Sunday, January 30, 2005
Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:39:46 AM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30) ( )

 I am a very frequent flier on America West and Southwest.  I usually consider myself really pampered when I get an exit aisle seat and a full can of Dr. Pepper (instead of a half can).   Singapore Airlines was a kind of luxury I hadn't thought imaginable in air travel.   Each meal (I had 4 meals between LAX and Kolkata) had an appetizer, main course and desert, all served on "Singapore Airlines custom designed bone china".  The portion size was great and the service was better than at most restaurant's I eat at.   After each meal they bring you a steaming hot wash cloth (after 10 hot face scrubs I feel exfoliated and a year younger.  

On the LAX - Taipei leg I was laughing with the woman sitting next to me.  There were so many service offerings that she could not get to sleep, until we noticed that some travellers had a "Do Not Disturb for Service" sticker on the top of their chair.   She asked for one of those and finally got to sleep.

I took a photo of the "passenger console" on the flight.   You get 60 movies and about 40 TV channels on demand.   I watched "The Village", "Forgotten", "Cellular", "Paparazzi" and most of "Dodgeball" (which is onscreen in the photo).   The only complaint I had is that I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the Chinese subtitles.

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I was periodically checking position with the GPS, more on that later.  I am not sure why I brought a water bottle.  The flight attendants would refill my glass when it got down to half full.

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