THE NEXT CHAPTER
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
March 30, 2010
For Burrito, Hijack, Pretty, Pooh, Beauty, Choco, Frankie, Gooramee

Monday dawned and the 12-hour sleep was done.

The first freedom act — check out the clock, which read half past nine in the morning.

The Bishkek brandy from Maral was waiting and the kids were already busy downstairs.

It was their first no-school morning and they grabbed a pack of cards and played Pusoy Dos poker at the dining table till noon.

Outside, a pushcart was ambling down the road, past the towering caimito and mango trees and rolling lazily towards the bakery, leaves falling around it as a slow breeze passed through the neighborhood.

Two years after assuming the helm of the NGO Forum on the ADB — the fine network that has been monitoring the ADB's policies, projects and programs since 1992 — my term has finally come to a close.

The last night at the helm — it was spent dancing with a crowd of 90 internationals at Casa San Pablo in Laguna.

A drum chore from Mindanao started the exit rites followed by foot-stomping by friends from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.

Shouting and silly jigs. Swooning and swaying.

And then it was Creedence, Lou Reed, and The Kinks fueled by a few gallons of 80-proof Liliw lambanog and a bottle filled with Cambodian liquor, ginseng root, marinated cobra and scorpion. Then Punjabi music.

Nina danced with Pieter, Circa danced with Jojo, Pachimu danced with Agar and Gurami danced with Gurami. Then it was a train dance and everybody was a boxcar attached to the person dancing in front, everyone marching and marching round and round until a loud whoop split everyone up and new dancing partners came together like a crazy algebraic equation.

Around three in the morning, everyone was ready for a soft landing.

In comes a Springsteen poem then it's Bob Dylan followed by Field of Diamonds by Johnny Cash and the final click of the sound system powering off.

I slept the sleep of the dead and Monday crept in then Tuesday arrived a day later.

I'm taking things out from the big bag where most of my two years of office stuff from the Forum have been packed.

There are happy things and unused things and reminders of fulfilled and unconsummated desires.

One by one, out they go.

Take out the slippers from Mader and from Lumphini Park, companions in the long slog from somewhere to elsewhere.

Take out the whiskey flasks.

Take out the detritus of NGO conferences — IDs and name tags and IDs and IDs and IDs.

Take out the pillow from Somalia and handle it with care.

It's from Yvette, it's made of wood and ten thousand siesta hours and dreams have passed through it and returned to the soil.

Take out the beer mats stained with ale from countless bars and marked by good thoughts from valued friends. There's a beer mat from The Hague and Berlin and beneath them are clusters from Almaty, Yerevan, and Dushanbe.

Take out the Timbuktu bag and the Yak-Pak from the Strand — each one a comrade that withstood withering summers and harsh winters, carrying immense loads across all sorts of rugged terrain.

Take out the shisha, also called hookah, also called nargillah, also called the week-ending smoke. The apple and capuccino tobacco's all finished.

Take out the wooden cup from Karen, hand-painted by his wife — a reminder of great ties across oceans.

Take out the shiny, red six-ply Indian cricket ball, which has been helping put ideas together since my Greenpeace days.

Take out the books that remained unread — King Leopold’s Ghost, Bone Wars, and ten others that should have been consumed since the first week in my post.

Take out the music CDs, which played the role of daily menu.

At the office, how certain days begin or end is based on the first song that booms out of the speakers.

Is that My Sharona thumping from the top floor? "Sounds like a good week ahead."

Is that Paganini? "Good time for a discussion. He was playing Brijbushan Kabra previously. I think he's read the proposal."

"Oi. It's been Peryodiko all day. Let's roll out the plan."

"It's been AC-DC all day. He's up to something. He must have sent something to Kuroda."

A packet of cardamoms. Ventolin salbutamol. Calvin and Hobbes and Cervantes. Photos of Kala, Rio, and Luna.

In the end, the survival kit's whatever fits and before you know it it's time for the next chapter. #

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WHAT ABOUT BEER?

ONCE UPON A TIME
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
For Kalayaan Pulido Constantino, who I married
H.I.P.P. Magazine, February 2009

There are places where our stories begin.

A night on a quiet coast south of Manila. Overcast sky, windy and cold enough for a shawl. There is a chill in the air and the bonfire, down to its last embers, lends orange glimmers to her face. She smiles as the dry wood cracks and pieces of cinder fall to the ground.

She is sitting on the sand, a fern's half curl, knees close to chest and arms around legs, and the wind whips her hair and her stole to the right. She digs her feet into the sand where it is warmer and looks on.

Another evening we're slowing down time north of the country. She is leaning on a wooden fence and looking out at the dark sea, both elbows on the rail and a full wine glass in one hand.

Moonlight is bouncing off receding waters, mingling with her skin and summer dress. We walk towards a sand bar and the conversation becomes softer and softer, fading with the tide.

Perhaps if I ask her to recall the instances she would not remember. A day glows and retreats and what would it matter? The moments are mine not hers and she would be happy to know it was so.

At the Khan Market in Delhi, I remember spending an entire afternoon searching for titles I knew she'd like as I browsed around for books I wanted. There was Byatt and Bryson and Dick Francis and Asimov, volumes smelling of new paper and new vistas.

I remember telling her about Issyk-kul, a name that leaps out like a Tolkien hearth and which means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz because the waters there never freeze even though it's surrounded by snow-capped peaks.

Issyk-kul. Eeseek-kool. Cold mountain crater with a beach formed around a saline lake surpassed only by the Caspian Sea in size and which appears to straddle the nothern Tian Shan range in eastern Kyrgyzstan.

At night, I said, you walk along the lake's coast and it hits you how peculiar the world is. Hydrologists have long pondered over Issyk-kul's sources and outlets while other seekers pored over its inhabitants -- the remains of drowned settlements, Soviet dachas, a world transitioning from here to somewhere.

Here was a lake, I said. I met it on top of a frigid peak one night and it was mimicking the ocean: it tasted salty and when the moon is high tiny waves jostle millions of small stones lining its edges, producing the sound of a seashore.

She's heard this story twice; once, right after I returned from Central Asia, and before that when I was circling the lake alone. When she reads this, it will be the third retelling.

It's a weird thing, love, like many of Chagall's paintings, which project blissful union and yet under its skin the lovers' reverie of joy and melancholy.

When you get used to the idea of spending a lifetime together sometimes things fit and sometimes they don't and you tend to look at the same images yet see things differently, like life observed through an odd stereoscope.

Charles Bridge, Prague. A band is playing dixie music and artists are peddling handcrafted necklaces and earrings and paintings while the Vltava river flows beneath massive arches first constructed in 1357.

We are standing side by side looking in the same direction, exhausted but eager to drink more of the city.

Her eyes are fixed far away at the ramparts of a distant castle. I am fascinated by the ridges and lichens on the mortar of the bridge. For a few minutes we huddle transfixed and then hands clasped we walk on. She is already looking intently at the bridge tower of Mala Strana while I go for the cobblestones. We laugh.

I'm not sure how we reached this place, this companionship which sometimes tastes like ice cream and other times like the sting of chili. But I think three years and a decade after promising forever we both still like it.

I suppose having common interests help or that we both believe in and pursue the same things.

I know that what binds us is something Barbara Kingsolver spelled out in her novel Animal Dreams, and a little more.

"[S]omething so simple [we] almost can't say it," Kingsolver wrote. "Elementary kindness. Enough to eat, enough to go around. The possibility that kids might one day grow up to be neither the destroyer nor the destroyed."

She'd add fairness and I the verse and verve of meaningful lives. We'd agree on this - a good beer after a long, tiring day. Nothing too grand.

Maybe I had her at haller? I'm not sure she'd agree but it's a nice thought. She might say that I actually liked her from the time I first met her and with a staredown end the argument right there. But it's also a nice line and she knows it's true.

It's never always easy; forever's a long time to waste and sometimes nothing works and you doubt the notion of happily ever after.

But there are times when everything pans out and the mind curls around all possibilities and you follow a strange compass that goes round and round and round, always pointing elsewhere and yet somehow it's still okay.

"In politics, as in cooking, there are no dogmas," the writer Tariq Ali once said. He may as well have thrown in human ties, the kind where you share the same blanket with another for a long, long while, from where you wake up on odd mornings thinking once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl. And you begin the day anew. #


Renato Redentor Constantino is the author of The Poverty of Memory: Essays in History and Empire (CFNS 2006). Feedback also welcome at his blog: http://redconstantino.blogspot.com

I was asked by Gina Abuyuan to write something for H.I.P.P. Magazine things that keep family relationships going. I tried a few times but in the end decided not to write about the role of the kids. I told Gina "sometimes kids become the crutch or clutch in a marriage, doomed or floundering, blooming or plateaued. Does it take more than swooning to sustain a romance? Perhaps it does, perhaps it doesn't. I don't really know. The article came out this way."Get a copy of the farewell issue of the best parenting mag in the Philippines called H.I.P.P. Magazine before it runs out... (H.I.P.P. -- Happy, Intelligent, Progressive Parenting.)

ZINN IS DEAD. VIVA ZINN
I'm reposting news from the Boston Globe. See you later Howard, in the sea, in the troposhere or as fiber in a placard. You will be missed terribly.

Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87
January 27, 2010 05:40 PM
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist
who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading
faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack
today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said.
He was 87.

“His writings have changed the consciousness of a generation, and
helped open new paths to understanding and its crucial meaning for our
lives,” Noam Chomsky, the left-wing activist and MIT professor, once
wrote of Dr. Zinn. “When action has been called for, one could always
be confident that he would be on the front lines, an example and
trustworthy guide.”

For Dr. Zinn, activism was a natural extension of the revisionist
brand of history he taught. Dr. Zinn’s best-known book, “A People’s
History of the United States” (1980), had for its heroes not the
Founding Fathers — many of them slaveholders and deeply attached to
the status quo, as Dr. Zinn was quick to point out — but rather the
farmers of Shays’ Rebellion and the union organizers of the 1930s.

As he wrote in his autobiography, “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving
Train” (1994), “From the start, my teaching was infused with my own
history. I would try to be fair to other points of view, but I wanted
more than ‘objectivity’; I wanted students to leave my classes not
just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish the safety of
silence, more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever
they saw it. This, of course, was a recipe for trouble.”

Certainly, it was a recipe for rancor between Dr. Zinn and Silber. Dr.
Zinn twice helped lead faculty votes to oust the BU president, who in
turn once accused Dr. Zinn of arson (a charge he quickly retracted)
and cited him as a prime example of teachers “who poison the well of
academe.”

Dr. Zinn was a cochairman of the strike committee when BU professors
walked out in 1979. After the strike was settled, he and four
colleagues were charged with violating their contract when they
refused to cross a picket line of striking secretaries. The charges
against “the BU Five” were soon dropped, however.

Dr. Zinn was born in New York City on Aug. 24, 1922, the son of Jewish
immigrants, Edward Zinn, a waiter, and Jennie (Rabinowitz) Zinn, a
housewife. He attended New York public schools and worked in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard before joining the Army Air Force during World War
II. Serving as a bombardier in the Eighth Air Force, he won the Air
Medal and attained the rank of second lieutenant.

After the war, Dr. Zinn worked at a series of menial jobs until
entering New York University as a 27-year-old freshman on the GI Bill.
Professor Zinn, who had married Roslyn Shechter in 1944, worked nights
in a warehouse loading trucks to support his studies. He received his
bachelor’s degree from NYU, followed by master’s and doctoral degrees
in history from Columbia University.

Dr. Zinn was an instructor at Upsala College and lecturer at Brooklyn
College before joining the faculty of Spelman College in Atlanta, in
1956. He served at the historically black women’s institution as
chairman of the history department. Among his students were the
novelist Alice Walker, who called him “the best teacher I ever had,”
and Marian Wright Edelman, future head of the Children’s Defense Fund.

During this time, Dr. Zinn became active in the civil rights movement.
He served on the executive committee of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, the most aggressive civil rights organization
of the time, and participated in numerous demonstrations.

Dr. Zinn became an associate professor of political science at BU in
1964 and was named full professor in 1966.

The focus of his activism now became the Vietnam War. Dr. Zinn spoke
at countless rallies and teach-ins and drew national attention when he
and another leading antiwar activist, Rev. Daniel Berrigan, went to
Hanoi in 1968 to receive three prisoners released by the North
Vietnamese.

Dr. Zinn’s involvement in the antiwar movement led to his publishing
two books: “Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal” (1967) and “Disobedience
and Democracy” (1968). He had previously published “LaGuardia in
Congress” (1959), which had won the American Historical Association’s
Albert J. Beveridge Prize; “SNCC: The New Abolitionists” (1964); “The
Southern Mystique” (1964); and “New Deal Thought” (1966).
Dr. Zinn was also the author of “The Politics of History” (1970);
“Postwar America” (1973); “Justice in Everyday Life” (1974); and
“Declarations of Independence” (1990).

In 1988, Dr. Zinn took early retirement so as to concentrate on
speaking and writing. The latter activity included writing for the
stage. Dr. Zinn had two plays produced: “Emma,” about the anarchist
leader Emma Goldman, and “Daughter of Venus.”

Dr. Zinn, or his writing, made a cameo appearance in the 1997 film
‘‘Good Will Hunting.’’ The title characters, played by Matt Damon,
lauds ‘‘A People’s History’’ and urges Robin Williams’s character to
read it. Damon, who co-wrote the script, was a neighbor of the Zinns
growing up.

Damon was later involved in a television version of the book, ‘‘The
People Speak,’’ which ran on the History Channel in 2009. Damon was
the narrator of a 2004 biographical documentary, ‘‘Howard Zinn: You
Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train.’’

On his last day at BU, Dr. Zinn ended class 30 minutes early so he
could join a picket line and urged the 500 students attending his
lecture to come along. A hundred did so.

Dr. Zinn’s wife died in 2008. He leaves a daughter, Myla Kabat-Zinn of
Lexington; a son, Jeff of Wellfleet; three granddaugthers; and two
grandsons.

Funeral plans were not available. #

THE FIRST DAY AND THE LAST
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
January 1, 2010, GMAnews.tv
For Rio, Luna, Gabgab, Noni, Padma and Anabanana

Past the old year is Janus -- January, the first month, its opening day a two-faced janissary looking back and towards a new period that has yet to unfold.

Djamangeen gar oo chagar, an Armenian saying goes. Once upon a time there was and there wasn't.

There is the first day and the last, a bud from the carcass of timber.

"Before the wig and the dress coat," wrote Pablo Neruda, "there were rivers.../ there was dampness and dense growth, the thunder as yet unnamed./ Man was dust... an eyelid/ of tremulous loam, the shape of clay --/ Tender and bloody was he, but on the grip/ of his weapon of moist flint,/ the initials of the earth were/ written."

But the "wind forgot them," wrote Neruda, "the language of water/ was buried, the keys were lost/ or flooded with silence" and though "[l]ife was not lost.../ a lamp of earth was extinguished."

But still we could see far, farther because we embraced the void and in it there were no inanimate objects.

In another age olden Ilonggos spoke of a sky so near "it could be reached with a stick" and the Bagobos say once upon a time the earth was hot ground because the sun was too close, so low even the gods were at times singed by the sun's heat.

To the Palawan, proximity with the heavenly was implied; the first people were children of sky gods who settled on earth by climbing down a balugu vine, which was later cut.

Myths abound among the ancients of days when the upper realm was still touchable sky and when divinities mingled and flourished with stewards.

And one day the breaking, a storied breach resulting in exile, separating for perpetuity the earthbound with the celestial.

Somehow ever since we've been looking for a way back, and sometimes we're successful and sometimes we don't make it. But we always try.

In the beginning there was light. And then there was sound. And that was it.

So unfolded the genesis of Copenhagen, erstwhile venue and tag of the global climate negotiations, crafted to hammer out solutions to threats of our own making, which began as hope and ended as a broken vase.

But we'll dust ourselves and put back together the shattered pieces. Because the last day is already yesterday and today is the first.

Over four decades ago humans aboard a pod hurtled away and pierced the sky, and a little after that we managed to finally land on the moon.

Cast out, beyond the planetary canopy, the intimacy of a closed biosphere was rediscovered, altering fundamentally the grammar of our thinking, and what a sight it was.

"One giant leap for mankind," said Armstrong. "Magnificent desolation," said Aldrin.

A big bright blue ball composed of stone and cloud and water, "indifferent," said the writer Eduardo Galeano, "as if it didn't feel a single tickle from the human passions that swarm on its soil."

It was a different kind of imminence. "[L]ike something out of Herodotus," said Anne Druyan, who wrote the Cosmos series with her husband Carl Sagan, "when a young king would decree an impossible task, be slain and yet within the time allotted [the] mythic decree would be fulfilled."

Sagan, the great mind who had briefed the astronauts during their training, had watched the event from a hospital bed in a dream state, almost bleeding to death after going through an operation, and he saw on television "through the haze of painkillers" the verse "he had been thinking about since he was a child."

"The thing I remember," remarked the novelist Samuel R. Delaney, recounting the moon landing, "is that the first astronaut who put his foot on the ground, his first words were 'Okay I'm at the bottom of the ladder.' Then he said the famous quote. It was a very humble statement and it tells us exactly where we actually were."

Where we actually still are.

Today we lay claim to the best feats of our species and face the greatest range of our abilities -- titans in our minds but still too oblivious of our place, of the tiny space we occupy in the few things we have divined. #

Red Constantino is the author of The Poverty of Memory: Essays on History and Empire (CFNS, 2006). Feedback welcome at http://redconstantino.blogspot.com. Photo by redster.

NOTES:
1. Peter Balakian, Black Dog of Fate (Random House, 1997)
2. Pablo Neruda, Canto General (University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1991)
3. Francisco R. Demetrio, Gilda Cordero Fernando, Fernando Zialcita, Roberto B. Feleo, The Soul Book (GCF Books, Quezon City: 1991)Ibid.
4. John Vidal, environment editor of the British paper The Guardian, delivered one of the better snapshots of the recently concluded international climate negotiations held in Copenhagen, Denmark. "It started," said Vidal, "with several hours of fantastically pompous speeches by world leaders pretending to be green and pretending to be concerned about the environment." There was France, and Germany, and India and China. And it was US President Barack Obama's turn at the podium, and "he came up with absolutely nothing at all." See John Vidal, "Copenhagen: Climate of denied opportunity," The Guardian-UK (video), 19 December 2009.
5. Thom Patterson, "32 years since a 'Giant leap for mankind'", CNN.com, 23 July 2001.
6. Eduardo Galeano, Century of the Wind (W.W. Norton and Company, New York: 1998).
7. Claudia Dreifus, "Remembering the man on the moon," Bangkok Post, 10 July 2010.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.

STUPIDITIES AND SCAREDY CATS
Or, "Mayweather's on Drugs"
By Paul Strauss
EastSideBoxing.com

Somebody take pity on Vivek Wallace and stamp "Loser" on his forehead. Ever seen a moron as big as this? Oi, Vivek, eat yer socks. They'll give yer brains the vitamins they lack. But anyway, Strauss gives a good take, from the same site, and feel free to dodge the equally stupid snipe on rap and the wrong spelling of tunes... C'mon guys, US of A? You're supposed to be speakin' at least a little English... But good point Strauss... Why don't you just give a good one on the chin of Wallace and send him out to some Farmville or something?

Pacquiao Should Dump Mayweather and Move On
Paul Strauss
EastSideBoxing.com

There's nothing new under the sun. It's not unusual in the least for certain types to make wild charges or allegations, and hope they're repeated enough to cause confusion and belief on the part of the naive. Mayweather and his clan are of that ilk. More often than not they get away with their "ullbay itshay". Their hope is some will stick to the proverbial wall. This time Manny and Freddie ought to call their bluff and leave them hanging without the big purse. If the kings of dysfunction really want the fight, they should be made to grovel in reality for it.. The latest out of the PacMan camp is that Manny has asked Bob Arum to help him initiate a law suit against the Mayweather clan. Hooray!!! I hope he wins big; although, it is very difficult to do so. Just ask all the celebrities that have been maligned by the supermarket rags.

If you want to attach any validity to monopoly money's malarkey, then you should immediately stop here, pass goal and submit yourself to examination for admittance to the Liar's and Major Fabricator's Club. Acceptance is assured because you're so far gone the examination will be just a formality. Enjoy your mandatory babble time, and may your ears not turn into cauliflower and fall off from the assault.

However, if you have a sound mind and are capable of listening to reason you should continue reading. The fact is all of the important stuff has already been said concerning the ridiculousness of Mayweather's charges (throw Paulie Malignaggi in there too) and supposed concerns, so let's not pound on the departed equine. Rather, let's think about how much we will enjoy seeing the discomfort Freddie and Manny (and Bob Arum) can inflict on the money troubled pipsqueak from the desert. Hit him where it hurts the most........i.e. obtain a judgment and add to his already (rumored) mounting debts and deprive him of hope for his biggest payday

Sure fans would love to see the fight, and why not. It matches the current P4P versus the former P4P. Most fans drool over the possibility of PacMan whupping up some CPA on the little money (al) ledger. Fans want to see Manny close the mouth that roars, and also shut up the rest of the pride. The fight would definitely be a fitting conclusion to a great career for Manny. But, beating Oscar, Ricky and Cotto, plus a host of others is not bad either.

Does he really need "The Root of All Evil"? Manny's already great in the minds of boxing fans. It's hard to imagine he could become any greater. His elevated place in the boxing hall(s) of fame is already permanently edged. Let's let Manny know we want him to win, but if it's only in court, then so be it. That is enough! Let us enjoy watching Empty Pockets face reality and squirm trying to make another big fight that will bring in as much $. Good luck! He can continue to act the fool all he wants, but he will soon find out who is really the draw.

Most fans would love to see Manny fight on and on, and keep amazing them with his skill and talent. But most also understand Manny doesn't need to prove anything more than he already has done. If we really care about this great little big man, then let's encourage him to hang it up and move on to all of the other things he enjoys doing, such as charity work, movies, music and politics. Right now he is in a prime position to move on to greater heights in all of those areas. He doesn't need any small change from Vegas.

By the way, those people who stopped reading earlier, you know the ones who think Mayweather's tactics are subtle genius and clever manipulation of the media, well they ought to quit taking pharmaceuticals themselves. They think his antics are subtle just like Don King's hairdo! They think he's a genius just like they think rap is poetic. They think he's clever and a protector of the game just like they believe Al Gore and Obama deserve their Nobel. It's a good thing they're no longer reading, because if they were, it would be necessary to relate to them on the cartoon level and remind them what Bugs used to say in Looney Toons: "What a Ma'roon!!!!"
Article posted on 26.12.2009

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TWO DAYS, TWO NIGHTS IN HONG KONG
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
December 16, 2009

Lou Reed opened the day looking for something to screw. But the bright sun streaming in from Baker's terrace would have none of his cussing.

On the table, two huge oranges on the table with a quart of soya milk and two squares of brownies for breakfast. But on a far shelf is another meal and out it goes.

A bottle of Bombay Sapphire and Ma Jian's old book, Red Dust, and hopefully Baker won't mind. Just a glass, senyor; it's your birthday and only a few pages to turn. Besides, the morning is just incredible.

In lieu of coffee, two packets of Rajinigandha pan masala, a crushed betel nut snack infused with spices and herbs from India. It makes the mouth feel fragrant and stains the lips and tastes like an incense stick.

As the glass door opens, the cold breeze slithers in and bare feet step out.

Outside, it's only the fool wind and gin. The expanse of a silver-blue bay flanked by green-topped hills and the silhouette of indigo islands. An open book, a birthday tune and a big sip.

Inhale, boys. Everything is quiet and it's grand.

It's a long stretch from Hong Kong Central to Monsieur Boulangerie's place but it's worth the lurch. From Sai Kung you go down at Tsam Chuk Wan and you're in Wu Geng Bi Shui, the village lounging on a hill overlooking a wide spread of salt water that glimmers non-stop, day and night, like a bright idea that's finally claimed its own territory.

After a year of staggering from one place to another, slow days finally. Decompression. But by sundown, the caffeine compulsion kicks in with ferocious power and it's off to Chai Wan Ho, where coffee's to be had and where SP's waiting.

There's a hotpot bash at his place tonight and a few more supplies are needed.

Five dozen kinds of fish, pork, beef and chicken balls. Check.

Fish chunks. Check.

Paper-thin slices of lamb. Check.

Bacon. Check.

A sack of greens. Check.

Around half past six, Amy the Loser arrives. She tells me she's no longer a loser, though I suspect she still is.

Then KT sashays in with Pierra. Next comes MK and Dorothy.

As tradition goes, I tip a glass of beer over and it shatters on the table but I manage to catch a large wicked shard before it falls to the floor. Wise move.

There's a long gash on my right hand and blood's dripping but no problem. Washed it with ale, splashed some citrus and mercurochrome and taped it up with three band aids.

SP's son Fei-fei gives me a look and I give him back a wink.

Someone takes off the lid and announces the soup's cooking and in go the chopsticks. One pair, two pairs, three, four, five and six.

Everyone's dipping, stories are flowing, laughter's growing louder. Another bottle of wine, then one more, then another and one more. Then it's time for beer gallons. All the bad deeds are recalled and then lofty dreams.

Half-past midnight, Fei-fei's sleeping soundly despite the raucous banter and the good friends have left.

Routine kicks in -- wipe the table, clean the kitchen, tie up the rubbish bags, fold the chairs. A last big bottle of beer, wise and silly words, and it's time to snooze.

By sunrise, Fei-fei's grandmother comes over to pick up the happy toddler and SP and I
head off to a Yunnan eatery for breakfast at 1:00 pm.

We swear to stay away from our evening fare and a hotpot of ten kinds of wild mushroom is ordered, with a chicken thrown in for good measure. SP orders shui zhu yu for the side dish - freshwater fish swimming in chili, oil and tongue-numbing peppercorns; I ask for wild bee pupae, deep-fried.

A few bottles of beer after, we part ways. A blink of an eye later, zoom, I'm in Wan Chai with high school buddy Dennis Briones.

It's been a more than a decade since we last met. He has two daughters now, EZ and KD203 and he's still physically fit and his mind's spry. We go over wild times.

The memory beer named San Miguel pale pilsen is flowing, first in cans and then in the trusty amber bottle.

Dennis is the band leader of Kaktooz, the main act of the most popular saloon in Wan Chai, Bar Amazonia.

It's just a Sunday yet by 9:00 pm the place is already packed. Kaktooz is playing classic rock, reminding everyone who's ever come across veteran Pinoy bands that many of the best musicians in the Philippines are playing outside the country, eking out an honest living while ass-wipe government officials ransack the country's treasury.

I just missed the band's pretty singer Sopheia, who had to fly home for a short break but the rest of the team was there. On the keyboard, Carlo Carranza, dredd locks reaching to his ankles. Pony-tailed Richard Tenorio is thumping bass lines while the wizard Jephthah Wenceslao is spinning tales with his guitar.

On drums -- in the setting he loves the most -- Dennis is generating thunder and playing his heart out as if he were hitting the skins for the first time, singing, swishing, pounding and tapping with the grace of Ian Paice in his veins.

They play The Doors starting with Roadhouse Blues and they don't look back.

An hour past midnight, the stage and a guitar are set on fire and the feline crowd is louder and jumping up and down in a wild dance and they don't stop till it's five in the morning. It's the Kaktooz trance, feral and humid and high octane.

Outside, it's six degrees Celsius, but there's no winter in Hong Kong. Not when Kaktooz is playing. #

Red Constantino is the author of The Poverty of Memory: Essays on History and Empire (FNS, 2006). He has written a number of sketches about Filipino migrant workers. See for instance The Marathon of Erma Geolamin. Comments welcome at redcosmo(at)gmail(dot)com. All pics by redster.

A THOUSAND SLASHES TO THE WRIST
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
December 12, 2009

They will call 2009 a revelation year, when the nation was once more forced to confront self-evident truths and when again too many looked away.

Decades from now, we will be asked not merely how but why we endured the decay and incredible debauchery of our time. The indifferent will shrug and the clever will offer ready theories. But many will be hardpressed to come up with suitable answers.

What would you call a country whose highest officials greet mass murderers with expressions of undying friendship, an embrace and a handshake?

What would you call a country ruled by a government that considers its citizens as its main export and which treats its soldiers as mere fodder while it feeds, arms and fondles grotesque warlords?

What would you call a country where larceny has become the leading state enterprise and where shamelessness has become the rule of law?

Here everything seems to be for sale. A man's liver, a woman's children, territories, forests, national dignity -- there is a price for everything. And what cannot be purchased is either destroyed or stolen.

In the Philippines, acts of extermination and plunder have become all-encompassing, reaching levels of ignominy several magnitudes greater than the achievements of the most notorious criminals in the country's history.

Here, the chief executive and her coterie steal lives and mine the national treasury and the ballot box, hoping, from experience, that people would rather forget, would rather move on. Because that is what the recent years has taught -- that national nausea eventually recedes.

An election is stolen in 2007? It's OK.

Contracts worth billions of dollars are drawn up with intestinal ties to the First Gentleman's belly? It's alright.

Activists and journalists are periodically slaughtered like chicken? No problem.

Noisy groups might throw a tantrum, effigies might be burned and perhaps there might even be a little chaos in the streets. But we have learned to eat bullets for breakfast and for lunch and dinner, various servings of atrocities and pillage.

Life will go on. At least that is the hope.

When the first working day of December came to a close, the Maguindanao carnage was supplanted by the accumulated certificates of candidacies filed by a motley crowd aiming for the highest post in the land.

Ninety-five Filipinos in total had entered their names in the race for the position of Philippine president while the person who had usurped the crown of the republic -- the ugliest, most despised individual in the country's annals -- moved to avoid prosecution, imprisonment and execution by going for a lower elective post.

Veiled Gloria, mother of disgrace, the nerve is with thee. Blessed art thou among the craven and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Mikey.

"I have one term left but I am giving it to someone ten million times more intelligent than I am," said the congressman of Pampanga's Second District, Mikey Arroyo, when his mum officially registered her need for his position.

Going by accepted standards of arithmetic, shouldn't the good congressman have just given his post to a slab of concrete?

In the end, do we realize that the humiliation is ours? That by our silence we also own the acts of dishonor committed by those whom we detest?

For all the noise and heat that the most humongous scandals of the government have generated, ruling elites continue to expect the public's anger to be brief -- that citizens of common station will not leave their households to put an end to the indignities they have suffered for too long as individual families and as a people.

Today we are asked in the face of the Maguindanao butchery to remember the names of the murdered. But maybe it's high time as well that we recall the names of our very own -- to name each child in our family -- who will inherit the ruins left behind by our inaction.

When an 18-foot whale shark ended up dying on the breakwaters of Manila Bay last October, too few realized that one of our country's possible futures had already washed up on our shores.

Decades from now a coroner's report of the whale shark's demise might stand in as a snapshot of the Philippines in 2009:

"The skull of the once majestic creature was fractured while its heart pumped septic water through its veins. Its eyes were gouged. Numb to violence and duplicity, the body endured ten thousand slashes and it wasted away slowly, steadily, in its desire to float away, to forget and to move on." #

Photos by redster.

PAGKATAPOS NG ISA PANG LINGGO:
PACQUIAO AT COTTO
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
November 26, 2009

Walang kaduda-duda na pag dumating na ang araw na siya'y nag-pasya nang magretiro, papasok si Pacquiao sa kategorya ng Sampung Pinakamagaling na Boksingero sa Kasaysayan ng Boksing. Saan man siya ilalagay sa hanay ng Dakilang Sampu – sa itaas man o sa ilalim ng Dakilang Panlima – tiyak na sasaludo ang mundo ng boksing sa kanyang nagawa.

Ngunit aktibong boksingero pa rin si Pacquiao at napakaaga pang sukatin siya kumpara sa mga nakamit ng iba na nagretiro na sa labanan ng boksing. Hindi pa tapos ang lakbayin ni Pacman at may ilang bundok pa siyang nais na tibagin.

Tiyak man ang kanyang tala sa kasaysayan ng boksing bilang unang manlalaban na pitong ulit na naging kampeon sa pitong magkakaibang weight division –maraming iba't ibang pamantayan ang gagamitin para matukoy ang kanyang lugar sa mga All-Time Greatest List ng madla.

Madali magbigay ng opinyon kung ang tanong lamang ay "Pabor ka ba na kilalanin si Pacquiao bilang isa sa pinakamagaling – o pinakagamaling – na boksingero sa kasaysayan ng boksing?"

Mas mahirap sagutin kung ang tanong ay susundan ng "Kumpara kanino – at bakit?"

Kung ang tanging paliwanag na gagamitin ay tungkol sa kakayanan o kalidad ni Pacquiao – kayang-kaya.

Ngunit higit na mas mahirap sagutin – at sagutin ng tapat – kung kailangang ipaliwanag din natin hindi lamang ang mga katangian ni Pacquiao kundi pati na rin ang katangian ng mga boksingerong sinasabi nating nalampasan na niya o di pa niya nadadaig.

Hindi dapat magmadali sa paghirang kay Pacquiao bilang isang miyembro ng "Top Twenty" o "Top Fifteen" o "Top Ten Greatest Boxers of All Time."

Kung may kompiyansa tayo sa kanyang nagawa na at sa kanyang kakayahang lampasan pa ang iba, tungkulin natin na buuin ang sarili nating listahan – kung kaya, hanggang singkwenta; kung hindi, eh di hanggang beinte, o kinse, o sampu – at himayin ang mga katangian na nagsasabi kung bakit si Ganito ay dapat nasa unang lima at si Ganoon ay wala sa unang labinlima.

Tulad ng inaasahan, sandamakmak ang nagbigay ng komentaryo, tugon, tanong, kantsaw, halakhak, at dagdag pang tanong hinggil sa nakaraang piyesa na nagbabalik-tanaw sa banggan ni Pacquiao at Cotto.

Maraming hindi sumang-ayon na nagpaabot lang ng ngitngit, ngunit marami rin ang tumutol sa pamamagitan ng pag-hugot sa iba't ibang karanasan at kaalaman sa boksing.

Isang saludo po para sa mga nagbigay ng kanilang pananaw sa pamamagitan ng pagtimbang sa mga kwalipikasyon ng mga boksingerong hinahangaan din nila ngunit sa pagtingin nila'y higit nang nalampasan ni Pacquiao.

Para naman sa mga gusto lang ibandera na idolo nila si Manny at di bale na ang sino pa mang boksingero, ok lang! Apir din sa inyo.

Paalala lang – napaka-subjective ng pag-gawa ng ganitong uri ng talaan.

Subukan mong maglista ng "Top Ten Bands of All-Time" at agad na mamumulaklak ang mga sagutan; maski criteria pagtatalunan. Pagdebatihan na lahat, pero ang puso niyo inyong ingatan...

Paminsan lang talaga, hindi sapat ang cheerleading.

Hindi sapat na tingnan lang ang nakamit ng ating napupusuan. Mas nagiging tanyag pa nga ang mga taong nais nating kilalanin o kilalanin ng iba kung kinikilala rin natin ang mga taong sinasabi nating kanilang nadaig.

Ginawa ito ng iba nang kanilang ilagay ang record ni Sugar Ray Leonard at Pernell Whitaker sa tabi ni record ni Pacquiao at mula dito idiniin na walang dudang dapat mauna si Pacquiao sa dalawa sa listahang All-Time Greatest Fifteen Boxers.

Kahit na may kasamang kantyaw (sports lang!) dapat palakpakan ang ganitong klaseng tugon.

Kasi maliwanag batay sa pinupuntos ng nagkoment na kung titimbangin ang record ni Leonard at Whitaker sa record ni Pacquiao, lamang na lamang si Pacman.

Gumamit siya ng batayan at tiningnan ang tagumpay ng tatlo at mula dito nagpasyang mas matimbang talaga si Pacquiao.

Isantabi natin ang una kong pamantayan (aktibo pa nga kasi si Pacquiao) – may ilang tanong pa rin na kailangang harapin ng nagbahagi ng nasabing pananaw (pati na ng mga sumang-ayon dito.)

Heto isa – kung daig pala ni Pacquiao si Leonard at Whitaker batay sa nakasulat na record, #12 lang ba talaga si Pacquiao sa inyong listahan? O dapat mas mataas pa? Baka naman numero dose lang talaga? Kung dapat mas mataas pa, ganoo pa kataas? Sino ang bababa o sino ang mawawala sa listahan? Bakit?

Ganyan malimit ang diskusyon sa ganitong uri ng listahan – hindi palakasan ng sigaw.

Kahit hindi pa rin magkasundo sa konklusyon, mas mainam pa rin na seryosong timbangin at kilalanin ang mga nais na mabilang (o matanggal sa listahan).

Halimbawa, tatanggalin niyo ba si Larry Holmes?

Kung ang criteria ay "endurance bilang isang kampeon," "madalas na depensa sa titulo," at hindi pag-ilag sa kahit sinong challenger," mahirap bastang ilaglag si Holmes, na may dalawampung walang talong depensa sa kanyang heavyweight title, tatlong beses isang taon kung lumaban nung siya'y kampeon, at walang iniwasan.

Kung ito naman ang gagamiting pang-timbang kay Pacquiao, mahihirapan si Pacman, dahil hindi patas ang aplikasyon ng criteria sa kanilang dalawa.

Nakamit ni Pacquiao ang pinakatanyag na katangian ng kanyang career sa pamamagitan ng makasaysayang pagpanalo ng pitong titulo sa pitong weight class. Kaso dahil dito walong ulit lang ang pinakamaraming niyang title defense sa isang weight class (sa super featherweight; umakyat siya pagkatapos sa lightweight laban kay Diaz).

Sa usapin naman ng fight frequency bilang kampeon, maraming taon na tigalawa lang ang laban ni Pacman. May mga taon pa nga na isa lang ang kanyang laban. Ibig sabihin ba, mas lamang si Holmes?

Hindi rin – kasi pwede ring sabihin na dahil paakyat ang direksyon ni Pacquiao, hindi basta-basta na lumaban ng tatlong beses kada taon habang nagdadagdag siya ng timbang.

Sa sukatan naman na "walang iniiwasan" – madaling sabihin na wala pang iniwasan si Pacquiao (at malamang wala talagang iiwasan). Ngunit dito papasok uli ang usaping hindi pa tapos ang kanyang paglakbay. Andyan pa ang Bundok Mosley at Bundok Mayweather (na tingin ko'y iiwas kay Pacman sa bandang huli).

Hanggat hindi pa nagreretiro si Pacquiao, kahit si Marquez pwedeng sabihin (katawa-tawa pero pwede pa ring sabihin) na iniwasan ni Pacquiao na maganap ang kanilang ikatlong pagtatagpo.

Imbis na ang pinagtatalunan lang ay kung bakit masyado pang maaga na mailagay si Pacquiao sa Top Fifteen All-Time Greatest Boxers, bakit hindi pagtalunan kung ano ang dapat na ginagamit na sukatan, at kung sino pa ang dapat na kasama ni Pacquiao (assuming pabor kayo na isama siya sa Unang Sampu o Lima) at bakit daig niya ang iba – ang mga katulad ni Robinson, Ali, Louis, Armstrong at Hagler. (At bakit din hindi isinama si Carlo Monzon, si Harry Greb, si Willie Pep o si Joe Walcott).

May ilan pang nalalabing paksa na kailangang tutukan bago tayo magtapos:

1. Si Pacquiao na nga ba ang pinakamagaling na Pilipinong boksingero?

Marahil ang sagot ng marami sa atin ay "oo." Pero baka naman kaya nating sagutin ang tanong na ito nang hindi minamaliit – o kinakalimutan – ang mga nakamit din ng iba pang dakilang boksingero ng ating bayan?

Pag may nakausap kang Pinoy ngayon tungkol sa boksing, malamang marami siyang makekwento sa iyo tungkol kay Pacquiao. Pero kung tanungin mo siya tungkol sa ibang boksingerong Pilipino, malamang maubusan siya ng kwento.

Hindi ba nakakapanghinayang?

Dahil sa tagumpay ni Pacquiao, may pagkakataon tayo na makilala uli ang mga nauna sa kanya.

Si Gabriel "Flash" Elorde na tubong Cebu. (Pinakamagaling na superfeatherweight champion sa buong kasaysayan ng boksing ayon sa WBC; unang Asianong kinilala sa International Boxing Hall of Fame. Sa 117 laban, 88 ang kanyang panalo at 33 nito sa pamamagitan ng KO, at may 27 pagkatalo at dalawang draw.)

Magbigay-pugay tayo sa dakilang si Pancho Villa, tubong Negros Occidental. (Ikalawang Asianong kinilala sa International Boxing Hall of Fame. Kabuuang laban – 109. Panalo, 92 at 24 nito sa pamamagitan ng KO. Walo ang talo at apat ang draw)

Magbigay-pugay tayo sa Manilenyong si Luisito "Lindol" Espinosa. (Dalawang titulo sa dalawang magkaibang weight class. Sa 60 laban, 47 ang panalo ni Lindol at 26 nito sa pamamagitan ng KO; 13 ang kanyang talo.)

Huwag kalimutan si Ceferino "Bolo Punch" Garcia (tanging Pinoy na naging middleweight champion. Sumabak sa 142 laban, 102 ang panalo at 67 sa pamamagitan ng KO), si Dodie Boy at Gerry Peñalosa, si Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco na nanalo ng silver medal noong 1996 Olympic games at kanyang kapatid na Roel (bronze, noong 1992 Olympics), pati na rin si Rolando "Bad Boy" Navarrete.

Napakarami pang propesyonal at amateur na boksingero na nagbigay ng dangal sa Pilipinas. Tama lang na magpasalamat tayo sa karangalang inalay ni Pacquiao sa ating bayan – at napakalaking karangalan ito – ngunit huwag nating iangat siya sa pamamagitan ng pagmamaliit, o pagkalimot (di kaya pagmamaliit na rin ito?), sa iba pang mandirigmang Pilipino.

2. Pagpasok ni Pacquiao sa politika

Sinalubong ng dismaya at pangangantyaw ang unang pagtangka ni Pacquiao na pumasok sa politika noong 2007. Nabigo si Pacquiao sa kanyang balakin at tumanggap ng maraming panunuya ang dakilang boksingero kasama ng maraming paratang na nagpapagamit lang siya sa mga politiko.

Umaalingasaw na naman ang mga akusasyon ngayong nagpahiwatig na uli si Pacman na balak niyang lumusong uli sa halalan ng 2010. Bagamat hindi na kasing ingay – o kasing-lupit – ng dating paninira, minamaliit pa rin ng marami ang pagnanais ni Pacman na pasukin ang buhay politika.

Tama nga bang pumasok si Pacman sa politika?

Ang simpleng sagot – aba, bakit naman hindi?

Bakit ba ang bilis humusga ng ilan sa atin? Aktor, maralita, pesante, bakla, tomboy, mang-aawit, basketbolista at boksingero – kung may interes silang seryosong maglingkod sa taumbayan – patas ang kanilang kwalipikasyon na manungkulan sa bayan kumpara sa napakaraming mambabatas ngayon sa Kongreso.

Si Lito Lapid walang maipakitang pakinabang, ngunit hindi dahil aktor siya kundi dahil tinuring niyang inidoro ang kanyang posisyon. Bilang trono na pampalipas ng araw at pagkakataong magpabinyag sa marangyang lugar.

E bakit si Jaworski? Hindi man kasing sikat ng nagawa ng marami niyang kasama sa lehislatura, marami rin siyang naitulak bilang mambabatas partikular sa kanyang pamumuno sa komiteng hinggil sa kalikasan sa Senado.

Ano na ba talaga nagawa ng sandamukal na abogado sa loob ng Batasang Pambansa ngayon para iahon sa kahirapan ang Pilipinas? Kung may karapatan silang tumakbo, may karapatan din si Pacquiao.

Mananalo na kaya siya o mana-knockout uli?

Taumbayan ang maghuhusga – at taumbayan din ang aani – sa resulta ng kanilang desisyon.

3. Bakit ba pinuna si Chino Trinidad?

Si Chino na ang pinakamahusay na komentarista sa telebisyon ngayon dahil matatas siyang mag-Filipino at may pamamaraan siyang tila nakikipaghuntahan lang sa mga manonood ng kaniyang mga programa.

Pag nagsalita si Trinidad, malimit parang direkta niyang kinakausap ang viewers. Malawak ang kaalaman niya sa sports at saksaaaaaakan ng layo ang kalidad at kakayahan niya kumpara sa mga katulad ni Ronnie Nathanielz (na kahit nag-i-Inggles ang intindihin; ngayon pang nagpupumilit mag-Filipino lalong hindi siya maintindihan).

Pero pag nag-ulat sa mga boxing match, sana hindi lamang papuri sa pambato ng Pilipinas. Sana panaka-nakang sumasangguni siya sa mga nakaraang laban na may relasyon sa pinapanood ng mga Pinoy.

Halimbawa, sa maraming pagkakataon, lalo na sa Round 4 at 7 at 8 sa laban ni Pacquiao kay Cotto, tila nagbalik uli ang multo ni Margarito nang paatras nang gumagalaw ang Puerto Rican.

Maganda rin sana kung nagamit ni Trinidad bilang reference ang laban ni Cotto kay Mosley habang mainiti na nagpapalitan ng jab si Pacman at Cotto nung Round 2.

Hindi na kailangan ng maraming superlatiba tungkol sa bilis ng kamao ni Manny. Ang mas masarap sanang pakinggan, sa matatas na uri ng pagpapahayag ni Trinidad, ay kung ilang suntok ang sapol at saan galing –parang reporting niya rin sa basketbol, pero imbis na pasa, dakdak o three points, ang pagpapahayag ay Chino-stakato din, parang armalite – "nagpakawala ng kanan! Sinundan ng kaliwa, ilag si Manny, isa pang kanan, jab, tumama ang kaliwa, yanig si Cotto, tumba!"

Yun bang kahit ipikit mo ang iyong mata at nakinig ka lang sa kanya, para ka pa rin nanonood ng TV.

Kasi ganito talaga ang kalibre ni Chino. Minsan lang, nakakalimot.
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#1 Lhen Ceniza on 2009-11-28 00:17 (Reply)
I'm sorry i had to placed this on your blog coz i do not have your email address. Hope you could be of some assistance. I'm also extending this to some other bloggers.

Thank you

Dear sir/madam,

Hope you and your family are in good health.

The reason why i'm writing to you is because that i do not know where else to find help for my brother who had met with an accident last Saturday (November 21st, 2009 @ around 8pm) and currently being admitted at Jose R Reyes Memorial Hospital. He suffered injuries to his face, eyes and legs. His eyes were not in place (Almost coming out) and some of his leg bones were seen broken and coming out from the leg. He is currently 32yrs old with a family of 4 young kids.

I had sent e-mails to a lot of people including the house of representative and Department of Health but until now there's no response.

Yesterday (November 26th, 2009) was the day he had his eye surgery and that didn't go well. He lost one of his eyesight. This is due to the delay of the doctors providing him the medical treatment or to be more specific the surgery. He was admitted on November 22nd @ around 3a.m at that Hospital after being rejected earlier by the hospital staff due to the reason of the hospital has no more room for patient. The doctors left him lying on the bed while waiting for us to come up with the money. They asked for Pesos80,000 but increase it right before the surgery to Pesos95,000. Now, after the surgery the doctors are asking for more than Pesos160,000!!!. Don't they supposed to know the cost before they inform it to us??? If im an automobile part dealer, i should know how much is the cost and how much i supposed to sell the parts to the car workshops!. And all these is only for the eyes. How about the legs??? Jose R Reyes Memorial Hospital is acting like a private hospital!!!

The funny thing was the doctor asked my family why was he not treated earlier!!! He was there in the ward sinced November 22nd and any doctor who was supposed to treat him should know his conditions very well. They even mentioned that my brother may go blind should the surgery being delayed but they delayed it anyway because they wanted to have the money first before doing anything. I could understand if this is a private hospital but its not!!! It is a goverment hospital registered under The Department of Health.

To say that the doctors know nothing is unacceptable. When my brother was rejected at Sapang Palay Hospital, East Avenue Hospital, Jose R Reyes Memorial Hospital , Orthopedics Hospital and then back to Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital, wasn't there any report of his medical condition or any treatment done onto him from any of those hospital before he was admitted???

I did a little bit of homework and found out of the ruling made during President Fidel Ramos (Republic Act 8344) which clearly stated that in case of an emergency, no medical practitioner shall demand money before giving necessary treatment to the patient. Especially those cases which may cause death or permanent disability. I believe in my brother's case, because of the delay and greediness, he has suffer permanent disability. He lost one of his eyesight permanently!

Me and my family are poor people and we have been requesting assistance from a lot of parties. We even pawned our house and sell everything to generate those money.

I am pleading to you or any body else for that matter to assist us wherever you can in order for my brother to get his proper treatment.

Below is the copy of email sent to the house of representatives and the Department of Health. You may contact me at 0060172269175/lhenceniza@yahoo.com.

Thank you and may god bless you always for your kindness.

Lhen Ceniza



Dear Madam President and your honors,

I'm writing on behalf of my brother currently being admitted at Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital for various injuries sustained including head injury during the accident happened last Saturday evening at about 8pm(November 21st, 2009). The first hospital he went at Sapang Palay rejected him due to insufficient equipment, the 2nd hospital, East Avenue also rejected due to the complication, the 3rd hospital was Jose Reyes Memorial and they too rejected him due to "our place was full" reason and referred him to another hospital they called "Orthopedic". Bad luck again. He was rejected and was sent back to Jose Reyes which after a lot of hassle and quarreling agreed to admit him. That was at about 3a.m in the morning. My brother in lost a lot of blood and was made to tour the city to find a hospital which can accept him...Poor him.

After diagnosing, the management of the hospital demanded that we pay for the "so much needed" eye operation but was left unattended until the time i write this e-mail. They needed us to provide Pesos80,000 before they can start anything.

I have read the Republic Act 8344 on health that explains clearly that a patient with that such a bad injury should be given treatment immediately before anything else. The way the hospitals in Manila are behaving is against the ruling made during the time of Fidel V Ramos.

My brother was made to suffer just to be admitted and has yet to be treated properly.

Details of my brother is stated below:

Name: Dionisio Banaag Ceniza III (32years old, married with four small kids)
Hospital Admitted: Jose Reyes Memorial (2nd Floor-Male surgical Ward)
Contact Persons: 0060172269175-Conchita Ceniza/ 00639235592893-Darrel Ceniza/ 00639323594264 Cristina Ceniza

I'm appealing for your kind consideration to look into this matter and extend your assistance wherever is possible. I believe with the high respect the people of Philippines and me personally have on you, you wouldn't let a Filipino down. Date: November 23rd, 2009
#1.1 579kaliwete on 2009-11-28 23:03 (Reply)
Naluluingkot akong sabihin sa iyo na nasa maling site ka para mag announce ng public service....Kung tutuo man ito, I feel sorry for you...
Pero sa dami ng racket na nag lalabasan ngayon, walang pupuntahan ang racket na ito.....gamitin mo na lang sa pambili ng gamot ang pinambabayad mo sa internet cafe, kung tutuo mang mayroong may sakit, kaysa nag sasayang ka ng oras dito.
#2 montoya on 2009-11-29 16:42 (Reply)
Erbito Salavaria was a retired Filipino professional boxer who was born on January 20, 1946 in Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines. He was known as the one of Asia’s best during the 70’s in the flyweight division.

Salavaria turned professional in 1963, at a young age of 17. His first few bouts from the time he became pro up until October 1967 were all held in the Metro Manila, Philippines. He took the Philippine Flyweight title from fellow Filipino Ric Magrano in May 1967, but lost it back to Magrano by October of that same year.

He had his first international match and his also first attempt for the Orient - Pacific flyweight title in Tokyo, Japan against Tsuyoshi Nakamura by December 1967. He successfully earned the title by October, 1969 in Metro Manila from Nakamura. He successfully defended the title against Shigeru Taremizu, Wittaya Pleonjit and Berkrerk Chartvanchai.

In December, 1970, he surprised the world when he took the WBC Flyweight title from Chartchai Chionoi from Thailand, knocking him out in the second round. He successfully defended the title again against Susumu Hanagata and from Betulio Gonzalez in 1971. He lost the title to Venice Borkhorsor in Thailand by February, 1973.

Then in April, 1975, he became the WBA World Flyweight champion after defeating Susumo Hanagata in Toyama, Japan. He successfully defended the title against Hanagata by October of that same year. He lost the title in 1976 to the Panamanian, Alfonso Lopez.

He decided to retire in 1978 at the age of 42.

Pedro Adigue
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Real name Pedro Adigue, Jr.
Rated at Light welterweight
Nationality Philippines Filipino
Birth date November 16, 1943 (1943-11-16) (age 66)
Birth place Bontod, Philippines
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 64
Wins 36
Wins by KO 15
Losses 21
Draws 7
No contests 0

Pedro Adigue, Jr (November 16, 1943) was a world champion boxer from the small town of Bontod in Palanas, Masbate, the Philippines.

Adigue became a professional boxer on February 18, 1962. After 14 bouts (11 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws), he fought Carl Peñalosa for the Philippine lightweight title but lost on points. Adigue challenged Peñalosa again for the same title on August 2, 1965 but this time won by knockout in the 7th round. He defended his crown once with a decision win over Rudy Perucho June 10, 1966.

He then won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lightweight title in September 30, 1966 and has defended it five times.

He then won the vacant WBC light welterweight championship in 1968 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, when he defeated Adolph Pruitt. In his first defense on January 31, 1970, he lost the title to Bruno Arcari by a unanimous decision. He won the OPBF light welterweight title in 1973. Adigue retired in 1977.

pakidagdag sa listahan ng mga pinoy boxers na nagbigay karangalan sa bansa
#3 Tipid Dauqs Budget Tips on 2009-12-02 15:49 (Reply)
bakit nga kaya pagkatapos manalo ni Pacman sa mga laban, may masamang nangyayari sa Pinas...
#4 ufc 107 live stream on 2009-12-02 15:53 (Reply)
walang duda n magaling n boxingero si Pacquiao
#5 ufc 107 live stream on 2009-12-02 18:09 (Reply)
pacquiao vs mayweather ang aking inaabangan.husay siya sigurado.
#6 Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale Live Stream on 2009-12-04 19:59 (Reply)
kasado na mayweather vs pacquiao sa march 13, 2010.yesssss
#7 montoya on 2009-12-05 16:28 (Reply)
pag natalo si pacquiao me excuse sila kasi abala siya sa pagkakampanya nya para sa kandidatura nya bilang congressman ng saranggani. kaya dapat MANALO SYA para kung matalo man sya sa kandidatura nya PANALO pa rin sya!
#8 Chiko Trinidad on 2009-12-07 12:59 (Reply)
Sana mapanood niyo at mapakinggan ang huling laban ni Marvin Sonsona na kung saan eh, Si Chino Trinidad po ang nagcommentator.

Draw po ang resulta ng laban pero talong-talo po si Sonsona sa mga komentaryo ng kababayan nating si Trinidad.
#9 nap on 2009-12-07 14:47 (Reply)
wala na sanang urungan sa laban ni pacman at mayweather....
#10 ufc 107 live stream on 2009-12-10 14:26 (Reply)
ufc 107 naman pagkatapo ng pacquiao cotto.ahehe
#11 CoolMathGames on 2009-12-11 16:11 (Reply)
Dapat isang tabi muna ni Manny pangogompanya, tulad naman kung pag nanalo sya sa laban panalo na rin sya sa papularidad.

PAGKATAPOS NG ISANG LINGGO:
LABANANG PACQUIAO VS. COTTO, VERA VS. COUTURE
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
November 23, 2009

Makalipas ang pitong araw, panahon nang balikan ang bonggang banatan na naganap sa pagitan ng apat na bigating mandirigma. Ang dami na rin kasi ng sumulat sa akin tungkol sa nakaraang mga salpukan.

Sa Manchester Evening News Arena sa Manchester, England, bumangga si Brandon "The Truth" Vera kay Randy "The Natural" Couture sa light heavyweight division ng UFC 105.

Sa MGM Grand Garden Arena sa Las Vegas, US, hinarap ni Manny Pacquiao si Miguel Cotto para sa welterweight title ng WBO.

Alam na ng lahat ang resulta – tinatak na ni Pacquiao ang kanyang pangalan sa kasaysayan ng boksing bilang unang boksingero sa buong mundo na nanalo ng pitong titulo sa pitong weight class.

Sa larangan naman ng mixed martial arts (MMA), nagwagi si Couture laban kay Vera sa pamamagitan ng unanimous decision.

Pagkatapos ng isang linggo – pagkatapos ng isang linggong pagwawagayway ng bandila't pagtutumba ng sandamakmak na serbesa't ginebra – panahon nang tingnan muli ang dalawang nasabing laban batay sa ialng anggulong hindi gaano nabigyan ng pansin ng maraming komentarista sa Pilipinas.

1. Mayroon pa bang natitirang palusot kung bakit hindi dapat ilagay si Pacquiao sa Top Twenty Fighters of All Time?
Wala na. Ubos na ang palusot na maaring gamitin upang hindi kilalanin ang nakamit na tagumpay ni Pacquiao sa boksing.
Tanging paungot-ungot na lang ang nalalabi sa pangunguna ng mga katulad ng boxing writer na si Vivek Wallace ng respetadong EastSideBoxing.com.

Ayon kay Vivek, droga daw – posibleng nagse-steroids daw si Pacquiao at ito lang ang maaring paliwanag kung bakit nakayanan ni Pacquiao na abutin ang tugatog ng mundo ng boksing ngayon. [1]

Isa lang ang dapat itawag kay Wallace. Tulad ng mga nagrereyna at naghahari sa Malakanyang, isa siyang tukmol. (Si Floyd Mayweather, Sr. din, ang dating coach ng kanyang anak na si "Money" at naging trainer ni Hatton sa laban ng Briton kay Pacman, ganito ang himig.)

2. Baka naman mayroong isyu pa sa kahandaan ni Cotto na sumabak sa laban?

Wala po. Preskong presko si Cotto nang magharap sila ni Pacquiao. Kitang-kita sa unang round niya kay Pacquiao na eksakto ang timbang ng Puerto Rican.

Hindi maaring ituring na laos si Cotto, tulad ng naging paratang kay Morales, Barrera, at De La Hoya. (Hindi man ako sang-ayon sa nasabing paratang, ito ang naging palusot ng marami sa boxing world kung bakit nagulpe ni Pacquiao ang mga nasabing mandirigma).

Hindi maaring ituring na "drained and dehydrated" si Cotto tulad ng akusasyon ng marami kay De La Hoya at Hatton.

May puntos man ang isyung ito hinggil sa kondisyon ni Golden Boy nang labanan niya si Pacquiao, hindi dapat kalimutan na bahagi pa rin si De La Hoya – at si Hatton – sa kinikilalang hanay ng elite fighters.

Sa parehong laban, ang babala pa nga ng marami ay baka malagay pa sa peligro ang buhay ni Pacquiao. Maling mali.

3. Tama ba ang sabi ng ilan na hindi pa rin talaga nasusubukan si Pacquiao?

Mali. Si David Diaz, may power pero walang bilis.

Si Cotto, parehong mayroon. Dinaig lang talaga siya ng mas mahusay na boksingero. Ito rin mismo ang sinabi ni Cotto.
Tunay na welterweight si Cotto. Siya'y top rank na boksingero at kinikilalang isa sa pinakamalakas sa kanyang dibisyon. Dating kampeon si Cotto at si Antonio Margarito lang ang talagang nagpaluhod sa kanya. Pinatunayan ni Pacquiao sa kanyang laban kay Cotto na hindi lamang niya binitbit ang kanyang bilis at lakas kahit na siya'y umakyat ng timbang.

Pinakita rin ni Pacquiao na kaya niyang indahin ang mga suntok mula sa isang tunay na welterweight. Tinamaan si Pacquiao ng maraming kakila-kilabot na jab, right uppercut, at left hook mula kay Cotto. Naramdaman ni Pacquiao ang bigat ng kamao ni Cotto. Ngunit ilang ulit mang pumilantik ang ulo ni Pacman at ilang beses mang nasapol ang kanyang tadyang, hindi nanghina ang tuhod ni Pacquiao, hindi siya nahilo o gumewang-gewang.

Kung may matinding epekto ang mga suntok ni Cotto, ganap na babagal ang footwork at bilis at dami ng kombinasyon ng kanyang kalaban. Hindi ito nangyari. Halos kalahati nga ang tumamang suntok ni Pacquiao –336 – kumpara sa 172 ni Cotto.

Napakalaki na inunlad ni Pacquiao magmula ng agawin niya ang junior featherweight title Lehlohonolo Ledwaba noong 2001. Hindi na siya ang one-dimensional na boksingero noong una niyang hinarap si Morales noong 2005. Dati ang tangi niyang sandata ay ang kaniyang kaliwa – madaling basahin.

Tama ngang tawagin niyang master si Roach ngunit wasto ding isuot niya ang lahat ng papuri ngayon sa kanya dahil pinakita niya ring handa pa siyang matuto at sumunod sa gameplan. Lahat ng anggulo, parehong kamao, komplikadong footwork, tibay ng panga, kondisyon ng katawan, disiplina ng pag-iisip – ito ang dala ni Pacquiao ngayon sa kanyang mga laban.

Ang resulta – talagang talbog ang dekalidad na Cotto sa paraang napahanga pa ang lahat ng mga nakapanood sa laban.
Wika nga ni Tim Dahlberg ng Associated Press, "Pacquiao didn't merely beat a world-class fighter, but systematically dismantled him." [2]

Ano pa man ang maaring resulta ng salpukan nila ni Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – kung mangyari man (ang unang pustahan ay kung papayag si Mayweather) – wala nang kailangan patunayan si Pacquiao. Malamang na kilalanin siyang pinakamahusay na boksingero sa kanyang henerasyon.

4. Dapat na bang itala si Pacquiao kasama ng Top Fifteen Fighters of all Time?

Pasensya na mga kapatid, pero hindi. Para sa akin, lampas na ni Pacquiao ang mga katulad nina Alexis Arguello, Salvador Sanchez, Roy Jones Jr. at, oo, pati na sina Julio Cesar Chavez at Bernard Hopkins. Pero sa Top Fifteen, masyado pang maaga.

Kung Pinoy ang iyong tatanungin, malamang walang kurap siyang sisigaw na "Dapat lang!" Kung ikaw ang nagtanong, tungkulin mong alamin ang pinanghahawakang batayan ng iyong tinanong.

Ang bansag na "All-time great" ay hindi basta-basta. Hindi ito pinapataw sa paborito ng panahon, maging sa napupusuan ng isang buong henerasyon. Huwag tayong magmadali na isalaksak si Pacquiao sa listahan ng Fifteen Greatest Fighters of All Time kung hindi natin kabisado ang nagniningning na kasaysayan ng boksing.

Pagkalipas na pagkalipas ng panalo ni Pacquiao kay Cotto, sinubukan kong agad na ilista ang para sa akin ay labinlimang pinakamahusay na mandirigma sa kasaysayan ng boksing.

Maliwanag na hindi ako handang magbawas ng kahit na isa – na mapalitan ni Pacquiao ang sino man sa aking listahan. Eto sila (pero hindi batay sa ranggo o weight class):

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Joe Louis
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Thomas Hearns
5. Roberto Duran
6. Joe Frazier
7. Jack Johnson
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Rocky Marciano
10. Henry Armstrong
11. Pernell Whitaker
12. Sugar Ray Leonard
13. Larry Holmes
14. Sonny Liston
15. Marvin Hagler

Hindi ko makuhang maglaglag sa listahang ito ng kahit na isa. Tulad ng nasulat ko, hindi basta-basta ang malagay sa listahang ito. Kung hindi mo pa napapanood ang mga laban ng mga mandirigma sa listahang ito, hanapin mo ang kanilang mga laban. Panoorin mo.

Ang record nila magbibigay ng katiting na katibayan kung bakit sila hinirang na pinakamahusay.

Si Sugar Ray Robinson – 85-0 bilang amateur (wagi sa 69, at 40 nito first round KO). Ang pro record ni Robinson, 128-1-2 kabilang ang 84 KO.

Si Duran, 119 ang propesyonal na laban; 103 ang panalo, 70 ang KO.

Si Hearns, 155-8 ang amateur na laban, at 67 ang laban bilang pro (61 KO).

Si Hagler, 62-3-2 (52 KO).

Kung may pag-iisipan man ako – kung pepwersahin ako – titimbangin kong tanggalin si Leonard at si Sweet Pea Whitaker. Pero malamang hindi ko sila tatanggalin. Kung sasabihan akong "Basta! Pumili ka kahit isa!", si Leonard ang ilalaglag ko, pero dahil lamang pinilit ako.

Pag tinalo niya si Mayweather Jr. sa 2010, posibleng may dalawa o tatlong bababa sa aking listahan at tiyak na papasok si Pacquiao – posibleng derecho sa loob pa ng Top Ten, depende sa uri ng kanyang pagkapanalo.

Hindi pa tapos ang listahan ng mga kailangang harapin ni Pacquiao bago siya hirangin ng kasaysayan na maging walang kaduda-dudang bahagi ng Top Fifteen All-Time Greats.

Nandiyan pa rin ang mas mapanganib na Shane Mosley. Nakaharang pa rin si Mayweather Jr. sa pintuan (wala si Mayweather sa aking Top Twenty), Paul Williams at Edwin Valero.

Para makapasok ka sa Unang Labinlima, napakaraming dahilan na kailangang itimbang – oo, kasama na dito ang pagkakapanalo ni Pacman ng pitong titulo sa pitong magkakaibang weight class, pero isa lamang ito sa maraming dahilan.

Sa susunod na ulat, talakayin natin si Pacquiao at si Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, ang pampulitikang ambisyon ni Pacman at ang komentaristang si Trinidad (isa sa mga paborito ko ngayon ngunit masyadong marami pa rin ang karaniwang sablay).

Hinggil sa UFC 105, narito ang aking mga pagtingin:

Una: Maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw na kapag nagsabay ang top rank na laban ng UFC at boksing, talagang musmos pa ang koponang MMA.

Saksakan man ng dami ng problema ng professional boxing, iba pa rin ang hatak nito kumpara sa UFC. Iba ang lalim na pinaghuhugutan ng boksing pagdating sa drama ng labanan.

Ikalawa: Kontrobersyal uli ang hatol ng hurado sa salpukan ni Couture at Vera, tulad ng nakaraang labanang Machida-Rua.

Nakaiwas si Couture sa unang tatlong sunod-sunod na pagkatalo sa kanyang career –29-28 ang score ng lahat ng huwes sa kanilang laban –ngunit marami uli ang hindi sumang-ayon sa resulta ng desisyon, sa pangunguna ng komentaristang si Joe Rogan ng UFC (Ani Rogan, "We have a real problem with judging in MMA.").

Posibleng nagwagi talaga si Couture, pero tila dapat pabor kay Vera ang naging desisyon.

Sang-ayon ka man o hindi sa naging hatol ng hurado ng Couture-Vera, ang mga hindi maipagkakaila ay:

Sa edad 46, pinakita muli ni Couture kung bakit may karapatan siyang hamonin ang lahat ng pinakamahusay sa kanyang dibisyon. Pero bilang na bilang na ang mga araw ng The Natural. Sa katunayan, bumaba na ng husto ang kalidad ni Couture. Bumagal na ang reflexes niya at kitang kita na mas mabilis na siyang tinatablan ng mga hataw ng kanyang mga kalaban.

Hindi si Couture ang tunay na kaaway ni Vera. Si Vera ang talagang kalaban ni Vera – sarili niya. Napamalas man ni Vera ang kanyang patuloy na humuhusay na talento, kwestiyonable pa rin ang tibay ng kanyang mentalidad at ang kanyang physical conditioning.

Pinakita uli sa labang ito na mahina pa rin ang cardio ni Vera. Naubusan na naman ng gasolina si Vera, tulad ng nangyari sa huling niyang apat o limang laban. May ilang pagkakataon si Vera para mailigpit si Couture, pero kinulang siya uli sa bodega (at sa stratehiya)

Hindi intelihente ang pag-execute ni Vera sa kanyang stratehiya. Hindi niya na-impose ang kanyang sarili kay Couture at kinulang siya sa agresyon sa mga pagkakataong hindi niya dapat nilubayan ang kanyang kalaban.

Nahirapan si Couture kay Vera, hindi ito maipagkakaila. Ngunit pag dating sa clinch, hindi si Vera ang dominante, kahit na sa huling round sa wakas na-takedown din niya si Couture.

Asintado ang mga sipa ni Vera pero sa maraming pagkakataon, si Couture pa rin ang tila nagko-kontrol sa kanilang laban, mula sa positioning hanggang sa kung hanggang kailan tatagal ang stand-up. Maaring sabihin na nakarami ng hataw na tumama si Vera, pero tila malaki ang naging pagtimbang ng mga huwes sa kakayahang i-kontrol ang laban.

Kung nais ni Vera na mabigyan ng pagkakataon na makaharap ang may hawak ng titulo ng light heavyweight, hindi pwedeng talento lang ang kanyang bitbit sa laban. Higit pang agresyon (iba ang mentalidad ni Vera nang ma-TKO niya noong 2006 si Frank Mir sa round one), mental preparation at smart execution ng fight strategy – ito ang mga susi para ganap na mapasok ni Vera ang larangan ng top rank fighting sa UFC light heavyweight.

Bata pa siya – wag lang siya mawalan ng puso – malayo pa ang kanyang mararating.

Nasabi ko na dati at uulitin ko uli – hanggang angas at lakas o talento lang ang bitbit ng karamihan sa mga laban sa UFC, hindi makakaengganyo ang mga labanang MMA.

Tingnan mo ang naging salpukan ni Dan Hardy at Mike Swick. (Panalo si Hardy.)

Tuwing mayayanig ni Hardy si Swick, hahayaan niyang siya'y ma-clinch at pipilitin niyang i-takedown ang kanyang kalaban imbis na itulak palayo nang patuloy niyang paulanan ng suntok at tadyak ang hilo niyang katunggali. Ang labo, dong.

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[1] Vivek Wallace, "Vivek Wallace speaks on Pacquiao, Cotto, Mayweather, and Margarito's potential innocence," EastSideBoxing.com, 19 November 2009.

[2] Pacquiao takes on Las Vegas," Associated Press, 16 November 2009.
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#1 G.I. Joe on 2009-11-23 14:52 (Reply)
Ipalit mo si Pacman kay Pernell Whitaker. Compare his boxing history.
#1.1 Allan on 2009-11-23 15:43 (Reply)
I agree w/ u Joe. But for me TOP 20 or 30 ATG is more than enough.

And FYI. Hatton is not weight drained or dehydrated when Pacman and him fought. They fought on Hatton's best weight w/c is ate 140lbs, he was considered as the lineal champ at 140.
#1.2 Noel Morris on 2009-12-08 13:31 (Reply)
Please click and share the link below..find out why Manny is winning

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=LTe_eKyJbIM
#2 eden on 2009-11-23 15:55 (Reply)
Ibang iba na ang image ni Pacman WORLD CLASS..7 titles sa ibat ibang division..siya lang naka gawa nito sa larangan ng boksing..

Nakilala ang Pinas sa buong mundo sa larangan ng boksing..sa maraming taon na nagdaan nakilala rin si Elorde sa larangan ng boxing..ng mga panahon na yon inidolo na natin siya na pinaka mahusay..

At hindi natin akalain na may isa pang Pinoy na sumunod kay Elorde na mas higit na mahusay at nagbigay ng mas mataas na karangalan sa Pinas..

Hindi talaga biro biro ang mga naka-laban ni Pacman..he is great fighter..

Kung iisipin talaga sa mga naka-laban niya imposible..magaling talaga..
#3 bobong on 2009-11-23 16:05 (Reply)
Are you serious in not including Pacquiao as one of the 15 greatest fighters of all time?

Look at what weight he started his boxing career? Merong bang nakagawa nito. Add to the fact that he is the only boxer in history who have conquered seven different weights.

Me nakagawa ba nito. And think also the caliber of boxers nowadays. Iba na sila. They moved and boxed scientifically.

Hope you study also your boxing analysis. I can not see your point Pare.
#4 who on 2009-11-23 16:05 (Reply)
Pacman is a good fighter..

Thanks at binigyan mo ng malaking karangalan ang Pilipinas..at nakilala tayo sa buong mundo sa larangan mg boxing..

balato..biro lang..
#5 montoya on 2009-11-23 16:11 (Reply)
Real name Ray Charles Leonard
Nickname(s) Sugar
Rated at Welterweight
Nationality United States American
Birth date May 17, 1956 (1956 05 17) (age 53)
Birth place Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 40
Wins 36
Wins by KO 25
Losses 3
Draws 1
No contests 0

Real name Pernell Whitaker
Nickname(s) Sweet Pea
Rated at Lightweight
Welterweight
Nationality United States American
Birth date January 2, 1964 (1964 01 02) (age 45)
Birth place Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 46
Wins 40
Wins by KO 17
Losses 4
Draws 1
No contests 1

Real name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Nickname(s) PacMan
Fighting Pride of the Philippines
The Mexicutioner
Rated at Welterweight
Height 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[1]
Nationality Philippines Filipino
Birth date December 17, 1978 (1978 12 17) (age 30)
Birth place Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines[2]
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 55
Wins 50
Wins by KO 38
Losses 3
Draws 2

hoy mamang writer tingnan mo nga itong mga records ng dalawang boksingerong nilagay mo sa top 15 at ikumpara sa record ni pacquiao at ng magising ka sa katotohanan!!! si whitaker may 17 ko's lang at si sugar ray na mas kahanga-hanga ang ring record kumpara kay whitaker ay may 25 ko's PERO ITONG SI PACMAN NA ALINLANGAN KANG ISAMA SA TOP 15 AY MAY KAGILAGILALAS NA RING RECORD NA 50 WINS AT 38 KO'S KUMPARA KE WHITAKER NA 17 KO'S AT KAY SUGAR RAY NA 25 KO'S!!!!!!!!!! In 2002, Ring Magazine ranked Whitaker as the 10th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. AYAN KOMO NAITALA NG RING MAGAZINE SI WHITAKER E GUMAGAYA KA NA AT DI KA NAG-IISIP NG SARILI MO ANALYSIS!!! MAMANG RED CONSTANTINO HOY GISIIIIINGGGG!!!!!
#6 pepe on 2009-11-23 16:13 (Reply)
Bobong
i agree..dapat lang na malagay si Pacman sa 15 greatest fighter..wala pang nakakagawa sa 7 titles sa ibat ibang division..siya lang history na nga..
#7 eden on 2009-11-23 16:25 (Reply)
Dapat lang masama siya sa top 15..ito nalang laban ni Pacman kay Cotto..tignan nalang kung gaano kagaling si Cotto at kung gaano "kalalaki" ang mga pinabagsak ni Cotto kumpara kay Pacman..at ma TKO ni Pacman si Cotto WORLD CLASS..pare..

Talagang BEST..
#8 montoya on 2009-11-23 16:31 (Reply)
hoy mamang writer si george foreman di mo nilagay sa top 15 mo at isiniksik mo yang si whitaker??? George Foreman He became the oldest man ever to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world when, at age 45, he knocked out Michael Moorer, to reclaim the title he held 20 years earlier. He has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters of all time by Ring magazine. Ayan nasa ring magazine din sya pero bakit si whitaker nasa top 15 mo at wla tong si foreman? Si Pacquiao na kauna-unahang boksingero sa BUONG MUNDO na nakasungkit ng PITONG TITULO sa PITONG magkakaibang dibisyon ang di mo nilagay sa TOP 15 mo??? Di ka ba tumitingin sa mga RECORDS NA NAITALA NG MGA BOKSINGERO TULAD NINA GEORGE FOREMAN AT MANNY PACQUIAO??? NATURINGAN KANG WRITER DI KA NAMAN MARUNONG MAGSALIKSIK NG MGA RECORDS NA NAITALA NG MGA NASABING MGA BOKSINGERO! BAGAY SA IYO MAGSULAT NA LANG NG MGA TSISMIS AT BAKA MAKILALA KA PA NG HUSTO!
#9 montoya on 2009-11-23 16:46 (Reply)
Para makapasok ka sa Unang Labinlima, napakaraming dahilan na kailangang itimbang – oo, kasama na dito ang pagkakapanalo ni Pacman ng pitong titulo sa pitong magkakaibang weight class, pero isa lamang ito sa maraming dahilan.
Anong dahilan mo para maipasok itong si whitaker sa top 15 mo??? bigay mo nga at ibibigay ko din mga dahilan kung bakit DAPAT KASAMA SA TOP 15 SI MANNY PACQUIAO! SUSME KUMPARA MO NAMAN SI WHITAKER KAHIT KAY ALEXIS ARGUELLO IT PALES IN COMPARISON! SINA GUADALUPE "LUPE" PINTOR AT WILFREDO GOMEZ KILALA MO BA? SINA REY BOOM BOOM MANCINI, SALVADOR SANCHEZ AT ALEXIS ARGUELLO MAS KILALANG DI HAMAK KUMPARA KAY WHITAKER TAPOS SYA NASA TOP 15 MO??? PARE YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK! I SUGGEST YOU GO BACK TO COLLEGE AND FINISH WHAT YOU HAVE TO FINISH OTHERWISE DO US A FAVOR AND STOP WRITING ARTICLES YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!
#9.1 Joaquin Henson on 2009-11-24 07:51 (Reply)
Hoy, Montoya.
Para kang si Chino Trinidad magcomment ah. Hehe! Alamin mo muna kung nasa posisyon ka, hindi ka naman talaga boxing analyst eh. Hihi!
#9.1.1 montoya on 2009-11-24 15:33 (Reply)
sa larangan ng boksing ang pinagbabasehan ay yung DAMI NG KNOCKOUT NG ISANG BOKSINGERO SA KANYANG MGA PANALO. BAKIT KAMO? KASI DUON NASUSUKAT ANG LAKAS NG SUNTOK NG ISANG BOKSINGERO KAYA NAMAN DUN SYA KINAKATAKUTAN! Si Whitaker na isinama ng mamang writer na ito ay may 17 KNOCKOUTS LANG SA BUONG CAREER NYA E SI PACMAN MAY 38 KNOCKOUTS! Yan e simpleng analysis lang! Dapat ding IPAINTINDI SA MAMANG WRITER NA ITO NA TANGING SI PACQUIAO LANG NA ISANG PILIPINO ANG NAKAPAG-UWI NG PITONG KORONA SA PITONG MAGKAKAIBANG DIBISYON SA LARANGAN NG BOKSING AT YUN AY NAKATALA NA SA HISTORY NG WORLD BOXING!!! YAN BA AY DI PA SAPAT NA MAISAMA SYA SA TOP 15 BEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD? MATATAAS LANG ANG ERE NG MGA TAONG AYAW TANGGAPIN SI PACQUIAO KASI DI NILA MATANGGAP NA ISANG MALIIT NA PINOY ANG TATALO SA KANILA AT GAGAWA NG ISANG WORLD RECORD NA KATULAD NG MAMANG WRITER NA ITO NA NATURINGAN PA NAMANG ISANG PILIPINO DIN! SHAME ON YOU!!!
#9.2 thereinz on 2009-11-24 17:54 (Reply)
hi... watch out there...
you might not exactly appreciated what was written on this column..
watch your words man...
#10 marvel on 2009-11-23 17:45 (Reply)
Dapa't nandyan din si Lennox Lewis - undefeated champion hanggang sa nag-retire.

Hindi mo dapa't kalimutan si Manny Pacquiao d'yan. Saan ka nakakita ng 7 division ang pinanik na walang tumalo. Lahat ay pinabagsak niya. Ano pa ba ang gusto mong achievement ni Pacquiao. Para maihanay mo s'ya sa magagaling na boksingero.

Baka naman BALATO lang ang hinihintay mo para maisama mo sa listahan ng mahuhusay na boksingero.

Pasens'ya na at komento ko lang ito.
#10.1 elmz on 2009-11-23 18:15 (Reply)
marvel, natalo si lennox lewis ng isang nagngangalang rahman, di ko lang matandaan kung anung year..
#10.1.1 elmz on 2009-11-23 18:24 (Reply)
nasaliksik ko na. twice palang natalo si lennox. seems you don't know what you're saying...

check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox_Lewis
#10.1.1.1 marvel on 2009-11-24 11:30 (Reply)
Bro sorry ha? Tao lang.
#11 579kaliwete on 2009-11-23 18:10 (Reply)
Red,
Napaka hirap mo namang i-please...
Ano pa ba naman ang hahanapin mo sa achievement ni manny...???
OK, maywether jr...tatapusin nya muna ito...after that what?
Wala ng pwede pang itapat kay manny...
Maliban nalang kung gugustuhin nyang sumabak sa winner ng mosley-berto fight.
But at his point, kung di pa rin kasama sa listahan mo si Manny ay may deperensya ka lang talaga.... O Baka inggit ka lang sa kanya...
Saka "Red Constantino List"???
Never heared the before.... Elite boxing commentator ka ba? As a matter of fact, naging boxer ka ba????
You don't have any credibility at all to make this list.
#12 kaliwete975 on 2009-11-23 18:22 (Reply)
So bakit ka nakikigulo rito tukayo? Kung ayaw mo ng blog huwag kang makisali! hihihi! Ikaw, ang ang kredibilidad mo? MUKHANG PERA??? TUTA NG KANO???
#12.1 579kaliwete on 2009-11-24 04:42 (Reply)
Nababakla kana yata sa akin ah....Di na nga kita pinapatulan kasi batang isip ka, panay pa rin ang sunod mo sa akin... Type mo ba ako???Sorry, di ako pumapato sa bakla.....
#12.1.1 kaliwete975 on 2009-11-24 13:31 (Reply)
Hahaha! lahat na lang talaga kinokontra mo! Wala ng tama sa iyo kundi IKAW,(yes IKAW nga) na MUKHANG PERA! hahaha!

Dapat gumawa ng sarili mong blog, para ikaw naman ang mamura at laitin hindi puro ikaw lang ang nanglalait...bawal sa amin ang BAKLA hindi katulad mo California Flip!

Si Pacquaio, para lang manok na lumalaban dahil sa PERA!hihihi

Wawa naman si TUKAYO mukhang pakumbo! hakhakhak!
#12.1.1.1 579kaliwete on 2009-11-24 20:03 (Reply)
Di mo pa kasi aminin eh.....Nauunawaan ko ang damdamin mo para sa akin.... OK lang yan kasi di mo talaga kayang pigilan ang humanga sa kapwa lalake lalo na't CLOSET GAY ka.
I hate to break your heart....Di lang talaga kita type. Straight ako...sa opposite sex lang ako pumapatol. PEro ok lang sa akin na sundan mo lahat ng mga comment ko...OK lang mag parandam ka na binabasa mo every post ko dahil kahit walang relevance ang mga reply mo, babasahin ko rin to show respect sa obsession mo sa akin.
I want you to know that I appreciate you being my number one fan.... Wag ka lang aasa na mag kakaroon ng string attachment tayo....wag ka ring aasa na makikipag relation ako sa iyo kahit na internet....
Ipag patawad mo....
But, really...flattered ako sa mga pinapakita mong pag hanga sa akin.. kahit di mo pa ako nakikita...kahit sa alias ko lang ay kontento ka na...
Sana makuntento ka na rin sa ganitong set up....Di kasi talaga pwede ang gusto mong mangyari.....
#13 Anonymous on 2009-11-23 18:43 (Reply)
gago kang writer k,hindim k dapat s posisyon mo,magtinda k nalang ng goto s quiapo,ulol...
#14 anonymous boxer on 2009-11-23 19:08 (Reply)
hoy mamang writer bulag ka po ba o naghihintay ka lang ng BALATO,,, o baka naman lagi ka talo kasi nakapusta ka lagi sa kalaban ni pacman..... sorry po mga kababayan ganyan tlaga ang ibang pilipino mga inggitero... para sa akin dapat pasok na sya....
#15 Anonymous on 2009-11-23 20:37 (Reply)
manny pacquiao gives hope to the Filipinos.
#16 Anonymous on 2009-11-23 21:37 (Reply)
Ang sa akin lang- hindi mo na rin maisasantabi ang naipakitang kakayahan ni Pacquiao..

Pero sana bigyan naman ng pansin ang mga ibang boksingero ng Pilipinas na nagsusumikap makilala at maka pag bigay galang sa ating bansa.
#17 manny pacquiao on 2009-11-23 23:00 (Reply)
wag ka ngang magdunong dunungan masyado kang bohemyo, tayo na lang mag boxing, ano??
#18 RM on 2009-11-23 23:06 (Reply)
huwag nyong paniwalaan itong writer na ito wala naman syang alam sa boxing... wala tong kwentang article.. basura!!!
#19 RM on 2009-11-23 23:14 (Reply)
who's the f****ng Whitaker??? who the h** is he??? please explain Red constantino..
#20 diony on 2009-11-24 00:13 (Reply)
Mga kababayan, pagpasensyahan natin itong si Red medyo KSP kaya sumulat ng ganito. Kung si Arum mismo na ang kinakain araw-araw ay boxing ang nagsabing si PACMAN ang the greatest of all time, kahanay nina ali, etc. Bilang tunay na Pilipino-#1 ang ating pambansang kamao!
#21 diego2 on 2009-11-24 00:14 (Reply)
Naka bili ako ng CD ng laban ni Pacman-Cotto pinakita ang mga laban ni Pacman at ni Cotto preview lang..matitindi ang mga nakalaban talaga ni Cotto hindi biro biro at malalaki ang mga katawan, comparing to Manny..

Kaya tinagurian na "kingkong" (Cotto)ang makakalaban ni Manny..

Mabigat talaga ang labanan..sino nga ba ang mag-aakala na sa itsura ni Manny sa katawan at kategorya niya..hindi makakaya ni Manny na talunin si Cotto..

Kagaya rin ni Dela Hoya..na 2x Junior Middle weight champion..ang pusta "talo" si Manny or 100/80 dehado si Manny..sa kategorya walang sinabi si Manny..

Ng matapos ang laban marami natalo sa pustahan..

Si Manny ay hindi pangkaraniwan ang talento..sa style at lalo nasa bilis ay ma TKO ang tinguriang "kingkong"...

Mabuhay ka Manny WORLD CLASS FIGHTER..ka talaga..
#22 sige on 2009-11-24 00:15 (Reply)
tama si writer,ano nga ba pangalan ng writer na ito,kung ako sa inyo si nanay dionisia ang top 1 na boxer,pangalawa si krista.....diba...
#23 pepe on 2009-11-24 00:40 (Reply)
Mahirap talaga pag Pinoy ang category ay sinasalang mabuti para maitala sa "magic 15" best boxer..

Ang record na nababasa natin ay WBO ang gumawa at hindi si Constantino..trying hard din na mapasama si Manny..

Para sa akin dapat talaga masama siya sa World Best 15..world record na nga yung nagawa niya 7 different titles sa ibat ibang division, mantakin mo yon, at hindi biro biro ang makagawa niyan..kaya nga "history"..
#24 arnel Yap on 2009-11-24 03:03 (Reply)
para sa akin di nagiisip ang columnistang ito, si pakman eh 7 weight divsion, isipin mo from straw weight to world class welterweight. mag isip-isip naman sya.
#25 arnel Yap on 2009-11-24 03:16 (Reply)
Baliw ata itong writer na ito, dapat i boycott ang writer na ito pati na rin network na to.
#26 kuliglig on 2009-11-24 05:16 (Reply)
papansin lang....
#27 Psylom on 2009-11-24 07:15 (Reply)
You have your opinions Red. But I think Pacquiao deserved to be in the top 15 list. What more pa ba ang kailangang i-achieve ng People's Champ. For a small man, it is almost impossible yung nagawa niya ngayon. Can Sugar Ray or Muhammad Ali become what they are now if they were born asians? I don't think so.
#28 Eliseo A. Pagdato on 2009-11-24 07:40 (Reply)
Tama ka Red. Hindi pa panahon para isama si Pacman sa top 15. At mas lalong hindi siya dapat bigyan ng isang parangal ng ating gobyerno. Bakit? Si Pacman lumaban bilang isang professional at hindi sa ilalim ng ating watawat bilang isang amateur. May perang nakataya! Iyon ang trabaho o profession niya.
#29 Mario V. on 2009-11-24 07:55 (Reply)
Yes I agree to all your readers. Pacman should be in the top 15 greatest fighters of all time. Capturing 7 titles in 7 different divisions is extra ordinary. None boxers ever achieved what Pacman accomplished. Thanks
#30 Galing on 2009-11-24 08:51 (Reply)
IKAW NA ANG MAGALING SA BOKSING!!!

IKAW NA LANG ANG PUMALIT!!!

:-)) hahaha...

GALING GALING MO KASI E! :-)
#31 ako ito! on 2009-11-24 08:55 (Reply)
Greatest Boxers Of All Time
#32 gladiator on 2009-11-24 09:47 (Reply)
alam nyo ba gaano kasakit pag tinamaan ka ng suntok ni manny at di mo alam saan galing kasi short punches, kaya walang kapareha si manny nag iisa lang yan he's the greatest of them all.
RC - All of the above boxers you'd mention-you can see their punches when it hit you. But manny you'll never see the killer punch, unless you'll use the slowmo
#33 bobie on 2009-11-24 10:48 (Reply)
hindi po ako panatikong tao, kahit saang bagay, gusto ko lang magre act sa komentaryo nyo,[good or bad publicity is still publicity as they say] pabor pa rin sa inyo, kasi me nagbabasa ng komentaryo nyo.
Ang sabi nyo kung magtatanggal kayo ng isa sa 15 si leeonard ang tatanggalin nyo, para sa akin mali yata. Para sa akin kaya nyo tatanggalin si leonard eh dahil sa hindi sya pumasa sa style nyo, paano naman kung me komentaristang mas magaling sa inyo at sinabing mas magaling si leonard hindi kaya kayo ma irita.Kayo pede kaya kayong ihanay sa magagaling na komentarista pag dating sa larangan ng boxing. nagtatanong lang
po?
#34 karding on 2009-11-24 11:35 (Reply)
pare pag aralan u muna kung anu mga nilalagay u sa kolum u.baka naman nang gagaya ka lang sa mga puti..di talaga sila mag pappatalo kasi puti sila..ngaunsa panahon natin isang pacman lang ang babasag sa kanilang lahat di lang mga puti kundi lahat ng nasyunaliti sa mundo pinataob di pa ba sapat un..gising toll..im just proud to PILIPINO,,ito ang panahon ng isang tunay na PILIPINO kaya wlang mkakaharang,,hahhahahaa
#35 Anonymous on 2009-11-24 11:38 (Reply)
ulol
#36 sohrab on 2009-11-24 11:58 (Reply)
red pare opinion mu yan pero dapat mu tandaan na " a litte learning is a VERY dangerous thing". may mga nasabi k cguro dati n medyo mganda at nagpalakas ng loob mo para magsulat p.pero parang wrong move ka dto pare.d natin pwedeng basta bastahin ung mga nakalaban ni pacman. magagaling cla lahat, no doubt dude.thanks din, nakilala ko yang whitaker. IBA TOL E. iba ung skills ng mga nakalaban nia compared sa mexicans na initsover ni manny.cguro next time kung gusto mo magsulat, ibang topic nlang. pag boxing, i suggest gather k muna maraming relevant information para mabalik ung dangal mu.
#37 propac on 2009-11-24 12:57 (Reply)
hindi basehan dito and win loss record..fyi and basehan is yung titles na nakuha ng isang boxer..dba si pacman lng ang unang nakakuha ng seven division world titles? eh di xa ang numero uno..understood.
#38 wewe on 2009-11-24 13:02 (Reply)
tma ginawa ni RED para marami visit sa site.. GALING!!! ulol
#39 Anonymous on 2009-11-24 13:06 (Reply)
sa tingin ko yung pagkapanalo nya ng 7 titles and is the only one to do that, is enough to include him to be one of the best. Im sorry but i dont agree with your assessment
#40 elmz on 2009-11-24 13:29 (Reply)
mga kapatid,

hindi naman sa pinapanigan ko si mr. red. kaya lang wag naman natin sya masyadong batikusin. maging maingat sana tayo sa ating mga sinasabi kasi nasasalamin dun kung anung klaseng pagkatao meron tayo.. yun ang opinyon nia so irespeto natin. karapatan nia yun.

Okie dokie?

Cheers!! :-)
#40.1 anonymous on 2009-11-24 21:19 (Reply)
It seems you don't know what you're saying...
#41 kanan975 on 2009-11-24 13:39 (Reply)
Sabi ni Mommy Dionisia....

“Pac Mom" said her son has had enough of his share of pounding in the ring, having been in prizefighting since his teenage years.

“Pagkatapos ng laban kay Cotto, nakita ko bugbos-sarado ang mukha niya, andaming pasa, maga pa tenga. Napaiyak nga kami pati si Jinkee, " she said, adding she even relayed her request to Manny’s trainer Freddie Roach and her son’s buddy Buboy Fernandez.
#42 koment on 2009-11-24 13:45 (Reply)
ako ikaw ang aalisin ko sa list ko ng mga boxing commentator.. ok n b s u
#43 Anonymous on 2009-11-24 13:58 (Reply)
Sabi Mommy Dionisia??..give me a break kahit malamog -lamog ang mukha at katawan ni Pacquiao drama lang yan na kesyo naawa sila dalawa Jinkee--kawawa si Manny siya ang nagpapaka hirap ang daming taong nagpapaka sarap sa mga panalo nya!..

Wake-up Manny or you will be bankrupt & will be alone once everything is gone!
#44 eden on 2009-11-24 14:15 (Reply)
Totoo talaga ang pangit ng mukha ni Cotto..puro pasa..parte na ng boksing yan sa ayaw at sa gusto natin ganyan talaga ang sport na yan..may pagka brutal..noong panahon nga ni Mohammad Ali halos lahat ng nakalaban niya halos dina makilala sa pasa sa mukha..ganyan na talaga yan..

Ang naka-kapag taka lang sa kategori ni Manny at Cotto di hamak na mas mahusay si Cotto ay siya pa ang nabugbog..

Inamin naman ni Cotto na magaling si Pacman,hindi nga raw niya alam kung saan nanggaling ang mga suntok ni Manny..

Kung titignan talaga sa normal na laro ay hindi mo talaga aakalain na malalakas ang binibitiwang suntok ni Manny sa slow motion mode doon lang makikita ang matitinding tama at malalakas..hindi naman kalakihan si Manny sa tingin pero ang "suntok" yon ang "malaki" pag tumama..

Magaling talaga..
#45 pepe on 2009-11-24 14:40 (Reply)
Kung minsan nga kahit nga ang laro na hindi boxing nagkakabatuhan nagsusuntukan pati ma-nonood nag rarabulan kadalasan pa nga may namamatay dahil sa kantiyawan..

Noong panahon ni Ali mas matindi kitang kita kung gaano kalaki ang pinsala sa mukha..dyob-dyob lang yun..kita mo naman kung gaano karami ang nanood hangang sa atin sa Pilipinas naka tutok..

Karamihan talaga sa atin mahihilig sa boxing,ang basagan ng mukha ay siyang nagbibigay kasiyahan lalo pag may TKO..

Parte na ng buhay natin ang boxing.totoo marami ang nasisiyahan.
#46 pepe on 2009-11-24 14:49 (Reply)
Tignan natin halimbawa masabay ang kahit anong klaseng sport sa boxing lalo na pag laban ni Ali or Pacman,saan maraming manonood.?
#47 why on 2009-11-24 16:26 (Reply)
natural na mas maraming pilipino ang manonood ng boksing dahil ang mga pilipino magpahanggang ngayon ay mga kampon ng demonyo,no kidding mga taong mahilig sa mga bayolenteng laro ay mga tarantado at walang hiya.
#47.1 anonymous on 2009-11-25 09:30 (Reply)
Shut up. It seems you don't know what you're saying... Go to hell.
#48 Oo on 2009-11-24 16:44 (Reply)
bakit marami ang gusto manood ng mga bayolenteng laro,dahil karamihan sa mga manonood ay mga kampon ng demonyo,mga kampon lang ng demonyo ang nasisiyahan sa panonood ng mga larong nagkakasakitan o nagpapatayan ang mga manlalaro kaya pati mga manonood sila rin ay nagpapatayan.

bayolenteng laro ang paboritong panoorin ng mga taong buang,kampon ng demonyo,sadista at mamamatay-tao!

who cares if those people becomes famous,they all going to die anyway and the prestiges and riches they got will gone as well.

lahat ng yaman at katanyagan nandito sa planetang ito ay magiging abo,kaya bakit pa magpapakadakila ang mga tao,gayon sa abo lang naman mauuwi ang lahat.
#49 ako on 2009-11-24 16:52 (Reply)
where do you think Manny Pacquiao belong anyway,in heaven or in hell?

so what if Pacquiao is not listed in Red Constantino top ten,it won´t affected Manny and will not make Manny less popular,loveless or sad.

what matters,he is still alive,kicking and enjoyed his wealth.
#50 pepe on 2009-11-24 23:36 (Reply)
Masama ang magsinungaling..huwag nyong sabihin na hindi kayo nanood ng boxing..

At bakit naman hinalintulad siya sa langit at impiyerno..mayroon bang langit at impiyerno na sinasabi mo..patunayan mo..
#51 pepe on 2009-11-24 23:44 (Reply)
#47 why on
Dika ba Pinoy..? bakit marunong kang mag sulat ng wikang Pinoy,,anong bansa kaba nagmula..?
#52 (..) on 2009-11-24 23:50 (Reply)
#47"why on"

Sa susunod liliwanagin mo blog mo..ok..
Kung Pinoy ka..

Basahin mong mabuti ang mga isinusulat mo..nakakahiya,,
#53 who on 2009-11-25 00:50 (Reply)
# 48 Oo

Marami talaga ang nag eenjoy sa boxing kahit pa sabihin na may pagkabayulente or ano pa man.. tsaka diba may pinsan,kamag-anak,tiyuhin tiyahin at mga iba pa na mahal mosa buhay na siguro naman ay nakapanood din sila ng boxing..mga demonyo rin sila ganon ba..

Tsaka alam mo "Oo" ang boxing di hamak na marami qang nasisiyahan gaya halimbawa ng mga

Doctors,scientist,Preidente,governador,mayors,congresman,barangay tanod barangay chairman,tindero at tindera sa palengke,magtataho,may ipin at wala,artista,media,may-trabaho wala,manikurista,basket bolista at "naka dami pa nila" hindi lang sa atin maging sa ibat ibang panig ng mundo na may GMA at TFC (ABS CBN) na nakakapanood ng laban ni Manny..MANTAKIN MO YAN..kumpara sa iilan lang kayo..

Walang ka latoy latoy ang blog mo..naninira kalang..
#54 why on 2009-11-25 04:19 (Reply)
ang daming taong affected sa opinyon ko kasi maraming tinamaan sainyo,sorry na lang sainyong mga demonyong tao.

nasisiyahan kayo sa panonood ng nagbubugbugan at naghihiyawan pa kayo sa tuwa,ngayon sabihin nyo nga sa akin kung mabuting tao nga ba kayo?

syimpre mga demonyong tao tuwang-tuwa sa panonood ng laro ng mga demonyo.

hindi na ako magtataka kung bakit malimit pasyalan ng kalamidad ang mga bansang saksakan ng sasama ang mga ugali ng mga tao dahil sa kasalanan ng nakararami pati mga inosente nadadamay.

bato-bato sa langit ang tinamaan nagagalit.
#54.1 anonymous on 2009-11-25 12:55 (Reply)
Ikaw sana ang unang tamaan. Hindi mo kasi alam ang sinasabi mo.

Di ikaw ang demonyo dahil ikaw ang unang tinamaan.

Hinay-hinay lang ang komento. Mamaya nyan mamatanda ka.
#54.1.1 why on 2009-11-25 17:41 (Reply)
paano ako tatamaan hindi naman ako demonyo at hindi ako nanonood ng mga laro ng demonyo at lalong ayaw ko sa mga kampon ng demonyo kaya ka galit dahil tinamaan ka ano ni mous?
#54.1.1.1 anonymous on 2009-11-25 18:02 (Reply)
Paano mo sasabihin na hindi ka demonyo. Eh ganyan ang gawain ng demonyo. Nagpapanggap na mabait yun pala mas masahol pa.

Ang demonyo parang hunyango yan. Kaya wag ka ng magpanggap na mabait. Hindi bagay. Kasi nalalaman sa mga sinasabi mo. Hindi nanonood. Tumigil ka nga at wag kang hipokrito. O baka naman natalo ka sa pustahan kaya ka ganyan. Ay kawawa ka naman. Sige na wag na tayong mag-away. Kung demonyo ka, di demonyo ka. OK na yun.
#55 why on 2009-11-25 04:29 (Reply)
ilan beses ng pinarusahan ng Diyos ang mga bansang pugad ng masasamang tao pero sa halip na magbago lalong dumarami ang masasama sa susunod hindi na bagyo,baha,malakas na ulan ang parusang darating,kundi uulan na ng apoy sa mga bansang madaming masasamang tao at tiyak isa na dyan ang pinas dahil sa sangkaterbang kampon ng demonyo.

ang tamaan demonyo,syimpre magagalit!
#56 pepe on 2009-11-25 14:38 (Reply)
why-why delailah..

Nag kakawindang windang na blog mo..e Pinoy karin pala tapos sisirain mo kapwa mo..
Kung kokontra ka magpalit ka muna ng nationality mo..talagang nakakahiya ka..may pa tamaan demonyo kapang nalalaman..

Ang istilo ng blog mo yun bang tinamaan ng "kanan" palang ni Pacman..kaya hilo kana..Pinoy ka pala..lol..umayos ka nga..sasali sali ka dito halatang halata pang gulo kalang..

Sa istilo ng blog mo nababasa na ang pag uugali mo..demonyo daw.. alam mo sasabihin ko sayo..ang mga mambabasa dito may marunong bumasa ng pag uugali ng tao sa mga isinusulat palang..

Ikaw sa tingin mo ok yang blog mo..may pa demonyo demonyo kapa..
#57 pepe on 2009-11-25 15:00 (Reply)
why-why-whaay-delilahh

Saan ka kukuha ng apoy..bumili ka muna ng gas at posporo tapos sindihan mo,yon ang tunay na apoy..... yung sinasabi mo ewan ko sayo...desperado kana pati yung nababasa mong apoy ginagamit mo bilang panagalang makapag komento kalang..uulan ng apoy..ikaw ang nag aapoy na sa galit..yan ang tunay na init ng ulo mo ang may apoy..

Umarkila ka ng helicopter tapos bumili ka ng maraming bote lagyan mo ng tela (mitsa) tapos sindihan mo isa isa at ihagis mo..yan ang tunay na umuulan ng apoy..naiintindihan mo..

May pa apoy apoy kapang nalalaman pati apoy ginagawa mong taguan at panangalang baka ikaw ang masunog sa ginagawa mo ewan ko ba sayo pati demonyo ginagamit mo..ano isusunod mo pang cover..

Gandahan mo cover mo pag kaliwa ni Pacman ang tumama sa sayo TKO ka..
#58 TKO on 2009-11-25 15:12 (Reply)
mga demonyo nandoon sa maguindanao.ayaw magkaroon ng karibal sa katungkulan at kapangyarihan....karumal-dumal ang ginawang pagpatay sa mga kababayan natin doon...MGA KAMPON NI SATANAS...MGA DEMONYO!!!!
#59 montoya on 2009-11-25 15:50 (Reply)
why on? bakit nga ba why on ka? e di ka pa pinapanganak sa mundong ibabaw e tinagurian nang SPORTS ang BOXING at yan e TANGGAP NA NG BUONG MUNDO!!! nasa OLYMPICS pa nga yang sports ng Boxing kung di mo alam!!! kung ganun di lahat ng bansa na tumatangkilik ng Boxing ay mga demonyo na rin aba di kakaunti na lang pala ang mabuti dito sa mundo at malamang di lang Pilipinas ang mapaparusahan nito!!! ang TAE KWAN DOO, KARATE at iba pang mga tinagurian FULL CONTACT SPORTS sa Demonyo rin??? di ba ang Tae Kwan Doo nasa Olympics din e sakitan ding matatawag yan katunayan NAGSISIPAAN PA NGA MGA KASALI DYAN!!! Hay talagang mapapa-why on why on ako sa imo!
#59.1 why on 2009-11-25 17:00 (Reply)
sad but true,there are more evil people than good people that truly obey God.

in this world of evil,many choose to follow evil instead to follow God.

yes,ever since God created Adam and Eve,the rebel angel called "Lucifer"started playing villain against God,so don´t wonder if there were many evil before we were ever born,its a fact that evil exist before us and evil a lot older and wiser than mankind but God loved mankind that´s why He died on the cross for us to let us know,we´re forgiven for our forgiveable inequitities if we accepted Him as our personal saviour.

although may i remind you,not all kinds of sin are forgiveable,like those sinful acts you already knew its a unforgiveable acts but still you did so,for sure you already knew you belong to hell,at wag ka ng umasa pang patatawarin ka ng Diyos dahil ang mga ganyan kasalanan ay wala ng kapatawaran kahit ilan beses ka pang magpabinyag at tanggapin si Hesus Kristo hindi na mapapatawad ang kasalanan mo.

if you were God,will you forgive those sinners committed unforgiveable acts?

in God Kingdom no more evil=live people,kaya wala ng magpapatayan doon dahil lahat ay pawang mga banal na nilalang na lang ang maninirahan.

wala ng magugutom,wala ng mauuhaw at wala ng magnanasa ng anupaman dahil ang lahat ng maliligtas ay kuntento na sa buhay sa piling ni Hesus Kristo.

ang kaharian ng Diyos ang daan ay mga ginto at ang pader na nakapaligid doon ay pawang mga mamahalin bato kaya bawal ang magnanakaw sa Langit dahil tiyak di nila matitiis na wag nakawin ang mga mamahalin pondasyon ng kaharian ng Diyos,magkakagulo na naman nyan sa Langit at tiyak ihuhulog na lang ng Diyos ang sinuman kakalaban uli sa kanya dito sa planetang ito para tuluyan ng masunog sa impyerno.

kaya hinahayaan pa naman ng Diyos mag-enjoy ang mga tao dahil kaya pa Nyang pagpasensyahan ang pinaggagawa ng mga tao,at kung hindi na Nya matanggap wawakasan na Nya ang planetang ito.

Sun is watching this planet,if Sun is God,for sure He see everything each of us doing.

God said,He is the light of this world,therefore Sun is God for He is the one that provides light to this world and the moon playing like a demon,showing his light once in a while but not capable to sustain lights for every livingbeings,at ganon ang binibigay ng demonyo sa mga taong sumasampalataya sa kanya,make them rich so they forget about God and makes them poor again once they cling to God.

sa totoo lang karamihan ng yumayaman dito sa mundo ay mga kampon ng demonyo at mga taong mahihirap karamihan ay biktima ng mapaglarong tao na kampon ng mga demonyo.

sa obserbasyon ko sa mga mayayaman kaya talaga sila yumayaman dahil demonyo ang kanilang panginoon.
#60 why on 2009-11-25 15:57 (Reply)
pepe,peper,peperoni ayos name mo di ba?

kita mo na kung hindi kayo kampon ng demonyo hindi kayo masisiyahan sa bugbogan ng mga tao,hindi kayo magpapatayan,hindi maglolokohan tapos sasabihin mo hindi kampon ng demonyo ang mga yan,kung hindi sila kampon ng demonyo hindi sana sila matutuwa sa ganyan mga brutal na laro o patayan laro.

about "rain of fires"maghintay ka lang darating yan,sa ngayon hindi pa naman galit na galit ang Diyos kaya pinapasensyahan pa Nya ang mga kademonyohan pinaggagagawa ng mga taong kampon ng demonyo.

to see is to believe kaya hindi kita pipilitin maniwala sa mga pinagsasabi ko,dahil mga pilosopong taong gaya mo hindi naniniwala sa doktrina ng Diyos.

kung ayaw mo magbago at sumunod sa kagustuhan ng Diyos,dyan ka na lang sa amo mong demonyo magsama kayo sa impyerno ng mga kapwa mo demonyo.
#61 montoya on 2009-11-25 16:08 (Reply)
Sabi din na JUDGE NOT AND BE NOT JUDGE! Huwag kang MANGHUSGA AT NG DI KA HUSGAHAN! DI LANG SA BOXING SINUSUKAT kung pupuksian ang sanlibutan kungdi sa kung ano ang nasa loob ng PUSO ng bawat isa! kung boksingero ang isang tao at minalas syang yun lang kayang ipakita ng edukasyon nya meaning kung salat siya sa pinag-aralan at tanging pag boboksing lang ang kanyang hanap buhay pero matulungin naman sya sa kapwa nangangahulugan ba na isa syang demonyo? nagtatanong lang po why on?
#62 montoya on 2009-11-25 18:39 (Reply)
if you were God,will you forgive those sinners committed unforgiveable acts?
Yes He did! Kilala mo ba si Paul sa Bibliya sa New Testament? Dati syang si Saul noong MAKASALANAN PA SYA AT SYA PA ANG DAHILAN NG PAGKAKAPATAY SA LIBO LIBONG MGA KRISTIYANO NOONG PANAHON NINA CAESAR NG ROMA. MARAMI SIYANG PINAPATAY NG MGA INOSENTENG KRISTIYANO PERO PINILI SYA NG DIYOS PARA MAGHAYAG NG MABUTING BALITA TUNGKOL KAY HESUS AT EVENTUALLY NAGING KRISTIYANO SIYA AT NAGING ALAGAD PA NI HESUS! YUNG DALAWANG NAPAKO SA KRUS KASABAY NI HESUS ISA DUN ON THE SPOT PINATAWAD NYA!
Matuto tayong MAGPATAWAD AT PATATAWARIN DIN NG DIYOS! BASAHIN MO YUNG MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE AT DUON MO ITUON YANG PANSIN MO AT WAG KE PACQUIAO! DUN SA MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE PWEDE MONG SABIHIN LAHAT NG TUNGKOL SA KADEMONYOHANG PINAGSASABI MO DITO DAHIL TALAGANG KADEMONYOHAN ANG NANGYARI SA MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE!