Jaira, Chelsea, and Alecz catch up with their friend, Sujee, who lives in Busan, Korea. Sujee is lonely and seeks people who understand her struggles as a diaspora but her friends have a different image of her life there.
A year after her grandmother’s death, Isla, a graduating literature student, comes back to Mindoro and reckons with the void her grandmother left as she finds and listens to her “nanay’s” recorded poems and songs when she cleans up her nanay’s untouched bedroom, in line with a Mindoreno tradition.
Four young adults delve into their parents’ absence while growing up and their ways of coping. The collection of old photos and clips reveals how their parents’ absence in different aspects of their lives affected their upbringing and how they processed various life experiences.
One strange night in a convenience store, a cashier extends her services to an unusual customer wandering around. Strangely enough, she finds herself resonating with the customer as their conversations fall deeper and become more personal.
