Breakfast at the hotel - really hard to see the value for money but as I said, this is about convenience.
Singapore Airlines check-in was quick and easy, then we just waited for boarding time. I do get aggravated when airlines say that they'll board by rows and then don't; the economy boarding was pretty much a free-for-all. Obviously I know I'm not going to miss out on a seat but I actually wanted to use an overhead locker for a change, and you can miss out if you're late boarding. Anyway, not a huge drama in the end.
Eight hour flight to Singapore which was interrupted by my own personal medical drama. I bought some earplugs because both my ears were somewhat infected / blocked because of the horrible lurgy I had for a couple of weeks before the holiday; I have gone through the pain that you can get with blocked up ears on a flight and I didn't want to go through that again. And, it seemed to work, but then one of the earplugs got stuck in my ear. They couldn't help me on board, but they did arrange to take me to the clinic once we arrived in Singapore. I was expecting to be charged an arm and a leg, and I was. However, I didn't want to risk hurting my ear, so it really was the only choice. Once that was dealt with, we went to the Transit Hotel where we had always planned to stay. This turned out to be a fine plan; we got a good rest before the next (much longer) leg of the flight.
We had dinner at the airport - Paul likes spicy food but the broth in the noodle dish he ordered reduced him to red-faced, teary-eyed, desperate choking. Pity I didn't have a camera - although at the time I was thinking about calling for medical help!!
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