldest, Middle, Youngest and Only child
11:23 Is the oldest child BOSSY?
15:07 Envy between siblings
17:42 Middle child syndrome: real or not?
30:19 Holding grudges and managing emotions
33:04 Youngest child is SPOILED AF?
40:50 Only child grows up POV
45:46 Korea trip gone wrong
57:07 Closing -
#198 Our WORST and BEST buys in Q1
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 -
#197 How MESSY is life rn? ft Bellywellyjelly and Amanda Chaang
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