I started smoking cigarettes in college. I wasn’t really a heavy smoker (unlike some of my friends who would consume one or two packs a day), usually only lighting up after meals and during drinking sessions (or when I was bored). When I got a job, I quit smoking for several years, but picked up [...]
March 31st, 2010
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments
Manny Pacquiao, who was awarded Boxer of the Decade at the 10th Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Annual Memorial Awards-Banquet of Champions, approached fellow boxer Z “The Warrior” Gorres (who also attended the banquet) and had a little talk with the Cebuano fighter before handing him an envelope.
“Masaya ako at nakabalik na si Z-Gorres dito sa Pilipinas. [...]
March 26th, 2010
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments
Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propanda, once said, and I quote: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Kiai Master Ryukerin believed in the big lie that he could hurt a man without even laying a hand on him. In the first part of [...]
March 24th, 2010
Categories: Fight Sports/Martial Arts Major Fail, Humor . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments
I woke up this morning with a hangover and a splitting headache. At the office, I went online to check the Philippine Daily Inquirer for my daily news fix and, instead, immediately stumbled upon these photos:
Needless to say, after seeing these pictures, my headache worsened. I just wanted to grab another bottle of Red Horse beer, get stinking drunk again, [...]
March 23rd, 2010
Categories: Boxing Dispatches, Sports and Politics . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: 2 Comments
In her Philippine Star column today, Jessica Zafra talks about the international appeal of our very own Filipino martial art, Kali or Arnis. It is indeed interesting to note, as Zafra points out in the title of her column, that one of our greatest Filipino cultural exports is “kicking ass”. Below is an excerpt from [...]
March 19th, 2010
Categories: Filipino Martial Arts . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments