South Africa
January 2017
Thirdy woke up a little early to buy his ingredients. He'll be baking Chocolate Chip Cookies and Red Velvet Cookies with white cream cheese filling.
He needs to bake 150 Chocolate Chip Cookies and 60 of the Red Velvet ones.
Thirdy talked to Loel last night.
Loel: Just let her be. She's a ghost but she's appreciative. Maybe she's just shocked. Dad says hi and go visit daw.
Thirdy: Sana nga she's just shocked. Will go to my brother's wedding after this trip so maybe I can go to New York for a day or two just to visit my in-laws.
Loel: Chef, not yet. Ikaw din baka mamaya binabati mo.
Thirdy: Won't leave her side until she breaks her own walls, Loel.
Loel: Don't give too much, bro.
Thirdy: This conversation is so not us.
Loel: Panget ka kasi kaya ka ghinoghost.
Thirdy: Ikaw nga walang jowa.
And Loel dropped the call, which made Thirdy laugh.
When everything was already in the oven, he started doing his routine. He picked comfortable clothes, a shirt, shorts, and a cap.
After dressing up, he put all the cookies in containers and drove to the community Zel texted him about last night.
After an hour of driving, Thirdy was almost late and he saw Zel, Cathleen, and Bea waiting outside the clinic.
"Sorry."
"You're just in time, Chef." Nurse Cathleen smiled at him.
"Please tell me you got extra goodies. I'm hungry," reklamo ni Zel.
"Uhm, actually, I don't know yet."
"Kwentuhan na lang?" Bea asked with so much sarcasm.
Kinagulat ni Thirdy ang pagtatagalog nito. Medyo nakakatawa pa ang accent pero it's fine. She already improved. He smiled at her.
"Good morning, Angel."
"My morning isn't that good because you're here." Then Bea started walking already.
"Pakipot," sabay na sabi ni Zel at Cathleen.
They started the door-to-door checkups. Nagugulat si Zel at how Thirdy is like Bea, walang kaarte-arte at game na game sa lahat. Akala nga nila he'll give up because medyo mainit at masikip sa lugar na nilalakaran nila. Hindi din ganon kaganda ang amoy dito.
After the first house, Thirdy hugged the kid he's playing with and gave them a box with three cookies in it.
Bea smiled so widely while looking at him.
"Kanina sungit mo, ngayon ngiting aso ka dyan," Cathleen said. At just like that, grumpy na ulit si Bea.
A few more houses and pagod na yung tatlo pero si Thirdy, parang nasobrahan sa energy drink.
He's the one joking with the people while the three check their health. Thirdy gives away cookies after maginject ng vaccine si Bea sa mga babies.
When they were at their 45th house, ramdam na nilang apat yung pagod.
"Pahinga naman dyan," tukso ni Zel kay Bea.
Umupo si Cathleen at Thirdy sa may batuhan, malapit sa isang bahay.
"No. Five houses na lang naman," Bea told them pero huminto din siya.
"Almost lunchtime na. Gutom na ko," reklamo ni Zel.
