I’m in Cebu City on a seminar today, my boss asked me to attend this thing to assess a hotel front desk reservation software. Not that I know that much about the hotel business as such but I do have some pretty good knowledge about computer software in general and have already seen roughly what [...]
The resort I’m working for, Kasai Village, is going to start offering liveaboard trips around Cebu Island in March and today the staff from Kasai and owners of the boat went out for a maiden voyage together. The boat, Queen X, is a 100ft banca boat, about 30m. Pretty much all boats in the Philippines [...]
We’re about to perform a diver rescue training exercise in a little while, I’m supposed to be the beefcake and collect all equipment that will be dumped once the diver is being brought up and taken back to shore. The exercise is for our current Divemaster student, Louise! The problem with rescue exercises is other [...]
It’s raining here, a lot… And it has been raining on and off for about a month now. The last two weeks almost all the time. And there’s also strong wind. You all know what happens if you mix those two old friends; misery. I really can’t remember anything about misery when I read up [...]
I now have a house! And as it’s looking at the moment I’m pretty sure I’ll stay in this house until I’m leaving the area in June or something. I’ve already lived in two different locations, about a month each, and now it feels like I’ve finally ‘arrived’ and settled down. The house is fantastic, [...]
The party of the year, New Years eve celebration, is there a party with higher expectations? How about a stomach bug that scatters your stomach’s content everywhere, that should set the festive spirit in motion, right? So I celebrated NYE on the great white porcelain throne, nice one. The whole thing started by a gentle [...]