Bibsy M. Carballo

Haplos

Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his childhood friend Cristy who works as a counselor for family planning. Eventually they develop a romantic relationship and end up as a couple. However, a mysterious lady appears one day while Al tends to his mother’s grave. Al falls in love with the stranger and is now torn between her and Cristy.

Recuerdo of Two Sundays and Two Roads That Lead to the Sea

Paean to Navotas and its “fisherfolk who celebrate life and death with small talk, music and rituals of burial in a cemetery by the sea.”