Alitta

My boss is a Londoner who has been here for only 2 years but he can speak quite fluent Thai. He’s now learning Thai language with a Thai teacher who comes to the office once a week or so as I can see. I couldn’t help hearing what my boss is learning and even when he is trying speaking Thai.

He has a small pad for jotting down new terms he’s learning. I think it’s quite hard for him to memorise those words as I realize how hard it is for me to memorise English vocabularies when I was in school.

I used to take English extra classes which plenty of students from various schools also did when I was in high school and the courses were really effective in terms of grammar and vocabularies. I learned new vocabs with songs, which were really enjoyable and helpful. We could enjoy singing and memorizing the words at the same time. We also sometimes hummed the songs and above all, it was extremely useful when we were taking English exam.

Here only a sample song of which I really love lyrics and meanings. The song is named Wisade, which means magnificent (or any other positive adjectives) in English. The song says;

(in Thai) Kae Fun Teung Ter Kuen Nee, Kae Nee Kor Wisade Laew, Dai Fun Hen Nar Ter, Tao Nee Kor Dee Lue Kern (Only dreaming of you this night is really magnificent)

(in English) Exceptional, Phenomenal, Wonderful, Superb, Fantastic, Terrific, Splendid

(in Thai) Kae Fun Teung Ter Kuen Nee, Kae Nee Kor Wisade Laew, Dai Fun Hen Nar Ter, Tao Nee Kor Dee Lue Kern

(in English) Magnificent, Fascinating, Fabulous, Chic, Hip, Miraculous, Prodigious, Marvelous

I’ve put all the songs in my iPod and it’s fun to sing along in mind when I’m alone on a skytrain or anywhere.