And, yes, even you closeted, socially inept Pacnuthuggers, come on out. Walk away from the computer screen and your video games for a hot minute and take a bow also.
From President GMA on down to the guys selling cigarettes in the midst of Metro Manila traffic, you all get a Pacman pat on the back today.
You are Manny Pacquiao’s Universal Army (can’t forget all you guys and gals outside of your homeland, you Fil-Ams, you folks living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or UAE or in Canada.
I don’t know if any athlete or entertainer in any country has ever given so much righteous pleasure to his countrymen.
In boxing, in my memory, only Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez is in that contest.
In unity, there is indeed strength. And the waves of love roll from you to Megamanny and then back from him to each and every one of you.
I know I’m sounding sappy like a Hallmark greeting card but even Stevie Wonder can see the electricity which flows between this great fighter and his people.
He’s wickedly talented and yet he humbles himself before God. He’s got a vast fortune of money but he makes sure to bring his mother to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
He’s loyal to his mentor, Coach Freddie Roach, and theirs is a wonderful, mutually beneficial relationship unlike any seen in the fractious world of boxing for decades.
If Freddie Roach is AM radio, then Pacman is the FM side. No doubt they are making beautiful music together.
Obama and Biden should be in sync, in total harmony, like Manny and Freddie.
Soon I will make my first visit to your great country. I want to explore Pacquiao’s roots to document all that for posterity.
Your Pinoy Idol still belongs to you but now he also belongs to history.
You can share, can’t you?
Pacman is for the needy, not the greedy.
It’s Sunday night about 9:30 PM as I write this. I know the Pacman parties are rolling.
Note to all you Pinoy bosses and supervisors: Monday will not be the most productive work day at your office, factory, store or other place of business.
Please give your workers some slack.
A Pacman hangover is not easy to shake.
And who would want to?
So, Pacquiao supporters of all sizes, sexes and stripes, I declare today Pacfans day worldwide.
Give it up for yourself because nothing charges Manny’s awesome batteries like you do.
I think Manny knocked Ricky Hatton down the first two times.
But Pacquiao fans should get an assist on the third one, the jaw cruncher that left Hatton twitching on the ring mat.
You guys have that kind of power.
Mabuhay ka Manny!
Your Friend, WHITE GORILLA SOON COMING TO MANILA
MICHAEL MARLEY
