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Manny Pacquiao in GQ - The Biggest Little Man in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Copyright to GQ Magazine By Andrew Corsello

He is in the car. I am in the car. Physically we are, both of us, in the car. Still, I wonder.

It's now January. In December, I spent a week traversing the Philippine archipelago in a vain attempt to speak with this man. Though it is difficult to arrive at an exact number, it is safe to say that during that week, slightly less than half the national population of 90 million people assured me with a wink that they would get me "in the car" with Manny Pacquiao. But there had been no car. No Manny Pacquiao. (Pronounced like a comic-book sound effect: pack-ee-ow!) I did spend the afternoon of the man's thirty-first birthday in his living room, playing a series of increasingly aggressive Christmas carols on his Yamaha grand piano in a last-ditch effort to flush him from his bedroom. (It was five in the afternoon. He had risen for the day an hour earlier.) But there was no Manny. At 6 p.m., in a single brisk movement, he descended from the balcony—eerily reminiscent of the one on which Al Pacino dies after screaming, "Say hello to my lee-tle frien'!" in Scarface—and out to a waiting caravan. He brushed my shoulder without looking at me as he passed. Or did he? Later, I could not shake my suspicion that the shoulder brush, the whole trip, was a dream. A vivid dream, of a place where every soul and every thing was lit from within by the still, small voice of Manny Pacquiao—Manny… Emmanuel…Hebrew for "God is with us"— but where Manny Pacquiao himself was nowhere to be seen.

But now, at a promotional event in Texas, the first boxer ever to win seven world titles in as many weight divisions, the first athlete ever to appear on a Philippine postage stamp, a man who in 2008 portrayed the Philippine warrior Lapu-Lapu, whose forces killed Magellan and repelled his conquistadores, in a reenactment of the 1521 Battle of Mactan, a man who often survives on three hours' sleep and is said to possess a photographic memory, is "in the car." As am I.

"Manny," I begin, "one of the many reasons GQ wants to feature you is that we want to explain why your appeal in the United States extends far beyond the sport of boxing. Do you have a theory about this?"

The members of his posse, encircling him at ten, two, three, four, six, eight, and nine o'clock, lean in and look. Nothing about the man moves. He remains perfectly postured, eyes forward, arms crossed, the vertical of his chassis aligned with, determining, the center of the SUV's bench seat and of the vehicle itself. Time passes.

"Manny," I begin again, "are you aware that millions of people in this country who don't follow boxing follow you?" I can see myself reflected in his oversize mirrored Oakleys. I look ridiculous.

After a time, the tiniest parting of the lips, just a sliver of a shadow between them, and a low exhalation:

"Yaaah."

Then Manny Pacquiao tilts his head back several degrees to indicate the departure of his presence.

It is then, at long last, that a phrase Pacquiao's people use to explain his mysterious ways—which isn't an explanation at all but a surrender—begins to seem adequate.

Because he is Pacquiao.

After the car ride, we all fly to New York on his promoter's plane. There is great consternation in the hangar prior to departure. Five men huddle over a small package. They look ashen, cancer-stricken. A decision is reached. The tallest of them, a Canadian named Michael Koncz, takes the package and marches, as if toward his own death, onto the airplane.

After takeoff, Koncz opens the package. It's Manny's dinner. Koncz presents the dish to Pacquiao and, in a tone born more in sorrow than in anger, announces that something has gone terribly wrong; instead of rice, the chef has accompanied Manny's meat with mashed potatoes. Manny nods. "I'm so sorry, Manny," Koncz says as he begins to cut Pacquiao's steak and season his cooked vegetables for him. "The bread is very soft, though." Manny prays, eats. After, he reposes on a couch. As one member of Team Pacquiao begins to massage his feet, calves, and thighs, Koncz drapes him in a blanket, methodically but gently tucking its edges in.

"And now," Manny Pacquiao says to me with a lovely smile, "you talk."

*****

You're not a boxing fan? Doesn't matter. We're all fans of the strange, hardwired to seek and behold it—and Manny Pacquiao is the most beautifully strange human being to befall boxing, and perhaps even all of sport, in a generation.

Beautiful and strange to the eye, of course. That speed! The coil and float. The spooky slowing of time. The suspicion he creates in you that your naked eye only partially apprehends him—that what he does in the ring exceeds your spectrum.

And beautifully strange on paper. At the elite level, a boxer's optimal fighting weight involves a trade-off of speed and power. Particularly in the lighter weight classes, a boxer who enters the ring thirty-two ounces over or under his natural fighting weight is often too slowed or weakened to win. Despite such parameters, Pacquiao has won divisions ranging from flyweight, a belt he won in 1998 as a 112-pound 19-year-old, to welterweight, a division that tops out at 147 pounds, in November 2009. (He began his career in 1995, as a 16-year-old, 106-pound light flyweight.) On March 13, he'll defend his welterweight belt against the Ghanaian fighter Joshua Clottey. According to every metric, Pacquiao…can't be. Which is why, over the past fifteen years, the expert nay-saying has come even from his own corner. "I would think that Manny can fight at 140. But I think going past 140 would be a mistake," Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, told ESPN in December 2008. "Every time I think of Manny in a ring with [Puerto Rican welterweight] Miguel Cotto… it begins to look a little ludicrous." In other words, even Pacquiao's supernatural speed wouldn't matter. A natural welterweight like Cotto would register the punches as love taps; Pacquiao, in turn, would be crushed.

After 1 and half years

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:21:00 +0000

since I start blogging, I like it and enjoy every minute blogging something in my sites. It just sad that I stopped writting for about a year and half. It happened because for some personal matters.

And now I'm back, I'm going to shout that I am a PROUD PINAY BLOGGER! yeeee haaa!

Gadgets and Tech News

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:00 +0000

If your needing for best gadgets and tech news in town try GadgetAdvisor. GadgetAdvisor have a best information when it comes to latest technology in the market or even the upcoming once. I even try it by myself by looking for best Firefoex extensions, best Windows software downloads, and reviews for Blaze Media Pro. I found all of this easily because of their user-friendly category.

Acobox images

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0000

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Business Minded

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000

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Daylight Savings

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000

At 2:00 a.m. local on Sunday, most of the United States (except Hawaii and Arizona) will leave daylight saving time behind and fall back an hour to standard time.

The annoyance of resetting clocks (or forgetting to, and showing up an hour early for appointments on Sunday) may raise the question of why we bother with this rigmarole in the first place.

Daylight saving time is most often associated with the oh-so-sweet extra hour of sleep in fall (and the not-so-nice loss of an hour in spring), but some of the original reasons for resetting our clocks twice a year including saving energy and having more daylight hours for retailers, sporting events and other activities that benefit from a longer day.

Scary Stories

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:24:00 +0000

Watch stories about white ladies and aswang. Scare yourself. And try to look at the mirror. BWAHAHAHAHHA

Happy Halloween Joke

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, "THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job."

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.

They faxed.

They e-mailed.

They e-mailed with attachments.

They downloaded.

They did spreadsheets!

They wrote reports.

They created labels and cards.

They created charts and graphs.

They did some genealogy reports

They did every job known to man.

Jesus worked with
heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.

Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off..

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld.

Jesus just sighed.

Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming:

"It's gone! It's all GONE! "I lost everything when the power went out!"

Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work..

Satan observed this and became irate.

"Wait!" he screamed. "That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?"

God just shrugged and said,

JESUS SAVES

Save bucks in buying Rugs

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:54:00 +0000

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Bloggers VS Entrecard

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:32:00 +0000

It seems that many blogger is very affected on what happening to entrecards new rules. They started deleting blogs by administrators of Entrecard and bloggers doesn't like it. It's been in many discussion because of unfair steps they doing of their users.

Like me, who have been deleted because of some various reason, they said I only blog because of advertising purposes. And it's not true, You can see reviews on my blogs but I don't have reviews everyday I only signed for 2 advertisers and some of my blogs only got one.

ENTRECARD IS A BIG FAT SCAM!!! DON'T BUY CREDITS FROM THEM. THEY ARE NOT A REPUTABLE AD AGENCY. IT IS FINE FOR FREE SERVICE BUT NOT FOR PURCHASING ADS...I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE TICKED OFF BY ANYONE FOR THEIR RUDENESS!!!

*INFURIATED*
DocNicole of Blogcatalog

That is one of the comments that I just read in a discussion in BlogCatalog...

http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/declaring-war-on-entrecard

http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/down-with-entrecard

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Good Quality Images

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:16:00 +0000

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Pinoy loves to shop

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:57:00 +0000

New Trinoma Mall across Philam Homes Edsa and adjacent to Shoe Mart at North Ave. Quezon City, Philippines. Video taken June 2008. This is proof that the Philippines is not a poor country. If shoppers are only going there for a stroll and not buy, then most shops will be closed. Aside from the Food Court, all floors are peppered with Dinning Places with waiting lines. Any Filipino that says Philippines is poor, sees the cup half-empty. I see the cup, half-full.

Male Enhancement

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:22:00 +0000

There is a lot of product that is out in the market including around the web about penis enlargement product. This include the popular male enhancement pills, but some of this pills are not naturally effective. It is better to have X4labs penis extender, its safe and recommend by best doctor for you to have for your precious private.

Filipino to the core

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Fil-Am Travis Kraft is a Los Angeles-based actor and model who has graced Philippine TV, billboards and fashion spreads in 2006 and 2007. He was a three-time North Dakota state wrestling champion and a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a Telecommunications and Film Degree. After attending EMU on a wrestling scholarship, Travis moved to LA and studied acting and stunt fighting. Travis' mother is a Filipina. In spite of his Caucasian looks, Travis is a Filipino at heart who loves authentic Pinoy cuisines like adobo, lumpia and kare-kare. Travis is known for his unique, funny, and entertaining instructional cooking videos in Filipino that he wrote, directed, and hosted like American Adobo and Salo-salo. American Adobo has become one of the top favorites on youtube.com. In fact, he was invited to guest on TFC's Adobo Nation a few months ago. Salo-salo video can now be seen on limited DVD copies only and available upon ordering on-line. American Adobo video and Salo-salo teaser can be viewed via www.poolboyfilms.com, www.youtube.com, and other related sites.

His enthusiasm for the Filipino cuisine, language and culture is quite admirable. He was the host in the 17th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture last month in California. He was also featured on the July 11 issue of The Asian Journal SF magazine as "The White Dude Who Loves Pinoy Culture."

Fresh Gadgets

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:11:00 +0000

Are you into computers, software, gadgets and the latest technology? Who don't love gadgets nowadays? Not me, I am a gadget freak I like knowing new gadget and computer that is fresh in the market. I also like new upcoming technology things that I think I will enjoy. That is why I look around the web where I can have fresh news to know my knowledge. If you are, you sure would love this all-in-one website. Gadget Advisor is a website that lists the significant news that you ought to know out there about the latest tech products in the market today. It's easy to learn and know what's new without having to flip through a lot of sites. An example of the latest tech news from Gadget Advisor is about the Best extensions for Firefox,
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Larsen and Cabral of NCR

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Dumaguete’s Wayne Larsen and Rachel Cabral of the National Capital Region (NCR) complete the Philippine men’s and women’s national recurve teams that will see action in the 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix later this month at the Ateneo grounds. Larsen is the only non-NCR player in the men’s recurve team that is named by the National Archery Association of the Philippines (NAAP). Other members Florante Matan, Marvin Cordero, Paul dela Cruz, Neil Divinagracia and Zander Lee Reyes Cabral will be joined by Joann Tabanag and Marie Cabral in an all-NCR women’s recurve team, which was finalized by the NAAP in time for the October 25 to 31 Grand Prix. In the compound event, the men’s team is be made up of NCR’s Earl Yap, Kit Cojuangco, Cristian Cubilla, Fermin Barrenechea and Jorge Vargas, and Cebu’s Dondon Sombrio. The women’s squad will have a mixed group composed of national team mainstay Jennifer Chan of Dumaguete, Bacolod bet Arlene Infante, NCR’s Abigail Tindugan, and Kristin Bismark and Quinnie Cabuguason of Gandiva Sports.

They have a very competitive team that they sure will contend for honors not only in the Southeast Asian Championship but also in the Asian Grand Prix. The NAAP came out with the final RP team roster after the second leg of the qualifying event at the Philsports Complex in Pasig City. Both recurve and compound teams will undergo extensive training under Korean coach Won Tae, who is a former Olympian. Eleven countries have so far confirmed of sending teams in the Grand Prix and the Southeast Asian Championship. The teams are Chinese-Taipei, Bhutan, Qatar, Mongolia, Thailand, Myanmar, China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea. The NAAP has also extended the deadline to give the other interested countries to submit their respective line ups in the dual event.

Certified Shop-a-holic

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:55:00 +0000

I accidentally found this website that I think people will love. Most of us like shopping and I admit shop-a-holic is my nickname. At the same time I like YoutTube and have some video I made of me and my daughters. Shop and Confess is in timing, I can make a video about my shopping. Not too mention the chance to win more cash prizes with the Shop And Confess contest! Watch this video and feel free to use the link below in your posts, in order to invite your readers to share their stories by signing up also CLICK HERE

Fun online

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0000

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Longest Tribute Banner

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:07:00 +0000

Filipino's now are beating records around the world by having an entry into the Guiness Book of World Records. Theres numerous attempt and wins. Like this one I got from Inquirer.net. Another fun moment but at the same time, the know world is knowing it. Posted “A Big Thank You to Our Teachers”, the “longest” thank you banner for teachers is part of the culmination of the Teacher’s Month celebration in the Philippines.

High school and college students from across the Philippines unfolded at the Mall of Asia bayside a 173.65-meter (569.72-foot) cloth containing messages of gratitude for teachers. This is the Philippines attempt to win an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. The banner is set to break China’s current record for the longest ‘Thank You’ banner for teachers at 100 meters unfolded at Fuyang Square.

Chris Pirillo read about Filipino Food

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:42:00 +0000

One of the viewers of Chris Pirillo is asking him if he tried Filipino foods, its kinda sound funny how he pronounce things that the email sender send to him, like the word "Sinigang", "Patis", "Dinuguan"...ahahahaha...Go Chris.

Who is this Chris guy?
Chris Pirillo is a Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.

Chris Pirillo has been participating in Internet conversations since 1992, having launched Lockergnome.com as a content publishing network and building Gnomedex to be one of the blogosphere’s highly regarded conferences. He publishes a personal blog and lifecast to tens of thousands of viewers, and is a top subscribed partner on YouTube. When searching Google for “Chris,” his site is listed as the first result. He’s a monthly columnist for CPU Magazine, and has authored books on business and personal technology. Chris also produces weekly video segments for CNN.com Live, where he offers tech advice to a savvy audience.

Concerned about my figure

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:06:00 +0000

Everybody is concerned of their figure nowadays. And i think I'm one of them, not that I'm really fat but I have parts of body that I don't like and mostly people have. What I am talking about is the middle part, where all of the fat is stock there. That is why I tried to go to store near us and saw alli . Curious with the look and the writings, sadly didn't bought it cause I'm not sure what inside of it. I tried to look some information about alli and found Consumerpricewatch.com . It gives good feedback about the product and how the mechanism of action.

Benedict Carandang competes for British film awards

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

The 27-year-old cofounder of Tuldok Animation Studios will compete for the prestigious Screen Entrepreneur prize in the United Kingdom with his counterparts from China, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Slovenia and Thailand. He will also be the country’s delegate to the London Film Festival, where he will meet film and TV professionals from London, Cardiff and Bristol. Carandang is the producer of Ramon del Prado’s Libingan (The Burial), a 20-minute animated feature about a child who encounters mythical creatures on her first visit to the province to meet relatives. The film takes inspiration from Sagada’s hanging coffins. Carandang’s dream of building a predominantly Filipino animation studio was born in 1998 when, as an exchange student in Pittsburgh, he won a prize to visit Pixar Animation Studios to observe the making of “A Bug’s Life.” Libingan is the product of that collaboration. They got a grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the rest is history.

“The main thrust of Tuldok, which now has more than 70 freelance animators, is to develop an independent animation production model without the physical studio. “Utilize your available resources and take risks,” Carandang advises. “We want to inspire other groups to create similar models. After all, animation is not just about outsourcing—we can also create animation with original Filipino content. Will power is all we need!

Minimum fee when sending money

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

We OFW working hard far away for our love ones. Every month we used to send money to them for there everyday expenses. We go to the nearest bank we can send money and pay a fee of $8 and if we want the fastest like only 15 mins., we choose Western Union. But just recently I used Xoom.com as I saw it on commercial in an Filipino channel. Lucky I am, I'm just about to send money and I have no time to go to BPI we're I always send dollars into pesos. I sign up easily on their website and send instantly to the Philippines and the minimum fee of $3.99 and this is wowee for me, save gas, save time, and most of all save money for the fee. They have money location you can get the money. Not only Philippines they serving, in any country you like.

Charice another Shining day

noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

After Charice amazing performance all over the world, She shine again at 13th Annual Andre Agassi Foundation’s Grand Slam for Children benefit concert held at the Wynn, Las Vegas, Nevada last October 12. Many singer is in the benefit concert like Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow

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noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Confuse) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

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