We had a pleasant surprise upon arriving at the Elephant and Castle underground station: the Piccadilly Line was not going to Heathrow on Sunday so we could use the Heathrow Express for the price of a one day Travelcard zones 1-6. This was to be the last pleasant surprise.
We got to Heathrow, everything went well, we got to the boarding lounge and on the plane. Then I did a double take as the plane seemed to be scheduled to stop at Frankfurt. And so we did.
It turns out that there is no longer enough jet fuel at Heathrow to get a plane all the way to Singapore. This is because of a fuel depot explosion and fire over the Christmas holidays. So all the long-haul flights have to stop elsewhere to top up before going on their way. So we were ultra late (got out of Customs at 6, were supposed to be out of Customs at about 3).
HWMBO’s mom asked BK whether the person HWMBO was traveling with was the same person he travelled with last year. He said that it was. No more questions.
She doesn’t look good; she has gotten quite stooped in the past year, but she has a wide smile (HWMBO has her face and smile, while he has his dad’s height). We separated and BK and I went to his place, while HWMBO went to have dinner with his parents and Choo Beng.
When BK and I went for dinner, HWMBO and Choo Beng came along. It turns out that it didn’t take his parents more than an hour to try to set him up with a woman. He declined, even though she is an assistant CEO of a company. She’s 35, and I guess her parents have despaired of ever getting her married off. So HWMBO’s parents decided to offer…
It’s almost 1 am Tuesday here so I must be off to bed to try to un-jet-lag myself as quickly as possible.
Cheers to all!
Where are you staying! 😀
We are staying with my friend BK at Bishan. My handphone no is 9014 2898–please give me a call or an SMS so we can meet up sometime suring the next three weeks.