Philippines, Cebu , shooting range
Alan Rooster is also taking a course for firing guns !! Thanks to Jennifer’s brother (Jonathan) who is working with the SWAT and is a very good shooter, I had the occasion to fire some pistols at the Cebu shooting-range. It was the first time of my life handling a real gun, the sensation was incredible when I first fired: I thought it was like in the movies, very easy, like a game, but actually it was so difficult to handle even if the caliber of the pistol was small. I have been told that taking a good control of a gun requires professional skills. By the way you’ll feel like a sensation of power in your hands. Definitely something to try at least once in your life. Thanks again to Jonathan that offered me such a great experience. Don’t forget to check out pictures and the video.
advanced padi certificate
Second step done! Advanced Padi o.w. license is now mine! I’m capable and allowed to: night dives, 30mt..30mts/90 feet maximum depth , compass navigation , altitude dives, deep dives and many other pro skills. The next step will be Rescue Diver which is actually Jen’s level.
padi open water promoted
Thanks to a Jen’s friend who is actually an amazing instructor, very calm, patient and with a buoyancy that is really something incredible, trust me, he will be moving just the last part of his fins, not even the legs. I wasn’t really in to scuba diving, but those guys knows how to make your underwater experiences relaxing and fun at the same time! With my license now I will be authorized to dive till a dept of 18mts/33 feet.
costal cleaning in Cebu
Let’s help the environment! It was an honor that CORAL POINT DIVE CENTER offered Alan Rooster the possibility of participating to the international underwater cleaning day which is taking place every year all over the world, hosted by the local government and supported by professional divers and associations within the area. The mission was to dive within the start time of 10.00 am and the finish time 5.00 pm (with a free lunch break in between) trying to collect the maximum possible amount of garbage that we could find under the water and put it in sacks. My garbage check list was: -pack of Milo milk -iron cage 2sqm , -iron cage 3sqm -iron boat signage -a napkin -a tire, some clothes. My group was second, but in the end the total weight of garbage collected by everybody was very heavy , they had to call a truck to bring it away! I felt so good to take out all that shit from that wonderful sea. I helped out the environment while having fun and harnessing my buoyancy skills. [Comment by Jeny: It was a fruitful event, help the environment, having fun and most of all being with Alan.]
stitching my poor foot
Cant believe it , every year a new wound under my foot, son of a bitch, just last year in Thailand I was lame for more than a month and now the same shit , coming with my usual luck even this time: I was on a trip at the waterfalls , Kawasan falls , while crossing a wooden bridge, when one of the plates broke down with my weight and I felt a big piece of wood going inside my foot. When I looked at it, it was already bleeding , the wound was not so long , about 3-4 cm, but very deep with several wood’s residual inside . Ok I couldn’t walk for the pain so I immersed my foot in the ice-cold water of the waterfalls and Stefanie (a friend of Jennifer) improvised an emergency operation: she extracted the pieces of wood off my feet with the car’s key! The pain was so high, but with the help of the adrenaline mixed with the anger of having a so fucking unlucky life made me control the throe. After walking for 1 km down to the side of the river to reach the car, they brought me to the hospital where they sewed my wound with 3 stitches. By the way the trip to the waterfalls was amazing, 4 level falls surrounded by a very green and dense forest, palm trees, trees with huge trunks, rich of vegetation and animals. It is also known that every year a person loose the life in those waterfalls (either missing or drowned) and usually not a native of Cebu. So if we are now in September and no one has died so far that means my probabilities of dying was kind of high: at the hospital they even told me I was lucky!
