liberating dagumbaan!

well, u might say that i have a certain atachment to dagumbaan (my barrio, beloved).

back in my college years, i organized a group in the city. inclusive criteria or shall i say criterion: u r from dagumbaan. dat time we hav several members, probably around 60. our main goal, to have a support group, dat is also specific to our need (dat time, we need belongingness and friendship). its very hard to trust people in the city, worst, they cant understand when you start to talk about how delicious is lagutmon (rootcrop), when you find joy in swimming in the sapa (river, somtimes u swim together with d carabaos). these are pretty little things that made us, us. people in the city dont apreciate that!
 so back in our society- SWOOD (student and workers organization of dagumbaan- yah right pretty lame!!), we again reminish the simplicity of our humble barrio. simplicity that no other place or things could match. it is this simplicity that made me realize that we dont need money to be happy. we dont need complex gadgets or ultra advanced technology to experience life. simple things often ignored but made huge impact of who we are now.
now a friend of mine opened a site in a social network, and we get to invite all of those who are from dagumbaan, shocking but we realized we almost have kababarrio from anywhere in the world. we get to exchange experiences and even learn new cultures from the place they live in. but once in a while, we still go back and talk about our childhood, our teacher, our school, our river, our food, our parokya. and i realized, these are happy thoughts from simple things. these new technology liberated our kababayan. in a way each one of us has inspired each other to fly high, and to never be afraid.
yes dagumbaan is already liberated from its simple existence, but i think we are still not ready to liberate ourselves from dagumbaan... or shall  we ever be...