Well, not quite ringside. Am typing this from inside Cinema 5 of Gateway Theater in Cubao, on free wifi on an iPod Touch. Might as well be ringside for how close the ring seems.
This is a traditional father-son bonding activity my Dad and I have been doing for several years now. We don’t see each other as often these days, but when there’s a Pacquiao fight, there’s an unspoken agreement that we’ll see it together pay-per-view at a theater without fail.
The main bout doesn’t start for several hours, but we’re here for everything. Bored, I check for wifi with the Touch, and there are three free Gateway signals. So I’m here surfing and typing in the dark between bouts. Mainly because I can.
Am thinking of live blogging the fight but if I do that I won’t enjoy the event. Besides, I don’t know how JV Rufino and the Inquirer.Net guys would feel about that. And this is a Mac blog, not a Sports one.
Nothing really. Just one of the nice things technology lets you do these days.
Ok, back to the festivities. Another bout starting.
October 7th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
@Claris: I, uh …married her.
October 7th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
hey adel — little david? how’s monica? =D
October 7th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
@Joey - sarap mo! Ba’t di mo kami kasama ni Howard dyan? Tsk tsk.
@katsch - long time no see, my friend! Still lighting up ballerinas for the CCP? The keyboard takes some getting used to, and my chubby fingers are still adjusting. Surprisingly it isn’t as hard as i was expecting. You just gotta make sure you hit the key area dead center. Also, it doesn’t take until you let go, and there is a big pop-up of the letter you hit. Peek first, and if you make a mistake, slide your finger to the proper letter before letting go. As for the time the post took - five minutes?
@Jules - ohmigod, someone who knows my dark and dirty past! Yes its me. You can hear me on a smattering of podcasts here and there, but it turns out I’m better read than heard. Or seen. Thanks for bringing back memories!
October 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Little David??? So you’re in Gateway while millions of us are listening to AM radio across the archipelago… Matagal ko nang hindi naririnig ang boses mo sa FM. I changed station when you and Jessica left K-lite.
October 7th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
hi adel am in bangkok right now, covering the 1st RAN Global Tournament for INQUIRER.net/hackenslash
We have a running account at http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/ThePacquiaoFiles/running/
no prob w/ you blogging the bout — you’re still using a mac hehe
but yeah you might not enjoy the match as much 
Cheers,
Joey