bad things

just got home from work a little bit ago.

my coworker's parents live in fiji. her mom stopped by to stay for a month or two to spend time with the her and her siblings. well, her mom left on friday to go back to fiji. my coworker just found out last nite that her dad was in the hospital. apparantly, he was at home alone. he had sent the workers that work in the plantation around the house home early so he was by himself for the evening. he was upstairs listening to the radio and all the power goes off. he goes downstairs to see if anyone was there. the next thing he knows, he's being beaten by four masked men. the men took everything of value...furniture, paintings, silverware, everything and left her dad there. her dad didn't fight back and basically told them they can take all the stuff. but they decided to beat him up first. so, her dad had to drag himself to another house to be able to telephone for help since the masked men had also cut off the phone lines as well. he did this with a broken leg and a broken back.

he is now being treated for his injuries and my coworker's mom arrived in fiji on sat. and found out about it. he didn't want her to worry while she was on the flight. i guess, he didn't want her to freak out...i know i would! her mom called her brother on sat. nite. my coworker didn't get the message because she was moving into her new apartment. she had spent the nite at her apt. and then came back to her bro's (where she was living with before the move) house to pick up the rest of her things.

she is very thankful (and so is the rest of the staff) that her dad is ok. he can't walk for a while and her family is making provisions to fly to fiji to help out. i'm very glad he's okay. it feel surreal, like we're watching a movie after hearing all the details. it sucks that they beat him up...why do they have to do that? i'm glad i live in a country that has a stricter justice system than other countries. i don't know what i would do if i was placed in that situation. i admire his bravery and courage. i pray that he gets well quickly and that it doesn't happen again.

isn't that shocking? i hope never to hear something like that to happen to anyone i know...whether i dislike them or not. i hope those thieves rot in hell and karma will bite them HARD in the ass.

the good, the bad, and the sick

sorry, everyone, for not updating over the weekend. i was experiencing way too much to jot down all at once. but since i have some time...:-D hehehe

so friday, i didn't very much but hang out with my cousin sau. we ran some errands together. we got some yummy boba...actually...she got cold red bean milk tea, i got a peach snow bubble with coconut jelly, and i got purelica two HOT red bean milk teas. we dropped it off at purelica's workplace. heheh...then off to the errands. we spent 5 hours just hanging out and talking. so it was a good day. at night, i met up with katrina, kenny, javier, and connie (yuck!) to hang out at border's at santana row. but there was a charity event going on and we could not find parking anywhere!!!! but eventually i parked across the street at valley fair mall (d'oh! back at work!!!) and walked over to border's to read some quality trash...heheh..i love people and entertainment weekly. when connie finally arrived, we all headed over to chili's to eat. it was pretty darn yummy. i had a chicken ceasar salad. i've been on such a salad kick. back on the track of "i love salads!!!!"...but then again, i never really strayed from that track..just never got a chance to fully indulge. hehe

after dinner, we all went over to check out javier's new apt. javier and katrina and another guy were all roommates and they all moved out of the house they were living in about two weeks ago. katrina found a one bedroom apt. and the guys just found this two bedroom apt. So, we all went to check out the place and play some cards. eheh...we played slapjack for shots and taught javier gin rummy. it was fun. then we headed off to st. stephen's green, an irish pub in mountain view. it was pretty fun. got to dance a lot and met up with other people there. reina, johnny, tim, and dale. i went outside for a moment of cool fresh air (inside was full of ugly, smelly indian and white men who can't dance and are just trying to FREAK you from behind...ewwwwww! gross!) and i saw my ate kcenia across the street at limelight. i ran over there to give a big hug and persuaded her to come over and hang out at the pub. she did and we had a lot of fun!! whoOO hoOo

okies...second portion...

on saturday, i went to work at around 2pm...but i woke up early to help my mom get ready for her graduation from the business school that 3Com paid for. since she didn't only have enough tickets from everyone. so she gave two tix to two of her friends and the rest to my dad, sis, and bro. i didn't get to go becuz i had to work....so i went to my friend's bbq to help out since i didn't want to be home by myself. so i went to danielle's place to help her cook and prepare the food. then i left to go to work. you know what sucked? i started throwing up after eating some pasta my boss made...made me throw up all evening...i felt better at the end of my of shift...but i was still kinda queasy. at the end of my work shift, i left to go party with tram, doner, vickie, markie, and everyone else to celebrate cloner's birthday. it was a lot of fun. markie took pictures of everyone..but for some reason, he keeps taking pictures with me in the background while i'm watering my eyes. my contacts were soooo dry. thanks to pierre, i tried to keep them moist...but at the end, my contacts were dry and hurt. boooo on that. other than that....the party was dope with all the people partyin' with me. the cake was cool too. i want a cake like that! it was all vietmanese jellooooo. yummmmmm.

sunday i woke up feeling still sick from the pasta i had last nite. i went to work and i just tried my best to calm my hurting stomach. i don't think any of the alcohol did anything to my tummy...or maybe it did..i dunno. oh well...i felt better after drinking lost of water. after work...i just lounged around and took a quick nap before catching "finding nemo" with anthony. it was such a cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute movie!!! i absolutely loved it! made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. anthony thought it was sooo cute that he felt the need to do something manly like "hunt or eat some red meat" and so we did. we went to outback steakhouse to have some yummy steak! yay! and i kept it down...i think it was just the pasta that just kept making me sick.

today, went to work early...at 7am...i was so tired i was sorta late. oops...it's okay..cuz then we worked our butts off to make the store look good. i was stressin' over my zones...the entire front half of the store had to be changed. sucks raw eggs. after work, i came home and just chilled for awhile at home. so now i'm sittin' here at richard's place, watching shaolin soccer with kenny, katrina, and richard. it's a hella hilarious. i keep shaking my head of all the stupid and funny moves that they do. crazy things, i tell you...totally crazy. k...now it's time for us to go home...hehehe...

*huggles* for everyone!!!! whoOo hOOO