Filipinos have a huge amount of pride. They named a boxer as a national hero. I had never heard of this Manny Pacquiao until after arriving here…but man do they love him. Funny thing is that no one ever talks about him except if there’s a boxing match. Recently, there was and everybody was watching.
I heard screaming and yelling and male voices taunting and girls voices like they were injured. I ran out the door and to the balcony expecting to see some gang cartel type thuggery with baseball bat justice going on….but nope. Apparently, Manny came on stage (in Las Vegas) and started yelling “Filipino! Filipino! Filipino! Filipino!” and that pretty much made everyone here shit their pants in joy.
The Black Eyed Peas are likely to be the next national hero. They have one guy thats half Filipino so they declared its a Filipino band. I know thought that one song was Hawaiian but I guess its Tagalog and the other one called Bebot chants the same thing as Manny did on stage.
One downside to it is that anytime these Fil-pride songs play in the club, it’s best for all foreigners to exit the stage and not look like they’re having a good time. Pride turns ugly if a tourist dares to act like they’re enjoying Bebot.
One of the people down the hill was keen to point out that Manny was a champ in America. He had a fiery gleam in his eye that told me I shouldn’t mention that he wasn’t the champ of jack shit in America. His wins were against retiring champs… retiring with a final payout, of course they lost, they’re supposed to. Thats how boxing always retires the larger names. I’ve seen people and pride, that stuff is dangerous. It starts lynch mobs.
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Yeah dude don’t say anything bad about Manny Pacquiano while your there. They take that shit way too serious. You know there is a chick on American Idol right now that is Philipino, she will have a number 1 record here in no time flat when she’s voted off. She’s one of the final 8 right now. I’m starting to think since they really have nothing to look forward to in life they take shit like that very serious for some reason. I don’t get it.
Mar 19, 2008 at 6:10 AM