Salads, fruits and cold items. Probably of note here are the seasoned tofu salad and smoked salmon.


Bain marie with small eggs Benedicts. The silverware used in this lounge has got to be one of the shiniest silver coloured cutlery I have ever seen.

I was still a bit full from this morning's early meal and knew I had a F meal with OZ coming up. Not that I knew what I'd be expecting on board, but in saying that nothing much on the whole buffet really took my biggest fancy. So it was a small bite and a glass of Piper Heidsieck.


Light breakky bite - eggs Benedict, smoked ham and tofu salad, served with a Champagne.


The "den" like feel continues in the dining area.

Not long after I had finished my little bite that I was informed that a shower room was ready for me. Not that my timing is stellar or anything, but just that the sooner I had this shower, the better. The value of a refreshing shower when you aren't quite awake or energised should not be underestimated.


This is another of the relaxation areas near the back of the lounge, next to the shower rooms. Some chair they have here - where is the "EJECT" button?

The shower rooms are quite generously sized and, also unlike the shower rooms in the J Boarding Gate lounge, has a toilet as well. Accessories are nothing to write home about - no famous named brands, though some accessories and the shower supplies are by The Body Shop in full size bottles (rather than single-serve miniatures). Although the shower rooms are fairly large, adequate ventilation still seems to be a problem, which causes problems when you exit your hot shower and then need to use the mirror to shave.


Shower room in the OZ F Lounge, complete with advanced toilet and generously sized shower.


Shower accessories from The Body Shop.

Like their Japanese neighbours (and very much unlike their other neighbours, the Chinese), OZ have the latest in toilet technology installed, with almost every personal hygiene service under the sun on offer. Well, not quite...


Experimentation is not advisable!

After a very satisfying shower and a shave, naturally the last thing to do is get dressed. Problem was, I had only absentmindedly packed a change of shirt. I hadn't packed a spare pair of underwear and socks. How in the hell did I miss that... so what to do?

Some would say, "Unless you really sweated, big deal - keep on going with what you've got". Probably not advisable - it has been a long day.

Some others would say, "Well, for the underwear, just turn them inside out and you've got virtually a new pair". Yeah, I don't quite subscribe to that school of thought.

So the only other thing left was... wash my current pair there and then! The best thing about wet clothes versus a woman is that the former doesn't complain about having the wrong kind of hair dryer. About ten minutes later, I had clean and dry underwear again so I was finally dressed and ready to face the world again.

As I exited the shower rooms and headed back into the lounge proper, the lounge attendant who assisted me earlier didn't quite recognise me.

Attendant: "Oh... you changed clothes?!"
Me: "Yes."