The discovery of a discarded sofa, in Taipei city, transforms a routine Sunday into a capricious adventure of perseverance and self-discovery for... More

The discovery of a discarded sofa, in Taipei city, transforms a routine Sunday into a capricious adventure of perseverance and self-discovery for Filipino guest workers Manuel and Dado. The promise held out by globalization set large swathes of humanity in motion. Every last person that moves some place else, goes seeking the same thing - a better life. They go seeking the means and the inspiration to conjure up and construct the ideal of home – a better life – if you will! Away from the familiar; adaption must become second nature,challenge – reward in itself, and change the only constant. As an expatriate artist the common aspiration of home, that I share with migrant labor, intrigues me.This nebulous, though tenuous, ideal is at the heart of Pinoy Sunday. Close