Some Trivia on the Philippines

[brucelee]

33% of you lot are all underweight

dunno what it is now but was a fact a year or so back.

aint the main source of income out there rice picking?

I'm overweight by 24 lbs right now. I'm back to my regular exercise after 6 months of doing nothing.

With regular exercise, from 180 lbs I'm now 164lbs. Hope to get back to 140 after 6 months.


I'll try to do some rice picking. Hope it will decrease my weight.


Btw, Philippines is the best place on earth if you're an ordinary employee.


Simple living is nice. After I retire from work, I'll stay in my grandfather's island and enjoy my remaining days there. Nice white beach near the pacific ocean, fresh sea foods, cool breeze in my nipa hut, no computer or calls to bother me and maybe 1 or 2 housemaids to do all the house chores. That's what you call life and you can only enjoy that in my country.

[CGM]

Friend of mine is vacationing in Boracay right now. Talk about beautiful beaches

[Gandalf]

Yes, it's really nice out there.

The Philippines might not be the wealthiest place in the world, but it sure has some of the most splendid scenery and nature. The gray, miserable UK or the beaches of the Philippines? I know which one I would choose!

[brucelee]

Yes, it's really nice out there.

The Philippines might not be the wealthiest place in the world, but it sure has some of the most splendid scenery and nature. The gray, miserable UK or the beaches of the Philippines? I know which one I would choose!

Miles, you try the beaches of Davao, Mindanao. I like it better than Boracay. The place is blessed with many tropical fruits.

[brucelee]

Here's some boxing trivia. These are all Filipino boxers who have become boxing champions:

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, who has been touted as the greatest flyweight of the century by the Associated Press, was also the first world champion from Asia. He was one of only four Asians enshrined into the New York-based International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994. He was also inducted to the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Born as Francisco Guilledo in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August 1, 1901, he began his boxing career in 1919 and adopted the name Pancho Villa after a famous Mexican revolutionary leader.

After his successful bids in the Philippines, he went to New York in pursuit of international bouts. Known for his whirlwind style, Villa, then 22, knocked out reigning world flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde of England in the seventh round at New York's Polo Grounds on June 18, 1923.

Among the opponents that he trounced were Benny Schwartz, Georgie Marks, Frankie Ash and Clever Sencio.

During his entire boxing career, Villa engaged in 99 bouts - 22 knockouts, 49 wins by decision, 5 losses, 4 draws and 19 no-decision bouts.

Gabriel "Flash" Elorde
In 1974, the World Boxing Council named Gabriel "Flash Elorde" as "the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history" for winning 79 bouts in his professional boxing career. In 1993, he became the first Asian inducted into the New York-based International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was also enshrined into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Elorde became a world champion in the 130-pound division on March 16, 1960 when he knocked out American Harold Gomes at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Since then, he has defended his title in 10 bouts for seven years, making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever. He finally lost to Japanese Yoshiaki Numata in a 15-round match in Tokyo on June 15, 1967.

Elorde was born in Bogo, Cebu in 1935 and died in 1985.

[brucelee]

Roel Velasco
A gold medal at the first Muhammad Ali Cup Invitational Boxing Championship, a silver at the 1997 World Boxing Championships, a bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and a bronze at the 1998 Goodwill Games. These are just a few of the many honors Roel Velasco has brought home from grueling international boxing competitions.

With such feats, Roel, the older brother of Olympic silver medallist Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, is perhaps the country's most successful amateur boxer. In September 1997, Roel, a light flyweight, won the country's first gold medal in the Muhammad Ali Cup Invitational Boxing Championship. That was his third international gold medal in that year, after winning gold medals at the Italian Boxing Championship in Italy and the Balado Memorial Cup in Cuba.

In July 1998, then 24-year-old Roel also won the country's first-ever bronze medal in the Goodwill Games held in New York, USA when he outclassed an American opponent. He later lost to a Russian boxer in the semifinals to settle for the bronze. Before this, Roel won the silver medal in the World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in 1997.

Roel was the sole Filipino medallist (outside demonstration sports) in the 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain. He won the Olympic bronze medal when he was only 18 years old. Roel was born in Bago City, Negros Occidental province in 1974. He is a member of the Philippine Navy.

[brucelee]

Ceferino Garcia
Ceferino Garcia was the heaviest Filipino ever who became a world-boxing champion. Known for his bolo punch, he captured the world middleweight title on October 2, 1939 when he knocked out Fred Apostoli in New York. He defended his crown against top rivals twice (Americans Glen Lee and Henry Armstrong) before losing his title in May 1940. Before he switched to the middleweight division, Garcia became a welterweight champion when he knocked out boxing legend and war hero Barney Ross in 1937 and Henry Armstrong in 1938.

He was born in 1912 and grew up in Tondo, Manila. In 1977, Ceferino Garcia was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame and into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1981.

Luisito Espinosa
For five years, Luisito "Lindol" Espinosa has held two different world-boxing titles: the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown and the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt.

In 1996, Luisito Espinosa was named "Athlete of the Year" for defending his World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown twice. He edged out Olympic silver medallist Mansueto Velasco in the country's top athlete award. He was again feted the "Athlete of the Year" award in 1999 alongside golfer Frankie Minoza.

The five-foot-seven boxer was born in Tondo, Manila on June 26, 1967.

[brucelee]

Friend of mine is vacationing in Boracay right now. Talk about beautiful beaches

Boracay is beautiful but it's already dirty. Compared to the island I'm talking, Boracay is not beautiful for me.

[Preme]

33% of you lot are all underweight

dunno what it is now but was a fact a year or so back.

aint the main source of income out there rice picking?

I'm overweight by 24 lbs right now. I'm back to my regular exercise after 6 months of doing nothing.

With regular exercise, from 180 lbs I'm now 164lbs. Hope to get back to 140 after 6 months.


I'll try to do some rice picking. Hope it will decrease my weight.


Btw, Philippines is the best place on earth if you're an ordinary employee.


Simple living is nice. After I retire from work, I'll stay in my grandfather's island and enjoy my remaining days there. Nice white beach near the pacific ocean, fresh sea foods, cool breeze in my nipa hut, no computer or calls to bother me and maybe 1 or 2 housemaids to do all the house chores. That's what you call life and you can only enjoy that in my country.

i bet the country is nice in parts, but i used to know a lot of Pinoy's (nice guys, real good laugh) but fuck they had it hard out there, everything was simple and basic for them, couldn't do that my self.

[CFH]

I've never been to the Philippines, but I used to live on Guam and Saipan and they were absolutely beautiful.