car revived from death ... but now tire punctured ... 真是他妈的！

car was dead due to low battery... not serious ... so paid 70 bucks (35 for towing, 35 for battery) to solve this problem.

problem solved in 2 days, quite fast, so mood getting better....

but today just discovered 1 back tire puctured by 2 nails ... had to change the tire in the office car park (Thanks Mumin for helping!) RAV4 has a spare tire behind. I have always thought this is just cosmetic, and not useful. But I found out its usefulness today ...

... tomorrow have to get new backup tire ...

I am so tired ... sianz ... ever since 8 July, things are getting unlucky for me ... how many more unlucky things can there be? ... sianz

LATEST UPDATE: went to workshop to see what can be done to the punctured tire. the guy recommended me 80 bucks for a new tire, or 8 bucks to fix the 2 holes. So guess which option I take? Of course the fix la ... couldn't bear to pay more again ...

Thanks for everyone's concern! Hope my luck will change for the better now.

car break down again ...

car is dead ... cannot start up .... try jump start also cannot ... now the only choice is to tow the car ...

damn damn damn unlucky these 2 weeks since 8 July ...

nothing seems to go smoothly for me... bloody moody now ...

sunabe de diving o shimashita ...

US economy is bad, shares are dropping, USD is crashing, I am lonely ... so what to do?

my loyal blue car accompanies me & carries all my tanks and gears...

have to walk down this slope, enter the shallow water, battle with the waves, then reach the corals

nice?

summer wear wetsuit ... 2 words can describe my feeling ... f@#$king HOT!

setting up my BCD

8 July 2008 - sad bad day

Today is exactly 1 month before the Beijing Olympics. But I am not interested in the Olympics.

Today is the day my laptop broke down. All pictures and whatever files I saved inside were gone... knnbccb

Mind totally cannot focus ...

Today is a damn sad and bad day ...

diver certified!!

29 June is a great day ... sunny Sunday, damn bloody hot ... and the day when I got my PADI open water diver certificate!

Dive spot: Maeda point
Depth: 50 feet (yap, I am starting to use feets and pounds here ... )
At my 1st dive of the day, I still had problems with my buoyancy. I kept going up and down in the water, so I couldn't enjoy the dive fully. Steve, my instructor decided to add my weights to 18 pounds (around 8 kg I believe) and kept reminding me the technique to keeping neutral buoyancy is BREATHING.

So at the 2nd dive, I tried his ways ... and woo wow... I finally got the hang of it. I started to glide slowly above the corals, watched the fishes at close distance and it was really AMAZING! Frankly before I learn to dive, I have this subconscious worry of drowning. But after some dives, I found out that this sport is really safe and there really should be no worries. No wonder, people say diving is so addictive!

So to my diver friends out there, please inform me if you wanna dive. We can dive around the world now, yippppeeee!!!

my diving group

Maggie-Q (Lesa actually) look alike and my instructor from UK Steve

Tons of people come here to snorkel and dive ... so moral of the story? Get to Maeda Point early! How early? for us is 0700!

Due to the great market here, there is a dive shop renting all sorts of gears. So most of the Japanese mainland tourists wear the same color and same style dive suits ...

staircase to underwater paradise ... but before you can get there, and when you are carrying the full gear (meaning BCD, weights, fins, tanks etc) , it is damn damn damn SIONG! ESPECIALLY after diving and coming up. Under the summer heat, really can die lor!