SIN Run Do 2005
#722


Join Date: May 2001
Location: RNO, NV, USA.
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 5,390
At The RCC NRT
Thank you mjm for helping organize this DO. I had a great time. Fantastic restauraant choice for dinner Saturday night. I,m glad you broke even for dinner Saturday night aafter collecting from everyone. I,m glad you broke even after paying the bill - over a thousand SIN dollars! In return I notice the upgrade Gods were good to you - UA found a seat for you SIN-NRT in C! I'll post again when I'm not strugglling with this computer.
#723
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Coast USA
Programs: UA GS/4 MM, AA Exec Plat, Lifetime Hilton D, Hyatt G, Marriott Titanium earned Ambassador
Posts: 7,553
mjm DId you get that? Gods. Is that a promotion or what? Could not have happened to a more deserving guy! Still in SIN.
#724
Moderator Communications Coordinator, Signatures


Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: deep within the Eskimo lair
Programs: TubWorld, Bar Alliance, Borratxo Legendarium
Posts: 16,970
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
The UA SIN-NRT-xxx contingent has safely arrived at the RCC.
#725
formerly known as 2lovelife

Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: ORF : UA_Premier_Gold4Life, Bonvoy_titanium, Accor_Plat
Posts: 6,958
1 fantastic weekend
The list to thank is too long. ^ sailaway75, miles4all, mjm ^ in particular, but it was wonderful to see EVERYONE!
Everyone's left NRT and i'm just waiting for my flight to BKK. 4 hour delay has pushed it to 10:30pm dept.
looking forward to the next one.
good luck to all, fly safely
smiles,
Sean
Everyone's left NRT and i'm just waiting for my flight to BKK. 4 hour delay has pushed it to 10:30pm dept.
looking forward to the next one.
good luck to all, fly safely
smiles,
Sean
#726


Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: ZRH / YUL
Programs: UA, DL, TK, Starwood > Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, GHA
Posts: 7,583
In HKG now
From my pricelined hotel in Kowloon (which, unlike the Conrad here and in SIN, offers free wired and wireless internet in every room...), I'd like to add my thanks to mjm for making this event happen - I had a great time and enjoyed meeting old and new friends!
Apologies to all the people I could not properly say goodbye to, most notably SanDiego1k and jan_az. We had a blast at the Night Safari and only got back at 11.30pm or so...
Safe travels and see you next time!
Apologies to all the people I could not properly say goodbye to, most notably SanDiego1k and jan_az. We had a blast at the Night Safari and only got back at 11.30pm or so...

Safe travels and see you next time!
#729




Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA 1K MM, Marriott
Posts: 1,740
Whew, posting from the south-bound CalTrain heading into work. kluau88 and I arrived on NRT-SFO without incident, both complaining about a short flight. We had a fantastic view of Mt. Fuji at sunset while taking off, and a nice bay tour prior to landing.
First off, thanks to mjm for organizing what has been an outstanding weekend full of great food, company, and fun. The crabs were great (probably some photos out there, if you know what I mean) and the food court was fantastic (ala Fishball soup). I look forward to the 2006 event, even if I find myself there again sooner.
Special Thanks go to residents (one ex-resident) miles4all, sailaway75, and mafbar for their wonderful hospitality. I think that special attention should be called out for our outstanding tour guide, miles4all who led a fun, informative trek through the various areas downtown. Gaz, thanks for the insider tour of Chinatown and the wet fish markets, that was a welcomed treat after the long trip across the ocean.
The Night Safari was another unexpected treat! Partners in crime skye1, airoli, and I enjoyed the off-tram excursions, visiting the exotic animals and pondering the less-popular uses of game hides. The furball ejecting Golden Cat, randy Hyenas, and gigantic bats ruled! Sorry to have lost the rest of the group during our explorations.
I'm going to have to wrap this up, as I'm approaching lovely suburban Mountain View. San Jose just doesn't hold a candle to Singapore, so I probably should get off the train.
I'll edit this later to add more brief fun memories, assuming I don't get slaughtered at work. Obviously, no bumps for us NRT-SFO
First off, thanks to mjm for organizing what has been an outstanding weekend full of great food, company, and fun. The crabs were great (probably some photos out there, if you know what I mean) and the food court was fantastic (ala Fishball soup). I look forward to the 2006 event, even if I find myself there again sooner.
Special Thanks go to residents (one ex-resident) miles4all, sailaway75, and mafbar for their wonderful hospitality. I think that special attention should be called out for our outstanding tour guide, miles4all who led a fun, informative trek through the various areas downtown. Gaz, thanks for the insider tour of Chinatown and the wet fish markets, that was a welcomed treat after the long trip across the ocean.
The Night Safari was another unexpected treat! Partners in crime skye1, airoli, and I enjoyed the off-tram excursions, visiting the exotic animals and pondering the less-popular uses of game hides. The furball ejecting Golden Cat, randy Hyenas, and gigantic bats ruled! Sorry to have lost the rest of the group during our explorations.
I'm going to have to wrap this up, as I'm approaching lovely suburban Mountain View. San Jose just doesn't hold a candle to Singapore, so I probably should get off the train.
I'll edit this later to add more brief fun memories, assuming I don't get slaughtered at work. Obviously, no bumps for us NRT-SFO
Last edited by Wireless; Jan 17, 2005 at 9:01 pm Reason: grammar is hard, kev called me out on bad routing
#730




Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: United 1K 2MM / Marriott LTP
Posts: 5,092
Originally Posted by Wireless
Obviously, no bumps for us SFO-NRT 

I don't know but I think there might have been a lurker who was watching this thread
This individual was on the party flight on friday (UA 895 HKG-SIN), party flight today (UA 838 SIN-NRT), and then I saw him at baggage claim at SFO getting off UA 852 NRT-SFO.
#731




Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: CGK SIN PER ORD
Programs: UA 1K MM, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 2,833
Chicago contingent of bseller, cawhite60156 and wwbgd arrived safely in Chicago.
I was the only FTer on the main deck in 25C and I had the pleasure of experiencing the best FAs I ever had on United from NRT-ORD on UA 882 today.
Thanks for the great turnout in Singapore, I am glad everyone liked my suggestion of No Signboard, it will be tough to top that in 2006 since that has been my seafood restaurant since 1997
Thanks mjm for organizing this and nice to see everyone
I was the only FTer on the main deck in 25C and I had the pleasure of experiencing the best FAs I ever had on United from NRT-ORD on UA 882 today.
Thanks for the great turnout in Singapore, I am glad everyone liked my suggestion of No Signboard, it will be tough to top that in 2006 since that has been my seafood restaurant since 1997

Thanks mjm for organizing this and nice to see everyone
#732




Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Heading to Costco for more popcorn...
Programs: UA 1K 2MM Flier, SPG Plt, Hilton Dia
Posts: 8,461
It was great to see meet many FTers I hadnt already encountered somewhere in the world, including a lot who were at their 1st Do and (of course) seeing those Ive met before and always enjoy getting to spend more time with! ^ Thanks to everyone for a fantastic weekend, and a special round of thanks going out to:
mjm for coordinating -- it was so much fun that many of us have been talking about next years SIN Do (consider this my RSVP!),
miles4all for the fantastic walking tour and sharing your knowledge of Singapore with us,
Gaz for the hospitality, door prizes at Saturdays dinner and walking us through the markets at Chinatown and the sampling that went with it,
mafbar for the gifts and also sharing your local knowledge,
kiwiflyer for the kiwi gifts on Saturday,
traveliter for the pins
MikeinSin -- Very sorry to hear about the death in the family.
Despite a slight change in the party flight HKG-SIN, our trip got off to a great start by getting to invade the cockpit of our 747 at HKG for some group photos (including Freddie Jr) at the pilots suggestion, and then today following a fun party flight SIN-NRT and spending some quality time in the RCC & the SK lounge at NRT, we had a great flight back to ORD including captains cards, a special wave from the cockpit just before leaving NRT and spotting ourselves in Hemispheres (UA flyers should understand this from the UA forum). The cabana boy never did materialize (although I did get an interesting comment from the desk clerk
).but I have my pool guys instead!
Photos to be uploaded in the next couple days after a lot of editing
mjm for coordinating -- it was so much fun that many of us have been talking about next years SIN Do (consider this my RSVP!),
miles4all for the fantastic walking tour and sharing your knowledge of Singapore with us,
Gaz for the hospitality, door prizes at Saturdays dinner and walking us through the markets at Chinatown and the sampling that went with it,
mafbar for the gifts and also sharing your local knowledge,
kiwiflyer for the kiwi gifts on Saturday,
traveliter for the pins
MikeinSin -- Very sorry to hear about the death in the family.
Despite a slight change in the party flight HKG-SIN, our trip got off to a great start by getting to invade the cockpit of our 747 at HKG for some group photos (including Freddie Jr) at the pilots suggestion, and then today following a fun party flight SIN-NRT and spending some quality time in the RCC & the SK lounge at NRT, we had a great flight back to ORD including captains cards, a special wave from the cockpit just before leaving NRT and spotting ourselves in Hemispheres (UA flyers should understand this from the UA forum). The cabana boy never did materialize (although I did get an interesting comment from the desk clerk
).but I have my pool guys instead!
Photos to be uploaded in the next couple days after a lot of editing
Last edited by cawhite60156; Jan 18, 2005 at 8:34 am Reason: because I can't spell
#733




Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA 1K MM, Marriott
Posts: 1,740
Originally Posted by cawhite60156
The cabana boy never did materialize (although I did get an interesting comment from the desk clerk).but I have my pool guys instead!
#735




Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Heading to Costco for more popcorn...
Programs: UA 1K 2MM Flier, SPG Plt, Hilton Dia
Posts: 8,461
For those who missed it this morning...one of the pax who flew with us on Friday evening HKG-SIN (and hear us chatting about our friends who didn't make the connection, etc and the party that he was now "missing out on") ended up with us in the C mini-cabin on this morning's SIN-NRT flight. He had a pretty good idea before we'd even taken off from SIN what he missed out on Friday!


