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Tina thinks she's cursed. She always ends up falling in love with gays. After her latest embarrassment with Ricky, whom she thought would propose to her on their date but ends up introducing to his boyfriend, she vows never to fall in love again with men. Men always end up gay whenever she falls in love with them.

An astronaut, a grandmother, a tribesman and a director round up this journey that transcends time, space and reality.

The film explores the varying degrees, forms and issues of surveillance (the feeling of being policed) which are the heart of the relationship and conflict of a schizophrenia patient and caregiver, especially during the treatment phase.

Michelle and Rosa are best friends and both senior students of San Simeon High School. The two struggle against fate and financial limitations to reach their goal of finishing school-and pursuing their dreams of becoming a teacher.

Michelle and Rosa are in a tightly contested battle for the valedictorian post. The school principal pits the girls against each other in a series of interviews. But competition is set aside when the girls discover something is terribly amiss in San Simeon High School -- resulting in the suspension of their mentor Ma'am Sandra.

Funds for the reconstruction of unsafe classrooms are diverted by Principal May into her own pockets, putting the children's lives in danger. The teachers, led by Ma'am Sandra, are left with no other option but to go on strike. This leaves the students without teachers and the teachers without income for weeks. Meanwhile, Ma'am Sandra's former star students Michelle and Rosa return from their sojourn in Manila to rebuild their lives in the town of San Simeon. Michelle finally begins college, only to encounter a new set of bullies and challenges. Rosa, pregnant from her high school sweetheart, goes to live with her in-laws where she is treated as little more than the house help.

Michelle graduates as valedictorian of her high school class. Along with the top honor, she has been promised a college scholarship in Manila by their provincial Governor Antonio Rubio. But Michelle cannot even afford transportation to the big city to avail of the scholarship. In comes a visiting recruiter, who offers Michelle and her classmates airfare and lodging in Manila. Will this be the solution to their predicament?

Michelle finally begins work as a substitute teacher balancing this with heavy requirements on her final year in Sibilan University. As a teacher, Michelle encounters students whose heartbreaking stories mirror her own childhood. One of the children, Joffrey, has to climb a mango tree during lunch break as this is the only way he can eat in peace. Joffrey is so poor his baon consists only of boiled camote every day - making him the prime target of class bullies. Before Joffrey takes notes, he has to erase lessons from the back pages of his old notebook as he cannot afford a new one. Teacher Michelle does her best to help the boy. Meanwhile, love is in the air in San Simeon. Teacher Sandra finds her heart melting after patient pursuit by the Coop President Sir Gil. Kurt Reyes, now a reporter from a national newspaper, returns to investigate the overcharging of students in Sibilan University. He is happily reunited with Michelle, his family's former helper, who turns out to be the school whistleblower.

Michelle Maturan arrives in Manila to avail of her college scholarship, only to discover it was a scam! Her mentor Sandra goes in search of her scholarship documents but there are none on record. The Governor, who takes credit for providing an annual 16M worth of scholarships to deserving children in his province - including Michelle - cannot be contacted. In a disturbing reversal of fortune, the high school valedictorian must give up her dreams to look for work as a domestic helper. She is accepted into the Reyes household, only to encounter verbal then physical abuse.

Teacher Sandra, just recently promoted to Principal of San Simeon High School, has a lot on her hands. After dealing with the corruption of the previous school head, a valedictorian forced to work as a domestic, a tragic school accident and the teachers' strike, dating is the last thing on her mind. Sandra has absolutely no interest in the Cooperative President introduced to her by her insistent wards Michelle and Rosa. She even tells him so straight to his face. But the girls invent all sorts of funny ways to bring their two single, middle-aged mentors together.

Mayor Joseph encounters the dedicated young teacher Michelle on one such tricycle trip to the town of San Simeon. She has no idea who he is, only that he served to further delay her arrival in class.

A special episode featuring summary recap of past episodes aired.

Michelle and her best friend Rosa, now a successful entrepreneur, decide to put up an elementary school in the mountains, so the next generation of San Simeon barrio children will no longer have to cross rivers and walk for miles to get to school. But many obstacles are in the path of this school. Michelle is blocked by barrio parents who do not believe in her vision for their children's schooling. Then former employer, Mrs. Reyes, stakes a claim on the land upon which the new school is built. Will Michelle succeed in becoming a full fledged teacher and school administrator? Who will she finally choose to share her life with - the journalist Kurt or Mayor Joseph Santiago?