SIN Run 2006
Jan 17, 2006, 1:09 am
#677
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally Posted by CGK
Well, as belle said, dinner served and I was on FT and YM. Do I have a life? So, I guess other pax would not mind on-line chatting, but all those flashes for pics? Who knows....
Four scoops of ice cream as desert last night...
But Fauchon is still the best
Four scoops of ice cream as desert last night...
But Fauchon is still the best
It's raining now....
Jan 17, 2006, 1:29 am
#678
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Seattle,
Programs: UA1KMM, Hilton Diamond, Starwood Gold
Posts: 568
Many, many thanks to mjm, all the participants in the SIN Run, and especially to those of you who helped us plan our SIN/KUL/SIN trip. Punki and I are now hanging out in the MF first-class lounge and it is superb. We had an amazing lunch with rice, fish curry, veggies and lots of other goodies. The only down side is that we had to share our lunch with some tiny little fruit flies.
Interestingly enough, we did not purchase one bite of food on our entire trip to Malaysia. We had brunch yesterday in the Singapore first-class lounge in SIN, had a salad on the plane, and then ended up eating the most scrumptuous food in the KL Sentral Hilton lounge last night. Yum! The KUL Hilton is really pretty impressive. We had a very nice, upscale, trendy suite and will definitely go back.
Today we had our breakfast in the Hilton lounge, and just finished our very late lunch in the MF lounge.
Now it is time to go out to the gate and catch our plane back to SIN where we will spend the night at the Le Meridian.
We are looking forward to our next trip back to SE Asia.
Joe
Interestingly enough, we did not purchase one bite of food on our entire trip to Malaysia. We had brunch yesterday in the Singapore first-class lounge in SIN, had a salad on the plane, and then ended up eating the most scrumptuous food in the KL Sentral Hilton lounge last night. Yum! The KUL Hilton is really pretty impressive. We had a very nice, upscale, trendy suite and will definitely go back.
Today we had our breakfast in the Hilton lounge, and just finished our very late lunch in the MF lounge.
Now it is time to go out to the gate and catch our plane back to SIN where we will spend the night at the Le Meridian.
We are looking forward to our next trip back to SE Asia.
Joe
Jan 17, 2006, 10:16 am
#679
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1MM, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,758
Originally Posted by Hunki
Interestingly enough, we did not purchase one bite of food on our entire trip to Malaysia. We had brunch yesterday in the Singapore first-class lounge in SIN, had a salad on the plane, and then ended up eating the most scrumptuous food in the KL Sentral Hilton lounge last night. Yum! The KUL Hilton is really pretty impressive. We had a very nice, upscale, trendy suite and will definitely go back.
Today we had our breakfast in the Hilton lounge, and just finished our very late lunch in the MF lounge.
Joe
Today we had our breakfast in the Hilton lounge, and just finished our very late lunch in the MF lounge.
Joe
Jan 17, 2006, 10:32 am
#680
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Originally Posted by Morrissey
You chose to eat free lounge and airplane food instead?
While I may or may not have chosen to do it differently, it certainly appears to me from Hunki's post that they enjoyed themselves......That what it "ought" to be about!
Best wishes, Dave
Jan 17, 2006, 10:44 am
#681
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: This year we're going to the BAFTAs!
Posts: 5,518
Originally Posted by Hunki
Many, many thanks to mjm, all the participants in the SIN Run, and especially to those of you who helped us plan our SIN/KUL/SIN trip. Punki and I are now hanging out in the MF first-class lounge and it is superb. We had an amazing lunch with rice, fish curry, veggies and lots of other goodies. The only down side is that we had to share our lunch with some tiny little fruit flies.
[...] Joe
[...] Joe
Jan 17, 2006, 9:36 pm
#684
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Join Date: May 1998
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Well after all is said and done that is still one of my favorite experiences of the year. All of you, and I do mean all of you, make it the easiest thing to do for which I have ever received credit. In fact the credit goes to each of you for getting there, handling the currency, jet lag, etc. There is zero babysitting involved. I feel very comfortable going to each table and waving the growing wad of cash to see if anyone else needs to pony up for dinner. To a person, people paid and the bill was settled very comfortably.
Great company again this year. Always nice to see people I see far too infrequently and this year as with last, I had the chance to meet many others for the first time.
I always regret that the next SIN Run is a year away, but a quick look at the FT calendar of events tells me I could be going to an event hosted somewhere in the FT universe every couple of weeks if not more frequently. I think I may just do so in fact.
So, a very big thank you to all of you for coming and joining in a fun way to start the year. I look forward to catching up with you as the year wears on, and I will now start looking forward to planning the fifth anniversary event of this particular dinner party for next year.
All the best,
Mike
Great company again this year. Always nice to see people I see far too infrequently and this year as with last, I had the chance to meet many others for the first time.
I always regret that the next SIN Run is a year away, but a quick look at the FT calendar of events tells me I could be going to an event hosted somewhere in the FT universe every couple of weeks if not more frequently. I think I may just do so in fact.
So, a very big thank you to all of you for coming and joining in a fun way to start the year. I look forward to catching up with you as the year wears on, and I will now start looking forward to planning the fifth anniversary event of this particular dinner party for next year.
All the best,
Mike
Jan 18, 2006, 12:33 am
#685
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Seattle,
Programs: UA1KMM, Hilton Diamond, Starwood Gold
Posts: 568
Thanks mjm for hosting such a great party. We are in the NRT RCC and have discovered that the wireless works just fine inside the computer room, but not outside. After getting kicked off four times, we have had a consistent connection for over 45 minutes, until I decided to post to FlyerTalk. It then kicked out the post.
Attempt #2:
Punki is actually typing this as I dictate it to her. She can type faster than I can talk, but it is my post.
After 35 years its nice to know we are still in sync.
Attempt #2:
Punki is actually typing this as I dictate it to her. She can type faster than I can talk, but it is my post.
After 35 years its nice to know we are still in sync.
Jan 18, 2006, 11:48 am
#687
In Memoriam
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: ORD, UA 1K, SPG
Posts: 421
Originally Posted by MovieMan
SIN Run 2006 is over, and it is raining again in Singapore.
I'm sure that we had great weather because the Chicago contingent brought it with them.
It was great to meet you MovieMan, if only for a short time. When you get back to the midwest let us know.
BG
Jan 18, 2006, 1:09 pm
#689
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Sun City, CA, USA
Programs: AA,UA,HH,Marriott
Posts: 398
I'd like to add my thanks to Mike for making the gathering not only possible, but seemingly effortless. What a crowd! It was a great experience for us, and we wish we could have met more of you.
We also thank you for all the pictures.
We also thank you for all the pictures.
Jan 18, 2006, 1:39 pm
#690
Join Date: May 2003
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Thank you, Mike, for arranging such a wonderful evening.....it was lovely to meet you and a few others, see old friends again. I am sorry I couldn't spend more time with everyone.
I do hope to see you at another FT Do very soon....
The pictures are great and much appreciation to all of you who brought cameras and posted so quickly.
I do hope to see you at another FT Do very soon....
The pictures are great and much appreciation to all of you who brought cameras and posted so quickly.