In respond to special request...

It's been a really long time since someone requested for me to blog. All the more that I should not disappoint.

This is not exactly about me, but my experience in using the shower facilities at a friend's house after a trek in Khatib Bongsu yesterday morning. Evidence of my trek can be found here.

Anyway, back to the main topic. One of my friends who went on the trek with me happened to live in Yishun, and he offered me the use of his toilet for bathing after the trek and I accepted it.

His house is the about-30-years-old-or-so kind of flat, each unit with its ancient marble floor tiles, (proportionally) huge kitchen floor area and toilet with aluminium door.

I used to live in one of those, but I've moved.

For some reason, the toilet door in his house, is rather low. Low enough for someone to spot my head when I'm in the toilet with the door closed. I don't remmeber the one in my old home being so low.

The top of my head showing over the door is a small issue, but splashing water over the door into the kitchen when I'm directing the shower head's water at my head is a big one.

I don't mean to be rude, but his toilet is a little small and yet crammed with pails, laundry and most of all, a huge basin. With his door at one side, my clothes hanging on another, and everything else scattered all over, I hardly had the room to move around. In fact, I could only stand next to the door.

In order to avoid a fountain show from outside the toilet, I had to half-bend down, especially when washing my hair and face. I still can't squat down from my knee injury.

Nothing beats (bathing at) home.