I have to admit I am a Frequent Flyer miles wh**re; especially when they are free. Last year, I wrote how you can earn Frequent Flyer miles for free on numerous Airlines but none are easier than these free 400 Northwest Airlines WorldPerks miles you can earn in 10 minutes.

Northwest Airlines offers online courses through WorldPerks University where you learn about the WorldPerks program. 

The courses are as follow:

• WP101 - Introduction to WorldPerks
• WP102 - My WorldPerks Number
• WP200 - A Global Prespective - SkyTeam
• WP201 - WorldPerks Mileage Partner

Each course has about 3 slides of information and at the end of the course you will have to answer 3 easy questions. Don’t worry about getting the answer wrong.  You will get a second chance at it. Once you complete the short courses and quizzes, you will be able to earn 100 WorldPerks miles for each course.

I took the courses yesterday and the 400 miles were credited within 24 hours.  Hurry up and earn the FREE miles before WorldPerks program integrates into Delta Airlines SkyMiles at the end of the year.

Happy Earth Day 2009.

We celebrated the Earth Hour last month. Everybody turned off their light for one hour and it’s all fine and dandy. But how many of us actually follow up on energy-conservation habit? It’s easy to get caught up in the celebration without actually making permanent changes. Everyone just want to be part of the good cause which is great but good cause does not have to stop once the celebration is over.

Yes, I realize Earth Day is not only about the energy. It is about the environment and what we can do to preserve it. We as the inhabitants of this planet, have the solemn duty and responsibility to care for it so we can leave it in relative good health to our next generation and the generation after that.

Anyway, the 3 major Search Engine came up with unique logos to celebrate Earth Day 2009. I love the one made by Yahoo (it’s an animation so refresh the screen if you miss it.)

Yahoo

Google

Google Earth Day Logo

MSN

MSN Earth Day Logo

It’s been 20 years since that fateful day at Hillbsorough but the memory of the 96 people who lost their lives on that hollow ground live on.  It is the worst sporting disaster in UK history.  I remember that day vividly as a 13-year-old. I can’t remember whether I watched it live or on the news.  I didn’t understand then the magnitude of the catastrophe.  As I grow older, I did a lot of read-up on the issue and I was able to understand how a name of a football stadium becomes synonymous with a tragedy.  This tragedy led to an inquiry by Lord Taylor, who on his report recommended the all-seater stadium that you enjoy today.

I had a chance to visit Anfield 4 years ago. During the visit, I made my way to the Hillsborough Memorial at the Shankly Gates to pay my tribute and respect.

Hillsborough Memorial

You can see the video rendition of how the tragedy unfolded on the BBC website.

What happened to the family of those who died at Hillsborough in the aftermath is nothing short of injustice. First they have to endure the pain of  the accusation by the S*n tabloid who accused Liverpool fans of pickpocketing and urinating on the victims.  The editor of the tabloid became public enemy #1 in Liverpool. The tabloid circulation dropped from 200,000 to 12,000 a day; which in my opinion is 12,000 too many.

And second, no one was ever held accountable for the disaster.  Families of those who died with the help of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign is still searching for justice. We will not stop until we find the truth on what happened on that day on April 15, 1989 3.06 pm.

On the 20th anniversary today, I want to pay my respect to my brothers and sisters who died that day. You will never be forgotten and we will keep pursuing the justice in search of the truth.

Justice for the ‘96.

You’ll Never Walk Alone.

We have all seen the I am a Mac and I am a PC commercials throughout the years. I lost count on how many commercials released by Apple to ridicule PC-based computers. I personally thought the commercials were cute but they never came close to convince me to switch over.

So Microsoft came up with a few commercials of their own and whether they are effective or not, they certainly put Apple and Mac lovers on the defensive. Gotta love it when these I-love-everything-Apple crowds have to go on the defensive to defend Apple.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not bashing Apple. I still love their iPod products, including the new iPod Shuffle which I think is really cool. I don’t care much for the iPhone simply because I don’t need it. Mac on the other hand is a NO NO for me. Yes, it looks sexy and all but when it comes to personal computer, I have to choose what works for me; not how it looks. Like an underwear; Mac is like a G-string and to some it is so sexy but it just doesn’t work for me. 

So to all you I-love-everything-Apple crowds, payback is a bitch.

These are the two commercials that were released. Check it out.

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I caught the song Insomnia on the radio a month or two ago.  At the time, I thought it was Usher.  Yesterday a friend showed me a Youtube clip of the song … in Korean by an artist called Wheesung. And that led me to investigate a bit for this story.

It turned out the original Insomnia was sang by Craig David. On Wheesung Wikipedia entry, it said in late 2008, Craig David asked Wheesung to do a cover version of the song Insomnia in Korean.  The music video was released on February 17, 2009.

I love Craig David’s version the moment I heard it on the radio. But when I saw Wheesung’s music video, I am hooked. The beat is faster and the music video is amazing. Well, I love hip-hop dance so I am bias.

Here are the music video of. You’ll be the judge. Be warned that you’ll get hooked on Wheesung’s video.

Craig David’s Insomnia

Wheesung’s Insomnia