Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Thomas ya halarci Makarantar Fasaha ta Kingston sannan kuma ya dauki kwas a aikin jarida a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kudu maso Yammacin Essex a Walthamstow. A shekara ta 1949 an kira shi zuwa sabis na ƙasa kuma ya fara aiki na shekaru biyu a Singapore tare da Royal Army Pay Corps. Yayin da yake can, ya takaitaccen lokaci tare da aikin soja a kan 'yan tawayen kwaminisanci a cikin gaggawa na Malayan.
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kuma fara rubuta gajerun labarai don bugawa a jaridun Turanci.