Globally Competitive
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11/19 1:20 PM u p d a t ePacman KOed El Terible thrice and won the brawl on third round
11/19 2:30 AM u p d a t e:
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Any local entrepreneur must raise their business standards, add value and comply with the globally accepted norms or even exceed it if one would like his product to be accepted and compete in the international arena.
This is not only true in business but also in career.
Having said this, let’s talk about a global Pinoy who started slugging it out in General Santos City in Mindanao Philippines, unknown to many, and now boxing to the world’s delight in Las Vegas. He is popular in Asia and the boxing world. Even Sylvester Stallone has good words on him.
Yes, am talking about Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao.
In this post, I hope to discuss noteworthy attitudes of Pacquiao that every Filipino can strive to emulate. No, Manny is not God nor he is close to being perfect. He also stands the chance of losing this last fight of him with Eric Morales.
But no one have succeeded yet in uniting politically, regionally and religiously divided Filipinos other than Manny. Win or lose, this Pinoy will command respect among his fellow Pinoys if not every sports lovers in the world. Manny already set some example that the rest could also follow and learn from. Here are my laundry listing:
- Passion toward ones chosen career.
- Belief on one’s self
- Looks for opportunity
- Aggressive
- Keeps on evolving
- Seeks new learnings
- Focused
- Disciplined
- Gives His Best
- Does not give up
I know he has his share of wrong decisions and failure but we will not discuss these here. Let’s populate the list, though, with positive traits. PLEASE ADD TO THE LIST AS YOU SEE FIT.
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Manny Pacquiao is the idol of the Filipino masses because he put the Philippine map in the world wherever he fought and knocked out his opponent. I am for Pacquiao many times in the past, but this time I want him to lose against Eric “El Terible” Morales of Mexico in their 3rd fight in Las Vegas on November 18 (Nov 19 in Manila). You know why?
Because Pacquaio is being used by the GMA administration in its political propaganda, like in the past.
If Pacquiao will lose, come election time, he will not, may not, or cannot be used by GMA and any politicians who needs Pacquiao’s popularity to flourish or save their political career.
Pacquiao must win for the Filipino people, but if he will again be used by the GMA administration for their political propaganda, I think Pacquiao should lose this fight.
win or lose today, he will still be admired by his fellow countrymen because of how he trained and how he’ll fight. if ever he will lose, it won’t be an easy victory for morales. another positive attitude he has that i would like to add is his love for his community / country. he has helped and inspired many others. i don’t like the violence in boxing but i respect his achievements.
Morales was knocked out on the third round. Great fight. The guy keeps on improving– basing it from the outcome of his fights with Morales (bloodily beated on the first fight, won on the 10th round (?) via TKO on their re-match, and just now demolished Morales on the third in their grand finale.
Thanks people, in addition. I also observed the humility of Manny and his concern to his opponent. If the story shared by Quinito Henson is correct, a mass was held in the suite of Manny prior to the fight– Manny opted to pray for protection to both him and Eric that non will get hurt so badly. He did request to be prayed over so he will win.
Just a note of concern though…I did see someone wave a Philippine flag that says “Manny Pacquiao for President.”
Not that I am undermining Manny’s abilities, but I hope he will not take that sort of campaign seriously. He will be promoted beyond his point of competence if that happens.
On the other hand, if Manny were to be given a post wherein he can be involved in the country’s sports development program, that might be good because we have lots of sports talent here. We have much potential for producing more world-class athletes if given the opportunity and the right direction.
[…] Being proud to be Filipino is one. But since Manny led the way how a poor boy from a nation where its leaders fight each other, wealth is not shared fairly, the intellectuals and talents migrate to another country, the nurses, doctors and other professionals leave their family to work in a foreign land for lack of opportunity or otherwise, and where the poor have to make ends meet to survive, would be able to achieve its dream and aspiration. Not ashamed of his faith in God and his heritage as Pinoy. I hope we can move from admiration to emulation of Manny’s positive values. […]
You are both correct Greg and Sally. Given the euphoria of the victory of Manny, politicians will try to identify with him, at the least, if not use him to their political advantage.
Manny, on the other hand, should not be swayed to be or do something that he feels is not his area of expertise.
What I like in Manny is his faith in God, his repeated declaration or attitude of giving back the glory to God for his victory. When interviewed, he was saying that he has tonsilitis and was experiencing fever with sore throat but God gave him the strength to carry on with the fight. He is humble and shows his love for the nation and his countrymen. He also showed his respect and love for his parents, and how he followed the spiritual teachings of his mother.
I admire his perseverance, humility, dedication to his profession, and faith in God.
I hope that our youth will see his positive characters and make him their role model.
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@ Ferdie and Insomity
Yes, Manny is not ashamed of his God and inspite and despite of the present image of the Philippines– he is proud to be Pinoy
being a pinoy is woth for appreciation. wherever youn go pinoy is there working serving not only for the people he was paid but for all the people who depended him. pinoy is happy to to serve people even it will means his life. many is one of them
I am planning to ask this question to Bill Velasco, Quinito Henson or Commissioner Nolie Eala, however, I can not find any contacts or sites run by them… Hope you can clarify things…
We have a situation in our current tournament which needs a final ruling. For your info, allow me to brief you on the situation:
The current tournament we are having have 2 Divisions – Class C and Class B. The Class C has 9 teams and Class B has 4 teams in participation. As there are only 4 teams in the Class B, we have decided to combine the eliminations and have the 2 divisions playing against each other in order for the Class B teams to have more games and in order for the Class C teams to get the chance to play against the Class B teams. This we thought will not affect the standing for the Class C teams as we expect all the Class C teams will lost against the Class B teams. We also did these as the Class B teams were paying the same entry fee amount but in return will only get few games if elimination games were played separately. The set-up was a single round elimination then straight to finals, meaning no semi-finals, the top 2 teams in each division will go against each other in the championships and the 3rd and 4th teams in each division will fight it out for the 3rd place finish.
We are now 2 weeks before the championships and standings in the Class B division suggests a three-way tie in the standings. The Scenario is as follows:
Overall standing including games against Class C
Gamma Team – 10 wins, 2 losses (1 by forfeit against a Class C team )
Lavabarsil Team – 10 wins, 2 losses (1 by forfeit against a Class C team)
Dunkin Donuts Team – 10 wins, 2 losses
Standing considering games against Class B teams only
Gamma Team – 3 wins, 0 loss
Lavabarsil Team – 2 wins, 1 loss (against Gamma)
Dunkin Donuts Team – 1 win, 2 losses (against Gamma & Lavabarsil)
FIBA (Classification of Teams – page 71 of 83) rules a point system which will give 2 points for each win, 1 point for each loss and 0 point for forfeit or default. This is also in our tournament ground rules, but we have never applied this point system in our past 4 tournaments. Dunkin Donut is claiming that they are the rightful no. 1 contender for the championship based on the point system if the points are applied on the overall standing.
FIBA (page 73 of 83) however on a further example for 3 teams tied breaks down the tie considering the games amongst the 3 teams that are tied only and if each of the team has beaten each other, meaning they all have a 1 win and 1 lost. If this will be followed result of the games are as follows:
Gamma Team – 2 wins, 0 loss
Lavabarsil Team – 1 win, 1 loss (against Gamma)
Dunkin Donuts Team – 0 win, 2 losses (against Gamma & Lavabarsil)
Please clarify which teams will fight it out for the championships.
Hi Deo,
Please check
http://philstar.com/philstar/index20070329.htm
you may be able to send email to the sports casters there.
Readers though, who are experts on the field, can provide the answer.
Much as I dislike his TV commercials, I have to agree with your observations. We can learn lessons from this unbelievably optimistic boxing champ. One good thing about Manny is that he invests wisely…new businesses outside of boxing, new house on a large property, getting himself involved in worthwhile activities–things that a responsible family man would do. He and his family can’t live on his winnings forever, and I think he is very much aware of that. I don’t think we will see this champ retire with just a few cents in his pocket and no roof over his head, which is a relief. We have seen enough of our ex-world champs turn to paupers after retirement.