~MVI~ (warped)
Mang Ben (Boracay Island, Aklan)
His name is Ben Carillo and he was a former world lightweight boxing champion. That's how he introduced himself to us as we drink the last lingering rays of the amber sun with our San Mig Lights. He said he was half-paralyzed by a stroke and have to beg to survive. My boss who is a boxing afficionado is not aware of a Ben Carillo who became a world champion. Mang Ben showed us his proofs: a newspaper clipping about him and a letter certifying that he is the holder of a 30+ wins, 15 losses, 35 draws. Yeah, that's 35 draws! We gave him a twenty. He muttered his thanks and limped to the next table as the sun set on him and what was perhaps an illustrious but forgotten boxing career...
Nikon D40 (NATCCO 32nd General Assembly, May 2009)
Mang Ben (Boracay Island, Aklan)
His name is Ben Carillo and he was a former world lightweight boxing champion. That's how he introduced himself to us as we drink the last lingering rays of the amber sun with our San Mig Lights. He said he was half-paralyzed by a stroke and have to beg to survive. My boss who is a boxing afficionado is not aware of a Ben Carillo who became a world champion. Mang Ben showed us his proofs: a newspaper clipping about him and a letter certifying that he is the holder of a 30+ wins, 15 losses, 35 draws. Yeah, that's 35 draws! We gave him a twenty. He muttered his thanks and limped to the next table as the sun set on him and what was perhaps an illustrious but forgotten boxing career...
Nikon D40 (NATCCO 32nd General Assembly, May 2009)