By Michael Marley, Examiner.com
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 3:
Bullet Points, Balut Points From Big Electoral Fight Central, ROY CHIONGBIAN VERSUS MANNY PACQUIAO, Congressional seat from Sarangani Province...
DATELINE: GENERAL SANTOS CITY
1. OMELETTES—I have been so adamant that Floyd Mayweather will essentially play with SUGAR Shane Mosley Saturday night in Las Vegas (Sunday around noon, local time) that, if Mosley scores an amazing upset, I won't be wearing egg on my face. No, I will be wearing a full omelette plus some Eggs Benedict. I still say Mayweather UD after 12 less than scintillating rounds and scores along the lines of 117-117 for one judge, 118-110 for a second perhaps an off-balance 116-112 tally.
2. PROBLEM VOTER—Nice young lady working in the restaurant of my hotel made a face as though she had just drank some extremely sour milk when I asked if she would vote for Pacman over business and political mogul Roy Chiongbian in Congressional race in Sarangani. She said she would favor Manny over Mayweather, no doubt, but that she does not envision him as any shining political leader. That's a dilemma for many voters here. They all like Manny the super athlete but some can't swallow him as a national legislator despite his real, sincere good intentions of helping the masses of poor people from whence he came.
3.THRILLA IN MANILA REDUX—Political and boxing operative Hammering Hermie Rivera, on a tour of Mindanao and environs in the runup to the May 10 voting across this archipelago, came up with a nice, hysterical—or I mean historical wrinkle. HH posits that Pacman should demand that Mayweather come to Manila to fight the Pinoy Idol in Araneta Coliseum, the site of the classic 1975 “Thrilla In Manila.” HH says they can call it Thrilla In Manila II. This is among many creative ideas from Rivera which will land in the scrap heap of Neverhappenland. But he tries, oh he tries...
4. PAY PER VIEW—I keep saying Pacman has to take on Chiongbian directly, that he needs to toy with Roy. Let's see what happens at the Saturday night Pacquiao rally which I will be attending. Cocky Roy and his followers (read “employees” as many are) have teeshirts which boldly state “SARANGANI NOT FOR SALE,” thus implying Pacman is using importing the phrase “buy rate” from PPV boxing to politics. I beg to differ as buying votes is as American as cherry pie, as American as the fabled elected while in a jail cell Boston Mayor James Michael Curley. His adherents' motto was “vote often and early for James Michael Curley.”
5. HOOPS AND SIDE POCKETS: I don't want to say Pacman is overly keyed up about Mosley-Mayweather as he spent his Friday evening playing basketball and then billiards. Of course, he has his own pool hall.
6. JINKEE SCORES WITH VOTERS: You can't go far around the city without hearing favorable comments about the political work of Manny's personable, attractive wife, Sarangani native Jinkee. For whatever reason, probably the care and feeding of their four kids who each have their own nanny, Jinkee was an unused asset when Manny went down to electoral defeat against Dazzling Darlene Antonino-Custodio in his first electoral foray. Now Jinkee is working it with good effect as a kind of Sarangani answer to Jackie Kennedy, sort of and kind of like that.
7.PACMOM MISSED SEEING HATTON SCRAMBLED: Not exactly breaking news but Manny's mother went to Vegas a year ago for the Ricky Hatton bout, her first trip to see her son fight in America. But she somehow got stuck with a counterfeit ticket and did not gain admittance to the Hatton beating at the MGM Grand. Pacmom did gain entry to the postfight presser and her face lit up as Manny introduced her from the podium. Aling Dionesia does not despise the limelight and she is living in a multmillion dollar home the fighter bought her. The interior décor is said to be completely pink. Maybe it's a tribute to Pinklon Thomas, who can say?
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Source: examiner.com
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