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Imagine a crowded yet quiet Saturday afternoon at the arrival hall of an international airport,where you could see family members,friends,tourists,and airport staffs walking around like a routine.Among those hustling crowd,a young man was waiting to serenade his love,with a guitar strapped around him.As soon as he saw a glimpse of a petite fair-skinned beauty,happily hopping towards the arrival hall's automatic door,pulling her trolley bag,he slowly ran towards her.Unfortunately,the joy of approaching his love was killed by a fierce-looking airport security guard when he suddenly shouted 'STOP!'.The tranquility at that arrival hall was obviously disrupted with the man's voice.
You would definitely get to witness the suspense of the opening scene described above if you happened to be at KL International Airport (international arrival hall) on Saturday,13th January 2012,at approximately 1.45pm.After the word 'STOP' was heard,vastly echoing the big hall,the truth was finally revealed.Themed 'Missing You',a flash mob choreographed by the famous Pat Ibrahim took place with its opening song,'I Miss You Much'.With much grace and passion by the performers,as well as the sporting cheering crowd around the hall,the flash mob went on and on continuously with different songs of different languages.'I Miss You Much' was followed by a Malay song 'Istana Menanti',where a broken hearted man could be seen suffering in pain at the edges of the hall,not knowing that he was also one the mob performers.Right after 'Istana Menanti',all of a sudden you could see that the broken hearted man was no longer in pain as his Indian sweetheart came walking out of the arrival hall's automatic door!Too happy to finally see each other,they started dancing and singing to the a famous Hindi tune 'Aankhen Khuli'.
How would you react to such performances if they happened right in front of your eyes?Would you sing and dance along to the familiar tunes?Would you immediately pull out your fancy cameras,video cameras or mobile phones to record the whole entertaining performance?Or would you walk away and muttered 'Like I care!' under your breath?
My third and last guess of reaction was unlikely to be possible.
Witnessing the moments with my own big bare eyes,people who simply happened to be around while the performance took place at the arrival hall actually reacted positively and supportingly.Most took out their cameras while the rest danced and sang along.It was utterly the most magical moment that could ever happened at a busy international airport such as KLIA,as well as a proud moment for Malaysians all over the world.
Find it hard to believe?Check out this awesome official video of the flash mob,and I can guarantee that you'll definitely feel an unexplainable feeling after watching it ;)
Proud to be a Malaysian after watching those eye candies in Malaysia Airlines' signature uniform shaking their hips to 'Signed,Sealed,and Delivered',already?I bet you are,just like the rest of us who have watched the flash mob live at KLIA and on Youtube.The performances by young and old individuals were breath taking and splendidly moving.The concept of a flash mob in general might not be original and new to most of us,but the idea of the themed flash mob organized by Malaysia Airlines was fresh,original and of course,new.Who wouldn't want to be entertained by extremely entertaining group of people while going through their boring routine of working or waiting?
The surprise flash mob certainly gave a certain impact towards those who have watched it live or on Youtube,especially Malaysians.The flash mob spread positive messages and vibes to all over the continent.How did I know this?Well,firstly,the videos (official and unofficial) were shared by 70% of Malaysians on Facebook and Twitter.Secondly,comments were exchanged among fellow Malaysians about the videos,and trust me when I say,most of them were so entertained by performers of the flash mob that they actually watched them over and over again.I simply did that too =P
It wasn't only the young generations who enjoyed the performances of the flash mob,but older generations as well.As you can see,the whole idea of the mob targeted audiences not only from different races,but as well as different stages of age.'Rindu',which came out to be the sixth track of song from the flash mob created a heart warming scenario when four women (slightly older) were standing by the metal bar at the arrival hall,patiently waiting for their husbands,sons or nephews to come out of the arrival hall's automatic door,singing their heart out.As soon as the men came out,they joyfully ran towards them,embraced them in public,and started dancing and singing together.Like I mentioned before,the scenario was heart warming and hilarious!I definitely can't picture myself doing such thing no matter how much I've missed a long gone traveling husband/father =P
Most of us Malaysians were pretty amazed with the whole idea of the flash mob.It perfectly described us Malaysians as a country which different races of citizens harmoniously blend together to make things work.I believe tourists and foreigners who witnessed the false mob live at KLIA or watched them on Youtube could finally get it why we kept mentioning '1 Malaysia'.Wonderful job,Malaysia Airlines!Credits also have to go to those men and women behind the scenes of the flash mob,such as the producers and choreographer.
The only thing left to be said here is that,I couldn't imagine a better flash mob to be performed at our world renowned airport,KLIA =)
