Homer

Today marks the beginning of my dive adventure as I board the MV WaveRunner to my very first dive site, Sail Rock. When Steve told me that the WaveRunner had 3 decks, I mentally pictured a high tech advanced catamaran that could cut through waves like butter, but when I finally laid eyes on it after a 1 hour bus ride to the pier, it was nothing more than a 3-tiered big fishing boat. Always having to combat motion sickness problems, I put all sorts of pre-admonitions aside and looked forward to my dive. I had completely no idea that the boat ride to the Sail Rock would take a whopping 2.5 hours! The sea around the gulf of Thailand was very choppy. By the time I reached the site, I no longer entertained romantic notions ... read more

Today I trained in a different gym from the one I normally train and had a good solid 3 hours there with the trainers. I rather like this new gym because I get 1-1 personal training and the amount of stuff I learn here in a short 1 session is more than what I’ve learnt in the old gym in 2 weeks. But because I’ve paid up my monthly fees, I’m pretty much stucked. If $ was not a issue, I would swap over to this new gym in an instant. If anybody is interested in contacts to this gym, you could just leave me a message and I’ll pass u the details. The lesson was very fruitful as Max, the thai trainer took me through my basics and re-taught me my faulty techniques. I learnt ... read more

There’s still this dull throbbing ache in my left leg that stretches from the knees right to the feet and it stubbornly refuses to go away despite more rest, if this keeps up I’ve got to something about it. It’s not helping in my training and frankly, it worries me.*shrugs* Maybe a foot massage will make it go away…. Last night I had a BUG infestation that almost drove me nuts. 4 days ago, small bugs similar to aphids and about 1/3 the size of ants invaded my toilet and I would wake up every morning to see my toothbrush and toothpaste covered with them. I shrugged it off and killed as many as I could and yesterday when it got a lil nasty, I had the cleaning gal to clean up my room and change ... read more

recently i been getting thais of both sexes coming up to me and speaking in thai.... i mean, i know i can blend in well......but i mean, that well? else the most common thing i get is, " hey, u japan ya? japan ya?" but boy was i glad when i rode pass one of the bigger pubs and acutally saw my singapura flag flying high... i actually stopped and threw a salute :D sure feels good to see something familar from back home. there was a new guy at the camp today, Michal frm the States, a cool black guy always ready with a bright smile. when he first asked my name, i replied "david". he went like, "thats ur real name? thats it? i mean u have an english name?" i think some pple ... read more

This morning’s training was a killer, my muscles had not recovered from sat’s training and I was feeling the drudgery of this previous lessons… my muscles just refused to perform. During my run halfway I felt like a shit coming, stopped at a nearby kopitiam to take a dump. If this were s’pore, the uncle wld have made soooooooo much noise…. Early morning dnt give business, give only shit….lol. these thai chaps are really friendly… As I said, training was a killer. All I did was just to further punish my shins. During intervals I was doing nothing but rubbing boxing liniment against my shins and thighs, much to the amusement of the trainers. During kick pad phase, I learnt a great deal, these trainers are so much more forthcoming and analytical about boxing than the ... read more