A Week in Bangkok

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Did you know that Thailand was the only country in South East Asia that wasn't colonized by a European country?" Heikenz said, teaching us some trivia's we haven't heard about Thailand.

"Oooh..." Caro and I swooned upon hearing all of what he said to us.

"More! More!" Caro cheered, may bonus pang pagpalakpak ng kamay. Napangiti ako sa reaksyon niya. I know she'll come around. Ilang oras pa lang din naman kami nagkasasama kaya kinukuha pa ni Caro ang loob ni Heikenz, but I think she's already liking him—for me—how assuming of me, right?!

Heikenz chuckled, nodding as Caro wouldn't stop unless he shared a few more facts and trivia. I don't know why I enjoyed watching him smile. It doesn't get me bore. He's like an interesting artifact sitting on the corner of an attic and if found would bring so many memories and wonders and that's what I'm seeing on him. He keeps blowing me away. Well, siya lang naman talaga ang gusto ko ring i-blow.

Heikenz tells more facts and trivia's we were surprised that we're only learning just now. It's like we're both kids who're just learning all the fun stuff into this world. We look so innocent kaya nagmumukha kaming ignorante ni Caro, but I guess that fun stuff will always make this travel crazy.

"Ah, oh! This might be weird and sound funny, but this is a tradition here in Thailand, once a year, there's a festival that's entirely dedicated to monkeys! How crazy is that, right?"

Hindi naman napigilang matawa ni Caro saka ako pinagpapalo sa balikat ko.

"Grabe, girl? Tawang-tawa lang?!" pagpuna ko.

"Hindi ko kinaya! Cine-celebrate ka pala rito, Drew?"

Sinamaan ko naman ito ng tingin at bahagyang hinampas sa balikat. "'Wag kang maingay. Mamaya palabasin tayong dalawa rito. Itataboy talaga kita na kakilala kita. Laglagan na 'to, girl."

"Gaga ka," aniya. "Nag-eenjoy na nga ako, e. Ikaw naman 'tong killjoy. Siguro gusto mo nang subuin si Heikenz 'no?"

Agad kong tinakpan ang bibig niya kasi sobrang dumi. Nagulat sina Boon-Mee at Heikenz sa aming dalawa. Nilingon ko sila at nginitian. "Don't worry, guys. This is just how we have fun!"

"Oh, alright..." Napakamot sa ulo si Heikenz. "Shall we proceed to the next area?" he proposed.

Sumunod na lang din kami ni Caro sa kanya. We were just listening to him and we keep on learning from him. I think he's really a nice guy since approachable siya at hindi siya ma-attitude. Siya pa nga itong nagpakumbaba kanina dahil sa nangyaring hindi inaasahan, but I guess he still pulled it through dahil nag-eenjoy kami rito sa museum when we thought it'll be boring and all.

It took us almost an hour when we check the other areas of the museum and I feel so overwhelmed dahil hindi ko na maalala iyong ibang sinasabi ni Heikenz. He sometimes forget na hindi namin siya naiintindihan when he speaks his language dahil sobrang carried away siya kapag nagku-kwento at nawawaglit sa isip na English at Tagalog lang ang alam namin.

When we're walking out of the museum, I couldn't seem to get the smile off of my face.

"I hope you guys enjoyed," Heikenz said, turning to face us. "I know this wasn't planned, but I hope this doesn't make your trip in Bangkok less fun because of my mistake."

"Hoy, no! Ayos lang 'yon!" aniko. "You don't have to worry about it naman. We really enjoyed our stay here... and as you can see, Caro definitely enjoyed the place." Pagturo ko sa kaibigan ko na nagpi-picture sa tabi. Tinawag ko naman ito at kinuha ang atensyon niya. She hurriedly come to our direction at winasiwas pa sa mukha ako ang rebonded niyang buhok. "Gaga ka! Pinapakain mo pa sa akin 'yang buhok mo. 'Di ba may gusto kang sabihin kay Heikenz?"