IDC Fin!

Now, don't go congratulating me yet, I'm not really truly done yet, but the actual Instructor Development Course wrapped up today.

Really good day.

My making it up the hill to the bridge on my bike was not a fluke, I can now do it every time! Headed to Mango today for morning sessions on the Rescue and Divemaster courses. Had a nice long lunch, so some of us from class went to Underwater Vision's restaurant. I had an avocado veggie wrap (85 lmps) and it was pretty tasty. I love the tortilla/flatbread they have here. Thinner than a flatbread, thicker than a tortilla, better than either.

Then it was to UDC to gear up for the afternoon of water and skills and waterskills.

My group (Gabi, John, Clancy, Steven) was with Vanessa today, and we started out with our 800 m mask/fin/snorkel no arm swim. I swear, easier than I remember it in DM. No problem at all. Then I got to play with a sidemount kit for a few minutes. Interesting. Not my jam, but now I can talk more intelligently about it.

We did our briefings, then it was to the tarps (on the bottom underwater right off the UDC dock. One positioned shallow, one positioned mayby 10-15 ft down) for our skills. My skill was the weight belt remove replace uw, then the debrief. Got 4.8 out of 5, my highest score to date, so it was a nice way to end the course. I didn't exaggerate my demo enough.

I'm still trying to master my new bc, but it looks to be about 3 pounds more buoyant than I'm used to. An extra weight seems to fix the issue.

Went to Foo King Wok (they know what they did) for dinner. Had an ok veggie green curry, but it had a ton of celery in it. Also I spilled it all over my backpack and study books. Went over to Kieri's apartment with Gabi and Joffrey, and we studied until a bit ago. Now bed.

Tomorrow we begin our mock exams. Should be pretty intense. Tomorrow is an early morning out to Open Water, then we do Rescue Ex 7, then we break for lunch, then 5 theory exams and a standards exam.

That's all tomorrow.