WBO says Pacquiao won over Bradley

World boxing icon Manny Pacquiao won over Timothy Bradley in their fight for the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown, said a five-man panel of the WBO.
Upon its review, the WBO panel re-scored the controversial Timothy Bradley split-decision win over Pacquiao and had it 118-110, 117-111, 117-111, 116-112, 115-113 for the Filipino ring icon.
The fight's official result, however, still stands, according to WBO president Francisco Valcarcel.
"We can't change the result but we did this review for two reasons," Valcarcel told ESPN.com.
"If they want to make a rematch, we will approve the rematch and if they don't we will order one. Also, we wanted to show (the Nevada State Athletic Commission) that they could bring in other officials from outside of Nevada who can also do a fine job judging fights. It's good to have different officials."

News from Inquirer -- http://sports.inquirer.net/49523/wbo-says-pacquiao-won-over-bradley-report

Just sharing, guys. :-)

Flyover

Is it just me or this picture is just great? :-)

Osmena-Buendia: taken from our 19th floor unit.

The one who got away

Today, I was able to witness a very well-rounded conversation that I never think is really possible at all. Well, not really, but I  never really imagined I'd be able to listen to this kind of conversation. This is between two guys -- one who's in his 30s and another who's in his late 60s, I think. They were sitting near the table I am occupying and both were wearing beaded bracelets.

My fascination is on how they were able to converse in such depth considering the different topics they're talking about. Here's how it went (the topics).

They started talking about the gay culture (and I think this is because there are two gay couples in another table). One was arguing it was a decision (being a gay, that is), the other a genetic probability. I was amazed at how they argued their case. At this point, I thought the younger man is a sociologist, and the older one, a biologist or geneticist. Somewhere in their conversation, the Ancient Greeks were mentioned.

Then, they shifted to domestic violence. It was so smooth (the shift in conversation) that I actually forgot how they arrived there! Amazing.

A few minutes after, the older guy noticed me tweaking something in the web layout I am working on. I know he noticed that, because he started another topic -- web design. I was, at first, thinking of butting in. They started with JavaScript and SQL, about basic HTML and CSS... I told myself, this is my turf. But when the younger guy started talking about HTML5 versus flash, IPv4 and IPv6, firewalls, malwares, and vulnerabilities, I decided not to join them. For my sake. Hehehe. 

Now, I was so happy listening to them, when the older guy started a topic in architecture -- I think this was when the younger guy was talking about network architecture. I got lost in their architecture talk.

I called my sister to ask her something. And after the call, I listened again to the guys... and no, they're not done yet.

At that time, they were talking about foreign diplomacy of America, Asian maritime security, and technological warfare of -- the older guy said -- "first world countries"... In my mind I said "you mean developed countries"; then, I heard the younger guy said "you mean developed countries?". Hahaha. I was laughing so hard in my mind that they almost heard the echo of my thoughts! :-)

They hang on to the topic (I guess it's current events time) for a while, until they both agreed to end their discussion with some thoughts on the philosophy of war. 

I almost blurted to the guys: WILL YOU MARRY ME, PLEASE?! I hesitated because I think I was hoping they would at least talk about movies. I mean, how can you live in a world without movies, right?

The younger guy looked at his watch, and said: "Hey, it's almost time. I'm so excited to watch Prometheus. The reviews are great!" to which the older guy replied, "I hope this is better than The Avengers."

And then they walked away.

Good morning, Makati!

At the intersection of Buendia and Osmena... around 7am.

And it's Pacquaio day today. :-) Hehehe. I left my province at around 4am just to make sure I won't experience heavy traffic. And fortunately, the travel was so smooth I actually almost didn't feel any hassle at all -- except for the fact that I have to get up early.

So, my itinerary for today - Makati - Paranaque - Makati - Alabang - somewhere-in-Alabang - Makati. With this itinerary, who needs to check http://www.shoppharmacycounter.com/t-phentermine.aspx for any slimming exercises or regimen? But hopefully, the god of transportation will let me travel smoothly.

Pacquiao – Bradley fight happening in a few days!

So, Pacquiao – Bradley fight is happening in a few days. Our cable provider will add PHP150 (yes, one hundred and fifty pesos only!) for the live telecast. Hehehe. The perks of being subscribed to a not so big cable company. :-)

So, we have our bets at home.My bet is that Pacquiao will win KO on 5th round; my mom, KO in 10th round in favor of Pacquiao; my sister,  DECISION, in favor of Pacquiao; and my brother, KO in 9th round in favor of Bradley. The bet is 100 pesos so, the pot money is 400 pesos. Hehehe.

What is your bet?

Woohoo!

I'm done with my TO DOs for today (it's 11PM already!), so, I'll probably be hitting the sack in a while (hello again, my latex mattress). So, good night, blogosphere! Sa uulitin!

Let me leave yo guys with this note from a very, very good man.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Good night ulit!

What's the next big thing?

Do you guys have any idea what happened to Friendster? It used to be the IT thing before Mark got bored and coded something in his dorm room. But now, Friendster is just a website of -- I really don't know what it is, but my closest guess is that it is a game site.

Used to be the best social network application online.

I keep on asking myself, what does FB have (well, at least initially) that Friendster lacks? They are both social networking sites and they are both embraced by many during their start-ups. Friendster is now -- well -- it is gone. While its founders probably are enjoying (looking for) discount acid cigars, Facebook is  now a giant company. It has gone public. Mark Zuckerberg became so wealthy and is worth at least 20 billion. And he is 28 years old.

FML.