The toilet seems to be in the limelight again. In Japan of course. A Japanese company, Toto, has now manufactured a toilet that is capable of measuring the glucose level in the blood and blood pressure as well. This is done so that the mother of the family can provide the right meals according to the household. This article was published in The Star recently.
For as long as I can remember, the toilets here in Malaysia are no where near in comparison to what is available in Japan. There seems to be an endless designs coming from the Land of the Rising Sun. There was a toilet which used a different mode of flushing which apparently is better in getting rid of germs. Then there was this toilet with a sensor to hide 'unsightly' sounds. I think it was called Sound Princess. Apparently the company was thinking of making a Sound Prince, but men never asked for it, so they ditched that plan. Then there were gold-plated toilet seats. Pre-heated toilet seats. Toilets that spray air freshener when flushed. And the latest addition, with health check-up facilities. I think what we have so far in Malaysia is those with the air freshener.
I think this is a good step in instilling hygienic practice among people. As we all know, many diseases can be easily transmitted through toilet seats, most of it being STDs. And once contradicted with such diseases, you are usually stuck with it your entire life. My dad was saying that there was this one particular place he went, where each cubicle was provide with disinfectant wipes to obviously disinfect the toilet seat. A great preventative measure to curb unwanted diseases.
Some might think of it as something silly, but bear in mind that every single activity in your daily life can one day be the cause of some illness that you might contradict later on. It might seem like a menial task, but it makes a lot of difference. Malaysia has a long way to go in this toilet-business. I heard that these intelligent toilets ain't all that cheap. Some costing up to RM 10, 000. Not many would want to spend such a fortune on toilets. I wouldn't too, unless I was super-duper rich. But that's another thing altogether.
4 comments:
Our Malaysian toilet is way too far behind. To get all those techological stuffs in our toilet, we'd better learn how to flush and use the pipe first.
Hey, I had just discovered an RM2 toilet in KLCC. Maybe it's quite expensive, but it's worth it to have a clean, nice smelling toilets with no pools of water on the floor or something 'yellowish' or 'brownish' on the toilet seats *yuck*. I'd rather pay than suffer. Ha ha. And now I can spend more times at Kinokuniya.
Ah, and I love LRT toilets too (so far). And at KL Central, dont go to toilets near the surau, go for toilets beside MAS office. It's cleaner, nicer, there're fewer people, and the flush always works.
(Hm, I'm a toilet observer now)
Hehe... Part-timer huh?
Toilet Hafsa lagi buruk. Yuck! Yuck!
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