I came back to my blog after a long hiatus and found a whole lot of nonsensical comments attached to my posts. Given the sparse traffic i get on my posts, i thought I would just do away with all the security procedures. Insáne! I now have links to innovative engineering designs, and blonde and oral porn. Darn cyber-squatters!
On to boxing. Last week's third edition of the Pacquiao-Marquez saga was rather disappointing. We had gone to Hooter's hoping to get a seat but it turned out we were not the only ones looking for a spot to watch the fight. Turned away from the joint SRO, our friends decided to chip in and buy the pay-per-view option. So, we got to watch the fight night in the comfort of a private living room. The main event, the Pacquiao-Marquez punchup, was more tentative than I expected. Both boxers seemed to wait for the other to commit first paling the fight in contrast with the previous two meetings where both came out hammer and tongs from the get-go. My first thought at the closing bell was that Pacquiao's lost it. The eventual decision to give it to Pacquiao didn't go well with many, and topped a controversial series with even more doubt than resolution. Come to think of it, the pre-fight between Breidis Prescott and Mike Alvarado was more engaging and intensely contested (and bloodier) than the main event. Here's hoping for a Mayweather-Pacquiao match-up.
On a sombre note, I just learnt about the tragic life of Rebecca Zahau, a Chin-Mizo-American, partly because her family took the story to primetime tv...on the Dr. Phil Show. I had heard about it when it happened but never followed it through. It took a reportage on the Dr. Phil episode to get me concerned. For late entrants to the story as I, Rebecca was found hanging in the nude with her hands and legs tied. This was just following the tragic death of her live-in partner's son. The partner has been exonerated by investigations that ruled the death as a case of suicide. Rebecca's family, including her ex-husband, cry foul. There is a wiki entrywith more details and links related to the case. Condolences to Rebecca's family.
ps: If Rebecca's story extracts more than an "aww" from you, her family has put up a website for you to participate.
On to boxing. Last week's third edition of the Pacquiao-Marquez saga was rather disappointing. We had gone to Hooter's hoping to get a seat but it turned out we were not the only ones looking for a spot to watch the fight. Turned away from the joint SRO, our friends decided to chip in and buy the pay-per-view option. So, we got to watch the fight night in the comfort of a private living room. The main event, the Pacquiao-Marquez punchup, was more tentative than I expected. Both boxers seemed to wait for the other to commit first paling the fight in contrast with the previous two meetings where both came out hammer and tongs from the get-go. My first thought at the closing bell was that Pacquiao's lost it. The eventual decision to give it to Pacquiao didn't go well with many, and topped a controversial series with even more doubt than resolution. Come to think of it, the pre-fight between Breidis Prescott and Mike Alvarado was more engaging and intensely contested (and bloodier) than the main event. Here's hoping for a Mayweather-Pacquiao match-up.
On a sombre note, I just learnt about the tragic life of Rebecca Zahau, a Chin-Mizo-American, partly because her family took the story to primetime tv...on the Dr. Phil Show. I had heard about it when it happened but never followed it through. It took a reportage on the Dr. Phil episode to get me concerned. For late entrants to the story as I, Rebecca was found hanging in the nude with her hands and legs tied. This was just following the tragic death of her live-in partner's son. The partner has been exonerated by investigations that ruled the death as a case of suicide. Rebecca's family, including her ex-husband, cry foul. There is a wiki entrywith more details and links related to the case. Condolences to Rebecca's family.
ps: If Rebecca's story extracts more than an "aww" from you, her family has put up a website for you to participate.
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