another death of a young one

after a month of hearing about the death of an atenean freshman, last friday, our theo teacher told us of a junior high school povedan who hung herself in front of her boyfriend's (or her ex's) house.

as usual, there are a lot of versions of the story. a blockmate told me that this girl (who already had suicidal tendencies before when her boyfriends would leave her) felt bad that her ex already have a new girl despite the recency in their break-up. she couldn't accept it, so when she was hanging herself on the tree outside the house of the guy, she called him and told him to look out the window. the guy, who was probably seeing the worst thing that anyone could see, was shocked, didn't go out to cut the rope, but instead asked the maids to. it was too late. she was dead. and now, some people from poveda are branding the new girl of the guy as a murderer.

another version was that when the girl told the guy that she's going to kill herself, the guy said it's okay as long as not in his house. so there.

after the death of miriam defensor's son, here comes another one. according to a lot of people her son killed himself because he couldn't bear the treatment he was receiving, plus the fact that he failed in ateneo law. in up law school, he actually passed the written exam, but during the interview, he was told that alam mo bang baliw ang nanay mo?!. eventually, he ended up taking law in the ateneo. there he failed a 3-unit subject in constitution (he felt shame since his mom is a constitutionalist) and another 4-unit subject. my friend said that there's a law in ateneo law school that if one fails 7 units, he has to leave. so there.

this is actually a bad year for a lot of us. it's really getting annoying. as much as i want to feel immune to it, i can't. i'm so scared that one day, i just might be reading a friend's name or some relative of mine in the headline of the newspapers. kidnappings are everywhere, and even if i'm not rich, i am a potential victim because of the race that i belong to (which i feel nothing for it but disgust). and it's scary 'cos a sibling of a good friend/ far relative of mine was actually kidnapped months ago.

last sunday, i learned that our family's lives are in danger as well. according to my mom, my stupid dad just made an enemy out of some hot shot who is part of the chinese triad or something. since my stupid dad actually stole his "girlfriend" to be his mistress, mr. gangster is planning on a revenge through... us! great isn't it?

oh, and by the way, for the readers here be warned. the usual trend of kidnappings nowadays, they say, is that before the kidnappers release their victims, they ask them to give 5 or more names which can be a potential victim. of course, we can always think of why not inventing crazy names or mentioning celebrities to at least spare yourself from saying your friends' names and addresses. but, since the kidnappers basically either are connected with government authorities or are authorities themselves, they can of course verify the information you give them. so good luck!