You can’t win them all, all the time. 

   International Boxing Federation Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan put a definitive blow on the quest of other Filipino boxers to greatness when he floored Filipino Diosdado Gabi in the 8th round of their title showdown, Saturday, March 4, 2006 (Philippine time) at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.  Darchinyan, unbeaten in his 25 previous bouts dropped Gabi with a crushing left hand which knocked Gabi out of his senses and referee David Mendoza had to stop the fight to save the Filipino from further punishment.  Earlier, Gabi was poised to actually join Manny Pacquiao and Brian Viloria in the fold of boxing greatness, but things did not go his way.

There is now some sort of concern over the upcoming showdown between Filipino and Mexican boxers which is scheduled on July 2, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum.  Diosdado Gabi’s loss could be a bad omen for the Filipino punchers.

   My wife is from Quezon province, a coconut haven in the Philippines.  She, of course, is not little in knowledge if coconut is the name of the game.  So many ads show where you can buy your “virgin” coconut oil, but my wife makes sure the virgin gets really into the house.  She makes our 100% VCO.

   Here’s how she does it.  First, she extracts the coconut milk out from the coconut meat.  Then she lets the extracted coco milk go through a 24-to-36-hour natural fermentation process.  Read more

I got this from a contributor in PACLAND. One Pacquiao fan code named “II cool j” made this interesting analysis. What can you say Blackboard (Thanks for the comment last Ash Wednesday)?

January 22, 2006 - The entire Philippine Islands went into a frenzied celebration after our boxing hero Manny Pacquiao smothered one of the best boxers in the world, Erik Morales. Thirteen days after, February 4, 2006, the whole nation went into a shock when Wowowee’s first annivesary celebration turned into a deadly commotion, the ULTRA stampede. Another 13 days passed, February Read more