I was tempted by this flyer (verbatim) on my desk:

Ocean Catch & Chip Promotion
Retreat in the comfort of your room and savour
our cleverly tailored menu created by our creative
and award wining chefs.

Fish and chips
Choice of Selection

DEEP FRIED CODFISH WITH BEER BATTER, SERVED WITH
SPICY GARLIC SAUCE

or

OIL POACHED SEA BASS WITH MAZOL MEAL, SERVED WITH
TANGY TARTAR SAUCE

or

BUTTER FRIED GAROUPA WITH ALMOND CRUMB, SERVED
WITH MALT VINEGAR

$19.90 nett per set

Served With COMPLIMENTARY SOUP of Clam Chowder Puff

(Please dial `2' for room service)

but instead chose to nap after drinking half the bottle
of United Chablis. Didn't have an opener so used a
combination of a BIC pen and my teeth to almost get
the cork out; then the thing busted, so I ended up
pushing the cork in anyway. The sleep was fitful, and
twice (luckily) I went back to flyertalk.com; the second
time I discovered that tom911 and Magic111 would be
there an hour early, so I hastily threw on some clothes
and caught the last 167 bus from my hotel to Lau Pa Sat.
I actually beat them there by a couple minutes. They
looked relatively hale and hearty after their journeys.

Also present were (in approximate order of arrival) :

monitor

the Canadians - Seanthepilot + his Thai girlfriend,
whose name I didn't catch, TaxDude, Ian (handle forgotten),
Jack (handle forgotten)

fly4fun

Falco Peregrinus

two young local members, whose handles I didn't get
but whose Christian names are Michael and Lionel

zvezda

Kevin (handle forgotten)

Disappointingly, four of the first five mentioned don't
do beer, so I parched for half an hour before the welcome
Other Canadians showed up, after which we ordered numerous
pitchers of Tiger and numerous sticks of satay, including
beef, lamb, mutton (I believe there were two different
ovine products), chicken, and duck. Also some specials,
which I found I ate most of (didn't order them, so it
wasn't my fault) - beef liver, lung, and tripe. A good feed
and I hope good conversation was had by all.

At 2:15 we gave up on the UA runners and went our separate
ways, some of us having been up for a very long time.

Kevin, monitor, and I decided to camp out at the Marriott
and await belle3388, who was coming in on SQ11 (in F,
natch); she showed up just before 3, with many cheerful
facts about her ordeal, I mean itinerary, and more trips
to come.

And now, if you please, I'm ready to try the remainder of
that Chablis (now warm) and get a tad of shut-eye, as it
is 5 am. See you all tomorrow! Er, today.