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X-file details :
There were incidences of water pressure runs low in the house and at certain part of the house where water source comes in direct from main pipe, we don't get any water supply at all. In short, we have experienced many times of water shortage at home. We blamed it on unplanned water maintenance works,  low water pressure at our area and also on dirty outdoor water filter (it could be so clogged up till little water flows into the house)

You may asked whether we have checked with our neighbours. We did. We checked with the neighbour on the left hand side. They have water pump installed and advised us to do the same. I don't remember whether we have checked with other neighbours, but don't think we did. It was small matter, even though annoying.


The Notion :
Jef had a notion that this could be due to the main water tap's valve. It could be shut-off by some itchy hands passer-bys. He went out to check out and his notion was right. It was shut-off. Cursing under his breath, he turned it back on and we thought that the problem's solved.

Then something happened and we thought we found the root cause. The main tap's valve was faulty. Plumber was called in and problem resolved (or so we thought again).

The culprit :
Yeah, what happened? We came back from dinner that fateful night and we saw something really disturbing and puzzling. A large dark figure stood near our main water tap and immediately, Jef got down from the car and confronted him. He was caught red handed. Our the-other-side's neighbour was caught red handed with blushing cheeks !

Jef : What are you doing? That's mine (he was referring to the main tap)

Neighbour : No, it's mine.

Jef pointed at the other main tap : Yours is over there.

Neighbour : Oooohh .. I thought this is mine.

Water runs down and rocks surfaced up. (hahah ... a direct transalation from Cantonese saying that simply means 'The Truth')
Mr Neighbour has been turning off our main tap valve each time when he's away from home, thinking that it's his. Probably preventing the rats from taking shower while he is gone. The problem is, our main water tap is very near to our house and if that's really his, so, he has not wondered where's ours. Besides, we changed the main water tap's valve once (it was faulty) and hasn't he wondered why it's different now? *palm smack face*

What can I say? I have one interesting blur like sotong neighbour.