Friday, October 16, 2009
diving manado [sep09]
the other day i was paying my credit card bill, and saw my diving gear in it. it's funny how technically i haven't paid for them, yet they've already been used, cleaned, dried out for a week, and stowed away. so without further ado:
- bunaken
4 hours from lcct is manado, and 1 hour from sam ratulangi airport is tasik ria resort. being in the east, the sun sets earlier, the skies are clear, and the night is deep. nothing to shoot outside, so here's what it looks like inside.
- spacious foyer for all your gear
- toilet, cupboard and dresser in a connecting corridor
- swanky bedroom
day1: 11sep09
tested out my newly bought casing for leaks. it may seem like 100 bucks for a canggihfied ziploc bag, but within 1 dive, it was all worth it. 4gbs of underwater shots with nooby wb, and it was still worth it.
day2: 12sep09
didn't have the patience to hunt for macro stuff.
- me and bro with siang, trip organizer, who bought the same wetsuit
- pressure makes the gladwrapped lx3 inoperable beyond a certain depth
- spot the crab!
- artsy attempt
- turtle having lunch... should've video'd this!
- beaut lobster
day3: 13sep09
had a little more patience to hunt for macro stuff.
- this sea cucumber raised its head to greet me, but i couldn't catch it
- the colours are less distorted when < 10m
- seahorse(s)!
- anemone families in the middle of nowhere
- that's a lionfish
- that's not a jellyfish
day4: 14sep09
took a van to another part of sulawesi. at a port, amidst huge commercial, fishing and police ships, we pushed off on 2 sampans to see lembeh, critter heaven. had the lunch of my life on the boat roof, replete with scenic view and straits winds.
- setting off
- with tanks on deck
- and gear on roof
- mimic octopus
- hairy frogfish
- some eel which went right under me as i was lying prone
- mantis shrimp
- boxer shrimp
- flamboyant cuttlefish
day5: 15sep09
lepaked half the day around tasik ria, and finally had time to see the quirks of the whole place. headed out to town for a late lunch, a place called city extra, that had its own jetty. here’s the inherent drama of manado - there’re jetties everywhere!
- there's a whole set of these little carvings around tasik ria, they form a band
- monkeys by the lily pond
- sulawesian spa magicks
- the dive centre
- city extra’s jetty - spot the crabs again...
- 1 more fish to learn: barramundi
- farewell to the motley crew
my beginner's dive logbook is finally out of pages.
- bunaken
4 hours from lcct is manado, and 1 hour from sam ratulangi airport is tasik ria resort. being in the east, the sun sets earlier, the skies are clear, and the night is deep. nothing to shoot outside, so here's what it looks like inside.
- spacious foyer for all your gear
- toilet, cupboard and dresser in a connecting corridor
- swanky bedroom
day1: 11sep09
tested out my newly bought casing for leaks. it may seem like 100 bucks for a canggihfied ziploc bag, but within 1 dive, it was all worth it. 4gbs of underwater shots with nooby wb, and it was still worth it.
day2: 12sep09
didn't have the patience to hunt for macro stuff.
- me and bro with siang, trip organizer, who bought the same wetsuit
- pressure makes the gladwrapped lx3 inoperable beyond a certain depth
- spot the crab!
- artsy attempt
- turtle having lunch... should've video'd this!
- beaut lobster
day3: 13sep09
had a little more patience to hunt for macro stuff.
- this sea cucumber raised its head to greet me, but i couldn't catch it
- the colours are less distorted when < 10m
- seahorse(s)!
- anemone families in the middle of nowhere
- that's a lionfish
- that's not a jellyfish
day4: 14sep09
took a van to another part of sulawesi. at a port, amidst huge commercial, fishing and police ships, we pushed off on 2 sampans to see lembeh, critter heaven. had the lunch of my life on the boat roof, replete with scenic view and straits winds.
- setting off
- with tanks on deck
- and gear on roof
- mimic octopus
- hairy frogfish
- some eel which went right under me as i was lying prone
- mantis shrimp
- boxer shrimp
- flamboyant cuttlefish
day5: 15sep09
lepaked half the day around tasik ria, and finally had time to see the quirks of the whole place. headed out to town for a late lunch, a place called city extra, that had its own jetty. here’s the inherent drama of manado - there’re jetties everywhere!
- there's a whole set of these little carvings around tasik ria, they form a band
- monkeys by the lily pond
- sulawesian spa magicks
- the dive centre
- city extra’s jetty - spot the crabs again...
- 1 more fish to learn: barramundi
- farewell to the motley crew
my beginner's dive logbook is finally out of pages.
Friday, October 02, 2009
SHIP, says seth
Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain from 99% on Vimeo.
- ship: finish, deliver, go live. whatever u call it - finish.
- it's important to start. it's more important to finish.
- pull through the resistance.
