Salakab

Help!

Help me, please!

Arthur! Arthur!

Come here!

I got accepted for the scholarship!

- Really? - Look!

Wow!

I'll be able to study in Manila!

Are you really not going to change your mind?

Hardly anything has changed here since we were kids, right?

I thought it's fine?

I'm sorry. Manila is just so far away.

Four years is just a short amount of time.

And I will come home during vacations, anyway.

But I already got the scholarship!

What about food there? It's tough enought to find a decent meal in here.

Then I'll work to support my education!

Manila can be dangerous...

something might happen to you there.

Will we remain like this forever?

Okay then, Lena, answer me...

Who here on this island went to Manila and had a better life?

Or who among us returned?

Huh? Answer me!

It's me!

I'll make sure to give you a good life!

Stop forcing it. That's enough. No more of this.

Put your clothes back in the closet,

come down here, and help me dry the fish.

Come on, let's do this.

Let's go.

Lena!

Lena!

Lena!

What's happening?

If you won't support my education, I'll put myself through school!

Just let me get out of this place!

Listen to your mother, dear.

Not you, too, Dad!

Weren't you the one who taught me how to dream when I was a kid?

It's different now, things have changed!

Dear, just accept that some dreams never come true! Right?

If only I knew you'd grow up to be so stubborn,

I would've suffocated you when you were a baby!

I wish you did!

- Maring, enough! - I'd have preferred that!

- Lena! - If you're happy with this life, I'm not!

You ungrateful, disobedient child! You're worthless!

Maring, enough!

You ingrate! All you have, you owe it to us!

You're a worthless child!

- Maring, stop it! - You have a lot of nerve to go against us?

You want to go to Manila? Fine, then leave!

But you will not bring anything with you!

Everything you have, we gave to you!

So, go ahead, strip!

- You bitch, take off your clothes! - Maring, that's enough!

I told you, strip!

Strip! Strip!

Aren't you ashamed in front of the neighbors?

No! Because your daughter is shameless!

Lena, that's enough, she's your child!

You're humiliating her!

I raised you, I gave birth to you!

I could also kill you! Do you understand? Huh?

- You ingrate! - Stop it!

- Stop it, please. - You animal!

Maring, that's enough!

This is embarrassing!

She deserves it!

What the hell are you doing?

Let go of me!

Maring, stop!

Enough of this. Please.

Go ahead!

Just remember, you're no longer my child!

- Damn you! - Stop it, please.

Maring, enough.

Lena.

Lena, go home.

Stop this.

Thank you.

Let's eat.

I'm sorry for all the trouble.

It's fine.

I talked to Tatang, and he agreed for you to live here.

I'll head to Manila once I save enough money,

so I can catch up with the enrollment.

Lena,

what if your mom completely disowns you for pushing through with this?

I'm sure she'll forgive me once I prove to her I'm right.

Well , if you're really determined...

then I'll take care of your tuition.

I'll sell the boat.

Thanks...

but even helping with my fare would be enough.

I can manage once I'm there. I'll take care of myself.

I'll take you there... until I'm sure you're settled.

I can handle it.

And your dad might get sick if you're not here.

Alright... but let me help you with your tution,

and let me visit you every now and then once my Dad's okay.

Actually, I prefer that you continue with your studies as well.

They have Marine Engineering in there.

Don't worry about me, I'll do that once you graduate.

Arthur...

It's best for our future kids.

They're lucky,

their mom has a degree...

and think about it, you'll be the first accountant here in Sitio.

Can you wait for seven years?

Seven years? I thought it was only four?

Because after graduation, there's a board exam...

and...

I plan to help Mom and Dad for a couple of years before we get married.

No matter how many years it takes, I'll wait...

just as long as you stay mine!

Of course!

Let's eat.

Mmm, delicious.

Motor-taxi!

Motor-taxi!

Motor-taxi!

Motor-taxi!

Motor-taxi!

Motor-taxi!

Make sure to always call and chat me, okay?

If anything you'd be the one having problems with the signal in this place.

I'd climb any mountain just so I could get to talk to you.

There are lots of handsome guys in Manila...

don't replace me that easy, huh?

Maybe it's you who won't be able to resist,

you're like a rabbit.

I could see Manila from here.

Seems like you want to cross over. It's quite far.

It's unlikely she'll get back to you.

Lena's not like that.

she loves me.

That's what I said back then,

when my wife went to Manila.

Gemma's not like that...

but she ended up with someone else.

She even forgot about our kids.

She's probably in an air-conditioned room right now.

Yeah, so, buddy, just a friendly advice. Don't expect too much.

Hey, Lena, how are you?

I'm okay, still adjusting.

Do you have any money left?

There's still some of the money you gave me.

The down payment and advance for the boarding house are quite expensive.

But I'll start looking for a job.

No need, just focus on your studies.

I'll send you some money. I have a little saved up here.

Thank you, Arthur!

I'll pay you back once I find work.

Lena, are there men in your boarding house?

Yes, most of the people here are students too.

Maybe you could move to an all-girls boarding house.

Come on, Arthur...

It's hard to find a cheap boarding house.

- And it's close to the school, so— - Just move.

Where it's all girls.

I'll do something about your deposit.

Okay. Okay, bye.

So, Arthur, can you handle it?

I told you, construction work is tough.

Fishing isn't a walk in the park either.

one foot already floating in a grave of water.

If luck is against you, you'll come home empty-handed.

That's why I avoided fishing...

the sea doesn't give easily.

But people are also abusive.

Just let me know when you have a project, I'll join you.

I'm impressed with you, kid.

It's just you and your old man...

but you work hard as all hell, what do you even need the money for?

Have you been here long?

Kind of.

I can't reach Lena.

She probably ran out of battery outside.

I wish someone would contact me as well.

My boyfriend, I can't reach him either...

He might have someone else in Manila already.

So now I'm looking for a foreigner... like Letty.

Do you know Letty?

No, I don't.

Well, if that's how it is. Why don't you find a new boyfriend?

I feel like...

I've already found one.

You know,

you're beautiful,

but I'm sorry, I don't have time for that kind of thing.

Even this?

You don't have time... for this?

I'm really sorry, I need to go.

Why do you like Arthur so much? He's already with Lena.

Me, I promise I'll take care of you.

Everybody says that.

Do you want me to prove it to you?

There are so many people here.