Malaysians Are Happier Than Singaporeans? ft. HIRZI & Kuah Jenhan | YMWSDFT #209

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 thing 4:33 Announcing our BIG CROSSOVER show! 7:00 The big label debate 7:52 What constitutes a "comedian" or "stand up comedian" 9:16 Jenhan has beef with people who call themselves authors 10:15 HIRZI cried when he turned 35 11:13 Jenhan went through a mid-age awakening as well 11:47 How HIRZI encouraged Ming Yue's standup career 13:21 Ming Yue wanted people to take him seriously 13:54 Jenhan's attempt at being serious 16:24 How the BIG CROSSOVER came about 17:57 HIRZI's approach to standup 21:50 HIRZI didn't earn money from this show?! 25:52 What it's like working with each other 28:53 Why we were scared to ask Jenhan 31:35 HIRZI loves Ming Han 32:38 Ming Han's journey in standup 34:09 The standup community is more supporting than Youtube's? 35:34 Ming Han mandatory mention of his psychology background 36:29 Jenhan's struggle with debate 37:05 HIRZI loves Jenhan 38:50 Deciding which topics to debate about 43:10 Our different working styles 45:01 If you're deciding whether to get tickets... 47:12 How standups can go international 50:45 DEBATE: Malaysians are happier than Singaporeans 51:44 DEBATE: Singapore is too utopian, it's dystopian 53:05 What do Malaysians love about Singaporeans? 58:00 DEBATE: Having a whitewashed Singaporean partner vs mat rempit partner 1:01:50 Ming Yue's insane Singaporean fling 1:08:49 GET TICKETS NOW Tickets here: https://peatix.com/event/4064225 #youmightwannasitdownforthispodcast Follow The Takeaway Table!   / thetakeawaytable   Join our Community Discord Server!   / discord   ― 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, wacky 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. Let us know if you enjoyed this episode and found it helpful! We wanna hear what YOU want to do & talk about next! NEW PODCASTS BIWEEKLY ON MONDAY EVENINGS AT 5:30PM Follow The Takeaway Table!   / thetakeawaytable   Check out our hosts on Instagram! MingH:   / dmingthing   MingY:   / mingasaur   #thetakeawaytable​