IT was a great experience watching the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis fight via Smart 3G and doing the INQUIRER.net Running Account of this bout (this is my first sports Running Account, as opposed to the Estrada impeachment trial, People Power 2 and other political Running Accounts I did before).
Manny kayoed his Mexican opponent, and server traffic actually also kayoed our Running Account, heh — it was erratic, so the account was unavailable to some readers if they were accessing the servers that went down – though our homepage is still standing and we’ve broken Pacquiao’s 8th round knockout victory as our headline.
I have to admit I’m impressed with how well the Smart 3G feed held up — we were all keeping our fingers crossed. The biggest scare we got was when the feed got disconnected as Pacquiao and Solis were being introduced, but fortunately I was able to reconnect after a few minutes.
By the way, “congressman” chants from Pacquiao supporters broke out after his postfight interview. Hmm…
April 15th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I have a great respect for manny as a boxer.
But In this coming election, we should be critical in selecting our leader for the sake of generations that will go beyond us. Because voting someone like manny *??@*//??@ in the congress just goes to show how much love and concern we have for our country. Get mo ang ibig kung sabihin?
April 15th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
MabuhayThe Boxing Champ!!!! But, Manny The Law Maker??? We would really be the laughing stock of the whole world. What does he knows about making laws? To make appropriate laws? Manny has lack of knowledge or would i say no knowledge at all to serve the government to be able to make appropriate laws. Kawawa naman tayo!
April 15th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I knew he’d win. Watching his previous fights led me to believe that this is Manny’s era, the greatest fighter the Philippines has ever known.
But there’s one fight I want Manny to ‘lose.’ Filipinos, who believe in protecting Manny from those trapos, must make sure that he doesn’t become one of them. They must make sure that he ‘loses’ the votes. In this loss, he remains clean and respectful in the eyes of all Filipinos.
April 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Manny Pacman is the best in the world. he is dedicated to his sport. yan ang dedication na kailangan ng isang congresista o kahit ano mang position sa gobierno..less bullshit more action..yan kailangan sa pinas..di yong english ng english wala naman nagagawa..mabuhay is pacman
April 15th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
congratulations manny. but, manny the congressman?????????????mag-isip-isip kayo.