I tried to save someone´s life and failed. This happened more that one-and-a-half years ago and involves a lot more people than me but I’d like to keep it personal. Thing is, I don’t like to fail (does anyone?). I hardly ever do. If I’m not sure I can do something, I won’t, or I’ll practice in secret until I’m sure I can pull it off. Like speaking Spanish. I refuse to speak…
Nature is incredible. Look at this guy. It’s an insect of the phylliidae family. Beautiful, isn’t it? We only found it because it was sitting on a rock. In a tree you would never see this. Awesome camouflage skills. Look at it’s legs! They’re tiny leafs, including the brown serrated edges. Even it’s mouth looks leafy. Or like something from a horror movie. You choose. Loving this!
In this series I get to brag a little about my awesome life (well…), so if you get jealous, better don’t read on. I love my job because I get to work in awesome, gorgeous, stunning, inspiring places like this. View from the office: Ok, to be honest, this was my last job in Malaysia, but still. I mean, hello. Beats the average cubicle / staring out of a window unto a…
…Literally five minutes ago I picked up my bra from the floor to put it on and a baby gecko fell out of it. A Baby Gecko. Now, baby geckos are adorable so it´s not so bad as finding a squished bug under your boob, but still. Why the hell was there a baby gecko in my bra? Why are there living things inside my bra at all? (apart from my own boobs, thankyouverymuch, who…
Despite what everyone seems to think, and despite the image I desperately try to uphold on Teh Internets (because who doesn’t?) my life is actually pretty boring. Yes. Boring. You see, on this little island paradise there is not so much to do. There are no bars (not even one where you can sip a cocktail out of a fresh coconut under a straw umbrella). There are no clubs. Officially, there is no…
Every time I hear a story about someone having a horrible first-dive experience my heart dies a little. Being Rushed Unfortunately, these stories are more common than they should be. Last week, two girls stayed with us. One of them was diving, but her friend was not. She explained that she had a bad experience in Koh Tao (Thailand) for her Discover Scuba Dive (introduction dive which may or may not lead up…
“Why don’t you get a real job?” was what a friend of my parents asked. He was not the first to ask, and I’m sure many dive professionals have encountered this question at least once. I like to assume that questions like this are asked with the best intentions or maybe just come from ignorance about what the job actually entails. In this (and many other) particular case though, it felt like judgment and…
There are about 358.342.896 reasons I love my job, and one of them is that I get to see this sometimes: There were around eight dolphins playing around our dive boat for a little while. Awesome. Eight is not so many because, allegedly, you get big pods of hundreds of them sometimes, but they were so close! Tell me, what makes your job so awesome that your heart almost jumps out of your chest from excitement?
So you´re travelling around the world find yourself on a beautiful tropical beach and in a whim decide that you want to go scuba diving (and you totally should!). Or after hearing stories from your friends that just came back from their diving holiday, you decide that you want to take your classes locally. That´s great, we love people who make spontaneous decisions. But hang on a second; there are a few things you…
I think I might be missing ´home´ but I´m not sure. I´m not even sure what home is these days, but that´s not the point. The point is that as far as I know, I have never been homesick so I don´t know what I should be feeling or what feelings I should be looking for. ´Homesick´ doesn´t really cover it because it is nothing like the desperate breakdowns and crying fits my sleepovers…