i had no plans of going online tonite…my headache is killing me. and yet here i am. so what will i do? still i’m not so eager to do something with CBR. (sorry elvie, u’re account is still intact though…nxt week…maybe)

so i continued googling for long lost friends…people i’ve met from different points in my life. parang mamamatay na ako ah. :p

when friendster was still new…i tried searching for my St. Scho barkada…and there they were. Walang kahirap-hirap…Sarah, Charmayne….and the rest of the kulasas. Except for one, si Joseph (Josephine Deauna). Hhmmm….i have to say, i’m so in contact with my St.Scho friends anymore…pero undenyingly (tama po b spelling?) di ko sila makakalimutan.

so tonite, i googled her name. First two results carries her name….a rape case. Kinabahan ako but bravely, i clicked the link. Read the whole article.

“Sometime in September 1996, victim Josephine Deauna who was 19 years old at that time”

I had to bring out a calculator pa just to be sure. I was 18 then….kaedad ko nga itong biktima.

“was at their house in Block 10-A, Lot 7 of Nylon Street, Litex Village San Jose, Montalban, Rizal. “

If my memory serves me right, hindi sya taga Rizal….alam ko taga Marikina sya.

” She was lying down while her sister Jasmin was already sleeping …”

I don’t think the Josephine I know ay may kapatid, alam ko solong anak sya. Then nagdebate pa ang isip ko…is it Joseph or si Sarah ang solong anak. Si Sarah.

While reading, I was praying…God, don’t let this be her.

And then hinagilap ko ang class directory namin…and there it was. The victim have the same address like the Joseph na kasa-kasama namin noon.

I was shocked…in disbelief…saddened.

Ang daming technical terms sa article…sy3t! Habang nagbabasa ako, di maalis sa isip ko ang Josephine na kasama ko noon. Naiimagine ko…mga kuwento nya of what happened…kung paano sya sumasagot sa korte. And then inisip ko, asan ako ng mga panahong ito?

“Ako po si JOSEPHINE DEAUNA at malamang ay naalala po ninyo ako dahil marami na po akong ipinadala sa inyong sulat. Isasalaysay ko po sa iyo ang buong katotohanan sa likod ng rape case ko laban sa father ko and this letter can send me to jail or to a room in the National Center for Mental Health but for the sake of truth ay OK lang sa akin.”

“Noong 2nd year high school po ako ay may nakita akong libro na nakatago tungkol sa sex at binuklat ko ito may perma pa nga ito ni papa dito ko nalaman ang iba’t-ibang positions at pinaglaruan ko po ang aking ari…”

Pinaratangan syang baliw, sinungaling, psychotic….ewan ko ba! 2nd year hs, yeah magkakasama na kami. Who would have thought?!?!

I sent a message to Sarah…asking her kung aware sya dito. I guess I’ll hear from her later today or tomorrow.

I wonder where Josephine is? From what I know, matapang si Joseph…palaban talaga sya noon pa. Boyish nga kumilos. I remember, lunch time, nakatambay lang kame sa harap ng room namin ni Charmayne (St.Irene)…minsan…mangingikil pa kme ng tig-pipiso sa mga skulmeyts namin…hanggang sa makabili n kami ng lunch. hahahaha! Pizza girls kme noon.

*** Court Article: People of the Philippines vs Richard R. Deauna

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