Rachel's purple dream

Sunday, April 22, 2007 ~ 4:47 PM

Post GC effect

Sharon & I took LRT to the Good Charlotte concert which was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium's carpark A. Well, we actually hopped on the wrong train when we were in the Star LRT (my first time riding on the Star) along with a whole lotta other GC concert goers. The GC T-shirt that I wore that day actually saved me & Sharon cuz the other fan (a guy sitting next to Sharon in the Star LRT) informed us we were all on the wrong train. So we hopped off and got on the right train to the concert. Good! =)

And on the right train, we met this young group (they were only 16). So we chatted with them and walked with them to the queue. By the time we got there, the VIP queue was already wayyyy too long, so u can imagine how much insanely longer the non-VIP queue would be. Anyway, so this young group we met (2 girls & a boy) decided to pay their way to cut the queue. Wow, this was something new to me & Sharon, we were utterly shocked but pleasant as well cuz we got to the front of the line. The girl, Cassie, paid RM50 to a girl and we became their "friends" and joined in their line. Haha! Cassie said we needn't pay her back, so cool! She also claimed that earlier during the GC autograph signing session in Subang Parade, she also did the same thing - pay someone to cut their queue and met up with the band! She was some amazing chicka! :P

Not only that, Cassie also joined every single available contest there was to ensure she won the GC tickets. So all in all, she had an excess of 16 tickets, which she sold at the queue for RM300!!! Oh, btw, GC tickets could only be won thru various contests. But she was somewhere selling her tickets when the doors opened and we were allowed to go in. So we lost touch with them. She paid for the front placing in the queue but Sharon & I went in instead. Thanks for much, Cassie & friend & brother, Ian tho I dunno where you all are right now.

Anyway, the coolest part was we were in the VIP section!!! One more thing before I forget, Emily Cheah (Sharon & Stuart's niece) was queueing up that time too in the VIP section, she had been queueing since 2pm. Sharon & I only got there after 6pm. Haha! Money does speak, I supposed! :P And we joined Emily in front of the stage. We were so close to the stage. Hehehehe!

This was taken from the VIP section overlooking the non-VIP crowds

The stage

Me with the backdrop of the stage

The opening bands were Lo, Estranged and One Buck Short (tho not in that order). And then after all the agony of the prolonged waiting, Good Charlotte took the stage and the crowds went wild, me included. Haha! Joel Madden commanded the stage in a black suit and to tell ya the truth, he looked really good in person! But I tell ya, the crowds were madness! I nearly died there! Okay well, not so dramatic tho. Maybe I would say I nearly suffocated there. Plus, I hadn't had any lunch nor dinner. So I was ravenous! Knees were going weak, tummy aching in pure hunger! And I even dropped my bag (which initially I thought somebody snapped my bag strap and took away my bag, thank God no!). So Sharon, Emily & I initially agreed to go after 5 songs because I couldn't put up any longer with all the pushing & pulling of all the ppl who were trying to get to the middle spot, which was where Sharon, Emily & I were standing at!

So we got outta the crowds after 5 songs and man, I instantly appreciated air (clean, fresh, cool air). And we decided to stay on for 5 more songs outside the crowds (but still within the VIP section), which we all agreed was better than inside cuz we got to move around freely, no pushing & pulling, not stuffy at all and plus, there was even a big screen to see GC upclose. We had already seen them live in person earlier, so we could make do with the big flat screen. Hehehe! You see, I am in fact claustrophobic! It was indeed a miracle that I even went to the concert. But one part of me was really glad that I went there and got it done and over with. Another part of me just hoped I hadn't been to the concert (cuz of all the other inconsiderate & selfish ppl pushing & pulling to take the front places).

After 10 songs, we walked back to the LRT station, only to find it about to close. So luckily we left early cuz the LRT security guard told us that the officials for GC concert didn't inform the authorities in the LRT to keep the trains going till 12.30am (as what they'd written in the Digi passes). So that Star LRT was the last one going to Masjid Jamek and there wasn't any Putra LRT to connect back to Taman Bahagia stop. So upon arriving in Masjid Jamek, we took a cab back to Sharon's place in ss2. Then we went to ss2 mamak to have supper (which was also my lunch & dinner). So tiring! Phew! But I made it! I MADE IT!!!

After polishing my plate of Maggi goreng double!

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