Last weekend, my best bud treated me porkchops for dinner. Habang bonggang bongga kong nginunguya ang aking pork ay in need ako ng panulak. A bottle of water on our table caught my attention, so I asked him the price, it’s 230php pala. Ganito na pala ang presyo ng tubig ngayon? Kaya ayun, napalunok nalang ako ng laway.

I understand, modern bottled water has more minerals, some ionized or came from the mountains i’m-not-familiar-with; which make them costly. Perfect for health concious people or for those who simply don’t care about the price of what they drink. Sa palagay ko, hindi dapat gawing mala-Frap ang pricey bottled water o gawin itong status indicator…

…one time kasi ay kumakain ako sa Mcdo at may 2 nagkukwentuhang JJs* sa tapat ng table ko. One of them was holding an Evian Mineral Water at paunti-unti pa nya itong iniinom. And obviously, her gestures were like - look people, I’m drinking Evian.

Yak. If I know, one time lang sya bumili at nirerefill nya lang yung bote. Wahaha.

Matatanggap ko pa kung bling h20 pa yun, which so far is the most expensive water. Kaya sa mga nagtatago at pinagkaka-ingat ingatan ang kanilang mga branded na bote ng tubig, isang malaking L-word para sa inyo.

LAGOK!