Belongingness
Sep 22nd, 2005 | By admin | Category: IrelandBack in July, we had a group of Filipino friends for supper; it was a great evening. There was a buzz, a sense of laughter and togetherness that there used to be with people here, before Irish people became rich and serious. (On the latest UN figures Ireland has the second highest GDP per capita in the world!)
I wondered what it was that the Filipinos still possess that the Irish have lost. When I came across this definition at www.blogkadahan.com/blog/, I think I understood.
‘barkadahan, a Filipino way of …