{"id":1520,"date":"2011-07-09T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2011-07-09T04:26:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T04:26:15","slug":"the-secret-garden-next-to-merdeka-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Garden Next To Merdeka Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis is a rewind, as all my posts are, to one of the most memorable Rock The World concerts. Rock The World 8.<\/p>\n

It was the first Rock The World where I had a digital SLR, and it wasn’t as hectic as Rock The World 7 with 3 stages!<\/p>\n


\nRock The World 8 was the last one to be held in central KL – RTW9 and RTW10 were in Bukit Jalil. RTW7 was in Merdeka Stadium as depicted here (note that these pictures were taken on a street shoot, not before Rock The World!)<\/p>\n

RTW8 was an interesting spin – instead, they had it in the Secret Garden parking lot, next to Merdeka Stadium.<\/p>\n

In chronology:
\nRock The World 1 – 1 Utama old wing parking lot
\nRock The World 2 – Midvalley outdoor parking lot (now Gardens Mall)
\nRock The World 3 – a parking lot near Lorong Perak and Crown Regency Serviced Suites
\nRock The World 4 – KLCC outdoor parking lot (still cordoned off)
\nRock The World 5 – Merdeka Stadium
\nRock The World 6 – Merdeka Stadium
\nRock The World 7 – Merdeka Stadium
\nRock The World 8 – Secret Garden, next to Merdeka Stadium
\nRock The World 9 – Bukit Jalil Stadium outdoor parking lot
\nRock The World 10 – Bukit Jalil Stadium outdoor parking lot<\/p>\n

I was there for every one except the first. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, Merdeka Stadium should be seeing a lot of visitors today, in the form of the Bersih Rally – good luck to all of you, and don’t let people declare what is actually legal, to be illegal (which is a shame, since some of them were lawyers making such claims!)<\/p>\n

I took some pictures of the peaceful Bersih (1.0) procession from above:
\nVote For Cleanliness!<\/a><\/p>\n


\nThis was the main entrance\/exit. All pictures below were taken through such holes.<\/p>\n


\nThe entrance.<\/p>\n


\nFlashback to what the entrance looked like, from the inside, after the concert was over.<\/p>\n


\nThe upper end of the hill, or the back of the stage.<\/p>\n


\nAcross the road was a forest, a green lung in the middle of the city!<\/p>\n


\nI can only wonder how long such greenery will last. The surrounding area had a few schools and stadiums. When was the last time you went to Stadium Negara or Stadium Chinwoo?<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, the weather was slightly gloomy.<\/p>\n


\nSo this is the famous “lookout” tower from Victoria Institute Boys School! I had heard of people watching concerts by climbing on this water tank to see concerts for free.<\/p>\n


\nAnd then I walked to Bintang Walk. Construction is ever in progress, and I find it sad that Jalan Pudu used to be the happening place of earlier generations, but is now the retirement home of earlier generations.<\/p>\n

Many old men can be seen wandering around, sitting and doing nothing.<\/p>\n

Of course, right now, it is the hotbed of tear gas.<\/p>\n


\nPower boxes, rusted and unlocked. Who is to prevent people from stealing and tampering? Power thieves cause us to pay a lot more.<\/p>\n


\nPudu Jail.<\/p>\n

And yes, I am halfway processing Rock The World 10’s pictures! Sadly I am heaps busy and I’ll be in Singapore from the 11th to 14th of July 2011, so I won’t update then.<\/p>\n

More pictures here:
\nRock The World 8: Part 4<\/a>
\nRock The World 8: Part 3<\/a>
\nRock The World 8: Part 2<\/a>
\nRock The Crowd 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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