Walang Tubig. No Water.

This, more often than not, is how the ONLY functioning faucet in our home looks like. No, the other faucets (we have 7 more) are not in need of replacements. To even say that only that faucet outside, in front of the front door is the ONLY ONE where water comes out probably does not begin to describe how much we value this precious commodity.

The water system where we live is so pathetic we only have water at the most five times a week, for a few hours in the morning and another few hours in the afternoon, from 2pm till around 8pm.Yeah, we arrive home from work around 8:30pm, sometimes even later. That silver thing on the bottom right? That is a big basin which we use to catch the water to be transferred in the bathrooms, big container for washing the plates and a bigger container as a water reservoir (yeah right).

Tubig, aming tubig
Ang tulo mo’y sing-dalang
Ng patak ng luha o
Kaya naman sing-hina ng ihi ng bata.

Ano ba talaga
Ang iyong problema,
Di alintana,
Kung nakaligo na o hindi pa.

Yaring mga sahig,
Nanlilimahid na,
At ang aso nama’y
nanganamoy na.

Totoo po ito,
Ilang beses sa isang lingo,
Ang pagtulo ng aming gripo.

Konting oras sa umaga at
Konting oras sa gabi.
Sa labas na lamang,
Wala na sa loob.