The X Secret Party : X Top Model Search 2012 Preview

Fancy for a front row view of a sexy and hot Burlesque Performance right here in Kuala Lumpur? Then, make sure you are on the invitation list for the next X Secret Party - the biggest and hottest year-end party in Malaysia!

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Wow.... if they could sing and dance like that, maybe they should form an all-girl pop group to maybe export our singing talents to Korea in the very near future!

Kuala Lumpur, 16th December 2011.

When I first received the invitation via facebook, I was truly intrigued by the photo of yellow carpet going straight through a cut-out slit of a high security fencing to what looked like a creepy “X-file” complexes. There’s even a No Trespassing Warning on the fence with a very clear message: Violators will be shot; Survivors will be shot again! LOL! I presumed all the guests will be shot to death by straight shots of Martini, Vodka, Tequila or Brandy. If you are not dead yet, they would probably drown you in beer and maybe if you are very lucky, in a giant bowl of fine Champagne! Talk about happy ending – pun intended! They might even throw in a Burlesque girl just for kicks…..

After braving KL’s Friday night jam, I finally arrived at Kompleks Kenanga Wholesale City – the location of the X Secret Party. I have never even step foot here, let alone driving pass this part of town. And my first attempt really back-fired when I missed the right turn after DBP and went straight into Friday’s night traffic crawl along Jalan Hang Tuah. It took me 30 minutes just to make a U-turn to return to Jalan Kenanga. Phew!

And when I arrived to Kenanga Wholesale City, once again I was lost and have to seek the help of the information counter to find the location of the party. It was on 14 floor and you would have to go through something like 12B in order to reach the place. It was truly an X-perience just to find the forbidden X entrance! But it was all worth it. At the reception I was greeted by so many beautiful angels as if I was queuing to be admitted into heaven! Heaven on earth as they say…..

I was truly surprised that Kenanga Wholesale City has such a huge hall with multiple side-levels for holding large scale event like the X Secret Party or any other large scale fashion event in the future. Hopefully they could live up to their billing as a true competitor to Thailand’s Platinum Fashion Mall. But one thing is for sure – their fashion event hall is really impressive.

As expected, KL famous traffic jam reared it’s ugly face and the event has to be delayed for well over one hour. By then some guests have already been shot to death by Vodka, Martini, or some other people…. Some were drowned by beer of many brand names. But have no fear. They truly volunteered to be shot and to be drowned!

It was an event to be remembered and to be cherish for life…..so I thought! Alas….. it was not to be….. When the event started proper and when we, the photographers and the bloggers tried to climb up to what looked like a photography platform, we were rudely shooed away by an overzealous technician or maybe supervisor of the video-man! What was his problem? He feared that the weight of the photographers would shake the whole platform or maybe crashed the platform with his video-man on it! What an idiot! Even if his high tech video camera does not have anti-shake video feature, the slight vibration of the standing photographers would cause minimal shake to the platform once all of us have settled in. If he is so scared of getting wobbly video, didn’t it occur to him that he should be the one to specify his requirement to the organizer in the first place when he was awarded the job? Instead of constructing a wooden platform, maybe he should specify a concrete platform with maybe gold-trimmed hand-railings? Maybe a dumbwaiter might help him to get up the platform too! He should be banished to the Siberian Tundra ASAP! Something the organizer should think about in the future.

Sorry for the blind ramblings…. but I just have to give him a piece of my mind after spending 2 days processing my photographs taken at this event.

Finally I have to congratulate the organizer for putting up such a fine party and to sizzle up the night life in Kuala Lumpur. It was truly memorable for all the right reasons and some not so right but overall, it was an event to die for in Kuala Lumpur. Hopefully it will grow to become a permanent event in KL where everyone can look forward to year after year!

Thank you, Kenji for the invite.

Opening show: X Top Magical Fashion Show by Jordan Gomez & Moschino

Aw Sim Hui in the opening act.....

Jordan Gomez is famous for his awarding winning act in which he manipulates CDs and M&M's. They appear, vanish, multiply and change colour. It is an act that has taken him all over the world including the World Championships of Magic in Beijing.

Aw Sim Hui in Moschino - she looks good in jeans.

Leqa Natasha in Moschino - Nice jeans, with joker's T-shirt and capes from Batman returns?

Wai Yee in Moschino - looking good in a very beautiful and colorful dress.

Wai Yee in Moschino - really good and natural on the runways.

Jojo Tan in Moschino - Sexy see-thru top and very equestrian looking outfit. A whip would complement her dressing too.

Jojo Tan in Moschino - very photogenic from side view.

Fancy Goh in Moschino - Really attractive outfit.

Fancy Goh in Moschino - One of the best model on local fashion scene.

Fancy Goh in Moschino- stylish yet demure....

Kim Low in Moschino - Beautiful but slightly conservative outfit suitable for corporate function.

Aw Sim Hui in Moschino - Another beautiful and striking red dress suitable for any occasion.

Aw Sim Hui in Moschino – The X Top Model Winner for 2011.

Leqa Natasha in Moschino - Sometimes less is more.

Grace Chew in Moschino - Nice design but the waist is too low for her.

Wai Yee in Moschino - the jacket would certainly complement for lovely tees.

Wai Yee in Moschino - Nice pose.

Fancy Goh in Moschino - she looks good in any outfit!

Fancy Goh in Moschino - Nice stride on the runway.

Jojo Tan in Moschino - Nice animal prints for animal lovers.

Kim Low in Moschino -Nice outfit for Christmas season.

Grace Chew in Moschino - beautiful dress for all occasion.

Grace Chew in Moschino - elegant and sensual for any year-end party.

Leqa Natasha in Moschino - leopard prints is in... beautiful and sexy...

Aw Sim Hui in Moschino - another leopard prints legging that will complement any dark-colored tops.

Jordan Gomez again - abracadabra and his magical spells..... poof!!!!

......and Wai Yee magically appeared from the black box......

Wai Yee in Moschino - Nice leopard prints again - this time created with some kind of magic spells...

Daphne Iking..... the MC for the magical night

Break for on ground activities: Live cooking demo in progress....

Putting on the finishing touches to his beautiful steaks....

Opening vocal and saxophone performance by Nana Lee aka Ratna Sari Juwita - winner of Indonesia Got Talent show.

Nana Lee aka Ratna Sari Juwita - beautiful and talented - she definitely has the X factor!

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Aw Sim Hui

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Wai Yee

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Fancy Goh

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Kim Low

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Grace Chew

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Jojo Tan

X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I

X Asia DJs Spin with visual graphic, video map, lighting - DJ Geri from Malaysia.

X Asia DJs Spin with visual graphic, video map, lighting and fusion with Nana's Saxophone performance.

Masquerade performance by men and women in golden capes and masks.

X Asia DJs Spin with visual graphic, video map, lighting - DJ Nicole from Singapore.

Daphne Iking..... the MC for the X Lingerie Fashion Show.

X Lingerie Fashion Show - Beautiful Aw Sim Hui with the fox tail.....

X Lingerie Fashion Show - Beautiful Aw Sim Hui with the fox tail..... oh my.... what long leg you have there..... just nice for the lingerie show....

X Lingerie Fashion Show - Black is sexy....

X Lingerie Fashion Show - Beautiful Grace Chew with a 2-piece lingerie.

X Lingerie Fashion Show - easily one of the most sexy piece on the runway.....

Oops.... my shoe.... red alert.... shoe malfunction.... what should I do next?

Well.... what the hack..... scrap the shoes....

..... barefooted? ..... it's more matching to everything else then.....

X Lingerie Fashion Show - The matching secret mask and secret ribbons....

X Lingerie Fashion Show - Wai Yee in the devil wears Prada outfit..... come on..... you evil men.....

mimed masquerade show.......

Kenji taking a well deserved break....

Hot girls on stage.... lets boogie....

Hot girls on stage.... party time......

Hot couple doing the boogie on stage....

Golden masquerade....

Golden masquerade.... with view of runway and DJ's platform.

Sexy girls night out.....

Kenji in the center of attention....

Kenji with a sexy Ah Moi.....

Burlesque Performer spinning in the large champagne glass..... wheezeee...... I am flying and spinning.... come and catch me..... and maybe drink from my glass.....

Burlesque Performer taking a bath in the large champagne glass..... I hope her grandchildren is not watching..... but I am sure all the men were peeping from below the stage......

Victoria Vikki Tjong giving her closing speech

Victoria Vikki Tjong drawing the lucky winner's name

and the winner of the iPad 2 is......

Kenanga Wholesale City: the X Party location

Kenanga Wholesale City: the X Party location as viewed via a circular fisheye lens.

Kenanga Wholesale City: the runway, the DJ platform and the supposedly "flimsy" photographer's platform. One word of advice: Next time try to construct a multi-tiered photographer's platform to accommodate the large number of photographers.

Kenanga Wholesale City: the cocktail/mocktails reception cum shooting range! If you want to get shot or shots, just go to this spot and you will die a happy man or woman!