A Week in Bangkok

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

I let Heikenz picked whatever food we can buy to stock up in his room. Mas marami siyang alam kumpara sa akin. Taga-turo lang ako tapos sasang-ayunan niya ako kung bibilhin ba namin iyon o hindi. But mostly, all the goods we bought we're his choices. Wala namang problema if it's gonna feed us for the next two weeks.

Though Heikenz kept saying that we should split paying for all the stuff we bought pero ako ang pilit na pumapalag sa gusto niya. I paid for everything we bought. Madali ko lang din naman maibabalik iyong mga ginagastos ko rito sa Thailand. Saka hindi ko naman ginagastos sa kung saan lang, we're buying foods so I guess that's a valid point.

Pagkarating namin sa bahay pareho kaming nag-ayos ng mga pinamili namin. I thought of cooking him a chicken adobo tonight. Hindi talag ako nagluluto, but with help of online video cooking, mapadadali nito ang buhay ko.

"I think we bought more than two-week stocks of food," ani Heikenz.

"E 'di better!" sagot ko. "Remember, I'll be here for a month so you'll be stocked up with more foods than I guess you ever had in here. Haven't you done this before?"

He shook his head while fixing the basket full of vegetables we bought on the market. "Never. Really. I actually bought food for a day or for two days. Never for a week or for a month—that'll break me. You know... I'm not making enough money being a tour guide so I have to save. But most of the time, it's either I'll be eating noodles or I'll be eating outside."

"That's not a healthy diet, you know that?" Hinawakan ko siya at ineksamina ang braso niya at saka ko inangat ang shirt niya, finding abs there. "Well, you still keep your body to be fit... but maybe, you should start eating a lot less junk?"

"What's the matter with what I eat or not? It still filled my stomach though."

Inangat ko ang dalawang kamay ko saka natawa. "Okay, I'm not arguing... I'm just saying. But tonight, I'll be cooking for you, ha? For sure, magugustuhan mo 'yong version ko ng adobo. I think you'll miss you mom's version of adobo pa nga!"

"Ha." He smirked, nodding his head "You know what, I forgot that I have to do something. I'll be quick. And you can do whatever you want now. You've still got time to prepare though. And if you needed anything, just call me. Or if you want me to buy something we forgot to buy in the market, I'll get it for you."

He leaned closer to me and kissed me on my cheek.

"I'll be back soon," he said, tapping my shoulder.

He just grabbed his bucket hat and then headed out of the room, shouting his presence to leave. Kunot-noo akong prinocess kung anong nangyari. That was also quick. Hindi naman niya sinabi sa akin kung saan siya pupunta. Wala rin naman siya sinabi sa akin kaninang umaga so I'm quite confused.

May something kaya? Should I worry about something?

Ikinibit balikat ko na lamang ito at pinagpatuloy ko ang pag-aayos ng mga pinamili namin lalo na ang mga frozen goods. Hinanda ko na lang din naman ang mga ingredients na kailangan ko for what I will be cooking tonight for our dinner. I'm not sure if he will like it, but I'm sure he does.

Crossed fingers!

I have an idea how to cook the adobo, basta 'wag kong kalilimutan ang suka at toyo. But I spend an hour watching a lot of videos bago ko matutunan kung paano ito gawin. Everyone had their own style and way of cooking, may matamis, masabaw, tuyot, at puti. Though I followed the usual way at sana lang talaga ay magustuhan ito ni Heikenz.

I just followed the instruction and I'm not sure how this will taste like, but I hope I'm not gonna make this dish salty kaya isang malaking pagdarasal talaga ang ginagawa ko while putting every ingredient on it. Jusko. Ito kapag hindi nagustuhan ni Heikenz, uuwi talaga agad ako ng Pinas.