Dreamless Sleeps

Technically speaking, we all dream. It's just a matter of remembering it and forgetting about it - the latter being the more healthy pattern - that we consider when we actually say we dreamt or we had a dreamless sleep.

Dreams are actually a series of images that flash in our mind when we enter the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage of sleep. These normally occur 4 to 5 times every night and are short periods. Whatever interpretation our mind makes on the images that we actually remember when we wake up are the dream stories that we have. These are personal interpretations, which is also the reason why dream interpretations can also only be made by the individuals who dreamt them.

According to Freud the mind is divided into three layers: the id, the super-ego, and the ego. The id is where our most primitive instincts lie. The super-ego is our "moral-principle". The ego, in turn, is what balances the id and the super-ego for us to function well in society.

For example, you're in a class and suddenly realized you're thirsty. Id says, "Go drink now." Super-ego says, "Don't go, you're not supposed to leave class, it's the rule." Ego balances things out and this is what you actually remember thinking: "I'm thirsty but I'm still in class and it's impolite to leave, besides, I might miss a few things if I go, I'll go and drink from the fountain on my way to the next class."

When we sleep, the ego stops working. The id then tries to fulfill itself - especially of the things that it missed from the day or from recent events. The superego still tries to guard the rest of the mind from the id. In the end, when we wake up, the ego misinterprets the images from the id due to the superego's censorship.

Technically speaking, we all dream in our sleep - it's the REM (rapid eye movement) state in our sleep that occurs around a couple of hours within our sleep. It's actually a cycle, we get into that zone, leave it then enter back.


I usually have "dreamless" sleeps (which actually means that I rarely remember my dreams). I do however have a more freakish and annoying problem: I'm jolted from my sleep almost every single night between 2:00am and 3:30am. It's not the normal waking up when you slowly become conscious of yourself. It's the kind that shocks your consciousness into sudden awareness of being awake, then wondering why you're paralyzed and realizing that your body hasn't fully woken itself. After that split second of confusion, the body wakes up and demands to move while the mind realizes that it SHOULD be asleep so the brain tries to shut down but the body become restless. There's no other solution but to actually get up then lie back down.

If that's not freakish enough, our old helper used to tell me that 2am is when ghosts loiter, more than they do at midnight. I also heard from the movie The Exorcist (I try so hard to avoid horror/scary films because I get nightmares but I somehow still see these things when I flip channels) that 3am is the Devil's hour. It's Satan mocking Christ's hour of death, 3pm.

Now the geek in me is demanding an explanation. Is this some kind of messed up biological clock?

There are usually 5 stages in a sleep (1,2,3,4 then REM) and each stage usually takes 20minutes. That means that if I sleep at 10PM
10:20 Stage1
10:40 Stage2
11:00 Stage3
11:20 Stage4
11:40 REM (1)
12:00 Stage1
12:20 Stage2
12:40 Stage3
01:00 Stage4
01:20 REM (2)
01:40 Stage1
02:00 Stage2
02:20 Stage3
02:40 Stage4
03:00 REM (3)

If I fall asleep between 10 and 10:30PM then I'm sometime in Stage4, entering REM stage by 3am.

In stage 4, the brain produces delta waves almost exclusively. Stages 3 and 4 are referred to as deep sleep, and it is very difficult to wake someone from them. In deep sleep, there is no eye movement or muscle activity. This is when some children experience bedwetting, sleepwalking or night terrors.

In the REM period, breathing becomes more rapid, irregular and shallow, eyes jerk rapidly and limb muscles are temporarily paralyzed. Brain waves during this stage increase to levels experienced when a person is awake. Also, heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, males develop erections and the body loses some of the ability to regulate its temperature. This is the time when most dreams occur, and, if awoken during REM sleep, a person can remember the dreams. Most people experience three to five intervals of REM sleep each night.

Source: http://www.sleepdex.org/stages.htm

Does it mean I'm consciously sleep walking at 3am?

Wall Climbing 101 (in Market Market)

I have never been Rock Climbing - never had the chance to try it and I also don't have the gear in case I'm ever given the opportunity to join a climb. And I'm not

Wall Climbing, on the other hand, is common in many places - sports complexes and sometimes malls have these facilities. It's much easier compared to Rock Climbing that takes into account two vital inputs that may cause you your dear life: (1) Rocks break; (2) Weather affects your climb.

The last time I went Wall Climbing was in Market Market just last week (and that was more than 5 years since my last climb in high school). I'm not a professional climber, I do it for fun.

A few things I've learned from the belayers (the people who assist you in your climb by pulling up your rope until you either reach the top or surrender; they also let you down like the cat burglars we see sliding down against building fronts) and a couple from my own experience:

1. Use your legs as much as you could. Only people who train or are engaged in hard labor have enough upper body muscles to consider Wall Climbing "a walk in the park". So let your legs lift you up as you arms pull.
   
2. Speed Climbing trains your speed while Endurance Climbing trains your endurance. Duh. I just though you should know the two basic "tracks" in climbing.
3. If you want to get better at it, exercise your grip (there are tools for this).
4. Cut your nails before you break them.
5. Wear durable shoes, going barefoot is not an option.
6. Stick to the wall - the closer your body is to the wall, the "lighter" you are.
7. You MAY jump if the next "rock" is too far from your reach - although this is pretty tough to do.
8. Make sure your belayer knows what he's doing.
9. Make sure you trust your belayer.
   

Wall Climbing in Market Market is on the top floor.

• Php50 per climb with assistance.
• Php140 for unlimited climb without assistance.
• Php200 for assistance for unlimited climbs.
  

Web Tablet for $300

Michael Arrington wanted a dead simple Web Tablet that would let you surf the Internet, bypassing the Operating System interface.

Here’s the basic idea: The machine is as thin as possible, runs low end hardware and has a single button for powering it on and off, headphone jacks, a built in camera for video, low end speakers, and a microphone. It will have Wifi, maybe one USB port, a built in battery, half a Gigabyte of RAM, a 4-Gigabyte solid state hard drive. Data input is primarily through an iPhone-like touch screen keyboard. It runs on linux and Firefox. It would be great to have it be built entirely on open source hardware, but including Skype for VOIP and video calls may be a nice touch, too.

It has to be as cheap as possible. Arrington actually wanted a $200 Web Tablet, although production cost is practically covered by that amount, additional fees included resulted to a $300 commercially available product proposal.

The progress:



$300 for a Web Tablet? That's what my Olympus SW1030 cost me last year. But I wouldn't get it if it'd turn into a brick once I go offline.

USB thumb drive applications (portable apps)

I wanted to propose a portable OS for my undergrad thesis a couple of years ago. However, for fear of delaying my graduation, my partner and I wisely decided to opt for a simpler and yet potentially useful mobile geo-tagging application.

It was a good thing that we didn't go for the portable OS - it was too much work for too little time. And besides, people were actually working on it and we just didn't know it.

Before we even had our final defense for our Geo-Tagger the portable free OS was already made public, Pendrive Linux: Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick.

Right now, I just downloaded Portable Firefox from PortableApps.com through SourceForge.net.

If you're not logged in as Admin, you have choose on the Portable Firefox installer you downloaded. That means: go to the folder where your saved your installer (default is in the Downloads folder, C:\\Users\[username]\Downloads) and right click on your installer (e.g., FirefoxPortable_3.0.11_English.paf.exe) and choose Run as Administrator. Provide the appropriate username and password then click OK/Run.

Why install Portable Firefox on my non-portable desktop PC, which already has the latest Mozilla Firefox browser version installed? To test our newly updated websites without having to clear my own, very personal, Firefox's cache.

Deleting cookies is just too much of a hassle. Of course it's seriously better if you clear your Firefox cache in order to make sure your websites work in mint condition, but in another point of view: if there's something wrong with the update then it's bound to appear on the Portable Firefox application more that it will on the "regular" Mozilla Firefox PC version.

Aside from that, I also test it on Internet Explorer while InPrivate browsing mode:

Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser, leaving no evidence of your browsing or search history.

Oh and collegues say that most site bugs now appear in Google Chrome more often or in the same number as they do in Internet Explorer 8.

Google Fun (konami code for Google Images)

Try this …

It's really cool...

1. Go to Google

2. Click Images (or simply go to Google Images)

3. Type 'flowers' or any other word on the search box.

4. You will get a page full of images.

5. Then delete the URL from the address bar and paste the
below script:

javascript:R= 0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i

6. See the magic of programming

only ugly people say that

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Only ugly people say that.
~Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar

I saw the animate movie The Tale of Desperaux and it was charming. It wasn't awesome, it wasn't hilarious, it wasn't adorable, it was simply "charming". Coraline is a better animated movie if you plan on watching Desperaux just for the sake of it.


The Tale of Desperaux synopsis
An uncommon rat, Roscurro, who loves the sun instead of darkness and "real food" instead of trash, accidentally causes a catastrophe in a beautiful Kingdom on their most celebrated Soup Day. Roscurro gave the Queen a heart attack causing her death, causing the King to turn angsty - he outlawed making, selling, buying of soup and made it illegal to shelter, befriend, help a rat.

An uncommon mouse, Desperaux, refuses to cower or to scurry simply because he could not find any reason to be afraid; a mouse who calls itself a "gentleman" befriends the Princess and gets banished to the dungeons to be eaten by rats for his bravery.

The story is about courage, honor, justice, adventure, and forgiveness.



It's basically a movie recommended to kids, not interesting to most young adults. The animation is very similar to game animations - from the script, to the narrator that makes sure you keep up with the story, to scene transitions, etc. For twenteens and for adults, that means it's BORING. Exception: people who actually think Hello Kitty is cute; and people who consider watching cute characters as a good passtime.

I belong to the latter category, I actually replayed Bolt's first scene several times and I'm still not tired of it.



Oh and I forgot about the top art work on this post: there's a chamber maid character in Desperaux. She's a fat, ugly kid who never stopped dreaming to become a Princess. It was a misfit character in the movie - but she was very realistic.

You know those people who are ugly both in the inside and out? That's the character she portrays. You'll never feel sorry for her - if the directer meant you to, then he failed. I'm afraid that she sends the wrong message to the younger audience: it's not your fault if you're an ugly, emo brat; it's because your parents never loved you.

THAT, my friends, is whole load of b/shit. If you have a crappy attitude, then you just have to work on it yourself - waiting for an epiphany that will affect you so much that you wouldn't even sweat it to become a better person? Not happening. You'd have better chances of getting better by electrocuting yourself like they do as treatment for the mentally challenged.

Places to go in the Philippines

I hope that foreigners who are looking for a good place to spend their vacation on would consider coming to the Philippines. We have treasures in our lands - they are as beautiful as the scars of poverty due to selective progress is hideous and evident in our beloved third world country.

Pardon the corrupt government officials that grace the front covers of our news papers and are voted into position over and over again. They may not bring pride into our hearts, but they do provide us entertainment and are good heart rate boosters.

Pardon the young children on the streets asking for alms and selling Sampaguita flowers. We have no proof that they are not part of a syndicate, but trust your eyes that they are not fed well. If it will not hurt your budget but will ease your heart, give them food to eat - instead of money to gamble.

More than that, I hope that Filipinos would consider touring their own country first when deciding their next vacation. You've most probably been to Boracay, but that's not the best beach we've got. The more you tour, the more you'd discover that the only good thing about Boracay is the commercialized shore line and its popularity - and I don't even really consider that a good thing.

Here are the places I've been to in my wonderful country, Philippines. My beautiful family often travel together. As much as we want to explore other countries and see their wonders, we make it a point to get to know our own country, too.

Subic, Olonggapo
It will make you feel like you're not in the Philippines - where "Philippines" is generally described as "heavy traffic", "crazy drivers", "corrupt government", "garbage on the sidewalk", and whatever else bad things you can think of.


Subic, on the other hand is a clean and green "country of its own". Discipline-wise, people say that it's just like how it is in the States (and how it should be in the Philippines).


It offers white sand beaches, both natural and man made forests, a Zoobic Safari for the adventure-seeking, rappelling, bungee jumping, a frolicking night life...it's a paradise; an idealized version of the Philippines and certainly something tourists would have to experience.



Pangasinan
San Fabian beaches: The China Sea beaches are shallow but the waves are huge. The black sand, however, sometimes turns off many visitors.




Hundred Islands, Alaminos City, Pangasinan: A popular tourist spot for beach lovers. Experience island hopping in a single day! Hundred Islands is a collection of (actually more than a hundred) islands clustered near Lucap Wharf. The nearest islands from the Lucap Wharf are Sulpot Island, Monkey Island, Abad Santos Island and Hernandez Island, which are all 15 to 20 minutes away. The major islands, Children's, Governor's and Quezon can be reached after a 25 to 45-minute boat ride.


During summer (April-May), there are too many people on the beach - San Fabian, Pangasinan is one of the cheapest places for a beach outing; if it's none peak season, you may try going to San Fabian, Pangasinan; look up Charissas Beach Houses, it's a good place to stay.




Palawan





If you're into snorkeling and/or scuba diving, then Palawan is meant for you. Enjoy a calm beach and the most amazing coral reef you'll ever see. Have you snorkeled in Boracay? That's NOTHING compared to what the Palawan beaches offer.

Be sure to get a tour guide for your stay, they know best what places you can go depending on what you want to do. They would not let you down. They're often well trained by their agencies. Your hotel/inn can advise you regarding the tours you can avail depending on the length of your stay.

The region has a very rural feel. The most modern site on the island would be its popular Dos Palmas Resort - beautiful, accommodating, hell expensive for the middle class man. There are far cheaper places to stay, you only have to ask around. Your tricycle driver would most likely have a suggestion or two ;)




Bohol



Probably one of the best tours I had with my family was in Bohol. It's a 1hour++ plane ride from Manila. It's a quick flight, but the culture that greeted us was very different. They had their own food, their own mannerisms and a contagious pride of what natural beauty surrounds them.

Your target spot in Bohol is the famous Chocolate Hills. It's brown in the summer because the heat dries up all the grass on the hills, but is actually green during rainy season. Unfortunately, it DID rain when we went there. That got us worried, we thought our trip wouldn't be as fulfilling as planned but lo and behold, the green Chocolate Hills are just as magnificent to see!

Bohol also nurtures the smallest primates in the world, the Tarsiers. Your tour going to the Chocolate Hills will pass by a Wildlife Park that houses these adorable little critters. Be sure that you leave early for your tour because you don't want to have to be among a crowd of dozens of school kids clammoring for the Tarsier's attention. If you're good, and there aren't any other tourists, they just might let you hold them for a minute to take good pictures - remember to turn of your camera's flash!

After visiting the Chocolate Hills, your tour would bring you to a boat ride tour. Expect a sumptuous feast on the boat while taking in the green surrounding and the live band.



Cebu


Cebu is the oldest city in the Philippines. Target spot: Magellan's Cross. is housed in a small chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street. It's a part of the cross that was planted by the Spanish captain, Magellan, who came into the country on a Portugese ship in search of spices in the 15th century.

It is advisable that you get a tourist guide if the length of your stay will permit a scheduled tour. Tourist guides make visits to tourist spots more meaningful - something I learned based on my experience.




Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

Pagudpud is the northernmost region of Luzon (Luzon is the top of the three groups of islands in the Philippine Archipelago). Many Spanish houses/structures have survived the modernization of the Philippines only in this part of the country. Take a stroll along these ancient buildings and take a horse carriage ride when you get tired!

The beach, as usual, is amazing! Make sure you ask among the locals which beach they would recommend. Some of the beaches are so young that the sand isn't quite "sandy" yet, instead, they're more of tiny pebbles - be careful!

A few things to see in Pagudpud:

• Patapat Viaduct
• Agua Grande River Park
• Pagudpud Beach
• Kabigan falls
• Blue Lagoon
  

*Pagudpud pictures care of melaiprado


Batangas/Tagaytay
For more white sand beaches, go to Batangas or to Tagaytay, Cavite. These are a couple of the popular places to visit when you're generally "stuck" in Metro Manila. It's only around a three to four hour ride away through the South Superhighway. The usual Filipino native foods are served in most restaurants.

Punta Fuego Resort in Batangas is a good place to go if you plan to go swimming in the beach and in the pool for the whole day. Current pool charge is Php500 (approximately $11), which gives you access to all the pools in the resort - yes, there is more than one! Be sure to go to their Infinity Pool for a relaxing swim and a wonderful view of the beach.

If you do go to Tagaytay, be sure to drop by the following popular restaurants:
1. Mushroom Burger
2. Sonya's Garden
3. Dalampasigan

More Adventures:
Cagayand de Oro (and Camiguin)
Subic's Adventure Beach

true love has no happy ending

True Love has no happy ending
Because true love never ends
~ MahabangKwan

A-H1N1 ALERT!

If you're sick and you're showing flu symptoms, please refrain from leaving the comfort, security, quarantine-zone of your own home. Don't take any chances, you may or may not have the A-H1N1 virus but WE would rather be safe AWAY from you than sorry for YOUR carelessness and inconsideration for other people's welfare.

P.S. The gym is included in places to avoid when you're sick.

Creation 01 - Four Legged Creature

Cafe Breton - great crepe desserts and meals

As much as I love Crepes and Creme for their generous servings of a ton of ice cream with a variety of toppings in a crispy (yet moist) thin crepe cone for dessert, I think Cafe Briton has better variety for both meals and desserts.

Galette Paysanne (P273.50)
Whole Hungarian sausage, onions, egg, asparagus with cheese sauce, with Hungarian sausage slices

Go Fish Open Face Sandwich (P195.00)
Smoked salmon on a bed of scrambled eggs and whole wheat toast

Poseidon (P227.50)
Smoked salmon, dill sauce, sour cream, capers

Excalibur (P195.25)

Ham, emmental cheese, asparagus spears sauteed with onions and mushrooms

Normandie (P208.75)

Stewed apples with cinnamon, caramel ice cream, caramel syrup and whipped cream

(Online) Passport Renewal Services - basics

There are several agencies offering Passport Renewal Services - some even offer door-to-door deliveries. Several things that you should be aware of, just so you would get the best deal out of anything:

1. If you don't mind lining up in in DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) office but are simply worried about having to pick it up - there's an option to have it delivered to a specific address that you will provide. So you'll still have to queue; regular time you'll spend in DFA for a new passport is 7hours (5am to 12pm based on a friends' personal experience).
   
2. There is actually an option to set a personal appointment in DFA so you wouldn't have to arrive at 5am just to realize that you're 40th in line and that they open their gates at 7am. Here's where you set your appointment: http://dfa.gov.ph/form/app3/index.html
3. NSO (National Statistics Office), the same office where you get an original copy of your Birth Certificate has a tie up with DFA and offers Passport renewal Services over the phone: DFA Passport Direct allows customers to set an appointment by calling the number 7371000 when a messenger will pick up the required documents from a specified address (plus the processing fee of Php1,300) for passport renewal. The customers's personal appearance in the DFA will also be scheduled (would take less than 30 minutes of your time). The new and old passports will be delivered to you, 9-16 days after the personal appearance in the DFA office.
4. LBC offers the same services at the same costs as DFA Passport Direct (See item #3) only difference is you don't call them up to pick up your documents, instead, you go to an LBC branch to fill up a form and to submit your requirements. However, they offer a tracking system so the paranoids (like me) would know on what stage your passport is in.
5. There are other travel agencies offering the same services, some, however, offer it at a more expensive cost of Php1,500 or more.

Things to note:

• If someone else were to receive your passport on delivery, they should have the applicant's authorization letter plus a valid ID of the applicant and a valid ID of the representative (the individual who will accept on the applicant's behalf) - of course the letter has to state who the authorized representative is (that's what the ID's are for, duh).
  
• Personal Appearance in the DFA office is required both for new passport application and for renewal of passport since new Philippine passports are now in electronic readable format.
• New (First time applicants) Passport requirements according to the DFA: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/consular/passport-eng.htm
  
• Renewal of Passport requirements according to the DFA: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/consular/renewal.htm
  
• Replacement of lost passport requirements according to the DFA: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/consular/lost-ppt.htm
• Processing fees will cover the Passport Fees
  

Passport Fees are as follows:

• Regular Processing (14 working days), 44-Page = P 500.00
• Expedited Processing (7 working days), Additional P 250.00
• Replacement of Lost valid Passport, 44-Page = P 700.00

How to Restore Skype Chat History

This will only work if you did not delete the content of your old drive, of course.

For instance (my case), I have a Vista on my C Drive and decided to install a Windows7 on my D Drive. Those are the Drive names based on my Vista perspective.

Which OS perspective is important to note because the drive names switch once you've logged into the second OS because it treats the Drive where you installed it as the primary Drive.

After successfully logging into my Windows7 account, I install Skype but could not access my Skype logs from my Vista.

How to get your old Skype logs?

1. Close your Skype application. Hit Exit, and don't just close the window because that's still running on the background.

2. Go to your Old OS primary drive to access your old Skype conversation history. (Let's assume that C is your new primary drive for your new OS and D is your Old OS primary drive because that's the most common scenario):

D:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\SkypePM
D:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Skype

3. Copy these over to your new Skype logs folder (the same path, but with a different drive):

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\SkypePM
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Skype

Done!

WARNING:
If you copy over the old Skype log files into the new folder then you're also erasing the existing conversations you have on your new Skype installation.

Unfortunately, there's no way to merge the old and the new conversation history. Best do this on your fresh installation, before you incur any

Earn an XBox 360 system (20 gig)

Microsoft is giving away free goodies, including an XBox 360 system to its Club Bing members.

(formerly Live Search Club)

Sign up and use of account is free of charge. Easiest way to sign up is to have a Windows Live account or a Hotmail account.

No, it's not lottery-type of game where you play games and win raffle tickets - none of that nonsense. This is a sure-win for those who will invest enough time (I assume that my readers are smart enough to find the games interesting or you may find them boring but do-able).

Sign up here: http://www.clubbing.com (not a referral link; no referral benefits are offered)

It's very similar to an arcade: go play, earn tickets, claim your prize according to how much tickets you earned.


The big difference: you don't have to buy tokens in order to play games and win prizes!

Choose which games you want to play on their Games List. Most games earn you 2 to 15 tickets per play. Most easy games that take less than a couple of minutes to finish will earn you 2 tickets.

Example: Banana Shuffle

Banana Shuffle mechanics:
Given a starting word ("save", in the example), change any one letter to form a new word, do this until you reach the goal word ("coin").

Possible answer: SAVE --> CAVE --> COVE --> CONE --> CONN --> COIN
This game takes less than a minute to finish when you get used to it ("when you get used to it" = after your first successful 5 games; "successful games" = finishing the game WITHOUT guessing if you're doing it right.)

More complicated and/or time consuming games will earn you as much as 15 tickets. And just like any reasonable math professor, they do give you partial points if you don't finish the game but was able to get a reasonable number of answers right.

Example of non-complicated but time consuming game: Seekadoo.

Seekadoo mechanics: Very similar to a Word Search puzzle the only difference is you don't get a list of words that you search for. Instead, they given a topic. The above Seekadoo game's topic is "Pen Names" as seen on top of the letter boxes. You are to find the pen names hidden in the letter boxes - high light the answer by clicking on the first letter then dragging it to the last letter then releasing the mouse. If you got it right then it will appear on the Word List on the right side. Answers my be horizontal, vertical, diagonal or inverted horizontal, inverted vertical, inverted diagonal.

Here's the answer to the Seekadoo example, taken a split second after I finished the game:

Sorry about the image, a pop up appears right after the final word to offer a new game :) But you get the point.

Tips:
**Don't be scared to make mistakes, it's all part of the game and you DON'T lose tickets for the mistakes you make.
**Don't forget to use your Live Search hints
**There is no maximum games you can play in a day, you can play all day long if you want.

Is this for real?
Yes, it is. If you're wondering how Microsoft can afford to give away such goodies, it's quite simple. All available games are word-games. Every time you answer and every time you guess what the answer is, you're actually using their Live Search Engine. And that's the whole point of it: to have users keep on searching - except you don't feel like you're searching because you're actually just playing crossword, word search, word scramble, etc.

How long before I get an XBox 360?
It depends on how long it will take you to earn 55,000 tickets.

If you were to play a hundred (100) Banana Shuffle games every weekday, you'll earn enough to get a free XBox 360 in a year.


For the list of prizes per amount of ticket go HERE.
Prizes range from ringtones to t-shirts to frequent flyer miles and finally to an XBox 360 system.

**Disclaimer (June 1, 2009 update on Terms of Use)
To earn tickets and prizes in the Club Bing Program (the "Program"), formerly known as the Live Search Club Program, you must be a legal resident of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, and agree to these Club Bing Program Terms and Conditions. Void where prohibited by law.