Rescue Packing

Rose life among desolation by the rain.

I assisted Mike with another part of the rescue class he was conducting with Erich and Sara. The weather was fairly stormy with a lot of swell - perfect conditions to conduct a rescue course. This time, the scenario was rescuing an unconscious diver at the surface. This skill is probably the most common skill practiced and used. The review of it helped me a lot since the last time I did it was two years ago. Afterwards, I cleaned up and went to Coco Vida to do internet with Martine.

A security guard watches the rough surf in Alona Beach.

Since I was planning on going to Puerto Galera (Sabang Beach) to start my PADI Instructor training tomorrow, I needed to pack and could only afford a little time on the internet. Not surprising, I spent a few hours on the internet - far too long. The internet tends to draw me into it even if I can’t think of a website I want to visit. It’s almost as bad as television but at least you can blame television for not providing interesting content versus me not being able to think of interesting content to look up.

I went home to pack and clean up my place a little bit because Erich was going to move into my house while I was away. Of course, it was more work than I anticipated but I got everything I wanted to before going back to Alona to meet up with Sara, Martine, and Erich for dinner. By the time I met up with them, it was already 8 PM and I felt bad they waited around so late for dinner.

The scoreboard at Killer.

We decided to go to Trudi’s for dinner since I was craving Chinese type food. Trudi’s sells a squid in xo sauce dish that I love. Dinner was delicious and cheap. Afterwards, we walked down to Trendi’s place to shoot some pool and drink some beer.

Mike taking a shot at Killer.

The reliable "God's Well" security at Trendi's.

Bettina's turn to shoot.

Shortly after we arrived, Mike and his friend Bettina joined us. It started raining a lot and so we kept on playing pool until the rain subsided, at least a little. We played until 4 AM and then I decided to just go home in the rain. I was soaked when I got home but at least it was warm rain.

I still needed to pack a few things plus I had to be at the airport for my domestic flight to Manila by around 6 AM. I basically had only an hour of sleep that wasn’t that solid. It’s going to be a long day tomorrow.

- jason