I write this while getting my hair plaited.
I needed to get that off my chest. I’ve said it now and there is nothing I can
do to take it back. Judge me if you dare. It has been a fun filled and busy
week here at Liquid headquarters. I’ll give you a quick lowdown.
1.
The DiveMaster Village has
started to come together
2.
Sasha and I have passed our
Rescue Diver course
3.
Stephen and Peggy left BUT now
we have John and Ro (not to mention a hoard of French botanists plus another
couple due tomorrow.
4.
Keith aka Lolo and Claire’s
house has been completed and Keith spent a wonderfully cool first night
sleeping there last night
5.
I have bought a dive computer
I’ll break these down for you as to why
they are interesting/important/noteworthy. For Reference’s sake, I shall write
a small directive relating to its numerical co-hort above. Interesting? I don’t
care whether YOU think it is, I LOVE this kind of geekery.
1.
We/ I am very lucky to be one
of the longterm “guests” here. I am one of three at the moment. There is Gui,
the classically handsome French, butter loving Instructor; myself – hairy,
happy, heart-makingly happy and our old friend – superbly knowledgeable, hard
working and a good partner for propping up the bar. As an aside note, I
personally use the term heart-makingly as the antithesis of hear-breakingly. If
you have a better idea, please get in touch. WE are going to inhabiting the
DiveMaster Village which will give us a room each with a communal
self-contained eating, sleeping, sitting, washing, cooking, talking, eating and
SLEEPING area. Yeah, I meant to put eat and sleeping in twice for added
contextual importance.
2.
If you were paying attention you
would have noticed that last week I wrote “Saniya and I successfully passed our Rescue diver
exams”. There were a series of moments where we both thought we had finished the
course (having being told so – a simple mistake to make), only to hear an “Oh no!
There is a non-responsive diver in the water” or “where’s Gui? I saw him out in
the reef about 100 metres that way” only to find him/them at the bottom being
non-breathing divers in trouble. S’ok, we saved them. It took a fair amount of
convincing to assure us that we HAD finished. We, are now RESUCE DIVERs ready
to respond to your rescuing needs which being well accomplished and responsible
rescue divers means we will pro-active prevent as many problems arising as
possible.
3.
John and Ro are here with their limitless enthusiasm, smiling demeanour
and GREAT diving videos. Four dives a day for the next week then? Don’t mind if
I do! THANKS. The French ‘botanists’ arrive tomorrow so Gui will be able to
happily talk to them in his mother tongue without fear of reprisal or the micky
being taken. The interesting question is whether they like to dive? We have
been informed that they like plants and nudibranchs. The trickier part is how
they relate. The running thought is that PERHAPS they will like coral as well.
I think they will especially because the coral here is magnificent and has left
most of our past guests speechless. I look forward to their arrival.
4.
Keith’s house which is the
lower floor if the grandparents’ villa has been completed. In the process, Tim
and I were ‘asked’ to build Kieth a kitchen cabinet. When I say asked, I mean
cajoled. When I say cajoled I mean told that it was part of my DiveMaster
training. Little did they know that I quite enjoy building stuff so I was
happy. Watch how it went here!
5.
A dive computer. Is this
necessary? Isn’t it just big boys toys? To be honest. No. It is a vital piece
of diving equipment. Yeah, I know, electronic tape measures and USB laser
pointers are also vital but in this case it serves a heavily practical purpose.
I’m not sure if you knew but as you dive (deeper) an increasing amount of
nitrogen is absorbed into the blood, so computers are there to make sure
thatyou stay within the conservative limits by tracking your depth and time and
reducing the possibility of decompression illnesses... Decompression illness is
NOT GOOD. Do stuf that stops it being a possibility. PLUS, if all goes to plan,
then I will be doing this for a fair while with (good) people being my
resonpnsibility so it would be negligent NOT to have a computer to help plan my
dives with them. If you are interested, I am going to get a Suunto Vyper.
I hope that all is well whereever you may
be. I think that if you’re feeling a bit down on your luck or in need of a
life-is-good boost then, honestly, you should start considering a visit to
these shores. Not only would yo ube welcomed by a big smile, cold beer a-plenty
and wonderful food, you will also have to deal with sun, sand, and the sound of
the ocean waves. G’waan. Do it. I promise you won’t regret it
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