I Am Tiramisu

HURRAY TO THE GREATEST FILIPINO BOXER OF ALL TIMES!!!

Makes me blush and flushed with pride.
Manny Pacquiao, our boxing hero. Born in Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City to a poor family, he had to choose to forgo his studies to be able to help his mother, Aling Dionisia (a celebrity on her own right), support their family. Fighting at the young age of 16, little did he know that he was on a non-stop train to super-stardom and sky-high seemingly limitless success. But of course he had his share of heartaches, muscle aches and failure. But where is he now? Where has his hard work taken him? Billions of $$$, that is where. We are not talking about pesos now. KACHING KACHING! Being in a tv ad of Nike alongside sports royalties like Tiger Woods and Maria Sharapova is definitely not shabby for wrecked-English speaking Manny Pacquiao. A giant billboard in the highway of Los Angeles permanently puts him on the books! He has endured horrific blows to his body and head. One by one he took them belts from boxing champions of his division. I could go on and on but I am pretty sure every single one of my readers already know who Manny Pacquiao is.
I choose to bask in his achievements. I choose to see what good he has done to his mother and family. The great name he has given our country, to the Bisayas.
For years people have chosen to make fun of his lack of talent in speaking the English language. Why? Does he need to be fluent in that area? By whose standards?
Criticized his affiliation with certain politicians. So OK, I'm guilty in that department. C'mon Mr. Pacquiao, you don't really need that. Your sport is deadly enough.
Politics is never "win-able".
Never.
Right now, the whole country is having an amnesia. They have forgotten the glory and victory that Manny Pacquiao has just handed us in a silver platter.
Who is Krista? (I won't even drag the name of her college Alma mater into this as it is irrelevant in this issue, this could happen to anyone).
Whether it is a publicity thing for their upcoming movie or not, I must admit the whole thing is tasteless.
I do not know what is going on. I am not a personal friend of neither Pacquiao or Krista. Or Mrs. Jinky Pacquiao for that matter. But I pray they stop. Everyone would just stop. If all the rumors are true, I pray that all parties concerned will wake up tomorrow and right all their actions.
A movie publicity stunt. Poor Mrs. Pacquiao. Poor everyone.
But must we blow it out of proportion? Can't we just talk about how good he was during his Jimmy Kimmel appearance? And stop forcing him to speak fluent English!
If there is any truth to this whole circus, can't we just tie them all up and drag them to counseling? And not plaster every questionable video or picture on the internet? We bask in his glory. Hurray he is Filipino! He does his wife wrong --- do we involve ourselves? We pull him down further. Showbiz? Has it really come to this? Obviously those love teams publicly professing and admitting giving gifts to their leading ladies are nothing but tiresome publicity ploys. Duh. That is after all how our country rolls. Gotta inject something sexual and controversial otherwise the movie would NEVER sell!
Gracious me...I just hope they all stop. OK, it can't be helped. It's all right in front of us. The Mrs crying in the mass and not wanting to be touched by the Mr. Maybe it is true. What right do we have to plaster and dissect every nitty dirty details in their lives. Public figure? Is that reason enough for us to be mean. Just news? No, it's being mean. It's capitalizing on the dirty news, which sadly, makes a more interesting new...which sadly, gets more audience and mileage.
Haaayyy...
Can't we just help them privately?
I miss the good old days of media.