talking to a man (2)

I was talking to a guy from Canada at 4pm my time, 11am his. He answered his phone in French, I managed Bonjour before plunging into the interview in English.
At the end of the call his PR guy said the next interview we had would have to be conducted in French. I said I would probably need a lot of On the Job Training before that could happen (the article was about OJT hence my attempt at being witty). PR guy then tells me:
“In our line of work we tell our guys that the best way to learn the language of the country you’re working in is to get a mistress.”
And in one fell swoop I go from feeling bad cos I’m not bilingual and sometimes not even competently uni-lingual to feeling outraged.

talking to a man (1)

I skyped with a bloke in Singapore today. 3pm his time, 7am my time. He was on video, I thankfully was not. Strange how just the picture of the bloke talking to you can put you off your stride. Really quite freaky. Glad he couldn’t see me though all the same. I probably sound better than I look at that time. At any time actually. And I don’t sound too promising really…