MEETING EYE TO EYE

Pacquiao sees Hatton fight toughest of career

WASHINGTON - Manny Pacquiao faces the toughest fight of his career in a hotly-anticipated clash with Britain's Ricky Hatton next week in Las Vegas.

"For me, this is not a regular fight," said the Filipino southpaw. "I consider this fight to be the toughest of my boxing career. After all he is undefeated at 140 pounds."

The former four-weight world champion challenges Hatton hfor his IBO light-welterweight title on May 2.

The Briton has never lost at his natural weight while Pacquiao, who declined to make any predictions about the fight, will be boxing in the division for the first time.

"I want to let my fists do the talking in the ring," 'Pac-Man' Pacquiao, ever respectful of his opponents, added in a teleconference call on Friday. "This is not an easy fight.

"Ricky Hatton is a different kind of fighter than I have been fighting before. He's a good fighter and a strong fighter. I expect him to be in 100 percent condition. He has a lot of energy and throws a lot of punches."

Widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Pacquiao said he and his team had been repeatedly watching video tapes of previous Hatton fights.

"He has a strong left hand, so we have studied that and prepared for that," the 30-year-old added.

But Pacquiao would not detail how he and trainer Freddie Roach planned to neutralise the Englishman's strengths.

HATTON'S STYLE

"We're ready for Ricky's style," he said. "We have been working on different techniques. I don't want to tell you what they are. I want to surprise you."

Pacquiao enhanced his impressive resume by outclassing 10 times world champion Oscar De La Hoya in December and promoter Bob Arum believes the Filipino now merits consideration as one of the greatest fighters ever.

"I personally have never seen such explosiveness combined with speed in all my years of boxing," said Arum, who has promoted boxing greats such as Marvin Hagler, Floyd Mayweather Jr and De La Hoya.

"I believe Manny's body of work establishes him as one of the best fighters in the history of boxing."

Idolised in the Philippines, Pacquiao has always strived to perform well for his fans.

"All I'm trying to do is give happiness and enjoyment to the people," he said.

Remarkably, his success in the ring has even led to temporary ceasefires in the 40-year guerrilla war being fought between Philippine troops and the Maoist-led New People's Army .

Steffani Cacho, Western Mindanao Command information officer, was quoted as saying in December: "If Manny fights, the guns will be silent."

On Friday, Pacquiao said in reply: "If that's a reason for them to be silent, I can fight every day."

And we thought that only the likes of Charisse Pempenco can hit those notes , watch this kid; POCHOLO

Here's another kid from the Philippines. another product of singing quest. I just don't know how this kid do it u I think he sings well. He actually have a lot of versions of a number of difficult songs but I had my personal choice. Listen how he belts this out.

SUSAN BOYLE - "Do not judge the book by its cover"

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 - The best free videos are right here

She's one simple lady with very soft heart. She's so innocent and very old fashioned. She seemed just like any other ordinary lady walking on the street but wait until she sings because she'll really show you what kind of Susan Boyle she is

I got 4 days off !!! Yipeeee!

Today is the second day of my 4 days off. No work! It was strangely boring today, no annoying friends visiting, no mom mocking me about the clatters on my room, no phone calls and would you believe not even a single SMS?

You better. I turned off my phone.... jejeje.

How was my day, hmmm let me see. I woke up at around 8 am this morning took my mug of coffee and watched THE MUMMY part 3., A dvd courtesy of my friend grace, some blogger huh'...

After finishing my coffee I went out of the house to check if my dogs are still alive, they haven't been barking for days. Apparently, they are still alive just got bored probably..like me..

After knowing that I really don't have any important things to do now, so I opened my blog and wollah!!!!! I got about 16 dollar worth of opportunities for today. Very splendid!

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS ; it's not what it seems...

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE SEE GHOSTS ?

"I see dead people..."

Some people believe that they have a special mental power that is often referred to as a "gift". It's difficult for me to support this because I'm pretty much a pragmatic person at heart.

I only have a theory but I believe that there is probably some portion of the brain that allows people to see ghosts and predict future events -- or some neural networks that develop -- via the experience of intuition. Everyone has intuition. The question is: why would it be stronger in some people than in others? My suspicion is that it has to do with early childhood development and the varying need to cope. Whereas everyone has intuition regarding their own lives, for some this intuition is more encompassing or comprehensive.

That being said, can others develop this? I don't know. Personally, I pay attention to my dreams because ghosts often visit in this way. I always notice when things are askew in my home, when the temperature has dropped, when objects move, when there is an unknown odor. Most often, it is not only you who apparently smells the odor.

Unfortunately, I've seen more than a few people become so obsessed with wanting to have a paranormal experience that it becomes unhealthy for them to continue to try. Also, I've seen people positively frightened after having the longed-for paranormal experience.

CYCLOPS - get beamed !

FOR ALL X-MEN FANATICS OUT THERE, HERE'S SOME FEED.

Real Name: Scott Summers
Affiliation: X-Men, Co-Headmaster, Xavier Institute
Previous Affiliations: X-Factor
Status: Widower (Phoenix), (Madelyne Pryor)
Aliases: Slim, Slym Dayspring, Erik the Red I
Relatives: Summers family

Codename Etymology: Pronounced sī'klōps [From Greek, kuklos: circle; + ōps: eye] A race of one-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology.

Powers & History: Cyclops' eyes constantly fire red energy beams, which produce force, not heat, and are powered by solar energy. At full power these beams can punch through mountains. However, Cyclops cannot control his power, and is forced to always wear a ruby quartz visor, glasses or goggles. He has an uncanny ability to compute trigonometric relations, which allows him to bounce his optic blasts with incredible accuracy. His greatest fear is losing control of his powers and hurting someone he cares for. Cyclops is immune to his brother Havok's power, and vice versa.

Scott's power first manifested when his parents' plane was attacked by a Shi'ar spaceship. Scott and Alex were pushed out the hatch with the sole parachute, which caught on fire as it opened. Clutching Alex to him, Scott stared down at his doom, until his eyes began to blast red beams of energy, which softened the ground, cushioning the brothers' landing. Scott and Alex were taken to an orphanage run by Sinister, where they were secretly subjected to tests to determine their power level. Alex was fostered out, but Sinister had plans for Scott, having realized that Summers DNA would produce a mutant of incomparable power when combined with DNA from the Grey family. For much of his time in the orphanage, however, Scott was in a coma induced by Sinister's experiments, and Sinister himself, under many guises, tried to brainwash him. Sinister also discovered through trial and error that Scott's headaches could be lessened with ruby quartz glasses. At this point it's not clear that his powers were constantly active, and in fact, there were times early in his career when he used up all his optic energy.

Scott eventually must have run away and came to a city. While walking next to a construction site, his glasses slipped and he blasted a rope holding a heavy HVAC unit, and he was forced to blast the falling machine to save the people below, revealing his mutation to the public. Pursued by police, Scott ended up blasting them accidentally when they removed his glasses, and then was lured to a shack where another mutant, Jack Winters, lived. Winters wanted to use Scott to break into the nuclear power plant that had produced the accident causing his powers. Luckily, Professor Xavier was alerted to Scott's existence by the FBI, and used Cyberno, a predecessor of Cerebro to locate him. Xavier saved Scott from Winters, who had exposed himself to radiation to become the Living Diamond. Fortunately for Scott, Winters's transformation was unstable and he died.

With no other family, Scott was taken in by Professor Charles Xavier, and became Cyclops, the first X-Man and heir to Xavier's dream. From the start Cyclops was the X-Men's field leader, and worked with Xavier to recruit the rest of the male X-Men. When Jean Grey arrived, he soon fell in love with her, and eventually managed to tell her his feelings. When Professor X appeared to have been killed by Grotesk, Cyclops agreed with FBI Agent Fred Duncan that the X-Men were best off disbanded, and he became a radio newsman, allowing him to keep abreast of evil mutant activities and assemble his comrades at need. He and Jean became a steady couple during this period. Later, after Xavier's return, Cyclops remained deputy leader, until the X-Men were captured by Krakoa, and a rescue team led by his long-lost brother Gabriel (Vulcan) was killed trying to rescue him. Scott's energy had been depleted and he was hysterical over what had happened, so Professor X excised his memory of the rescue and led him to believe that he had been sent back by the island. Cyclops and Xavier had to recruit a new team of international mutants to rescue the rest of the X-Men. After defeating Krakoa, Cyclops stayed on as team leader, even thought the other original X-Men left. However, when his lover Jean, now the Phoenix, died on the Moon, Scott left the team in grief. (Actually, Phoenix was not really Jean, but a clone created by the Phoenix Force, which had succumbed to the dark side of human emotions and had become Dark Phoenix.)