BHS Choir takes home NAMCYA Champ Trophy

The Baao High School Choir bagged the first prize in the Senior Choir Division of the National Music Competition for Young Artists held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines yesterday, November 15. I was supposed to watch it but it coincided with my comprehensive examination in Quantum Mechanics so I wasn't able to watch that historic feat for my high school alma mater. Sad! I certainly missed that surreal feeling that the choir of your alma mater bested all other choirs in the whole country.

Anyway, I rummaged over all video hosting sites in the cyberspace to have a peak of their grand performance. Thanks goodness I have found the video uploaded by a YouTube user named L1TEL1TO. The sound quality is not that nice but this video certainly answers my yearning to watch their performance. So, thank you to the uploader.

Kudos to all the members and trainors of BHS Choir!

Pacquiao wins!

Manny Pacquiao scores his 36th win by TKO in a title bout today, June 29, at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, opposite Mexican-American boxer David Diaz. Yahoo! Sports reports:

"Round 9: Diaz’s face is a mess as the round starts and Pacquiao resumes the assault. Pacquiao lands a three-punch combination to the head. Diaz throws a left and a right, which Pacquiao blocks with his gloves. Diaz simply can’t land much. Straight left by Manny snaps Diaz’s head back. Diaz’s left eye is blackening and closing quickly. Pacquiao circles and flicks a couple of jabs. Right hand inside followed by a left sends Diaz down face first. The ref doesn’t even bother to count and waves off the fight at 2:24."

It is estimated that Pacquiao's win over Diaz earned him at least $ 3M. But more than the prize, I believe what's sweeter is the fact that he is the first Asian to win four major titles in four weight classes. It can be recalled that he won the championship belts in WBC Flyweight, IBF Super Bantamweight, WBC Super Featherweight and now in WBC Lightweight.

Athough Pacquiao will not surely give us even a tiny share of his winnings, at least he inspires us to work harder so we will be the best of what we can be, and that's I think enough reason to land a spot in this blog.

Ultimately, Pacquiao deserves a commendation for sending the message to the world that although Filipinos are just third-world people, we could still be great and a force to consider too. So, just by watching him win over mighty fighters from all over the world, I already find a reason to feel proud of being a Filipino!

(Picture courtesy of www.mannypacquiao.ph)

Evolution of My Lasallian Character

Did I hear somebody say academic enculturation?