Bacolodcity Stories

From the hallways of STI West Negros University to the challenges of adulting in Bacolod City, Lily and Thomas have always been side by side. What started as a one-sided crush on the school basketball star and a supportive best friend eventually evolves into something much deeper. Follow their journey through high school heartbreaks under mango trees, surviving the "real world," and learning that sometimes the person you were waiting for was there all along.

Life has Characteristics, and Species are found, others are not... but what i found will change my life.

Once upon a time, there was this old man lying on his deathbed. He had been suffering from tuberculosis for three years and he decided to give up. One day, he called his three sons for his last will and testament...

At fifteen years old, Ben feels ancient. Trapped in the suffocating crossfire of his parents' constant, toxic fighting over bills and unmet expectations , his home in Bacolod City has stopped being a sanctuary and turned into a battlefield. His grades are slipping , his motivation is gone , and he feels like he's messing everything up. To escape the crushing weight of a life he never chose, Ben takes to the night. Armed only with the last of his allowance, he spends his late-night hours riding near-empty buses around the sprawling city, finding a strange, untethered freedom in motion without a destination. But after a compassionate teacher, Mr. Clark, confronts him about his apathy and challenges him to look past his resentment , Ben finds himself at a literal and metaphorical crossroads. Pulled up to a deserted station at 2:47 AM , Ben faces the ultimate choice : step off the bus into a daunting, penniless unknown , or return home to face the painful gray areas of an imperfect family that is barely keeping its head above water.