June 7 2007

Learn Thai & woo Thai girls

Learn Thai & woo Thai girls

When I arrived in Bangkok for the first time, I'd already completed the ubiquitous Linguaphone Thai Course and was thrilled to discover that I could bother Thai women in their own language. This was all the more remarkable given that I studied French at school for 8 years and could barely say "bonjour".

There were a few upsets along the way, though. The first time I spoke Thai for real was at a Thai restaurant in London. Naturally, I was keen to shine and ordered for everyone. The waitress stared at me in blank incomprehension. She was Malaysian and I had just made a complete tit of myself.