Carmen

A baby girl was born on January 18, 1986 11pm. Carmen wasn't sure if she's feeling happy or unfortunate. She never wanted this baby, almost aborted her when she was smaller. The baby was not conceived out of love, it wasn't a one night stand either.

The man she had an affair with was married. He threatened her with his gun unless she gives herself completely to him. Carmen met him in Manila when she was working as a house help, and this man who was her daughter's father was a carpenter building a house in the neighborhood. It went well first. Carmen knew this infidelity won't end well. It was always a bad luck to have an affair with a married man. That's what everybody in her hometown believes in. Maybe that belief won't work here in Manila, she thought wrong.

Room

One day, she told the ghosts inside her room that she will leave this place, but will come back one day to say hello to them. Her ghosts had been with her the whole time when she's locked up inside her head, her room, her bed, her life. She's convinced ever since she was 9 that her life was stolen from her, that this is not the life  for her.

She likes to take photos, draw and drink tea on a good day. She likes to write on her notebook on bad days , which is quite more often. On a normal day she likes to lay on her bed and dream of getting out from there. She wants to be in Egypt where it's sunny and sandy. Or in Paris and dine good food. Clothing doesn't interest her, but she always looked good in it. She wanted to jog at the great wall of China or perhaps learn Kung Fu. Or go to Amsterdam and smoke weed legally. She doesn't care, as long as she's out from there.