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June 22, 2009
Update: HAHAHA Why you all so funny one!!
Something has been bugging me for the longest time.
For those of you who stay in countries that have winter, i wanna ask: you know the basin right, there are two taps.
One hot. One cold. Right.?
Liddis.
(Not easy to snap this photo ok. I had to use self-timer then kiap the camera between my chin and chest for 10 seconds)
My question is, how do you wash your face?
I am a bit traumatized. I mean, water from the blue tap is bloody cold (summer now!!! Not to mention during winter time), and the water from the red tap is omfg hot.
So, if i do this everyday, sooner or later my left hand will be dead frozen and my right hand will be cooked. Yum. And if i wash my face liddat, i scared later i will become Two Face leh.
Of course i know you can plug the basin and let the water flow then it becomes warm. But then if you wash your face with the water then it will fall back into the basin, so you are washing your face with dirty recycled dust blackhead dead skin water no? Ew.
Can someone enlighten me? Sorry i from hot country one. :/
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haha..i have no idea either! normally both hot & cold water flow out from da SAME tap one!
Wa lucky you!!!
Yeah, it’s pretty much the same for me too. Hot and cold come out of one tap. Looks like yr sink there is pretty old. That’s how it was back in the day…
:???:
gosh! i never thought of this problem since my usually they come from the same tap.. i guess collect the water in a “baldi” to your desired temperature..
yea i tot of that also, but no baldi to be found!!! and so mafan!!!!
hey ringo, i live in nz and it’s bloody cold. and my house still has those old fashioned 2 taps..what i do is get a cup, fill it up with hot and cold water then slowly wash my face lo. i think by filling the basin up then re-using the water is kinda gross :p
wa then must take u a long time to go to bed everyday. A bit the hard work right
Solution:
1. wash your face when you shower…
2. time the hot tap properly. It takes a reasonable time b4 it gets too hot…
– turn it on…wet ur face…off it right away (dont let it running)…once ready to wash it off…turn it on again and be quick b4 it gets too hot :p
yeah i used to do 1 and 2 haha.. but you’ve gotta be quick.
1. sometimes i wanna rewash before i sleep ma.
2. HAHHAHAA YA WHY I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!!!
Thanks for tips.
Don’t wash. Be a Brit!
ya correct i hardly bathe when i was in UK one, it’s ok!
Yeee Yerrrrrrrrr!!!!
Hmm… normally I turn the hot one on and wet my face with it (water is cold) and turn it off quickly. Then I proceed to wash my face with facial scrub. When I’m done I turn on the cold tap and the hot tap. Washing my face with water from the hot tap first but when it starts to get too hot, I mix them to get lukewarm water! Hah… this is really lengthy for something not too complex! :!:
hahahah so true!!!
But then like spa, hot cold hot cold is supposed to be good for metabolism or something. Do that!!!!
ahaha… usually its supposed to be only one tap, where u can adjust the water temperature.. only some ‘—’ ppl have these kindda taps! (Fill in the blank urself la k, i dont wanna be rude.
)
I fill the blank with “old-fashioned”?
But hey, i seriously think that has nothing to do with them, blame it on the housing builders.
the tap designer i have to say
wa got homework to do summore
Sometimes I plug the basin,sometimes I do wat Calypso does. :wink:
hahhaha ok ok.
hi there, haha usually i will make sure the sink is clean. then, just open the both tap and let the water fill up the sink. hehe, this way i can wash my face in better matter and warm water. hope is useful
:/ i cannot tahan using recycle water wor
Coming from Canada, most of our taps are single (the sink you’re using is “old-school”. :smile: If you’re worried about using recycled water, use a small washcloth.
Or another way to do it, find a stopper that is a little smaller than the hole in the sink. Then turn up the water until the water flowing in is more than the water going out. But that’s a big waste of water to do it that way.
waaa i never knew got so many tricks to do it!!!! Thanks!!!
quite a challenge right, choose between hot or cold…
i would like do it back and forth thing real fast…lol…not fun. :!:
lol quite fun!
The tap that you have seems old school. The ones that we have here in Canada has the hot and cold water coming out from the same faucet….something similar to : http://www.bathroomfaucets.us/images/chrome-faucet-480.jpg
ps: great site.
Thank you!!!
well you can always use an oversize cup!
i go find!
Use a cup, fill half the cup with cold, half the cup with hot. That’ll work. And then pour the cup over a towel, and wash your face with it.
I think if I got this question in my uni exam, I’ll get H1s.
Anyway, how come the taps look so odd. I live in Melbourne and the taps have this dual function. Push to left for hot, middle for warm and right for cold.
what is H1!!!! Why sound so scary one. Like H1V1
H1N1
when i was in NZ, lagi chun, one tap only, and it was summer but their summer still cold one…for me la…then the water, super cold. I wish we have such tap in Malaysia but no, it has to be in NZ and imagine washing your hands with super cold water, blow dry it with a hand dryer that blows cold air and then walk out to the even colder air. T__T
I dun think washing face with hot water is good choice, neither is filling up the whole sink so I think you should go find some huge cup and fill up the water.
hahahaha so funny!!!
Ummm wash your face while showering with the water temperature you have already perfected for your shower? Heh
eh u wash ur face several times a day one ma.
But I wash my face when I shower…crap, no wonder my face so oily one.
Good question o_O My tap has hot water and cold water coming out from the same tap!
means u veli the lucky lo!!!
Hee hee I wash my face by plugging the sink la. That’s the right way to do it peeps! Otherwise flowing water is such a waste!
Well think when you go to a facial, they also rinse your face using one tub of water ma, and recycle la. It’s not that dirty lah.
:E
Wow, that basin looks like the ancient design! Just to prove that everything in European country is old
We don’t use those kinds anymore. Both hot and cold water in one tap!
good good!!!
Hey Iingo, I’m studying in UK now (technically I’m back in Malaysia but i will be going back to Manchester in September), and I have this traditional 2 water taps all over the places I’ve been to =S
Basically i just use both of my hands to fill more than 3/4 of cold water and then put it under the hot running water for 1 second and immediately splash it on my face, haha. The water by then will become warm already. Try it ;)
lingo!!!!!!!!!1111111
sorry typo, I mean hey Ringo ;)
ok that’s better but not best
I’ve lived in Ireland for 2 years now and am still baffled with the same problem whenever I bump into an ANCIENT washroom. It’s summer. Just use the COLD tap! :p
WINTER Hooooooooooow!!!
Use the stopper to keep the water, then adjust it accordingly lor. That is if you want warm water lar. For me when I am there, just brush teeth, wash face using the cold water tap!
walao. u damn kuat
If staying there for study lar…takan how, everyday have to measure water to wash face and brush teeth meh, late for lecture liao!
Hi,
I am from Malaysia but just recently move to Pennsylvannia, US. We also have the two taps here. What people always do here is to wash their face using a cloth towel. i guess, you can fill up the basin or just wet the towel at a corner and another with different water. clean your face and wash and scrubs and then, use the towel to wash off your facial foam again…
oooh,
thanks
face towel!!! wet it with cold water first, then let some hot water run on it.
then it’d be pleasantly warm.
Ok i try!!!!
You see that black thing at the top right of the picture, that’s called a PLUG..Stick it in the metal hole and run both taps at your desired ratio to get nice warm water to wash your face with.
oh you guys always recycle water so echo!!!!
i really love the environment but i cannot tahan washing my face with dirt filled water T_T
OOh…scalding vs frostbite, good luck with your choice!
Where hv all the FLAGs gone!!! Bring Back!!!
OMG YAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T_T
use baldi, takung, kumpul and wash..
=________=”
but some place no baldi one ok
Hi ringo! I understand how you feel!!! Coz I was in the same situation when i first went to UK. Now having summer holiday in malaysia woohoo! What i did was I put a mini “baldi” on top of my sink. then every morning i use the baldi to fill in cold water and some warm water to wash my face.
Sometimes when i dont have my “baldi”. Guess what? I open both taps, then I use my hand to fill in cold water, then fast fast move my hand to the left to fill in a little bit of hot water, then use that water to wash my face! repeat this for each wash! U just have to get used to that lolz!
OK i will try it later!!!!!!!!:D Thanks kim
wahlau!
normally both hot and cold water comes out from the same tape.
guess the water need to be collected in a baldi first?
hehe.
yalo. u are lucky. everywhere i go is twi tap one T_T
hey..i asked this question to the beauty sales girls before in Uk. What she suggest is use only the cold water because it’s good for your skin!
So I usually will wash my face with the cold water :mad: not really wash more like splash cos its so blardy cool :?:
yea me toooooo!!!!
Cold is better but it really freezes ur hand!!!!! Summer ok la. Winter is just
:!:
Hi Cheesie,
I KNOW WAT U NEED HERE. All you need is a COCA COLA or BIG MINERAL WATER BOTTLE. And the solution is just 3 HOLES AWAY. cut 1 hole at the front and another 1 at the back of the bottle same side. (Please do some measurement to ensure that the bottle can be plug in to both the hot and cold water tap) And then at the opposite side of the bottle, u need to cut a hole in the middle. then plug in the bottle connecting to both the tap hot at one side and cold at the other side. then u can run the water from the 2 water tap at the same time, the water that came out from the middle hole will be a mixture of COLD & HOT water (you can adjust how big u want the water to flow from HOT WATER TAPand COLD WATERTAP ) and hence it will be a warm / room temperature water which is suitable for you to do your whatsoever washing that you need.
OMG genius!!!! But seriously, do people actually do that? I mean… that’s quite some effort. :S
And also if the hot water runs in the plastic for too long won’t it spoil the bottle? Then u splash chemical water on ur face and become Two Face even faster :E
Hahaha…yeah.. do not worry about the spoil bottle. U can easily replace the bottle whenever u feel like replacing it with a new one. Plastic would only melt at the temperature of 300 Celcius and normally the Hot water from the Hot Water Tap in UK is around 49 celcius. Plus and mix with the very SUPER DUPER icy cold water from the COLD water tap, it should be neutralised. You can run the cold water 1st then only run the hot water tap to ensure that the water bottle attached will have enuff coolant for the mixture. Hehehe..!!
wa damn pro la you!
when i was a student…i’ve seen my housemates doing that… provided both the taps aren’t too far apart…
the one ur using seems quite far apart….
I mentioned this in my blog before and someone suggested this 3 hole bottle method too. Before that I was just washing my face with running water from the bath instead. Super weird to be standing in the bathtub washing face and brushing teeth fully clothed.
T_T nemai back to normal d tomo
OMG so scientific one!
ya lo. these ppl got study one
i have the one tap one, but i still use cold water..and my water also very very very cold one..macam mountain top snow frozen gila-gila cold..
but it’s good to wash ur face with cold water…if use hot/warm water..easy get wrinkles.
petua orang tua.hahah..
and warm/hot water also makes ur skin really dry leh…
good luck though! ^_^
hahaha so funny one!
I just go to the boiler and turn down the temperature. I didn’t know I could do that until my housemate told me to…
wa i didnt know oso
mine is from the same tap as well. i think that tap you’re using is very ancient.
haha old school!
we used to take a coke bottle (platic ones).. then measure the tap distance and cut 3 holes.. one for the hot, one for the cold and one in the middle so the water flows out from the middle readily mixed up.. haha..or else omg cannot wash plates also! I have a picture of that I tink but its at home… keke can let u see later..
hmmm maybe i could invent it and patent it then can make money in UK! wanna join? lol
alamak.. paiseh after i commented only i saw the other readers saying the same thing.. hahahaha.. ok cannot patent this
lol
hahaha!!! nemai nemai, great minds think alike!
LOL I had some very ingenious housemates. You know the 2L soft drink bottles? poke two holes on top (measure the tap distance first lah) + one hole at the bottom (in the middle lah, give the water time to “mix”). ^^
seems like a lot of people very smart!!!
Ringo,
Ditto on all the responses that in North America, almost every home has one faucet that one mixes both hot and cold water, so the temp can be made comfortable.
David
lucky u!!!
i never see hot&cold taps so far apart before one leh; :?:
maybe, you can wet a facial sponge or face towel to clean your face instead;
is it!!!! nemai i go home soon!!!
i have the same problem last year when i was studying in oxford. so i just wash my face when i shower.
now im in london im lucky there is only 1 tap
hehe a good post. made me think and wonder what i would have done in your shoes
hm… never seen a basin whith 2 taps like that?!?!
diddn’t even knew they exist…….
Aman
(europe)
The hot & cold water comes out through the same tap in my apartment.
p/s: Now with emoticons? Coolio!
just get a towel, tie it to both sides, then turn on both sides, and you’ll get lukewarm water~!!
at my place, the taps are both into 1 tap one…. the other way to do it is to put those plastic long pipes and put them in the middle or must… put the stopper and then fill up basin with equal amounts of both lor :p
We wash our face in the bidet of course! Silly foreigners…
OMG Oli, why would you give your face an ass treatment?
I don’t know but it looks like this :!: :?: :!:
hey ringo…u post what i have posted huh…at
http://www.bubblyvene.com/?p=1122
i thought we have already compromise with some terms and conditions? hahahha…just kidding ler. haha…u elaborate better, of course.
Anyway, all of the comments/suggested ways sound complicated~Why do they need to invent a basin with two different taps at the first place? Is there any reason behind it Oli?
I’m lucky enough not to have come across the two separate taps before… Well, if a cup is too small and you can’t find a baldi…try looking for a big bowl…like the ones used for mixing batter for baking
I was faced with this problem too when I first came to Aus. This is what I do, I wash with cold first. Then, when I go for hot it wont burn my hands. The sudden change in temperatures supposedly helps gives your skin a healthy glow. (Not sure this is true or not but my blackheads are almost all gone now but that could be due to the dry air.)
The separate taps are only in buildings of older design. The newer buildings all have a single tap.
Unfortunately my house is one of older design and so i have to deal with this everyday but i do what some of the readers do: run both taps at the same time but cold water tap faster and hot water tap slower. then fill hands with cold water fully and then run under hot water for like 2 secs and since you can feel the temperature, u can decide how warm you want it!
I know! you can do those very ninja moves like karate chop! But instead of vertically, you do it horizontally. Then you get a mixture of both waters. You wont get scalded nor frozen. =D
take some cold water only put hot water…. lol… life in the uk, is like tht one… :!:
just curious about the water temp.. is the water from the HOT tap is damn hot till u cant tahan during winter or what… coz rite.. i bath in the morning.. IN MALAYSIA la.. so got water heater wan rite.. so le.. even i put the heat to the max.. the water is still very cold lo… (i guess i really shouldn’t go travel during winter lo… )
guys. reply later. super sleepy now and gotta wake up in 5 hours for stupid flight.
Maybe last time to see my flag liddis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wooo. nice flag, cheesie.
no ah..u be back..unfinished business still!!!!!!!!1111!!111
Porkie is a one-eyed xmas tree!
dun bluff ok…dun cheat oso.
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Hi
omg first time leaving a comment here
I was from Malaysia, but live in New Zealand now.
It might sound weird, but I just lean over the bathtub, turn the knob thingy so it’s warm, and just wash my face with the bathtub tap LOL
Waaa, so old fashioned one the tap. When I stayed wth my aunt in London, I had the same prob
But her house was old. Then I stayed at my other aunt’s apartment (very modern wan, summore in St.John’s Wood omg I hate her wtf) there was just ONE tap that had both hot and cold water. Eh you coming Italy anot? 
Nearby oni mah.
Hey lool oh yeah I tried to call you on Sunday but I guess you were busy…I was shopping at Westfield thought I’d see where you are. I wouldn’t say two tap ones are ancient or old-fashioned, I actually prefer them because I’m into vintagey old stuff they just have so much more characters to it. I guess I wash my face until it gets slightly luke warm, turn it off, use the face-wash and then turn it back on and wash it until its hot then I use cold water. Interesting question though.
Hope you had fun and a safe flight back! xoxo
yaaa i hate the paips at england .
almost every sink also got two ( hot & cold ) paip .
very hard to wash face in the morning .
plus morning is worst it freeze my hand till it’s numb .
and hot is wayy too hot . :???:
Limescale build up on hot water. In long run, the limescale will block the pipe or reduce the flow of water. So its better to have separate pipe. Besides, the water is drinkable directly from the tap, so I think better drink water without limescale. Just my thought.
hmmm… mix water in a large glass then use that to wash your face? yeah i know, complicated. tsk.
Hahaha.. Why so weird one? Basin with two taps