Look: Pacquiao stays simple

Congressman and boxer Manny Pacquiao (Photo courtesy of Chris Farina / Manny Pacquiao’s official Facebook page)

MANILA – Congressman Manny Pacquiao, who is also the world’s second highest-paid athlete, shares a photo of himself eating a simple Filipino meal in a small room.

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Pacquiao captions his Instagram photo: ‘Kain lang pag may time.’ (Just eat when there’s time.) His post immediately goes viral online, with netizens lauding him for staying humble despite all his success and glory.

Kit Mercado, Pacquiao’s chief of staff, states that the room in the photo belonged to the congressman.

“Sa kanya yung room na ‘yun. Maliit lang talaga ‘yun…. Pagpasok mo kama na saka maliit na mesa at TV. Pero dun nga siya mas madalas magpahinga,” Mercado said in a report by Spin.ph.

(He owns the room. It’s just really small. When you enter it, you’d see a bed immediately and a small table with a TV. But he often rests there.)

“Ganun talaga si congressman. Mas at ease siya sa mga ganung bagay; hindi kasi nagbago ang pananaw niya sa pamumuhay maski ‘yung kanyang preference sa food,” she added.

(Congressman’s really like that. He’s more at ease with those kinds of things, because his view and his lifestyle didn’t change even his preference on food.)

Pacquiao’s recent photo and other posts have been noticed to be contrary to fellow boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s extravagant photos showing his luxurious possessions.

As of posting, Pacquiao’s photo garners more than 98,000 likes and 2,300 comments.