lights out

What an awesome saturday i had. got up at 10:30am. went to brunch at the commons where my roommates and i were invited by my RA (residential assistant) friend raymund and his gf to watch the pacquiao fight at an all-you-can-eat filipino restaurant in hayward. then i went and picked up my bro from work to go watch x-men origins: wolverine. the movie was superb the whole way through. great humor and action sequences. i highly recommend it. then came back to the dorm to do my laundry and then head to the restaurant. raymund directed us to the restaurant which was actually a different one from the one we were originally supposed to go to.

Manila Garden on hesperian and west 'a' street. nice place. all-you-can-eat really good filipino fare for 15 bucks (which is 5 bucks less than the original place). you can tell they have karaoke and dancing at nite. when we got there, we caught the end of the second-to-last undercard fight and caught the soto-gaudin(?) fight which was pretty good. but the energy in the room changed when it was time for the final bout. the lights dimmed in the restaurant. people stopped eating and turned their chairs to focus on the television sets. 

Once the bell rang, every punch pacquiao threw was followed by an 'ooh' or 'ahh', clap or scream. the fervor was contagious. my filipino pride was at an all-time high. 1st knockdown: most of the restaurant jump to their feet, including myself, celebrating. 2nd knockdown: same thing but with more awe because it happened in the same round, the first round. round 2's about to end and that's it. pacman knocks hatton's lights out. the brit was done for. the fight was over. and the entire restaurant were slapping high fives, screaming, and cheering for the 'pound-for-pound fighter' who reps the archipelago known as The Philippines. 

Oh what a day to be alive. good food. good company. quality time with the bro. witnessing a short filipino win a really short fight. haha. gotta love it.

Tomorrow i got a long day ahead of me. last day for the domestic abuse class goes from 9am to 5pm. then stop by chabot to catch wspa at idc. then off to the first practice for body rock.

May's gonna be tough. just keep swimming just keep swimming.