proud to be pinoy

after alcano's win in the world pool championship a week ago, everyone was in high spirits anticipating today's pacquiao-morales boxing rematch. i myself didn't make plans today so i could stay home and watch the game (even if it was delayed). it was surprising though that the match lasted 3 rounds and pacquiao emerged as the winner. pacman (as pacquiao is fondly called) has given us pinoys again something to be proud of. what's nice here aside from pacman's win is that pinoys, even just for the day, dropped what they were doing and gathered to watch & support pacquiao. if only we could be as united in a lot of things, then this country no doubt will move forward. as it is, we just need to be thankful that there are these times where we can stand united - and be proud to be pinoy. i know i am.

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i was saddened to hear that the adopted brother of a childhool friend (who i drifted apart from a long time ago) passed away. i was quite sad to hear about it having learned only a day before that john paul had an operation because he had a tumor in his head. he was only 23yo. while growing up, his brother was one of the kids i hung out with along with other kids in the neighborhood. i had good times with them growing up considering that i only "socialized" with the other kids during my late teens. i saw part of john paul's childhood and even then, as kids were, he was a sweet & charming child. i can't believe he's gone. i never really gave a great deal about death before but having had my share of people moving on, it makes me hate being a grown-up. there's just so many things to deal with - and sometimes, i just don't know how to handle things. i'm alive though - and that's enough reason to be thankful. i know john paul is in a better place - dying young just meant God wants him back - and who can argue that?