Korea is Weird - A Photo Diary

I'm a little salty at Korea right now, as I can think of nobody better to blame for the three hours of sleep I got last night, but all things considered, it was an interesting trip, and I'm glad I got to see it. Onto the pictures!

They have the technology

My hotel, the Lotte Hotel Seoul, is apparently a joint Japanese-Korean concern that caters to Japanese visitors. Hence the spiffy toilets.

It comes wiht instructions

Looks like I misspelled "with". I blame jet lag.

Don't press the smiley button

I realize I took a lot of photos of toilets, but honestly, the "palaces" were kind of boring.

Korean Mac store

It's like a Mac store, but it's called "Frisbee"... I guess if you're going to use a random English word in Korea, there's no reason for it to make sense.

If you can tell me what's happening here - you win a prize

I realize this is sideways. It's my first foray into iPhone video. It's still worth watching for five seconds. I promise.

Comments

[Jodi]

Are they singing some sort of Amazing Grace mashup?

[Dabysan]

They would appear to be. There's also some rap in there. And break dancing. 

[Curlysalamander]

What do the toilets actually do?  I mean besides the obvious.  All of those buttons must mean something.  Did you ever figure it out?

[Cloudy J]

Those toilets look way too complicated. I mean, I'm all for techy gadgets but I really just want to be able to pee, flush, and go. I don't want to make decisions about what buttons to push as part of my bathroom experience.

[Dabysan]

I'm with you, and I couldn't get the seat heater to turn off, so I was stuck with the vaguely unsettling feeling of having my rear end cooked a couple times. Some things aren't improved by technology. 

[Dabysan]

One of them is the button for the bidet, by the looks of the markings, but I didn't experiment too much, because I honestly couldn't think of anything I wanted the toilet seat to do, other than sit there and support my weight. 

[Cloudy J]

Agreed. Here there's only one thing a warm toilet seat means.