The last couple of days I’ve had a really easy Advanced Course with my 2 students (Lauren & Thomas).  They were very attentive and did exactly as I said.  It was the first course in a long time that they made me coffee, they were  kitted up and in the water before me and actual had a real passion for diving ..so refreshing to see. It’s good to know that they’ll definitely carry on diving in the UK and are already planning their next diving trip.

Si on the other hand has had a stressful time.   Dealing with multiple nightmares, UK, Crystal Images and website design  …Its never ending for him sometimes.  He’s helping out with Wild Challenge today and then dealing with more website stuff, UK work, Crystal Images and Crystal Dive

Today I’ve got the day off, so trying to organize the next trip up to see the Dentist in Bangkok to sort my implants out and I’m also trying to sort our next trip to the UK.  I’ve mailed the dentist but it seems that I’ll have at least 3 visits  …which I’m dreading!

As I left my bike at Crystal last night, I’m going to walk down and collect it before joining the Thai gang for our evening cycle…

These past few days I’ve felt a bit home sick which is very odd for me  ..I think with Joel (our Nephew) getting married and a few other things   …we both feel as though we need a break of some sorts which we’ll have to arrange very soon.

I’ve been teaching Open Water with an English guys and 2 French girls.  As the French didn’t speak much English, I had a new French Instructor, team teaching  It worked quite well but for some reason my guy thought he was told to turn up at 1.45pm for dives 1 & 2 when he should have been there for 11.45  ..perhaps lost in translation  ..anyway, I had an easy time, just had to listen in on the briefings trying to make sure that everything was covered and then critique after  …luckily the girls were pretty good, so the new instructor had a relatively easy time with just a couple of tweaks here and there.

So after finishing the French girls course in the morning, I went straight out on the boat for Dives 1 & 2 with the chap …he had hardly any issues which made my life really easy.  So back on land, I finished work at 8pm as I was on late shift, so after a 13 hr day, I was shattered and cycled home, showered, had something to eat and went to bed ready for another early morning.  

The next day, Dives 3 & 4 were easy, this time I had his girlfriend with us, she decided to do all the skills that he had to do, just for a bit of practice  ..it was fun.  Visibility wasn’t brilliant but I think everyone had a good time.   The weather was bit unpredictable this morning and I did offer the guy a sea sickness pill but guys being guys, didn’t want one  ..I took one, so did his girlfriend and the only one that was sick was him …I had no sympathy and couldn’t help but laugh    …I’m so cruel!

On to Advanced Open Water with them both (Tom & Lauren) tomorrow.

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Kendall !!!
Thinking of you & sending lots of love
X X X
J & S