Impact

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Indeed, a house is not a home.  It simply is a structure that provides protection from weather-related elements, and man-made life threats.  After a tiresome flight from US west to Asia east, you come to such a house which used to be your very own little abode, in the heart of Metro Manila.  Though somewhat clutter-cleared now, the numerous wall cracks, rusty window grill stains, scratches and dents, wear-and-tear aging, grime and filth build-up could no longer hide.  The house, now almost rid of immaterial family-collected possessions, stands empty, yet its lack of common sense care or total neglect slams at you, gawks at you, and hits you hard down in your stomach pit.