The boss of the dive school received an email yesterday….

I thought you should read it…

“I just wanted to let you know how impressed I was having Jenny as my Open and Advanced Open instructor. I am and educator and found her to be incredibly knowledgable, thorough and caring. She really knows her stuff and introduced me and the rest of the class to diving in a respectful, ecofriendly and fun way. She did not scrimp of safety measures and checked us all to ensure we had covered everything. She was also very kind and considerate, going out of her way to find equipment that I needed in a small fit, and that another fellow needed, a diving hood. She was so very enthusiastic and loves what she does, aside from being extremely well informed and engaged in diving. There was never a time that I felt she was bored, or uninterested eventhough she has probably done the course teaching, a million times before.

Each of us was special, and she took note of what each one of us was nervous about, had trouble with or did well, and never forgot to state this to us. She was so encouraging and lovely. I believe you should keep her forever because if she is the way people are introduced to diving, they will most certainly love it, be ecologically responsible, and not fear anything.

Great choice having her there. She is tops and so is your facility. I am seriously considering taking my Dive Master Internship with you, and I live in Canada.

Great facility and well run business Crystal! I also wrote a review about you guys on Trip Advisor because I think people should know about you.

Appreciatively,
Susan Adaskin”

Well done Jenny…

xx
SD

Argh, a day off!!:-D

After a four person Open Water, two person Advanced and a one person Discover Scuba Dive Course, I was ready for a nice lie in  ..but for some reason it just didn’t happen.  I was up and about by 8am, very unusual for me 😀   Simon on the other hand was already out and about  ..he’s very much looking forward to finishing this videography course that he’s been doing.

So after sending a few emails and catching up with the cleaning, I cycled down Mae Haad to have a chat with Nathan about the possibility of taking over ECO  ..you see he’s leaving, going back to Oz at the end of the year and Eco Koh Tao is either going to fizzle out or if I want, I could take it on. I sill have lots of unanswered questions and our meeting didn’t go as I had anticipated  ..anyway, will tell you more at a later date, once I’ve made some sort of decision.

So, after catching up with Simon, who was just off the boat from his final dives with the student. I headed to the Regal pool for a swim  ..the sun was out and just as I was about to get comfy, the heavens opened  ..typical!   I was going to get wet anyway, so I had a good swim.  I was the only person there for an hour or two until a group of noisy Italians invaded the pool so that was when I dried off and left. 

Thankfully by now the rain had stopped so I cycled around looking for inspiration.  I passed the turning for Haad Tien (resort where Fiona & Chris had stayed)  and immediately thought of Iona & Chloe.With that I peddled to New Heaven Dive School to take photo’s of their baby turtles they’re looking after as I thought Iona & Chloe would like to see how tiny they are  😀

On a completely different note ..we are so please to hear that Charles has finally had his hip operation.  About time and we can’t believe the speed of it  ..WOW!!

Wishing you a speedy recovery..

1 week since the last post.

The reason for this is that Jen has been teaching an Open Water course, and then straight into Advanced Open Water.

Me, I am teaching a Videography course. 8 days and 13 hour each day is kicking my butt.. As soon as I wake up I hop on to the bike. Once cameras are prepped and student is briefed, we do 2 dives and see if he can capture some good footage. After that, its time to head back to the office for some editing.

To be honest, its been a tough course. Buoyancy has been an issue, and with Monsoon, the visibility is very limited, leaving the student to get very disappointed with his shots. Only really on the first day of diving did he get lucky and film a turtle.

3 more days, and then I think a well deserved lie in will be possible… and hopefully catch up with some family!

xxx

SD