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Pacquiao still aspires to be a congressman
Even if he was, well, "TKO'd" by Darlene Antonino when he ran for congressman in GenSan during the 2007 elections, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao isn't about to hang up his "political glove," insisting that he's running for the same position (presumably) in 2010.He revealed this in an interview with editor-in-chief Jim Plouffe in the latest (December) issue of the Reader's Digest which features Pacquiao on the cover, the second Filipino to be accorded that honor in barely three months, following Michael V. who graced the RD cover in its special issue on Asian comedy.
Question (by Plouffe): It seems the only time you've taken a real beating is when you went for public office.
Pacquiao: It was not the right time to run for office because I was in my prime in boxing. (The Filipino people) are looking at me as a role model in boxing. The time has come now. I think they will want me because I have a big heart.
Big words, those. If Pacquiao can translate words into action, well and good. But he's right that his fans (including this one) prefer him to stay inside the ring and not somewhere else, not in the political arena or in the movies (his "starrers" were flops, including films supposedly "inspired" by his success story).
But he's undaunted in his quest for a space in politics.
Question: So politics is still in the cards?
Pacquiao: Absolutely. I want to be a congressman. (The Filipino people) idolize me in boxing. I want them to idolize me in terms of public service. (I believe in) social accountability. I can change the system. I'm not like some politicians who can be corrupt. I have money and I am satisfied with what I have earned from bloody work like boxing. What I want to do is bring government money back to the poor people." (Adding that what the Philippines needs the most are "politicians with big hearts to help the people who are suffering.")
Bigger words, those. I read the RD story with mounting excitement, waiting for Pacquiao to name the "politicians who can be corrupt" but he disappointed me (and you, too, I guess) by not naming one at all.
Anyway, the Reader's Digest (with Pacquiao looking invincible on the cover, as if taunting Oscar dela Hoya with whom he's matched in a non-title bout in Las Vegas on Dec. 6) is a collector's item. Buy a copy before it gets out of stock.
Where did Rihanna and Chris Brown go after The Fort concert?
Now it can be told: Rihanna and Chris Brown decided to chill out at Alchemy's Vapor Club (at Silver City, Frontera Verde Drive corner Julia Vargas Ave., Pasig City) after their concert last Nov. 16 at The Bonifacio Global City Open Field, whisked off in black limousines and escorted by big bouncers as they entered through the back entrance.
It wasn't a secret, though. The night before, Brown's manager visited Alchemy to negotiate for a post-concert party and Brown kept mentioning it during the concert.
According to the Funfare DPA, Brown and Rihanna enjoyed the drinks and the hors d' oeuvres, plus the music, for more than two hours.
"There was a mild showdown between Brown's dancers and Rihanna's performer," added the DPA. "Could it have been caused by an attractive woman who came from neither of the two groups?"
Also at Alchemy that same night was American Idol Season 7 finalist Michael Johns.
Incidentally, on Nov. 26, Alchemy will be the venue of the DKNY launch of Delicious Nights, its latest night-fragrance line. Manila's glitterati is expected at the affair. Also slated at Alchemy are corporate parties such as those of Sykes, Convergys, UNILAB, Emerson, Abott, Philippine Electric, Digital, Mapua, One Global, Ventus and others.
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