On getting raped and chinoy employers

I replied to a post from pex saying they have an openign. I passed my resume then they let me go to their office in sta cruz. Turned out it was a company that prints calendars and sometimes posters. owned by a chinese family. I really don't like the idea of working for chinoys because it's so awkard. It's like you're working abroad! They talk to you in Filipino, and they decide.. and talk to themselves in Chinese in front of you. When they did that, it's like hearing them say to each other... "O ano? Pupugutan na ba natin ng ulo to?"

Anyway, they told me they're gonna try me for 2 or 3 days, and were apologetic in saying that they have also other applicants who they wanna try too. I don't know how to say it but i really wanted to tell them that it's okay, i don't really wanna work for them anyway. But then they were too nice to me that i have to work for them without pay next week. Hay nako, sanay na naman ako, companies getting my ideas! Charot!! I really don't like to work there because it would bore me a lot to be in front of the computer all the time! But then, they have my rewriteable, and i have to get it back.. sayang din noh! Now I have a dilemma. How to reject a job offer.

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Charing lang.. as if eh.

"Si Candy yan, tulog na..."

After that, Iste and I met and went to Leonid's Dad's wake but we found out he was already cremated earlier that afternoon. So we went instead to the wake of his cousin Candice Castro, the Lasalle graduate who was killed and got raped first. Her white casket was closed. It was because her skull was broken and maybe they didn't want to leave a bad memory of her to her friends and loved ones. Only one beautiful portrait of her was displayed. While Leonid's mom was telling the story of how Candy got killed, there were no emotions attached. Iste and I did not know how to react. Well, naturally our faces would look like we're screaming "Grabe yung pagkamatay nya!!" Our conversation with tita was so light that when Iste and I went home, we laughed our stomachs out agreeing with what the others have told us about Leonid's family. They really were in a festive mood. Not festive as in they were happy they lost a loved one. It was just too surprising to visitors whom may have readied their shoulders to cry on. Sa bagay, sabi naman nila, may taning na talaga yung tatay ni Leonid eh. Pero Candy was just there days ago. Now she's in a casket as well. We just realized and felt the agony of the tragedy after we got out.

Candy was pretty. She was 5'7 in height and was a complete head turner. She took up Eco in Lasalle and because her family was in Naga City, she had to live in a dorm. At 23, she was a loan officer in Metrobank and lived in her Condo unit just across the bank. Maybe they thought she was safe since her work place was just across were she lived. The guard could just watch her cross the street until she's safe again inside the other building. But then who would have thought her home was more dangerous than the streets outside?

Coming from the wake of her uncle (Leonid's dad), Candy's tita dropped her to the condo and even brought her safely to her unit. Before coming up, they noticed a group of drinking men who were lustfully looking at them as though they were naked. They didn't mind (marami namang lasenggong ganyan) so they went up. Hinatid din ni Candy ung mga tita nya sa baba, after that and persuading her titas (to just sleep with her upstairs) to no avail, she finally went up to her unit.

The police have already seized one suspect. He had deep scratches on his cheek and they believed he was one because Candy had long nails. Just proves she struggled so hard to get away from them. It was definitely an inside job. The family is even suspecting that the owner of the Condo was the one who raped her kasi type sya nito. A map stick was inserted to her organ. and as tita recalls, 5 inches ang narating nung stick. Tita was there when the object was removed. According to her there was even one more brush-like object inside after the stick was removed.

Candy was so beautiful. She was even fit to be a beauty queen but she never had a boyfriend. Tapos mga kriminal lang pala ang makakadevirginize sakanya. That's why everytime a girl visits her wake, her titas would always tell them, "O ingat kayo ha baka kayo ma-rape"

This is all I can recall, tagpi tagpi lang. But I have to say, I admire their family for keeping a light disposition. They really have to because if not, they wouldn't be in the right minds to file a case and make the criminals pay for what they did! And Candy would have hard time seeing the light.

Actually, the story was a bit hazy. All we now know is that life is short and is full of suprises. This day you may be happy. Tomorrow you may be dead. Please pray for Candy. We may not know her personally, but what happened to her may happen to us as well. So guys, always pray for your safety. Ask your guardian angel to guard you. Girls, just take care! Baka kayo ma rape...