{"id":130,"date":"2007-07-05T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T14:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/05\/lucky-passenger-163-million-at-klia\/"},"modified":"2008-04-16T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T16:50:19","slug":"lucky-passenger-163-million-at-klia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/05\/lucky-passenger-163-million-at-klia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky passenger 163 million at KLIA&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been in Australia for a few days now, and finally some time &amp; energy to blog. My travel to Australia and Indonesia started out well. After a grueling 12 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur, a cheerful looking fellow approached me at the gate and told me &#8220;This is your lucky day, you are the lucky passenger number 163 million!! you will receive gifts&#8230;blabla&#8221; and asked me whether I had some time to spare at the airport. I had to wait 10 hours for my continuing flight to Sydney, so I thought this could be fun&#8230; The KLIA airport celebrated its 9th year anniversary, 2nd time best airport, and the arrival of its 163 millionth international passenger, which was&#8230;me!<\/p>\n<p>I was taken to the VIP lounge, could take a nice shower, which was very welcome. Later that morning a crazy ceremony with band and directing manager airport present. Called on stage, photographers, film crews, interviews, got all kinds of presents, amongst which a return flight KL-Perth, free night stay in a KL hotel, some other stuff like coupons for food &amp; drinks, perfume, etc.<br \/>\nA totally &#8216;ludic&#8217; experience :). For those who read bahassa Malayu: an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bharian.com.my\/m\/BHarian\/Sunday\/Nasional\/20070630233351\/Article\/\">article in Berita Harian<\/a>. Name spelled wrong, I did not come from Stockholm (never even been there), and some complete nonsense quotes about my name being called in the airplane and being afraid of having trafficked something forbidden&#8230; Cerita Harian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Pics:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/2007-06-30-04-05-08001-small.jpg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/2007-06-30-04-05-08001-small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_03.jpg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_03.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_04.jpg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_04.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_05.jpg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/KL-airport_05.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"passenger 163 million at KLIA\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been in Australia for a few days now, and finally some time &amp; energy to blog. 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