Shelby..

He was so excited when I told him that Aaron and myself will be going to London for a few days. And this will be our first ever meeting since we have chatted, so I was really eager to see him.

It was Sunday and the plan for us to meet was all set, it was 12 noon and Shelby is right on time waiting for us at the hotel lobby. I was so astonished because he look so different from the web cam. We shook hands and hugged and went out.

Before we started the tour, I told Shelby that Aaron has a back problem and that he find it a bit hard if we walk too much. So Shelby suggested that we should take the bus as we need not walk and at the same time we can have a better view of London.

We went to St Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, The Speakers Corner and our last stop was at Quebec a gay bar to have some drinks. Shelby had to cut the tour short as he had to rush off to do some errands, but it was okay. It was good enough that he had shown us a lot of places in just a short time and I was blown away by his knowledge of history he has.. OH MY GOD!!!..

So when he decided to go, me and Shelby gave each other a huge hug and that I promised him I'll come again to see him and also his boyfriend. We said our goodbye's and he left. I'm so gonna live up to that promise and maybe next time I'll go there alone since I've known someone there so I guess it would not be much of a problem and perhaps it might be more interesting.

Overall the trip was fine and good as I know more or less about the places in London. But there are some stuff that I'm quite unhappy about. For instance, when we were at St Paul's Cathedral, we were inside and Shelby was talking about the dome and the Neo-Gothic design of the whole cathedral. He then said something about the dome that is bigger than the one they had in Italy or something and then Aaron suddenly started to object to that conclusion saying that the one that they had in Italy is bigger. I mean, that is so Aaron, he sometimes thinks that he is so knowledgeable that he knows a lot of things. I have no say because Shelby was a graduate in Architecture so my guess is that he knows more in depth and better than Aaron's knowledge about dome's.

But during the trip I kinda have the feeling that Shelby was quite uneasy with Aaron's question about a lot of places that we passed by and I can say that sometimes the way Aaron projects his questions and opinions are sometimes I should say a bit hurting for someone who does not know him. He does not have that intention but he does not realise that and I'll be the one who have to tell him that to actually make him realise it. So that's what I felt during the trip with Shelby.

But whatever it is, at the end of the day we enjoyed ourselves and we had a blast. Can't wait to meet up with Shelby again.

Chao!!