Sorry I made an error in my previous post. The make-up tips guru is in fact Jeannie Mai, not Jeannie Looi, as I inaccurately mentioned. Sorry. And sorry that I still have no idea who she is. After washing your mascara brushes in warm water using shampoo each week today's top tip is how to avoid skin problems caused by using make-up: prepare; prime and protect as that will stop damage to skin says the great lady. Could using less make-up also be an option Ms Mai?
Perhaps I ought to follow some of Ms Mai's three PPPs advice when getting myself for my running /staggering around Dolphin Bay Beach Resort. I am pleased to have lost a few pounds in the past months and am keen to keep them off so doing a spot of jogging here is part of my 'Protect Regime,' (take note Jeannie). However preparing by eating a large pile of bacon, two mugs of muddy Thai coffee and Leo's beer last night did not leave me in my physical prime. Consequently, despite the cooling drizzle, my run was one that was fitfully punctuated by bacony sensations throughout. Can I lay the blame at working in an, officially, Muslim country where bacon is priced so highly that it is a luxury food? Consequently when it appears on tap, as it were, in Thailand I just can't say no. Do I need therapy, I wonder?
However a meeting with 'The Special One' at the resort more than made up for my bacon based difficulties today. Dolphin Bay really does go that extra mile for its guests and so yesterday when I asked at their office if there was anywhere that I could buy a SIM card their reply was "No, but someone will go into Hua Hin tomorrow (55km away) and get one for you." Marvellous. I went back to the reception today and was told that they did have a SIM card for me, but that I should really wait to talk to 'The Special One.' Quietly hoping for phone advice from Jose Mourinho I returned later and met a cheery Thai lady who had selected the perfect fit for our needs, added 300 Baht credit and set the language to English. Certainly more smiley and useful than Jose Mourinho when dealing with pay as you go phones and so she will now be allowed to take over the title, officially, of 'The Special One.' Anyone fancy a chat?
Also enjoyed a cycle ride along the sea front this afternoon, a plunge in the pool after dark, and papaya salad for lunch. 2012 is the film this evening on Fox Movies. Fox Movies' adverts keep telling me that I should "catch the awsomeness" but this film is far from awesome. What disaster could possibly befall this specially selected band of people trying to save the world? Oh, they are about to crash into Mount Everest. Come on Jackson, really.