23rd
I-Makoto Shinkai natin ang moment na 'toSeulgi and Sol walked in the crisp, starry evening after bidding goodbye to Jiwan and Seung-yeon. The four had just come from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, where they gazed at soft city lights while catching-up on each other's lives. Seung-yeon arrived in Tokyo just a month before Seulgi did, to do some research on East Asian art and calligraphy. They've been now meeting up and hanging out since the day they saw each other again at the ramen shop.
"It's been years after you saw her again, 'tol," Sol turned to Seulgi.
"Oo nga 'tol. ang saya ko lang nagkita ulit kami," Seulgi said, smiling wistfully.
"So kailan mo sasabihin sa kanya?" Sol suddenly asked.
"Sasabihin ang---?"
"Yung nilalaman nito," Sol pointed to her heart.
"You had the chance before pero hindi mo nagawa. But now you can have the chance again 'tol," Sol reminded her. "So kailan nga?"
Seulgi gave a pensive, warm look. "Soon,tol."
"Soon."
After they headed to their separate flats, Seulgi logged in to her laptop to check a forum she's part of. It's a forum where people can exchange experiences and share their struggles about work, their insights about the political economy of employment and their quest for better labor rights.
In a highly-atomized society, it's in this online sphere where workers can find solidarity, redefining unionism and collective action for protection.
She has two specific channels for th
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