The Takeaway Table

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.

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Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

#224 CONVINCING OUR SINGLE FRIEND TO GET MARRIED THIS YEAR 19.05.2025

This week, three married people stage a soft intervention on our proudly single friend — who’s fully ready to skip dating and check herself straight into an old folks home. We’re unpacking whether people actually wait to marry the right person, or just whoever’s conveniently there, and stirring the pot to find out if married folks secretly miss being single. And if someone hot and emotionally stab...

#223 YOU PEAKED IN HIGHSCHOOL AND IT SHOWS 05.05.2025

This week, we’re calling out everyone still holding on to their highschool glory days. Did we peak too early? Would we actually go back? Or are we just bitter because we were the weird ones in school? From shadowing the popular kids to the curse of being hot too young — we’re airing it all out. If any of this feels a little too real… you might wanna sit down for this.

#222 PENANG vs SABAH vs PJ ft. Wabikong Sai 21.04.2025

In this very patriotic episode, we’re repping our home states and going head-to-head to settle once and for all: which Malaysian state reigns supreme? Is PJ just overpriced cafes and traffic? Does Sabah actually have things to do? Should Penang drivers even be allowed on the road? Sai joins us for this very serious debate — featuring Hilux kids, fake humble PJ folks, and Penangites who think their...

#221 Boomer Thoughts That Might Get Us Cancelled ft. Malaysian Comedians 07.04.2025

This episode, Rizal, Kavin, and Prakash join us on the couch to prove just how out of touch we’ve become. From bedrotting to buying flowers at Pasar Seni, to why Gen Alpha takes 0.5x selfies and drafts each other’s breakup texts—we’re struggling to keep up. Also, the comedians spill the tea on their upcoming shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival! Follow Rizal on Instagram https://ww...

#220 Berhealing with Ceddy & Norreen: Finally touching grass! 31.03.2025

We’re officially letting go of our hater pasts and entering our healing era! In this episode, we’re getting out of the city, touching some grass, and figuring out what berhealing actually means. From our go-to ways to unwind to the things that (barely) keep us sane, we’re diving deep into how we rest, recover, and recharge. Special thanks to MameeChef, Norreen, and Ceddy for joining us on what’s b...

#219 HE FARTED ON HER FACE?! 10.03.2025

What’s one embarrassing moment you’ll never live down? In this episode, we’re digging up our most humiliating, sleep-ruining moments—the kind that still make us cringe years later. Brace yourself for secondhand embarrassment so intense, you’ll HAVE TO stay seated for this one.

#218 Is the Malaysian dating pool cursed? 24.02.2025

Is it bad to change yourself for your partner? Settle in cause we’re getting deep in this one. This episode, we’re diving into what it means to be “open”, finding yourself while dating, and whether how our romantic relationships have shaped us for the better... or worse. Chapters00:21 - Sorry about our lemongs01:10 - Introducing new friends!06:15 - What it means to be “Open”11:38 - Testing the wat...

#217 Guys turning 30. Is this the end? ft. Hindra Bose 10.02.2025

This episode, we’re joined by our freshly debuted movie star Hindra! We dive into what’s really on a guy’s mind in his 30s—feeling forever old, debunking expectations, and revealing our guilty pleasure buys that keep the midlife crisis at bay. Catch Simple Manusan in cinemas from 20 February! CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro00:30 - MOVIE STAR Hindra is back!02:00 - About Simple Manusan 03:30 - Impress Hindr...

#216 OUR SPICIEST CNY HOT TAKES ft. Kuah Jenhan 27.01.2025

Happy Chinese New Year! In this episode, we're getting rowdy with Jenhan to expose our most controversial opinions for the new year - from setting an age limit to angpaos, to renting a girlfriend for reunion dinners. You might wanna sit down for this hot take debate. 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Explaining the wardrobe malfunction  04:00 - Being bananas  04:45 - CNY special menus are overhyped? 11:47...

#215 2025 IS OUR VILLAIN ARC 13.01.2025

Happy 2025! Now let’s walk down our road of regrets. We definitely went a bit off the rails with this one, but hey, what’s a new year without airing out some personal beef? Make sure to stick around until the end cause we've got a very special segment with Regina Song to spill some spoilers about her tour! 00:00 - Happy 2025! 00:50 - Welcoming another global outbreak 01:50 - 2024 Regret List Wrapp...

#214 Starting a Comedy Club in Malaysia (ft. just jokes:) 02.12.2024

Started by a group of graphic designers and marketers in 2020, just jokes: has built a name for itself as one of the most prominent pop-up comedy clubs in Malaysia! Their founders, Mahyar, Toni and Zul sat with us today to share how they birthed just jokes and their goal to make comedy accessible for all! just jokes is hosting a 16 day Comedy Festival called just jokes: Pop-up Comedy Festival from...

#213 First Travels To Japan: Solo vs. Family (MingsuBingsu) 18.11.2024

We recently came back from a family trip in Japan and we wanted to share some of our travel tips and lessons we learnt along the way! Family trips abroad with young kids and the elderly can be tricky so here's everything you need to know before you plan your trip! Let us know if you enjoyed this segment and want more! 0:00 Intro 01:52 How the Japan trip came about 04:27 Quick summary of today's to...

#212 Ming Yue: From Youtube Skits to a Sold Out Solo Show 04.11.2024

If you’ve been following us for awhile, you might know Ming Yue from the good ol’ Youtube days but since then he has blossomed from his cocoon to venture into stand up comedy! We dived deep into how he got his start, 0:00 Intro 0:15 Quick ghostie recap 4:04 Different formats of live comedy shows 6:50 How the sales are like 11:33 Cute brotherly moment 12:20 How Ming Yue ended up doing stand up come...

#211 She Kena Rasuk Until She Climbed The Wall?! 21.10.2024

We're not playing around, this episode is not meant for the faint hearted. You may know Norreen and Ili as jokesters but we got them on this episode to share their real life haunting experiences. You NEED to sit down for this. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Say hi to Norreen 2:04 Say hi to Ili 2:57 How this gang came about 4:06 Ming Han’s primary school toilet was haunted 11:00 Who woke Norreen up to mandi? 16:3...

#210 He got struck by LIGHTNING at his first job?! 07.10.2024

You've either had the best first job or the worst and in our case, it's a mix of both. In this episode, we shared what our first jobs were and the different part time gigs we've had before landing on our current job. Find out who was trapped in the store room of a retail brand, who was a green tea master at a Japanese restaurant and who met some of your favourite influencers before they were even...

#209 Malaysians Are Happier Than Singaporeans? 23.09.2024

We sat down with our favourite Singaporean, HIRZI and token Malaysian, Jenhan to chat about our standup journey and how we formed "The Cross-Causeway Comedy Debates"! And of course, no episode with a Singaporean is ever complete without a good ol' hot takes debate. 0:00 Intro 1:49 The reason why HIRZI is in all caps 2:35 Why our tickets are priced that way 3:46 3A is a Malaysian thin...

#208 Malaysian School Memories 16.09.2024

For Malaysia’s birthday, we take a trip down memory lane to share our most memorable moments from school—covering everything from the kind of students we were, to the snacks we loved, the fights we witnessed, and the unforgettable core memories that made our experience quintessentially Malaysian.  00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Happy Birthday Malaysia 01:40 - Koreans love east malaysia 02:10 - Minghan does...

#207 Malaysian Supernatural Stories + Special Guest: RESORT 26.08.2024

This episode is definitely not for the faint hearted! We shared our spooky supernatural encounters and might have peed ourselves just a little. Make sure to tune in until the end cause we've got a very special segment with local band, RESORT! Stream Young on all audio platforms now. 0:00 Spooky Stories 43:52 Young - LIVE 45:18 Get to know RESORT! Follow RESORT on Instagram at: https://www.inst...

#206 Lies That Made Us Who We Are 12.08.2024

As the saying goes, “real eyes, realize real lies” but half the guys here have bad vision so that explains a lot. Today we have Prakash Daniel, Brian Tan and Keren Bala Devan who are the hosts of Kopishop Konversations, a comedy panel show. We unearthed lies we’ve been told by our parents, lies we tell ourselves and discovered a lot about why we’re like this today. 0:00 Intro 3:50 What's Kopis...

#205 Dr. Jason Leong Can't Stand Us and Gen-Z Slang 29.07.2024

It's about time we got Datuk Seri Tan Sri Prof. Sir Mr. Dr. Jason Leong on the podcast! We chat about the budding comedy scene in SEA, how he went from doctor to comedian, why he uprooted his family to Australia and because he's a well learned man, we had to quiz him on his knowledge on Gen-Z/Alpha slang! Catch him live on Aug 2nd and 3rd at EX8, Subang! Purchase tickets here https://www.c...

#204 Singapore loves to Sip and Spill 01.07.2024

We're back from our super eventful trip to Singapore! It was the Takeaway team's first work-group trip abroad and we had such memorable time...for many reasons. Check out this episode where we shared highs like shooting Sip and Spill, exposing each other's pooping habits. good food we had and lows like Ming Yue's villain origin story and an unfortunate experience on our last day. 0...

#203 Is Singapore 3.5x Better Than Malaysia? 17.06.2024

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 w...

#202 WHY YOU GOTTA TRAVEL TO JAPAN, TAIWAN AND GERMANY! 03.06.2024

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.

#201 What do guys think about in the shower? 20.05.2024

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 lma...

#199 The battle between the: Oldest Child, Middle Child, Youngest Child & Only Child 22.04.2024

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...

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