Ok, I want to be an instructor

Today I hung out with Mae until noon. I didn’t feel like doing anything. I guess my laziness showed as Luer suggested I do something and go sign up for PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course) to become a dive instructor.

I thought about it for some time and have been leaning to do it. Pretty much all the dive instructors at Genesis Divers suggests I do it. It’s too competitive just being a lower class divermaster compared with all the instructors. It can’t hurt and will help me find a job more easily. It involves taking a course for 7 days and then finding an IE (Instructor Examiner) and doing 2 days of tests and exercises. It’s expensive (about $1000), but I guess in the long run it will be worth it. It sounds like more stress than I want but I want to do it and it will make me stronger in many areas even outside of diving; okay, I’ll do it.

After taking a short swim in the ocean, I went into Sea Explorers to see if they’re scheduling an IDC; yes they are but in 4 months! Time to start doing a little more research elsewhere.

I ate dinner at Hayahay by myself. Crazy lisa drops by with her boyfriend for the time being and annoys me -- she’s still not gone. Had a cappuccino at Coco Vida which was a lot better than Alona Palm Beach resort. Still though, it was nothing compared to back in the states. The owner of Coco Vida, Thomas, asked me what I thought about it. I didn’t want to be too anal about it so I just suggested a few things regarding setting a finer grind. Too bad I can’t get a job making espressos here.

- jason