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motetusAmongst the antisocial lot that is my lab group and the insular snotty lot that are the other groups, I've finally made a friend at work (okay, so I like Syrian PhD Student, but with the language difficulties it's impossible for me to yap away at my usual speed and I suspect she doesn't understand all of what I say). She's also a technician around my age, really lovely and talkative, also getting married soon, and can bitch about her group's inability to clean up after themselves almost as well as I can.
Oh, and she leaves in July. Great.
I've still not gotten off my lazy backside and sorted the rest of the stupid wedding stuff out, I just have zero enthusiasm at the moment. But what I have been doing is plotting how to avoid spending as much time as possible in Singapore this summer, (because I've been there often enough to know that there's nothing worth doing other than eating and going to the zoo) and escape the relatives by heading somewhere more exciting. The plan at the moment is to take a bus over to Malaysia and a ferry to Tioman island then spend as much time as possible diving - this is the place that my brother recommends. I haven't been diving in years so I'm really looking forward to it. It got me thinking that I should force the boy to get his PADI open water license so next time we can go on the deeper dives, and then I got tempted by the options for the Adventure Diver qualification - wreck diving, night diving and er, underwater photography.
Okay, I'm sold.
Oh, and she leaves in July. Great.
I've still not gotten off my lazy backside and sorted the rest of the stupid wedding stuff out, I just have zero enthusiasm at the moment. But what I have been doing is plotting how to avoid spending as much time as possible in Singapore this summer, (because I've been there often enough to know that there's nothing worth doing other than eating and going to the zoo) and escape the relatives by heading somewhere more exciting. The plan at the moment is to take a bus over to Malaysia and a ferry to Tioman island then spend as much time as possible diving - this is the place that my brother recommends. I haven't been diving in years so I'm really looking forward to it. It got me thinking that I should force the boy to get his PADI open water license so next time we can go on the deeper dives, and then I got tempted by the options for the Adventure Diver qualification - wreck diving, night diving and er, underwater photography.
Okay, I'm sold.
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Date: 2010-04-08 02:12 am (UTC)So when is the big day? Is is far away? I mean what with all the procrastinating that you're doing I hope it's still a ways off :p
Wow, I didn't know Singapore was that boring. Might as well stay Long Island my part of NY which is just as plain. Malaysia *sigh* I'd love to go there especially from all the wonderful things a friend of mine who's been has to say about it. I've never been diving but it sounds incredible and something I'd love to do someday. Underwater photography sounds awesome! I'll be looking forward to seeing those shots :)
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Date: 2010-04-08 03:27 pm (UTC)Singapore is interesting, but it's such a tiny island that you can see most of it in a few days. And I've spent so much time there that it bores me very quickly. But the diving in Malaysia would be fantastic - and it's ridiclously cheap, under $30 per dive. Want to come along? ;)