I’d like to ask you all for a really, really special favour…
The excellent couple above are Ray and Monika (I’ll let you guess which is which), and I met them both when I was working at the worst pub in the world, The Foxless Hound, in a village I can’t remember the name of, on the outskirts of a city I’d rather forget, when I was going out with the woman who I got so depressed over that I went to woods intent on doing away with myself – as described in The Woodpecker at the End of the World post.
Ray and Monika, along with a few other staff at the pub, were beacons of happy light in what turned out to be a rather grim experience, and I’m eternally grateful for their warmth and friendship.
Monika is Ray’s fiancĂ©, and, fortunately for Ray, he is also Monika’s fiancĂ©… which means they’re officially engaged to be married! Whoo-hoooo!
Now…
Ray proposed to Monika at The Indigo Pearl Resort, in Phuket (which is a place, in Thailand, rather than some expletive I wrote for the heck of it).
She said yes! Whoo-hoooo!
It just so happens that the same hotel is running a competition through its Facebook page, with the top prize being a 5-day stay in one of their luxury suites.
The lovely couple intend to return to the appropriately-named Phuket (*tee-hee*) for their Honeymoon, and this prize would cover half of their stay, meaning they’d have more money to spend on velvet sheets, goose fat and Barry White records, in order to get the most out of their special time together.
Monika has already entered the competition, submitting a photo and a review of their earlier visit, and this is where you guys come in…
We need to get (to be safe) about 5000 Facebook Likes on Monika’s photo to safely propel them to a winning position – though loads more would be even better, of course.
It’s a very simple process to do this… though you do need a Facebook account (and let’s face it, most people in the world have!)
First of all, click HERE – and LIKE the Hotel’s Facebook Page.
Then, click HERE and LIKE Monika’s photo.
And that’s it…
But…
… we need to get as many people as we possibly can to do this.
So, could you tell all your friends? Not simply by ReTweeting this blog post (though do that, too, of course), but by personally asking them to join in the fun… bending their arms if need be, or perhaps by using some sort of threat or method of extortion I’m too innocent to understand.
Tell as many people as you can, because it’s going to take a heck of a push to make sure we get enough Likes to send Monika and Ray off on Honeymoon in the style they deserve!
Let’s make this a fun challenge and ensure they win!
Love, happiness, fun and Phuket… a perfect combination.
Again, go HERE to Like the Hotel…
… then HERE to Like Monika’s photo.
You can follow Ray - @rayyyberry – and Monika - @Monikak28 – on Twitter, too, to keep up with their progress.


you are so sweet..that was so nice of you to do this for your friends.. LNovak
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura! :-)
ReplyDeleteI only wish my honeymoon could have been in a place named Phuket, so hell yeah... lol Nothing like making people's dreams come true!
ReplyDeleteHehehe - yeah. It's stunning there, too. Thanks on their behalf for helping out! I hope you can convince a few others to do the same. :-)
ReplyDeleteand OMG I clicked on the "there" photo!!!!!! I'll be taking my xanax now....
ReplyDeleteI am astonished and very disappointed you clicked on THERE, when I expressly told you not to! :-(
ReplyDeleteHaha Les this is amazing! We appreciate your help so much. To those that have voted, or intend doing so, thank you in advance!
ReplyDeleteMost welcome, Ray! Really hope it helps! :-)
ReplyDeleteHmmm it won't let me 'like' her photo, but just takes me to my own Facebook homepage...Phuket!
ReplyDeleteYou have to like the hotel's page first, Daniel, before you can like the photo. :-)
ReplyDeleteLes,
ReplyDeleteYou are a generous, good soul and this post, among so many others, proves that. Of course, I clicked everywhere you suggested and tweeted, hoping this lovely couple wins! Truth is though they have already won: love does conquer all. As e.e. cummings says, and as I quote him in my memoir (oh, just a little plug for the second edition coming out this month), in the poem that begins:
since feeling is first . . .
and that ends:
we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
Ah, that's lovely, Mary. Thank you so much for your help - they're a great couple and it would be wonderful to help them win this. :-)
ReplyDeleteAh, the serendipity of life...Phuket is one of the most beautiful places I've been to. I wrote about it in my book, and it's where I met one of the great loves of my life.
ReplyDeleteFor all these reasons and because I'm a believer in love and Les, consider me on board to help your friends.
eden
But I've never been to Phuket? Oh, do you mean someone else?
ReplyDeleteI've barely done any travelling in my life, but would love to do a tour of that region, and down to Australia. Hopefully, one day! :-)
Thanks, as always, lovely Eden! :-)
This is such a sweet thing for you to do. I hope they win, sending out word to my friends too. Glad to see such beautiful things in a time where cynicism seems to be the order of the day.
ReplyDeleteNow I love ray and monika as much as the next man - but to say my hometown of northampton is a place you'd rather forget makes me cry a bit!! Only kidding, I'll spread the word.
ReplyDeleteSweet, Les! Good Luck you two.
ReplyDeleteAnd, should it not work out, you must come to 2nd best place on the planet, Gower Peninsula, Wales! Teehee
~Rhianne
Virtual Assistants in Wales
xXx
Thanks, Nishi! It's obviously not the main theme of the blog, to promote things like this, but they are great people - I hope it makes a little difference.
ReplyDeleteHow the heck did you know it was Northampton, Tim? Are you in the FBI? :-P
ReplyDeleteAh, I'd love to go there myself, Rhianne. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I did my part. Now, can you GET marriage proposals for people also? Put me on the list.
ReplyDeleteSweet gesture, Les. Suggestion for your links; add a target=_"blank" in the link and the link opens in a different page so we don't have to hit the back button.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I went THERE too! I've been scared for life! :D Cheers!
It's poo-ket, not fuk-et. lol. I hope your friends win. Although if you still want a chuckle, phi phi island is pronounced pee-pee, not fee-fee.
ReplyDeleteWell? Did they win? DID THEY?
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