life in asia is hilarious and often ridiculous. one of my favorite things is bathrooms. my bathroom is what we like to call a shoilet. it is a huge tiled room, with a toilet on one side, and a drain next to it. in the middle is a shower head. closest to the door is a sink and mirror. there is no shower curtain. you just take a shower in the middle of the bathroom and the water drains. its a strange experience, but you get used to it. i also do my dishes in my bathroom, using a tub and the shower head. its quite a multipurpose room.
for all the “convenience” that a shoilet has to offer (its easy to clean?), there are some general nuisances. also, my bathroom is rather quirky. here are some examples.
1. because i live at a school, i have a lady that comes to clean almost every day. she sometimes cleans my bathroom. because of the openness of the shoilet, you can simply just spray some cleaner (or not…generally not), remove the shower head, and spray everything down. this is her method. this includes the toilet. if, for instance, you just chugged a liter of water because your class doesn’t have air conditioning and its 100 degrees out, and you run to you room to use the bathroom and sit down without thinking, you might experience quite a surprise. (yes, this has happened to me on numerous occasions.) i would say that, more often than not, my toilet seat is wet from water being sprayed on it, or from…
2. ”impromptu bidet syndrome”. at least once an hour, my toilet bubbles/gurgles/erupts. sometimes its just a small burp. sometimes, it makes a noise that lasts at least 5 seconds. i have no idea what causes it. but i do know that sometimes, the force is so great that the water splashes all over the toilet. this simply feeds in to problem number 1.
i now have slight anxiety when i use my toilet. the worst part is not knowing why my toilet is wet, and also not knowing whether or not my toilet will explode on me.
and thus concludes a blog about my toilet.
