I Blame It All on Pacman...

First and foremost, let me give credit where credit is due, my good ol' tropa Brian V for sharing their PPV via Skype. Thanks a lot! (With the recent "delayed promise", I was not able to purchase the PPV channel for the bout. Of course, I am just making an excuse for not wanting to spend even a dime for a boxing match. Well, this blog is all about excuses. Excuses that I can find on how majority of Pinoys handled this Pacquiao "Loss")

How can I blame Manny Pacquiao, let me count the ways...

I blame Manny for putting up phenomenal fights before this.

I blame the "Pambansang Kamao" for giving world-class fighters the beating of their lives. For giving us, Flipinos, the perfection in a boxing glove. For making us witness the fastest punches in the planet, with the stingiest left hand in all of boxing. I blame PACMAN for showing us that one does not need a power pellet to bust out "ghost monsters".

I blame him for opening up wounds after wounds of countless warriors inside the squared circle, that led our countrymen believe and lean back on comfort after seeing domination after domination of challengers and oppositions.

I blame Pacman, for growing his hair long that every shot he ducks, his hair flies off, as if hit hard. I blame him for making Marquez land majority of shots to his gloves and elbows.

I blame you for letting this fight go the distance, for leaving some of our fellow Pinoys, who bought cinema tickets to see you dominate your arch-nemesis, disappointed.

I blame the Fighting Pride of the Philippines for not ducking Marquez, for not avoiding this third bout. I blame him for retaining Freddie Roach as a trainer. I blame him for not taking in substance (other than urine, which is Marquez' trademark) to enhance his performance.

Yes Manny. YOU are to be blamed for making this nation think you are Superman. That you made them forget that even Superman has his Kryptonite.

After this "escape" of a win, I blame you for waking up the fighting spirit of the biggest ego in all of boxinglandia, the bravest of all the fighters of this age, Floyd Mayweather Jr. He had destroyed your Kryptonite before you, and "you can't even land a devastating shot" on JuanMa Marquez (those cuts and swelling on JuanMa's face are just prostethics, Manny is weak, his punches cannot do that anymore). How could you let that happen?

I can think of many other things to blame you for, it is just almost midnight, and I can think straight no more... AND I BLAME YOU TOO FOR THAT!

ADDENDUM...

Pacquiao = 578 punches connecting 176
Marquez= 436 punches connecting 138

JABS
Pacquiao = 304 jabs connecting 59
Marquez = 182 jabs connecting 38.

POWER PUNCHES
Pacquiao = 274 power punches connecting 117
Marquez = 254 power punches connecting 100

This Line Surely Reveals My Age...

Well, while toy hunting during the last few days of my stay in the US, I bumped into these two figures (Sgt Stalker and an Iron Grenadier) from the 30th Anniversary line of one of my favorite toys in the 80s and early 90s, G.I. Joe. It was the "Real American Hero" line back in those days. I lost all of my vintage Joes, through over playing and my youngest sister's wrecklessness. Anyway, I am just glad that the line is alive and kickin'.

I started "re-collecting" the line via the Sigma 6 8inch line, and shortly there after, the 25th Anniversary line. After the 25th Anniv line, they issued out a general non-anniversary themed lines, then the movie Rise of Cobra line came out. As a continuity line, Pursuit of Cobra came out (I got some figures from this line too, most of the earlier lines I sold, but thanks to my good ol' tropa Brian V., I got most of the earlier line figures).

I just can't believe it's 5 years already after the 25th Anniversary line. I am really growing old... LOLz!

Sgt Stalker and Iron Grenadier. I got these 2 babies from Target Newpark Mall in Newark, California. I was not planning to start the line. I actually skipped, a Hazard Viper and bunch of Skystrikers and VAMPs along the way. So the itch for the Anniversary figures grew on me...

Thanks to Greattoys shop in Festival Mall and their branch-wide sale, i was able to continue and complete wave 1 of the 30th Anniversary Joes...

I did mention about the Greattoys shop sale right? Yeah, and most of my current on-hand in Manila was from their sale except Jungle Viper and Snake Eyes/Timber. I have all of my other POCs and wave 2 30th Anniversary/Renegades line in-transit from California. I can't wait for them too...

Sorry for the crappy picture below, I was lazy again to crop the other non-POC items...

There is no other fitting end-statement for my blog but this...

YOOOOOOOOO JOE!

Hello Blogworld!

It's been a while... After visiting San Diego, my schedule had either beem busy, or I am just being lazy like a big bellied fat guy (hey, that was me!).

Just arrived yesterday morning, after >12 hours flight back to Manila. Still feeling sleepy. But here I am in the office, blogging, errr, yeah, blogging after a few sets of reports. Still feeling the fatigue from the trip, and the stress seeing my Sentinel box somehow received some damage in transit. One little semi-hole in the other side of the Joe Quesada box art. Grrrrr!!! It is small, but I think it is noticeable. And yeah I broke the box handle too. Grrrr! Anyway, should not be a biggy for some people, but it sure bothers me. I will try to get some pictures later.

Oh, looking at the brighter side of things, I got home to my mom and sisters, and they missed me!!! LOLz! Morcon and Leche Flan welcomed me, and my tita's Bistek Tagalog and Pochero a few hours after the Morcon and Leche Flan. Oh Yeah!!!

OOOH! It's 9:17PM, I will be outta here in no time... 43 minutes more...

A Day Before San Diego...

After almost 3 years of trying to visit my good ol' "tropa" (since Kindergarten, still going strong), Brian Andrus V. Villanueva, it will culminate tonight! YEAH! SAN DIEGO, GET READY FOR SOME MOLYBDENUM/XACRED SOULZ (still remember this Bree or you buried it in the pits of darkness?), reunion!!! LOLz!

Bay Area is Supposed to be Warrior's Territory, right?

WRONG! Because I got 2 Lakers-inspired colourway kicks in the Bay Area. 1st one is the Adidas Crazy 8 (please see my previous post), and the 2nd one, Zoom Kobe 6 - Imperial Purple.

Let me talk my way to the picture, and tell you a short story. These guys from the Footlocker group of stores (Footlocker-House of Hoops, Footaction and Champs), have this habit of talking like you were tropa, like close friends. This guy, which I failed to get the name, was talking to me, and asked me if I am a Kobe fan. I responded, "Yeah, I am, through thick and thin." "Oh yeah," he responded, "I am a Dwight Howard fan." I answered back, "Oh so next season, get ready to shift to LA." "No kidding man?!!!" (calls one of his associates), "Hey, is Dwight going to LA?". The other guy responded, "Possibly." "Oh man?! Really?!" Other guy with a smirk, "I said: Possibly!" The one attending to me, looks back at me: "Man, as much I don't want to root for LA, I have no choice. If DH will be in LA, then I should be an LA fan." "Get ready to wear purple and gold man." "Ayt bro." Packs my 2 pairs, and we went to the cashier. On my way out, I looked back at him: "See you in LA man!" He just laughed while shaking his head.

Too much talk there... here's the kicks, as promised:

While All were Going Gaga over Shamcey...

I went loco on this Crazy...

A Foot Action Exclusive Crazy 8, and in the colourways of my Lakers, it's hard to turn this baby down. But as Shamcey landed at the 4th spot, the kicks pictured above landed fairly better from the rest of what I got today. I can say it's 3rd among the 5 I got. What are the other 4? Stick around...

Human Alliance Skids with Arcee and Mikaela Banes

Human Alliance... bow. Dependencies and mutual relationships. To stand for a common belief to the extent of building camarederie. To trust one another. To be friends. That is how I understood Human Alliance. But we are not in a sociology discussion, rather, this post is just to tell the cyberworld about how I got this new baby.

Remember my friend with cyber-phobia? Yeah, he got me this(ese) baby(ies). A true definition of Human Alliance! But because he believes so much in cyber-secrets, I will still keep his anonymity, I will just give several more clues. He is a chubby guy, a little chubbier than me. I am cuter by a mile though. Anyway, to you, my fat bellied wolf friend. Thank you!!!