News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
owww my otitis media …..
it was bound to happen. i'm surprised it hadnt happened before now ..... i have a middle ear infection. i woke up during the night with my right ear half aching and half itching. today i am off to see the doctor as i am supposed to be working in the pool with...
weekend round up
now what was i thinking?
Kitty! Wake UP!
this cat and my cat - totally related.
one pomster please
i'd like another pet. its a bad idea but if i got one, i'd want one of these ...... napoleon would eat it without batting an eyelid.
being cool
a large Montana ranch that keeps over 240 horses
on the way home from tutukaka on sunday night, i had a little incident. another "little" incident with the golf. another little incident that serves as a reminder that shes not dive fit and i shouldnt be hauling my ass and all my dive gear around in her. i've been on...
getting it off my chest
unshamelessly stolen - but i dont care. this is a well and true representation of how i feel about my spammed up inbox (you KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) you may not know this about me but i suffer from the guilt of not forwarding 50 billion fucking chain letters sent to me by...
b-live sharing
quikflik has shared an exclusive Groove Armada track with 0 people on B-Live Share Get the track for yourself and start sharing
back in the frame
leaving buenos aires last january, i lost my casio exilim in the back of a taxi. this was the camera that i had the underwater housing for. the new plan was to buy an ikelite housing and port for my Nikon d80. i talked to dave moran about the cost of said housing and...
lights .. camera ..
the first aid photographs that andrew has on his istockphoto accout have been selling very well and he wanted to add some more. he borrowed a lot of lights and strobes from ritchie and pete and set them up in his living room. we all got together tonight to set up,...
PADI Instructor Examination
friday night - and the night before the Instructor Examination started - and i decided i was not going to look over anything. i was not going to review any Physics, Physiology, RDP, Dive Skills, Environment or Equipment. if i didnt know it now, then i was never...
mac-a-licious
this morning, whilst in the throes of re-organising my office and getting my shit together, i decided that i really did need to get a printer. i'm anticipating that i will pass my IE and along with working for my number one job from home - there might be some number...
OWSI day 5
it was the final day today!! and i am writing this up after a few beers at swashbucklers to celebrate ... we had academic presentations first thing this morning and then a big day of theory and course presentations from our course director pete. my presentation this...
OWSI days 3 and 4
yesterday was another full day in the classroom and we presented our prescriptive teaching academic sessions. we used the Rescue Diver course for material and it took a little more thought than preparing for an Open Water session but in a good way. when you are...
OWSI days 1 and 2
yesterday was the first day of the Open Water Scuba Instructors portion of our IDC. and it was a long long long day. pete did damn well to hold our attention for as long as he did - but 8 or 9 hours in the classroom is a huge chunk of work to get through. even with...
AI day 4
today was the last day of our Assistant Instructor course and it was the best so far ... and by far! we started out at Lake Pupuke with our open water session presentations. we had each been given two skills to prepare and the two we had worked out well. alex took us...
AI day 3
as part of our PADI IDC, today we jumped in the pool. we headed straight over to Orakei Dive Shop first thing this morning. scott told us the pool was about 20 degrees and pete told us there was no excuse for us to get cold - so i made sure i had lots of thermal...
AI Day 2
both alex and i were pleased with the way our Academic sessions came out this morning and pete seemed to be pleased too. the great thing about working with pete is .. well actually one of the great things is his feedback. its to the point, constructive, full of tips...