Efren Peñaflorida

So we've all heard about Manny Pacquiao and all about how he made the Filipinos proud. blah blah blah. We also heard all the sordid details about his alleged extra-marital affair. More blah blah blah.

But what about the other guy, you know, the other Filipino guy who also made it to CNN last month?


This dude's name is Efren Peñaflorida. And I must say that what he did is a thousand times more admirable than what Manny Pacquiao did.

Check out his wikipedia bio here.

Look, I admire Pacquiao despite his faults. But it saddens me that this
Efren guy, who has done something to change the lives of so many others, seem to be (as usual) being ignored. We keep hearing details about Pacquiao's supposed infidelity, but we hardly hear anything about this other awesome guy at all!

I suppose the media didn't get the memo stating that sportsmen with big egos are almost always having affairs. Durr.

Photo from mysinigang.com