personal

i am a member of two ofw associations. i communicate with them as often as i can. my heart bleeds every time i write them. actually the writings are not personal, but rather comments on certain socio-political topics that crop up sent in by any member. so a comment is topped by another comment and so forth and so on. because i am here in the philippines, i sometimes feel a certain melancholia -- maybe because i empathize with them - their being away from the country, dealing with a new culture, separated from their loved ones. even if some of them have their families with them, i don't think they are really happy with their lot. there is something about our roots that make us feel the need to return again and again to them.