20 January 2012 | last updated at 12:37AM
By OLIVIA PETER
SEPANG
streets@nstp.com.my
LONG haul Malaysia Airlines (MAS) passengers were surprised to see a flash mob of 200 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), here, recently.
MAS advertising and promotions head Khairul Syahar Khalid said the inaugural activity was meant to usher in the new year.
"This is also to celebrate MAS getting an Airbus A380, becoming a full member of the Oneworld Alliance later this year and launching a new airline regionally," said Khairul.
The airline's staff, children as young as 5, Universiti Selangor students and the public took part in the 10-minute performance entitled "Missing you".
They had practised for two weeks under the guidance of local choreographer Pat Ibrahim.
There were puzzled looks when MAS's theme song We Fly was aired.
The mystery was solved when a man played a guitar to serenade his "girlfriend" who had just alighted from a plane.
This was followed by Janet Jackson's Miss You Much and Rahim Maarof's Istana Menanti.
Afterwards, there was another scene of "girlfriends" greeting their "boyfriends" accompanied by the Hindi song Aankhen Khuli.
A group of young Chinese "tourists" sang Ritchie Ren's Lang Hua Yi Duo Duo.
The performance ended with five MAS cabin crew members singing Rindu and Balik Kampung.
Norzarina Mohd Din, a 49-year-old civil servant said it was the first time she was acting and singing in public with her husband.
"It is my passion to entertain people. That's why I sacrificed my time after work for this," said Norzarina, who acted as a wife waiting for her husband at the airport.
Dr Kamal Saeed, who was on a seven-hour flight from Abu Dhabi, said he found it entertaining.
He said he hoped MAS would organise more of such events.
Khoo Soo Wah, 45, from Kajang said it felt like she was watching a movie. Khoo was at KLIA to receive her son who was returning from Taiwan.
"This is also to celebrate MAS getting an Airbus A380, becoming a full member of the Oneworld Alliance later this year and launching a new airline regionally," said Khairul.
The airline's staff, children as young as 5, Universiti Selangor students and the public took part in the 10-minute performance entitled "Missing you".
They had practised for two weeks under the guidance of local choreographer Pat Ibrahim.
There were puzzled looks when MAS's theme song We Fly was aired.
The mystery was solved when a man played a guitar to serenade his "girlfriend" who had just alighted from a plane.
This was followed by Janet Jackson's Miss You Much and Rahim Maarof's Istana Menanti.
Afterwards, there was another scene of "girlfriends" greeting their "boyfriends" accompanied by the Hindi song Aankhen Khuli.
A group of young Chinese "tourists" sang Ritchie Ren's Lang Hua Yi Duo Duo.
The performance ended with five MAS cabin crew members singing Rindu and Balik Kampung.
Norzarina Mohd Din, a 49-year-old civil servant said it was the first time she was acting and singing in public with her husband.
"It is my passion to entertain people. That's why I sacrificed my time after work for this," said Norzarina, who acted as a wife waiting for her husband at the airport.
Dr Kamal Saeed, who was on a seven-hour flight from Abu Dhabi, said he found it entertaining.
He said he hoped MAS would organise more of such events.
Khoo Soo Wah, 45, from Kajang said it felt like she was watching a movie. Khoo was at KLIA to receive her son who was returning from Taiwan.
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