Loreal Colour Trophy 2008-backstage

Usually, people go to events getting invites or have to pay em to enter. What more, if its a fashion show!!By Loreal!!it was the gala show by Loreal to present the awards to various actegories, ranging from best make-up artiste to best hair stylists. and it was the award nite (10th July) But my case was different.. Normally i go to such events paying hundreds of ringgit and in the end i'll be broke.dead broke =( but this time around, unexpectedly, i get paid to serve diners and customers who attend the event. Though it wasnt fun, but it was really my first time attending such an event, a fashion show.




I was replacing a friend who weren't able to be the waiter at the banquet there, so i gotta help her out lor..it was definitely my first time being a waiter, serving in th F&B service.Whats more serving in a grand event like this!!i was soo nervous i nearly pee in my pants =P jk.i knew expectations were high, especially in such a high class event like, a fashion show summore horrrr =( Anyway, i needed the cash and besides, i got nothing else to do that day. So i just went to get some experience and kill time.

The finalists of the L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy Award 2008 were awarded that night. Deeemed as the "Oscars of Hairdressing Industry" it was sure a fantastic nite out. Damn fun!! People from the hair styling industry were present. Since it was an event by invitation only, only those selected were invited, mainly from HongKong and Taiwan.Maybe because its a nation flooded with people who know how to "style". i mean come on.look at the way the dress and how they set their hair style.not like malaysians xD anyway, it was full of unique people.I was the lucky one manage to spot artiste like Angel Wong (the emcee), Miko Au and afew more. What more, there was this artiste from Taiwan sat behind the table i was serving. i was serving table 84. The event i was serving was held at the KL Convention Centre by the way. Many large events were held there before this.

But the good thing is this

• I attended a fashion show for the first time
• I get to know the "secret" of whats in your food and the dirty things they do to your food, especially in such a grand event in a luxurious, high class place like KLCC
• I didn't do the serving most of the time, instead i watched the fashion show =D
• i get paid RM61 for doing nothing much except serving water and watched a fashion show by Loreal for free =P
• I stole some goodies from there =D
  
• I met new friends
  
• I'm gonna reveal of the rudeness and attitude by the KLCC staff - dont sue me please =( im just telling the truth horrrr =(

The bad thing is

• My arms were so damn pain i couldnt lift anything heavy that night
• Being a victim of racist
• I didn't get to snap many photos during the catwalks and most of the event =(((
• I didn't get to snap photos with celebrities =((((( double spam!
• I know i'm not fit to be in the F&B service (thank God)

Me and my hsemates left our hse at around 2pm. Before that i gotta get myself a pair of new black shoes from 1u. The dress code as a waiter was a pair of black pants and black shoes while the uniform were provided by the management. we were given vouchers-for meals, security (wtf), and salary at the end of the day. Arrived at there around 3pm. The staff entrance were beginning get packed with employees entering the work area. What shocked me was that these "employees" are from various uni around kl. Maybe because they hire those studying Hotel Management course or something like that, for experience purposes. What even shocked was that they even hire Bangladeshis and Pakistanis who cant speak English at all as waiters in such a grand event.wtf?!

Anyway, after doing th registration and all, we then proceed to the grand ballroom. We were lead into an elevator, so huge it looked like we're in Star Wars spaceship ready for war.

=P we really looked like this in the elevator, except without our weapos and our yeng-ness laR. the elevator fitted more than 50 ppl omg!!!we then walk ourselves into an area in Hall 1 to be briefed and "trained"

wats with him digging his nose?

It was a gathering to divide our locations, positions, duties etc. It was like a gathering of foreigners there. except we were there to become waiters, not to be deployed home =P ABout 80% were foreigners and malays. Not many chinese there, and most of the chinese, us, are from colleges. It reminds me of Nasional Service, standing there for 1hour, listening to the supervisor shouting and ordering at us, being treated like a slave, we were called names like "anjing", "pukimak" etc. It was harsh and it wasnt pleasant. I almost lost my patience and went off. They treated each of us as if we were some kinda animals or servants, giving us orders to move here and there.

Anyway, after the "briefing", we were brought to the grand ballroom and went to our respective table for serving. It was already 5.30 pm i think. And we have to stand there doing nothing while listening to the last minute practise and rehersals by the participants there.

Later, we were called by our respective supervisor in-charge, Loges, to get more briefing. We were told that it was a chinese set dinner. Hell i know whats a chinese set lar!!Anyway it was practically chinese style dinner, with heavy gigantic plates serving chinese cuisine, chinese style or serving and decoration, everything chinese style. Even those who attended the event was chinese..mainly laR.i only saw 2 malays that night.

chinese style decoration of the table settings

Thats my table, table 84 im serving xD

sadly, the table was far from the catwalk stage =( i only can see em on the gigantic LCD screen =(
what a lousy position. Anyway, since i was bored, i took some pics of the ballroom and got caught by one of the supervisor. Now, he is one cibai racist. He yelled at me rudely saying "eh cina!u simpan u punya hp.jgn ingat u banyak kaya arr!!jgn diri macam u artis Hong Kong bodoh" WTFFFF!!!!!!!!!!blardy racist!!!rude, immature, uneducated son of a bitch!what?u dont have a handphone is it?what?i put my hand in my pocket makes me look like a HK artiste is it? Cao Hai arr!!!whats your problem wit me being a chinese?!blardy racist!Becareful when u see me on the streets..i'll grab you and beat the hell out of you till you begg me for forgiveness and mercy for being a chinese!blrady asshole cao hai!

Anyway, lets not spoil the mood ok? Its Loreal Colour Trophy nite =) it's party nite baby =) this are the pics i manage to get while i was waiting for nothing =.= enjoy




And this is the view of the Card. For better view, you can visit http://kirayamato04.wordpress.com/category/loreal-colour-trophy-2008/ for more pictures of the card and other goodies that night. wished i had them with me =(


what do you think about the invitational cards?I think its pretty and cool..the designer did a very good job.

Here's the menu for the night


By the way, they charge triple prices for the drinks. A can of Coke cost rm6.50, a glass of wine cost rm15..money making business banquet =.="

Later, we were trained awhile on the dishes and what should be done for the 'chinese set" dinner. We were thought of how to cut the fish, what to do, this and that larrrr...soo boring and lame. Then, i took afew more pics.


By then, it was almost 6pm. They were doing last minute rehearsals and all. It was expected that the guests will arrive between 6-8pm to have drinking session outside the foyer, while at 8pm the door will be opened for guests to come in and take their seats. 8.40pm to start serving food.
We had our dinner break at 6-6.45pm. It was basically lousy canteen food. Since i cant eat beef, i only had rice and chicken. And that was lousy. Me and my friends slowly took our own sweet time to have our meal and chat xD.

After our meals, we then proceed back into the grand ballroom. By then, the lights were switched off. It was dark. I cant even see the table clearly. We were told to start filling water into glasses on the table. So i walk in and out the kitchen several times to take and refill the jug of water. My leg hurts.Once everything was done, we went back to our tables and stand there till 8pm. Since i was bored, i just watched the video displayed on the LCD screen over and over again. I was bored...really bored.My leg hurst too. I got to know that this event was sponsored by Shu Uemura, Melinda Looi, EH!, Female and Nuyou.


By the time, i think i've watched that video for about 15times i think. And at the same time i was listening to the emcee rehearsing backstage. By 8.15pm, the guest started entering.


Since then, i couldnt take anymore pictures. Why???because they switched off all the lights throughout the event. it was so dark i couldn't even find my table =.= Throughout the night, i tried to relax abit, while watching the catwalks and fashion show. I purposely did a bad job xD in between i took some photos lar..but it was bad of quality caused it was dark =( anyway here are the photos i've manage to take. enjoyz!!




If you wanna watch the video, click
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5BUZx2tRdbI
sorry cant upload the video here yet. Got some probs xD

Now, if you really think food served to you in luxury hotels or grand events like this is clean, think again. Think carefully. Ask yourselves. DO YOU REALLY THINK THE FOOD SERVED IS OF HIGH QUALITY AND CLEAN?haha come on!!please lar!

This is the food being prepared by the chef during the event. I saw a rat running around the kitchen. There were a few malay waiter i caught digging their nose and touch the food. Some hungry girl got so hungry she took a bite of the food to be served. I saw an irritated waiter spit into the soup. Worst of all, they use dirty and used glass to serve cold water. Poor guests...victim of unhygienic and filthy conditions.I got really shocked and disgusted by their actions..what on earth is this la?well..its Loreal Colour Trophy 2008.



enjoy =)