Indeed, it was a sweet victory.

Manny Paquiao once again made us proud with his recent victory in Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. His KO win over David Diaz put him on top of the rankings as the World's Best Pound for Pound Boxer. He made history as the first Asian to have 4 belts in different boxing categories. He proved once again that once he stepped on the ring, all Filipinos regardless of where they are in the world would put aside their differences and be united. But as much as I would like to fill this page with all those Manny Paquiao brouhaha, I could not erase on my mind the other man on the ring, the one whom Paquiao defeated - David Diaz.

What about him?

First and foremost, I pity him.

I watched the fight on GMA - 7's broadcast on t.v (with added ire on all those advertisements) and I saw how Manny pounded Diaz - brutally. Blood flowed down from the cuts and bruises Manny left on his face. He was Manny's punching bag from the first round onwards. And when he was hit with Manny's left hook and fell down on the canvass (bloodied) as if he were a post, I could not help but shed a tear for him. It's like his dream of becoming a well known champ vanish away with that fateful stoppage on the 9th round.

Nonetheless, I salute this man for showing what courage really meant. From round 1, anyone could see that Manny won this fight but David never quit. Even if he was pounded by Manny and blood flowed from his face, he stood there tall and proud for all the world to see. He even hug and congratulated Manny after the fight and praised him for showing his supperb boxing skills.

Cheers to Manny! Cheers to David for being such a good sport!

I first saw its trailer last March and I thought that it was really funny so I couldn't wait for it to be shown here in our local theaters. Unfortunately, when it was finally shown, I didn't have enough money left in my allowance to be able to watch it. Thus, I made a vow to myself that the next time I will receive my allowance I'm going to watch this movie. Luckily, my cousin gave my sister two movie passes so I beg my sister to let me have the other movie pass so I could watch Kung Fu Panda. It turns out that she liked to watch the movie also so the two of us went to Ayala Mall to watch it and LOL! it was a blast!

Kung Fu Panda is the story of Po, a big fat panda, who is the biggest fan of kung fu around. Po works in a noodle restaurant owned by his father (in this case a goose). Unexpectedly, he was "accidentally" chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy of being the Great Dragon Master to bring peace to China and its people. With this, his long time dream of being able to learn kung fu along side the legendary furious five of Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey - under the leadership of Master Shifu would now be at his feet. Unfortunately, the treacherous Tai Lung, a snow tiger, escaped from prison and is now heading to Po's village to seek revenge and it is now up to Po to stop him and protect everyone from this oncoming threat.

Basically, Kung Fu Panda's storyline about an unlikely hero out of not "society-thinks" a hero should be - in this case a "BIG, FAT PANDA" is sort of a cliche (remember shrek?) in which most of us have been familiar with. But, with its funny antics and wisecracks along with its lovable characters and with a stellar voice performance from an all star cast, Kung Fu Panda succeeds in entertaining me.

By the way, apart from enjoying the visual graphics of the movie, I happen to caught some memorable lines from it that I would like to share it here:

"There's no secret ingredient, you just have to believe in yourself"

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present"

"To make something special, you just have to believe it's special"

P.S :

I was quite a surprised when I learned that the movie's theme song was sang by our very own Sam Concepcion. Oh ho ho! way to go Sam! You make the Filipinos Proud.

Have you ever been in a situation wherein you don't know anybody? you're considered an outcast? a complete stranger? As for me? I am currently in that situation right now.

Here's my story...

I am a graduating student this semester and my graduation deficiency slip showed that I still have 12 units left in my course curriculum to be able to graduate - part of which is NASC 3 Household Chemistry. Unfortunately, NASC 3 being an off-sem subject was not offered this semester which now becomes a problem for me because it will mean that I could kiss my October graduation goodbye.

With this in mind, I consulted our Department Chairman (Business Administration) about my problem hoping to have some advices on what I should do - if there's any. He told me to write a letter to the Chemistry Department Chairman requesting them to allow me to take a chemistry subject equivalent to NASC 3. After making the letter, I went to Talamban Campus a few kilometers ride from the Main Campus where I am studying. To make the long story short, I was interviewed by the Chairman and with a little pleading from him, he allow me to take Chem 1A General and Inorganic Chemistry as an equivalent.

I thought that I was relieved from my problem when I was allowed to take an equivalent subject but by the time I entered the Chemistry class I was in total despair!

I was like Alice in Wonderland the first time she entered the rabbit hole! I was basically a stranger in this class. Imagine! all of my classmates were BS Psychology Students and practically everyone knows everybody! I was seated in the middle and nobody sits beside me. What makes things worst for me was the time our teacher told us to group ourselves - 5 members per group. Everyone was rushing into one another shouting names and telling someone to include him/her into his/her group. It was totally chaotic and I was like the wind in these room of chaos.

Everyone except me had groups already and deep inside I felt pity to my self. I planned to transfer to another class if not for one girl (I forgot her name) who asked me if I have a group. I told her a simple "NONE" and then she told me that I could join their group since they lacked one member. Since I really had no choice, I joined their group even if I don't know anyone.

It's really hard to be in a place full of strangers. I feel like I am a prisoner jailed by the thought that I really had no choice. Even if I practically don't know anybody from my Chemistry Class, I am still hoping that as we would spend the next 4 months confined inside the 4 corners of our room, I would have the chance to get to know and befriend them. As for now, I consider this experience of mine a challenge to my adaptability and friendliness skill.