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Has yoga peaked?

May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

(it’s gotten ridiculous)
Although we cringed when that one American model coined the term yoga butt, it probably did more good than bad in that it probably was good marketing to get people in the door to yoga studios. I’ve heard Bikram yoga aficionados declare similarly when confronted with the facts that it’s a fairly soulless […]

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Tags: advertising · bangkok · chicken · kfc · marketing · skytrain

Advertising nausea in Bangkok

May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
I have no peace in Bangkok lately. The advertising is getting so in-your-face that it’s becoming impossible not to ignore. Sometimes I’m thankful my Thai language skills are deteriorating , at least I don’t have to fully process all garbage.

Being on the Bangkok skytrain is the worst. I PAY to get on the train […]

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Tags: bangkok · derren brown · hypnosis · manipulation · marketing · neuro linguistic proramming · nlp · psychology