Manny Pacquiao - Boxing

Day after I arrived from Tasmania, I went to Rooty Hill (western suburb where lots of Filipinos live in Sydney) with cousin LJ to watch boxing: Philippines' own Manny Pacquiao vs some Mexican (no need to mention).

My trip (through public transport) must have taken about 1.5hrs. LJ was already waiting for me at the station on a hot Sunday afternoon. When we got to the RSL, I easily got in. Unfortunately for LJ who lost his wallet just a few weeks ago, he couldn't provide any form of ID to get in (FYI for everyone going to an RSL club). So we came out of the RSL club thinking, what are we gonna do. We went all the way here to watch one of the biggest boxing events in the Philippines (on big screen TV), its hot outside, there's no where else to go coz I'm sure the filipino shops are closed so they could also watch the match. A few suggestions: we borrow some other filipino guy's ID and try to get in, wait until the security guard change shifts and see if the new person would let us in, find another bar where we could watch, or just go home. We waited a little bit and tried a second time with another security guard.

I go in first and LJ follows me. The guard sees LJ and asks him who he was with. He says, "I'm with her." The guard asks, "are you brothers and sisters?" I said, "Yes, we are!" LJ says, "NO!" Ok, LJ and I need to get our stories straight. Anyway, we explained to the guard that we were here to watch the boxing match. Easily enough, the guy lets us in but we had to walk outside of the casino area to get to the big screen TV. Fair enough. When we got there, LJ was mad after seeing lots of underage kids inside while he was given such a hard time at the front door.

Well, the match ended very well for the Philippines. Pacquiao won by KO in 3 rounds. Apparently during the 2nd match a few months back against the same Mexican boxer, Philippines had a zero crime rate - even the thieves and criminals took a break to watch the game.

Pacquiao for President!!!