Well well well.. What is new? Manny Pacquiao, currently a holder of three weight classes had this latest victim. This time it was the Golden Boy, an Olympic gold medalist by the name of Oscar del Hoya. Who doesn’t know him, well probably those none sports enthusiasts. And Pacquiao? Of course, he is very much popular here in the Philippines. Everytime he has a fight, everybody is at home watching his fight. Crime is either zero or less during the time of his fight. There were ceasefire between the rebel and the government. With him becoming so popular, the fights are being shown in sports complex for free courtesy of politicians. Cinemas, restaurants and bars also offers to show the fight for a fee of course. Most of the time, the local channel airs the fight in the Philippines after the end of the real fight in the US, the rival channel then announces who the winner before or during the airing. So others opt to view the fight in cinemas and bars, or in the sport complex. Dela hoya clearly has all the advantages for this fight, especially with his height and long reach. But of course, David beat Goliath even if he is just a small boy. So it’s no surprise that Pacman (as Manny is fondly called) beat the Golden boy in round 8. Roach (Manny’s coach) originally predicted win in Round 9. The fight was stopped by Dela Hoya’s trainer as he saw that his golden boy is not golden anymore but a severely beaten boy. Reports said that after the fight, Dela hoya was brought in a local hospital as a preliminary precaution. Well Pacman clearly dominated the fight since Round 1, showing some new unpredictable pattern of techniques. That probably surprised Dela hoya. So Congratulations Manny! You did your country proud again! You are a very good boxer! Please remember that!
Archive for December 7, 2008
You & Me Against the World with Gretchen Barretto
I was able to watch the show till the end. It is a new game show in Channel 5, hosted by Gretchen Barretto. Basically the concept is a bit like of 1 vs 100 by Edu Manzano before, but this time there was some twists in the show. First round would have two contestants, tonight it was Gabby Concepcion and Marjorie Barretto, who would connive to play against the world. There were some selected participants that act as studio contestants. Round two would have the two contestants, vie on who has the same answer as that of the world. For this round, it does not really matter what is the “correct” answer, but whose answer is the same with the bigger percentage of the world. Third round, with Marjorie advancing against Gabby, there was some series of questions with corresponding amount of money. Each time a correct answer is made she would go to the next question. But if an answer is wrong, she’ll just get half of the money she won and the rest of the P1M goes to the world. Every episode, the show is giving P1M, so it’s a win win situation with the contestant and the world. Plus the questions in the 3rd round is easy but tricky. Overall the show is good, there were some moments that is boring, maybe they just need a good musical scoring to give some suspense. Gretchen’s outfit, shoes and jewelry is interesting to look forward to. I myself would like to be a studio contestant, but i wanted to become part of the world first and i hope that when that moment i became part of the world, the money that would be given to world is big.
