Back to School

One of the things we had decided was that we needed to be able to speak and understand the Thai language. We live in an area where we are very much a minority in skin colour and language. Our neighbours do not speak English and the local store use a calculator to show us what the bill is when we buy anything there. Early on we had some difficulties with some repair work that needed to be done and deliveries to be made, where the trade person or delivery man could not speak English and our Thai was limited to sa-wa-dee (hello/good morning/good evening) and check bin (bring us the bill). We had managed the word Nam quickly as well, which means water. If we wanted the large size or we wanted it cold, we made gesticulated and tried various forms of sign language. Clive did his homework and found a language school in Patong. So off we went on our trusty Scooy-i’s to register for the 5 day intensive “foundation” course.