Its been another busy week..

With almost back to back Open Water courses for both Jenny and I… I was also helping out with the setting up of the film festival.

This year, we had 10 entries… of which I submitted the Buoyancy World movie (with the March Update)…  This film had never been seen outside of Crystal or Facebook… so no other voters had ever seen the movie.

I was quite surprised to find out that it had won… and I was given an EMP Instructor course (too late!  I already am!)… plus a UV night dive for 2… plus a T-shirt and lots of other goodies…

It was a great night, which raised 25,000 baht for the eco projects on the island.

Straight after, thinking we had a day off, we planned to chill the next day… but were called in for another Open Water course.. Students finished today, and I have work in the office to do, before the video at 7pm… Tomorrow…. continuing to Advanced Open Water… HTMS Sattakut… here we come!!

xxx

SD

A quick personal message to my Mum, who was taken ill yesterday.

I hope you are feeling better today, and will give you a call when its a decent time to chat..

xx

SDPosted b

After a very smooth visa run, it was time for Songkran… the annual countrywide water fight to celebrate the Thai New Year.

While Jen was unfortunately teaching a course, they did manage to finish early and I made my way down to the resort, managing to avoid the multitude of water hoses, buckets, and pistols and arrived completely bone dry 🙂

After a couple of hours at the dive school which was like a ghost town, we ventured down to Sairee Village, where all the action was happening..

We ended up at Maya Bar, where they had built a big water slide from the decking of the bar down to the beach. I managed to give myself a nice whiplash by slipping on it and smacking the back of my head on the slide… doh!!

Carsten had a unique way of dealing with the water pistols… by wearing his rash vest and mask… he looked like a gimp… very amusing..

After trying to find somewhere that was serving food… and eating probably the worst thai food ever… Jen and I sneaked off home.. worn out… and it was only 9:30.!!

Last night, Jen had a girls night in with some of her friends… Turfed out on to the streets, I made my down to the bar and ended up having dinner with a few friends… till closing time… Jen was watching tv, gossiping and doing face masks etc… oh what a sight to behold…