Bathing - Mandi

Each morning I bathe Javanese style, which means pouring cold water over myself. After a week of doing it, having a bath is still a confronting part of the day! Soap myself up and then begin the manic pouring, usually 6 or more ladles of the small scoop (gayung). The first ladle is the worst. Plunge my head into the tub - that gets the circulation going.

A makeshift gas heater shower is set up in this room, but its temperature is either cold or boiling, with nothing inbetween. Also, as water pressure is very "iffy," the system rarely works. Water trickles out. If I want a shower, I may have to go to the local Western-style hotel, use their pool, and then shower after.

By the way, you stand next to the tub, not sit in it!