We’re between guests right now at Kasai, and the next guests arriving are some quite important travel agents so we need to get everything spic and span before they get here. One of the projects is to paint the floor in the dive equipment area, where all the guests get kitted out before a dive [...]
Ten years ago I spent six months in Honduras, working as a Divemaster, on an island called Utila which is part of the Bay Islands, part of the worlds second largest barrier reef. Awesome diving. Anyway, during my visit there was already another Divemaster called Andy so I was named Swedish Andy, on the big [...]
I’d love to be able to call myself a photographer, sadly I don’t think I can claim that prestigious title yet, specially after hanging out with my current housemate Jussi when he’s been taking photos of Kasai and hurrying around talking about ‘soft light’ and similar topics. For Christmas I bought myself an underwater house [...]
I’ve got a TV in my house, it’s got DVD player and, most importantly, it’s got a digital satellite receiver! Minor problem though; there was no subscription for it! So I’ve been roaming around asking in random shops how and where you’d buy satellite subscription top-up whatsits… and I’ve now succeded! I have a bunch [...]
I’ve still got one. It’s very annoying. After my little accident in December I got a pretty bad fever which my friend Louise helped me conquer, not sure I would have survived it without her! I’ve also got a little cough that all people around me keep reminding me is quite annoying. Either way, I’ve [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]