the world through my rose-tinted glasses...my world...: Vertigo

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Vertigo

Vertigo -the unpleasant experience of losing your orientation when ascending or descending so you can't tell whether you are going up or down.

That's one word that sums up my dive experience in this trip.

Went for my rescue diver course over the recent Vesak Day long weekend (11-14th May 2006) and did my rescue diver course at the same time. Well, my usual arrogance assured myself that I'll breeze through the course...only to have myself crash onto my big fat butt.

Performed badly in all my drills (and that's even after my instructors lowered the standard!) and hardly got much sleep over those few days...and to make things worse...i kept having nightmares about 'hornet 125' over the whole weekend...(i've no idea why too!)

This was the worst dive trip i've been on. I almost wanted to give up on the course, and do something i'm comfy with -just dive.

Conversation btwn my Angel & Devil:-

Angel: "You'll never forgive yourself if you give up. Haven't you always detest quitters?"

Devil: "Might as well end the agony and leave it behind...at least you get to enjoy the last dives..."

Ar well, so all in all, the course wasn't the stressful part...it was the whole load of bickering btwn my angel and devil.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if i pass or fail anymore. I sure learnt lots on diving, and about myself in a way...so i can't say this was a wasted trip...

Okiez, back to the trip itself... here are the pics!