Gym Memberships and Marketing Tactics

January 14, 2009 / Culture, Opinion, Psychology

I finally got myself a gym membership after living in Singapore for 7 months. The experience of a getting a membership was…eventful. I wasn’t quite expecting the answer to my innocent question, “how much does a gym membership cost?” to be a 1-hour bombardment of marketing tactics. Unfortunately for the gym, these tactics pretty much…

TopHostingCenter Review – After 1 Year of Service

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January 7, 2009 / Reviews

It’s been a year since I’ve hosted with TopHostingCenter, so I guess it’s time for an updated review, since web hosting services commonly fail to provide good service after a year, due to over overselling, and overworked employees. For those who are new to Nanyate?!, here’s some background info: In December 2007, I took a…

Indulgence: Reliving My Teens

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January 3, 2009 / Daily Life

Happy 2009 and Merry Belated Christmas! Sorry, I’ve been missing in action the past few weeks. I took a trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to visit my high school friends. It was like reliving my teenaged years for a week. We watched movies, played pool, ate at Chilli’s and by the roadside, played at the…