The magical underwater world of chris

Had the first day of the scuba diving course me, paul, and tai, are taking today, and it was awesome... Rob elected not to take the course due to the exorbitant cost, but after the first day, i'm kind of thinking that no matter how bad they fleece us(and they're trying hard), it's impossible for this to not be worth it.

No photos, unfortunately, but by the end of the week we should have a few, at least one or two with a view of chris tormenting potentially deadly wildlife (cross your fingers :)

The day itself was boring and exciting in alternating layers, starting with four hours of paint drying, grass growing video presentations on the magesty of the underwater world. Once we got in the pool though, things began to look up as we went through putting the equipment together, and how to deal with the most commmon crises underwater... Managed to inhale about a litre of sea water through my nose while trying to blow (not suck, dammit, i always mix those up) the water out of my flooded mask - found out what it feels like to cough water through the mouthpiece :) but that was actually kind of fun in it's own way....

I actually feel like doing this will make me more confident in the water in general, especially surfing, playing in the waves, etc. cause it teaches you to be calm when you should be panicking underwater...

Anyways, i'm tooting my own horn quite a bit, but my second thought after how cool it was was to think about how I could share this experience with other people... so, fair warning friends and accquaintances, you'll soon be pressured into yet another pricey hobby you can't quite afford...

As the fishy says, bloop...