She finds her brother inside the large steel drum in their backyard, put there by their father as punishment. The sister is doing her after school chores: taking down the laundry, looking after the chickens while having meryenda. In this otherwise normal conversation between brother and sister, their story of survival unravels. The brother hears only that he is being left behind – in that drum, in this trap they call life. The daughter (Adrienne Vergara) talks about being harassed by her PE teacher, and is criticized for bringing that upon herself.

Source: Manila Times July 16, 2016 12:43 UTC