March 14, 2019
I went about my routines and was home by 6 pm. I was already wearing daster at 8:40 pm when Edmund came home. He asked “akala ko may meeting ka?”
A—–“OH MY GOD!!!”
I ran as fast as I could to my bathroom and changed again to the same dress that I had already dumped in the hamper. He offered to bring me to the village admin office instead of me walking so I could be there faster.
I was 20 minutes late.
The board called an emergency meeting due to the water crisis. They were in panic. Ako hindi. Meron kaming timba and tabo.
There was a suggestion to revive the deep well eh hindi na pwede. We turned over the water management and supply to MWSS. They removed most of the water pipes that connected the water source to the homes.
To dig, re-pipe, re-install would cost maybe 30,000,000 (or more) and that could be illegal because we already signed an agreement with MWSS.
Our meeting was fast. There was not much to talk about this water crisis. We just have to wade it out.
I walked home. Our house was only 200 meters more or less from the admin office.
When I walked by the small playground, I felt a tiny pinch in my heart. I missed my kids when they were little.
This plastic slide was donated by the barangay.
Usually I asked to be picked up but it was such a short distance. Good excuse kunwari to exercise. The truth is I am always afraid to walk.
Someone else’s dog or dogs could sneak out of their gate and bite me. There could be a sex maniac lurking in the dark, hiding behind the parked vehicles. He could attack me.
Nagulat ako when I saw a man wearing a helmet riding on a parked motorcycle. There are roving guards inside this subdivision but that should not make us complacent. When walking, do not use your cellphone. Be alert, always. All the time. And occasionally look behind you and around you. I am paranoid ano?
