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 17th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Manny you truly make us proud as a Filipino! You’ve shown that spirit to triumph and the can-do attitude! Mabuhay ka! For you to run in congress, if you feel that there is the “passion” in you to serve our fellowmen, GO FOR IT! Politics is a dirty game, and I guess you have considered this already. I just hope that in terms of principle, you stand like a rock and you know what is good for your fellow countrymen! We can’t wait for your next fight…
April 17th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Manny ur a great boxer na and can be considered as a legend…but alam mo ba ang gagawin mo pag congressman ka na..taga gawa yun ng batas…halos hindi ka nga makapag english…bakit hindi ka pa kuntento…at tayo namang mga kapwa Pinoy wag naman na maski sikat na iboto agad natin si Manny…mag-isip naman kayo..kung gusto nyong umasenso ang Pinas magpakatalino naman kayo ng kunti!!
April 17th, 2007 at 8:48 am
ituloy mo ang laban pacman? 1st. day in congress ask for pork barrel kay GMA, igawa mo ng pabahay para sa mga kababayan mo instead of teepees for your sweaters and roundheads, isama mo na ang winning purse mo, sila ang mga tunay na panabong coz lalaban sila ng patayan PARA SA YO!
April 17th, 2007 at 8:05 am
@thread starter
to each his own. why is watching a boxing bout in 3g a great experience? lol! get a life dude. if you would say you watched in a 5.1 surround home theater with plasma tv, i can somehow believe you. or better yet, watchin g in overly-priced sm cinemas w/ poor airconditioning, that’s still great experience. but watching live boxing in celfone display, i don’t think so.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
mga kababayan,hwag agad nating husgahan si manny sa larangan ng pulitika.HINDI natin batid ang kalooban ng kapwa natin.hindi tayo DIYOS.alam kong sa mga nakaraang eleksyon ay may mga ibinoto tayo hindi naman pala nagsilbi ng tapat sa bayan.katunayan lang na hindi natin batid ang saloobin ng kapwa natin.mas makikilala natin ang tunay na pagkatao ng iniidolo nating si manny sa larangan ng pulitika kung sya ba ay talagang dapat idolohin sa paninilbihan nya sa bayan at galing nya sa boksing o hangaan lamang sya sa larangan ng boksing.hayaan nating magsilbi ang isang tao sa kanyang bayan kaysa tumunganga lang at walang gawin ang isang taong may kakayahan namang magsilbi sa bayan.mabuhay ka manny!mabuhay ang pilipino!unahin po natin ang pagbabago sa ating mga sarili.sundin lang natin ang kagustuhan ng diyos at sya na ang bahala.