I used to live in Southampton he said. Oh yeah? Doing what? I replied. I was training for MI6 he responded.

My ears pricked up at this point.

MI6? came my query. Yes he confirmed. So you’re a secret agent? was my probing response.

He actually said he was a secret agent. I frowned for a moment and asked the other people in our small circle of media folk sipping wine, and they confirmed that he wasn’t lying.

Hold up a minute, I thought to myself. A secret agent? Isn’t that classified information? Was I walking to the Thai James Bond? To my surprise, he coolly confirmed he was the Thai James Bond.

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