Every crisis is an opportunity, as the Chinese people says or as repeated by motivational speakers including the late John F. Kennedy. The Pingyin mark of danger and opportunity are common misperception as discovered and proven these days. It is in fact a combination of Danger and Change-point. It may not be Crisis plus Opportunity but danger and change point after all.
The water crisis is on its prime in the northern barangays of Tacloban. Since later part of June, the previously strong surge of water on the tap is replaced by air and nothingness.
The people in that Pabahay area are resorting to making their own Water Well, and even Buying Mineral Water for bathing, washing and flushing. Who says it cannot be done, on a supposed lower middle class income? The people are lining-up for water rationing and fighting for lions share, who says it cannot happen because it is also a political reality, fighting and always quarreling, only in the Philippines.
I go to the area every weekend and I noticed that the area is always at the receiving end of brown outs, no water and hard roads. It is a reflection of social disparity and even neglect. Which is rather sad because, the population at the area of Suhi, GMA, Sta Elena, St Francis 1, St Francis 2 Ridgeview and all the great names are given not-s o great service, especially from the water utility owned by the richest family in the country.
Its quite sad, but true, this area represents a place of supposed hope. Where its people come from the different danger zones relocated to start a new yet subjected to the scarcity as clearly defined by water absence, not shortage.
At the end of it all,what can we say? Simple we say HAHAY! We let go of that hopeless sigh and line-up to buy Mineral Water for our toilets, we shall bathe and gather the used water for the water closet and pray that the gods of that water company will finally listen and make the water come back, until then we shall grind our own teeth and sigh.
