From the monthly archives: December 2010
A recollection of my first visit to the Hobbit House, the famous folk club in Manila staffed entirely by dwarfs, where I heard the great Filipino singer/songwriter Freddie Aguilar play, and met Jim Turner, the unique owner of this unique watering hole and folkhouse.
The second part of the BBC audio documentary on Manny Pacquiao is available now, so I’m embedding both parts below — click and listen!
The deep and mystical allure of fishing has been with me since I can remember. I’ve loved the mere presence of the ocean — I could stare at for hours, and be nurtured by it, and calmed by it. And as I watch [...]
The boxing blogs are buzzing this morning with discussion about “Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire’s 4 round demoltion of 4th round TKO victory of Ukrainian Wladimir Sidorenko in a battle for the WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California yesterday. [...]
In the Philippines, a 14 year period of Martial Law began in 1972, and I was born in 1974, so I grew up under Martial Law until I was 12. There was great tension between the mililtary and the communist NPA rebels who opposed [...]
The Inquirer has an article that they picked up from the Cebu Daily News by Malou Guanzon Apolisok on the The Pacquiao Effect and whether or not it’s a good idea to have Pacquiao as the country’s tourism ambassador, as has been proposed in [...]
Manny Pacquiao just added an extraordinary new title to his collection — Yahoo’s Most-Searched Sports Star of 2010. Pacquiao landed first on a top 10 list that includes tiger Woods Brett Favre, Lebron James, Danica Patrick, and Maria Sharapova. For those of who have [...]
Following is an article by Ingming Aberia discussing Pacquiao’s now-famous statement “boxing isn’t about killing each other — it’s about entertainment.” Aberia analyzes Pacquiao’s knockout record and concludes that he eases off frequently against outclassed opponents. “Against relatively easy opponents, Pacquiao holds his punches. [...]
