Pirelli.

There was a launch of Pirelli Calendar 2008 @ China Hall today so Ehui asked YJ and I to support.

We reported to work at 10am and didn't need to go to RSVN office.

When we reached the back area of China Hall, there was already a row call going on and when we saw Goh, he asked the both of us to go down to the laundry to change into the black BQT shirt and black pants.

After finding the right best size for our uniform for the day, we changed and went back up to China Hall. We were given this hot pink hair band to wear and clips for our sleeves but YJ and I refused to wear the hair band because we thought it looked so ugly on us :( We wore it the ah-lian way instead- around our neck.

After a while, and during that whole time YJ and I was looking at the mirror trying our best to work the new uniform, Goh asked us to change back to our old uniform because he said there might not be enough stuff for all the staff working for the event -.-

So we went down again to change and came back up. By this time, the reception at the foyer had already started and we were stationed to help serve coffee and tea because the other staff had to change uniforms as well.

In total, we spent the first 2 hours changing uniforms. And after the reception ended and the guests went into China Hall for a meeting, we were free for lunch.

We were supposed to lunch with Kelvin and Ehui but we couldn't find them so we went to Saizeriya instead. YJ and I shared a pizza and that was our only meal for the whole day.

After we came back from lunch, we had to help them turnaround China Hall for the dinner at night.

I LOVE the whole set-up for this event because of the colours the organizer chose- Pink, Purple, Green and Orange. However, setting up the tables for dinner was more troublesome than usual because of the colours. Different tablecloths for different tables had to be used. The colour of the chairs, napkin, menu and floral arrangement had to match with the tablecloth.

And did I mention that the organizer for this event is a perfectionist? He's this really famous event planner from France (?) but sorry I forgot his name :x

After setting-up the function room, Ehui asked YJ and I to change into the BQT uniform because he wanted us to serve the VIP table.

So we had to go down and change and also slab on green eye shadow.

The organizer requested the pink hair bands and green eye shadow for the girls. The guys also had to wear this green waist thingy. No accessories were allowed- not even earrings and watches!

Overall, everyone looked the same and it was rather standardized so it looked quite okay.

At like 6pm, there was a final row call- by the organizer himself. All service staff was in China Hall. First, he asked all the hostesses and performers to go on stage and he checked their attire ONE BY ONE. If that wasn't enough, he proceeded to ask all service staff (more than 100 of us or maybe 200) to go up and he checked our attire ONE BY ONE too. Perfectionist aye?

7pm soon arrived and the foyer turned into a cocktail reception area while the function room was having last minute changes. A few tables had to be re-set-up because there was an increase in people. The organizer also wanted to make sure that all cutleries were placed in the right position.

7.45pm and it was time to open the doors so guests could come in. Suddenly, the organizer said he needed to add 5 more people in the VIP table. That meant we had to extend the table, find more table cloths, cutlery, menus, flowers, candles and napkins (in the right colour mind you) and set the table while guests were slowly coming in.

A group of us was in-charge of serving the VIP table dinner. It was a 4 course western dinner with appetizer, soup, main course and dessert. Each staff was to serve 2 guests and we were already pre-assigned which one to serve during the earlier briefings. But since there was an increase in people in the VIP room, we had to change our plans as well.

Firstly, we started serving bread, pouring water and white wine. When it was time to serve the first dish, we had to walk all the way to the kitchen, line up, and take the food from the kitchen chefs and walk back to China Hall. Since I was serving the VIP table, we were always the first ones to take the food.

The plates were SO HEAVY omg! And after serving food to them, we had to clear their plates when they were done. The main course was a killer because we had to clear the show plate as well.

We saw lots of hot and cute guys as well as tall and skinny girls. There were a lot of European guests. Nora Sun (Sun Yat Sen's grand daughter) was at the event, and supermodels Gemma Ward, Du Juan and Mo Wandan attended the event too.

A performance by dancers and this famous Chinese trans was lined up after dinner.

Security was super tight because guests could take home the 2008 calendar (which cost like a few hundred EUROS) and they were afraid people would steal them.

Amongst our busy schedule, we still managed to find time to snap photos of our attire and the set-up. I'll kill myself if we didn't manage to take photos!

Dinner ended at 10.30pm, but work hasn't ended yet. There was an after party at the foyer and we were stationed at the bar counters.

The whole foyer sort of turned into a pub/club because of the music and lightings.

Champaign was the hot favouite drink for the night but there were guests that wanted Whisky, Vodka, wine etc.

There were heavy smokers around as well. During the whole time at the bar, I think 4 guests asked us to go down to help them buy cigarettes.

Soon enough, people started dancing and this group of people infront of us entertained YJ and me. The set-up had a bed as a sofa right in front of the bar counter we were at; this particular group of people (1 Italian guy that asked me for 4 glasses of whisky + coke, 1 French lady which took like countless glasses of champagne, 1 Chinese lady and another random guy) were super high.

The girl started dancing and the Italian guy joined her and they were dirty dancing and french kissing right in front of us. They went on the bed, started making out, the guy started dry humping himself and a lot of people were looking and taking photos!

The girl was also making out and dirty dancing with other guys but she's actually a lesbian and has a gf.

The organizer came and asked the Italian guy to leave because he was going overboard.

The whole scene was an eye opener and it was so much fun working for the event although it was long hours and we were super tired.

The clubbing music ended off at 1.45am but guests still didn't leave until 2.15am when they switched on the lights and the organizer "chased" his guests’ home.

YJ and I knocked off at 2.30am and duh, we cabbed home because our feet hurt and we were so damn tired.