It all started on a calm, fateful evening in May 2004. I'd never been on a flight, neither domestic nor international. At the time, I didn't even think I'd ever fly anywhere or even have a reason to fly anywhere.
I was but a wee little child at BLR airport, with my parents and 2 little brothers, about to shift life over to MEL. It was an SQ flight and I remember being absolutely wowed at having these pieces of card stock called boarding passes with these strange codes BLR, SIN, MEL on them.
Boarded the flight, and the first thing my brothers and I noticed was the TV screen at the back of the seat in front. On both flights BLR -SIN and SIN-MEL, the 3 of us did not get an iota of anything that could be considered sleep. We had found the "Games" section of the IFE, and one of the games was a Mario Kart lookalike. Even the meals we found grandeur, as we just couldn't imagine being in a metal tube hurling through the air at >800km/h eating a meal and having a drink.
Alas the fun was short lived and before we knew it we landed at MEL, and the rest is history as they say.
Needles to say I'm still a regular SQ flyer, and when I discovered that KF points, which can be transfered from Amex MR, can be used to book SQ J, well we all know how that ends up.