So there may have been a ‘military coup’ when this trip was about to launch. And maybe there were ‘tanks’ littered all throughout bangkok. And so the location was moved to Singapore. But does that stop me frolicking down to the pretty land of pad thai once the work side of things are finished? NO. Because that would be WEAK. And we are STRONG. And we will FIGHT for our freedom. And they will NEVER take our right to sit by the pool and drink inappropriately named cocktails away. And SO ON. Anyway. It struck me, while i was doing things mentioned in sentences prior, and looking around at Other People by the pool, that not many people at this resort know about that wonderful thing called spray on sunscreen. Which is just sunscreen but not in a thick, recalcitrant texture that takes several minutes to rub into a given patch of skin till the point where it becomes invisible and your hands cramp up and you get flustered because Chuck and Pip and Susan are already swimming and laughing and throwing yellow beach balls around. No, this gear is clear, and you simply spray it on to your skin and then rub it in in about 3 seconds. I use the Clinique one because they’re rad at sun protection, it’s broad spectrum* and it’s just too stupidly easy to apply and reapply to not use. And plus, Chuck likes it.

*Covers off UVA (ageing) and UVB (burning) rays. The only sunscreen you should be buying.