I didn't realize Brandon Vera was that big in the Philippines

Since I've been on this Filipino food craving for the past few days. I called my pare, Nolan to grab some grub again. Next thing you know Nolan, Knowa (who by the way is a well known Pinoy rapper.. I gotta plug him), Ryan, and I were on our way to Pinoy Pinay in the Valley.

As I was walking through the convenient store I saw this shirt and it's made by the Philippine All Stars, which is a HUGE celebrity dance crew in the Philippines. They are our Jabawockeez in a sense. The shirt lists names of influential celebrities in the Filipino Hip Hop culture. I thought it was pretty dope Brandon's name was on the shirt. Not only was Brandon's name on it, but Billy Crawford's name was on it too. I met Billy and his wife Maryss through JD as soon as I moved to LA years ago. At that time I didn't know it but Billy is like the Justin Timberlake of the Philippines lol. I still keep in touch with them from time to time too. The last time I was them was a few months ago at Billy's birthday party. I hope they are doing well.



Anyway, As soon as I BeenUp2'ed the photo I text it to Billy and then emailed the photo to Ed Clay. Ed is in England helping Brandon train for his fight this weekend. He responded back and laughed at it and told me Brandon said Hi too and we all gotta hit up Vegas again. Vegas with Ed Clay, Brandon and Kerry Vera is like a vacation times 10 LOL. I miss them and I can't wait to party with them after Brandon whoops Keith Jardine's butt this weekend. I'm gonna have to remind Brandon to bring his fun ass sister Michelle and of course his cutie brother Joel too hehe ;)

I found this YouTube video of Brandon Vera today.


He talks about how proud of a Pinoy he is. I love and respect Brandon so much for truly representing our culture. He is very humble, true to his wife, loves his family, and loves Filipino food lol.

I remember last year when I asked Brandon to come to our NAMMAE show. He said "Heck yeah I'll come... Filipino pride baby!", meaning because I was pinay and putting the event together he was gonna come through and show me some love. That's just the type of friend he is. It's kababayan all day everyday with Brandon. I wish everyone got to know him personally. They weren't lying when they called him "The Truth!" HAHA.

I sooooo can't wait for the UFC in the Philippines too. I really hope I can plan an IMMAE event that weekend. I would love to show my people how great of a sport MMA really is. All Filipinos love boxing... they are gonna definitely love MMA even more after the UFC is there... plus an IMMAE too hehe *crosses fingers* ;)

Anyway, I'm off to Bahay Kubo for some Kare Kare again lol...