| hey people.. wassup its me len (rach) omg omg omg.. i went to the gary v concert at the nob hill mosonic. omg omg omg.. i came there like at 5:30 and i got to see him practice dance and sing when nobody else was there, the only reason being was because I was helping out to be and usher but once people started coming in I sat down and waited for his son to come out! During those two hours I was so tempted to go out around the areana “exploringEesp since I was all by myself you never know who I might’ve bumped into back stage *wink wink* maybe his son, if I had a really god chance(lol), but dang security was hella tite they wouldn’t even let anybody up the isle to take pics I was only able to do that because I had my ushers pass! i was soooo suprised that i got in that early because the concert didn't even start until 7:30 and the best part was that i was able to see his son gabriel whose whole full name is jose angelo gabriel valenciano. talk about long.. christal.. see your not the only one! (lol) well anyways when his son practiced dancing and his drums i took hella pics. Cus i remember the last concert i went to was in 2001 where gabriel was there too and he danced.. but then i was only 13 and he was 12... but dang for a small kid he gots moves. i remember him hella tiny because i got to see him that whole night since i sat in the balcony and he sat in the front row it was the best view ever! But this time I’m 15 and he’s 14. He is 5EEand he has hella muscles and best of all.. he’s actually really smart, he’s even on the dean’s list.. or what we call it honour roll! And most importnatly we have the same religon and serve the same God, and to my parents and his paretns our religon match is mort important.. he’s a christian too! Talk about perfect!
so this concert i got to see him practice his dancing and his instruments... one on one. if you think that that was the best wait till you hear about how i got invited to his cast party after the concert! okay.. so after the two hours past of me drooling all over him the concert went on, but during that time i took almost like 4 pictures. The concert end up going on and gabriel did his dance moves and played his drums. i finished all the 16 pics i had left all on him.. up close because i was sitting on the floor in seat 2m16 (second section isle seat front stage)! so i walked up to the stage and i took his pic! so after the conert we end up saying "let's go home now" but then we decided to end up going to his cast and crew party beacause we got his invite later on on our way out. so we got our tickets and left the place at 12:00am in which the conert ended at 10:30! so when we got to the dinner place it was like 12:30! At first the people were all like, “no you can’t come in and see gary because you aren’t an official staffEso my aunt worked around it and we finally got in.. but at first I was hesitant and was all like, “forget this.. let’s just bounce!Ebut later on I was all like keeping my distance but then my mom was so persistant and I end up meeting gabriel because of her! and i met gabriel one on one and we talked! i even shook his hand and took a picture! at first my aunts and uncles were all like gabriel! he is right there... i was all like.. stop it.. your just playing..oh look over there is britney spears! so i finally decided to just go and see what they were trippn about.. and push goes to shove i was hella suprised. because when i walked into the room gabriel was right there! i I didn’t know that my mom was with him.. so when I turned the corner I saw him.. I didn’t even see his face all I saw was his outfit, shirt and just physice really but I knew automatically knew that it was him! When I looked up at him he looked down on me with like an adoring smile I was soo shaking and so red! they were all like shake hands so we did.. i was so stunned that i couldn't even talk or know what to do! so he put his arm around me and we took a pic. everyone there was all like, "oooohh..." first thing I see my aunt take a picture then next thing I know like other 15 camera’s went offEoh my god i felt like cinderella.. it was so magical, only 15 and I already got my fame, my once in a life time opportunity and most importnantly my life is complete! after that i was all like, "omg i shook his hand. he is hella fine.. even up close! he is sooo fine!" (cus you know when you see a guy from a distance your all like, dang he’s cute! But when you get all up and personnel your all like, ‘never mind he ain’t even all that!E i was so stunned that i knocked down water! i didn't leave there until 2:30am! That night I spent all night writing in my diary! Yea yea I know that sounds hella gay but whatever I was so happy that now whenever I smile my cheeks hurt! I was so happy that sumtimes when I reflect on that moment that I had with him I feel like I want to cry because I am soooo happy and so so.. surprised, amazed, astonished and stunned! After that I was all like, “im so over that hockey boi ya know!Eits like now I can’t wait till next year’s concert! By then I hope that im really gonna impress him.. maybe I can grow a lil bit more height and loose more weight! But I remember when I saw him leave he looked back and I smiled! He had a smirkEbut looked at his sister. It was really funny because when uncle henry was all like, “can I see how he signed it? Can I see the bookEI checked his hands to make sure that they were clean.EI sat right next to him and he was all like, “you can sit back at your seat I’ll give it to you when I am doneEI was all like, “no its okay.. I want to make sure that you don’t spill anything on it and to make sure that you don’t wrinkle any of the pages.EAlso I wanted to sit next to him because I could see gabriel and hopefully get his attention just a smile or a wave.. in the end I got a smile. So at the end of the night when he was about to leave my mom was missing so I went to the front so that maybe I thought that I could see him but in the end I end up only seeing his back because he was already out of the door, all this body guards were around him and his family.
And now im thinking about how obsessed I am about him and its like I bet he forgot about who I was, esp about all that happened. I will always remember everything that happened! Me, him and his sister were the only kids there besides the adults. At first when I saw him with that gurl I was all like, “no.. he has a gfEand my aunts and uncles were all like, “no that’s his sister!EI was so relieved. Even more relieved I have ever felt in my whole life! Even way more relieved than when I got the news that I either passed or failed my 7th grade year.
That picture that me and him took was soo.. I don’t know yet! I am probably not going to get it until wednesday.. I really hope that melanie will give me the picture of me and gabrielEits going to mean soo much to me! I am gonna take it to kinko’s and get it blown up and put it above my bed in the room!
So after a while when I became a little bit more calm my uncle carey was all like, “so rach are you in love?EI was all like, “no.. not love.. but sumthin very close to it!Eso he was all ike, “you know what it is? Its puppy love!Eand I was all like, “yea..i’ve never had it soo badEhe was all like, “you’re too young for loveEand for once I was all like, “yea.. I know.. but doesn’t mean I can’t feel sumthin close to it.EAnd he was all like, “that’s true!EI don’t think I will ever feel the way that I did when all this happened. I was just so miraculous, I can’t believe that this one actually happened! And can you believe I was about to be all like, “no I don’t want to goEgooc thing that I changed my mind. And I remember clearly, I was at the mosanic centre still we were there by ourselves and I was talking to lil about this and I was about to make stuff up about gabriel to her but I was all like no ima keep it real and so I told her what I wish would’ve happened! And it all came true every single part of it! And I think it was all because I risked the chance of being cool and lying verus just keepn it real and hoping that God’s plan was good enough for me to remember him by.
well just thought that i might let you all know.. omg he was sooo fine! I had the best time of my life! I can’t even begin to say the words I am just so overwhelmed and filled with emotions I can’t even re-inact everything that happened! I just hope that I will see him again someday and that he’ll remember me the next time we meet if its ment to be, im lifting all my hopes up to God and keepin my faith real.
luv always,
Len (rach)
Ps I even kept the pen that he used with my other autographed things that he signed. My brother asked me if he could use it an I totally flipped out because it’s the pen that gabriel used to sign my program.. pass and other stuff. Im never gonna use it ever again.
Ps when my mom finally met up with gabriel’s dad.. after my whole dillema with him my mom turned the page for him to sign and he was surprised to see his son’s signature. So when my mom closed the book and saw his picture (and no one had signed on that page) she was all like, “can you sign it hereEand he looked happier only because he got the page to himself. |
! when i was lil all i looked forward to was getting outta highlands, and going to highschool so that i could go to prom, skip class
! but now that i saw oceana's campus its like i feel like stuart little! i swear! like rite now i am even begging daddy to walk me to class because i am too scared to go by myself!
!! but i juss hope that i see kristina r there cause she is my only hope that i have of surving there at oceana cause she is the only one that i noe, that is gonna go there until my softmoore year when my cuzn prica decides to transfer from west. welli g2g and bounce now! {V} ya alls hugs and {k}!