Random Thoughts

Got the chance to try out scuba diving. Yipee! Went to anilao with a diver friend without any intention of trying out diving. I tagged along to go to the beach, to relax, get a tan, and to basically get out of my immediate environment, the hospital. I finally gave in and mustered up the courage to try something new.

Before we went into the water, I got a lecture about the basics, the equipment, how to equalize the pressure in your ears with your environment, the hand signals, things you have to remember, the things you have to watch out for, etc. We then went into the water and we practiced breathing through the regulator a few times before they took me out into much deeper waters. This dive was basically worry-free, somebody would be holding from behind all the time and would basically do the diving for me. All I had to worry about is to breathe right and enjoy the ride. The view underwater was spectacular. Fishes of different colors, blue starfishes, corals of different sizes, oh yeah, and trash. Believe me, candy wrappers, paper, plastic containers, etc. The view was enough to make you want to stay there. Seeing the pictures from National Geographic and Discovery Channel, what I’ve seen would not even come close to what professional divers get to see in their dives. It gave a different kind of high which I couldn’t point my finger to. I can’t stop smiling in fact which is not really evident in the pictures. It was a good thing that I had somebody taking my pictures. I had documentation of something I wouldn’t think I would be doing.

I would want to try it again but I guess not in the near future. My job doesn’t afford me the luxury to try out a new hobby that would require taking classes and making time. My job owns me. Hay! Don’t I wish I had a different job. Anyway, thank you Greg for making me do it. 

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