Many were disillusioned with
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in the run up to what has been touted as the biggest
boxing event in years –which in fact, lived up to its billing. Believe it or
not, many thought it was good lesson if he lost, so that he would reassess his
direction viz-a-viz what path the Filipino people had always laid down for him.
Sure, he is entitled, just as anyone else, to live his life his way: Pursue
whatever dreams he has for himself and outside of himself; Gun for whatever he
aspires to.
But people sense when one
erstwhile humble and lowly hero had drowned in the intoxicating sea of
egotistical fame.
Whatever he says or does, he
sounds and looks like saying or asking MORE, MORE, MORE!!!
The reason why Pacman alienated
so much of the affection of his Filipino fans is the same reason that alienated
people, in general, from the Arroyos (Gloria et al.) when the latter tried to
fill every nook and cranny of the political and government landscape with one
of their own. In other words, no matter what the real intention is, it smacks
of, reeks of, and betrays, GREED.
Whoever buys this RELIGION
“overdo” thing? To that extent, people want to see the Manny they used to know:
straightforward, unembellished, and genuine.
Well, he is well way into it.
He is in Congress, although arguably, the wrong place for him –It’s all
self-aggrandizement. He is better off in the local government, where direct
action makes the difference. How the hell can he contribute in legislation?
Hire consultants for every bit of his work? Now he wants his wife as governor,
who’s just as clueless in local government as he is in congress. One had better
know when to say “no thanks, I don’t have the aptitude for it.”
Obviously, Pacman obstinately
and defiantly sees himself more than most people do, to say no. Why he even
intimated in a CBS interview, “60 minutes,” his interest in occupying
Malacanang, by saying, when asked, “it’s still distant into the future, we’ll
talk about it when the right time comes” or words of that idea.
This is when celebrities abuse
their popularity. Oh it’s very familiar in Congress, would you agree?
My golly, it gives me beehives.
It gets me queasy. Again, we had all better know our limits.
I love the guy for the hero
that he was, he is, and he ought to be. Just get out of cunning maneuvers,
duplicity, and just be Manny.
Remember, he had the world in
his palm, when he was simply Manny.
Even when buffer twists his
tongue to say “peykyeow!”
We are happy that he is safe,
now he ought to come down a little. Touch base with his faith and real values.
Not the values he admired for others and so he also wants for himself.
People know the score: He
sees his life as a fairy tale; rags to riches. He wants to continue to leave us
in awe by proving he could do and be more; congressman…. President…
Manny, you don’t have to. You
already have us in permanent awe. To do more, much more, as you’ve been seen or
perceived doing for a time now, is to DISILLUSION the fan in many of your
compatriots and friends around the world.
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