Pac-money, Pacmania and the search for Filipino heroes

What’s next, Pac-man for President?

Geez, Im dying to hear what my good friend, Benign0, will say ?

genuine hero? puede if yung earnings niya napupunta sa taong bayan. ala robin hood baga.

There are heroes and there are sports heroes. At the momnet that is where the Manny Pacquiao belongs, a sport hero extraordenaire..

Lawless,
Given the Pinoy mentality hindi malayo and iyong hinaga. We elected Ramon Revilla senator because of his agimat in Nardong Putik, his son Bong and Lito Lapid (and probably FPJ too) because they always triumph over the bad guys in the movies. But we cannot blame the Pinoys completely because they thought these people could also defeat bad guys in Philippine society given a chance.
But we know we utterly failed in that respect simply because movies and governance are two different animals.
While I admire Manny for his exploits in the ring, his elevation to a “hero” is bad because the world thinks Pinas cannot produce a champion such that when there is one it is a big deal. Duran’s record (fights 119: W-103 (tko 70); losses-16 mostly during his 5th decade when he gained weight), is more impressive but Panama did not make him a hero. Mexico has great champions but they do not make a heck out of it because it’s just an “ordinary” thing for them.

I remember when a New York City’s cab driver-frat-brod of a Phil. senator returned some jewelries left in his cab, the senator sponsored a Senate Resolution recognizing the cab driver’s honesty to which another senator (belongs to a rival frat) quipped, to this effect, ” why, they don’t have honest member anymore such that when there is one it’s a big deal already? ”

LET’S SHOW THE WORLD THAT TO HAVE FILIPNO BOXING CHAMPIONS IS JUST AN “ORDINARY” THING …!

“But as Manolo Quezon also explained in his comment on Expectorant’s ruminations on the ten-peso coin last year, the logic of our currency is that the closer to the basic unit of one peso, which is reserved for the national hero (Dr. Jose Rizal), the more important the figure is.”

And since Ninoy Aquino is printed on the P500 bill, that makes him less important than Rizal and Pacquiao?

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“In a way, Pacquiao does qualify in that regard too, towering over our pathetic national leaders no longer as a mere sports icon but a new “national hero” who makes his countrymen proud and gives them reason, if only momentarily, to be united as a people.”

I’m a Pacquiao fan and more power to him, but I think he’s being sensationalized too much. Sure he’s successful and the people’s champion but let’s break it down. He literally had no future in the Philippines until a foreigner discovered him and cultivated his talent when our very own Filipinos did not pay attention to him because he was poor and uneducated to begin with. In the ring, he’s a fierce fighter but realistically, he’s savagely beating another person for money because it’s the only job he can do without a formal education that the government failed to provide.

Honestly, I think we Filipinos should nurture other future champions not just in boxing but also in gymnastics, diving, soccer, baseball, etc. Why are we so obsessed with freakin basketball or boxing? There are other sports that can bring honor to Filipinos internationally. So, let’s be wise and practical and participate in sports we know can bring glory to our country. I doubt that we’ll ever be basketball gold medalist at the Olympic Games.

Kawawang Boni. He was twice “killed” by Agui…! First, during the Revolution and “killed” again, when Agui replaced him in the 5 peso bill. That’s what happen when you are unlettered (such as Boni while Agui a teacher) and has no “connections” in Pinas. But Boni got even when Agui was also “killed” by inflation. That bill is no longer in circulation.

But PacMan is different. He has the backing of the “king” in the Palace By the Pasig.

IMO, it’s not a bad idea elevating Pacquiao to a heroes’ status. I believe national heroes can come in all shapes and sizes, in all walks of life, in all fields of interest as long as he has done extra-ordinary things concerning our country and people’s best interest. Manny Pacquiao is the latest and the greatest sports personality our country has ever had. He comes once in a lifetime.

11 July 2006

My friend, I ahve nothing against the pacman, he has given us pride, he brings glory to this divided country. But wait, how can we elevate his status as a filipino hero, yet, we forget the the woman who is fighting for the recognition of his son, she who wants nothing from the man except recognition. I have heard stories, that the case in court is a difficult battle for the woman. the little boy and their lawyer, accordingly, the pressure from malacanang is too much to handle, besides the finances that he receives from his sponsors, is too much to bear for the woman/ the little boy and their lawyer.

I will agree only if the pacman acknowledges that he fathered a son to these woman ( if proven true). Acknowledging it would make the pacman more of a man, and his followers will truly love him.

jinx

…then maybe manny pacquiao really deserves the order of lakandula…

lakandula, cowardice personified as jojo malig blogs on and a cunning negotiator as abraham tan writes about…

(gloria macapagal claims to be a descendant of lakandula. small wonder why she’s dodgin’ the impeachment.)

lest my friends in the women’s rights advocacy groups get offended by this, my apologies in advance…

with bated breath, i cannot wait to see Mimi Miyagi win Nevada’s gubernatorial race; for she would bring the country some honors too, never mind if in some uncanny ways, no?

struggles, not to mention honor, comes in different forms: Manny Pacquiao did his share amply on the ring, and if Mimi succeeds she did it too in her own ‘ring’ and much, much more, no?

heck!, if Manny’s face will see print in our 5-peso bill, surely Bangko Sentral, the Palace dullheads, the generous Congress won’t deny her the same accolades and consider her…well, you know what, in one of our paper bills, no?

the more interesting part , without doubt, is the flip side: Manny depicted while in a brawl, imagine Mimi; is she going to be portrayed in what she is good, at?

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Jinx,

Indeed, acknowledging paternity is to me a more heroic act.

Right on Alecks. I’m not passing judgement on Pacquiao’s love life, it’s none of my business, and we all make mistakes. But my respect for him went down ten notches when he disputed the boy to be his son when dozens of pictures taken at the boy’s baptism were made public to prove that he is his son’s Dad. I trust Freddie Roach has reminded him there is such a thing as DNA.

It seems that cowardice was not the only vice of Lakandula, whom President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo claims direct descendancy from.

After watching joint Spanish-Visayan forces slaughter Manila’s defenders, Gloria’s great-great-great lolo did no less than the unthinkable. He actually turned traitor. He merged his troops with the invaders and aided them in their full conquest of the Luzon.

One thousand five hundred friendly Indians from the islands of Zebu, Bohol, Leyte, and Panay, besides the many other Indians of service, for use as pioneers and boat-crews, accompanied the Spaniards…” Lacandola and his sons and relatives, besides two hundred Bissayans and many other Indians who were enrolled in Pangasinan, aided them. (José Rizal’s edition of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas por el Doctor Antonio de Morga Paris, 1890)

Will Lakandula’s great-great-great apo-sa-tuhod please stand up in his defense?

[...] A 5-Peso bill. Photo courtesy of PCIJ. [...]

[...] The Malacañan Palace awarded him an Order of Lakandula and dubbed him Champion For Life. I wonder why he should be called champion outside of the boxing arena. He did not do anything beneficial for this country. He did not risk his neck going to war and fighting for whatever cause towards which the Philippines moves. He did not found any charitable institutions helping the homeless and the hopeless. He did not adopt an orphan from the African continent like Madonna did. Maybe if he wins his next match we’ll see this being circulated by the BSP: A 5-Peso bill with Pacquiao’s unsightly face on it. Photo courtesy of PCIJ. [...]