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Social Media is like Dough

January 31, 2010 / Opinion, Social Media

Last night, I attended an interesting session at Hackerspace Singapore with other PR people and bloggers to better understand each other and the social media landscape in Singapore. Although no world-changing ideas came out of it, I think everyone learned something. For me, it’s that social media is like dough. It is what you make…



Why I Enjoy Reading Investment Banking Blogs

September 6, 2009 / Daily Life, Psychology

Note: Excuse the typo-laden entry. It’s 4am and my eyes are about to close. My latest favorite reads are a line-up of cynical, sadistic, pompous blogs written by investment bankers. I can go through half their archives in one sitting and re-read some of their entries. Something about their bitterness is very captivating. Reason #1: Envy I…



Chinese Character: Dragon in the Home

August 16, 2009 / Culture

Despite being mostly ethnically Chinese, Chinese has always been a second language. I never really learned how to read until I was in university where, I forced myself to enrol in those excruciating classes for 4 consecutive years. I’ve never been fond of the language since I have to struggle to memorize the thousands of…



A Revolution in My Web Design Philosophy

As some of you may have noticed, my site structure has changed since the migration to the new servers. I streamlined the pages in preparation for my new theme; a new theme that is going to be radically different from anything I have ever designed. Not that it’s going to look revolutionary or anything;…



I am Predictably Irrational

June 16, 2009 / Opinion, Reviews

I have a perpetual struggle against the word FREE. I always caution against FREE because I know it always entails some sort of cost or condition. But I still fall for it, time after time, especially when buying sanitary pads. The amount of times I have been duped into buying the wrong variety pads because…



Blogger Business Cards

Just printed 200 business cards for my blog. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! Thanks to Claudia’s recommendation, I printed 200 cards at Tommy Prints for just S$24 – about 17 US dollars – with matte lamination. What a steal! Front of the Nanyate?! business card Back of the Nanyate?! business card Why would bloggers need…



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