Let's Pray for Tara Santelices

Through text messages:

Laura: 3:51 AM
please pray for tara (our guitarist and dear friend) na sana walang masamang mangyari sa kanya. she's in a critical condition. thank you.

Me: 9:53 AM
Laura, what happened?

Laura:11:32 AM
Nasa hospital sya critical daw. nabaril sya sa ulo

Me: 11:38 AM
What the fuck! Why?

Laura: 11:46 AM
Holdupper :(

Me: 11:52 AM
Fuck! We'll pray for her.

Steph: 12:04 PM
Hey, lam nyo na ba? Si tara of saffron got shot in the head last night. She is in medical city icu right now. Let's pray for her.. Medyo malala condition.

Me: 12:05 PM
Oonga e. :c let's pray for her. :c

Steph: 12:06 PM
Gusto nyo bisitahin bukas? Pupuntahan ko si rica tas punta kami med city...

Me: 12:07 PM
Pag pede bumisita sige pero contained and ICU diba? Depends kung iallow tayo pati ng parents nya. Yung stress lang...

Amrei: 12:13 PM
(forwarded from +63906...) laura to. nabaril sa ulo si tara

Amrei: 12:13 PM
(forwarded from +63906...) hold up nasa med city na sya sa icu for an operation 5050 and chance

Through YM:

musicrossroads (8/5/2008 9:31:51 PM): tot
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 9:32:01 PM): alam mo na nangyari kay tara? bday niya today
ako (8/5/2008 9:32:13 PM): oonga e
ako (8/5/2008 9:32:37 PM): pagdasal nalang natin na maging ok sya
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 9:34:03 PM): oo nga e

musicrossroads (8/5/2008 9:49:54 PM): kanina pako nakatulala dito. naisip ko lang pero bad na maisip pero naisip ko lang what if one dies on one's birthday no? ang tragic lang.

ako (8/5/2008 9:50:47 PM): :(
ako (8/5/2008 9:51:16 PM): today is not a good day to die
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 9:52:18 PM): :(

musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:05:53 PM): from laura: nasa Medical City ICU si tara, 50/50
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:09 PM): NOOOOOOOOOOOO
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:12 PM): :(
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:15 PM): bakit baaa????????
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:19 PM): bakit????
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:23 PM): ano nangyari????
ako (8/5/2008 11:10:30 PM): ang bigat sa loob
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:10:37 PM): :(
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:10:39 PM): i know
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:10:41 PM): :(
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:10:59 PM): she got shot, yun lang text saken ni rica
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:11:01 PM): :(
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:13:24 PM): holdaper daw nakabaril
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:13:27 PM): putangina
ako (8/5/2008 11:15:44 PM): what?!
ako (8/5/2008 11:15:47 PM): putangina nga
ako (8/5/2008 11:15:49 PM): shit
ako (8/5/2008 11:15:54 PM): kelan? saan? tangina
ako (8/5/2008 11:16:00 PM): naholdap na nabaril pa?
ako (8/5/2008 11:16:05 PM): =((
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:16:55 PM): :(
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:07 PM): alam mo, kaya yan
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:11 PM): kaya dapat!
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:27 PM): si meh din, nag 50/50 sa st lukes icu
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:30 PM): she survived
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:17:41 PM): sana nga kaya
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:17:44 PM): kaya
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:48 PM): sana talaga
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:17:49 PM): nga sana
ako (8/5/2008 11:17:58 PM): we really need to pray for her
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:18:12 PM): :(
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:23:58 PM): head daw tot
musicrossroads (8/5/2008 11:24:00 PM): putangina
ako (8/5/2008 11:24:44 PM): oonga e
ako (8/5/2008 11:25:00 PM): putangina tot...

I hate it when things like this happen to good people.

Something similar happened to my friend Meh of Matilda about four years ago. She got hit by a BMW of a drunk asshole. We visited her in the ICU, she's in a very critical condition for her skull was damaged. She needed stitches in the head. Luckily, she survived.

Maybe it's our prayers, maybe it's Meh's strength, maybe it's the doctors' skills.

Whatever saved her, all we can give are our hopes and prayers.

Let's hope and pray that Tara's condition be better. Soon.