At 15 years old, I lost both my papa and mommy due to sickness. At that time, my brother is already working in the Metro and my sister has just graduated from college. Both my siblings have been spending their weekdays away from our house in the province and have familiarized themselves in living in Metro Manila. At this point, since I am incoming freshman in college and have decided to enroll myself in one of the universities in Manila, we decided we will look for an apartment in Manila and settle from there. I think that decision was made because we somehow wanted to detached our self from the bitter memories of losing our parents. This started the days of renting for me.