Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, boxing emperor

Right now, Manny is the undisputed boxer of our time. He has now 7 titles under his belt in all different weight class division. And today, Cotto bowed down to Manny's power punches.

We actually had a live streaming over the net and it was a bit scary. Manny looked a bit disadvantaged in weight, height and arms' reach. But Manny proved to be a force to reckon with in the ring. Thus, Cotto lost the WBO and WBC title.

Wow! Congrats to Manny Pacquiao. True enough from the interview, he is from zero to hero, and from hero to Nero - the ultimate emperor of boxing....

Hope everyone learns that with the right skill and attitude one can pursue and achieve, whatever that great dream is. I believe Manny is a modern testament to that. Despite all the odds, he managed to prove to himself and to the world what he is made of.

Good luck and God bless to Manny and hope he stays humble and grateful. God bless to everyone also and have a great day ahead :)

Manny is Amazing with the capital A.

Singapore is a Soccer nation

I was so amazed! Soccer in Singapore is much like to social yawning. How should I call it; social soccering?

When I went out last night together with my friend to eat at this hawker in Buona Vista, the people dining there had their eyes glues on the big screen. They were actually watching this soccer game. It was joined by all ages. It was fun looking at the crowd cheering for their own teams. It was much like basketball or boxing in the Philippines that people tend to gather just to watch the games.

I don't know who brought the soccer fanaticism in Singapore so I did my own research.

I found out that it started in the year 1892 upon the founding of Singapore Amateur Football Association. Wow it's over a century already. The Singapore team was on the limelight when it won the HMS Malaya cup which I think had sparked people's interest on the game. In that game, they had also many victories against Euro teams. They did not account really if the Euro teams were for invitational but then the Singaporeans has embraced this game so much that the following has gone to its greater heights.

Well, I don't want to write all the history of it in full details so I'd like you to check this site for your self guys:
http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/dream/life/ref/100.html .

Anyway, I find it cool to see people gathering at some place much like a hawker, a very public food place just to watch soccer. As a foreigner, it is pretty much interesting.

The Grandeur of Beijing Olympics

"Citius, Altius, Fortius", too bad I wasn't there!

Yeah yesterday was the Beijing Olympics' opening. My condo mates' and my two eyeballs were glued on the television watching the grandeur of the opening. First off, there was a parade of athletes from countries all over the world following the Chinese Alphabet. It was kind of weird how it was but nevertheless the Bird's Nest Stadium welcomed everyone with enthusiasm. The stadium was a mega structure just by watching on T.V. and how much more if I were live to see it. I was very excited waiting for the team Philippines but na-ah I wasn't able to catch them because we need to switch channels for the PDA (Pinoy Dream Academy) program. When it was time to go back to the Olympics coverage, they were sort of wrapping it up already and team China was called, having Yao Ming as the flag bearer. The crowd cheered the whole parade. After the parade it was time for, Olympic flag ceremony then followed by the torch lighting to mark the opening. And yes, the torch lighting was awesome, super fantastic, amazing and name it great too. It was a show of the Chinese action scene, where that certain athlete flying on the walls of the stadium and sort of doing a marathon with the torch. It was really breath taking as if I was there. I had some goosebumps. After the lighting of the torch, it was the scene of the fireworks. The display was totally awesome. After all, the world owes to China the pyro-techniques technology.I can't wait to watch the telecasts of the games like the seemingly rigorous synchronized swimming, there's diving, bone or body breaking gymnastics, blow by blow for boxing, track and fields is interesting so I have it on the watch list too, and volleyball for women.

The $20-billion budget of the Beijing Olympics has summed it up in that historical opening. The next Olympics will be in UK. I think I should save more and work more for me to this time be part of the Olympics history, raw and live.