Flight SQ 318

It was definetly as how I have felt or mentioned it. I know that SIA's standard of service had dropped and I do see why. It's hard to
believe SIA's plane having any problem...well except for the Silkair incident of which the rumors has it that the pilot had decided to
take everyone with him to his so called depression mode. Like I said it's rumors but it cld be anything. Anyway...so here we are "3 Goons & A ..Ahem Lady"
aka known to be like "3 men & a baby" in the airport to catch our flight to London which suppose to take off at 1250hrs. It's a full flight
on that plane with loads of ppl headin home and like us some for business. How would your reaction be when this announcement came up...
"Ladies and gentlemen, we regret to inform you that the flight SQ 318 will be delayed. We have a technical problem as we found that the 1st engine
is out of order. We are now looking for another plane to substitude. We will keep you inform for further information." I would have
prefered that they did not mention what was the technical problem. Go on..keep me in the dark...I don't mind as long as it's not while I am
in that flying can thousands of feet above the ground. When they announce that they have another plane it'll be from another gate and different boarding time.
So they are offering us free lunch which I doubt is exactly free coz we paid for it..but now we have more varieties to choose from. Our new flight
is to leave at 1500 and we are to go to another gate at 1430 latest. So the 2 of the 3 goons decided to go for cigarettes and found a bar with pool
table. I don't want to say anything as I couldn't be bothered. There's not much time and yet...nvm!!! Had gone to the chains of so called restaurant..
Delifrance, Indian Foood, Chinese Food, Thai Food, Burger King to choose from. Had thought delifrance wld be ok but the waitress said we'd get
our food like 45mins as they have loads of order. Looking at the crowd..I understand and time is not what we have at hand. End up having vegetarian
Indian food which turn out to be quite nice and the old ladies attending to us was superb!!! While eating..the SIA ground staff approached us and
told us that we have only 50 mins to eat and also told us of the new gate. The other 2 goons were hailed using the latest gadget (mobile) and they
came in abt 10 mins later. Told of the limited time and they went to order some food consist of dishes which one have to wait. So it's not really a
surprise on why I named them goons. We evenrually went to the gate at 1450 and had to wait some more. An annoucement apologising for the delay
came on air saying the plane is not able to be boarded as they are cleaning it at the moment. 10 mins later they announce again thatbthey are still cleaning
it. 15 minutes later they announce that they are doing security sweep. We finally get to board the plane at 1530hrs. Took off at 1600 hrs. All
arrangements have to be altered for we have booked Jeff...our regular cab driver in UK . The service on board was to really die for and I really
mean I wanna die!!! The petite butt wiggling, shinny glossy red lipped stewardess was a sore eye. She don't even look at you when she serve
the meal. Our row had already finished our meal and she was, "We have seafood pasta, beef stroganoff and yadda yadda yadda. What wld you like?"
When I gave her the raised eye brow she went.."Ooh ooh...Someone must have taken off the sticker from your chair." Ya rite...
13 hours was no joke at all for anyone especially for smokers. I'm with ashtrays who needs constant nicotine. Fidgetting on their seat every 5 minutes.
Withdrawal syndrome. I told one of them that if they are so desperate for it..they shld have asked for a seat on the wing. Just tie em up with masking
tape and they can smoke all they want. Hehe. I finished the book which I took along, Full Moon Rising and I really enjoyed it. I always have fascination
for werewolves and vampire. Anyway when we reached our destination..the captain apologise as they cld not find the manning guy for the gangway. Next he said
the weather is clear but cloudy. Almost everyone went "BAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Finally we are on the ground. The 2 goons were really desperate for nicotine that they had
gone to the loo to have a quick puff. Thank god we didn't get into any kind of trouble. Once outside, a group of ladies asked if they can buy 2 stick of ciggy from us
and wanted togive me 2 quid but I turned the money away and just gave em about 4 sticks. Bill took over Jeff's place to ferry us to the Gobles so all is well.