#05

He wakes up to a loud TV noise outside his room. Someone is watching the morning Korean soap and the watcher’s hearing is quite impaired, judging from the sound volume that came out from the speakers. His room is not windowless per se. The sunlight is coming through some high almost-at-the-ceiling windows which gives him enough light just to see things around him. But he can’t see out which makes the room feels windowless. Apart from his queen size bed there are some books placed on an old shelf with some other items like family photo albums and some little ceramic pots kinda made for decorations. He never likes those kind of little stuff because it traps dust and they looked messy. But the photo albums and books are what he cherished most. He checks his phone, hoping for some good news but none can really be considered as good news. They are just okay news and he’s okay with that. After browsing for a few good minutes on his social media, a call comes in. He answers...