LA ADVENTURE: BABE'S STORY


January 11, 2002

I went to L.A. to meet Charles. It was a pretty long flight, but I was too excited that I didn't care. I left work around 11am. Flight left at 1pm. I am to arrive around 5.30pm in L.A. When I got off work I went to a grocery store called Bruno's in Birmingham, AL. Well, I was looking for the blue rose, but unfortunately they didn't carry them in winter season. They had some in the summer. Oh well, so they had like yellow and red roses, but the red ones looks better in shape and size compared to the yellow ones. So, I picked out a red rose for my sweetie Charles. It was my last weekend in Birmingham for work and returning to Dallas, TX. But, before I went home, I would visit Charles.

At the airport, I made him a vase with my picture and sparkling stickers of hearts. It said "Huggles Wuggles and Muahz love Babe". I decorated it on the empty flask white frosted Arbor Mist wine bottle. It was so neat and amazing that I was impressed and wanted to keep it myself. Well, finally boarding the plane and took off to Dallas to stop at midpoint before going to LA. Now, I am catching the plane and trying to hurry up through American Airlines Trans-Am. I finally made it and this dude offers to give me a ride to my gate since it was far. I was like how nice. So, I got there and as I was boarding the AA representative said, "Oh my no sweetie, your flight changed gates and it is at gate B5 instead of B10." I was like Okay thanks. So, I walked my bootie to gate B5 then looked at my watch not noticing the time, it was almost for the plane to leave…so I started running. I made it. I was so tired and tried to catch my breath. I was sick and coughing with a sore throat along with a runny nose. Now, finally on my way to LA, I thought to myself. To keep me occupied, I played my Gameboy Advanced. It was too much fun with Mario Bros 2 Classic Edition. I almost beat the game, but I landed before I could. So, now we landed…I am getting ready to come off the plane. I am so excited to see him!

The walk to the baggage claim took while since I had to walk all over the airport first before arriving at the end. I saw HIM! But he didn't see me at all! I walked straight to him and he looked passed me until I said "Yo, Charles!" "It's me Babe!" He was like "WHOA!" I gave him the wine vase I made with the rose in it. He was like blushing and smiling with excitement…and at this point I have no idea what he is thinking. He told me that many girls looked like me and he wasn't sure if it would be me…but he was glad he found me cause supposedly he was running a bit late. Now, we are walking towards the baggage claim, and I said, "No, sillie…I only brought carry-ons and no check in bags." He was impressed…So we left and went to his car. It was neat cuz it had his "TEKREBEL" license plate. Nice touch I thought to myself.

So, it took a while to get back to his apt because of all the traffic and rush hour, which totally sucked bad in my opinion. We stopped by Starbucks to get some coffee because we needed something in our stomachs when we get stuck in traffic. We had Mocha Frappachinos… For both of us, it's the only thing we get at Starbucks, which was really funny. It was yummy. Then we walked around his work at "Best Buy" and at the mall to kill some time for the wait for restaurant. We went to eat a restaurant and called Mi Cucina Cucina. It was some Italian restaurant that gave us bad service!!! If we were in Texas, we be treated better I think…But, anyways, we were there for like over who knows how long…maybe 2.5-3 hours…Well, our waiter puts our order in and forgets about us and then the chefs said the order never came in and it was lost or something. Good thing that Charles and I had a lot to talk about and had a great time chatting…We were looking at each other and noticing if we looked like what we thought to be on webcam. Yeah, we agreed only better in real life. Charles is so fine in my eyes and I love his smile. We would snuggle and huggles with wuggles. It was a warm feeling inside. I was very happy. Well, we end up getting the meal free…our waiter offered to pay for dessert and I said no I don't want it plus I was sick and coughing nasty…Cold food doesn't help the throat. So, therefore the manager felt bad and hooked us up and he was an Asian dude apologizing to us so there is a respect part there and he knew he was going to hook us up…

Now we are going to Charles apt and it is such a pueblo looking apt. Really boxy and plain, which I like. Yeah, we are at home and I can finally rest after about a 6 hour flight. Well, he showed me his room and gave me a tour in his apt, which is like the total bomb. He has 2 roomies and they weren't there so when the cats are gone the mice will play…oking. Anyways, one roomie lives in the living room and the other has a room of his own which is pretty interesting. We watched the man that I am so in love with, which is Freddie Prinze, Jr. He is so hot! Well, we watched the movie Head Over Heals, which my honey Charles bought me cuz he knew how much I am infatuated with him. He bought me the DVD and gave it to me as a gift. That was one of the sweetest things a guy has ever done for me…I was really impressed as it is within the 4 hours I met him. In return, I gave him his belated Christmas present. It was navy blue his favorite color and it was toe socks. Not sure if Californians seen toe socks before but they are the bomb! You can wear them with flip flops thongs. They are a neat pair of socks…Ask Charles if you can see them…He owns a pair now since I bought it for him… He likes it very much, also…How do I know…well he told me…Now, after that movie we decided to play a game of Foos Ball…Boy, Charles plays well. I beat him the first game and then 2nd game he beat me and tie breaker he beat me again luckily in my book "wink, wink honey!" Yea, I let you win sweetie! Just kidding, you won fair and square…Charles kicked my ass actually last game…Then, his cat "Kitty" is a very disturbed cat and wanted attention so bad…He is cute and a funny little critter. He also has a gigantic iguana in a huge cage, which looked cool as well. After FoosBall we watched another movie…and guess what movie it was…You are right a "Freddie Prinze, Jr. marathon…"Down to You"…We pretty much chilled for the rest of the night…plus I was coughing like crazy. Before we went to bed he told me something sweet and wanted to give me something…and I asked, "What's that sweetie?" He kissed me Goodnight and it was so nice and pleasant. Let's say it was a really special moment and lasted a while before we actually went to bed…

January 12, 2002

We woke up early to go to DISNEYLAND! I haven't been since I was like 7 years old… I couldn't wait to chill there. Well, we got there and most of the rides were shutdown and renovating and remodeling…THIS SUCKS! My favorite ride <<<<SMALL WORLD>>>> was shut down, too. Now, but I did have fun with Charles and took some pictures…I took one with "GOOFY" cuz Charles and I are goofy most of the time. Charles wouldn't take one with Goofy either…I guess he was too embarrassed. But, it was understandable…We bought souvenirs…I bought a Cinderella little crystal ball with her in it…It was blue so I had to get it. Then, we bought matching Original Pooh Bears. It was so cute and special! I was so happy and enjoying my day with my Charles.

Well, after Disneyland, we went back to the apt to take a nap and then go have dinner and clubbing afterwards. We went to eat dinner at New York, New York Grill. It was a steakhouse restaurant. We also had a bad service experience here as well…It was so bad that we didn't tip our waiter…Maybe it was our matching NY beanies we had on…But, we looked liked gangsters I guess and believe or not appearance makes a difference to get the respect and service you want. Enough about that…well then we went to the club called Gotham…It was neat club…The dance floor was up high and people lounged at the bottom. It was so fun dancing with Charles and we were getting our groove on…hehehehe…Later, during the night…I had a cough attack because of my illness and sickness, which I don't know what I had at the time…Then, my chest started getting some sharp kind of pains…So, I told Charles that I had to retreat for the night because I was dying of pain in my chest and couldn't breathe and just coughing like crazy. Finally, we got home and I was ill and Charles took care of me and massaged where my pain was and it helped but I was still dying. Then, guess what? We watched another "Freddie Prinze Jr." movie again…hehehee…this time it was "She's All That!" We fell asleep together cuddling. It was so cool to be in a bed next to guy and sleep so nicely and peacefully. Charles even watched me sleep too. He is so goofy at times…

January 13, 2002

Time to go home…let's say we took pictures and said our hard goodbye departures…It was sad. I was sad and didn't want to go back home…If I could, I would move to L.A. and be with him. But, I have a job and other responsibilities I had back in Dallas, Texas. The goodbyes were hard. It is more like we will see each other again when our schedules match. I told him to smile and cheer up. We have webcam…But, I knew he was sad and upset…I know that another day will come soon for us to be together.

I miss Charles so much and spent on of the greatest weekend of my life with him. I enjoyed every minute, every second because we made a memory to remember. I am very fortunate and blessed that he emailed me. It was fate that brought us together in finding each other by email, which I truly believe is a miracle. At first, he emailed me and I replied back by instant messaging him and he totally dissed me. I guess he had to go to class…his excuse . So, I thought to myself "stuck up Tekdj snob". Oh, well at least I tried and thought I would never chat with him again. I wasn't about to IM him back again. Well, he made up for it cuz he IM me back and then we had a great conversation and then he made up for it with webcam…I was so happy to see him on the webcam…I was like whoa he is HOT and FINE!!! We talked ever since then and I made arrangements to meet him in person just because he is such a neat individual that impressed me and I just had to meet him. He is my honey bun…I miss you Charles very much! Mahal-kita my Charles.

 

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BABE WEEKEND AFTERMATH


I just had one of the most indescribable and unforgettable weekends of my life...

I just wished it hadn't come to an end...

In late November I went around Infatuasian website and sent a couple emails to girls I thought were pretty cute. I never really expected too many responses. But I did get one from this girl name Babe. I'm so happy that I responded and started talking to her. IMs soon became hour long conversation and our webchats and cam-cast were commonplace. I was excited to hear that she decided to buy a plane ticket all the way from Arlington, Texas just to come see me. The 30 Day countdown began and soon enough the days of her visit came and gone. But surely it was a weekend to remember...

I couldn't help but think why a very pretty, very beautiful, and very intelligent girl like her would take some time out of her busy schedule and spend it with me. At times I was intimidated by her status factors. She had graduated college in 3 years with a CIS degree and going for her Masters right now while already working for a big-time software company. I always figured that woman with that much status would be more inclined to date men with an equal amount of status, if not more. Nonetheless I was still interested in what might happen this weekend.

All up to the days of her arrival, I was nervous. I picked her up from the airport at 5:30 Friday night. She saw me first and right there, the first hug she gave me, I felt that we had clicked. I was so comfortable with her there with me. She looked better in person than anything I could have ever imagined, especially with her cute little beanie . I brought her a single rose and she had brought one for me in a bottle she had decorated herself. So I took her hand and we took the long drive home.

We stopped by a Starbucks near my work. I asked her what she usually gets and I was struck with awe when she said "Mocha Frappacino," the same and only drink I get there! We were then on our way to Ontario Mills for dinner and some quick shopping at a Sanrio outlet. We ate at Cucina Cucina where we ate for free because our order had taken to long to process. Then we headed back to my apartment where we played some Foosball.. by the way I won 2-1 in a best-out-of 3 series .

We looked at some of my photo albums and some of my artwork, which I never thought anyone was interested in. We then watched the movie I had bought for her Head Over Heels. I knew she loved Freddie Prinze Jrs, so I decided to surprise her with one of his movies. We watched movies until 4 in the morn. I had told Babe that the first thing I would do when I saw her was to give her a big kiss, but I never got the chance to... so I took this opportunity to do so... All I got to say is Wow !

I woke up before Babe and I couldn't help but stare at her, quietly, for an hour. I couldn't wait till she woke up and I was the first thing she saw. And I couldn't wait to give her a good-morning kiss. I saw so many good things about her.. so many indescribable features. And for all those that know me, I'm always trying to find something wrong with the girls I date. So far she had passed every lil, nonchalant test I had given her. In fact, I couldn't find anything about her that I didn't like, and for some reason I couldn't accept that. But anywaz it was off to Disneyland!

We got there around 11 AM. I love my military discount because instead of paying 50 bucks per person.. I only had to pay 21! We first took the Boat ride around adventure island. It was great having Babe with me. Her hand was a perfect fit to mine and I loved the way she smiled for every tiny kiss I gave her. We then went to the Pirates of the Caribbean, which is one of my all-time favorite rides at Disneyland. Afterwards I like to go to the Haunted Mansion but today it was closed along with Splash Mountain, It's a Small World, and the Star Wars ride. We took tons of pix together and bought the cutest plush toys.. one we could both have . We left around 4 PM, went back to my apartment and took a quick nap.

We decided to go clubbing that night. So we got ready and I jokingly said that I didn't feel like doing my hair and that I was going to wear a hat. To my surprise she busts out a NY Yankees similar to mine! I asked her where she got that and she told me that she liked my beenie so much when I wore it while doing a webcam broadcast that she wanted one for herself. I thought that was the cutest thing ever! So we went out with our thuggish gear .

We first ate at the New York Grill. Oddly enough people were looking at us with our matching NY caps in a restaurant with a NY name. Food was great as usual but service was slow. We then headed out to club Gotham and we danced the night away. I thought we had danced like we had been doing it together for ages. I couldn't stop staring into her beautiful blue eyes. Everything about her just kept drawing me closer to her. I didn't want the night to end because I knew that in the morning I would have to take her to the airport.

I woke up again before her and just stared at her. I thought to myself that this was the girl that could make me happy.. but I know that my happiness never comes easily. There's always a challenge, there's always a clause, there's always a reason that keeps me away from my happiness. She lived in Texas and I live in Cali. I couldn't ask her to move down here because her job and her family was there and I know I couldn't move there because I made a promise to myself to finish school with my 3.5 GPA. There was just so many different things I wanted to say to her but I couldn't bring myself to do so. I wanted to say I LOVED her even if she wasn't ready to say it back.. but I didn't know how to. So I took her to LAX...

I've never been good with good-byes. In the background I could hear the song Good-Bye by the Spice Girls.. The perfect song to a perfect ending. I tried to hold in the tears because I promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone ever see me cry. And as I saw her walk through that gate.. I couldn't help but wonder why I had let the weekend start when I knew it had to end. To me and my eyes everything was perfect. The tingles were there. Love has no distance.. but time is an eternity.. and I know I wouldn't be seeing her for a while. I already miss the way she held my hands and how she randomly kissed me with no reason to do so. I miss the way she would give a lil smile for every tiny kiss I gave her. I miss the way she fit into my hugs and the ::huggles wuggles:: . I miss every tiny thing about her.. more than words can explain. I wish I could still have her by my side but I know my memories will last a lifetime.. and I also know this isn't the last time I would see her. I just hope she doesn't forget her experience here in Cali or with me... Thank you for everything Babe... You've capture my heart.. and with it.. a piece of my soul..

 

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RECAP 2004


Babe still comes to visit me every so often. She knows that if she ever needs a place to stay in Cali, she's got me. Over the years she finally got her master's degree, something I knew she wanted for a long time. She's done a lot for her age and I'm proud of her.

Someone once told me that maybe there isn't a "perfect one" for everybody. But there are a lot "good ones" that we fail to see. Babe is definitely one of those good ones. I realize that now with a lot of the girls I date. Maybe that's what's making this choice so hard for me. My life was unconsciously and indirectly tampered with  to meet all these great girls, and I keep wondering if there's a better choice, a better one for me out there somewhere. I have no one to blame but myself. I just hope I haven't met her already and walked passed her losing what might have been to a crowd of nameless faces...

 

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