UPDATES: The recent voting for Foreign Expats for Olympic Torchbearers made our own Marco Torres in Number 2. See the results here. According to China Daily, eight (8) foreigners living in China will be chosen as prospective Beijing Olympic Games torchbearers next week. The eight will be selected from a list of the Top 100 candidates for the “Lenovo-organized Olympic Torchbearer Nominee Selection Among Foreigners Living in China. Aside from Marco Torres, there are 4 Filipinos who made it on Top 100. They are Jaime and Michelle Florcruz, Noel Novicio, and Jeremy Sy. Indeed these Pinoys make us all Proud! Let’s continue to pray that any five of them make it. Ang galing ng Pinoy!
I was invited by Lester Cavestany about his latest article, “Suportahan Ta Ka (Vote for Marco Torres as a Torchbearer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics)”. At first i was curious who’s this man named Marco Torres he’s talking about. As i go on reading, i felt so proud that this guy is nominated as a Torchbearer in the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics and knowing he is a Filipino. Marco Torres is living in Beijing for more than a year now and a marketer by profession. He is working for M Moser Associates, China’s number one design firm. As of this writing, we are too far behind a Colombian national with a total votes of 4,475, American and Australian who already gathered thousands of votes while Marco Tores with total votes of 404 (including me).
For sure people online, bloggers and internet enthusiast will say “YES” on this calling. Are you? Our number will greatly affect the votes for our fellow kababayan. Wait no more, as the announcement of winners come end of November this year.
Get to know him and Vote Marco Torres now! Spread the word, who knows miracle can happen. Join Now!
Goodluck Marco Torres! You are truly Proud Pinoy!
Hi There!
I wrote a post on my blog about his story too! I’ll do my best to help our fellow kababayan… :D
Thanks!
The Olympic Blogger
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Hi Ambo,
Thanks for supporting Marco Torres!
Nice weblog.. couldn’t help but subscribe to your feeds.. it’s so nice to see a kababayan who’s also a proud pinoy… magparami pa tayo ;-)
Cheers
Lester
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Wow, he only had 404 when this was posted first on September 22…. now he’s got 713….game….Marco can obviously catch up anytime.
Support him everyone and keep forwarding to everyone. Pag nag-iisa ang Pinoy we can make this happen.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Go for the GOLD!
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Marco here, first, maraming, maraming salamat, may 1054 votes na tayo at malapit ng mag-no. 14…..
Thanks to you all a Filipino might be able to carry the Olympic torch for the first time since the 1964 Olympics at matagal tagal na yon.
Please keep forwarding to all your friends via YM, Friendster, Facebook, Email or any other forms…
You can also try voting again, maybe at least once a day, sometimes it works.
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Hey, you guys, thanks for all the support you’re giving my nephew, Marco! Galing talaga ng pinoy pag dating sa mga ganitong suportahan. Itong laban na ito ay hindi lang laban ng isang tao kung hindi ang buong bayan! Magtulungan tayo! ONE MAN’S DREAM! OUR COUNTRY’S GLORY! GO PINOY! GO MARCO! To our God be the glory!!!
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Dear Fellow-Filipinos,
Thank you for making a stand and exercising your rights of suffrage…Let us not let this golden opportunity pass us by…Vote Marco Torres! Our most eligible candidate to represent us in the Beijing Olympics…We can make this happen!
A toast to Marco! We believe in you. May God’s mighty hand uphold you… Godspeed!
Peace and unity to us all!
Kathy
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yan… i posted blogs about marco.. i’ll continue encouraging my friends to support marco!
Go Pinoy!
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Before another day passes by, I want to thank you for all the support you have given me in our quest to have a Pinoy carry the Olympic torch once again after 4 decades of waiting. Thanks to your help, we landed in no. 2 making us one of the 100 finalists.
You can see the tally in the attached link:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch_page.html
Another link leads you to the top 100 from whom they will choose 8. 5 Filipinos have made it: me, Noel, Jimmy, Michelle and Jeremy, giving the Philippines a 5% chance. All very deserving. That is celebration enough. In the end, let’s just pray any 5 of us makes it.
For me, having united all Filipinos for a positive cause is victory in itself. Carrying the torch now will just be icing on the cake.
Thanks for the support! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Always proudly Pinoy,
Marco
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Hello everyone!
It’s been surreal here in Beijing. Marco is very happy and thank you all for your support.
We’re happy to announce that we’re one of eight according to Lenovo and China Daily.
Here’s the article featured online today. Hopefully the video will come out soon! :)
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-11/02/content_6224493.htm
Oops.. nakalimutan ilagay ang article.. :)
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Congratulations Marco! Ang galing mo. We are so proud of you! We are also proud to be part of your successful campaign. Once again, we have shown that we can move mountains when we are united. Mabuhay ang mga Noypi! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Lester Cavestany’s last blog post..Can?t Wait to See ?The Golden Compass?
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