Monday, March 31, 2008
alright, so maybe school isn't as awful as i made it out to be.
scuba diving classes turned out to be really fun! and i foresee that its going to be one of the highlights of the last 6 weeks of my undergrad life.
we were playing around with the BC and regulator today. i spent 5 mins underwater practising breathing on the reg. ultra cool!
of course, before that was a 2 hr long lecture on the dangers of scuba diving.
pretty much you might get air embolism, or air bubbles in ur blood, leading to stroke and all types of nasty things. i was spooked out! but what the hell, since singapore is an ISLAND, might as well learn scuba diving which will be more applicable than skiing in sunny singapore! :)
i just got back from a weekend of fun in seattle. was there for an engineers without borders conference and i really enjoyed the talks/presentations. was very inspired to volunteer in africa.
anyway, was travelling with 13 other pple from Minnesota. including one very interesting italian expat who unfortunately has a gf. haha! he was telling us about how italians hit on girls (pretty much it takes 12 days instead of 2 hours because it is more 'elegant'!) and his skirt chasing adventures.
and of course, i had to roll down some steps. yes, i did trip and fall down the freaking stairs. UGH. hehe
scuba diving rocks! :)