the Earth-bound adventures of the Lost and Found

15 October 2008. Skipped a seminar to dive in 15-degrees water with my classmate Akilah, from Trinidad and Tobago. Everyone else was weraing dry suits, but we were wearing wetsuits and NO gloves. Couldn't feel my hands (or legs) when I climbed up the ladder. The very important thing we learned here is that unlike in tropical waters, you are not allowed to take off any of your gear (or your regulator from your mouth) while you are getting on the boat after the dive. With two tanks on my back and 9 kg of weights around my waist, it was only by the grace of God I made it back up :P

Start:      Oct 15, '08 1:00p End:      Oct 15, '08 5:00p Location:      Plymouth, UK first time to dive in the English Channel in English weather :D ...or in a freshwater quarry if the weather's really bad. either way, it will be a totally different experience from all the other dives i've had anywhere else, because i'll be wearing either a semi-dry or dry suit :P hope i don't shiver too much.

after i got some free pots and pans and plates from chaplaincy's second hand goods stall during international students week, and after i finally got a duvet cover (didn't even know they existed!), i was ready to settle in completely. it's actually quite bright during the day. i have a view of old houses and seagulls on their rooftops, but mostly the parking lot where they collect the garbage :P as you can see, it's not a villa at all :P but this will be home till the end of January. WARNING: spaces in pictures are smaller than they appear