Godsent "Daddy"

Okay so here's the thing. I promised this morning on the way to our trip that I am going to upload pictures and write a little something about what would happen today so as promised here it is..

The day before March 14, 2009, my mom told us about this "mananambal" living somewhere in Compostela, he's very well known and respected in his place thus people calls him "daddy". They say he could read palms, cure diseases and even predict ones future. So without any hesitations I told my mom that I wanna try it out. I sacrificed not watching the "Pacquiao-Clottey" fight just to go to the mountains to meet daddy.

Before reaching to the said place, we've encountered so many trials. First of which was having a flat tire on our way there. We stopped over at Marcelo Fernan bridge luckily a Holiday taxi driver with plate number GXJ 691, pulled over and helped us change our spare tire. God works in mysterious ways, I must say. He sent us a good samaritan. Though He gave us our first trial, still he finds ways to help us. The taxi driver didn't even accept the small token of cash we gave him for doing the job. He said "kinasing-kasing na pagtabang iya gihatag" (he helped us heartily without wanting anything in return) Boy, in this generation you hardly could find someone like that. So, off to our destination.. We arrived there at around 10.30.. Here are couple of pics..



We needed to climb over the mountain with 163 steps under the heat of the sun. That didn't stop us either. Then we finally got there, prayed in their little chapel and off to daddy's place. Second trial was waiting. Someone told us that daddy hasn't been seen by them since yesterday because he was feeling ill and nobody knows if he's going to come out and talk to us or not. Another bummer huh?!? But with faith and hope, we waited for him to arrive. And so he did came out and talk to everybody regarding their respective problems and concerns. It was pretty amazing. He seem to know everything just by looking at you and reading people's name from a piece of paper. Get to try palm reading by daddy. I really hope everything he said will be true :D

A view from the top of the mountain..


After knowing everything from daddy, we asked permission so we could go home. On our way to SRP, the final trial happened. Another flat tire..


Is this coincidence or just too unlucky?!?

We waited for about 4 hours in SRP, we need to borrow from our neighbor's spare tire because the tires we had could not be fix by vulcate. After everything, we got home around 10pm had dinner together then I had to drive my mom back home to Opon and go back to Talisay again. Got home at around 1am and now making this journal.

To wrap everything up.. It will still depend on how great and big your faith in the Lord will be. After surpassing all trials just for today, I realized that amidst our difficulties, God is always with US. Have Faith and Trust in HIM..

Goodnight..

Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao is No. 1!

The "Pambansang Kamao" just proved it to the whole world that he is the no. 1 pound for pound king! He won the match TKO just in 2 rounds! Even from the start of the round, Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton already kissed the canvass many times. I admire the humility Manny has shown to the world, he doesn't talk shit and stuff, he just do what he loves to do and that is beating and kicking his opponent's arses! Credit goes to Hatton as well for being a sport, knowing he is the underdog still he gave his best shot. Who's your daddy now Floyd Mayweather, Sr.?!? If you can't beat Manny Pacquiao, you better keep your mouth shut! And that goes out to all who's going to challenge our boy, talk is cheap! Let your fists do the talking!

Hatton vs Pacquiao "EAST meets WEST"

Given the one-sided beating Manny Pacquiao administered to Oscar De La Hoya in December, many boxing 'experts' predict Pac Man will simply steamroll Ricky Hatton in this Saturday's pay-per-view megabout in Las Vegas. Not so fast. While Pacquiao fully deserves to be favored by oddsmakers (-250/+200), there's no reason to believe that this will be anything other than a competitive - and highly entertaining - bout.

Hatton is a strong, natural light welterweight who - at 30 and under the tutelage of Floyd Mayweather Sr. - is in his athletic prime. The Hitman has only lost once and that was by tenth round TKO to pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007. He has since bounced back with solid wins over Juan Lazcano and Pauli Malignaggi.

Pacquiao - also 30 - began his professional career at 106 pounds (he was just one month past his 16th birthday at the time!) but has grown into a full-fledged junior welterweight. It's debatable whether or not De La Hoya was washed-up when he quit after absorbing eight rounds of punishment from Pacquiao. What is not debatable, however, is that Pacquiao looked awesome.

Prediction: Hatton is strong and fast and has his moments but Pacquaio is just a little stronger and a little faster. Pacquiao by decision or possibly a late TKO

I wish both fighters best of luck. I bet everybody especially boxing fans will enjoy this great fight. They're both eager to win, at the end of the final round only one man will be declared the winner pound for pound king that is. In my opinion, although Ricky Hatton is much bigger than Manny Pacquiao, still he is the Under dog in this fight. A lot of people bets for the Pacman. Well the answer is just few hours away.. Goodluck!