Diving Koogther

No, "something to disclose" isn't about diving. Not yet time to announce the "something". Scuba diving is another thing. Our website homepage has everything we could think of doing together like "Eat Koogether. Travel Koogether. Play Koogether....".But we didn't know we would dive koogether. Right, Mr Koo loves challenges. He just wants to try everything. And I, a person who would freak out on roller coasters, went sky diving and snowboarding at black diamond with him. After flying up the sky (actually diving down), now down to ocean. What's next, husband?

3 hours pool class on Saturday morning

It is a 4 classes course that we're doing. 2 classes in pool and 2 in the ocean. Finish in two weekends. We have a book to study, a dvd to watch and exam to take. After finishing all these we will get certified and then we can go diving on our own everywhere on earth without any guidance.

Open water class - practice in the ocean on Sunday 1pm to 11pm

I scuba dived at Great Reef Barrier, Australia a few years ago. It was a tourist activity. So everything was much easier cause it was all set up and I wasn't required any knowledge at all. In this diving course however, I need to learn be my own and take care of all the equipments and my own life. That wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part, many students agree, is to put on the tightest suit on earth.



O, there's another difficult part which is to stand the one and a half hour boat ride from Long Beach to Catalina island. I already gave up the class and got my refund back because of this. I don't want to go back and take the boat ride again. It's a dive boat with oxygen tanks along both sides. Seats are hard and not comfy cause it's not a luxurious cruise trip. You can't sit back, relax and enjoy with the tanks at your back when the boat goes up and down, up and down for 90 mins. It's tough for me. One time is enough.

I didn't know you can barbecue on a boat. The captain is cooking hamburger and chicken for our dinner.

There isn't really much to see in Catalina ocean except some fishes and lots kelp. No coral at all. Very different picture from what I experienced in Australia. That's another reason I ain't so motivated to be back to Catalina again. Scuba diving is a heavy duty to me. It took us lots of energy and we were both exhausted at the end of the class when we returned to land at around 11 at night.

Mr Koo in full gear. Special thanks to Michael and Yvonne for generously lending us.

My conclustion is I didn't feel I was enjoying myself. Mr Koo isn't as vulnerable as I am though. He will finish the rest of the course and try to be certified. I don't mind him taking a "longer" break, may be something else will keep him busy before he will come up with another idea and put me into another challenge again.